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Low-power digital · channel 8 · SANTA MARIA, CA
| Facility ID | 41123 |
| Licence status | Licensed and on air (code LIC) |
| Licensee | BRIDGE NEWS LLC |
| Community of licence | SANTA MARIA, 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 | 34.91025, -120.18653 |
| Effective radiated power | 0.3 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 1107 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| K07AAN-D | 7 | LPD | MAJOR MARKET BROADCASTING OF CALIFORNIA, |
| K13ABI-D | 13 | LPD | |
| K14TK-D | 14 | LPD | MAJOR MARKET BROADCASTING OF CALIFORNIA, |
| KCOY-TV | 19 | DTV | VISTAWEST CALIFORNIA, LLC |
| KWSM-LD | 20 | LPD | BRIDGE NEWS LLC |
| KLFA-LD | 23 | LPD | KJLA, LLC |
| KQMM-CD | 29 | DCA | HC2 STATION GROUP, INC. |
| KDFS-CD | 30 | DCA | HC2 STATION GROUP, INC. |
| KTSB-CD | 35 | DCA | ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/KKDJ-LD | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=KKDJ-LD | 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.