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Low-power digital · channel 35 · MASON CITY, IA
| Facility ID | 187859 |
| Licence status | Licensed and on air (code LIC) |
| Licensee | EDGE SPECTRUM, INC. |
| Community of licence | MASON CITY, 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 | 43.16822, -93.10108 |
| Effective radiated power | 0.35 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 364.1 m above average terrain · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KYIN | 18 | DTV | IOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD |
| K22LJ-D | 22 | LPD | EDGE SPECTRUM, INC. |
| KIMT | 24 | DTV | ROCHESTER TV LICENSE COMPANY, LLC |
| K30QY-D | 30 | LPD | GRAY TELEVISION LICENSEE, LLC |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/K35PA-D | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=K35PA-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.