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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Maine
AUGUSTA 10 29 1896.6 305.0 27280 787 24864 734 0.0 0.0 100.0
BANGOR 2 27 3056.6 192.0 22579 329 19887 293 0.0 0.0 99.9
BANGOR 5 46 1334.9 402.0 30352 475 26568 432 0.0 0.0 99.3
BANGOR 7 22 3231.7 250.0 26030 340 23031 286 0.0 0.0 100.0
BIDDEFORD 26 45 50.0 244.0 11363 644 11056 628 0.8 0.4 98.2
CALAIS 13 16 589.3 134.0 15424 33 12188 28 0.0 0.0 100.0
LEWISTON 35 4 1.0 258.0 9462 480 8905 469 1.9 1.0 100.0
ORONO 12 21 2653.6 302.0 28047 355 24553 318 0.0 0.0 100.0
POLAND SPRING 8 15 422.1 1173.0 43430 1050 39418 995 1.1 2.9 99.0
PORTLAND 6 38 3810.8 610.0 37705 1218 35037 1063 0.0 0.0 97.6
PORTLAND 13 44 1578.4 491.0 33321 981 32416 982 1.8 4.7 97.4
PORTLAND 51 39 164.9 280.0 13613 602 13880 603 1.6 0.5 95.8
PRESQUE ISLE 8 15 185.2 107.0 7309 54 7675 53 0.0 0.0 87.9
PRESQUE ISLE 10 14 1526.5 332.0 29468 80 26396 76 0.0 0.0 100.0
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