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

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

ATSC 3.0 Stations

The following stations have converted to the new ATSC 3.0 format. You must have an ATSC receiver to receive these stations in ATSC 3.0.

Transmtr Channel	Virtual Channel	Call Letters	Network/ Programming	Location
6.1	6.2	KBKF	U_Channel	San Jose
6.1	6.1	KEFM	Unknown	Sacramento
23.1	3.1	KCRA	NBC3	Sacramento
23.2	10.1	KXTV	ABC10	Sacramento
23.3	13.1	KOVR	CBS13	Stockton
23.4	19.1	KUVS	UNI19	Modesto
23.5	40.1	KTXL	FOX40	Sacramento
23.6	58.1	KQCA	MY58	Stockton

ATSC 1.0 Stations

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Virtual Channel	Transmtr Channel	Call Letters	Network/ Programming	City of License	Transmitter Location	ERP kW	Antenna HAAT-ft	Information and Notes
1.2	22.8	KAXT	Decades	San Francisco-San Jose	Mt. Allison	15	1926	L - V
2.1	31.3	KTVU	FOX	Oakland	Sutro Tower	1000	1680	H - M - ktvu.com
2.2	31.4		FOXWX
2.3	31.5		Movies!
2.4	31.6		Buzzr
2.1	26.3	KTVU	FOX	San Jose	Monument Pk	2.15	2149	H - L - R - ktvu.com
2.2	26.4		FOXWX
2.3	26.5		Movies!
2.4	26.6		Buzzr
3.1	35.3	KCRA	NBC	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	1000	1900	H - M - kcra.com
3.2	35.4		MeTV
3.3	35.5		KCRA3
3.3	35.6		QVC
3.1	3.3	KURK	Dove TV	Santa Rosa	Mt. Tamalpais	3	2178	L - OMI station - kkpm.tv
3.2	3.2		CMC-USA
3.3	3.1		CMC
3.4	3.4		KQSL-TV
3.5	3.5		Blues
3.6	3.6		Daystar					daystar.com
3.7	3.7		Reruns
3.8	3.8		KTSF
3.9	3.9		Heartland
3.10	3.10		AUN
4.1	7.4	KRON	MyNetTV	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	50	1664	H - kron4.com
4.2	7.3		Antenna TV
4.3	7.5		Sports Grid
4.4	7.6		Quest TV
4.5	7.7		Shop LC
5.1	29.1	KPIX	CBS	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1609	H - kpix.com
5.2	29.2		Start TV
5.3	29.3		DABL
5.4	29.4		FAVE TV
6.1	52.1	KFMY	Daystar TV	Healdsburg	Sonoma Mt.	2	2162	L - OMI station - kkpm.tv
6.2	52.2		Daystar-Spanish
6.5	15.1	KQTA	JewelryTV
6.6	15.2		KQSL					H
6.7	15.3		Crossings
6.8	15.4		MBC
6.9	15.5		U_Channel
6.10	26.11	KTSF	KTSF					(Sharing with KDTS
6.11	30.1	KMMC	Diya TV					(Sharing with KDTS)
6.12	30.2		BTN-Blues
6.13	30.3		VMXTV
6.14	24.5		VietBay
6.15	24.7		News Net
6.16	24.1		Diya-TV
6.18	15.7		KLOVE					- audio only
6.19	15.8		new					- audio only
8.20	15.9		new					- audio only
6.21	15.10		new					- audio only
6.1	9.1	KVIE	PBS	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	35.1	1958	H - M - kvie.org
6.2	9.2		PBS
6.3	9.3		PBS World
6.4	9.4		PBS Kids
6.1	6.1	KBKF	Blank	San Jose	Loma Prieta Mt.	2	2599	Transmitting ATSC 3.0 with FM audio on 87.7
6.2	6.2		U_Church
7.1	7.1	KOTR	MyNet TV	Monterey	Mt Toro	.15	2336	L
7.2	7.2		?
7.3	7.3		ShopLC
7.4	7.4		?
7.1	12.3	KGO	ABC	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	47	1708	H - abc7news.com
7.2	12.4		LOCAList					H
7.3	12.5		This TV
7.4	12.6		Homeshopping					L
7.1	35.3	KGO	ABC	San Jose	Mt. Allison	12.1	1959	H - L - abc7news.com
7.2	35.4		LOCAList					H - L
7.3	35.5		This TV					L
7.4	35.6		Homeshopping					L
8.1	27.1	KBTV	Crossings	Sacramento	Downtown Sac'to	15	285	L
8.2	27.2		ONTV4U
8.3	27.3		SBN
8.4	27.4		HomeShopping2
8.5	27.5		HOT-TV
8.6	27.6		Shopping
8.7	27.7		QVC
8.8	27.8		Blank
8.9	27.9		Blank
8.1	8.1	KQSL	TLN	Cloverdale	Cloverdale	200	2493	H - DRT
8.2	8.2		Daystar					H
8.1	8.1	KSBW	NBC	Salinas	Fremont Peak	20.6	2493	H - ksbw.com
8.2	8.2		ABC					H
8.3	8.3		Estrella TV
8.4	8.4		The Story
9.1	30.1	KQED	PBS-HD	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1679	H - kqed.org
9.2	30.2		KQED Plus-PBS	San Jose				H
9.3	30.3		PBS World
9.4	30.4		PBS Kids
10.1	10.1	KXTV	ABC	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	28.6	2008	H - news10.net
10.2	10.2		True Crime
10.3	10.3		Grit
10.4	10.4		Ion Mystery
10.5	10.5		Twist
10.6	10.6		Quest
10.7	10.7		Home Shopping
10.8	10.8		QVC
10.9	10.9		ShopLC
10.1	36.1	KXTV	ABC	Sacramento	Downtown Sacto	3	100	H - news10.net
10.2	36.2		True Crime
10.3	36.3		Grit
10.4	36.4		Ion Mystery
10.5	36.5		Twist
10.6	36.6		Quest
10.7	36.7		Home Shopping
10.8	36.8		QVC
10.9	36.9		ShopLC
11.1	13.3	KNTV	NBC	San Jose	Mt. San Bruno	103.1	1236	H - M - nbcbayarea.com
11.2	13.4		Cozi-TV		Mt. San Bruno
11.3	19.5		KNTV-NBC		Mt. Allison			H
11.4	19.6		Cozi-TV		Mt. Allison			H
11.5	13.7		NBCLX		Mt. San Bruno
12.1	12.1	KRJR	Daystar	Sacramento	Sacramento	.7	475.7	H
12.2	12.2		Daystar Spanish					H
13.1	25.1	KOVR	CBS	Stockton	Walnut Grove	1000	1591	H - cbssacramento.com
13.2	25.2		Start TV
13.3	25.3		DABL
13.3	25.3		FAVE-TV
14.1	20.1	KDTV	Univision	San Francisco	Mt. Allison	475	2306	H - univision14.com
14.3	20.3		GetTV
14.4	20.4		MysteryTV
15.1	14.5	KQTA	Jewelry TV	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	15	1539	L - (Shares with KDTS 52 - Also on channels 6, 22 and 25)
15.2	14.6		KQSL					H
15.3	14.7		Crossings
15.4	14.8		MBC
15.5	14.9		U_Channel
15.7	14.18		KLOVE
15.8	14.19		audio
15.9	14.20		audio
15.10	14.21		audio
15.1	15.1	K15CU	Cozi TV	Salinas	Fremont Peak	5.74	2267	H - L
15.2	15.2		Telexitos
15.3	15.3		NBCLX
16.1	23.3	KSCZ	Hai Le	San Francisco/San Jose	Mt. Allison	15	2221	L
16.2	23.4		Hahn Le
16.3	23.5		VietSky
16.4	23.6		VLife
16.5	23.7		QHTV
16.6	23.8		NetViet
16.7	23.9		AWM
16.8	23.10		VBS
16.9	23.11		U_Channel
16.10	23.12		VNA-TV
16.11	23.13		SetTV
16.12	23.14		IBC
16.13	23.15		SoonNew
16.14	23.16		Vvegas
16.16	23.18		VMTV
16.17	23.19		Chida TV
17.1	14.1	K14TG	KQSL	Monterey	Hidden Hills.	.630		L
17.2	14.2		Defy
17.3	14.3		TruReal
17.4	14.4		Newsy
17,5	14.5		TheDove
17.6	14.6		Daystar
17.1	4.1	KQSL	Dove TV	San Rafael	Mt. Tamalpais	3	2178	L - OMI station - kkpm.tv
17.2	4.2		CMC-USA
17.3	4.3		CMC
17.4	4.4		KQSL-TV
17.5	4.5		Blues
17.6	4.6		Daystar					daystar.com
17.7	4.7		Reruns
17.9	4.9		Heartland
17.10	4.10		AUN
18.1	21.3	KQRM	Lone Star	Petaluma	Mt. San Bruno	15	1345	(Shares with KCNZ 21)
19.1	21.14	KUVS	Univision	Modesto	S of San Andreas	500	1821	H
19.2	26.2		KTFK-UniMas		Walnut Grove			H
19.3	18.3		Bounce TV		S of San Andreas
19.4	18.4		Escape TV		S of San Andreas
19.1	19.1	KMBY	Heroes&Icons	Monterey	Mt. Toro	15	687	L
19.3	19.3		Daystar					daystar.com
19.4	19.4		Local-Music
19.6	19.6		HomeShopping
20.1	21.7	KOFY	Independent	San Francisco	Mt. San Bruno	15	1345	H - (Shares with KCNZ 21)
20.2	21.8		Charge
20.3	21.6		PosiTV
20.6	20.6		Local Now
20.8	21.10		Fun Road
21.4	21.4	KCNZ	Local Now	San Francisco	Mt. San Bruno	15	1345
22.1	52.1	KZHD	Daystar	Rohnert Park	Sonoma Mt.	2	1331	L - (Shares all of KDTS 14)
22.2	52.2		Daystar Span.
22.5	15.1		Jewelry TV
22.6	15.2		KQSL
22.7	15.3		CMC-TV
22.8	15.4		MBC
22.9	15.5		U_Channel
22.10	26.11		KTSF
22.11	30.1		The Dove
22.12	30.2		Blues
22.13	30.3		CMC
22.14	24.7		News Nt
22.15	24.5		Viet TV
22.16	24.1		Diya TV
22.18	15.7		KLOVE
22.1	22.1	KLFB	3ABN	Salinas	Mt. Toro	3.49	2651	L
22.2	22.2		Blank
22.3	22.3		QVTV
22.4	22.4		Banner-No channel
22.1	5.1	KRCB	PBS	Cotati	Sutro Tower	18.6	1520	H
22.2	5.2		PBS Create
22.3	5.3		NHK World					H
23.1	15.1	KBSV	Armenian	Ceres	Ceres	.500	135
23.1	23.3	KMUV	Telemundo	Monterey	Fremont Peak	15	2258	H - (Shares with KION 32)
23.2	23.6		DABL					H
24.1	24.4	KAAP	Diya-TV	Santa Cruz	Mt. Allison	.55	1765	L
24.2	24.3		Jewelry TV
24.3	24.5		Antenna TV
24.4	24.6		Fun Roads
24.5	24.8		VietBay
24.6	24.7		MBC
24.7	24.10		NewsNet
24.8	24.2		Chang TV
24.9	24.9		QVC
24.10	24.11		Bespoke
also
24.1	14.16	KDTS	Diya-TV	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	15	1539
24.5	14.14		VietBay
24.7	14.15		News Net
24.8	14.16		News MX2
25.1	52.1	KDAS	Daystar	Santa Rosa	Santa Rosa	3	1063	L - H - daystar.com
25.2	52.2		Daystar-Spanish
25.5	15.1	KQTA	JewelryTV
256	15.2		KQSL					H
25.7	15.3		Crossings
25.8	15.4		MBC
25.9	15.5		U_Channel
25.10	26.11	KTSF	KTSF					(Sharing with KDTS
25.11	30.1	KMMC	Diya TV					(Sharing with KDTS)
25.12	30.2		BTN-Blues
25.13	30.3		VMXTV
25.14	24.5		VietBay
25.15	24.7		News Net
25.16	24.1		Diya-TV
25.18	15.7		KLOVE					- audio only
25.19	15.8		new					- audio only
25.20	15.9		new					- audio only
25.21	15.10		new					- audio only
25.1	25.1	KQET	PBS	Watsonville	Fremont Peak	81.1	2292	H
25.2	25.2		KQED+-PBS					H
25.3	25.3		PBS World
25.4	25.4		PBS Kids
26.1	20.5	KTSF	Asian	San Francisco	Mt. Allison	475	2306	H - (Shares with KDTV 20, KDTS and OMI}
26.2	4.8		KTSF					On most OMI stations
26.3	2.8		KTSF					On most OMI stations
26.3	20.6		MBC
26.4	OMI.8		KTSF
26.5	20.7		Vietday
26.6	20.8		VSTV
26.11	14.10		KTSF
27.1	27.1	K27OT	?	Modesto	Modesto	?	?	L
27.1	27.1	KYMB	ME-TV	Monterey	Mt. Toro	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
27.6	27.6		Country Net
27.1	20.1	K20JX	3ABN	Sacramento	SW of Lincoln	4.7	272	L
27.2	20.2		AmazingFacts
27.3	20.3		3ABNProclaim
27.4	20.4		3ABNLatino
27.1	26.1	KUKR	Dove TV	Santa Rosa	NE of Santa Rosa	6	883	L - OMI station - kkpm.tv
27.2	26.2		CMC-USA
27.3	26.3		CMC
27.4	26.4		KQSL-TV
27.5	26.5		Blues
27.6	26.6		Daystar					daystar.com
27.7	26.7		Reruns
27.8	26.8		KTSF
27.9	26.9		Heartland
27.10	26.10		AUN
28.1	28.1	KKPM	Dove TV	Yuba City	Sutter Butttes	15	2146	L - OMI station - kkpm.tv
28.2	28.2		Grit
28.3	28.3		CourtTV
28.4	28.4		LAFF TV
28.5	28.5		Boumce
28.6	28.6		Defy
28.7	28.7		Newsy
28.8	28.8		KTSF
28.8	28.8		KQSL
28.9	28.9		Heartland
28.10	28.10		AUN
28.11	28.11		Daystar					daystar.com
28.12	28.12		CMC-USA
28.13	28.13		CMC
28.1	21.1	KCNZ	LATV	San Francisco	Mt. San Bruno	15	1345	L
28.2	21.2		HomeShopping
28.4	21.11		SINO
28.6	21.6		ShopLC
28.7	21.6		Mjestad
28.1	21.1	KDTV	KDTV Univision	Santa Rosa	N of Calistoga	11	3012	L
28.2	21.2		KFSF UniMas
28.3	21.3		KDTV Get TV
28.4	21.4		KDTV Escape TV
28.5	21.5		KFSF Justice TV
29.1	21.1	KSPX	Ion	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	1000	1459	H
29.2	21.2		Bounce
29.3	21.3		Court T
29.4	21.4		Grit TV
29.5	21.5		LAFF
29.6	21.6		HomeShopping
29.7	21.7		Newsy
30.1	14.11	KMMC	Diya TV	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	15	1539	L - (Shares with KDTS 14)
30.2	14.12		BTN-Blues
30.3	14.13		VMXTV
31.1	24.1	KMAX	CW	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	1000	1939	H
31.2	24.2		LAFF TV
31.3	24.3		Comet TV
31.4	24.4		Charge
31.5	24.5		Circle Net
32.1	32.4	KMTP	News-Arts	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1345	L - (Shares with KCNS 32)
32.1	32.1	KFKK	?	Stockton	Stockton	10	341	L
32.1	32.1	KSTV	LATV	Sacramento	Folsom	15	354	L
32.2	32.2		Jewelry TV
33.1	3.1	KCSO	Telemundo	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	3	1673	H - L
33.3	3.2		Telexitos
33.4	3.3		Light TV
33.1	19.1	KMUM	Telemundo	Sacramento	Elverta	15	331	H - L
33.3	19.2		Telexitos
33.4	19.3		Light TV
33.2	21.9	KSPX	Telemundo	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	1000	1459	H
33.1	26.1	KDJT	UniMas	Salinas-Monterey	Fremont Peak	15	2431	H - L
33.1	14.1	KMMW	Telemundo	Stockton	S of San Andreas	5.9	1909	H - L
33.3	14.3		Telexitos
33.4	14.4		Light TV
34.1	34.1	KACA	Daystar	Modesto	W of Ripon	10	440	L - H - daystar.com
34.1	34.1	KEZT	Univision	Sacramento	Downtown Sacto	15	276	H - L
34.2	34.2		UniMas					H
34.3	34.3		Bounce
34.4	34.4		Escape TV
35.1	11.3	KCBA	CW	Salinas	Fremont Peak	19.75	2362	H
35.2	11.4		Newsy
35.3	11.5		DEFY
35.4	11.6		TruReal
36.1	36.3	KICU	Independent	San Jose	Monument Pk	860	2257	H - M
36.2	36.4		KEMS-Korean					KEMS
36.3	36.5		FOXWX
36.4	36.6		Decades
36.5	36.7		The Grio
36.1	30.3	K30OM	Independent	San Jose	Fremont Pk	860	2257	H - M - Translator for KICU36-KTVU Plus
36.2	30.4		KEMS-Korean					KEMS
36.3	30.5		FOXWX
36.4	30.6		Decades
36.5	30.7		The Grio
38.1	?	K04QR	Shopping	Esparto	SE of Folsom	0.3	482	L
38.1	31.3	K31OL	Monterey Cty Ed.	Salinas	Mt. Toro	3	2188	H - L - R
38.2	31.4		ESNE
38.1	32.1	KCNS	ShopHQ	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1680	H
38.2	32.2		Skylink					Using H.264 encoding-Audio only on some TVs
38.3	32.12		SBN
38.5	32.5		NTD-TV
38.6	32.6		NTD Eng
38.7	32.13		Skynote
38.1	4.1	KBIS	Infomercials	Turlock	Turlock	1	292
38.2	4.2		Infomercials
39.1	28.3	KMMD	CourtTV	Salinas	Mt. Toro	12	2431	H - L - R
39.2	28.4		Bounce TV					H
39.3	28.8		Grit					H
39.4	28.6		LAFF TV
39.5	28.7		Mystery
39.6	28.5		TheGrio
39.11	28.9		Majestad TV
40.1	22.1	KTXL	FOX	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	1000	1965	H
40.2	22.2		Antenna TV
40.3	22.3		Court TV
40.4	22.4		TBD-TV
42.1	32.3	KTNC	TCT	Concord	Sutro Tower	1000	1679	Shares with KCNS
42.2	32.6		U_Church
43.1	35.3	KMCE	Azteca	Monterey	Fremont Peak	15	2247	L - R
43.2	35.4		Azteca 2
43.3	35.5		Jewelry TV
43.4	35.6		Azteca 4
43.1	30.1	KAHC	LAFF TV	Sacramento	Downtown Sac'to	15	130	L
43.2	30.2		Comet TV
43.3	30.3		Cozi TV
43.4	30.4		LCHD
43.5	30.5		QVC
43.6	30.6		QVC Plus
43.7	30.7		Tuff TV
44.1	28.1	KBCW	CW	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1609	H
44.2	28.2		Comet TV
44.3	28.3		MeTV
44.4	28.4		TBD-TV
44.5	28.5		Circle Net
45.1	2.1	KFTY	Dove TV	Middletown	Mt. St. Helena	3	2946	L - OMI station - kkpm.tv
45.2	2.2		CMC-USA
45.3	2.3		CMC
45.4	2.4		KQSL-TV
45.5	2.5		Blues
45.6	2.6		Daystar					daystar.com
45.7	2.7		Hosanna
26.3	2.7		KTSF
45.9	2.9		Heartland
45.10	2.10		AUN
45.1	2.1	KQRO	Dove TV	Morgan Hill	Mt. Chual	3	2438	L - OMI station - kkpm.tv
45.2	2.2		CMC-USA
45.3	2.3		CMC
45.4	2.4		KQSL-TV
45.5	2.5		Blues
45.6	2.6		Daystar					daystar.com
45.7	2.7		Reruns
26.3	2.8		KTSF
45.9	2.9		Heartland
45.10	2.10		AUN
46.1	23.5	KION	CBS	Monterey	Fremont Peak	105	2559	H
46.1	32.3	KION	CBS	Monterey	Mt. Toro	105	2559	H
46.2	23.4		FOX 35
46.2	32.4		FOX 35
46.3	32.6		Ion
47.1	31.1	KFMS	3ABN	Keyes	Downtown Sac'to	15	315	L
47.2	31.2		Fostivo
47.3	31.3		Cheddar
47.4	31.4		Infomercials
47.5	31.5		Infomercials
47.6	31.6		Newsmax
47.7	31.7		?
48.1	19.3	KSTS	Telemundo	San Jose	Mt. Allison	500	2306	H - M
48.2	19.4		TeleX		Mt. Allison
48.3	13.5		KSTS-Telemundo		Mt. San Bruno			H
48.4	13.6		TeleX		Mt. San Bruno			H
48.5	19.5		NBCLX		Mt. Allison
48.6	19.8		Oxygen		Mt. Allison
48.1	25.1	KDAS	Daystar	Santa Rosa	Santa Rosa	3	1063	L - H - daystar.com
49.1	14.1	KSAO	?	Sacramento	SE of Folsom	15	322	L
49.2	14.2		THIS TV
49.3	14.3		Buzzr
49.4	14.4		Blues
49.5	14.5		REVN
49.6	14.6		SBN
49.7	14.7		Country
50.1	32.7	KEMO	Estrella	Fremont	Sutro Tower	1000	1679	H - (Shares with KCNS 32)
50.2	32.4		Azteca
50.3	32.9		QVC
50.4	32.10		Shop LC
50.5	32.8		BE-IN-Sports
52.1	14.1	KDTS	Daystar	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	15	1539	L - H - daystar.com
52.2	14.2		Daystar-Spanish
54.1	30.11	KQEH	PBS-KQED+	San Jose	Sutro Tower	1000	1679	H - (Shares with KQED) kqed.org
54.2	30.12		PBS-KQED					H
54.3	30.13		PBS World
54.4	30.14		PBS Kids
58.1	35.4	KQCA	MyNetTV	Stockton	Walnut Grove	1000	1900	H
58.2	35.5		Heroes&Icons
58.3	26.5		KQCA-3
60.1	27.3	KPJK	Educational	San Mateo	Sutro Tower	465	1699	H
60.2	27.4		France 24
60.3	27.5		NHK TV
60.4	27.6		DW-TV
60.5	27.7		FNX
60.6	27.8		KCSM-FM Audio
64.1	26.1	KTFK	UniMas	Stockton	Walnut Grove	850	1952	H
64.2	18.2		KUVS-Univision		S of San Andreas			H
64.3	26.3		Get TV		Walnut Grove
64.4	26.4		Grit TV		Walnut Grove
65.1	33.3	KKPX	Ion	San Jose	Mt. San Bruno	510	1417	H - M
65.2	33.4		Bounce TV
65.3	33.5		Court TV
65.4	33.6		Defy TV
65.5	33.7		LAFF
65.6	33.8		TheReal
65.7	33.9		Newsy
65.8	33.10		QVC
66.1	34.1	KFSF	UniMas	Vallejo	Sutro Tower	850	1637	H
66.2	34.2		KDTV-Univision					H
66.3	34.3		Bounce TV
66.4	34.4		Grit TV
66.5	34.5		Justice Network
66.6	34.6		Twist
67.1	26.2	KSMS	Univision	Monterey	Fremont Peak	15	2431	H - R - (Shares with KDJT 33)
67.3	26.3		LATV
68.1	22.3	KTLN	Heroes&Icons	Palo Alto	Mt. Allison	15	2215	H - (Shares with KAXT 1)
68.2	22.4		MeTV-HD					H
68.3	22.5		The Story
68.4	22.6		MeTV-+

To see the list sorted by transmitter channel click here

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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 is transmitting on after the re-pack channel changes.

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 36.
Channels 2 through 6 are Low VHF.
Channels 7 through 13 are High VHF.
Channels 14 through 36 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:
DRT = Digital Receiver Technology - added transmitter location
ERP = Effective Radiated Power
HAAT = Height Above Average Terrain
H - Transmits in High Definition
L - Low Power or Translator Station
M - Transmits mobile DTV
S - Secondary Transmitter - Distributed Transmission System
T - KTSF 26 shares with KDTV, with 26.2, 26.3 and 26.11 being shared on one of the 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 June 22, 2022.

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 - post repack with full information and details
  https://larrykenney.com/sfonair.html

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