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Full-power digital · channel 16 · GAINESVILLE, FL
| Facility ID | 16993 |
| Licence status | Licensed and on air (code LIC) |
| Licensee | GRAY TELEVISION LICENSEE, LLC |
| Community of licence | GAINESVILLE, FL
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 | 29.53667, -82.39972 |
| Effective radiated power | 343.6 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 279.1 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.
| Website | http://www.wcjb.com/ |
| AI crawlers blocked by name | 12
|
Publishes /llms.txt | no |
Publishes /.well-known/ai | no |
| Structured data on the homepage | yes |
Checked 2026-09-11 by fetching robots.txt
and the homepage once each. A robots.txt entry is evidence that a line exists in a file. It is not
evidence of intent, and there are sound reasons a publisher may choose it.
| callsign | ch | class | licensee |
|---|---|---|---|
| facility 796236 | 2 | LPD | |
| facility 795131 | 3 | LPD | |
| W04EM-D | 4 | LPD | |
| WRUF-LD | 5 | LPD | BOARD OF TRUSTEES, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA |
| facility 794258 | 7 | LPD | |
| WNBW-DT | 8 | DTV | WGFL LICENSEE, LLC |
| WTBZ-LD | 14 | LPD | FAIR PLAY 4U, LLC |
| WNFT-LD | 15 | LPD | BUDD BROADCASTING CO., INC. |
| W18FX-D | 18 | LPD | |
| W19EX-D | 19 | LPD | BRIDGE NEWS LLC |
| W21FG-D | 21 | LPD | |
| WFGZ-LD | 22 | LPD | DIGITAL NETWORKS-SOUTHEAST, LLC |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/WCJB-TV | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=WCJB-TV | 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.