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Full-power digital · channel 21 · INDIANAPOLIS, IN
| Facility ID | 41397 |
| Licence status | Licensed and on air (code LIC) |
| Licensee | METROPOLITAN INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC MEDIA, INC. |
| Community of licence | INDIANAPOLIS, IN
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 | 39.89914, -86.20067 |
| Effective radiated power | 225 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 506.3 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 794467 | 2 | LPD | |
| facility 794763 | 3 | LPT | |
| facility 795190 | 4 | LPD | |
| facility 795195 | 5 | LPD | |
| facility 794472 | 6 | LPD | |
| facility 794709 | 6 | LPT | |
| WHMB-TV | 7 | DTV | FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION, INC. |
| WIIH-CD | 8 | DCA | CCB LICENSE, LLC |
| WISH-TV | 9 | DTV | CCB LICENSE, LLC |
| facility 795480 | 12 | LPD | |
| WTHR | 13 | DTV | VIDEOINDIANA, INC. |
| WJSJ-CD | 14 | DCA | WJSJ-CD |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/WFYI | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=WFYI | 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.