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Low-power digital · channel 21 · WAUSAU, WI
| Facility ID | 793758 |
| Licence status | Licensed and on air (code LIC) |
| Licensee | not stated |
| Community of licence | WAUSAU, WI
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 | 44.98319, -89.60214 |
| Effective radiated power | 15 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 520.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WSAW-TV | 7 | DTV | GRAY TELEVISION LICENSEE, LLC |
| WAOW | 9 | DTV | WAUSAU TV LICENSE COMPANY, LLC |
| WHRM-TV | 24 | DTV | STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNI |
| W27AU-D | 27 | LPD | NORTHLAND TELEVISION, LLC |
| WZAW-LD | 33 | LPD | GRAY TELEVISION LICENSEE, LLC |
| WRJT-LD | 34 | LPD | MY CENTRAL VALLEY, LLC |
| W36EI-D | 36 | LPD | EDGE SPECTRUM, INC. |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/W21EW-D | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=W21EW-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.