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Full-power digital · channel 15 · LA CROSSE, WI
| Facility ID | 18780 |
| Licence status | Licensed and on air (code LIC) |
| Licensee | STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD |
| Community of licence | LA CROSSE, WI
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 | 43.80508, -91.36808 |
| Effective radiated power | 400 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 613.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WKBT-DT | 8 | DTV | QUEENB TELEVISION, LLC |
| W19DP-D | 19 | LPD | EDGE SPECTRUM, INC. |
| W22FK-D | 22 | LPD | BARABOO BROADCASTING CORPORATION |
| WZEO-LD | 26 | LPD | MY CENTRAL VALLEY, LLC |
| WXOW | 28 | DTV | LA CROSSE TV LICENSE COMPANY, LLC |
| WLAX | 33 | DTV | NEXSTAR MEDIA INC. |
| W34FC-D | 34 | LPT | GRAY TELEVISION LICENSEE, LLC |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/WHLA-TV | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=WHLA-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.