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US experimental television stations

Listed by location

Thanks to the Du Mont Project, based in Denver, Colorado for supplying this listing.

CP  Construction Permit
pk  Peak Power
t     Temporary Allocation

transmitter location and type experimental station licensee call sign relay from frequency transmission power
      — MHz (channel) visual aural
Boston, MA (CP) Continental Television Corporation W1XDY — 580-630 (p,t) — —
Brooklyn, NY (CP) Sherron Metallic Corporation W2XDK — 76-82; 210-216 (13); 500-510 (p,t) 10kw (pk) 10kw
Camden, NJ RCA W3XEP — 204-210; 82-88; 192-198 (t) 30kw 30kw
    W3XAD Relay 321-327; 6950-7050 (p,t) 500w 500w
Central/North-east Maryland, South-east Pennsylvania & Washington DC Philco Television Broadcasting Corporation W3XPD Relay 204-216 (11-12) 40w (pk) 40w
    W3XPE Relay 230-242 (13-14) 40w (pk) 40w
    W3XPF Relay 204-216 (11-12) 40w (pk) 40w
    W3XPG Relay 204-216 (11-12) 40w (pk) 40w
    W3XPH Relay 230-242 (13-14) 40w (pk) 40w
    W3XPI Relay 204-216 (11-12) 40w (pk) 40w
    W3XPK Relay 230-242 (13-14) 40w (pk) 40w
    W3XPL Relay 230-242 (13-14) 40w (pk) 40w
Chicago, IL Balaban & Katz Corporation W9XBK — 66-72 (4) 4kw 2kw
    W9XBT W9XBK 204-216 (11-12) 40w none
    W9XPR — 354-396 10w none
Portable-Mobile   W9XBB W9XBK 384-396 10w none
  Zenith Radio Corporation W9XZC — 512-528 (p) 1kw (pk) 1kw
    W9XZV — 54-60 (2) 1kw 1kw
Cincinnati, OH (CP) Crosley Broadcasting Corporation W8XCT — 66-72 (4) 1kw 1 kw
Clifton, NJ (CP) North Jersey Broadcasting Company W2XNJ — 514-520; 900-920; 1302-1325 (p,t) 1kw (pk) 1kw (pk)
Fort Wayne, IN (CP) Farnsworth Television & Radio Corporation W9XFT — 66-72 (p,t) 4kw (pk) 6kw
Hollywood, CA (CP) Don Lee Broadcasting System W6XNO — 560-600; 840-880 250w (pk) 250w
Iowa City, IA State University of Iowa W9XUI — 210-216 (13); 44-50 (1) 100w none
Jamaica, LI, NY William B Still (trading as Jamaica Radio Television Co) W2XJT — 210-216(13) 400w (pk) 100w
Los Angeles, CA Don Lee Broadcasting System W6XAO — 54-60 4kw (pk) 2kw
    W6XDU W6XAO 318-330 6.5w 50w
  Television Productions W6XLA W6XYZ 480-508 (p,t) 100w (pk) 50w
Manhattan, KS (CP) Kansas State College W0XBV — 44-50; 500-510 (p,t) 400w 200w
Milwaukee, WI (CP) Journal Company W9XKY — (p) 100w none
New York, NY Allen B DuMont Laboratories W10XKT W2XVT 258-270 (15-16) 50w none
    W2XEM WABD & W2XWV 496-508; 524-544 1kw (pk) 1kw
    W2XWV — 76-82 (5) 4kw (pk) 1kw
(CP)   W2XNG — 210-216 (13) 40w none
  CBS W2XCB WCBW 346-358 25w (pk) none
    W2XCS — 480-496 1kw (pk) 1 kw
  Metropolitan Television W2XMT — 162-168 (8) 50w (pk) 50w
  NBC W2XBT WNBT 162-168 (8) 400w none
    W2XBU WNBT 282-294 (17-18) 15w none
Pasadena, CA (CP) Times-Mirror Company W6XPC — 520-555; 700-735; 885-920 (p,t) 1kw (pk) 1kw
Passaic, NJ Allen B DuMont Laboratories W2XVT — 78-84 (4) 50w 50w
Philadelphia, Washington, New York Philco Television Broadcasting Corporation W10XPB — 230-242 (13-14) 40w none
    W10XAE Relay 1325-1345 (p,t) 50kw (pk) none
    W10XP Relay 230-242 (13-14) 40w (pk) 40w
    W10XPA Relay 230-242 (13-14) 40w (pk) 40w
    W10XPC Relay 230-242 (13-14) 40w (pk) 40w
    W10XPR Relay 204-216 (11-12) 40w (pk) 40w
Providence County, RI (CP) Cherry & Webb Broadcasting Company W1XDZ — 480-500 (t) 1kw 1kw (pk)
Salisbury Township/ Lancaster, PA (CP) Conestoga Television Association W3XBR — 590-610 (t) 200w (pk) none
Salt Lake City, UT Intermountain Broadcasting Corporation W6XIS — 54-60; 192-196 (p,t) 400w (pk) 200w
Schenectady, NY General Electric Company W2XGE WRGB 162-168 (8) 60w (pk) 50w
South Charleston, WV Gus Zaharis W8XGZ — 54-60 (2) 200w (pk) 110w
Springfield Township, PA Philco Television Broadcasting Corporation W3XE — 60-66 (3) 10kw (pk) 11kw
 (CP) Philco Corporation W3XF — (p) 1kw (pk) 1kw
St Louis, MO (CP) Pulitzer Publishing Company W0XDW — (p) .1w none
(CP) St Louis University W0XDP — (p) 1kw 1kw
Towson, MD (CP) Bendix Aviation Corporation W3XBS — 600-620 (p) 100w none
Washington DC Allen B DuMont Laboratories W3XWT — 76-82 (p,t) 4kw (pk) 2kw
Washington, Philadelphia, New York Philco Corporation W10XAD — 1305-1325; 1345-1365; 1375-1395 (p,t) 50kw none
    W10XAF Relay 1667 (p,t) 50kw(pk) none
West Lafayette, IN (CP) Purdue University W9XG — 66-72 (3) 750w 750w
Wheaton, MD (CP) Cowles Broadcasting Company W3XOL — (p) 3kw (pk) none
Continental US: Portable-Mobile (CP) RCA W10XLV Relay 1295-1375 20w 20w
    W10XLW Relay 12500-13000 (p,t) 20w 20w
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