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Low-power digital · channel 18 · ROANOKE, VA
| Facility ID | 793736 |
| Licence status | Licensed and on air (code LIC) |
| Licensee | not stated |
| Community of licence | ROANOKE, VA
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 | 37.31528, -79.63472 |
| Effective radiated power | 15 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 684.9 m above average terrain · non-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| W05AA-D | 5 | LPT | WSET LICENSEE, LLC |
| WBRA-TV | 13 | DTV | BLUE RIDGE PUBLIC TELEVISION, INC. |
| W18FB-D | 18 | LPD | LOWCOUNTRY 34 MEDIA, LLC |
| W24GB-D | 24 | LPD | |
| W26FT-D | 26 | LPD | |
| WPXR-TV | 27 | DTV | ION MEDIA LICENSE COMPANY, LLC |
| facility 795513 | 28 | LPD | |
| W29GR-D | 29 | LPD | |
| WDBJ | 30 | DTV | GRAY TELEVISION LICENSEE, LLC |
| W32EW-D | 32 | LPD | VENTANA TELEVISION, INC. |
| WSLS-TV | 34 | DTV | GRAHAM MEDIA GROUP, VIRGINIA, LLC |
| WFXR | 36 | DTV | NEXSTAR MEDIA INC. |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/W18FL-D | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=W18FL-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.