KNDB BISMARCK, ND

Display Channel	Physical Channel	Video	Audio	Call Sign	Network/Programming	Nickname	Notes
26-01	26.3	720p	DD5.1	BEK-TV	BEK Sports
26-02	26.4	720p	DD2.0	BEKSP2	BEK Sports
26-03	26.5	720p	DD2.0	BEKSP3	BEK Sports
26-04	26.6	720p	DD2.0	BEKNews	News
26-05	26.7	720p	DD2.0	NewsMX2	Newsmax2
26-06	26.8	480i (w)	DD2.0	BEK-WX	Weather

Licensing

FAC-ID: 82611

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DTV-LIC:

Granted

Channel 26

BISMARCK, ND

BLCDT-20100510AGW (018180b79fb14ba9a619cf6212b6c0ea) - App
0000275825 (25076ff39819f0d00198485b8f2f3332) - App

984' 50 kW ND (H)
(1.18 kW + 16.27 dB gain = 50 kW ERP)
46.8 mile contour / 6884 sq. mi. area / Est. Pop. 119,660
663' AGL; 2883' AMSL; (1063427)
0.75° Elec Beam Tilt; Full Service Filter ERI ALP32M3-HSOC
NAD83: N 46° 35' 23.8", W 100° 47' 40.8" (46.589944, -100.794667)

Streams

TSID:	Assigned	Observed
	4013 (0x0FAD)

Phys Ch	Disp Ch	Call Sign	Src ID	PMT PID	Video	Dimensions	Aspect Ratio	Video PID	Video (Mbps)	PCR PID	Audio Type	Audio PID	Audio Bitrate
26.3	26-01	BEK-TV	1	0x0030	720p	1280x720	16:9	0x0031	2.5Mbps	0x0031	DD5.1	0x0034	384kbps
26.4	26-02	BEKSP2	2	0x0040	720p	1280x720	16:9	0x0041	1.95Mbps	0x0041	DD2.0	0x0044	192kbps
26.5	26-03	BEKSP3	3	0x0050	720p	1280x720	16:9	0x0051	1.65Mbps	0x0051	DD2.0	0x0054	192kbps
26.6	26-04	BEKNews	11	0x0060	720p	1280x720	16:9	0x0061	0.5Mbps	0x0061	DD2.0	0x0064	192kbps
26.7	26-05	NewsMX2	4	0x0070	720p	1280x720	16:9	0x0071	1.6Mbps	0x0071	DD2.0	0x0074	192kbps
26.8	26-06	BEK-WX	8	0x0080	480i	720x480	16:9	0x0081	0Mbps	0x0081	DD2.0	0x0084	192kbps

Bitrate Allocation: Variable
TSReader Data: HTML Export (09/29/2024)

Ownership/Historical

Operator:	BEK Sports
Licensee:	BEK SPORTS NETWORK, INC.
DTV Transition:
Certification :	Analog channel 26.
Elected Round 1 :	Elected channel 26. (Approved)
Final Channel :	Channel 26.
Last Analog:
Channel 26 :	984' 741 kW ND

Call Sign History:
00/00/0000	960711LF
04/06/1998	KNDX
12/15/2014	KNDB
(08/06/2025)	KNDB

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