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) (%) ------------- -- -- ------- ------ -------- ------- -------- ------- ----------- ---------- ----- Wyoming CASPER 2 41 4526.8 610.0 45075 79 46404 78 0.0 0.0 94.8 CASPER 14 16 86.3 573.0 22848 65 22080 65 0.0 0.0 100.0 CASPER 20 19 100.0 533.0 19283 69 18520 68 0.1 0.0 100.0 CHEYENNE 5 51 5000.0 189.0 23385 355 23132 364 0.0 0.0 94.4 CHEYENNE 27 28 300.0 232.0 13025 335 12680 328 0.0 0.1 100.0 CHEYENNE 33 32 50.0 148.0 4107 71 3863 71 0.0 0.0 100.0 JACKSON 2 25 50.0 304.0 4307 11 4571 11 0.0 0.0 93.9 LANDER 4 27 5000.0 463.0 36343 33 37717 33 0.0 0.0 95.6 LANDER 5 35 5000.0 82.0 18615 32 19838 32 0.0 0.0 93.0 RAWLINS 11 9 3.2 70.0 2406 10 2193 10 0.0 0.0 100.0 RIVERTON 10 17 848.4 526.0 26388 48 25206 47 0.0 0.0 99.7 ROCK SPRINGS 13 15 1084.6 521.0 35337 45 33035 45 0.0 0.0 100.0 SHERIDAN 9 15 50.0 291.0 8756 24 7734 24 0.0 0.0 100.0 SHERIDAN 12 18 3437.7 372.0 28891 38 27520 37 0.0 0.0 99.9
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