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134 Fargo, North Dakota

(21)

WDAY-TV

FARGO

Display Channel	Physical Channel	Video	Audio	Call Sign	Network/Programming	Nickname	Notes	Print
06-1	21.5	720p	DD2.0	WDAYABC	ABC	"WDAY 6"
06-2	21.6	480i (w)	DD2.0	CRIME	True Crime Network
06-3	21.7	720p	DD2.0	XTRA	Independent	"WDAY'Z Xtra"
06-4	21.8	480i (w)	DD2.0	ION	ION
06-5	21.9	480i (w)	DD2.0	DEFY	Defy TV
06-6	21.10	480i (w)	DD2.0	TRUREAL	True Real

Technical Data

FAC-ID: 22129

FCC DB Links:	FCC Query LMS Query CDBS List Correspondence
Other Links:	FCC Station Profile RabbitEars TV Query [A] REC Query FCCInfo Search

DTV-LIC:

Granted

Channel 21

FARGO, ND

BLCDT-20061222ABH (5231e7063dd84cc6b425cf6212b6c0ea) - App

1056' 1000 kW ND (H)
(49.3 kW + 13.07 dB gain = 1000 kW ERP)
63.5 mile contour / 12666.2 sq. mi. area / Est. Pop. 338,122
1070' AGL; 2014' AMSL; (1038760)
0.75° Elec Beam Tilt; Full Service Filter Dielectric TFU-34DSC-R 03
NAD83: N 47° 0' 28", W 97° 12' 3" (47.007778, -97.200833)

DTV-STA:

Granted

Channel 21

FARGO, ND (WDAY-DT)

BDSTA-20031027ABI (8b69ee251a31499fa702c1b6063ebeb7) - App - (Exp. 05/06/2004)

  TSID: 1897 (0x0769)

  TSReader Data: HTML Export (07/08/2021)
  Bitrate Allocation: Variable

Digital Channel	Display Channel	Call Sign	Src ID	PMT PID	Video	Dimensions	Aspect Ratio	Video PID	Video (Mbps)	PCR PID	Audio Type	Audio PID	Audio Bitrate
21.5	06-1	WDAYABC	1	0x0050	720p	1280x720	16:9	0x0051	5.4Mbps	0x0051	DD2.0	0x0054	192kbps
21.6	06-2	CRIME	2	0x0060	480i	704x480	16:9	0x0061	1.2Mbps	0x0061	DD2.0	0x0064	192kbps
21.7	06-3	XTRA	3	0x0070	720p	1280x720	16:9	0x0071	5.9Mbps	0x0071	DD2.0	0x0074	192kbps
21.8	06-4	ION	4	0x0080	480i	704x480	16:9	0x0081	1.2Mbps	0x0081	DD2.0	0x0084	192kbps
21.9	06-5	DEFY	5	0x0090	480i	704x480	16:9	0x0091	1.05Mbps	0x0091	DD2.0	0x0094	192kbps
21.10	06-6	TRUREAL	6	0x00a0	480i	704x480	16:9	0x00a1	1.25Mbps	0x00a1	DD2.0	0x00a4	192kbps

Ownership, Repack, Historical, and Translator Data

Operator:	Forum Communications
Licensee:	FORUM COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY
DTV Transition:
Certification :	Analog channel 6. Digital channel 21.
Elected Round 1 :	Elected channel 21. (Approved)
Final Channel :	Channel 21.
Last Analog:
Channel 6 :	1152' 100 kW ND

Call Sign History:
	WDAY
01/08/1980	WDAY-TV

Station has no translators.

134 Grand Forks, North Dakota

(8)

WDAZ-TV

DEVIL'S LAKE

Display Channel	Physical Channel	Video	Audio	Call Sign	Network/Programming	Nickname	Notes	Print
08-1	8.5	720p	DD2.0	WDAZABC	ABC	"WDAZ 8"
08-2	8.6	480i (w)	DD2.0	WDAZ-CW	True Crime Network
08-3	8.7	720p	DD2.0	WDAZ-WX	Independent	"WDAY'Z Xtra"
08-4	8.8	480i (w)	DD2.0		ION

Technical Data

FAC-ID: 22124

FCC DB Links:	FCC Query LMS Query CDBS List Correspondence
Other Links:	FCC Station Profile RabbitEars TV Query [A] REC Query FCCInfo Search

DTV-LIC:

Granted

Channel 8

DEVIL'S LAKE, ND

BLCDT-20090223AAR (bab3d4a94ef941f7b964cf6212b6c0ea) - App

1480' 19 kW ND (H)
(1.3 kW + 11.65 dB gain = 19 kW ERP)
67.4 mile contour / 14250.7 sq. mi. area / Est. Pop. 149,139
1391' AGL; 2913' AMSL; (1038758)
0.75° Elec Beam Tilt; Full Service Filter RCA TW18A8P
NAD83: N 48° 8' 18", W 97° 59' 36" (48.138333, -97.993333)

DTV-STA:

Granted

Channel 59

DEVIL'S LAKE, ND (WDAZ-DT)

BDSTA-20030627ADQ (289fa98e97234ac8a87dc1b6063ebeb7) - App - (Exp. 01/23/2004)

DTV-STA:

Granted

Channel 59

DEVIL'S LAKE, ND (WDAZ-DT)

BMDSTA-20050725AHF (c145f91b635d43268a70c1b6063ebeb7) - App - (Exp. 02/22/2006)

  TSID: 1887 (0x075F)

  TSReader Data: HTML Export (04/14/2011)
  Bitrate Allocation: Constant

Digital Channel	Display Channel	Call Sign	Src ID	PMT PID	Video	Dimensions	Aspect Ratio	Video PID	Video (Mbps)	PCR PID	Audio Type	Audio PID	Audio Bitrate
8.5	08-1	WDAZABC		0x0050	720p	1280x720	16:9	0x0051	12.25		DD2.0	0x0054	192kbps
8.6	08-2	WDAZ-CW		0x0060	480i	720x480	16:9	0x0061	2.3		DD2.0	0x0064	192kbps
8.7	08-3	WDAZ-WX		0x0070	720p	1280x720	16:9	0x0071	0Mbps		DD2.0	0x0074	192kbps
8.8	08-4		8	0x0080	480i		16:9	0x0081	0Mbps	0x0081	DD2.0	0x0084	192kbps

Ownership, Repack, Historical, and Translator Data

Operator:	Forum Communications
Licensee:	FORUM COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY
DTV Transition:
Certification :	Analog channel 8. Digital channel 59.
Elected Round 1 :	Elected channel 8. (Approved)
Final Channel :	Channel 8.
Last Analog:
Channel 8 :	1480' 316 kW ND

Call Sign History:
	WDAZ
01/08/1980	WDAZ-TV

Station has no translators.

216 Bismarck, North Dakota

(17)

KBMY

BISMARCK

Display Channel	Physical Channel	Video	Audio	Call Sign	Network/Programming	Nickname	Notes	Print
17-1	17.3	720p	DD2.0	KBMYABC	ABC	"KBMY 17"
17-2	17.4	480i (w)	DD2.0	JUSTICE	True Crime Network
17-3	17.5	720p	DD2.0	XTRA	MyN	"WDAY'Z Xtra"
17-4	17.6	480i (w)	DD2.0	ION	ION
17-5	17.7	480i (w)	DD2.0	DEFY	Defy TV
17-6	17.8	480i (w)	DD2.0	TRUREAL	True Real

Technical Data

FAC-ID: 22121

FCC DB Links:	FCC Query LMS Query CDBS List Correspondence
Other Links:	FCC Station Profile RabbitEars TV Query [A] REC Query FCCInfo Search

DTV-LIC:

Granted

Channel 17

BISMARCK, ND

BLCDT-20090701ADJ (374982025f2647d39363cf6212b6c0ea) - App

951' 75 kW ND (H)
(3.6 kW + 13.19 dB gain = 75 kW ERP)
48.2 mile contour / 7299.5 sq. mi. area / Est. Pop. 119,660
614' AGL; 2844' AMSL; (1038762)
0.5° Elec Beam Tilt; Full Service Filter RCA TFU-24J
NAD83: N 46° 35' 15", W 100° 48' 21" (46.5875, -100.805833)

DTV-STA:

Granted

Channel 16

BISMARCK, ND (KBMY-DT)

BDSTA-20040802BKS (588dc09571f24f1aaf10c1b6063ebeb7) - App - (Exp. 02/18/2005)

DTV-STA:

Granted

Channel 16

BISMARCK, ND

BDSTA-20080516ABT (2a3eb42dc1d24c558adac1b6063ebeb7) - App - (Exp. 12/12/2008)

DTV-STA:

Granted

Channel 17

BISMARCK, ND

BDSTA-20090608ABJ (a1d17d71355d43ec9e10c1b6063ebeb7) - App - (Exp. 12/12/2009)

  TSID: 1885 (0x075D)

  TSReader Data: HTML Export (02/04/2020)
  Bitrate Allocation: Unknown

Digital Channel	Display Channel	Call Sign	Src ID	PMT PID	Video	Dimensions	Aspect Ratio	Video PID	Video (Mbps)	PCR PID	Audio Type	Audio PID	Audio Bitrate
17.3	17-1	KBMYABC	3	0x0030	720p	1280x720	16:9	0x0031	7.85Mbps	0x0031	DD2.0	0x0034	192kbps
17.4	17-2	JUSTICE	4	0x0040	480i	720x480	16:9	0x0041	2Mbps	0x0041	DD2.0	0x0044	192kbps
17.5	17-3	XTRA	5	0x0050	720p	1280x720	16:9	0x0051	6.1Mbps	0x0051	DD2.0	0x0054	192kbps
17.6	17-4	ION	6	0x0060	480i	720x480	16:9	0x0061	2.05Mbps	0x0061	DD2.0	0x0064	192kbps
17.7	17-5	DEFY	7	0x0070	480i		16:9	0x0071	0Mbps	0x0071	DD2.0	0x0074	192kbps
17.8	17-6	TRUREAL	8	0x0080	480i		16:9	0x0081	0Mbps	0x0081	DD2.0	0x0084	192kbps

Ownership, Repack, Historical, and Translator Data

Operator:	Forum Communications
Licensee:	KBMY-KMCY, LLC
DTV Transition:
Certification :	Analog channel 17. Digital channel 16.
Elected Round 1 :	Elected channel 16. (Approved)
Final Channel :	Channel 16.
Petitioned For :	Channel 17 (935' 75 kW ND), which was approved: 08-134
Last Analog:
Channel 17 :	951' 513 kW ND

Call Sign History:
	830620KJ
01/17/1985	KBMY

Station has no translators.

220 Minot, North Dakota

(14)

KMCY

MINOT

Display Channel	Physical Channel	Video	Audio	Call Sign	Network/Programming	Nickname	Notes	Print
14-1	14.3	720p	DD2.0	KMCY-HD	ABC	"KMCY 14"
14-2	14.4	480i	DD2.0		True Crime Network
14-3	14.5	480i (w)	DD2.0	XTRA	MyN	"WDAY'Z Xtra"

Technical Data

FAC-ID: 22127

FCC DB Links:	FCC Query LMS Query CDBS List Correspondence
Other Links:	FCC Station Profile RabbitEars TV Query [A] REC Query FCCInfo Search

DTV-LIC:

Granted

Channel 14

MINOT, ND

BLCDT-20090203ADC (c4284bdab0d04c76a184cf6212b6c0ea) - App

712' 40 kW ND (H)
(2 kW + 13.01 dB gain = 40 kW ERP)
43.3 mile contour / 5888.1 sq. mi. area / Est. Pop. 72,176
623' AGL; 2743' AMSL; (1038761)
0.75° Elec Beam Tilt; Full Service Filter RCA TFU-24J
NAD83: N 48° 3' 11", W 101° 23' 7" (48.053056, -101.385278)

DTV-STA:

Granted

Channel 14

MINOT, ND

BDSTA-20090306AAC (89c19cdb02c34e52a8f0c1b6063ebeb7) - App

  TSID: 1915 (0x077B)

  TSReader Data: HTML Export (01/19/2015)
  Bitrate Allocation: Unknown

Digital Channel	Display Channel	Call Sign	Src ID	PMT PID	Video	Dimensions	Aspect Ratio	Video PID	Video (Mbps)	PCR PID	Audio Type	Audio PID	Audio Bitrate
14.3	14-1	KMCY-HD	1	0x0030	720p	1280x720	16:9	0x0031	9.45Mbps	0x0031	DD2.0	0x0034	192kbps
14.4	14-2		4	0x0040	480i		4:3	0x0041	0Mbps	0x0041	DD2.0	0x0044	192kbps
14.5	14-3	XTRA	2	0x0050	480i	704x480	16:9	0x0051	1.85Mbps	0x0051	DD2.0	0x0054	192kbps

Ownership, Repack, Historical, and Translator Data

Operator:	Forum Communications
Licensee:	KBMY-KMCY, LLC
DTV Transition:
Certification :	Analog channel 14. Digital channel 15.
Elected Round 1 :	Elected channel 14. (Disapproved)
Conflict Round 1 :	Maintained by engineering statement (709' 60 kW ND). (Approved)
Final Channel :	Channel 14.
Last Analog:
Channel 14 :	752' 513 kW ND

Call Sign History:
	830620KL
02/05/1985	KMCY

Station has no translators.

Number of Stations:	4
Population Covered:	775,343
Percent of Total:	0.25%

Stations for Owner - Forum Communications