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Low-power digital · channel 23 · BOSTON, MA
| Facility ID | 793893 |
| Licence status | Not stated by the FCC for this facility (code CP) |
| Licensee | not stated |
| Community of licence | BOSTON, MA
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 | 42.31033, -71.23658 |
| Effective radiated power | 15 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 238.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WJCB-LD | 3 | LPD | MILACHI MEDIA, LLC |
| WHDT-LD | 4 | LPD | THE GUENTER MARKSTEINER REVOCABLE TRUST |
| WFXZ-CD | 5 | DCA | WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION |
| WGBH-TV | 5 | DTV | WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION |
| W08FF-D | 8 | LPD | |
| W13EG-D | 13 | LPD | |
| W13EH-D | 13 | LPD | DIGITAL NETWORKS-MIDWEST, LLC |
| WBZ-TV | 20 | DTV | CBS TELEVISION LICENSES LLC |
| WSBK-TV | 21 | DTV | CBS TELEVISION LICENSES LLC |
| WBPX-TV | 22 | DTV | ION MEDIA BOSTON LICENSE, LLC |
| W26EU-D | 26 | LPT | WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC. |
| WCRN-LD | 30 | LPD | TYCHE MEDIA LLC |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/W23FZ-D | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=W23FZ-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.