User:Danaimband/Digital TV

Favorite Markets
Markets that have at least one local newscast filmed and transmitted in HDTV, will have a note under the template, stating which station is in HD. All templates will have notes of the subchannels available to the market. The list is in order of preference. Also of note, I have used my Elgato EyeTV Hybrid USB HDTV tuner on my Apple MacBook. I have been able to get HDTV channels with a regular un-amplified HDTV-ready over-the-air antenna. I have listed channels which I have gotten with an (*) asterisk. I have also listed the overall best station with news (+N), best Weather forecasts (+W), best Sports (+S), best offering of sub-channels (+U), and best educational programming (+E/I). Ties do occur in one or more markets.

Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia TV

Columbia Digital Channels
This market does not as of May 24, 2008 have any local news in HD. Total number of digital channels = 12, Total Number I have picked up on my HDTV tuner = 12.

Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte TV

Charlotte Digital Channels
This market has only one HD local news as of September 15, 2007: WSOC-TV, Channel 9. Total number of digital channels = 29. Total Number I have picked up on my HDTV tuner = 28.

Sacramento, California
Sacramento TV

Sacramento Digital Channels
This market has two HD local news as of January 20, 2009: KCRA Channel 3 and KOVR Channel 13. Total number of digital channels = 20. Total Number I have picked up on my HDTV tuner = 20.

Reno and Carson City
Reno TV

Reno/Carson City Digital Channels
This market has 1 HD local news broadcasts as of January 25, 2008, which is KRNV. One channel broadcasts only in digital as of February 12, 2009, which is KOLO-TV. Total number of digital channels = 14. Total Number I have picked up on my HDTV tuner = 10.

Medford, Oregon
Medford TV

Medford Digital Channels
This market has no HD local news broadcasts as of February 12, 2008. Total number of digital channels = 11. Total Number I have picked up on my HDTV tuner = 11.

San Francisco Bay Area
SF TV

SF Bay Area Digital Channels
This market has 4 HD local news broadcasts as of March 25, 2008, KTVU/KICU (share 1), KRON, KPIX/KBCW (share 1) and KGO-TV/KBWB (share 1). Total number of digital channels = 49. Total Number I have picked up on my HDTV tuner = 41. Most channels are broadcasted from the Sutro Tower and San Bruno Mountain area. If you live in the East Bay, and have a good clear view towards San Francisco, you can simply point antennas towards the general area between Sutro and San Bruno Mountain and receive channels 2,4,5,7,9,11,20,26,32,38,44,60,65 and 66.

TOWER CODES - (S) - Sutro (B) - San Bruno (J) - San Jose (O) - Other tower

Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas TV

Las Vegas Digital Channels
This market has 3 HD local news broadcasts as of April 29, 2008 - KVBC, KLAS and KTNV. Total number of digital channels = 15. Total Number I have picked up on my HDTV tuner = 15.

Redding, California
NorCal TV

Chico-Redding Digital Channels
This market has no HD local news broadcasts as of May 10, 2008. Total number of digital channels = 22. Total Number I have picked up on my HDTV tuner = 12.

Eureka, California
Eureka TV

Eureka-Arcata-Fortuna Digital Channels
This market has no HD local news broadcasts as of May 10, 2008. Total number of digital channels = 8. Total Number I have picked up on my HDTV tuner = 7.

Fresno, California
Fresno TV

Fresno Digital Channels
This market has only one HD local news as of September 06, 2008: KFSN, Channel 30. Total number of digital channels = 19. Total number I picked up on my tuner = 7.

Washington, DC
Washington TV

DC/Arlington Digital Channels
This market has 2 HD local news broadcasts as of December 13, 2008, WUSA-TV and WJLA. Total number of digital channels = 30. Total channels I got = 20.

Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles TV

LA Digital Channels
This market has three HD local news as of September 06, 2008: KCBS-TV, Channel 2 and KNBC, Channel 4, and KABC-TV, Channel 7. Total number of digital channels = 50.

New York, New York
NYC TV

Tri-State Area Digital Channels
This market has 5 HD local news broadcasts as of May 10, 2008, WCBS-TV, WNBC-TV, WABC-TV, WNYW and WWOR-TV. Total number of digital channels = 46.

Boston, Massachusetts
Boston TV

Boston Digital Channels
This market has no HD local news broadcasts as of May 10, 2008. Total number of digital channels = 27.

Personal Practice
The standards of which I have personally preached towards all media markets that I have contacted regarding Digital Television channels and sub-channels (in order to provide a broad-range of high viewer quality of programming) is given in the below media-market example: