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Custom Maps

BIA Dataworld offers custom mapping of coverage patterns for all commercial and non-commercial radio and television stations.

Our maps provide an effective illustration of a station's coverage and can be used for:

  • Enhancing your marketing efforts

  • Reviewing the competition

  • Completing due diligence efforts around building a new facility or selling a station.

BIA Dataworld has created custom maps for over 15 years worldwide for small and large stations, governmental licensing authorities and broadcast investors.

Maps are based on FCC predicted contours or Longley-Rice calculations and provide a wide variety of data layers such as boundaries, ethnic population densities and multiple demographic breakouts.

Dataworld uses your specifications when creating a custom contour map of your station. You can also enhance your map with exactly the information you need by choosing from a comprehensive variety of data layers (see below) which can be printed directly on the map or overlaid on the map. The map can even display your station logo.

Ordering a Map

When you order a map, you will make selections in the following categories:

Media Type - Select the media you want the map printed on.

  • Paper
  • Film

Size - Select a size for your map.

  • 8.5 x 11
  • 11x17
  • 17x22
  • 22x34
  • 34x44
  • 34x60

Boundaries - Select any boundary data to apply to your map.

  • Zip codes
  • MSA
  • BTA

Demographic Shading - Select demographic information to be printed on the map, such as:

  • White
  • Black
  • Hispanic
  • Asian
  • Native American

Population Density -
Display population density on the map.

Contours -
Broadcast facility coverage contours are based on either the FCC F(50,50), F(50,10) or F(50,90) curves for FM and TV or FCC groundwave and skywave propagation curves for AM. Customers may also use their own set of contour values (in dBu) or default contours for the specified channel and contour type.  

Call sign -
List your call sign on the map.

Authorizations -
Select which authorizations to include in the study: applications, construction permits, and/or licences.

Coordinates -
Enter your station's coordinates: latitude degrees, minutes, seconds, longitude degrees, minutes, seconds.

Channel -
Enter a valid channel number. (For FM facilities, the channel must be between 201 and 300. For TV facilities, the channel must be between 2 and 69.)

Class -
Select an FM class (LP100, LP10, A, etc.)

c/r AMSL -
Enter your Center of Radiation Above Mean Sea-Level number.

ERP -
Enter your Effective Radiated Power.

Directional antenna -
Enter the directional antenna information.

Computer image -
Select a computer image format for delivery of your map (tiff, bmp, jpeg).:


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Easily assess population density in any contour

 


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Quickly view areas of multiple coverage

 


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Maps are an effective tool for:

  • Corporate Promotion

  • Station Promotion 

  • Market Opportunity Assessments 

  • Demographic Assessment

  • FCC Compliance

  • Investor Validation

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Dataworld computer-generated maps are available for any region worldwide. Basic map information provided on US maps includes coastline, islands, lakes, rivers, international, state and county boundaries, interstate highways and map graticule.

 

Please contact us to price your custom map.
800.331.5086 or info@bia.com for assistance.