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Low-power digital · channel 16 · AMARILLO, TX
| Facility ID | 167486 |
| Licence status | Licensed and on air (code LIC) |
| Licensee | MICHAEL MINTZ |
| Community of licence | AMARILLO, TX
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 | 35.26156, -101.88161 |
| Effective radiated power | 2.6 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 1218.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| facility 795893 | 7 | LPD | |
| facility 795894 | 8 | LPD | |
| KACV-TV | 9 | DTV | AMARILLO JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT |
| KFDA-TV | 10 | DTV | GRAY TELEVISION LICENSEE, LLC |
| facility 795964 | 11 | LPD | |
| facility 795965 | 12 | LPD | |
| facility 795966 | 13 | LPD | |
| KAUO-LD | 14 | LPD | DTV AMERICA CORPORATION |
| KCIT | 15 | DTV | MISSION BROADCASTING, INC. |
| K17HI-D | 17 | LPD | EDGE SPECTRUM, INC. |
| facility 794787 | 18 | LPD | |
| KAMR-TV | 19 | DTV | NEXSTAR MEDIA INC. |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/KVAD-LD | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=KVAD-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.