This table shows the channel assignments for DTV (digital television, also called HDTV or ATV) in the U.S., as listed in the FCC's Sixth Report And Order - Advanced Television Systems and Their Impact upon the Existing Television Broadcast Service, Mass Media Docket No. 87-268, released April 21, 1997 (FCC 97-115). Please refer to the column descriptions for more details on the table. This information was extracted directly from FCC 97-115A. 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 35 1000.0 485.0 43410 956 43135 982 0.0 0.0 98.7
ALEXANDRIA 25 26 64.6 415.0 19599 318 19527 317 0.0 0.0 100.0
ALEXANDRIA 31 32 50.0 333.0 17720 257 17600 256 0.9 0.9 100.0
BATON ROUGE 2 42 1000.0 515.0 46184 2450 40635 2324 0.0 0.0 99.8
BATON ROUGE 9 46 917.8 509.0 40157 1877 31609 1220 0.1 0.0 100.0
BATON ROUGE 27 22 71.2 303.0 16048 809 15122 761 0.2 0.0 100.0
BATON ROUGE 33 34 216.8 522.0 26992 1315 25957 1288 0.0 0.0 100.0
BATON ROUGE 44 45 137.2 426.0 19373 985 19373 985 0.0 0.0 100.0
COLUMBIA 11 57 1000.0 572.0 43189 691 32880 566 0.0 0.0 100.0
LAFAYETTE 3 28 1000.0 530.0 47375 911 35053 718 0.0 0.0 100.0
LAFAYETTE 10 56 1000.0 530.0 41206 1002 32285 794 0.0 0.0 100.0
LAFAYETTE 15 16 89.1 360.0 19890 586 19890 586 0.0 0.0 100.0
LAFAYETTE 24 23 61.5 369.0 18304 536 18304 536 0.0 0.0 100.0
LAKE CHARLES 7 53 1000.0 451.0 36922 954 35167 940 0.0 0.0 100.0
LAKE CHARLES 18 20 50.0 314.0 18006 374 18010 374 0.4 0.1 100.0
LAKE CHARLES 29 30 81.0 394.0 19657 610 19649 610 0.0 0.0 100.0
MONROE 8 55 1000.0 576.0 43716 728 41193 688 0.0 0.0 100.0
MONROE 13 19 530.4 543.0 41003 691 36053 621 0.0 0.0 100.0
NEW ORLEANS 4 30 1000.0 305.0 34068 1783 33649 1767 0.0 0.0 100.0
NEW ORLEANS 6 43 1000.0 283.0 33332 1807 32893 1788 0.0 0.0 100.0
NEW ORLEANS 8 29 669.9 302.0 28600 1682 26365 1603 0.0 0.0 100.0
NEW ORLEANS 12 11 14.2 308.0 21819 1549 19930 1488 0.0 0.0 100.0
NEW ORLEANS 20 14 124.2 275.0 16711 1451 16429 1443 0.0 0.0 100.0
NEW ORLEANS 26 15 67.1 308.0 16761 1404 16186 1389 0.0 0.0 100.0
NEW ORLEANS 32 31 63.9 308.0 15031 1384 14995 1381 0.0 0.6 100.0
NEW ORLEANS 38 39 189.7 311.0 17993 1432 17993 1432 0.0 0.0 100.0
NEW ORLEANS 49 50 59.1 271.0 13440 1317 13440 1317 0.0 0.0 100.0
SHREVEPORT 3 28 1000.0 543.0 47570 1089 33729 898 0.0 0.0 100.0
SHREVEPORT 12 17 522.4 549.0 42279 1014 32645 899 2.4 1.1 100.0
SHREVEPORT 24 23 50.0 326.0 19134 563 18901 560 0.0 0.0 100.0
SHREVEPORT 33 34 193.3 553.0 28959 838 28068 809 1.7 0.7 100.0
SHREVEPORT 45 44 96.0 507.0 20170 618 20089 617 0.7 0.8 100.0
SLIDELL 54 24 60.5 213.0 12140 1346 12140 1346 0.0 0.0 100.0
WEST MONROE 14 36 387.5 572.0 33831 607 33524 598 0.7 0.1 99.5
WEST MONROE 39 38 50.0 152.0 9420 261 8715 256 0.2 0.0 100.0
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