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Low-power digital · channel 32 · SANTA BARBARA, CA
| Facility ID | 2854 |
| Licence status | Licensed and on air (code LIC) |
| Licensee | R&C MEDIA GROUP, INC. D/B/A WCETV |
| Community of licence | SANTA BARBARA, 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 | 34.46581, -119.67817 |
| Effective radiated power | 1.61 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 663 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KSBB-CD | 17 | DCA | NPG OF CALIFORNIA, LLC |
| K19NJ-D | 19 | LPT | SCRIPPS BROADCASTING HOLDINGS LLC |
| KPMR | 21 | DTV | ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC |
| K22OP-D | 22 | LPD | POINT BROADCASTING COMPANY |
| KBAB-LD | 23 | LPD | BILTMORE BROADCASTING SANTA BARBARA, INC |
| KZDF-LD | 24 | LPD | HC2 STATION GROUP, INC. |
| K25RV-D | 25 | LPD | |
| K26FT-D | 26 | LPT | PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNI |
| KEYT-TV | 27 | DTV | NPG OF CALIFORNIA, LLC |
| KVMM-CD | 28 | DCA | HC2 STATION GROUP, INC. |
| K36QH-D | 36 | LPD | MAJOR MARKET BROADCASTING OF CALIFORNIA, |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/KSBT-LD | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=KSBT-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.