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Full-power digital · channel 19 · GRAND RAPIDS, MI
| Facility ID | 68433 |
| Licence status | Licensed and on air (code LIC) |
| Licensee | SCRIPPS BROADCASTING HOLDINGS LLC |
| Community of licence | GRAND RAPIDS, 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. |
| Transmitter | 42.68750, -85.53250 |
| Effective radiated power | 725 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 546.2 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.
| Website | https://www.fox17online.com/ |
| AI crawlers blocked by name | 2
|
Publishes /llms.txt | no |
Publishes /.well-known/ai | no |
| Structured data on the homepage | yes |
Checked 2026-09-11 by fetching robots.txt
and the homepage once each. A robots.txt entry is evidence that a line exists in a file. It is not
evidence of intent, and there are sound reasons a publisher may choose it.
| callsign | ch | class | licensee |
|---|---|---|---|
| facility 794518 | 2 | LPD | |
| facility 794525 | 3 | LPD | |
| facility 794528 | 4 | LPD | |
| WOOD-TV | 7 | DTV | NEXSTAR MEDIA INC. |
| WGVU-TV | 11 | DTV | GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY |
| WZZM | 13 | DTV | COMBINED COMMUNICATIONS OF OKLAHOMA, LLC |
| WXSP-CD | 15 | DCA | NEXSTAR MEDIA INC. |
| facility 795427 | 20 | LPD | |
| W23FQ-D | 23 | LPD | |
| WUHQ-LD | 29 | LPD | WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC |
| W30FS-D | 30 | LPD | |
| facility 794536 | 32 | LPD |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/WXMI | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=WXMI | 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.