Proposed DTV Channel Allotments - Louisiana

This table shows the proposed channel assignments for DTV (digital television, also called HDTV or ATV) in the U.S., as listed in the FCC's Sixth Further Notice Of Proposed Rule Making - Advanced Television Systems and Their Impact upon the Existing Television Broadcast Service, Mass Media Docket No. 87-268, released August 14, 1996 (FCC 96-317). Please refer to the column descriptions for more details on the table. This information was extracted directly from FCC 96-317. It is possible, although unlikely, that errors may have been introduced in the conversion process. If you find an error, e-mail me at dlung@transmitter.com.

                                                 DTV Service       Existing NTSC       Interference to NTSC  DTV/NTSC   
State            NTSC  DTV     DTV  Antenna  (During Transition)      Service          (During Transition)    Service   
   CITY            Ch   Ch    Power  Height    Area    People      Area    People       Area    Population     Match    
                               (kW)     (m)  (sq. km)  (thous)   (sq. km)  (thous)   (% NL Area) (% NL Pop)     (%)     
   -------------   --   --  -------  ------  --------  -------   --------  -------   ----------- ----------    -----    

Louisiana
   ALEXANDRIA       5   43   3500.3   485.0    44463      997      43485      983        0.1          0.0       99.9
   ALEXANDRIA      25   27    113.7   415.0    18717      292      18698      291        0.7          0.4      100.0
   ALEXANDRIA      31   30     57.9   333.0    17399      254      17377      254        0.9          0.1      100.0
   BATON ROUGE      2   47   3652.1   515.0    46050     2398      40626     2328        0.0          0.0       99.5
   BATON ROUGE      9   42   1576.4   509.0    40205     1878      32242     1276        0.0          0.0      100.0
   BATON ROUGE     27   14    143.6   303.0    15267      769      14551      735        0.5          0.1       99.9
   BATON ROUGE     33   34    410.8   522.0    26339     1300      25430     1274        0.0          0.0      100.0
   BATON ROUGE     44   45    280.9   426.0    19895      998      19883      997        0.1          0.0      100.0
   COLUMBIA        11   20   1759.9   610.0    45810      705      35034      573        0.0          0.0      100.0
   LAFAYETTE        3   41   3761.1   530.0    48504      922      35858      717        0.0          0.0      100.0
   LAFAYETTE       10   22   1470.8   530.0    35974      872      28579      750        0.0          0.0      100.0
   LAFAYETTE       15   16    144.9   360.0    17770      560      17769      560        0.5          0.5      100.0
   LAFAYETTE       24   23    113.1   369.0    17540      531      17540      531        0.0          0.0      100.0
   LAKE CHARLES     7   36   1552.3   451.0    36913      954      35144      939        0.0          0.0      100.0
   LAKE CHARLES    18   26     54.3   314.0    16355      336      16355      336        0.9          0.3      100.0
   LAKE CHARLES    29   28     58.2   394.0    19568      609      19552      609        0.0          0.0      100.0
   MONROE           8   35   1713.1   576.0    44349      726      41991      684        0.0          0.0      100.0
   MONROE          13   19   1592.2   543.0    41802      693      36742      619        0.0          0.0      100.0
   NEW ORLEANS      4   35   3932.7   305.0    34789     1785      34359     1770        0.0          0.0      100.0
   NEW ORLEANS      6   46   4096.4   283.0    34118     1808      33653     1787        0.0          0.0      100.0
   NEW ORLEANS      8   30   1605.4   302.0    29226     1681      26919     1601        0.0          0.0      100.0
   NEW ORLEANS     12   11      5.6   308.0    22338     1550      20400     1484        0.0          0.0      100.0
   NEW ORLEANS     20   21    368.1   276.0    20472     1518      20000     1498        0.0          0.2      100.0
   NEW ORLEANS     26   24    155.6   308.0    16252     1383      15848     1372        0.0          0.6      100.0
   NEW ORLEANS     32   31    123.6   308.0    14963     1365      14959     1368        0.1          0.5      100.0
   NEW ORLEANS     38   39    371.3   311.0    18381     1432      18380     1432        0.0          0.0      100.0
   NEW ORLEANS     49   48    126.4   271.0    14360     1328      14360     1328        0.0          0.1      100.0
   SHREVEPORT       3   41   3885.8   543.0    48519     1088      34694      899        0.0          0.0      100.0
   SHREVEPORT      12   17   1645.8   549.0    43305     1013      33450      894        0.8          0.5      100.0
   SHREVEPORT      24   23     79.0   326.0    18426      530      18242      529        0.0          0.2      100.0
   SHREVEPORT      33   34    366.0   553.0    28978      828      28134      801        0.0          0.0      100.0
   SHREVEPORT      45   44    204.5   507.0    21330      637      21209      635        0.7          0.7      100.0
   SLIDELL         54   51    245.4   213.0    16705     1452      16700     1451        0.0          0.2      100.0
   WEST MONROE     14   18    395.8   572.0    30733      550      30628      553        0.3          0.3       99.8
   WEST MONROE     39   38     50.0   152.0     9733      262       9714      262        0.6          0.5      100.0

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Created August 18, 1996 by Doug Lung dlung@transmitter.com