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 Second Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration of the Fifth and Sixth Report and Orders, FCC 98-315, released December 18, 1998. Please refer to the column descriptions for more details on the table.
This information was extracted directly from FCC file fcc98315.txt dated February 5, 1999. It is possible, although unlikely, that errors may have been introduced in the conversion process. Note that the city and even state of channels listed here may not match those commonly identified with the TV channel. This is because many stations licensed to locations just outside major cities often identify themselves with the major city, not their city of license. The city of license must be mentioned somewhere in legal station identifications at the top of the hour. If you find the data here does not match the FCC data, please 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) (%)
------------- -- -- ------- ------ -------- ------- -------- ------- ----------- ---------- -----
Iowa
AMES 5 59 1000.0 564.0 48378 984 40402 884 0.0 0.0 100.0
BURLINGTON 26 41 50.0 96.0 3829 91 3821 91 1.1 0.2 100.0
CEDAR RAPIDS 2 51 1000.0 442.0 37088 809 34974 779 0.0 0.0 92.9
CEDAR RAPIDS 9 52 1000.0 607.0 44258 948 34935 764 0.0 0.0 100.0
CEDAR RAPIDS 28 27 226.0 452.0 24320 649 24312 641 0.1 0.0 99.6
CEDAR RAPIDS 48 47 83.3 323.0 15823 490 15815 490 0.8 3.4 100.0
COUNCIL BLUFFS 32 33 50.0 98.0 6340 642 5791 631 4.2 0.8 100.0
DAVENPORT 6 56 1000.0 408.0 36341 1070 32108 941 0.0 0.0 98.3
DAVENPORT 18 49 209.7 302.0 17562 629 17166 627 0.1 0.0 100.0
DAVENPORT 36 34 50.0 65.0 734 259 734 259 0.5 0.0 100.0
DES MOINES 8 31 796.2 591.0 44002 915 34792 837 0.0 0.0 100.0
DES MOINES 11 50 1000.0 600.0 43262 904 38472 872 0.0 0.0 98.0
DES MOINES 13 19 611.9 600.0 44568 917 37303 855 0.0 0.0 100.0
DES MOINES 17 16 126.7 463.0 23435 720 23117 717 0.2 0.0 100.0
DES MOINES 63 26 58.1 550.0 20137 674 20089 673 0.0 0.0 100.0
DUBUQUE 40 43 50.0 256.0 12330 221 12033 218 2.1 1.0 100.0
FORT DODGE 21 25 50.5 355.0 20624 211 20632 211 0.1 0.1 99.9
IOWA CITY 12 45 922.3 439.0 35414 1080 31000 929 0.0 0.0 100.0
IOWA CITY 20 25 50.0 123.0 11519 390 11169 371 1.4 0.7 100.0
MASON CITY 3 42 1000.0 472.0 42310 734 32426 513 0.0 0.0 99.8
MASON CITY 24 18 50.0 436.0 19783 275 19674 275 0.5 0.1 100.0
OTTUMWA 15 14 69.1 363.0 19978 338 19746 333 1.3 0.5 100.0
RED OAK 36 35 63.1 475.0 20212 748 19928 745 1.9 2.7 100.0
SIOUX CITY 4 41 1000.0 585.0 49038 632 38681 499 0.0 0.0 99.8
SIOUX CITY 9 30 766.6 616.0 44129 531 38211 463 0.0 0.0 99.4
SIOUX CITY 14 39 50.0 351.0 19053 257 19017 256 2.5 1.3 99.9
SIOUX CITY 27 28 161.7 326.0 18801 255 19331 262 1.1 1.1 96.1
SIOUX CITY 44 49 226.4 610.0 29824 360 29043 352 0.0 0.0 100.0
WATERLOO 7 55 1000.0 604.0 42494 922 35926 780 0.0 0.0 99.8
WATERLOO 32 35 237.6 579.0 28849 734 28450 698 2.1 2.3 99.5
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