United States of America

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
AM BROADCAST STATION LICENSE
Authorizing Official:

Official Mailing Address
BIG RADIO

Son Nguyen

dO SCOTT THOMPSON

Supervisory Engineer

916

Audio Division

17TH AVENUE

MONROE

Media Bureau

WI 53566

Grant Date:
Facility Id: 58732

SEP 122019

This license expires 3:00 a.m.
local time, December 01, 2020.

Call Sign: WBEL
License File Number: 3Z20190520ABD

Subject to the provisions of the Communications Act of 1934, subsequent
acts and treaties, and all regulations heretofore or hereafter made by
this Commission, and further subject to the conditions set forth in this
license, the licensee is hereby authorized to use and operate the radio
transmitting apparatus herein described.

This license is issued on the licensee’s representation that the
statements contained in licensee’s application are true and that the
undertakings therein contained so far as they are consistent herewith,
will be carried out in good faith. The licensee shall, during the term of
this license, render such broadcasting service as will serve the public
interest, convenience, or necessity to the full extent of the privileges
herein conferred.

This license shall not vest in the licensee any right to operate the
station nor any right in the use of the frequency designated in the
license beyond the term hereof, nor in any other manner than authorized
herein. Neither the license nor the right granted hereunder shall be
assigned or otherwise transferred in violation of the Communications Act
of 1934. This license is subject to the right of use or control by the
Government of the United States conferred by Section 606 of the
Communications Act of 1934.

Hours of Operation: Unlimited
Average hours of sunrise and sunset:
Local Standard Time (Non-Advanced)
Jan.

7:30 AM

4:45 PM

Jul.

4:30 AM

7:30 PM

Feb.

7:00 AM

5:30 PM

Aug.

5:00 AM

7:00 PM

Mar.

6:15 AM

6:00 PM

Sep.

5:30 AN

6:15 PM

Apr.

5:15 AM

6:30 PM

Oct.

6:15 AM

5:15 PM

May

4:30 AM

7:15 PM

Nov.

6:45 AN

4:30 PM

Jun.

4:15 AM

7:30 PM

Dec.

7:15 AM

4:30 PM

FCC Form 352 August,

1997

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Cailsign: WBEL

License No.: BZ-20190520ABD

Name of Licensee:

BIG RADIO
BELOIT,

Station Location: S.

IL

(kHz): 1380

Frequency

Station Class: B

Antenna Coordinates:

Day

Latitude:

N

42 Deg

27

Mm

34 Sec

Longitude:

W

89 Deg

01 Mm

43 Sec

Night
Latitude:

N

42 Deg

27 Mm

34 Sec

Longitude:

W

89 Deg

01 Mm

43 Sec

Transmitter(s): Type Accepted. See Sections 73.1660,
73.1670 of the Commission’s Rules.

Nominal Power

tkW):

Antenna Input Power

fkW) :

Antenna Mode:
(DA=Directional Antenna,

Current

(amperes) :

Resistance

(ohms) :

Day:

5.0

Night:

5.0

Day:

5.0

Night:

5.4

Day:

ND

Night:

DA

ND=Non—directional Antenna;

Day:

7

Night:

10.4

Day:

102

Night:

50

73.1665 and

CH=Critical Hours)

Non-Directional Antenna: Day
Radiator Height:

meters;

Theoretical Efficiency:

178 deg
376.59 mV/m/kw at 1km

Antenna Registration Number(s)
Day:
Tower No.
1

ASRN

Overall Height

(m)

Overall Height

(m)

1008320

Night:
Tower No.

ASRN

1

1008320

2

None

3

None

4

None

FCC Form 352 August,

1997

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Calisign: W3EL

License No. : 3Z20190520A3D

DESCRIPTION OF DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA SYSTEM
Theoretical RMS
Standard RMS

(mV/m/km)

Night:

667.88

(mV/m/km)

Augmented RMS

(mV/m/km):

Night : 702.59

Q Factor:

Night:

Theoretical Parameters:
Night Directional Antenna:
Tower
No.

Field
Ratio

Phasing
(Deg.)

Spacing
(Deg.)

Orientation
(Deg.)

Tower Ref
Switch *

Height
tDeg.)

1

0.4450

0.000

0.0000

0.000

0

178.0

2

1.0000

-132.000

90.0000

0.000

0

91.0

3

1.0000

91.000

180.0000

0.000

0

91.0

4

0.4100

—46.700

270.0000

0.000

0

91.0

*

Tower Reference Switch
0

=

1

=

Spacing and orientation from reference tower
Spacing and orientation from previous tower

Augmentation Parameters:

Aug
No.

Central
Azimuth
(Deg. T)

Span
(Deg.)

Radiation
at Central Azimuth
(mV/m @ 1 1cm)

1

80.0

10.0

112.65

2

92.5

25.0

75.64

3

105.0

25.0

111.04

4

105.0

10.0

112.65

5

125.0

40.0

70.81

6

145.0

35.0

72.42

7

162.5

35.0

53.11

8

180.0

15.0

56.33

9

187.5

15.0

54.72

10

195.0

15.0

51.50

11

217.5

45.0

74.03

12

240.0

30.0

64.37

13

255.0

30.0

111.04

14

270.0

10.0

65.98

Night Directional Operation:
Twr. Phase
No.
(Deg.)

Antenna Monitor
Sample Current Ratio

1

136.4

0.032

2

0

1

3

-136.2

0.964

FCC Form 352 August,

1997

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Calisign: WBEL

License No.: BZ-20190520A3D

Night Directional Operation:
Twr. Phase
No.
(Deg.)

Antenna Monitor
Sample Current Ratio

4

0.585

90.4

Antenna Monitor: POTOMAC INSTRUMENTS AN19D
Sampling System Approved Under Section 73.68 of the Rules.
Monitoring Points:
Night Operation:
Radial
Distance From Transmitter Maximum Field Strength
(Deg. T)
(mV/m)
(kM)
105

2.49

25

145

2.25

12.1

180

1.77

20.5

240

2.25

13.4

270

3.06

7.66

Special operating conditions or restrictions:
1

The licensee in coordination with other users of the site
must reduce
power or cease operation as necessary to protect persons having access
to the site, tower or antenna from radiofrequency electromagnetic
fields in excess of FCC guidelines.

2

Ground system consists of 120 equally spaced, buried, copper radials,
each 55 meters in length except where intersecting radials are
shortened and bonded to a transverse copper strap midway between
adjacent towers, plus a copper ground screen 7.3 meters square , about
the base of each tower.

FCC Form 352 August,

1997

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Calisign: WBEL

License No.: BZ-20190520ABD

Special operating conditions or restrictions:
3

MONITOR POINT DESCRIPTIONS
105°
From the intersection of Rockton Road and Willow Brook Road,
proceed south on Willow Brook 0.48 km to point on east side of road,
mV/m nighttime.
2.49 km from site, max 25
-

145°
From intersection of Highway 51 and McCurry Road, proceed east
on McCurry 0.32 km to center drive to the parking lot by factory on
south side of road, point located in open area outside factory gate,
2.25 km from site, max 12.1 mV/m nighttime.
-

180°
From intersection of Highway 51 and McCurry Road, proceed west
on McCurry 0.97 km to point, on north side of road in line with towers,
1.77 km from site, max 20.5
mV/m nighttime.
-

240°
From intersection of Dorr Road and Hononegah Road, proceed on
Hononegali 1.3 km to point, on east side of road, 2.25 km from site, max
13.4 mV/m nighttime.
-

270°
Point located on east side of Street in front of 519 Salem
Street, 1.5 blocks from intersection with Rockton and Salem Street,
3.06 km from site, max 7.66
mV/m nighttime.
-

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FCC Form 352 August,

1997

END OF AUTHORIZATION

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