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) (%)
------------- -- -- ------- ------ -------- ------- -------- ------- ----------- ---------- -----
Louisiana
ALEXANDRIA 5 35 1000.0 485.0 42562 987 43135 982 0.0 0.0 97.2
ALEXANDRIA 25 26 67.5 415.0 19587 318 19531 317 1.5 0.8 100.0
ALEXANDRIA 31 32 50.0 333.0 17708 257 17600 256 0.9 0.9 100.0
BATON ROUGE 2 42 1000.0 515.0 44519 1833 40635 2324 0.0 0.0 95.8
BATON ROUGE 9 46 958.8 509.0 40157 1877 31609 1220 0.1 0.0 100.0
BATON ROUGE 27 25 79.6 303.0 16020 809 15122 761 0.2 0.0 99.8
BATON ROUGE 33 34 226.5 522.0 26892 1315 25957 1288 0.0 0.0 100.0
BATON ROUGE 44 45 143.3 426.0 16097 877 19373 985 0.1 0.0 83.1
COLUMBIA 11 57 1000.0 572.0 43149 690 32856 566 0.0 0.0 100.0
LAFAYETTE 3 28 1000.0 530.0 47367 911 35053 718 0.0 0.0 100.0
LAFAYETTE 10 56 1000.0 530.0 41182 1001 32293 794 0.0 0.0 100.0
LAFAYETTE 15 16 93.0 360.0 19890 586 19890 586 0.0 0.0 100.0
LAFAYETTE 24 23 64.3 369.0 18304 536 18304 536 0.0 0.0 100.0
LAKE CHARLES 7 8 3.2 451.0 29070 749 35159 940 0.0 0.0 82.5
LAKE CHARLES 18 20 50.0 314.0 17597 368 18010 374 0.4 0.1 97.7
LAKE CHARLES 29 30 84.6 394.0 19653 610 19649 610 0.3 0.1 100.0
MONROE 8 55 1000.0 576.0 43668 728 41197 688 0.0 0.0 100.0
MONROE 13 19 554.1 543.0 40749 688 36053 621 0.0 0.0 100.0
NEW ORLEANS 4 30 1000.0 305.0 34052 1782 33649 1767 0.0 0.0 100.0
NEW ORLEANS 6 43 1000.0 283.0 32237 1750 32893 1788 0.0 0.0 96.9
NEW ORLEANS 8 29 699.9 302.0 28503 1679 26365 1603 0.0 0.0 99.7
NEW ORLEANS 12 11 14.8 308.0 21811 1549 19930 1488 0.0 0.0 100.0
NEW ORLEANS 20 14 129.7 275.0 16707 1451 16429 1443 0.0 0.0 100.0
NEW ORLEANS 26 15 70.1 308.0 16761 1404 16186 1389 0.0 0.0 100.0
NEW ORLEANS 32 31 66.7 308.0 12114 1354 14995 1381 0.0 0.6 80.7
NEW ORLEANS 38 40 202.0 311.0 17993 1432 17993 1432 0.0 0.0 100.0
NEW ORLEANS 49 50 61.7 271.0 13440 1317 13440 1317 0.0 0.0 100.0
SHREVEPORT 3 28 1000.0 543.0 45594 1047 33729 899 0.0 0.0 99.7
SHREVEPORT 12 17 545.7 549.0 42207 1013 32645 899 2.3 1.0 100.0
SHREVEPORT 24 25 50.0 326.0 19138 561 18901 560 0.0 0.0 99.7
SHREVEPORT 33 34 202.0 553.0 28959 838 28076 809 0.0 0.0 100.0
SHREVEPORT 45 44 100.3 507.0 20150 618 20089 617 0.6 0.7 100.0
SLIDELL 54 24 63.2 213.0 12140 1346 12140 1346 0.0 0.0 100.0
WEST MONROE 14 36 404.8 572.0 33237 533 33516 598 0.6 0.1 97.9
WEST MONROE 39 38 50.0 152.0 9444 261 8715 256 0.1 0.0 100.0
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