83 New Stations Begin Digital Transmissions
Just as the May 1 transition to nationwide digital broadcast has passed, 83 new stations joined the list of digital transmitters, bringing the national number to 387.
The stations are:
* KTLN, San Francisco (Independent)
* WMBB, Panama City, Fla. (ABC)
* WPGH, Pittsburgh (Fox)
* WLNY, Riverhead, N.Y. (Independent)
* WCWB, Pittsburgh (WB)
* WTOG, St. Petersburg, Fla. (UPN)
* WEDU, Tampa, Fla. (PBS)
* WKRG, Mobile, Ala. (CBS)
* WBAY, Green Bay, Wis. (ABC)
* WYFF, Greenville, S.C. (NBC)
* KCBY, Coos Bay, Ore. (CBS)
* KPIC, Eugene, Ore. (CBS)
* WDAM, Hattiesburg, Miss. (NBC)
* WVBT, Portsmouth, Va. (Fox)
* KULR, Billings, Mont. (NBC)
* WJWB, Jacksonville, Fla. (WB)
* KFBB, Great Falls, Mont. (ABC)
* WLTZ, Columbus, Ga. (NBC)
* KFCT, Fort Collins, Colo. (Fox)
* KMBC, Kansas City, Mo. (ABC)
* WUTB, Baltimore (UPN)
* WRCB, Chattanooga, Tenn. (NBC)
* WHBQ, Memphis, Tenn. (Fox)
* WGHP, High Point, N.C. (Fox)
* WGME, Portland, Maine (CBS)
* KONG, Seattle, Wash. (Indepedent)
* KAVU, Victoria, Texas (ABC)
* WXVT, Greenville, Miss. (CBS)
* KNOE, Monroe, La. (CBS)
* WNWO, Toledo, Ohio (NBC)
* WKAQ, San Juan, Puerto Rico (Telemundo)
* KFVS, Cape Girardeau, Mo. (CBS)
* WAND, Decatur, Ill. (ABC)
* KIDK, Idaho Falls, Idaho (CBS)
* WJTV, Jackson, Miss. (CBS)
* WASV, Asheville, N.C. (UPN)
* WSLS, Roanoke, Va. (NBC)
* KIMT, Mason City, Iowa (CBS)
* WGBH, Boston, Mass. (PBS)
* WDAF, Kansas City, Mo. (Fox)
* WAZE, Madisonville, Ky. (WB)
* WEAU, Eau Claire, Wis. (NBC)
* KMCT, West Monroe, La. (Independent)
* KTVK, Phoenix, Ariz. (Independent)
* KASW, Phoenix, Ariz. (WB)
* WGBA, Green Bay, Wis. (NBC)
* WACY, Appleton, Wis. (UPN)
* WTOL, Toledo, Ohio (CBS)
* WHP, Harrisburg, Penn. (CBS)
* KWKB, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (WB)
* WJRT, Flint, Mich. (ABC)
* KTSF, San Francisco, Calif. (Indpendent)
* KSTU, Salt Lake City, Utah (Fox)
* KOTV, Tulsa, Okla. (CBS)
* KTXH, Houston, Texas (UPN)
* KARK, Little Rock, Ark. (NBC)
* KGMC, Fresno, Calif. (Independent)
* WDBJ, Roanoke, Va. (ABC)
* WPMI, Mobile, Ala. (NBC)
* WUAB, Cleveland, Ohio (UPN)
* WRGT, Dayton, Ohio (Fox)
* WREG, Memphis, Tenn. (CBS)
* WPTY, Memphis, Tenn. (ABC)
* WITI, Milwaukee, Wis. (Fox)
* KNOE, Monroe, La. (CBS)
* KDFI, Dallas, Texas (Fox)
* WLBZ, Bangor, Maine (NBC)
* WTOC, Savannah, Ga. (CBS)
No affiliate designation was listed for these Paxson-owned and operated stations:
* KPXR, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
* WTPX, Antigo, Wis.
* WPXV, Norfolk, Va.
* KTPX, Tulsa, Okla.
* WLPX, Charleston, W.V.
* WPXK, Jellico, Tenn.
* WPXR, Roanoke, Va.
* WPXA, Atlanta, Ga.
* WOPX, Orlando, Fla.
* WHPX, Hartford, Conn.
* WRPX, Rocky Mount, N.C.
* KUPX, Provo, Utah
* WZPX, Battle Creek, Mich.
* WPXN, Gadsden, Ala.
* WPXX, Memphis, Tenn.
According to the National Association of Broadcasters, which released the list, DTV signals are now being transmitted in 122 markets that cover 86 percent of U.S. TV households.
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