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) (%)
------------- -- -- ------- ------ -------- ------- -------- ------- ----------- ---------- -----
Pennsylvania
ALLENTOWN 39 62 50.0 302.0 11219 2237 11343 2543 5.5 11.9 96.2
ALLENTOWN 69 46 50.0 313.0 11155 2084 9892 1919 2.5 7.8 99.8
ALTOONA 10 32 1000.0 338.0 21871 796 20969 764 0.0 0.0 98.1
ALTOONA 23 24 50.0 324.0 7008 344 5674 289 0.6 0.0 100.0
ALTOONA 47 46 50.0 308.0 12472 576 11515 530 1.5 0.3 100.0
BETHLEHEM 60 59 67.4 284.0 10914 3323 10389 2283 0.9 2.6 95.6
CLEARFIELD 3 15 1000.0 268.0 27149 731 25059 691 0.0 0.0 97.3
ERIE 12 52 1000.0 305.0 27852 731 24477 671 0.0 0.0 100.0
ERIE 24 58 50.0 290.0 13453 464 13321 456 0.0 0.0 99.8
ERIE 35 16 50.0 287.0 11280 432 11012 422 0.3 0.3 100.0
ERIE 54 50 50.0 268.0 13301 442 13006 426 0.1 0.1 100.0
ERIE 66 22 50.0 271.0 10828 414 10264 396 0.0 0.0 100.0
GREENSBURG 40 50 50.0 299.0 13058 2424 13820 2528 1.2 3.1 92.4
HARRISBURG 21 4 1.0 372.0 17633 1864 16062 1741 3.0 3.3 96.2
HARRISBURG 27 57 115.5 346.0 13200 1309 15276 1653 9.4 7.1 85.3
HARRISBURG 33 36 50.0 427.0 16220 1774 16987 1804 3.3 1.9 92.8
HAZLETON 56 9 3.2 329.0 11237 794 8230 489 1.9 0.6 99.7
JOHNSTOWN 6 34 1000.0 341.0 27271 2717 27752 2648 0.0 0.0 94.3
JOHNSTOWN 8 29 662.0 368.0 21527 2628 18655 2234 0.0 0.0 99.3
JOHNSTOWN 19 30 162.1 325.0 17170 2422 16346 2044 0.3 0.4 97.4
LANCASTER 8 58 382.7 415.0 21401 2864 21703 2785 1.3 1.1 94.0
LANCASTER 15 23 50.0 415.0 17230 2072 17386 2079 9.7 7.5 95.0
PHILADELPHIA 3 26 1000.0 305.0 31386 9263 25543 7578 0.0 0.0 98.9
PHILADELPHIA 6 64 1000.0 332.0 30479 9176 27031 7747 0.0 0.0 97.3
PHILADELPHIA 10 67 791.8 354.0 25161 8072 23491 7190 0.4 0.3 95.5
PHILADELPHIA 17 54 172.0 320.0 18786 6675 19964 6768 0.4 0.4 92.8
PHILADELPHIA 29 42 273.3 347.0 22158 7212 23279 7499 15.2 10.0 92.7
PHILADELPHIA 35 34 50.0 284.0 11498 5617 11619 5690 1.1 1.6 97.5
PHILADELPHIA 57 32 108.6 353.0 16275 6365 15698 6210 2.7 0.7 99.1
PITTSBURGH 2 25 1000.0 302.0 28831 3488 26900 3339 7.7 5.2 97.3
PITTSBURGH 4 51 1000.0 293.0 27941 3209 24960 3089 0.0 0.0 97.0
PITTSBURGH 11 48 1000.0 302.0 26332 3429 23126 3090 0.0 0.0 99.9
PITTSBURGH 13 38 1000.0 210.0 23083 3079 20243 2892 1.0 0.3 100.0
PITTSBURGH 16 26 50.0 215.0 11220 2353 12154 2493 1.1 0.2 90.5
PITTSBURGH 22 42 330.8 280.0 15791 2649 14380 2580 0.6 0.4 98.4
PITTSBURGH 53 43 51.9 312.0 16273 2744 16057 2729 3.3 1.6 99.0
READING 51 25 120.0 395.0 14707 3607 16585 5176 5.1 5.0 84.9
RED LION 49 30 50.0 177.0 9595 1498 8685 1319 5.6 7.2 99.1
SCRANTON 16 49 73.5 506.0 18628 1383 18311 1353 0.4 0.5 97.6
SCRANTON 22 13 4.3 505.0 22657 1671 21186 1555 1.4 1.5 97.4
SCRANTON 38 31 50.0 385.0 14891 855 13968 817 6.0 3.2 98.8
SCRANTON 44 41 50.0 509.0 15873 1209 14479 1057 3.4 6.1 99.0
SCRANTON 64 32 50.0 374.0 3270 481 2498 441 4.2 0.4 100.0
WILKES-BARRE 28 11 3.7 509.0 22448 1642 21831 1618 6.7 9.6 95.8
WILLIAMSPORT 53 29 50.0 222.0 3514 156 2437 121 0.0 0.0 100.0
YORK 43 47 225.5 417.0 18468 2298 18552 2529 7.3 12.6 96.1
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