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) (%)
------------- -- -- ------- ------ -------- ------- -------- ------- ----------- ---------- -----
South Dakota
ABERDEEN 9 28 672.0 427.0 34180 131 28565 112 0.0 0.0 100.0
ABERDEEN 16 17 50.0 357.0 20455 75 20039 71 0.0 0.0 100.0
BROOKINGS 8 18 801.6 229.0 24013 139 20117 127 0.7 2.6 100.0
EAGLE BUTTE 13 25 660.8 518.0 39363 20 34778 17 0.0 0.0 100.0
FLORENCE 3 25 1000.0 512.0 44498 192 44067 198 0.0 0.0 97.0
HURON 12 22 979.2 259.0 25074 80 21367 69 0.0 0.0 99.3
LEAD 5 29 1000.0 564.0 42705 145 43909 149 0.0 0.0 94.1
LEAD 11 30 793.0 576.0 40395 145 38672 144 0.0 0.0 99.7
LOWRY 11 15 368.5 317.0 27749 29 21318 24 0.0 0.0 100.0
MARTIN 8 23 1000.0 265.0 25911 29 23533 27 0.0 0.0 100.0
MITCHELL 5 26 1000.0 460.0 40741 373 38297 340 0.0 0.0 96.5
PIERRE 4 19 1000.0 378.0 36571 51 32608 46 0.0 0.0 99.9
PIERRE 10 21 586.1 488.0 35323 58 32008 55 0.0 0.0 99.3
RAPID CITY 3 22 1000.0 201.0 23926 126 23814 128 0.0 0.0 95.6
RAPID CITY 7 18 945.5 204.0 20618 122 18203 118 0.0 0.0 99.9
RAPID CITY 9 26 76.3 202.0 13922 106 13113 106 0.0 0.0 99.4
RAPID CITY 15 16 50.0 155.0 10537 103 10141 98 3.5 0.3 100.0
RELIANCE 6 14 1000.0 338.0 34748 59 32119 56 0.0 0.0 99.6
SIOUX FALLS 11 32 819.1 610.0 43499 531 34181 412 0.0 0.0 100.0
SIOUX FALLS 13 29 769.2 610.0 41744 447 35241 417 0.0 0.0 98.1
SIOUX FALLS 17 7 3.2 151.0 6670 160 6618 159 2.6 3.5 100.0
SIOUX FALLS 23 24 50.0 54.0 1623 122 1623 122 0.2 0.0 100.0
SIOUX FALLS 36 40 50.0 293.0 15246 228 15226 228 1.5 0.9 99.9
SIOUX FALLS 46 47 154.0 607.0 32796 387 31976 377 0.0 0.0 100.0
VERMILLION 2 34 1000.0 232.0 29218 441 28686 434 0.0 0.0 99.8
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