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Class A digital · channel 20 · WASHINGTON, DC
| Facility ID | 168449 |
| Licence status | Licensed and on air (code LIC) |
| Licensee | TV-49, INC. |
| Community of licence | WASHINGTON, DC
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 | 38.94006, -77.08125 |
| Effective radiated power | 15 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 241.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| facility 795312 | 2 | LPD | |
| W04EA-D | 4 | LPD | FAIR PLAY BROADCASTING LLC |
| WJLA-TV | 7 | DTV | ACC LICENSEE, LLC |
| facility 794234 | 8 | LPD | |
| facility 795128 | 8 | LPD | |
| facility 795474 | 8 | LPD | |
| facility 794195 | 8 | LPD | |
| WUSA | 9 | DTV | WUSA-TV, INC. |
| WMDO-CD | 14 | DCA | ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC |
| WWTD-LD | 14 | LPD | DC BROADCASTING, INC. |
| WDCW | 15 | DTV | TRIBUNE MEDIA COMPANY |
| WDDN-LD | 23 | LPD | WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC. |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/WDME-CD | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=WDME-CD | 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.