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Full-power digital · channel 20 · SAN FRANCISCO, CA
| Facility ID | 33778 |
| Licence status | Licensed and on air (code LIC) |
| Licensee | KDTV LICENSE PARTNERSHIP, G.P. |
| Community of licence | SAN FRANCISCO, CA
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 | 37.49917, -121.87222 |
| Effective radiated power | 475 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 921 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KURK-LD | 3 | LPD | ONE MINISTRIES, INC. |
| KRON-TV | 7 | DTV | NEXSTAR MEDIA INC. |
| facility 793742 | 8 | LPD | |
| facility 794619 | 8 | LPD | |
| facility 795399 | 8 | LPT | |
| KPJC-LD | 11 | LPD | JEFF CHANG |
| KGO-TV | 12 | DTV | KGO TELEVISION, INC. |
| KQTA-LD | 13 | LPD | ONE MINISTRIES, INC. |
| KDTS-LD | 14 | LPD | WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC. |
| KTSF | 20 | DTV | LINCOLN BROADCASTING COMPANY, A CALIFORN |
| KCNZ-CD | 21 | DCA | POQUITO MAS COMMUNICATIONS LLC |
| KOFY-TV | 21 | DTV | STRYKER MEDIA 2 LLC |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/KDTV-DT | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=KDTV-DT | 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.