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 Second Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration of the Fifth and Sixth Report and Orders, FCC 98-315, released December 18, 1998. Please refer to the column descriptions for more details on the table.
This information was extracted directly from FCC file fcc98315.txt dated February 5, 1999. It is possible, although unlikely, that errors may have been introduced in the conversion process. Note that the city and even state of channels listed here may not match those commonly identified with the TV channel. This is because many stations licensed to locations just outside major cities often identify themselves with the major city, not their city of license. The city of license must be mentioned somewhere in legal station identifications at the top of the hour. If you find the data here does not match the FCC data, please 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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New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE 4 26 293.2 1280.0 46755 759 50842 779 0.0 0.0 90.9
ALBUQUERQUE 5 25 285.3 1289.0 46814 759 51101 776 0.0 0.0 91.6
ALBUQUERQUE 7 21 92.2 1292.0 38823 752 39015 751 0.0 0.0 98.9
ALBUQUERQUE 13 16 106.9 1287.0 41933 752 40657 749 0.0 0.0 100.0
ALBUQUERQUE 23 24 50.0 1259.0 29909 731 29481 726 0.1 0.0 98.9
ALBUQUERQUE 32 17 50.0 1236.0 9145 648 8577 647 0.3 0.0 99.9
ALBUQUERQUE 41 42 50.0 1266.0 24251 724 23639 717 0.2 0.0 100.0
ALBUQUERQUE 50 51 50.0 1276.0 32970 735 31739 729 0.0 0.0 100.0
CARLSBAD 6 19 1000.0 366.0 34885 156 32739 118 0.0 0.0 99.6
CLOVIS 12 20 598.0 204.0 21300 84 18025 82 0.0 0.0 100.0
FARMINGTON 3 8 31.7 138.0 20222 111 20910 114 0.0 0.0 96.7
FARMINGTON 12 17 1000.0 125.0 18078 114 16423 107 0.0 0.0 100.0
HOBBS 29 16 50.0 159.0 2995 39 2995 39 0.0 0.0 100.0
LAS CRUCES 22 23 50.0 137.0 10017 209 9113 124 0.2 0.0 100.0
LAS CRUCES 48 47 200.0 134.0 7570 599 7295 571 0.0 0.0 100.0
PORTALES 3 32 1000.0 351.0 35934 187 35342 187 0.0 0.0 100.0
ROSWELL 8 38 890.2 536.0 41374 163 39969 159 0.0 0.0 100.0
ROSWELL 10 41 987.6 610.0 45138 183 38701 168 0.0 0.0 100.0
ROSWELL 27 28 50.0 115.0 5832 58 5824 58 0.8 0.1 100.0
SANTA FE 2 27 321.1 1275.0 47290 762 52571 786 0.0 0.0 89.8
SANTA FE 11 10 23.3 618.0 36578 732 33228 708 0.0 0.0 100.0
SANTA FE 19 29 208.5 33.0 7469 139 7063 136 0.0 0.0 100.0
SILVER CITY 10 12 3.2 485.0 15964 46 13028 42 0.0 0.0 100.0
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