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) (%)
------------- -- -- ------- ------ -------- ------- -------- ------- ----------- ---------- -----
Idaho
BOISE 2 28 978.1 777.0 45244 393 50231 396 0.0 0.0 90.0
BOISE 4 21 724.1 754.0 44481 394 48296 395 0.0 0.0 92.0
BOISE 7 26 407.8 808.0 38677 391 38283 390 0.0 0.0 99.4
CALDWELL 9 10 14.0 805.0 26995 386 25535 385 0.2 0.0 100.0
COEUR D'ALENE 26 45 50.0 465.0 5958 315 4501 184 0.0 0.0 100.0
FILER 19 18 50.0 161.0 6675 83 6659 83 0.0 0.0 100.0
IDAHO FALLS 3 36 1000.0 488.0 37465 234 40914 237 0.0 0.0 91.3
IDAHO FALLS 8 9 21.8 463.0 35031 232 33586 231 0.0 0.0 100.0
LEWISTON 3 32 1000.0 384.0 25292 137 28029 141 0.0 0.0 84.3
MOSCOW 12 35 804.7 346.0 26273 140 25834 151 1.0 3.2 98.6
NAMPA 6 24 822.6 811.0 44997 394 47567 393 0.0 0.0 93.1
NAMPA 12 44 525.4 829.0 37704 391 37104 390 0.0 0.0 99.1
POCATELLO 6 23 1000.0 466.0 33212 267 34995 265 0.0 0.0 90.4
POCATELLO 10 17 189.6 465.0 29785 229 28233 228 0.0 0.0 100.0
TWIN FALLS 11 16 578.8 323.0 27977 131 26495 129 0.0 0.0 100.0
TWIN FALLS 13 22 50.0 161.0 11305 101 11221 101 0.0 0.0 100.0
TWIN FALLS 35 34 50.0 164.0 3197 69 3181 69 0.0 0.0 100.0
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