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Low-power translator · channel 5 · CHRISTIANSTED, VI
| Facility ID | 70286 |
| Licence status | Licensed and on air (code LIC) |
| Licensee | VIRGIN ISLANDS PUBLIC BROADCASTING SYSTEM |
| Community of licence | CHRISTIANSTED, VI
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 | 17.75497, -64.79931 |
| Effective radiated power | 3 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 336.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WSVI | 20 | DTV | ALPHA BROADCASTING CORPORATION |
| facility 793933 | 22 | LPT | |
| WCVI-TV | 23 | DTV | LILLY BROADCASTING VENTURES, LLC |
| facility 793935 | 24 | LPT | |
| W25GX-D | 25 | LPT | |
| W26GP-D | 26 | LPT | |
| W27FK-D | 27 | LPT | |
| W30FW-D | 30 | LPT |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/W05AW-D | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=W05AW-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.