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Low-power digital · channel 33 · DES MOINES, IA
| Facility ID | 794396 |
| Licence status | Not stated by the FCC for this facility (code CP) |
| Licensee | not stated |
| Community of licence | DES MOINES, IA
The town the station is legally obliged to serve. This is a regulatory obligation, not the transmitter location — the two are often tens of miles apart. |
| Transmitter | 41.54814, -93.84161 |
| Effective radiated power | 15 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 360.7 m above average terrain · non-directional |
Source: FCC TV Query, a US Government work in the public domain. Observed 2026-09-23.
Whether this transmitter reaches a given address depends on the terrain between the two points, not just the distance. Ask for a specific spot:
GET /api/receivable?lat=&lon=
The answer grades the path geometry from the USGS 10 m elevation model and says how far into an obstruction it is. It ranks paths; it does not promise a picture.
No website is on file for this station, so there is nothing to check. Websites come from Wikidata; a station missing there is absent from this section rather than scored zero.
| callsign | ch | class | licensee |
|---|---|---|---|
| facility 794422 | 2 | LPD | |
| facility 794425 | 3 | LPD | |
| facility 794431 | 4 | LPD | |
| KCCI | 8 | DTV | HEARST PROPERTIES INC. |
| KDIN-TV | 11 | DTV | IOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD |
| WHO-DT | 13 | DTV | TRIBUNE BROADCASTING COMPANY II LLC |
| facility 795300 | 14 | LPD | |
| facility 795298 | 15 | LPD | |
| KDSM-TV | 16 | DTV | KDSM LICENSEE, LLC |
| KDIT-CD | 17 | DCA | KDIT-TV LLC |
| KDMI | 19 | DTV | RADIANT LIFE MINISTRIES, INC. |
| K20PU-D | 20 | LPD |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/K33RJ-D | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=K33RJ-D | the facility record |
POST /mcp | MCP, nine tools, no key required |
A Rootz dataset. Sources and licences at /api/sources. Corrections: the underlying records come from the FCC and Wikidata, and a fix there flows through here on the next daily run.