Who just got a new or modified FCC wireless license (a buildout tell)? Search the FCC ULS
Who just got a new or modified FCC wireless license (a buildout tell)? Search the FCC ULS license transactions (microwave, land-mobile private/commercial, paging, broadcast-aux) by licensee company, call sign, radio_service, service_group, state, city, status, applicant_type, FRN, grant date (granted_since), or last-action date (since). Returns the license, its entity-resolved licensee, radio service, status, and dates. FCC public-domain records.
1250000 (raw units)
price
1
calls / 30d
1
unique payers
2026-09-06
updated
Provider
api.govparse.io · discovered, not yet claimed by its owner
Payment (x402 accepts[])
[
{
"scheme": "exact",
"network": "eip155:8453",
"payTo": "0x3873d15CF3209c32aaA8d9AA542164E658567129",
"asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
"amount": "1250000",
"maxTimeoutSeconds": 300
},
{
"scheme": "exact",
"network": "solana:5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdp",
"payTo": "BdcZbENFdEyEUMqv9pnRMUnn1Yyeyo2dCMbYXbJ3LmaB",
"asset": "EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v",
"amount": "1250000",
"maxTimeoutSeconds": 300
}
]Output schema
{
"bazaar": {
"info": {
"input": {
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"call_sign": "WQGR685",
"company": "Crown Castle",
"radio_service": "MW"
},
"type": "http"
},
"output": {
"example": {
"rows": [
{
"applicant_type_code": "L",
"call_sign": "KMM21",
"city": "Cincinnati",
"effective_date": "2026-07-13",
"entity_id": null,
"expired_date": "2031-05-29",
"frn": "0002710192",
"grant_date": "2021-03-30",
"last_action_date": "2026-07-13",
"license_status": "A",
"name": "Example Wireless Holdings LLC",
"radio_service_code": "MW",
"service_group": "microwave",
"state": "OH",
"street": "312 Walnut Street",
"unique_system_identifier": "961870",
"zip": "45202"
}
],
"total_matched": 1
},
"type": "json"
}
},
"routeTemplate": "/v1/fcc/licenses/search",
"schema": {
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"properties": {
"applicant_type": {
"description": "Applicant type code(s), CSV (B business, C corp, G govt, I individual, L limited-liability, P partnership).",
"examples": [
"L"
],
"type": "string"
},
"call_sign": {
"description": "Call sign(s), CSV.",
"examples": [
"WQGR685"
],
"type": "string"
},
"city": {
"description": "Premise city fragment.",
"examples": [
"Dallas"
],
"type": "string"
},
"company": {
"description": "Licensee company/agency name — suffix/punctuation-insensitive.",
"examples": [
"Crown Castle"
],
"type": "string"
},
"entity_id": {
"description": "Resolved licensee entity UUID (pivots to business360).",
"examples": [
"b7f3e2d1-4a5c-4e6f-8a9b-0c1d2e3f4a5b"
],
"type": "string"
},
"frn": {
"description": "FCC Registration Number(s), CSV.",
"examples": [
"0004254223"
],
"type": "string"
},
"granted_since": {
"description": "Grant date on/after this date (YYYY-MM-DD) — surfaces new license grants.",
"examples": [
"2026-07-01"
],
"type": "string"
},
"limit": {
"description": "Max rows (default 25, cap 100).",
"examples": [
25
],
"type": "integer"
},
"offset": {
"description": "Rows to skip.",
"examples": [
0
],
"type": "integer"
},
"radio_service": {
"description": "FCC radio service code(s), CSV (e.g. MW microwave, IG industrial/business, PW public safety).",
"examples": [
"MW"
],
"type": "string"
},
"service_group": {
"description": "microwave | land-mobile-private | land-mobile-commercial | paging | land-mobile-broadcast-aux (CSV).",
"examples": [
"microwave"
],
"type": "string"
},
"since": {
"description": "Last-action date on/after this date (YYYY-MM-DD) — recent transactions.",
"examples": [
"2026-07-01"
],
"type": "string"
},
"sort": {
"description": "grant_date | last_action_date | call_sign :asc|:desc. Default last_action_date:desc.",
"examples": [
"grant_date:desc"
],
"type": "string"
},
"state": {
"description": "Premise state code(s), CSV.",
"examples": [
"TX"
],
"type": "string"
},
"status": {
"description": "License status code(s), CSV (A = active).",
"examples": [
"A"
],
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [],
"type": "object"
}
},
"type": "object"
}
}
}Use it
curl
curl "https://api.govparse.io/v1/fcc/licenses/search" # -> 402 Payment Required, accepts[] lists how to pay # retry with a PAYMENT-SIGNATURE (or PAYMENT header) once paid
JavaScript
const res = await fetch("https://api.govparse.io/v1/fcc/licenses/search");
if (res.status === 402) {
const { accepts } = await res.json();
// pay one of accepts[] via an x402 client, then retry with the payment header
}Python
import httpx
res = httpx.get("https://api.govparse.io/v1/fcc/licenses/search")
if res.status_code == 402:
accepts = res.json()["accepts"]
# pay one of accepts[] via an x402 client, then retry with the payment headerMachine-readable
Everything on this page is also available as clean JSON at /resources/14598.json, and this resource appears in /discovery/resources and /discovery/search.