Digital Television
DTV - HDTV Channel List

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

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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.               

Transmtr Channel	Virtual Channel	Repack Channel	Call Letters	Network/ Programming	City of License	Transmitter Location	ERP kW	Antenna HAAT-ft	Information and Notes
2.1	45.1	2.1	KFTY	Dove TV	Middletown	Mt. St. Helena	3	2946	L - OMI station - kkpm.tv
2.2	45.2	2.2		CMCU
2.3	45.3	2.3		CMC
2.4	45.4	2.4		KQSL-TV
2.5	45.5	2.5		Blues
2.6	45.6	2.6		Daystar					daystar.com
2.7	45.7	2.7		AUN
2.8	45.8	2.8		KTSF-TV
2.1	45.1	2.1	KQRO	Dove TV	Morgan Hill	Mt. Chual	3	2438	L - OMI station - kkpm.tv
2.2	45.2	2.2		CMCU
2.3	45.3	2.3		CMC
2.4	45.4	2.4		KQSL-TV
2.5	45.5	2.5		Blues
2.6	45.6	2.6		Daystar					daystar.com
2.7	45.7	2.7		AUN
2.8	26.3	2.8		KTSF-TV
3.1	33.1	3.1	KCSO	Telemundo	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	3	1673	H - L
3.2	33.3	3.2		Telexitos
3.3	33.4	3.3		Light TV
3.1	3.3	3.3	KURK	CMC	San Francisco	Mt. Tamalpais	3	2178	- L - OMI station - kkpm.tv
3.2	3.2	3.2		CMCU
3.3	3.1	3.1		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
3.9	3.9	3.9		Country Music Today
4.1	38.1	?	K04QR	Shopping	Esparto	SE of Folsom	0.3	482	L
4.1	17.1	4.1	KQSL	Dove TV	San Rafael	Mt. Tamalpais	3	2178	L - OMI station - kkpm.tv
4.2	17.2	4.2		CMCU
4.3	17.3	4.3		CMC
4.4	17.4	4.4		KQSL-TV
4.5	17.5	4.5		Blues
4.6	17.6	4.6		Daystar					daystar.com
4.7	17.7	4.7		AUN
4.8	26.2	4.8		KTSF
4.9	17.9	4.9		Country Music Today
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
7.3	7.1	12.3	KGO	ABC	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	23.8	1703	H - T - abc7news.com
7.4	7.2	12.4		Live Well HD					H
7.5	7.3	12.5		LAFF TV
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
8.1	52.1	14.1	KDTS	Daystar	San Francisco	Mt. Diablo	0.22	2835	L - H - daystar.com
9.1	6.1	9.1	KVIE	PBS	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	33	1958	H - M - kvie.org
9.2	6.2	9.2		PBS
9.3	6.3	9.3		PBS World
9.4	6.4	9.4		V-me
10.1	10.1	10.1	KXTV	ABC	Sacramento	Downtown Sacto	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
11.1	24.1	?	KAAP	Diya-TV	Santa Cruz	Loma Prieta Mt	1.85	?
11.5	24.5	?		VietBay
11.8	24.7	?		NewsNet
12.3	11.1	13.3	KNTV	NBC	San Jose	Mt. San Bruno	103.1	1236	H - M - nbcbayarea.com
12.4	11.2	13.4		Cozi-TV
12.5	48.3	19.3		Telemundo					H
12.6	48.4	19.4		Cozi-TV					H
13.3	35.1	11.1	KCBA	FOX	Salinas	Fremont Peak	19.75	2362	H
15.1	23.1	15.1	KBSV	Armenian	Ceres	Mt. Oso	.421	1788
15.1	15.1	15.1	K15CU	Cozi TV	Salinas	Fremont Peak	5.74	2267	H - L
18.1	19.1	18.1	KUVS	Univision	Modesto	S of San Andreas	500	1821	H
18.2	64.2	18.2		KTFK-UniMas		Walnut Grove			H
18.3	19.3	18.3		Bounce TV		S of San Andreas
18.4	19.4	18.4		Escape TV		S of San Andreas
19.1	19.1	?	KMBY	Hereos&Icons	Templeton	Mt. Toro	15	687	L
19.2	19.2			Telexitos					EstrellaTV
19.3	19.3			Daystar					daystar.com
19.4	19.4			KMBY
19.5	19.5			BTN
19.6	19.6			Home Shopping
19.7	19.7			Jerusalum TV
20.3	16.1	23.3	KSCZ	Hai Le	SanFrancisco-San Jose	Mt. Allison	3.6	1964	L
20.4	16.2	23.4		Hahn Le
20.5	16.3	23.5		VietSky
20.6	16.4	23.6		VLife
20.7	16.5	23.7		QHTV
20.8	16.6	23.8		NetViet
20.9	16.7	23.9		VietTop
20.10	16.8	23.10		Vietpho
20.11	16.9	23.11		U_Channel
20.12	16.10	23.12		CaliHS
20.13	16.11	23.14		SetTV
20.14	16.12	23.15		IBC
20.15	16.14	23.16		NewSoon
20.16	16.15	23.17		NetV
20.17	16.16	23.18		RB-NetV
20.18	16.17	23.19		Faith
20.1	27.1	20.1	K20JX	3ABN	Sacramento	SW of Lincoln	4.7	259	L
20.2	27.2	20.2		AmazingFacts
20.3	27.3	20.3		3ABNProclaim
20.4	27.4	20.4		3ABNLatino
21.3	23.1	21.3	KMUV	Telemundo	Monterey	Fremont Peak	4.5	2359	H - See note K
21.4	46.2	21.4		KION-CW
21.5	46.1	21.5		KION-CBS					H
21.1	31.1	24.1	KMAX	CW	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	545	1988	H
21.2	31.2	24.2		LAFF TV
21.3	31.3	24.3		Comet TV
21.4	31.4	24.4		Stadium
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
23.1	22.1	5.1	KRCB	PBS	Cotati	Sonoma Mtn.	299	2068	H
23.2	22.2	5.2		PBS Create
23.3	22.3	5.3		NHK World					H
23.1	23.1	34.1	KEZT	Univision	Sacramento	Downtown Sacto	4.5	279	H - L
23.2	23.2	34.2		UniMas					H
23.3	23.3	34.3		Bounce
23.4	23.4	34.4		Escape TV
24.3	43.1	24.3	K46LG	Azteca	Monterey	Fremont Peak	15	2247	L - R
24.4	43.2	24.4		Azteca 2
24.5	43.3	24.5		Jewelry TV
24.6	43.4	24.6		Azteca 4
25.1	13.1	25.1	KOVR	CBS	Stockton	Walnut Grove	1000	2021	H - cbssacramento.com
25.2	13.2	25.2		Start TV
25.1	25.1	25.1	KQET	KQED-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	33.1	26.1	KDJT	Univision	Salinas-Monterey	Fremont Peak	8.97	2431	L - R
26.2	67.1	26.2		KSMS UniMas					H - (KSMS sharing on KDJT)
26.3	67.3	26.3		KSMS LATV
26.3	2.1	26.3	KTVU	FOX	San Jose	Monument Pk	3.5	2100	H - L - R - ktvu.com
26.4	2.2	26.4		LATV
26.5	2.3	26.5		Movies!
26.6	2.4	26.6		Buzzr
26.1	27.1	26.1	KUKR	Dove TV	Santa Rosa	NE of Santa Rosa	2	879	L - OMI station - kkpm.tv
26.2	27.2	26.2		CMCU
26.3	27.3	26.3		CMC
26.4	27.4	26.4		KQSL-TV
26.5	27.5	26.5		Blues
26.6	27.6	26.6		Daystar					daystar.com
26.7	27.7	26.7		AUN
26.8	27.8	26.8		KTSF
26.1	64.1	26.1	KTFK	UniMas	Stockton	Walnut Grove	850	1952	H
19.2	18.2	18.2		KUVS-Univision		S of San Andreas			H
26.3	64.3	26.3		Get TV		Walnut Grove
26.4	64.4	26.4		Grit TV		Walnut Grove
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
27.6	27.6			Country Net
27.1	8.1	27.1	KBTV	Crossings	Sacramento	Downtown Sac'to	15	285	L -
27.2	8.2	27.2		ONTV4U
27.3	8.3	27.3		SBN
27.4	8.4	27.4		HomeShopping
27.5	8.5	27.5		Liquidation
27.6	8.6	27.6		HOT-History Of TV
27.7	8.7	27.7		Color Bars
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
28.3	39.1	28.3	KMMD	CourtTV	Salinas	Mt. Toro	15	2418	L - R
28.4	39.2	28.4		SBN
28.5	39.3	28.5		Light TV
28.6	39.4	28.6		Bounce TV
28.7	39.5	28.7		Grit
28.8	39.6	28.8		Escape
28.9	39.8	28.9		Infomercials
28.10	39.7	28.10		LAFF-TV
28.1	28.1	21.1	KDTV	KDTV Univision	Santa Rosa	N of Calistoga	3.7	2697	L
28.2	28.2	21.2		KFSF UniMas
28.3	28.3	21.3		KDTV Get TV
28.4	28.4	21.4		KDTV Escape TV
28.5	28.5	21.5		KFSF Justice TV
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	61.1	21.3		KQRM					(Sharing on KCNZ)
28.4	20.4	21.4		LATV					(Sharing on KCNZ)
28.5	20.3	21.5		Evine					(Sharing on KCNZ)
28.6	28.6	21.6		ShopLC
28.7	20.1	21.7		KOFY					H - (Sharing on KCNZ)
28.8	20.2	21.8		This TV					(Sharing on KCNZ)
28.9	32.1	21.9		KMTP					(Sharing on KCNZ)
28.10	20.8	21.10		Fun Road					(Sharing on KCNZ)
28.1	33.1	14.1	KMMW	Telemundo	Stockton	S of San Andreas	15	1831	H - L
28.2	33.3	14.3		Telexitos
28.3	33.4	14.4		Light TV
29.1	5.1	29.1	KPIX	CBS	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1679	H - cbssf.com
29.2	5.2	29.2		Start TV
30.1	9.1	30.1	KQED	KQED-PBS	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1679	H - kqed.org
30.2	9.2	30.2		KQED+-PBS					H
30.3	9.3	30.3		PBS World
30.4	9.4	30.4		PBS KIds
30.11	54.1	30.11		KQED+-PBS	San Jose				H - (KQEH sharing with KQED)
30.12	54.2	30.12		KQED-PBS					H
30.13	54.3	30.13		PBS World
30.14	54.4	30.14		PBS KIds
31.1	38.1	31.1	K38JP	Monterey Cty Ed.	Salinas	Mt. Toro	15	2254	H - L - R - To become K31OL
31.2	38.3	31.2		ESNE
31.1	33.1	19.1	KMUM	Telemundo	Sacramento	NW of Rio Linda	15	410	H - L
31.2	33.3	19.2		Telexitos
31.3	33.4	19.3		Light TV
32.3	46.1	32.3	KION	CBS	Monterey	Mt. Toro	46	2585	H - K
32.4	46.2	32.2		CW					K
32.6	46.3	32.6		Ion
32.5	23.1	32.5		KMUV Telemundo	See note K
32.1	?	?	KFKK	?	Stockton	Modesto	5	341	L
32.1	32.1	?	KSTV	Jewelry TV	Sacramento	Folsom	15	354	L
32.2	32.2	?		LNTV
34.1	34.1	?	KACA	Daystar	Modesto	W of Ripon	10	440	L - H
34.1	66.1	34.1	KFSF	UniMas	Vallejo	Sutro Tower	370	1634	H
34.2	66.2	34.2		KDTV-Univision					H
34.3	66.3	34.3		Bounce TV
34.4	66.4	34.4		Grit TV
34.5	66.5	34.5		Justice Network
35.1	3.1	35.1	KCRA	NBC	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	1000	1900	H - M - kcra.com
35.2	3.2	35.2		MeTV
35.1	7.1	35.1	KGO	ABC	San Jose	Mt. Allison	12.1	1959	H - L - abc7news.com
35.2	7.2	35.2		Live Well HD					H - L
35.3	7.3	35.3		LAFF TV					L
36.1	10.1	36.1	KXTV	ABC	Sacramento	Downtown Sacto	3	100	H - news10.net
36.2	10.2	36.2		Justice Network
36.3	10.3	36.3		Bounce
36.4	10.4	36.4		Quest
36.3	36.1	36.3	KICU	Independent	San Jose	Monument Pk	740	2251	H - M
36.4	36.2	36.4		KEMS-Korean					KEMS
36.5	36.3	36.5		CCTV
36.6	36.4	36.6		Heroes&Icons
36.7	36.5	36.7		Light TV
38.3	4.2	7.3	KRON	Chinese Sky Link TV	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1679	H - kron4.com
38.4	4.1	7.4		MyNetworkTV
38.5	4.3	7.5		GetTV
38.6	4.4	7.6		CourtTV
39.1	38.1	32.1	KCNS	SBN	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1679	H
39.2	38.2	32.2		Sino TV
39.3	42.1	32.3		KTNC-Informercials					(KTNC sharing on KCNS)
39.4	38.4	32.5		Estrella
39.5	38.5	32.5		NTD-TV
39.6	38.3	32.6		VieTV
39.7	50.1	32.7		KEMO-Azteca					(KEMO sharing on KCNS)
39.8	50.2	32.8		CRTV					(KEMO sharing on KCNS)
39.9	50.3	32.9		Revenue					(KEMO sharing on KCNS)
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
40.3	40.1	14.3	KMMC	Vault	San Francisco	Mt. San Bruno	14	1283	L
40.4	40.2	14.4		KPOP-Music
41.3	65.1	33.3	KKPX	Ion	San Jose	Mt. San Bruno	1000	1371	H - M
41.4	65.2	33.4		Qubo
41.5	65.3	33.5		Ion Plus
41.6	65.4	33.6		Shop TV
41.7	65.5	33.7		HomeShopping
41.8	65.6	33.8		QVC
42.1	51.1	33.1	KMSX	Religion	Sacramento	W of N. Highlands	15	449	L
42.3	68.1	22.3	KTLN	Heroes&Icons	Palo Alto	Mt. Allison	15	1916	L - H
42.4	68.2	22.4		MeTV-HD					L - H
42.5	68.3	22.5		MeTV-SD					L
42.8	1.2	22.8	KAXT	Decades					L
43.3	60.1	27.3	KPJK	Educational	San Mateo	Sutro Tower	500	1678	H
43.4	60.2	27.4		France 24
43.5	60.3	27.5		NHK TV
43.6	60.4	27.6		MHZ TV
43.7	60.5	27.7		FNX
43.8	60.6	27.8	KCSM-FM	Audio
44.3	2.1	31.1	KTVU	FOX	Oakland	Sutro Tower	1000	1680	H - M - ktvu.com
44.4	2.2	31.2		LATV
44.5	2.3	31.3		Movies!
44.6	2.4	31.4		Buzzr
45.1	43.1	30.1	KAHC	LAFF TV	Sacramento	Downtown	15	130	L
45.2	43.2	30.2		Comet TV
45.3	43.3	30.3		Cozi TV
45.4	43.4	30.4		LCHD
45.5	43.5	30.5		QVC
45.6	43.6	30.6		QVC Plus
45.7	43.7	30.7		Tuff TV
45.1	44.1	28.1	KBCW	CW	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1611	H
45.2	44.2	28.2		Comet TV
45.3	44.3	28.3		MeTV
45.4	44.4	28.4		TBD-TV
46.1	58.1	23.1	KQCA	MyNetTV	Stockton	Walnut Grove	600	1903	H
46.2	58.2	23.2		Heroes&Icons
46.3	58.3	23.3		EstrellaTV					H - EstrellaTV
47.1	47.1	31.1	KFMS	Altavision	Keyes	Downtown Sac'to	15	31.1	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
48.3	29.1	21.3	KSPX	Ion	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	1000	1604	H
48.4	29.2	21.4		Qubo
48.5	29.3	21.5		Ion Life
48.6	29.4	21.6		Shop TV
48.7	29.5	21.7		QVC
48.8	29.6	21.8		HomeShopping
48.9	33.2	21.9		Telemundo
48.1	48.1	25.1	KDAS	Daystar	Santa Rosa	Santa Rosa	15	?	L - H - daystar.com
49.1	49.1	14.1	KSAO	Black	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
49.3	48.1	19.3	KSTS	Telemundo	San Jose	Mt. Allison	257	2257	H - M
49.4	48.2	19.4		Telexitos
49.5	11.3	19.5		KNTV - NBC					H
49.6	11.4	19.6		Cozi-TV
49.1	49.1	?	KZHD	North Bay TV	Santa Rosa	NE of Santa Rosa	1	341	H - L
49.2	49.2			Vision Mundial
51.1	14.1	20.1	KDTV	Univision	San Francisco	Mt. Allison	476	2300	H - univision14.com
51.3	14.3	20.3		GetTV
51.4	14.4	20.4		Escape TV
51.5	26.1	20.5	KTSF	Asian					H - (Sharing with KDTV 51)
51.6	26.3	20.6		MBC
51.7	26.5	20.7		VietToday TV
51.8	26.6	20.8		VSTV

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NOTES:

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

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. 

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 is on two transmitters: RF 21 from Fremont Peak and RF 32 from Mt. Toro
L - Low Power or Translator Station
M - Transmits mobile DTV
R - Re-pack channel change completed
T - KTSF 26 shares with KDTV and 26.2 or 26.4 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 July 16, 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:

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

• This page: 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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