FCC Actions & Alerts
Each day's FCC grants, filings and dismissals for broadcast stations, with free email alerts when the FCC acts on yours.
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Free tools for radio and TV stations
FCC news and filings, station and call sign lookups, and quick engineering answers, all from the FCC's and other official data. No sign-up.
FCC news & filings
What the FCC did today, what it proposed, who is filing, and when the windows open.
FCC Federal Register
FCC rules, proposed rules and notices, with comment deadlines and a broadcast-only view.
Open FCC Federal RegisterFCC Docket Filings
Comments, replies and petitions in any FCC docket, newest first.
Open FCC Docket FilingsFiling Window Tracker
Every application in each FCC filing window and where it stands, state by state.
Open Filing Window TrackerStations & call signs
Look up any station, find or check a call sign, and test RadioDNS.
Station Lookup
Every licensed AM, FM, LPFM, translator and TV station: facility, technical data and recent FCC actions.
Open Station LookupCall Sign Check
Is the call sign you want available? See who holds it and what the FCC rules allow.
Open Call Sign CheckSpare Call Signs
Four-letter K and W call signs nobody holds, by prefix.
Open Spare Call SignsRadioDNS
Test a station's RadioDNS setup, and see which stations and providers use it.
Open RadioDNS CheckOpen RadioDNS Stations
Engineering
Quick answers from the FCC's own data: height, coverage, towers, coordinates and RF safety.
HAAT Calculator
Height above average terrain, site elevation and the maximum ERP for your station class.
Open HAAT CalculatorPropagation Curves
FCC F(50,50), F(50,10) and F(50,90) for FM and TV, plus land mobile two-way radio.
Open Propagation CurvesOpen Land Mobile Curves
Tower FAA Check
Does your tower need FAA notice? The runway slope test for nearby airports.
Open Tower FAA CheckNAD27/NAD83 Converter
Convert coordinates between NAD27 and NAD83 the way NOAA does.
Open NAD27/NAD83 ConverterFM RF Exposure
Ground-level RF exposure from an FM antenna, against the FCC limits.
Open FM RF ExposureSite Profile
Any address or coordinates: county, census data, elevation and nearby borders.
Open Site ProfileNeed the full study?
These tools give one quick answer. RF Navigator runs the complete engineering on real terrain and builds the FCC exhibits, or Nexus Broadcast can do the engineering and filing for you.