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Class A digital · channel 17 · LIMA, OH
| Facility ID | 74373 |
| Licence status | Licensed and on air (code LIC) |
| Licensee | AMERICAN CHRISTIAN TELEVISION SERVICES, INC. |
| Community of licence | LIMA, OH
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 | 40.76306, -84.18361 |
| Effective radiated power | 15 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 402 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WTLW | 4 | DTV | MARQUEE BROADCASTING OHIO, INC. |
| facility 796213 | 7 | LPD | |
| WLIO | 8 | DTV | GRAY TELEVISION LICENSEE, LLC |
| W09DT-D | 9 | LPD | |
| WOHL-CD | 15 | DCA | GRAY TELEVISION LICENSEE, LLC |
| facility 796211 | 18 | LPD | |
| W21FA-D | 21 | LPD | |
| WOHW-LD | 26 | LPD | AMERICAN CHRISTIAN TELEVISION SERVICES, |
| facility 794023 | 28 | LPD | |
| W30FP-D | 30 | LPD | |
| W35FB-D | 35 | LPD |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/WTLW-CD | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=WTLW-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.