This table shows the channel assignments for DTV (digital television, also called HDTV or ATV) in the U.S., as listed in the FCC's Sixth Report And Order - Advanced Television Systems and Their Impact upon the Existing Television Broadcast Service, Mass Media Docket No. 87-268, released April 21, 1997 (FCC 97-115). Please refer to the column descriptions for more details on the table. This information was extracted directly from FCC 97-115A. 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) (%)
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California
ANAHEIM 56 32 71.9 728.0 20567 11980 19520 11398 0.6 0.3 99.9
ARCATA 23 22 50.0 510.0 12233 112 11151 99 0.1 0.0 100.0
BAKERSFIELD 17 25 272.9 427.0 17536 546 17028 507 0.0 0.0 99.9
BAKERSFIELD 23 10 4.4 1128.0 23080 689 20817 611 0.0 0.0 100.0
BAKERSFIELD 29 33 67.1 1137.0 15874 538 15051 472 0.0 0.0 100.0
BAKERSFIELD 45 55 235.3 404.0 16263 562 15916 517 0.0 0.0 100.0
BARSTOW 64 44 67.2 518.0 15278 630 14214 623 0.0 0.0 99.5
CALIPATRIA 54 50 177.3 507.0 21324 226 20704 226 0.0 0.0 100.0
CERES 23 15 50.0 47.0 1623 359 1623 359 3.7 2.3 100.0
CHICO 12 43 1000.0 396.0 28873 572 28649 562 0.5 0.6 99.3
CHICO 24 36 292.9 564.0 21964 368 21707 355 1.0 5.9 99.9
CLOVIS 43 44 192.4 671.0 25054 1162 24306 1150 6.6 1.3 100.0
CONCORD 42 63 58.4 856.0 26738 6615 25956 6208 1.2 3.1 100.0
CORONA 52 39 60.8 896.0 17009 12138 17469 12070 7.7 8.6 95.3
COTATI 22 23 50.0 620.0 10873 1197 8985 1054 0.4 0.2 100.0
EL CENTRO 7 22 585.0 389.0 22736 181 21793 181 0.2 0.0 99.9
EL CENTRO 9 48 955.2 488.0 26945 229 26621 229 0.0 0.0 99.5
EUREKA 3 16 1000.0 503.0 32082 134 35054 139 0.0 0.0 91.4
EUREKA 6 17 1000.0 530.0 39228 139 41884 143 0.0 0.0 93.5
EUREKA 13 11 13.6 515.0 30362 121 28646 120 0.0 0.0 100.0
EUREKA 29 28 50.0 334.0 6424 92 5889 88 0.1 0.0 100.0
FORT BRAGG 8 15 355.3 746.0 27463 114 26639 96 0.0 0.0 99.8
FRESNO 18 40 83.3 677.0 22892 1124 22598 1116 1.4 0.7 99.8
FRESNO 24 16 50.0 716.0 23191 1124 22377 1109 0.5 0.0 100.0
FRESNO 30 9 8.3 622.0 20995 1141 19672 1130 1.1 0.4 99.8
FRESNO 47 14 50.0 597.0 19556 1085 17869 1057 0.4 0.0 99.9
FRESNO 53 7 3.2 581.0 17231 1091 16231 1075 1.3 0.2 100.0
HANFORD 21 20 267.0 605.0 25551 1223 24941 1209 3.0 0.4 99.9
HUNTINGTON BEAC 50 48 167.2 330.0 10136 9299 9534 8947 0.8 0.1 100.0
LOS ANGELES 2 60 828.8 1107.0 39943 13460 48054 14289 0.4 0.0 81.1
LOS ANGELES 4 36 680.9 984.0 41063 13830 46739 14262 0.0 0.0 84.3
LOS ANGELES 5 68 1000.0 976.0 38228 13519 47304 14401 0.0 0.0 80.8
LOS ANGELES 7 8 10.7 978.0 34851 13722 34407 13555 0.1 0.0 95.5
LOS ANGELES 9 43 342.2 970.0 23622 12774 24577 12876 0.2 0.0 94.6
LOS ANGELES 11 65 659.2 896.0 32990 13278 34448 13536 0.0 0.0 94.1
LOS ANGELES 13 66 650.6 899.0 32263 13186 33784 13490 0.0 0.0 95.0
LOS ANGELES 22 42 165.4 889.0 16523 11629 17644 12142 0.1 0.2 92.1
LOS ANGELES 28 59 182.2 927.0 25452 12719 24863 12621 1.1 0.8 99.6
LOS ANGELES 34 35 70.3 896.0 22216 12586 21279 12427 0.5 1.0 99.7
LOS ANGELES 58 41 55.7 875.0 21665 12534 20290 12096 0.4 0.7 100.0
MERCED 51 38 129.4 680.0 21680 1288 20945 1275 0.0 0.0 99.9
MODESTO 19 18 238.2 573.0 26692 2695 26692 2748 4.2 1.4 98.3
MONTEREY 46 32 50.0 771.0 16201 718 15629 705 0.3 0.2 99.1
MONTEREY 67 31 50.0 701.0 14214 1413 12867 716 0.0 0.0 99.7
NOVATO 68 47 124.2 431.0 20706 4165 18713 3674 0.1 0.0 99.6
OAKLAND 2 56 1000.0 479.0 35218 5937 36057 5970 0.0 0.0 92.9
ONTARIO 46 47 69.9 927.0 17999 12158 17391 11983 0.2 0.5 100.0
OXNARD 63 24 50.0 549.0 12050 1792 10943 1280 0.2 0.6 99.6
PALM SPRINGS 36 46 50.0 207.0 5986 255 5890 259 1.2 1.4 99.4
PALM SPRINGS 42 52 64.4 1087.0 14117 859 14077 927 4.5 8.3 97.0
PARADISE 30 20 68.3 440.0 17736 370 17246 364 0.3 0.0 99.8
PORTERVILLE 61 48 74.5 811.0 21858 1330 21490 1278 0.1 0.0 100.0
RANCHO PALOS VE 44 51 224.9 451.0 13335 8016 16382 7109 0.0 0.0 79.1
REDDING 7 14 159.1 1103.0 35718 327 35198 321 0.0 0.0 99.4
REDDING 9 18 175.9 1097.0 35202 322 34666 319 0.0 0.0 99.2
RIVERSIDE 62 69 175.0 723.0 15815 11178 16882 11441 0.4 1.6 92.8
SACRAMENTO 3 35 1000.0 591.0 41135 4521 41289 4261 0.0 0.0 94.9
SACRAMENTO 6 53 1000.0 567.0 38167 4382 37776 4081 0.0 0.0 94.9
SACRAMENTO 10 61 1000.0 595.0 36503 4397 35298 4047 0.5 0.2 98.8
SACRAMENTO 29 48 258.8 321.0 12638 1565 13056 1575 6.0 1.8 96.7
SACRAMENTO 31 21 173.5 558.0 25574 3598 25170 3554 0.6 0.1 95.6
SACRAMENTO 40 55 264.1 597.0 25325 3652 24651 3387 1.0 0.5 99.9
SALINAS 8 43 429.3 896.0 28466 4733 26635 2944 0.0 0.0 92.0
SALINAS 35 13 3.2 735.0 17519 775 16367 760 0.6 0.0 99.6
SAN BERNARDINO 18 61 395.9 725.0 23804 11828 23623 11875 12.1 1.6 99.7
SAN BERNARDINO 24 26 50.0 509.0 14424 8756 12957 5696 2.2 8.2 99.9
SAN BERNARDINO 30 38 201.0 715.0 17385 11693 16905 11248 7.9 2.8 99.1
SAN DIEGO 8 55 1000.0 226.0 24042 2709 23545 2660 34.0 2.6 98.9
SAN DIEGO 10 25 774.5 229.0 20855 2694 20089 2655 0.0 0.0 99.9
SAN DIEGO 15 30 183.5 613.0 23197 2542 23823 2548 0.0 0.0 96.1
SAN DIEGO 39 40 89.3 577.0 19854 2463 20018 2314 9.6 0.0 95.7
SAN DIEGO 51 18 50.0 579.0 17565 2442 19500 2403 9.9 7.8 86.5
SAN DIEGO 69 19 60.2 594.0 20766 2505 19310 2405 10.9 0.2 100.0
SAN FRANCISCO 4 57 1000.0 512.0 36836 6014 36969 5930 0.0 0.0 93.5
SAN FRANCISCO 5 28 1000.0 506.0 38683 6303 37021 5968 0.0 0.0 96.0
SAN FRANCISCO 7 24 594.6 509.0 33240 5894 31509 5866 1.4 1.5 98.5
SAN FRANCISCO 9 34 736.7 509.0 33316 5918 29666 5424 0.1 0.0 99.8
SAN FRANCISCO 14 29 299.2 701.0 16907 5214 17117 5307 2.3 1.3 92.6
SAN FRANCISCO 20 19 141.4 472.0 18343 5359 17673 5268 1.3 1.1 97.7
SAN FRANCISCO 26 27 91.1 421.0 15750 5143 14492 4950 0.9 1.0 99.1
SAN FRANCISCO 32 33 50.0 491.0 15633 5283 13582 4849 8.8 1.6 100.0
SAN FRANCISCO 38 39 207.6 440.0 17045 5231 14928 4781 0.7 0.1 100.0
SAN FRANCISCO 44 45 197.5 491.0 17142 5297 15234 4859 0.7 0.6 99.9
SAN JOSE 11 12 6.0 844.0 33141 5446 29472 4933 0.0 0.0 99.9
SAN JOSE 36 52 240.6 686.0 16477 5328 14445 5063 3.2 1.6 99.6
SAN JOSE 48 49 186.3 631.0 14443 4882 12986 4803 3.5 3.1 99.7
SAN JOSE 54 50 50.0 585.0 8185 4455 7636 4349 8.1 9.6 98.8
SAN JOSE 65 41 75.8 812.0 16853 4501 15633 4358 0.0 0.0 100.0
SAN LUIS OBISPO 6 15 1000.0 543.0 40993 400 41704 414 0.0 0.0 96.1
SAN LUIS OBISPO 33 34 50.0 440.0 6608 272 5661 245 0.0 0.0 100.0
SAN MATEO 60 59 102.7 362.0 11899 4800 11188 4617 0.5 0.9 99.9
SANGER 59 36 50.0 591.0 14931 751 14055 745 0.0 0.0 99.9
SANTA ANA 40 53 50.0 881.0 18821 12437 17952 12273 6.6 1.1 99.9
SANTA BARBARA 3 27 668.8 917.0 42132 1169 45646 1276 0.0 0.0 90.2
SANTA MARIA 12 19 180.2 591.0 26083 375 24814 368 0.5 0.1 99.9
SANTA ROSA 50 54 50.0 939.0 12263 462 10137 393 2.6 3.7 99.0
STOCKTON 13 25 662.2 594.0 37405 4558 35709 4593 2.2 0.8 98.5
STOCKTON 58 46 149.7 559.0 21931 3502 21483 3377 2.0 2.5 99.5
STOCKTON 64 62 60.7 874.0 27091 6636 25391 5855 0.3 0.0 99.9
TWENTYNINE PALM 31 23 50.0 90.0 2541 52 2341 50 0.0 0.0 100.0
VALLEJO 66 30 56.3 466.0 13913 5226 11634 3741 0.0 0.0 99.6
VENTURA 57 49 162.4 530.0 15369 3471 13570 1584 0.0 0.0 100.0
VISALIA 26 28 166.9 792.0 27229 1135 26475 1132 0.1 0.0 100.0
VISALIA 49 50 78.8 835.0 20194 1290 19894 1225 0.0 0.0 99.9
WATSONVILLE 25 58 50.0 675.0 11878 1064 11399 737 0.9 0.1 99.8
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