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) (%)
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Massachusetts
ADAMS 19 36 50.0 637.0 19860 1696 16984 1124 4.0 1.3 100.0
BOSTON 2 19 1000.0 317.0 29979 6740 29402 6697 0.0 0.0 97.6
BOSTON 4 30 818.0 354.0 28923 6694 29628 6716 8.1 1.8 96.3
BOSTON 5 20 1000.0 299.0 29346 6612 25483 5683 5.4 1.7 97.0
BOSTON 7 42 947.9 306.0 27652 6651 26156 6552 0.0 0.0 100.0
BOSTON 25 31 67.5 357.0 19107 6051 18684 6013 1.3 0.6 96.9
BOSTON 38 39 70.8 354.0 20192 6230 19603 6037 10.4 3.9 99.5
BOSTON 44 43 50.0 329.0 16483 5731 16011 5657 13.3 4.5 98.2
BOSTON 68 32 50.0 249.0 12605 4708 12162 4583 0.0 0.0 98.6
CAMBRIDGE 56 41 50.0 360.0 17066 5802 16816 5805 1.9 0.8 98.2
LAWRENCE 62 18 52.6 186.0 6861 3440 10914 4377 0.0 0.0 61.4
MARLBOROUGH 66 23 50.0 326.0 19093 5977 17821 5420 0.4 0.1 99.7
NEW BEDFORD 6 49 1000.0 283.0 30222 5065 22848 2645 4.9 2.1 99.3
NEW BEDFORD 28 22 155.1 229.0 14921 3499 13032 2424 0.3 0.1 99.2
NORWELL 46 52 50.0 107.0 5376 2081 5745 1865 19.3 8.9 88.1
SPRINGFIELD 22 11 3.2 268.0 12785 2116 12269 2079 6.5 3.2 95.6
SPRINGFIELD 40 55 200.8 322.0 13479 2108 13687 2146 2.8 3.5 96.0
SPRINGFIELD 57 58 50.0 306.0 12528 1839 11414 1677 8.1 2.6 99.9
VINEYARD HAVEN 58 40 50.0 155.0 8686 528 8674 526 0.0 0.0 100.0
WORCESTER 27 29 50.0 466.0 18382 5509 16597 5107 0.1 0.2 91.7
WORCESTER 48 47 101.0 398.0 20329 3870 19394 3643 4.5 13.9 98.2
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