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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Tennessee
CHATTANOOGA 3 55 1000.0 320.0 26184 1033 27338 1025 0.0 0.0 90.3
CHATTANOOGA 9 35 1000.0 317.0 24577 993 21972 892 0.0 0.0 99.7
CHATTANOOGA 12 47 1000.0 384.0 27223 1041 25944 1001 0.0 0.0 98.0
CHATTANOOGA 45 29 50.0 329.0 15572 752 14511 722 0.8 1.0 100.0
CHATTANOOGA 61 40 127.3 370.0 13957 723 13584 702 0.0 0.0 99.0
CLEVELAND 53 42 50.0 356.0 11706 709 11072 686 2.8 2.2 99.9
COOKEVILLE 22 52 73.5 425.0 19872 346 19688 347 1.6 1.7 99.6
COOKEVILLE 28 36 50.0 279.0 10675 200 9879 192 4.3 2.8 100.0
CROSSVILLE 20 50 355.9 738.0 34644 1251 33955 1230 0.2 0.1 99.3
GREENEVILLE 39 38 129.8 802.0 20934 1058 19728 970 1.3 1.0 99.7
HENDERSONVILLE 50 51 140.6 235.0 11900 996 11660 966 4.2 1.9 99.6
JACKSON 7 43 920.0 323.0 29202 565 25511 510 0.0 0.0 100.0
JACKSON 16 39 336.3 322.0 20258 451 20105 449 0.9 0.5 99.8
JELLICO 54 23 50.0 395.0 4856 221 3759 163 0.0 0.0 100.0
JOHNSON CITY 11 58 980.9 707.0 29717 1064 29358 1028 0.0 0.0 95.5
KINGSPORT 19 27 54.3 707.0 18226 695 18524 709 0.4 0.2 96.2
KNOXVILLE 6 26 1000.0 454.0 32436 1194 33026 1181 0.0 0.0 92.2
KNOXVILLE 8 30 663.5 382.0 19804 936 19888 941 0.0 0.0 95.0
KNOXVILLE 10 31 767.9 546.0 32432 1194 29785 1101 3.0 1.7 98.9
KNOXVILLE 15 17 92.1 513.0 19946 930 19520 922 0.6 0.3 99.8
KNOXVILLE 43 34 50.3 351.0 13921 812 13576 800 2.0 2.7 99.5
LEBANON 66 44 50.0 161.0 8926 919 8313 866 0.0 0.0 100.0
LEXINGTON 11 47 1000.0 195.0 23549 474 20401 417 0.0 0.0 100.0
MEMPHIS 3 28 1000.0 305.0 33403 1443 24845 1287 0.0 0.0 99.9
MEMPHIS 5 52 1000.0 308.0 32952 1427 29582 1379 0.0 0.0 99.3
MEMPHIS 10 29 670.8 329.0 29711 1364 24952 1276 1.6 0.5 100.0
MEMPHIS 13 53 1000.0 308.0 28576 1343 25719 1304 0.0 0.0 100.0
MEMPHIS 24 25 111.4 308.0 20834 1195 20718 1193 0.0 0.0 100.0
MEMPHIS 30 31 207.6 305.0 17506 1124 17330 1123 0.7 0.2 99.9
MEMPHIS 50 51 50.0 315.0 14801 1118 15581 1129 0.4 0.1 94.6
MURFREESBORO 39 38 183.2 250.0 15043 1090 14421 1066 3.5 2.5 100.0
NASHVILLE 2 27 1000.0 411.0 37573 1658 32297 1472 0.0 0.0 99.5
NASHVILLE 4 10 39.7 434.0 36718 1612 34521 1561 0.0 0.0 98.4
NASHVILLE 5 56 1000.0 425.0 37265 1656 33627 1569 0.0 0.0 99.0
NASHVILLE 8 46 936.5 390.0 31852 1496 28879 1420 0.0 0.0 100.0
NASHVILLE 17 15 121.8 354.0 23686 1338 23718 1337 1.3 0.5 99.2
NASHVILLE 30 21 183.0 430.0 23658 1364 23658 1364 1.9 2.6 98.5
NASHVILLE 58 23 52.6 240.0 13345 1075 13084 1067 4.1 3.6 100.0
SNEEDVILLE 2 41 1000.0 536.0 36323 1629 38851 1659 0.0 0.0 90.1
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