Digital Television
DTV - HDTV Channel List

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

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All full power analog stations have gone off the air. The only analog stations remaining are low power and translator stations.

See "Notes" below for explanation of header information.   

Virtual Channel	Transmitter Channel	Call Letters	Network/ Programming	City of License	Transmitter Location	ERP kW	Antenna HAAT-ft	Information and Notes
1.1	42.1	KAXT	What's On	Santa Clara-San Jose	Mt. Allison	15	1916	L - V - kaxt1.com
1.2	42.2		Family TV
1.3	42.3		Diya TV
1.4	42.4		Store
1.5	42.5		Que Huong
1.6	42.6		Net V
1.7	42.7		EMTV-Vietnamese
1.8	42.8		VietFace TV					Vietface
1.9	42.9		TVHS-Taiwanese
1.10	42.10		Tiempos Finales
1.11	42.11		TLR
1.12	42.12		Jewelry TV
1.13	42.13		Brioso Classical					Audio only
1.14	42.14		Que Huong Radio					Audio only
1.15	42.15		Classic Country					Audio only
1.16	42.16		Classic Hindi					Audio only
1.17	42.17		Bhajans-Spiritual					Audio only
1.18	42.18		Desi Jams-Hindi					Audio only
1.19	42.19		Tagalog					Audio only
1.20	42.20		Music from India					Audio only
2.1	44.3	KTVU	FOX	Oakland	Sutro Tower	1000	1680	H - M - ktvu.com
2.2	44.4		LATV
2.1	48.3	KTVU	FOX	San Jose	Monument Pk	3.5	2100	H - L - ktvu.com
2.2	48.4		LATV
2.1	2.1	K02QO	Religion	Santa Rosa	NW of Cloverdale	0.3	358	L
3.1	3.1	K03IC	Religion	Santa Rosa	NW of Cloverdale	0.3	358	L
3.1	35.1	KCRA	NBC	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	1000	1900	H - M - kcra.com
3.2	35.2		MeTV
4.1	38.4	KRON	MyNetTV	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1679	H - kron4.com
4.2	38.3		News, Wx, Trfk
5.1	29.1	KPIX	CBS	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1679	H - T - cbssf.com
6.1	9.1	KVIE	PBS	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	33	1958	H - M - kvie.org
6.2	9.2		PBS
6.3	9.3		V-me
7.1	7.3	KGO	ABC	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	23.8	1703	H - T - abc7news.com
7.2	7.4		Live Well HD					H
7.3	7.5		Live Well SD
7.1	35.3	KGO	ABC	San Jose	Mt. Allison	12.1	1959	H - L - T - abc7news.com
7.2	35.4		Live Well HD					H - L
7.3	35.5		Live Well SD					L
8.1	51.1	KBTV	Various Ethnic	Sacramento	Downtn Sac'to	15	285	L - T
8.2	51.2		HOT-History Of TV
8.3	51.3		Sonlife-Religion
8.4	51.4		Telos - Health
8.5	51.5		Shopping
8.6	51.6		Color Bars
8.1	8.1	KSBW	NBC	Salinas	Fremont Peak	20.6	2493	H - ksbw.com
8.2	8.2		ABC					H
9.1	30.1	KQED	PBS-HD	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1679	H - kqed.org
9.2	30.2		KQEH-SD-PBS	San Jose
9.3	30.3		PBS World
10.1	10.1	KXTV	ABC	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	28.6	2008	H - news10.net
10.2	10.2		Live Well
11.1	12.3	KNTV	NBC	San Jose	Mt. San Bruno	103.1	1236	H - M - nbcbayarea.com
11.2	12.4		COZI-TV
13.1	25.1	KOVR	CBS	Stockton	Walnut Grove	1000	2021	H - cbssacramento.com
14.1	51.1	KDTV	Univision	San Francisco	Mt. Allison	476	2300	H - univision14.com
14.2	51.2		KFSF-UniMas
19.1	18.1	KUVS	Univision	Modesto	S of San Andreas	500	1821	H
19.2	26.2		KTFK-UniMas
19.3	18.3		Bounce TV
19.1	19.1	KMBY	MundoFOX	Templeton	Mt. Toro	15	687	L -
19.2	19.2		Estrella					EstrellaTV
19.3	19.3		Daystar					daystar.com
19.4	19.4		ME-TV
20.1	19.3	KOFY	Independent	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	568	1601	H
20.2	19.5		ME-TV
21.1	21.1	KMUV	MTV-TR3S	Monterey	Fremont Peak	4.5	2333	L
22.1	22.1	KLFB	3ABN	Salinas	Mt. Toro	3.49	2651	L
22.2	22.2		3ABNLatino
22.3	22.3		Dare to Dream
22.4	22.4		3ABN-Same as 22.1
22.1	23.1	KRCB	PBS	Cotati	Sonoma Mtn.	299	2068	H
22.2	23.2		PBS Create
22.3	23.3		KRCB-FM91
23.1	15.1	KBSV	Armenian	Ceres	Mt. Oso	.421	1788
23.1	23.1	KEZT	Home Shopping	Sacramento	Downtown Sacto	4.5	279	L
25.1	25.1	KQET	PBS-HD	Watsonville	Fremont Peak	81.1	2292	H
25.2	25.2		KTEH-SD-PBS
25.3	25.3		V-me
26.1	27.1	KTSF	Independent	San Francisco	Mt. San Bruno	858	1323
26.2	27.2		Slide-See 26.1
26.3	27.3		KBS America					KBS
26.4	27.4		ICN-Chinese					ICN
26.5	27.5		VietToday TV
26.6	27.6		Same as 26.1
27.1	27.1	KYMB	ME-TV	Monterey	SE of Monterey	5	574	L
27.2	27.2		MGM-This
27.3	27.3		Coastal TV
27.4	27.4		AmericaOne TV
27.1	20.1	K20JX	3ABN	Sacramento	SW of Lincoln	4.7	259	L
27.2	20.2		AmazingFacts
27.3	20.3		3ABNProclaim
27.4	20.4		3ABNLatino
28.1	28.1	KKPM	Family/Variety	Chico	Sutter Butttes	11.5	2142	L
28.2	28.2		HomeShopping
28.1	28.1	KFTL	Family/Variety	San Francisco	Mt. San Bruno	15	1243	L
28.2	28.2		HomeShopping
28.10	28.10		KEAR-FM					Audio only
28.15	28.15		Channel for lease					Audio only
28.1	28.1	KDTV	Univision	Santa Rosa	N of Calistoga	3.7	2697	L
28.2	28.2		KFSF-UniMas
28.1	28.1	KMMW	MTV-TR3S	Stockton	S of San Andreas	15	1831	L
29.1	48.1	KSPX	Ion	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	1000	1604	H
29.2	48.2		Qubo
29.3	48.3		Ion Life
31.1	21.1	KMAX	CW	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	1000	2014	H
32.1	33.3	KMTP	News-Arts	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	480	1696
32.2	33.4		World TV
32.4	33.5		News-Arts
32.5	33.6		NTD
32.6	33.7		KPOP-Music
33.1	3.1	KCSO	Telemundo	Sacramento	S of San Andreas	3	1955	H - L
33.2	3.2		ME-TV
33.3	3.3		Country Net
35.1	13.1	KCBA	FOX	Salinas	Fremont Peak	19.75	2362	H
36.1	36.3	KICU	Independent	San Jose	Monument Pk	740	2251	H - M
36.2	36.4		KEMS-Korean					KEMS
36.3	36.5		CCTV
38.1	4.1	K04QR	Shopping	Esparto	SE of Folsom	0.3	482	L
38.1	38.1	K38JP	ESNE Mexican	Salinas	Mt. Toro	15	2254	L
38.2	38.2		Monterey County
38.3	38.3		Spanish Programs
38.4	38.4		VZTV Mexican
38.1	39.1	KCNS	MundoFOX	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1679	H
38.2	39.2		Chinese Programs
38.3	39.3		KTNC-EstrellaTV					EstrellaTV
38.4	39.4		NHK World
38.5	39.5		Color Bars
39.1	39.1	KMMD	MTV-TR3S	Salinas	Mt. Toro	15	2418	L
40.1	40.1	KTXL	FOX	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	950	1972	H
40.2	40.2		Antenna TV
40.1	40.3	KMMC	MTV-TR3S	San Francisco	Mt. San Bruno	6	1283	L
42.1	14.1	KTNC	EstrellaTV	Concord	Mt. Diablo	40	3156	EstrellaTV
42.2	14.2		EstrellaTV					EstrellaTV
42.3	14.3		MGM-This
42.4	14.4		Retro TV
42.1	42.1	KMSX	Religion	Sacramento	W of N. Highlands	15	449	L
43.1	46.1	K46LG	Azteca	Monterey	Fremont Peak	15	2247	L
43.2	46.2		Azteca
43.3	46.3		Jewelry TV
43.4	46.4		Azteca
44.1	45.1	KBCW	CW	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1611	H - T
46.1	32.1	KION	CBS	Monterey	Mt. Toro	46	2487	H
46.2	32.2		CW
48.1	49.3	KSTS	Telemundo	San Jose	Mt. Allison	257	2257	H - M
48.2	49.4		Exitostv
49.1	49.1	KSAO	Coastal TV	Sacramento	SE of Folsom	10.3	344	L
49.2	49.2		Vietnam Broadcasting
49.3	49.3		Shopping
49.4	49.4		Shopping-Spanish
49.5	49.5		Antique Shopping
49.6	49.6		Channel for lease
49.1	49.1	K49KS	Religion-Spanish	Santa Rosa	NE of Santa Rosa	1	341	L
49.2	49.2		Color Bars
49.3	49.3		Color Bars
49.4	49.4		Color Bars
50.1	32.3	KEMO	Azteca	Santa Rosa	Mt. St. Helena	20	3045	H - T
52.1	8.1	KDTS	Daystar	San Francisco	Mt. Diablo	0.22	2835	L - daystar.com
54.1	50.1	KQEH	KQEH-SD-PBS	San Jose	Monument Pk	310	2172
54.2	50.2		KQED-SD-PBS
54.3	50.3		PBS Life
54.4	50.4		PBS Kids
54.5	50.5		V-me
58.1	46.1	KQCA	MyNetTV	Stockton	Walnut Grove	600	1903	H
58.2	46.2		MGM-This
60.1	43.3	KCSM	Educational	San Mateo	Sutro Tower	500	1678	H
60.2	43.4		MHzWorldview
60.3	43.5		Jazz TV
64.1	26.1	KTFK	UniMas	Stockton	Walnut Grove	850	1952	H
64.2	18.2		KUVS-Univision
65.1	41.3	KKPX	Ion	San Jose	Mt. San Bruno	1000	1371	H - M
65.2	41.4		Qubo
65.3	41.5		Ion Life
65.4	41.6		Shop TV
66.1	34.1	KFSF	UniMas	Vallejo	Sutro Tower	370	1634	H
66.2	34.2		Bounce TV
67.1	31.1	KSMS	Univision	Monterey	Fremont Peak	1000	2299
67.2	31.2		KDJT-Uni+
67.3	31.3		LATV
67.4	31.4		Zuus Latino
68.1	47.1	KTLN	TLN	Novato	Burdell Mtn.	1000	1319
68.2	47.2		CRTV
68.3	47.3		SBN
Digital stations that have been approved by the FCC, or applied for, that are not yet on the air:
	2.1	K02QP	?	Keyes	Turlock	0.3	220	L - N
	2.1	K02QQ	?	Monterey	Leguna Seca	0.06	525	L - N
	2.1	K02QX	?	Morgan Hill	?	0.3	?	L - N
	3.1	K14MW	Religion	Petaluma	Mt. Tamalpais	1.2	2195	L - N - T
	3.1	K14MW	Religion	Petaluma	Sutro Tower	0.3	1119	L - N - T
	4.1	KTVJ	Independent	Petaluma	Mt. Tamalpais	0.3	2188	L - N
	4.1	KBIS	?	Turlock	Turlock	0.3	220	L - N
	5.1	KBKF	?	Glen Arbor	CA 35 N of CA 84	0.3	1358	L - N - T
	5.1	KTFK	TeleFutura	Stockton	Mt.Diablo	0.3	3025	L - N
	6.1	KBKF	?	Glen Arbor	Santa Cruz Mt.	0.3	1883	L - N - T
	7.1	K07ZK	?	Monterey	Mt. Toro	0.3	2487	L - N
	8.1	KDAS	Daystar	Guerneville	Mt. St. Helena	0.2	2963	L - N
	11.1	K11WP	Religion	Cloverdale	NW of Cloverdale	0.3	361	L - N
	11.1	KOTR	MyNetTV	Santa Cruz	Loma Prieta Mt.	.84	2726	L - N
	13.1	K13ZR	Religion	Cloverdale	NW of Cloverdale	0.3	361	L - N
	14.1	K14MW	Religion	Petaluma	NE of Santa Rosa	4	919	L - N - T
	19.1	K19HW	?	Monterey	?	0.3	?	L - N
	23.1	K23LK	?	Modesto	Turlock	15	282	L - N
	24.1	KRJR	Word of God	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	15	1596	L - N
	26.1	K26JV	?	Healdsburg	NW of Cloverdale	1.0	361	L - N
	27.1	KEXT	Telefutura	Modesto	Mt. Oso	15	1214	L - N
44.1	31.1	KBCW	KBCW	Napa	Mt. Vaca	.55	2044	H - L - N - T
	31.1	KMUM	MTV-TR3S	Sacramento	NW of Rio Linda	15	410	L - N - T
50.1	32.1	KEMO	Azteca	Santa Rosa	Sutro Tower	200	1549	T
	32.1	K32KK	?	Stockton	SE of Hughson	5	272	L - N
	33.1	KDJT	TeleFutura	Salinas	Fremont Peak	9.2	2405	L - N
	34.1	KACA	Daystar	Modesto	W of Ripon	10	440	L - N
	36.1	KAZV	Independent	Modesto	Mt. Oso	0.5	1214	L - N
	41.1	KMMK	MTV-TR3S	Sacramento	Rt 49-S of Placerville	8.5	712	L - N
	42.1	K42JI	?	Ceres	Turlock	1.0	220	L - N
5.1	42.1	KPIX	KPIX	Napa	Mt. Vaca	1.28	2044	H - L - N - T
	43.1	KMCE	?	Monterey	Fremont Peak	15	2247	L - N
	43.1	New	Religion	Sacramento	?	650	?	L - N - T
	43.1	New	?	Sacramento	?	100	?	L - N - T
	44.1	K49EO	TBN	Modesto	WNW of Ripon	15	436	L - N
	45.1	K45HC	TBN	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	15	587	L - N
	47.1	KFMS	?	Keyes	Turlock	1.0	220	L - N
	47.1	K47LC	MTV-TR3S	Salinas	Fremont Peak	15	2300	L - N

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.  The virtual channel is marked with a question mark for those stations not yet on the air.

"Transmitter Channel" is the channel number the station actually transmits on.  See the Transmitter Channel Listing for a station list by transmitter channel number.

Several sub-channels (programs) 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, these tuners will not show those changes until you scan again.

Most tuners only show stations on their virtual channels, but some tuners show stations on their actual transmitted channels as well. A few tuners show stations only on their transmitted channels. This is why we show both channels in our list. (Note, too, that knowing transmitted channels is important when you select antennas, coax, and preamplifiers, since virtual channels are meaningless when you design your antenna and signal distribution systems.)

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, but on the transmitted channel, some tuners may not show sub-channels on the same sub-channel numbers (such as .1, .2, or .3) that appear on the virtual channel and which appear in our list. Some stations do not begin their sub-channels with .1 on their transmitted channel, so you may find nothing on .1 or .2 and find sub-channels on .3 and above. Therefore, if you are watching a transmitter channel, and the sub-channels don't match our list, tune through all of the sub-channels to find the program you want.

The television band now only consists of channels 2 through 51. The frequencies above channel 51 have been auctioned off for public service, cell phone and other services.
Channels 2 through 13 are VHF.
Channels 14 through 51 are UHF.

Although still authorized for television, channels 2 through 6 have been found to be poor for digital service. Electrical interference from power lines, motors, lightning, etc. causes the loss of digital bits and the loss of signal. Only 40 full power digital stations are on these channels in the entire country; only one in California, channel 3 in Eureka.

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.

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.

ERP = Effective Radiated Power
HAAT = Height Above Average Terrain
H - Transmits in High Definition (HDTV)
L - Low Power or Translator Station
M - Transmits Mobile DTV, or will be soon
N - Not Yet On The Air
T - See notes below for special information for this station
V - KAXT has FCC okay to use channel 1 for it's virtual channel
Major San Francisco sites are in red.
Major Sacramento site is in green.

TV STATION INFORMATION:
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3-K14MW has applications for stations on channel 3 from Mt. Tamalpais and Sutro Tower and on channel 14 from Santa Rosa.
5-KPIX has a construction permit for a 1.28 kW translator on channel 42 at Mt. Vaca and an on-channel (channel 29) translator for Mt. San Bruno.
5-KBKF has applications for stations on channel 5, 6 and 42.
6-KBKF has applications for stations on channel 5, 6 and 42.
7-KGO has a construction permit for on-channel (channel 7) translator for Mt. San Bruno.
8-KBTV has approval to change transmitter channel from 51 to 27.
14-K14MW has applications for stations on channel 3 from Mt. Tamalpais and Sutro Tower and on channel 14 from Santa Rosa.
15-KMUM has applications submitted for channels 15 and 31.
24-KRJR has an application submitted for channel 24 and a construction permit for channel 34.
27-KBTV has approval to change transmitter channel from 51 to 27.
31-KBCW has a construction permit for a .55 kW translator on channel 31 at Mt. Vaca
31-KMUM has applications submitted for channels 15 and 31.
32-KEMO has applied for a Distributed Transmission System second transmitter on Sutro Tower.
34-KRJR has an application submitted for channel 24 and a construction permit for channel 34.
42-KPIX has a construction permit for a 1.28 kW translator on channel 42 at Mt. Vaca and an on-channel (channel 29) translator for Mt. San Bruno.
42-KBKF has applications for stations on channel 5, 6 and 42.
43-New - callsigns pending the winners of lottery for channel. Two applications approved to share channel.
44-KBCW has a construction permit for a .55 kW translator on channel 31 at Mt. Vaca
50-KEMO has applied for a Distributed Transmission System second transmitter on Sutro Tower.
51-KBTV has approval to change transmitter channel from 51 to 27.

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SPACING REQUIREMENTS Transmitter Channels 7-13: Prohibited on same channel: 0-170 mi Prohibited on adjacent channel: 14.29-68.35 mi

Transmitter Channels 14-51: Prohibited on same channel: 0-139 mi Prohibited on adjacent channel: 14.91-68.35 mi

Note on spacing requirements: The "doughnut" shaped exclusion zone for adjacent channels recognizes that adjacent stations only present a problem when there is a strong station right next to a weak station you want to watch.

The source for most of this information is the FCC web site.

Data on this page was compiled by:
   Larry Kenney, WB9LOZ, Retired engineer, KGO/ABC
   Bill Choisser, K9AT, Registered Professional Engineer, California

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

These charts will be updated as required.
Last updated on March 27, 2013.

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

Larry Kenney
Corrections are welcome.

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