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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Pennsylvania
ALLENTOWN 39 53 50.0 302.0 12244 2632 11405 2542 8.1 16.3 99.3
ALLENTOWN 69 67 50.0 313.0 12230 2492 11045 2334 1.4 4.1 99.9
ALTOONA 10 41 2283.9 338.0 22732 812 21060 765 0.0 0.0 99.0
ALTOONA 23 49 50.0 324.0 6717 339 5279 276 0.4 0.1 100.0
ALTOONA 47 48 75.7 308.0 13090 562 12147 517 1.6 1.0 100.0
BETHLEHEM 60 24 50.0 225.0 4138 815 3338 714 4.8 4.7 100.0
CLEARFIELD 3 7 15.7 268.0 27196 738 25601 706 0.0 0.0 97.6
ERIE 12 32 2817.1 305.0 28392 737 24609 666 0.0 0.0 100.0
ERIE 24 52 50.0 290.0 12895 460 12534 448 0.1 0.0 100.0
ERIE 35 16 50.0 287.0 11158 430 10841 420 0.5 0.6 100.0
ERIE 54 50 50.0 268.0 13600 435 13944 441 0.7 0.6 96.6
ERIE 66 30 50.0 271.0 11750 425 11279 408 1.9 1.4 100.0
GREENSBURG 40 51 50.3 299.0 13994 2535 13951 2538 2.2 4.0 98.1
HARRISBURG 21 4 1.0 372.0 17302 1782 15458 1624 4.2 3.5 96.9
HARRISBURG 27 61 114.4 346.0 14897 1589 14955 1596 2.5 1.7 97.7
HARRISBURG 33 34 53.5 427.0 17362 1805 17044 1768 15.4 16.0 98.5
HAZLETON 56 5 1.0 329.0 13323 952 9258 538 2.8 1.1 99.8
JOHNSTOWN 6 28 4479.8 341.0 29051 2766 27793 2676 0.1 0.0 97.8
JOHNSTOWN 8 58 1518.6 368.0 21779 2603 19405 2285 0.0 0.0 99.3
JOHNSTOWN 19 30 95.1 363.0 16823 2094 15963 1863 0.0 0.0 98.6
LANCASTER 8 58 512.3 415.0 25001 3749 22163 2780 1.6 1.8 99.4
LANCASTER 15 63 50.0 415.0 16385 2016 16308 1965 6.1 3.5 97.7
PHILADELPHIA 3 64 4627.7 305.0 33034 9506 26070 7557 0.0 0.0 99.9
PHILADELPHIA 6 46 2885.3 332.0 32543 9301 27489 7754 0.8 0.2 99.7
PHILADELPHIA 10 59 920.0 354.0 26686 8144 24032 7207 0.2 0.2 99.0
PHILADELPHIA 17 55 131.9 320.0 18783 6663 18522 6598 3.9 1.5 100.0
PHILADELPHIA 29 30 376.0 347.0 22567 7471 22563 7298 6.2 1.5 96.9
PHILADELPHIA 35 54 88.6 284.0 11660 5578 11669 5676 16.4 11.0 98.0
PHILADELPHIA 57 32 367.4 353.0 18658 6875 17028 6387 4.0 0.8 99.8
PITTSBURGH 2 25 4549.5 302.0 30756 3650 27041 3346 1.9 1.8 99.3
PITTSBURGH 4 50 4441.2 293.0 30917 3298 25618 3078 1.0 0.5 99.2
PITTSBURGH 11 38 1986.6 302.0 26425 3431 23290 3100 0.1 0.0 100.0
PITTSBURGH 13 26 3315.3 210.0 23674 3118 20159 2903 0.2 0.0 100.0
PITTSBURGH 16 54 50.0 215.0 11160 2438 11048 2423 0.7 0.2 99.4
PITTSBURGH 22 42 373.6 280.0 15066 2667 13641 2526 0.9 3.4 100.0
PITTSBURGH 53 43 131.3 312.0 17794 2839 17115 2763 4.7 3.2 99.9
READING 51 25 414.9 395.0 20082 6868 17633 5229 13.4 16.1 98.5
RED LION 49 47 50.0 177.0 10108 1531 9209 1378 3.6 3.6 99.2
SCRANTON 16 9 3.2 506.0 21064 1630 16763 1223 4.9 8.9 99.5
SCRANTON 22 11 3.2 505.0 24155 1832 20308 1494 5.1 10.1 98.8
SCRANTON 38 2 1.0 385.0 18459 1081 14045 814 10.7 5.7 99.4
SCRANTON 44 41 51.0 509.0 16026 1241 15142 1104 4.0 4.2 97.5
SCRANTON 64 31 50.0 374.0 3899 502 2930 455 7.3 1.5 100.0
WILKES-BARRE 28 13 3.2 509.0 24079 1825 21142 1595 6.3 7.2 98.0
WILLIAMSPORT 53 17 50.0 222.0 3914 165 2606 121 0.2 0.0 100.0
YORK 43 42 128.4 415.0 20891 3106 18497 2460 4.4 7.5 100.0
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