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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 Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration of the Sixth Report and Order, FCC 98-24, released February 18, 1998, revised March 12, 1998. See the News Release - NRET8002. Please refer to the column descriptions for more details on the table. This information was extracted directly from FCC file et8002a.txt dated March 12, 1998. 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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California
ANAHEIM 56 32 75.1 728.0 19805 11348 19520 11398 0.8 0.4 97.5
ARCATA 23 22 50.0 510.0 12225 112 11147 99 0.1 0.0 100.0
BAKERSFIELD 17 25 285.1 427.0 17512 545 17028 507 0.0 0.0 100.0
BAKERSFIELD 23 10 4.6 1128.0 22757 671 20817 611 1.0 0.0 99.9
BAKERSFIELD 29 33 70.1 1137.0 15846 538 15051 472 0.0 0.0 100.0
BAKERSFIELD 45 55 245.8 404.0 16271 562 15924 517 0.0 0.5 100.0
BARSTOW 64 44 70.2 518.0 14984 626 14214 623 0.0 0.0 99.5
CALIPATRIA 54 50 185.2 507.0 21324 226 20704 226 0.0 0.0 100.0
CERES 23 15 50.0 47.0 1623 359 1623 359 3.2 2.3 100.0
CHICO 12 43 1000.0 396.0 28773 570 28649 562 0.5 0.6 99.1
CHICO 24 36 306.0 564.0 21868 357 21703 355 1.0 5.3 99.8
CLOVIS 43 44 201.0 671.0 24994 1163 24310 1150 6.5 1.3 99.9
CONCORD 42 63 61.0 856.0 26590 6581 25956 6208 1.1 3.0 99.5
CORONA 52 39 63.5 896.0 16781 12071 17469 12070 8.1 9.1 94.9
COTATI 22 23 50.0 620.0 10421 1149 8985 1054 0.7 0.2 99.5
EL CENTRO 7 22 611.2 389.0 22604 181 21793 181 0.2 0.0 99.8
EL CENTRO 9 48 997.9 488.0 26945 229 26621 229 0.0 0.0 99.5
EUREKA 3 16 1000.0 503.0 31134 134 35054 139 0.0 0.0 88.8
EUREKA 6 17 1000.0 530.0 38962 139 41892 143 0.0 0.0 92.8
EUREKA 13 11 14.2 515.0 30342 121 28654 120 0.0 0.0 100.0
EUREKA 29 28 50.0 334.0 6416 92 5885 88 0.1 0.0 100.0
FORT BRAGG 8 15 371.2 746.0 27303 114 26639 96 0.0 0.0 99.6
FRESNO 18 40 87.0 677.0 22864 1125 22598 1117 1.3 0.7 99.6
FRESNO 24 16 50.6 716.0 23275 1126 22381 1109 0.4 0.0 100.0
FRESNO 30 9 8.7 622.0 20834 1140 19684 1130 2.3 0.6 99.7
FRESNO 47 14 50.2 597.0 19355 1089 17869 1057 0.4 0.0 99.9
FRESNO 53 7 3.2 581.0 17074 1090 16227 1075 1.3 0.2 99.9
HANFORD 21 20 279.0 605.0 25523 1225 24849 1208 2.7 0.3 99.8
HUNTINGTON BEAC 50 48 174.7 330.0 9907 9025 9534 8947 0.3 0.0 98.5
LOS ANGELES 2 60 865.9 1107.0 39414 13330 48050 14289 0.4 0.0 80.0
LOS ANGELES 4 36 711.4 984.0 41111 13829 46739 14262 0.0 0.0 84.4
LOS ANGELES 5 31 661.0 976.0 40390 13494 47300 14401 0.0 0.0 85.4
LOS ANGELES 7 53 455.6 978.0 31810 13156 34407 13555 0.1 0.0 92.1
LOS ANGELES 9 43 357.5 970.0 23370 12755 24577 12876 0.1 0.0 93.7
LOS ANGELES 11 65 688.7 896.0 32730 13229 34448 13536 0.0 0.0 93.4
LOS ANGELES 13 66 679.7 899.0 31938 12964 33784 13490 0.0 0.0 94.1
LOS ANGELES 22 42 172.8 889.0 16223 11481 17628 12151 0.4 0.7 91.0
LOS ANGELES 28 59 190.3 927.0 25044 12593 24863 12621 1.0 0.8 98.2
LOS ANGELES 34 35 73.5 896.0 21708 12379 21279 12427 0.6 1.0 98.3
LOS ANGELES 58 41 58.2 875.0 21457 12504 20290 12096 0.2 0.5 99.6
MERCED 51 38 135.2 680.0 21599 1284 20953 1275 0.1 0.0 99.8
MODESTO 19 18 248.8 573.0 26528 2689 26692 2748 4.1 1.4 98.1
MONTEREY 46 32 50.0 771.0 15633 692 15629 705 0.3 0.2 97.7
MONTEREY 67 31 50.0 701.0 13402 790 12867 716 0.0 0.0 99.0
NOVATO 68 47 129.7 431.0 20011 4106 18713 3674 0.1 0.0 98.3
OAKLAND 2 56 1000.0 479.0 33796 5784 36057 5970 0.0 0.0 92.2
ONTARIO 46 47 73.0 927.0 17967 12177 17391 11983 0.2 0.4 100.0
OXNARD 63 24 50.0 549.0 11667 1513 10943 1280 0.2 0.6 99.6
PALM SPRINGS 36 46 50.0 207.0 5970 255 5890 259 1.1 1.4 99.3
PALM SPRINGS 42 52 67.3 1087.0 14000 823 14077 927 4.5 8.3 96.9
PARADISE 30 20 71.4 440.0 17593 370 17246 364 0.9 1.2 99.7
PORTERVILLE 61 48 77.8 811.0 21854 1330 21494 1278 0.1 0.0 100.0
RANCHO PALOS VE 44 51 235.0 451.0 13238 7851 16382 7109 0.0 0.0 79.0
REDDING 7 14 166.2 1103.0 35522 327 35198 321 0.0 0.0 99.3
REDDING 9 18 183.8 1097.0 35070 322 34666 319 0.0 0.0 99.0
RIVERSIDE 62 68 180.1 723.0 17271 11672 16882 11441 0.5 1.8 100.0
SACRAMENTO 3 35 1000.0 591.0 40861 4499 41289 4261 0.0 0.0 94.6
SACRAMENTO 6 53 1000.0 567.0 37635 4317 37776 4081 0.0 0.0 94.0
SACRAMENTO 10 61 1000.0 595.0 35465 4022 35298 4047 0.5 0.2 97.7
SACRAMENTO 29 48 270.4 321.0 12538 1562 13056 1575 12.6 4.5 96.0
SACRAMENTO 31 21 181.2 558.0 25170 3537 25170 3554 0.6 0.1 95.5
SACRAMENTO 40 55 275.9 597.0 24683 3582 24651 3387 1.5 0.9 98.5
SALINAS 8 43 448.5 896.0 28177 4679 26635 2944 0.0 0.0 91.8
SALINAS 35 13 3.2 735.0 17120 765 16367 760 0.6 0.0 99.5
SAN BERNARDINO 18 61 413.6 725.0 23074 11391 23623 11875 11.9 1.6 96.9
SAN BERNARDINO 24 26 50.0 509.0 14332 8702 12957 5696 2.6 9.9 99.9
SAN BERNARDINO 30 38 210.0 715.0 16989 11222 16905 11248 8.2 3.7 98.4
SAN DIEGO 8 55 1000.0 226.0 24010 2704 23545 2660 0.0 0.0 98.9
SAN DIEGO 10 25 809.1 229.0 20867 2694 20089 2655 0.0 0.0 100.0
SAN DIEGO 15 30 191.7 613.0 22924 2527 23823 2548 0.0 0.0 95.5
SAN DIEGO 39 40 93.3 577.0 19553 2458 20018 2314 9.2 0.0 95.5
SAN DIEGO 51 18 52.1 579.0 17316 2422 19500 2403 9.5 7.3 86.0
SAN DIEGO 69 19 62.9 594.0 20726 2504 19310 2405 0.0 0.0 99.9
SAN FRANCISCO 4 57 1000.0 512.0 36097 5941 36969 5930 0.0 0.0 93.1
SAN FRANCISCO 5 29 1000.0 506.0 34977 5800 37021 5968 0.0 0.0 94.2
SAN FRANCISCO 7 24 621.2 509.0 30529 5503 31509 5866 1.4 1.5 93.7
SAN FRANCISCO 9 30 708.6 509.0 32429 5827 29666 5424 0.1 0.0 99.8
SAN FRANCISCO 14 51 476.3 701.0 16358 5310 17169 5313 2.0 1.2 94.5
SAN FRANCISCO 20 19 147.7 472.0 18054 5343 17673 5268 1.1 1.0 97.6
SAN FRANCISCO 26 27 95.2 421.0 15665 5173 14492 4950 0.7 1.0 100.0
SAN FRANCISCO 32 33 50.0 491.0 15589 5288 13582 4849 8.4 1.5 100.0
SAN FRANCISCO 38 39 216.8 440.0 16904 5207 14924 4781 0.7 0.1 100.0
SAN FRANCISCO 44 45 206.3 491.0 16415 5223 15218 4859 0.7 0.6 100.0
SAN JOSE 11 12 6.2 844.0 31737 5170 29472 4933 0.0 0.0 99.6
SAN JOSE 36 52 251.3 686.0 15638 5256 14441 5063 2.0 1.2 95.6
SAN JOSE 48 49 194.6 631.0 14403 4923 12982 4803 3.7 3.2 99.8
SAN JOSE 54 50 50.0 585.0 7749 4309 7636 4349 7.5 6.3 95.8
SAN JOSE 65 41 79.2 812.0 16801 4486 15633 4358 0.0 0.0 100.0
SAN LUIS OBISPO 6 15 1000.0 543.0 40194 398 41708 414 0.0 0.0 95.4
SAN LUIS OBISPO 33 34 50.0 440.0 6564 272 5665 245 0.0 0.0 100.0
SAN MATEO 60 59 107.3 362.0 11787 4746 11176 4612 0.4 0.8 100.0
SANGER 59 36 50.0 591.0 14995 761 14043 745 0.0 0.0 100.0
SANTA ANA 40 23 50.0 881.0 19085 12468 17952 12273 6.5 1.1 99.7
SANTA BARBARA 3 27 698.8 917.0 42096 1166 45650 1276 0.0 0.0 90.2
SANTA BARBARA 38 21 67.8 887.0 24246 837 22947 768 4.1 0.6 99.7
SANTA MARIA 12 19 188.3 591.0 26039 378 24810 368 0.5 0.1 100.0
SANTA ROSA 50 54 50.0 939.0 11196 413 10137 393 2.5 3.7 98.2
STOCKTON 13 25 691.8 594.0 36232 4245 35709 4593 2.2 0.7 96.2
STOCKTON 58 46 156.4 559.0 21148 3361 21483 3377 2.1 2.6 97.7
STOCKTON 64 62 63.5 874.0 26826 6635 25391 5855 0.3 0.0 99.2
TWENTYNINE PALM 31 23 50.0 90.0 2529 52 2341 50 0.0 0.0 100.0
VALLEJO 66 34 63.9 466.0 13195 5161 11634 3741 0.0 0.0 98.2
VENTURA 57 49 169.7 530.0 15057 3256 13570 1584 0.0 0.0 100.0
VISALIA 26 28 174.4 792.0 27346 1137 26475 1132 0.2 0.0 100.0
VISALIA 49 50 82.3 835.0 20266 1291 19894 1225 0.0 0.0 100.0
WATSONVILLE 25 58 50.0 675.0 11608 783 11399 737 0.9 0.1 99.7
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