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) (%)
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Louisiana
ALEXANDRIA 5 43 3500.3 485.0 44463 997 43485 983 0.1 0.0 99.9
ALEXANDRIA 25 27 113.7 415.0 18717 292 18698 291 0.7 0.4 100.0
ALEXANDRIA 31 30 57.9 333.0 17399 254 17377 254 0.9 0.1 100.0
BATON ROUGE 2 47 3652.1 515.0 46050 2398 40626 2328 0.0 0.0 99.5
BATON ROUGE 9 42 1576.4 509.0 40205 1878 32242 1276 0.0 0.0 100.0
BATON ROUGE 27 14 143.6 303.0 15267 769 14551 735 0.5 0.1 99.9
BATON ROUGE 33 34 410.8 522.0 26339 1300 25430 1274 0.0 0.0 100.0
BATON ROUGE 44 45 280.9 426.0 19895 998 19883 997 0.1 0.0 100.0
COLUMBIA 11 20 1759.9 610.0 45810 705 35034 573 0.0 0.0 100.0
LAFAYETTE 3 41 3761.1 530.0 48504 922 35858 717 0.0 0.0 100.0
LAFAYETTE 10 22 1470.8 530.0 35974 872 28579 750 0.0 0.0 100.0
LAFAYETTE 15 16 144.9 360.0 17770 560 17769 560 0.5 0.5 100.0
LAFAYETTE 24 23 113.1 369.0 17540 531 17540 531 0.0 0.0 100.0
LAKE CHARLES 7 36 1552.3 451.0 36913 954 35144 939 0.0 0.0 100.0
LAKE CHARLES 18 26 54.3 314.0 16355 336 16355 336 0.9 0.3 100.0
LAKE CHARLES 29 28 58.2 394.0 19568 609 19552 609 0.0 0.0 100.0
MONROE 8 35 1713.1 576.0 44349 726 41991 684 0.0 0.0 100.0
MONROE 13 19 1592.2 543.0 41802 693 36742 619 0.0 0.0 100.0
NEW ORLEANS 4 35 3932.7 305.0 34789 1785 34359 1770 0.0 0.0 100.0
NEW ORLEANS 6 46 4096.4 283.0 34118 1808 33653 1787 0.0 0.0 100.0
NEW ORLEANS 8 30 1605.4 302.0 29226 1681 26919 1601 0.0 0.0 100.0
NEW ORLEANS 12 11 5.6 308.0 22338 1550 20400 1484 0.0 0.0 100.0
NEW ORLEANS 20 21 368.1 276.0 20472 1518 20000 1498 0.0 0.2 100.0
NEW ORLEANS 26 24 155.6 308.0 16252 1383 15848 1372 0.0 0.6 100.0
NEW ORLEANS 32 31 123.6 308.0 14963 1365 14959 1368 0.1 0.5 100.0
NEW ORLEANS 38 39 371.3 311.0 18381 1432 18380 1432 0.0 0.0 100.0
NEW ORLEANS 49 48 126.4 271.0 14360 1328 14360 1328 0.0 0.1 100.0
SHREVEPORT 3 41 3885.8 543.0 48519 1088 34694 899 0.0 0.0 100.0
SHREVEPORT 12 17 1645.8 549.0 43305 1013 33450 894 0.8 0.5 100.0
SHREVEPORT 24 23 79.0 326.0 18426 530 18242 529 0.0 0.2 100.0
SHREVEPORT 33 34 366.0 553.0 28978 828 28134 801 0.0 0.0 100.0
SHREVEPORT 45 44 204.5 507.0 21330 637 21209 635 0.7 0.7 100.0
SLIDELL 54 51 245.4 213.0 16705 1452 16700 1451 0.0 0.2 100.0
WEST MONROE 14 18 395.8 572.0 30733 550 30628 553 0.3 0.3 99.8
WEST MONROE 39 38 50.0 152.0 9733 262 9714 262 0.6 0.5 100.0
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