Filing an NCE translator when the window opens Nov. 4? Nexus Broadcast takes clients through Fri., Oct. 23, paid and cleared. Spots are limited and go in order of payment.

Talk to Nexus →

Free on RF Workbench

Broadcast site profile

Enter an address or coordinates to see the site's NAD83 and NAD27 coordinates, ground elevation, county and districts, the FM zone and Mississippi side it falls in, and its distance to the Mexican and Canadian borders.

Location

NAD8340° 39′ 30.3″ N 75° 25′ 10.7″ W40.658417, -75.419639
NAD2740° 39′ 29.9″ N 75° 25′ 12.0″ WNOAA NADCON 5
UTM (NAD27)UTM Zone 18: 4,500,701.8 m N, 464,493.4 m E
Ground elevation117.9 m (387 ft) AMSLFCC terrain service, USGS 1 arc-second data

Census geography

StatePennsylvaniaGEOID 42
CountyLehigh CountyGEOID 42077
County subdivisionHanover townshipGEOID 4207732400
Urban areaAllentown--Bethlehem, PA--NJ Urban AreaGEOID 01495
Census tractCensus Tract 59.02GEOID 42077005902
Census blockBlock 1016GEOID 420770059021016
Congressional districtCongressional District 7GEOID 4207 · 120th Congressional Districts
State senate districtState Senate District 14GEOID 42014 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Upper
State house districtState House District 133GEOID 42133 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Lower
2020 block population341
FCC market areasCMA058, BEA010, MTA001, BTA010, PEA001FCC Area API: Cellular Market Area, Economic Area, Major and Basic Trading Areas, Partial Economic Area

FCC rule zones

FM zone (§73.205)Zone I (§73.205(a))
Mississippi RiverEastNew call signs start with W (§73.3550(e)); FM translators use the §74.1235(b)(1) table
Mexican border2,456 km (1,526 mi)
Canadian border351 km (218 mi)

More than 320 km from both borders: no international FM coordination limits apply here (§73.207(b), §74.1235(d)).

Next steps for this site

HAAT and max ERPFAA notice checkNAD27 details

Choosing where to put a new station?

RF Navigator handles spacing, contour studies and the channel search for a site, while the Nexus Broadcast team can carry it through to the FCC filing.

Frequency searchesExplore RF Navigator

Sources for this data

  • Coordinates, address matching and census geography come from the U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder; FCC market areas and block population from the FCC Area API. Elevation of the ground: FCC terrain data. NAD27 and UTM: the National Geodetic Survey at NOAA (NADCON 5).
  • FM zones are set by §73.205. The Mississippi River divides K and W call letters (§73.3550(e)) and the power tables for FM translators (§74.1235(b)). FM stations less than 320 km from Mexico or Canada are governed by the international agreements (§73.207(b)); boosters and translators in that zone have separate limits (§74.1235(d)).
  • The borders, the river and zone lines are plotted from simplified public map data, so any site near a line is flagged for confirmation.

Intended for planning. Not produced by NOAA, the FCC or the Census Bureau.