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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New York
ALBANY 10 26 1000.0 305.0 21162 1290 19688 1230 1.3 0.8 99.6
ALBANY 13 15 505.7 357.0 21407 1277 18951 1181 0.4 0.0 100.0
ALBANY 23 4 1.0 366.0 18238 1287 16337 1162 0.5 0.9 99.1
AMSTERDAM 55 50 136.8 223.0 8687 858 8459 848 0.0 0.0 99.8
BATAVIA 51 53 50.0 124.0 8027 951 7369 911 2.1 18.3 100.0
BINGHAMTON 12 7 8.6 369.0 23743 906 22315 790 0.3 1.7 99.8
BINGHAMTON 34 4 1.0 281.0 15489 662 13102 489 0.3 0.1 99.9
BINGHAMTON 40 8 3.2 375.0 14057 533 12037 441 0.1 0.1 99.7
BINGHAMTON 46 42 50.0 375.0 13841 512 12317 450 0.1 0.1 100.0
BUFFALO 2 33 1000.0 287.0 31314 2191 26823 1718 1.7 0.8 97.5
BUFFALO 4 39 1000.0 366.0 34568 2229 32541 1918 0.4 0.2 98.5
BUFFALO 7 38 238.1 433.0 26280 1807 21697 1528 0.3 0.0 99.3
BUFFALO 17 43 156.0 330.0 21137 1391 21060 1373 2.0 0.9 99.5
BUFFALO 23 32 50.0 314.0 15722 1307 15706 1311 0.6 0.2 97.2
BUFFALO 29 14 50.0 280.0 15724 1323 15534 1311 2.1 0.6 99.8
BUFFALO 49 34 148.9 376.0 16701 1440 16849 1451 0.0 0.1 97.1
CARTHAGE 7 35 1000.0 221.0 23938 277 22351 250 3.1 3.4 100.0
CORNING 48 50 50.0 166.0 2398 128 1874 83 0.0 0.0 100.0
ELMIRA 18 2 1.0 376.0 13827 546 11052 366 0.1 0.1 99.7
ELMIRA 36 55 50.0 320.0 11704 380 10408 316 0.6 0.5 99.9
GARDEN CITY 21 22 88.3 122.0 10285 12547 9063 11134 1.3 0.4 98.7
JAMESTOWN 26 27 238.7 463.0 20750 1485 20662 1438 0.7 0.5 98.0
KINGSTON 62 21 98.0 591.0 18233 1732 15913 1456 0.2 0.2 99.0
NEW YORK 2 56 364.6 482.0 28354 18053 24095 16955 0.0 0.0 98.4
NEW YORK 4 28 163.5 515.0 27891 18116 25113 17182 0.7 0.1 94.6
NEW YORK 5 44 224.8 515.0 28095 17949 25113 17159 9.0 4.8 97.6
NEW YORK 7 45 164.3 491.0 26043 17845 23891 17189 1.6 0.2 99.5
NEW YORK 11 33 116.8 506.0 24825 17618 23184 17102 1.8 0.5 96.1
NEW YORK 25 24 80.7 395.0 18412 16618 18363 16695 6.3 1.6 98.7
NEW YORK 31 30 104.1 475.0 17322 16202 17886 16434 5.3 1.7 95.6
NORTH POLE 5 14 215.8 607.0 31001 438 25552 424 0.0 0.0 95.4
NORWOOD 18 23 50.0 243.0 13073 149 12357 136 0.0 0.0 100.0
PLATTSBURGH 57 38 50.0 741.0 14864 260 14412 258 0.0 0.0 100.0
POUGHKEEPSIE 54 27 117.5 490.0 16625 2059 14940 1742 1.5 0.4 99.4
RIVERHEAD 55 57 131.5 194.0 10114 3061 10190 3221 2.4 9.8 97.9
ROCHESTER 8 45 1000.0 152.0 20761 1182 17894 1108 1.5 1.4 99.9
ROCHESTER 10 58 1000.0 152.0 20721 1182 17186 1079 0.0 0.0 99.9
ROCHESTER 13 59 1000.0 152.0 20612 1179 16740 1100 0.0 0.0 99.9
ROCHESTER 21 16 50.0 152.0 9247 1000 9891 1015 17.2 3.2 92.8
ROCHESTER 31 28 50.0 152.0 11335 1021 11142 998 0.1 0.0 100.0
SCHENECTADY 6 39 1000.0 311.0 25950 1438 25617 1434 1.1 0.4 94.9
SCHENECTADY 17 34 156.4 299.0 17363 1188 17014 1155 2.1 0.7 99.2
SCHENECTADY 45 43 98.6 338.0 14144 1089 13868 1071 1.2 0.3 99.5
SMITHTOWN 67 23 50.0 219.0 11054 2941 10985 3074 0.1 0.2 99.0
SPRINGVILLE 67 46 50.0 160.0 1575 98 992 36 0.0 0.0 100.0
SYRACUSE 3 54 1000.0 305.0 29245 1469 26185 1295 0.0 0.0 97.9
SYRACUSE 5 47 1000.0 290.0 27926 1394 26367 1340 0.0 0.0 96.8
SYRACUSE 9 17 108.2 462.0 23696 1289 21052 1205 0.2 0.1 99.2
SYRACUSE 24 25 86.5 422.0 22744 1269 21801 1245 0.2 0.6 100.0
SYRACUSE 43 44 50.0 445.0 13952 1009 13359 970 1.0 0.5 99.9
SYRACUSE 68 19 50.0 445.0 14537 1032 13052 978 0.0 0.0 100.0
UTICA 2 29 546.1 421.0 27212 1189 22175 666 0.7 0.2 97.1
UTICA 20 30 50.0 244.0 11161 455 12328 447 0.3 0.1 86.7
UTICA 33 27 50.0 193.0 10688 671 9838 625 5.0 7.1 100.0
WATERTOWN 16 41 50.0 370.0 16951 206 16449 200 1.2 1.4 100.0
WATERTOWN 50 21 50.0 387.0 14424 176 14002 173 0.4 0.3 99.8
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