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Low-power digital · channel 27 · CHARLESTON, SC
| Facility ID | 67969 |
| Licence status | Licensed and on air (code LIC) |
| Licensee | HC2 STATION GROUP, INC. |
| Community of licence | CHARLESTON, SC
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 | 32.82044, -79.94883 |
| Effective radiated power | 15 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 109.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| facility 794749 | 2 | LPD | |
| facility 794753 | 3 | LPD | |
| facility 794757 | 4 | LPD | |
| facility 796472 | 5 | LPD | |
| facility 796480 | 6 | LPD | |
| facility 795930 | 7 | LPD | |
| facility 795943 | 8 | LPD | |
| W09DP-D | 9 | LPD | |
| facility 795945 | 10 | LPD | |
| W11EL-D | 11 | LPD | |
| WHDC-LD | 12 | LPD | BRIDGE NEWS LLC |
| W13DY-D | 13 | LPD |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/WBSE-LD | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=WBSE-LD | 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.