New Digital Translator In Traverse City

[Ben Zonia]

W36FH-DT Channel 36. 15 kW/104 meters HAAT nondirectional. License to Cover. 145 meters/476 feet above terrain toward Traverse City. TL near, North of Moomers, as that's a place nearly everyone has heard of now.

No information on programming.

https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&appid=2507 ... cid=185195

HAAT every 5 degrees. From FCC.gov HAAT Program.

0° 127.4 m 120° 92.3 m 240° 91.8 m
5° 123.9 m 125° 88.2 m 245° 92.2 m
10° 109.9 m 130° 83.5 m 250° 92.5 m
15° 96.6 m 135° 89.3 m 255° 89.9 m
20° 90.1 m 140° 85.7 m 260° 90.1 m
25° 102.0 m 145° 71.8 m 265° 88.1 m
30° 118.5 m 150° 73.6 m 270° 85.9 m
35° 128.4 m 155° 75.4 m 275° 84.4 m
40° 131.3 m 160° 71.4 m 280° 83.4 m
45° 136.4 m 165° 68.4 m 285° 87.3 m
50° 139.3 m 170° 69.1 m 290° 85.7 m
55° 140.2 m 175° 73.5 m 295° 81.4 m
60° 136.6 m 180° 78.4 m 300° 76.7 m
65° 139.0 m 185° 85.4 m 305° 80.3 m
70° 138.5 m 190° 87.9 m 310° 95.4 m
75° 139.9 m 195° 90.5 m 315° 110.9 m
80° 144.6 m 200° 92.2 m 320° 127.0 m
85° 145.1 m 205° 91.3 m 325° 136.3 m
90° 141.1 m 210° 90.3 m 330° 144.1 m
95° 134.3 m 215° 83.8 m 335° 146.3 m
100° 128.9 m 220° 81.0 m 340° 137.8 m
105° 122.3 m 225° 82.6 m 345° 125.5 m
110° 111.1 m 230° 84.9 m 350° 122.5 m
115° 101.2 m 235° 88.7 m 355° 125.2 m

[Ben Zonia]

Looking at the terrain in between Long Lake and Strait Rd. and Traverse City, it looks like it could use a couple hundred feet more tower. The current tower is 200 feet. I think there will be terrain shadowing in some areas, on the Western parts of the Traverse City area proper. I think with all the terrain holes like Traverse City, Petoskey, and others, the value might be to do what WBKB 11 has done and put on all major networks that have a problem in those areas. Unlike Carole King's Mr. Green, who's so serene, and has a TV in every room, cable is getting way too expensive to hook up all TVs. It would be nice to have a WBKB option available in those areas.

http://www.dnr.state.mi.us/spatialdatal ... /GRAWN.pdf

[organman95]

I am not sure what programming is carried by their station in the Saginaw Bay region; hopefully it's better than the Detroit offerings!

WFFC-LD in Saginaw isn't any better than WDWO-CD. For Laff and such, WAQP (Christian TCT-owned) is the station to tune to, believe it or not.

[Benzoid]

I just rescanned on the east side of TC with antenna pointed right at it. Nothing.

[makitaman]

It is W36FH-D

It is all Spanish and runs the Azteca Clic network.

Comes in just fine here in Kingsley…it is 720P