U. S. Television Channel Allocations - 1947

The following is a list of the allocation of television channels to metropolitan districts of the United States as specified by the FCC as of January 1, 1947. This data was provided to this website by the DuMont Project, which welcomes comments or corrections. This page was last revised on March 13, 2001.

Metropolitan District
(US Census 1940)		 Sales
Rank		 Population Metropolitan
Channels		 Community
Channels		 Total
M		 Total
C
Akron 35 349705 11 - 1 -
Albany-Schenectady-Troy 23 431575 2-4-7-9-11 - 5 -
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton 43 325142 - 8 - 1
Altoona 111 114094 9 - 1 -
Amarillo 136 53463 2-4-5-7 - 4 -
Asheville 132 76324 5-7-12 - 3 -
Atlanta 25 442294 2-5-8-11 - 4 -
Atlantic City 83 100096 - 8 - 1
Augusta GA  135 87809 6-12 - 2 -
Austin 106 106193 8-10-12 - 3 -
Baltimore 13 1046692 2-11-13 - 3 -
Beaumont-Port Arthur 90 138608 3-6-8-10 - 4 -
Binghamton 75 145156 12 - 1 -
Birmingham 42 407851 4-9-13 - 3 -
Boston 5 2350514 2-4-7-9-13 - 5 -
Bridgeport 53 216621 - 1 - 1
Buffalo, Niagara 14 857719 4-7-9-13 - 4 -
Canton  63 200352 - 1 - 1
Cedar Rapids 115 73219 7-11 - 2 -
Charleston SC 127 98711 7-10-13 - 3 -
Charleston WV 88 136332 7-11-13 - 3 -
Charlotte  99 112986 3-9-11 - 3 -
Chattanooga 76 193215 3-6-10-12 - 4 -
Chicago  2 4499126 2-4-5-7-9-11-13 - 7 -
Cincinnati  16 789309 2-4-5-11 - 4 -
Cleveland  9 1214943 2-4-5-7-9 - 5 -
Columbia 117 89555 2-4-8 - 3 -
Columbus GA 133 92478 3-12 - 2 -
Columbus OH  29 365796 3-6-8-10 - 4 -
Corpus Christi 121 70677 3-6-8-10 - 4 -
Dallas 27 376548 4-8-12 - 3 -
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline 67 174995 2-4-5-9 - 4 -
Dayton 44 271513 5-13 - 2 -
Decatur 122 65764 2 - 1 -
Denver 26 384372 2-4-5-7-9 - 5 -
Des Moines 59 193973 2-5-9 - 3 -
Detroit 6 2295867 2-4-5-7-9 - 5 -
Duluth-Superior 72 157098 3-6-8-10 - 4 -
Durham 139 69683 4-7 - 2 -
El Paso  105 115801 2-4-5-7 - 4 -
Erie 95 134019 12 - 1 -
Evansville 93 141614 2-11 - 2 -
Fall River-New Bedford  55 272648 - 1 - 1
Flint 64 188554 11 - 1 -
Fort Wayne 81 134385 2-4-7-9 - 4 -
Fort Worth 51 207677 2-5-10 - 3 -
Fresno  79 97504 2-4-5-7 - 4 -
Galveston  131 71677 9-11-13 - 3 -
Grand Rapids  57 209873 6-9 - 2 -
Greensboro  130 73055 2-10 - 2 -
Hamilton-Middletown 110 112686 9 - 1 -
Harrisburg 70 173367 8 - 1 -
Hartford-New Britain 20 502193 8-10 - 2 -
Houston  21 510397 2-4-5-7 - 4 -
Huntington-Ashland  92 170979 5 - 1 -
Indianapolis 24 455357 3-6-8-10-12 - 5 -
Jackson 128 88003 2-4-5-7 - 4 -
Jacksonville 66 195619 2-4-6-8 - 4 -
Johnstown 100 151781 13 - 1 -
Kalamazoo 112 77213 3 - 1 -
Kansas City, MO-Kansas City KS  17 634093 2-3-5-9 - 4 -
Knoxville  87 151829 2-4-8-11 - 4 -
Lancaster 91 132027 - 4 - 1
Lansing 94 110356 6 - 1 -
Lincoln  109 88191 10-12 - 2 -
Little Rock 98 126724 3-6-8-10 - 4 -
Los Angeles  3 2904596 2-4-5-7-9-11-13 - 7 -
Louisville 33 434408 5-9 - 2 -
Lowell-Lawrence-Haverhill  45 334969 6 - 1 -
Macon 137 74830 4-7-10 - 3 -
Madison 101 78349 9 - 1 -
Manchester 118 81932 - 1 - 1
Memphis  37 332477 2-4-5-7-9 - 5 -
Miami 38 250537 2-4-5-7 - 4 -
Milwaukee 15 790336 3-6-8-10 - 4 -
Minneapolis-St. Paul 11 911077 2-4-5-7-9 - 5 -
Mobile 119 144906 3-5-9-11 - 4 -
Montgomery 126 93697 6-10 - 2 -
New Haven 39 308228 6 - 1 -
New Orleans 31 540030 2-4-6-7-10 - 5 -
New York-NE New Jersey  1 11690520 2-4-5-7-9-11-13 - 7 -
Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News 47 330396 4-7-11-13 - 4 -
Oklahoma City  52 221229 2-4-5-9 - 4 -
Omaha-Council Bluffs 40 287269 3-6-7 - 3 -
Peoria  69 162566 3-6-12 - 3 -
Philadelphia  4 2898644 3-6-10-12 - 4 -
Phoenix  84 121828 2-4-5-7 - 4 -
Pittsburgh  8 1994060 3-6-8-10-12 - 5 -
Portland ME 89 106566 3-8 - 2 -
Portland OR  22 406406 3-6-8-10-12 - 5 -
Providence 18 711500 11 - 1 -
Pueblo  140 62039 3-6-8-10 - 4 -
Racine-Kenosha 97 135075 - 1 - 1
Reading  73 175355 - 5 - 1
Richmond 48 245674 3-6-8-10 - 4 -
Roanoke  104 110593 5-9-12 - 3 -
Rochester  28 411970 2-6-11 - 3 -
Rockford 102 105259 12 - 1 -
Sacramento 54 158999 3-6-10 - 3 -
Saginaw-Bay City 77 153388 3-8-13 - 3 -
Salt Lake City 58 204488 2-4-5-7-9 - 4 -
San Antonio 50 319010 2-4-5-7-9 - 5 -
San Diego  49 256268 3-6-8-10 - 4 -
San Francisco-Oakland 7 1428525 2-4-5-7-9-11 - 6 -
San Jose  78 129367 13 - 1 -
Savannah 114 117970 3-5-9-11 - 4 -
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre  30 629581 11 - 1 -
Seattle  19 452639 2-5-7-11 - 4 -
Shreveport 96 112225 2-4-6-8 - 4 -
Sioux City  107 87791 4-9-11-13 - 4 -
South Bend  80 147022 - 1 - 1
Spokane 71 141370 2-4-5-7-9 - 5 -
Springfield IL 103 89484 8-10 - 2 -
Springfield MO  134 70514 2-4-5-9 - 4 -
Springfield OH 125 77406 - 1 - 1
Springfield-Holyoke  32 394623 3 - 1 -
St. Joseph  129 86991 13 - 1 -
St. Louis  10 1367977 4-5-7-9-13 - 5 -
Stockton  108 79337 8 - 1 -
Syracuse 46 258352 5-8-10 - 3 -
Tacoma 74 156018 4-9-13 - 3 -
Tampa-St. Petersburg 61 209693 2-4-5-7 - 4 -
Terre Haute 116 83370 4 - 1 -
Toledo  34 341663 13 - 1 -
Topeka 123 77749 7-11 - 2 -
Trenton  60 200128 - 1 - 1
Tulsa 65 188562 3-6-8-10 - 4 -
Utica-Rome 68 197128 3-13 - 2 -
Waco  138 71114 3-6-9-11 - 4 -
Washington 12 907816 4-5-7-9 - 4 -
Waterbury  85 144822 12 - 1 -
Waterloo  120 67050 3-6-13 - 3 -
Wheeling  82 196340 12 - 1 -
Wichita  86 127308 2-4-5-9 - 4 -
Wilmington DE 62 188974 - 7 - 1
Winston-Salem  124 109833 6-8 - 2 -
Worcester  41 306194 5 - 1 -
York 113 92627 - 1 - 1
Youngstown 36 372428 13 - 1 -

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