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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New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE 4 48 717.6 1280.0 45878 759 51046 780 0.0 0.0 88.9
ALBUQUERQUE 5 44 714.0 1289.0 46093 759 51336 771 0.0 0.0 89.8
ALBUQUERQUE 7 8 3.2 1292.0 42113 756 39164 750 0.0 0.0 99.9
ALBUQUERQUE 13 9 3.2 1287.0 44426 759 40780 751 0.0 0.0 100.0
ALBUQUERQUE 23 24 78.6 1259.0 28250 732 27600 728 0.1 0.0 100.0
ALBUQUERQUE 32 31 50.0 1236.0 8703 629 8129 627 0.0 0.0 100.0
ALBUQUERQUE 41 40 74.1 1266.0 24511 723 23937 719 0.1 0.2 100.0
ALBUQUERQUE 50 49 97.8 1276.0 34693 738 33227 733 0.4 0.1 100.0
CARLSBAD 6 40 3694.1 366.0 35448 160 32817 118 0.0 0.0 99.4
CLOVIS 12 21 1678.2 204.0 21773 84 18276 82 0.0 0.0 100.0
FARMINGTON 12 15 3437.7 125.0 18585 109 16772 103 0.0 0.0 100.0
GALLUP 3 29 321.6 33.0 7235 53 8104 56 0.0 0.0 88.9
HOBBS 29 30 50.0 159.0 2878 39 2878 39 0.0 0.0 100.0
LAS CRUCES 22 16 58.9 137.0 9470 191 8716 128 0.1 0.0 100.0
LAS CRUCES 48 28 252.8 134.0 8054 579 7759 571 4.0 16.8 99.9
PORTALES 3 33 3806.9 351.0 36368 188 35603 188 0.0 0.0 100.0
ROSWELL 8 15 1700.2 536.0 41701 163 40179 161 0.7 0.0 100.0
ROSWELL 10 17 1780.8 610.0 44856 182 38778 168 0.0 0.0 100.0
ROSWELL 27 26 50.0 115.0 5522 58 5501 58 0.0 0.0 100.0
SANTA FE 2 43 769.0 1275.0 46571 760 52848 785 0.0 0.0 88.0
SANTA FE 11 16 1429.9 618.0 35917 717 33452 717 0.0 0.0 100.0
SILVER CITY 10 12 3.2 485.0 16717 46 13112 42 0.0 0.0 100.0
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