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WGVK

Full-power digital · channel 5 · KALAMAZOO, MI

What the FCC says

Facility ID24783
Licence statusLicensed and on air (code LIC)
LicenseeGRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
Community of licenceKALAMAZOO, MI
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.
Transmitter42.30642, -85.65694
Effective radiated power10 kW
Antenna height (HAAT)432 m above average terrain · non-directional

Source: FCC TV Query, a US Government work in the public domain. Observed 2026-09-23.

Can you receive it?

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.

Can an assistant read this station's website?

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.

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For an assistant

This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.

/api/station-readiness/WGVKthis section, as JSON
/api/outlets?q=WGVKthe facility record
POST /mcpMCP, 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.