TV Station Profiles & Public Inspection Files

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Description

Search for stations by call sign, frequency, city, state, channel, or Nielsen DMA.

API URL

http://data.fcc.gov/mediabureau/v01/tv/facility/search/[search type].[format]

Example Request

http://data.fcc.gov/v01/tv/facility/search/rich.json
http://data.fcc.gov/v01/tv/facility/search/NY.json
https://data.fcc.gov/v01/tv/facility/search/KCCI.json
https://data.fcc.gov/v01/tv/facility/search/626.0.json

Parameter	Type	Description
search type required	string	Returns search results that contain [search type]. Valid values: call sign, frequency, city, state, channel, and Nielsen DMA
format required	string	Format for the returned results. Valid values: XML, JSON

Description

Returns the facility details.

API URL

http://data.fcc.gov/mediabureau/v01/tv/facility/id/[facility ID].[format]

Example Request

http://data.fcc.gov/mediabureau/v01/tv/facility/id/1051.json
https://data.fcc.gov/mediabureau/v01/tv/facility/id/63154.xml

Parameter	Type	Description
facility ID required	integer	Facility Identifier Valid values: The unique integer number (assigned by the FCC Media Bureau) that identifies a station.
format required	string	Format for the returned results. Valid values: XML, JSON

Description

Returns a copy of the authorization for a station.

API URL

http://data.fcc.gov/mediabureau/v01/tv/authorization/[authorization application ID].[format]

Example Request

http://data.fcc.gov/mediabureau/v01/tv/authorization/668853.pdf
https://data.fcc.gov/mediabureau/v01/tv/authorization/1402663.pdf

Parameter	Type	Description
authorization application ID required	integer	Authorization document number identifier Valid values: The unique integer number that is assigned to the station's authorization document.
format required	string	Format for the returned results. Valid values: PDF

Description

Returns the facility details.

API URL

http://data.fcc.gov/mediabureau/v01/tv/contour/facility/[facility ID].kml

Example Request

http://data.fcc.gov/mediabureau/v01/tv/contour/facility/1051.kml
https://data.fcc.gov/mediabureau/v01/tv/contour/facility/1051.xml

Parameter	Type	Description
facility ID required	integer	Facility Identifier Valid values: The unique integer number (assigned by the FCC Media Bureau) that identifies a station.
format required	string	Format for the returned results. Valid values: XML, KML

Description

Returns a list of contact information for various Video Programming Distributors.

API URL

http://data.fcc.gov/api/vpd-service/contacts/[vpdtype].[format]

Example Request

http://data.fcc.gov/api/vpd-service/contacts/vpdtype=lec.json?page=1&rows_per_page=20&jsonpCallback=?
https://data.fcc.gov/api/vpd-service/contacts/vpdtype=broadcaster.xml

Parameter	Type	Description
vpdtype required	string	Return results based on the specified VPD type. Valid values: broadcaster, cable, lec (telephone company), satellite, other
format required	string	Format for the returned results. Valid values: XML (default), JSON, JSONP
page optional	integer	Returns the results for a specified page number. Valid values: any integer > 0
row_per_page optional	integer	The number of results to show per page. Valid values: 20, 40, 60, 100 (a value of -1 will show all rows on one page)