WWMT KALAMAZOO, MI

Display Channel	Video	Call Sign	Nickname	Notes
03-1	8.3	1080i	DD5.1	CBS	CBS	"CBS 3"
03-2	8.4	1080i	DD2.0	Ind	Independent
03-3	8.5	480i (w)	DD2.0	ROAR	ROAR
03-4	8.7	480i (w)	DD2.0	CHSN	CHSN
15-3	8.6	480i (w)	DD2.0	Comet	Comet TV

FAC-ID: 74195

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DTV-LIC:

Granted

Channel 8

KALAMAZOO, MI

0000158169 (25076f917b7abd98017b83988dd710d0) - App
0000159066 (25076f917bc77871017bcfd7efdd08d8) - App

(TVStudy TL Pop: 2,641,670)

1040' 25 kW ND (C) (Vertical ERP: 25 kW)
(6.894 kW + 5.59 dB gain = 25 kW ERP)
62.5 mile contour / 12286.4 sq. mi. area / Est. Pop. 2,542,987
1083' AGL; 1852' AMSL; (1000688)
0.75° Elec Beam Tilt; Full Service Filter Dielectric THV-9A8/VP-R O4
NAD83: N 42° 37' 56", W 85° 32' 16" (42.632222, -85.537778)

Streams

TSID:	Assigned	Observed
	1517 (0x05ED)

Phys Ch	Disp Ch	Call Sign	Src ID	PMT PID	Video	Dimensions	Aspect Ratio	Video PID	Video (Mbps)	PCR PID	Audio Type	Audio PID	Audio Bitrate
8.3	03-1	CBS	1	0x0030	1080i	1920x1080	16:9	0x0031	4.9 ‑ 6.35	0x0031	DD5.1	0x0034	384kbps
8.4	03-2	Ind	2	0x0040	1080i	1920x1080	16:9	0x0041	6.7 ‑ 8.2	0x0041	DD2.0	0x0044	192kbps
8.5	03-3	ROAR	3	0x0050	480i	720x480	16:9	0x0051	1.3 ‑ 1.95	0x0051	DD2.0	0x0054	192kbps
8.6	15-3	Comet	4	0x0060	480i	720x480	16:9	0x0061	0.9 ‑ 1.5	0x0061	DD2.0	0x0064	192kbps
8.7	03-4	CHSN	5	0x0070	480i	720x480	16:9	0x0071	1.15 ‑ 2.05	0x0071	DD2.0	0x0074	192kbps

Bitrate Allocation: Variable
TSReader Data: HTML Export (08/31/2025)

Ownership/Historical

Operator:	Sinclair
Licensee:	WWMT Licensee, LLC
DTV Transition:
Certification :	Analog channel 3. Digital channel 2.
Elected Round 1 :	Elected channel 2. (Approved)
Elected Round 3 :	Elected channel 8 with fallback being to allow the FCC to determine the best available channel.
Final Channel :	Channel 8.
Last Analog:
Channel 3 :	1001' 100 kW ND

Call Sign History:
00/00/0000	WKZO
09/21/1979	WKZO-TV	W KalamaZOo
12/05/1985	WWMT	We're West Michigan Television

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