Digital Television
DTV - HDTV Channel List

San Francisco Bay Area
(within 100 miles of San Francisco)
Listed by Re-Pack Channel

This list shows the new transmitter re-pack channel that stations are using, along with their former transmitter channel and virtual channel.

The re-pack channel changes are complete in this area except for the channels shown with a blue asterisk * next to a Re-Pack channel number. Those channel changes are still pending.

Sub-channel information is not included in this list.

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

New Repack Channel	Former Transmtr Channel	Virtual Channel	Call Letters	Programming	City of License	Transmitter Location	ERP kW	Antenna HAAT-ft	Information and Notes
2	2	45	KFTY	Dove TV	Middletown	Mt. St. Helena	3	2946	L - kkpm.tv
2	2	45	KQRO	Dove TV	Morgan Hill	Mt. Chual	3	2438	L - kkpm.tv
3	3	33	KCSO	Telemundo	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	3	1673	H - L
3	3	3	KURK	Dove TV	San Francisco	Mt. Tamalpais	3	2178	L - kkpm.tv
3	3	3	K03IZ	?	Salinas	?	3	2185	H - L
4	4	38	K04QR	Shopping	Esparto	SE of Folsom	0.3	482	L
4	4	4	K04RS	?	Salinas-San Juan Bautista	?	0.150	?	L
4	4	17	KQSL	Dove TV	San Rafael	Sutro Tower	3	2178	L - kkpm.tv
5	23	22	KRCB	PBS	Cotati	Sonoma Mtn. to Sutro Tower	18.6	1520	H
6	6	6	KFMY	Dove TV	Healdsburg	Sonoma Mt.	0.3	338	L - kkpm.tv
7	7	11	KOTR	MyNetworkTV	Monterey	SE of Monterey	0.1	-85	L
7	38	4	KRON	MyNetworkTV	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1679	H - kron4.com
8	8	8	KSBW	NBC	Salinas	Fremont Peak	20.6	2493	H - ksbw.com
9	9	6	KVIE	PBS	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	33	1958	H - M - kvie.org
10	10	10	KXTV	ABC	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	28.6	2008	H - T - news10.net
11	13	35	KCBA	FOX	Salinas	Fremont Peak	19.75	2362	H
11  *	new	12	KPJC	Hollywd Time Capsule	San Francisco	CP for 1201 California St.	.039	2156	L - Not yet on the air
12	24	44	KRJR	Religion	Sacramento	Sacramento	15	449	L
12	7	7	KGO	ABC	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	70	1703	H - T - abc7news.com
13	12	11	KNTV	NBC	San Jose	Mt. San Bruno	103.1	1236	H - M - nbcbayarea.com
14	43	46	K46LG	Azteca	Monterey	Fremont Peak	15	2247	L
14	49	49	KSAO	MundoMX	Sacramento	SE of Folsom	10.3	344	L
14  *	8	52	KDTS	Daystar	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	15	1552	L - H - daystar.com - Sharing with   KMMC, KQTA
14	28	33	KMMW	Telemundo	Stockton	S of San Andreas	15	1831	H - L
15	15	23	KBSV	Armenian	Ceres	Ceres	.500	135
15	15	15	K15CU	Cozi TV	Salinas	Fremont Peak	5.74	2267	H - L
18	18	19	KUVS	Univision	Modesto	S of San Andreas	500	1821	H
19	19	19	KMBY	Hereos&Icons	Monterey	Mt. Toro	15	687	L
19	31	33	KMUM	Telemundo	Sacramento	Elverta	15	331	H - L
19	49	48	KSTS	Telemundo	San Jose	Mt. Allison	257	2257	H - M
20	20	27	K20JX	3ABN	Sacramento	SW of Lincoln	15	384	L
20	51	14	KDTV	Univision	San Francisco	Mt. Allison	476	2300	H - Sharing wih KTSF - univision14.com
21	28	28	KCNZ	Creation TV	San Francisco	Mt. San Bruno	12.5	1345	L - Sharing with KOFY, KMTP, KQRM
21	28	28	KDTV	Univision	Santa Rosa	N of Calistoga	3.7	2697	L
21	48	29	KSPX	Ion	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	1000	1604	H
22	40	40	KTXL	FOX	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	1000	1972	H
22	42	68	KTLN	Heroes&Icons	Palo Alto	Mt. Allison	15	1916	L - V - Sharing with KAXT
22	22	22	KLFB	3ABN	Salinas	Mt. Toro	3.49	2651	L
22  *	21	x	KZHD	North Bay TV	Cotati	Sonoma Mt.	15	2050	H - L - Not yet on air
23	21	23	KMUV	Telemundo	Monterey	Fremont Peak	4.5	2356	H L
23	20	16	KSCZ	Asian	San Francisco-San Jose	Mt. Allison	15	2224	L
23	46	58	KQCA	MyNetTV	Stockton	Walnut Grove	600	1903	H
24	24	43	KMCE	Azteca	Monterey	Mt. Madonna-Morgan Hill	15	?	L
24	21	31	KMAX	CW	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	545	1988	H
24	11	24	KAAP	Diya-TV	San Jose/San.Clara	Loma Prieta to Mt. Allison	.55	2547	L
25	25	13	KOVR	CBS	Stockton	Walnut Grove	1000	2021	H - cbssacramento.com
25	48	48	KDAS	Daystar	Santa Rosa	Santa Rosa	15	?	L - H - daystar.com
25	25	25	KQET	PBS-HD	Watsonville	Fremont Peak	81.1	2292	H
26	26	33	KDJT	UniMas	Salinas-Monterey	Fremont Peak	8.97	2431	L - R
26	48	2	KTVU	FOX	San Jose	Monument Pk	2.15	2149	H - L - ktvu.com
26	26	27	KUKR	Dove TV	Santa Rosa	NE of Santa Rosa	2	879	L - kkpm.tv
26	26	64	KTFK	UniMas	Stockton	Walnut Grove	850	1952	H
27	27	27	K27OT	?	Modesto	Modesto	?	?	L
27	27	27	KYMB	ME-TV	Monterey	SE of Monterey	8.4	1290	L
27	27	8	KBTV	Crossings	Sacramento	Downtown Sac'to	15	285	L - T
27	43	60	KPJK	Educational	San Mateo	Sutro Tower	500	1678	H
28	28	39	KMMD	LAFF TV	Salinas	Mt. Toro	15	2418	L
28	28	28	KKPM	Dove TV	Chico	Sutter Butttes	15	2142	L - kkpm.tv
28	45	44	KBCW	CW	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1611	H
29	29	5	KPIX	CBS	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1679	H - T - cbssf.com
30	45	43	KAHC	LAFF	Sacramento	Downtown	15	130	T
30	30	9	KQED	PBS-HD	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1679	H - Sharing with KQEH - kqed.org
31	47	47	KFMS	Altavision	Keyes	Downtown Sac'to	15	?	L
31	38	38	K38JP	Monterey Cty Ed.	Salinas	Mt. Toro	15	2254	H - L- To become K31OL
31	44	2	KTVU	FOX	Oakland	Sutro Tower	1000	1680	H - M - ktvu.com
32	32	46	KION	CBS	Monterey	Mt. Toro	46	2487	H
32	32	32	KSTV	Jewelry TV	Sacramento	Folsom, CA	15	354	L
32	39	38	KCNS	SBN	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1679	H - Sharing with KEMO and KTNC
32	32	32	KFKK	?	Stockton	Modesto	5	341	L
33	42	51	KMSX	Religion	Sacramento	W of N. Highlands	15	449	L
33	41	65	KKPX	Ion	San Jose	Mt. San Bruno	1000	1371	H - M
34	23	23	KEZT	Univision	Sacramento	Downtown Sacto	4.5	279	H - L
34	34	34	KACA	Daystar	Modesto	W of Ripon, CA	10	440	H - L
34	34	66	KFSF	UniMas	Vallejo	Sutro Tower	370	1634	H
35	35	3	KCRA	NBC	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	1000	1900	H - M - kcra.com
35	35	7	KGO	ABC	San Jose	Mt. Allison	12.1	1959	H - L - T - abc7news.com
36	36	10	KXTV	ABC	Sacramento	Downtown Sacto	3	100	H - T - news10.net
36	36	36	KICU	Independent	San Jose	Monument Pk	740	2251	H - M

NOTES:

Repack Channel is the channel number that the station will transmit on after the channel changes are made in the Spring of 2020. 

Transmitter Channel is the channel number the station transmitted on prior to the re-pack changes.  You might note that the transmitter channel sub-channels might not be 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.

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. 

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 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. 

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.

After the re-pack is completed, the television band will consist only 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:
ERP = Effective Radiated Power
HAAT = Height Above Average Terrain
H - Transmits in High Definition
L - Low Power or Translator Station
M - Transmits mobile DTV
R - Station has changed to new re-pack channel
S - Secondary Transmitter - Distributed Transmission System
T - See notes below for special information for this station
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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These charts will be updated as required.
Last updated on July 12, 2020.

Data on this page was compiled by:
   Larry Kenney, WB9LOZ, Retired engineer, KGO/ABC

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

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 - with full information and details
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• Listing by Transmitter Channel - with full information and details
  https://larrykenney.com/sfonair2.html

• This page: Listing by Re-Pack Channel
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