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) (%)
------------- -- -- ------- ------ -------- ------- -------- ------- ----------- ---------- -----
Minnesota
ALEXANDRIA 7 24 581.9 341.0 30569 401 28777 388 0.0 0.0 100.0
ALEXANDRIA 42 14 50.0 358.0 21267 314 19835 213 0.1 0.1 100.0
APPLETON 10 31 696.7 381.0 32661 244 28120 202 0.0 0.0 100.0
AUSTIN 6 33 1000.0 320.0 33538 594 27107 510 0.0 0.0 99.9
AUSTIN 15 20 50.0 116.0 9286 171 9153 168 0.6 2.0 100.0
BEMIDJI 9 18 523.6 329.0 29798 106 26575 83 0.0 0.0 100.0
BRAINERD 22 28 50.0 227.0 9946 102 9937 102 2.5 0.5 100.0
DULUTH 3 33 1000.0 302.0 31348 273 31104 278 0.0 0.0 97.5
DULUTH 8 38 1000.0 290.0 27761 258 24845 244 0.0 0.0 100.0
DULUTH 10 43 1000.0 301.0 28230 261 25074 238 0.0 0.0 100.0
DULUTH 21 17 50.0 180.0 5782 179 5746 179 8.0 6.8 100.0
HIBBING 13 36 511.2 204.0 14891 113 13719 109 0.0 0.0 100.0
MANKATO 12 38 845.4 317.0 29278 393 25681 326 0.0 0.0 100.0
MINNEAPOLIS 4 32 1000.0 436.0 39593 2983 33920 2902 0.0 0.0 99.9
MINNEAPOLIS 9 26 631.6 435.0 34517 2903 29749 2798 0.0 0.0 99.7
MINNEAPOLIS 11 35 762.3 439.0 35551 2939 31918 2853 0.0 0.0 99.9
MINNEAPOLIS 23 22 186.1 351.0 21525 2665 21464 2663 0.0 0.0 100.0
MINNEAPOLIS 29 21 175.1 373.0 22419 2676 21411 2662 0.8 0.1 100.0
MINNEAPOLIS 45 44 182.8 375.0 21129 2649 21056 2648 0.0 0.0 100.0
REDWOOD FALLS 43 27 50.0 167.0 8284 74 8244 74 0.0 0.0 100.0
ROCHESTER 10 36 772.2 381.0 31622 556 26783 462 0.0 0.0 100.0
ROCHESTER 47 46 50.0 104.0 3712 139 3640 137 0.0 0.0 100.0
ST. CLOUD 41 40 92.1 448.0 20220 2596 19027 2349 0.0 0.0 100.0
ST. PAUL 2 34 1000.0 399.0 37452 2965 34436 2909 0.0 0.0 99.6
ST. PAUL 5 50 1000.0 436.0 39359 2991 36686 2927 0.0 0.0 98.6
ST. PAUL 17 16 50.0 396.0 13296 2506 13263 2505 0.2 0.0 100.0
THIEF RIVER FAL 10 57 692.6 183.0 12720 121 10201 106 0.0 0.0 100.0
WALKER 12 20 736.5 283.0 27768 190 25818 176 0.0 0.0 100.0
WORTHINGTON 20 15 72.7 332.0 17875 145 17891 145 0.6 1.8 99.9
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