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Full-power digital · channel 36 · TUSCALOOSA, AL
| Facility ID | 21258 |
| Licence status | Licensed and on air (code LIC) |
| Licensee | HSH BIRMINGHAM (WSES & WGWW) LICENSE, LLC |
| Community of licence | TUSCALOOSA, AL
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 | 33.48000, -87.43056 |
| Effective radiated power | 800 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 793.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WDVZ-CD | 3 | DCA | MILACHI MEDIA, LLC |
| WVUA | 6 | DTV | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY |
| W16EQ-D | 16 | LPT | |
| WJMY-CD | 17 | DCA | GRAY TELEVISION LICENSEE, LLC |
| WEEL-LD | 22 | LPD | LOWCOUNTRY 34 MEDIA, LLC |
| W22FS-D | 22 | LPD | |
| WUDX-LD | 28 | LPD | DTV AMERICA CORPORATION |
| W32EQ-D | 32 | LPD | TV-49, INC. |
| W32GP-D | 32 | LPD |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/WSES | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=WSES | 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.