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) (%) ------------- -- -- ------- ------ -------- ------- -------- ------- ----------- ---------- ----- Colorado BOULDER 14 15 154.5 351.0 15957 2041 15716 2037 0.7 0.2 99.6 BROOMFIELD 12 17 2348.7 738.0 33128 2187 31016 2165 0.0 0.0 99.2 CASTLE ROCK 53 47 322.7 193.0 11801 1720 11208 1686 0.0 0.0 100.0 COLORADO SPRING 11 10 7.7 725.0 29797 831 26686 633 0.0 0.0 99.4 COLORADO SPRING 13 24 1174.7 652.0 30427 1592 24772 629 0.0 0.0 99.9 COLORADO SPRING 21 22 123.1 656.0 17744 555 16718 540 1.5 0.1 99.6 DENVER 2 44 5000.0 319.0 29807 2272 31713 2314 0.0 0.0 92.3 DENVER 4 34 5000.0 451.0 33752 2304 32687 2327 0.0 0.0 92.4 DENVER 6 36 5000.0 292.0 28790 2257 27638 2149 0.0 0.0 95.5 DENVER 7 18 3437.7 308.0 26796 2256 25377 2207 0.0 0.0 99.0 DENVER 9 16 3435.0 280.0 26167 2246 23896 2193 0.0 0.0 99.1 DENVER 20 19 414.6 383.0 18502 2068 17524 2020 1.3 0.7 99.6 DENVER 31 30 414.4 317.0 16887 2044 16466 2033 0.2 0.0 99.8 DENVER 41 42 148.1 344.0 12440 1886 12336 1882 1.1 2.6 99.6 DENVER 50 49 165.3 233.0 12910 1878 12482 1866 0.2 0.0 100.0 DENVER 59 35 269.4 96.0 7786 1770 7899 1800 0.0 0.0 96.4 DURANGO 6 26 97.6 110.0 8152 63 9311 65 0.0 0.0 87.3 FORT COLLINS 22 21 76.5 256.0 13277 434 13063 418 0.5 0.1 100.0 GLENWOOD SPRING 3 45 2301.6 771.0 25413 67 31999 87 0.0 0.0 77.9 GRAND JUNCTION 5 48 155.9 33.0 5271 91 6731 92 0.0 0.0 78.3 GRAND JUNCTION 8 7 3.7 829.0 32053 144 26318 115 0.0 0.0 100.0 LONGMONT 25 26 368.8 332.0 14412 2126 14261 2125 0.5 0.3 99.9 MONTROSE 10 13 3.2 33.0 4907 33 4544 33 0.0 0.0 100.0 PUEBLO 5 39 3554.3 396.0 32684 592 32241 584 0.0 0.0 93.6 PUEBLO 8 23 891.9 727.0 30728 1466 26061 620 0.0 0.0 99.7 STEAMBOAT SPRIN 24 14 50.0 157.0 1629 11 1369 11 0.0 0.0 100.0 STERLING 3 40 3737.2 232.0 26452 71 22909 61 0.0 0.0 100.0
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