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Class A digital · channel 24 · PHILADELPHIA, PA
| Facility ID | 72278 |
| Licence status | Licensed and on air (code LIC) |
| Licensee | WBC LLC |
| Community of licence | PHILADELPHIA, PA
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 | 40.04169, -75.23614 |
| Effective radiated power | 15 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 312.3 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| W03CJ-D | 3 | LPT | |
| WPVI-TV | 6 | DTV | WPVI TELEVISION (PHILADELPHIA), LLC |
| facility 794768 | 8 | LPD | |
| WPPT | 9 | DTV | LEHIGH VALLEY PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS |
| facility 794230 | 11 | LPD | |
| facility 794162 | 12 | LPD | |
| WDUM-LD | 16 | LPD | HC2 STATION GROUP, INC. |
| WPHL-TV | 17 | DTV | TRIBUNE MEDIA COMPANY |
| WTXF-TV | 25 | DRT | FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, LLC |
| WCAU | 28 | DTV | NBC TELEMUNDO LICENSE LLC |
| WELL-LD | 29 | LPD | WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC. |
| KYW-TV | 30 | DTV | CBS BROADCASTING INC. |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/WPHA-CD | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=WPHA-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.