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Low-power digital · channel 18 · PORTLAND, ME
| Facility ID | 796415 |
| Licence status | Not stated by the FCC for this facility (code CP) |
| Licensee | not stated |
| Community of licence | PORTLAND, ME
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 | 43.69678, -70.36211 |
| Effective radiated power | 11 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 117.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WGME-TV | 15 | DTV | WGME LICENSEE, LLC |
| WFYW-LD | 22 | LPD | EDGE SPECTRUM, INC. |
| facility 795423 | 25 | LPD | |
| facility 794603 | 30 | LPD | |
| WCSH | 31 | DTV | TEGNA EAST COAST BROADCASTING, LLC |
| facility 795420 | 32 | LPD | |
| W33FG-D | 33 | LPD | |
| WPXT | 34 | DTV | HEARST PROPERTIES INC. |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/W18FR-D | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=W18FR-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.