WEAR-TV PENSACOLA, FL

Display Channel	Physical Channel	Video	Audio	Call Sign	Network/Programming	Nickname	Notes
03-1	17.3	720p	DD5.1	WEAR	ABC	"WEAR ABC 3"
03-2	17.4	1080i	DD5.1	NBC	NBC	"Local 15"
44-2	17.5	480i (w)	DD2.0	Rewind	Rewind TV
44-3	17.6	480i (w)	DD2.0	TCN	True Crime Network

Licensing

FAC-ID: 71363

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DTV-LIC:

Granted

Channel 17

PENSACOLA, FL

BLCDT-20050627AAK (4f4805ab0041483b8492cf6212b6c0ea) - App
0000121008 (25076f9173c966250173ca0a7d68005c) - App

1900' 1000 kW ND (H)
(50 kW + 13.01 dB gain = 1000 kW ERP)
76.6 mile contour / 18437 sq. mi. area / Est. Pop. 1,523,363
1861' AGL; 1995' AMSL; (1212516)
0.75° Elec Beam Tilt; Full Service Filter Dielectric TFU-28GTH 06SP
NAD83: N 30° 36' 45.4", W 87° 38' 41.6" (30.612611, -87.644889)

Streams

  TSID: 683 (0x02AB)

  TSReader Data: HTML Export (11/23/2025)
  Bitrate Allocation: Variable

Digital Channel	Display Channel	Call Sign	Src ID	PMT PID	Video	Dimensions	Aspect Ratio	Video PID	Video (Mbps)	PCR PID	Audio Type	Audio PID	Audio Bitrate
17.3	03-1	WEAR	1	0x0030	720p	1280x720	16:9	0x0031	6 ‑ 7.1	0x0031	DD5.1	0x0034	384kbps
17.4	03-2	NBC	2	0x0040	1080i	1920x1080	16:9	0x0041	7.5 ‑ 8.45	0x0041	DD5.1	0x0044	384kbps
17.5	44-2	Rewind	3	0x0060	480i	720x480	16:9	0x0051	1.3 ‑ 1.7	0x0051	DD2.0	0x0054	192kbps
17.6	44-3	TCN	4	0x0070	480i	720x480	16:9	0x0061	1.4 ‑ 1.6	0x0061	DD2.0	0x0064	192kbps

Ownership/Historical

Operator:	Sinclair
Licensee:	WEAR Licensee, LLC
Sisters:	WPMI-TV, WFGX, WJTC
DTV Transition:
Certification :	Analog channel 3. Digital channel 17.
Elected Round 1 :	Elected channel 17. (Approved)
Final Channel :	Channel 17.
Last Analog:
Channel 3 :	1886' 100 kW ND

Call Sign History:
00/00/0000	WEAR
10/16/1978	WEAR-TV
(12/08/2023)	WEAR-TV
(01/24/2024)	WEAR-TV

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