Digital Television
DTV - HDTV Channel List

San Francisco Bay Area
(within 100 miles of San Francisco)
Listed by Virtual Channel

To see the list sorted by transmitter channel click here

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The only analog stations remaining are low power and translator stations.  They are not listed here.

See "Notes" below for an explanation of the header information.

If re-pack channel # = ? - Future channel assignment not known for this low power station.   This information will be updated when available.              <  

Virtual Channel	Transmtr Channel	Repack Channel	Call Letters	Network/ Programming	City of License	Transmitter Location	ERP kW	Antenna HAAT-ft	Information and Notes
1.1	42.1	22.1	KAXT	TLN	San Francisco-San Jose	Mt. Allison	15	1926	L - V
1.2	42.2	22.2		GEB America
1.3	42.3	22.3		JewelryTV
1.4	42.4	22.4		VietBay
1.5	42.5	22.5		RunRoad
1.6	42.6	22.6		KAXT
1.7	42.8	22.8		SET
1.9	42.9	22.9		U Channel
2.1	44.3	31.3	KTVU	FOX	Oakland	Sutro Tower	1000	1680	H - M - ktvu.com
2.2	44.4	31.4		LATV
2.3	44.5	31.5		Movies!
2.4	44.6	31.6		Buzzr
2.1	48.3	26.3	KTVU	FOX	San Jose	Monument Pk	3.5	2100	H - L - ktvu.com
2.2	48.4	26.4		LATV
2.3	48.5	26.5		Movies!
2.4	48.6	26.6		Buzzr
3.1	35.1	35.1	KCRA	NBC	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	1000	1900	H - M - kcra.com
3.2	35.2	35.2		MeTV
3.1	3.3	3.1	KURK	CMC	Santa Rosa	Mt. Tamalpais	3	2178	L - OMI station - kkpm.tv
3.2	3.2	3.2		CMCU
3.3	3.1	3.3		Dove TV
3.4	3.4	3.4		KQSL-TV
3.5	3.5	3.5		Blues
3.6	3.6	3.6		Daystar					daystar.com
3.7	3.7	3.7		AUN
3.8	3.8	3.8		KTSF
4.1	4.1	?	K04RS	?	Salinas-San Juan Bautista	?	0.150	?	L
4.1	38.4	7.4	KRON	MyNetTV	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1679	H - kron4.com
4.2	38.3	7.3		Sky Link TV
4.3	38.5	7.5		GetTV
4.4	38.6	7.6		Grit
5.1	29.1	29.1	KPIX	CBS	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1679	H - cbssf.com
5.2	29.2	29.2		Start TV
6.1	6.1	6.1	KFMY	Dove TV	Healdsburg	Sonoma Mt.	0.3	338	L - OMI station - kkpm.tv
6.2	6.2	6.2		CMCU
6.3	6.3	6.3		CMC
6.4	6.4	6.4		KQSL-TV
6.5	6.5	6.5		Blues
6.6	6.6	6.6		Daystar					daystar.com
6.7	6.7	6.7		AUN
6.8	6.8	6.8		KTSF
6.1	9.1	9.1	KVIE	PBS	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	33	1958	H - M - kvie.org
6.2	9.2	9.2		PBS
6.3	9.3	9.3		PBS World
6.4	9.4	9.4		PBS Kids
7.1	7.3	12.1	KGO	ABC	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	23.8	1703	H - abc7news.com
7.2	7.4	12.2		Live Well HD					H
7.3	7.5	12.3		LAFF TV
7.1	35.3	35.3	KGO	ABC	San Jose	Mt. Allison	12.1	1959	H - L - abc7news.com
7.2	35.4	35.4		Live Well HD					H - L
7.3	35.5	35.5		LAFF TV					L
8.1	27.1	27.1	KBTV	Crossings	Sacramento	Downtown Sac'to	15	285	L
8.2	27.2	27.2		ONTV4U
8.3	27.3	27.3		SBN
8.4	27.4	27.4		HomeShopping
8.5	27.5	27.5		Liquidation
8.6	27.6	27.6		HOT-History Of TV
8.7	27.7	27.7		Color Bars
8.1	8.1	8.1	KSBW	NBC	Salinas	Fremont Peak	20.6	2493	H - ksbw.com
8.2	8.2	8.2		ABC					H
8.3	8.3	8.3		Estrella TV
9.1	30.1	30.1	KQED	PBS-HD	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1679	H - kqed.org
9.2	30.2	30.2		KQED Plus-PBS	San Jose				H
9.3	30.3	30.3		PBS World
9.4	30.4	30.4		PBS Kids
10.1	10.1	10.1	KXTV	ABC	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	28.6	2008	H - news10.net
10.2	10.2	10.2		Justice Network
10.3	10.3	10.3		Bounce
10.4	10.4	10.4		Quest
10.1	36.1	36.1	KXTV	ABC	Sacramento	Downtown Sacto	15	100	H - news10.net
10.2	36.2	36.2		Justice Network
10.3	36.3	36.3		Bounce
10.4	36.4	36.4		Quest
11.1	7.1	?	K07ZK	?	Monterey	SE of Monterey	0.1	105	L
11.1	12.3	13.3	KNTV	NBC	San Jose	Mt. San Bruno	103.1	1236	H - M - nbcbayarea.com
11.2	12.4	13.4		Cozi-TV		Mt. San Bruno
11.3	49.5	19.5		KNTV-NBC		Mt. Allison			H
13.1	25.1	25.1	KOVR	CBS	Stockton	Walnut Grove	1000	2021	H - cbssacramento.com
13.2	25.2	25.2		Start TV
14.1	51.1	20.1	KDTV	Univision	San Francisco	Mt. Allison	476	2300	H - univision14.com
14.3	51.3	20.3		GetTV
14.4	51.4	20.4		Escape TV
15.1	15.1	15.1	K15CU	Cozi TV	Salinas	Fremont Peak	5.74	2267	H - L
16.1	20.3	23.3	KSCZ	Hai Le	San Francisco/San Jose	Mt. Allison	3.6	2705	L
16.2	20.4	23.4		Hahn Le
16.3	20.5	23.5		VietSky
16.4	20.6	23.6		VLife
16.5	20.7	23.7		QHTV
16.6	20.8	23.8		NetViet
16.7	20.9	23.9		VietTop
16.8	20.10	23.10		Vietpho
16.9	20.11	23.11		U_Channel
16.10	20.12	23.12		Diamond TV
16.11	20.13	23.13		SetTV
16.12	20.14	23.14		IBC
16.14	20.15	23.16		VietSun
16.15	20.16	23.17		NetV
16.16	20.17	23.18		RB-NetV
16.17	20.18	23.19		Faith
17.1	4.1	4.1	KQSL	Dove TV	San Rafael	Mt. Tamalpais	3	2178	L - OMI station - kkpm.tv
17.2	4.2	4.2		CMCU
17.3	4.3	4.3		CMC
17.4	4.4	4.4		KQSL-TV
17.5	4.5	4.5		Blues
17.6	4.6	4.6		Daystar					daystar.com
17.7	4.7	4.7		AUN
19.1	18.1	18.1	KUVS	Univision	Modesto	S of San Andreas	500	1821	H
19.2	26.2	26.2		KTFK-UniMas		Walnut Grove			H
19.3	18.3	18.3		Bounce TV		S of San Andreas
19.4	18.4	18.4		Escape TV		S of San Andreas
19.1	19.1	?	KMBY	Heroes&Icons	Templeton	Mt. Toro	15	687	L
19.2	19.2	?		Telexitos
19.3	19.3	?		Daystar					daystar.com
19.4	19.4	?		Religious
19.5	19.5	?		BTN
19.6	19.6	?		HomeShopping
20.1	28.7	21.7	KOFY	Independent	San Francisco	Mt. San Bruno	15	1243	H - (Shares with KCNZ 28)
20.2	28.8	21.8		This TV
20.3	28.5	21.5		Evine
22.1	22.1	?	KLFB	3ABN	Salinas	Mt. Toro	3.49	2651	L
22.2	22.2	?		Daystar
22.3	22.3	?		QVTV
22.4	22.4	?		Best Buddies
22.1	23.1	5.1	KRCB	PBS	Cotati	Sonoma Mtn.	299	2068	H
22.2	23.2	5.2		PBS Create
22.3	23.3	5.3		NHK World					H
23.1	15.1	15.1	KBSV	Armenian	Ceres	Mt. Oso	.421	1788
23.1	21.3	21.3	KMUV	Telemundo	Monterey	Fremont Peak	4.5	2359	H - See note K
23.2	21.4	21.4		KION-CBS					H
23.3	21.5	21.5		KION-CW
23.4	21.6	21.6		Ion TV
23.1	32.5	32.5	KMUV	Telemundo	Monterey	Mt. Toro	46	2585	H - (Shares with KION 32)
23.1	23.1	14.1	KEZT	Univision	Sacramento	Downtown Sacto	4.5	279	H - L
23.2	23.2	14.2		UniMas					H
23.3	23.3	14.3		Bounce
23.4	23.4	14.4		Escape TV
24.1	11.1	?	KAAP	Diya-TV-?	Santa Cruz	Loma Prieta Mt	1.85	?
24.7	11.7	?		NewsNet
25.1	25.1	25.1	KQET	PBS	Watsonville	Fremont Peak	81.1	2292	H
25.2	25.2	25.2		KQED+-PBS					H
25.3	25.3	25.3		PBS World
25.4	25.4	25.4		PBS Kids
26.1	51.5	20.5	KTSF	Asian	San Francisco	Mt. Allison	476	2300	H - (Shares with KDTV 14 and OMI}
26.2	OMI.8	OMI.8		KTSF					On most OMI stations
26.3	51.6	20.6		MBC
26.4	OMI.8	OMI.8		KTSF
26.5	51.7	20.7		Vietday
26.6	51.8	20.8		VSTV
27.1	27.1	?	KYMB	ME-TV	Monterey	SE of Monterey	8.4	1290	L
27.2	27.2	?		MGM-This
27.3	27.3	?		Get TV
27.4	27.4	?		Buzzr
27.5	27.5	?		SBN
27.5	27.5	?		Country Net
27.1	20.1	20.1	K20JX	3ABN	Sacramento	SW of Lincoln	4.7	259	L
27.2	20.2	20.2		AmazingFacts
27.3	20.3	20.3		3ABNProclaim
27.4	20.4	20.4		3ABNLatino
27.1	26.1	26.1	KUKR	Dove TV	Santa Rosa	NE of Santa Rosa	2	879	L - OMI station - kkpm.tv
27.2	26.2	26.2		CMCU
27.3	26.3	26.3		CMC
27.4	26.4	26.4		KQSL-TV
27.5	26.5	26.5		Blues
27.6	26.6	26.6		Daystar					daystar.com
27.7	26.7	26.7		AUN
27.8	26.8	26.8		KTSF
28.1	28.1	28.1	KKPM	Dove TV	Chico	Sutter Butttes	15	2142	L - OMI station - kkpm.tv
28.2	28.2	28.2		CMCU
28.3	28.3	28.3		CMC
28.4	28.4	28.4		KQSL-TV
28.5	28.5	28.5		Blues
28.6	28.6	28.6		Daystar					daystar.com
28.7	28.7	28.7		AUN
28.8	28.8	28.8		KTSF
28.1	28.1	21.1	KCNZ	Creation TV	San Francisco	Mt. San Bruno	15	1243	L
28.2	28.2	21.2		HomeShopping
28.3	28.3	21.3		Jewelry TV
28.7	28.4	21.7		Evine
28.1	28.1	21.1	KDTV	Univision	Santa Rosa	N of Calistoga	3.7	2697	L
28.3	28.3	21.3		Get TV
28.4	28.4	21.4		Escape TV
29.1	48.1	21.1	KSPX	Ion	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	1000	1604	H
29.2	48.2	21.2		Qubo
29.3	48.3	21.3		Ion Life
29.4	48.4	21.4		Shop TV
29.5	48.5	21.5		QVC
29.6	48.6	21.6		HomeShopping
31.1	21.1	24.1	KMAX	CW	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	545	1988	H
31.2	21.2	24.2		LAFF TV
31.3	21.3	24.3		Comet TV
31.4	21.4	24.4		Stadium
32.1	28.9	21.9	KMTP	News-Arts	San Francisco	Mt. San Bruno	15	1243	L - (Shares with KCNZ 28)
33.1	3.1	3.1	KCSO	Telemundo	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	3	1673	H - L
33.3	3.2	3.2		Telexitos
33.4	3.3	3.3		Light TV
33.1	31.1	19.1	KMUM	Telemundo	Sacramento	NW of Rio Linda	15	410	H - L
33.3	31.2	19.2		Telexitos
33.4	31.3	19.3		Light TV
33.1	33.1	26.1	KDJT	UniMas	Salinas-Monterey	Fremont Peak	8.97	2431	H - L
33.1	28.1	14.1	KMMW	Telemundo	Stockton	S of San Andreas	15	1831	H - L
33.3	28.2	14.3		Telexitos
33.4	28.3	14.4		Light TV
33.2	48.7	21.7	KSPX	Telemundo	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	1000	1604	H
34.1	34.1	?	KACA	Daystar	Modesto	W of Ripon	10	440	L - H - daystar.com
35.1	13.1	11.1	KCBA	FOX	Salinas	Fremont Peak	19.75	2362	H
36.1	36.3	36.3	KICU	Independent	San Jose	Monument Pk	740	2251	H - M
36.2	36.4	36.4		KEMS-Korean					KEMS
36.3	36.5	36.5		CCTV
36.4	36.6	36.6		Heroes&Icons
36.5	36.7	36.7		Light TV
38.1	4.1	?	K04QR	Shopping	Esparto	SE of Folsom	0.3	482	L
38.1	38.1	31.1	K38JP	Monterey Cty Ed.	Salinas	Mt. Toro	15	2254	H - L - To become K31OL
38.3	38.3	31.3		ESNE-TV
38.1	39.1	32.1	KCNS	SBN	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1679	H
38.2	39.2	32.2		Sino TV
38.3	39.6	32.6		VieTV
38.4	39.4	32.4		Estrella
38.5	39.5	32.5		NTD-TV
39.1	28.1	28.1	KMMD	LAFF-TV	Salinas	Mt. Toro	15	2418	L First sta. to move to its repack channel
39.2	28.2	28.2		SBN
39.3	28.3	28.3		Light TV
39.4	28.4	28.4		Bounce TV
39.5	28.5	28.5		Grit
39.6	28.6	28.6		Escape
39.7	28.7	28.7		Infomercials
40.1	40.1	22.1	KTXL	FOX	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	1000	1972	H
40.2	40.2	22.2		Antenna TV
40.3	40.3	22.3		MGM-This
40.4	40.4	22.4		TBD-TV
40.1	40.3	14.3	KMMC	Blank	San Francisco	Mt. San Bruno	14	1283	L
40.2	40.4	14.4		KPOP-Music
42.1	39.3	32.3	KTNC	Informercials	Concord	Sutro Tower	1000	1679	Shares with KCNS
43.1	46.1	?	K46LG	Azteca	Monterey	Fremont Peak	15	2247	L
43.2	46.2	?		Azteca 2
43.3	46.3	?		Jewelry TV
43.4	46.4	?		Azteca 4
43.1	45.1	30.1	KAHC	LAFF TV	Sacramento	Downtown Sac'to	15	130	L
43.2	45.2	30.2		Comet TV
43.3	45.3	30.3		Cozi TV
43.4	45.4	30.4		LCHD
43.5	45.5	30.5		QVC
43.6	45.6	30.6		QVC Plus
43.7	45.7	30.7		Tuff TV
44.1	45.1	28.1	KBCW	CW	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1611	H
44.2	45.2	28.2		Comet TV
44.3	45.3	28.2		Blank
44.4	45.4	28.2		TBD
45.1	2.1	2.1	KFTY	Dove TV	Middletown	Mt. St. Helena	3	2946	L - OMI station - kkpm.tv
45.2	2.2	2.2		CMCU
45.3	2.3	2.3		CMC
45.4	2.4	2.4		KQSL-TV
45.5	2.5	2.5		Blues
45.6	2.6	2.6		Daystar					daystar.com
45.7	2.7	2.7		AUN
45.1	2.1	2.1	KQRO	Dove TV	Morgan Hill	Mt. Chual	3	2438	L - OMI station - kkpm.tv
45.2	2.2	2.2		CMCU
45.3	2.3	2.3		CMC
45.4	2.4	2.4		KQSL-TV
45.5	2.5	2.5		Blues
45.6	2.6	2.6		Daystar					daystar.com
45.7	2.7	2.7		AUN
46.1	32.3	32.3	KION	CBS	Monterey	Mt. Toro	46	2487	H
46.2	32.4	32.4		CW
46.3	32.6	32.6		Ion
47.1	47.1	31.1	KFMS	Altavision	Keyes	Downtown Sac'to	15	?	L
47.2	47.2	31.2		Fostivo
47.3	47.3	31.3		Cheddar
47.4	47.4	31.4		Infomercials
47.5	47.5	31.5		Infomercials
47.6	47.6	31.6		Newsmax
47.7	47.7	31.7		?
48.1	49.3	19.3	KSTS	Telemundo	San Jose	Mt. Allison	257	2257	H - M
48.2	49.4	19.4		TeleX		Mt. Allison
48.3	12.5	13.5		KSTS-Telemundo		Mt. San Bruno			H
48.1	48.1	25.1	KDAS	Daystar	Santa Rosa	Santa Rosa	15	?	L - H - daystar.com
49.1	49.1	14.1	KSAO	?	Sacramento	SE of Folsom	10.3	344	L
49.2	49.2	14.2		Retro TV
49.3	49.3	14.3		Buzzr
49.4	49.4	14.4		?
49.5	49.5	14.5		REVN
49.6	49.6	14.6		SBN
49.7	49.7	14.7		Country
49.1	49.1	?	KZHD	NorthBayTV	Santa Rosa	NE of Santa Rosa	1	341	H - L
49.2	49.2	?		Vision Mundial
50.1	39.7	32.7	KEMO	Azteca	Redwood City	Sutro Tower	1000	1679	H - (Shares with KCNS 38)
51.1	42.1	33.1	KMSX	Religion	Sacramento	W of N. Highlands	15	449	L
51.5	51.5	20.5	KDTV	Audio	San Francisco	Mt. Allison	476	2300	audio - blank
52.1	8.1	14.1	KDTS	Daystar	San Francisco	Mt. Diablo	0.22	2835	L - H - daystar.com
54.1	30.11	30.11	KQEH	PBS-KQED+	San Jose	Sutro Tower	1000	1679	H - (Shares with KQED) kqed.org
54.2	30.12	30.12		PBS-KQED					H
54.3	30.13	30.13		PBS World
54.4	30.14	30.14		PBS Kids
58.1	46.1	23.1	KQCA	MyNetTV	Stockton	Walnut Grove	600	1903	H
58.2	46.2	23.2		Heroes&Icons
58.3	46.3	23.3		EstrellaTV					H - EstrellaTV
60.1	43.3	27.3	KPJK	Educational	San Mateo	Sutro Tower	500	1678	H
60.2	43.4	27.4		France 24
60.3	43.5	27.5		NHK TV
60.4	43.6	27.6		MHZ TV
60.5	43.7	27.7		FNX
60.6	43.8	27.8		KCSM-FM Audio
61.1	28.3	21.3	KQRM	Infomercials	Petaluma	Mt. San Bruno	15	1243	(Shares with KCNZ 28)
64.1	26.1	26.1	KTFK	UniMas	Stockton	Walnut Grove	850	1952	H
64.2	18.2	18.2		KUVS-Univision		S of San Andreas			H
64.3	26.3	26.3		Get TV		Walnut Grove
64.4	26.4	26.4		Grit TV		Walnut Grove
65.1	41.3	33.3	KKPX	Ion	San Jose	Mt. San Bruno	1000	1371	H - M
65.2	41.4	33.4		Qubo
65.3	41.5	33.5		Ion Life
65.4	41.6	33.6		Shop TV
65.5	41.7	33.7		HomeShopping
65.6	41.8	33.8		QVC
66.1	34.1	34.1	KFSF	UniMas	Vallejo	Sutro Tower	370	1634	H
66.2	34.2	34.2		KDTV-Univision					H
66.3	34.3	34.3		Bounce TV
66.4	34.4	34.4		Grit TV
66.5	34.5	34.5		Justice Network
67.1	33.2	26.2	KSMS	Univision	Monterey	Fremont Peak	8.97	2431	H-(Shares with KDJT 33)
67.3	33.3	26.3		LATV
68.1	42.11	22.11	KTLN	TLN	Redwood City	Mt. Allison	15	1926	(Sharing with KAXT 1)
?	32.1	?	KFKK	?	Stockton	Modesto	5

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NOTES:

Virtual Channel is the channel to which the signal is aliased.  A signal transmitted by the station causes this number to be used on viewers' sets.  Stations are required by the FCC to use their former analog channel number as their Virtual Channel since viewers are familiar with that numbering system and station identification. 

Transmitter Channel is the channel number the station presently transmits on.

Repack Channel is the channel number that the station will transmit on after the channel changes are made in the Spring of 2020. (0 = Station has chosen to end broadcasting and go off the air; ? = Future channel assignment not known for this low power station.)

Station sub-channels:
Several programming sub-channels can be transmitted on each digital television channel. To distinguish a station's sub-channels, decimals or dashes are added after the channel number - for example 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3, or 7-1, 7-2 and 7-3. Most tuners will not show any digital signals at all until you've had the tuner do a "scan", and if a station has made changes in its lineup, many tuners will not show those changes until you scan again.

Tuners:
Some tuners show stations with the actual transmitter channels but most tuners only show stations on their virtual channels.

All tuners will show all of a station's sub-channels. If you receive the station well enough to receive any one of its sub-channels, you'll see all of the sub-channels. For the transmitter channel, some tuners may not show sub-channels on the same sub-channel numbers that appear on the virtual channel. Some stations do not begin their sub-channels with .1 on their transmitter channel, so you may find nothing on .1 or .2 and find sub-channels on .3 and above.

General notes:
Knowing transmitter channels is important when you select antennas, coax, and preamplifiers, since virtual channels are meaningless when you design your antenna and signal distribution systems.

Clicking on the call letters of a station in the list above will take you to that station's records on the Federal Communications Commission site.

The television band now consists of channels 2 through 51. When the repack is complete in 2020, the television band will consist of only channels 2 through 36.
Channels 2 through 6 are Low VHF.
Channels 7 through 13 are High VHF.
Channels 14 through 51 are UHF.

VHF signals propagate more readily than UHF signals, so VHF stations need to transmit with less power to cover the same area.

The actual frequencies of the various channels can be seen on the CSG Network Television Frequency Table.

Abbreviations in headers:
ERP = Effective Radiated Power
HAAT = Height Above Average Terrain
H - Transmits in High Definition
K - KMUV 23-1 is available from two transmitters: RF 21 from Fremont Peak and RF 32 from Mt. Toro
L - Low Power or Translator Station
M - Transmits mobile DTV
S - Secondary Transmitter - Distributed Transmission System
T - KTSF 26 shares with KDTV and 26.2 is on all OMI stations
V - KAXT has FCC approval to use channel 1 for its virtual channel
X - Station has gone off the air
Major San Francisco sites are in red.
Major Sacramento site is in green.

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Data on this page was compiled by:
   Larry Kenney, WB9LOZ, Retired engineer, KGO/ABC
   Paul Brown, N6RME, Engineer, KCSO/KMUM
   Keith Trinity, WE6R

There are very active HDTV forums on line for the Bay Area and the nation.
Visit our Broadcasting Page for links to them - https://larrykenney.com/broadcast.html

These charts will be updated as required.
Last updated on March 22, 2019.

Accuracy is not guaranteed but is correct to the best of my knowledge.

Larry Kenney
Corrections are welcome

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San Francisco Bay Area-Sacramento-Monterey Digital Channel Lists:

• This page: Listing by Virtual Channel - full information and details, sorted by virtual channel
  https://larrykenney.com/sfonair.html

• Listing by Transmitter Channel - full information and details, sorted by transmitter channel
  https://larrykenney.com/sfonair2.html

• Listing by Re-Pack Channel
  (This list does not have sub-channel information for each station.)
  https://larrykenney.com/sfonair3.html

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