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) (%)
------------- -- -- ------- ------ -------- ------- -------- ------- ----------- ---------- -----
Maine
AUGUSTA 10 17 628.9 305.0 26947 791 24295 739 0.0 0.0 100.0
BANGOR 2 25 1000.0 192.0 22331 326 19917 297 0.0 0.0 99.9
BANGOR 5 19 464.6 402.0 30324 470 26450 429 0.0 0.0 99.7
BANGOR 7 14 994.4 250.0 25837 340 22964 288 0.0 0.0 99.9
BIDDEFORD 26 45 50.0 244.0 11213 646 11449 645 0.2 0.1 93.9
CALAIS 13 15 186.0 134.0 15131 32 12154 28 0.0 0.0 100.0
LEWISTON 35 28 50.0 258.0 9256 480 8947 473 2.8 1.1 100.0
ORONO 12 22 990.7 302.0 27549 331 24328 320 0.0 0.0 99.8
POLAND SPRING 8 46 256.7 1173.0 40168 982 38522 995 0.0 0.0 96.2
PORTLAND 6 44 1000.0 610.0 35125 1082 34674 1046 0.0 0.0 94.7
PORTLAND 13 38 826.4 491.0 32110 933 32033 995 3.1 8.6 95.7
PORTLAND 51 4 1.0 280.0 13863 608 13155 599 1.7 1.0 99.3
PRESQUE ISLE 8 16 59.9 107.0 8131 55 7518 53 0.0 0.0 99.5
PRESQUE ISLE 10 20 544.0 332.0 28867 80 26107 77 0.0 0.0 100.0
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