More than half of all TV stations in the United States will move to new frequencies now through 2020. If you use an antenna to access free, over-the-air television, head to TVAnswers.org to find out when stations in your area are moving, help spread the word and sign up for text and email alerts.
Here’s a rundown of stations expected to move frequencies during March 2019. As always: rescan dates may be subject to change, so check back frequently and be sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for updates.
March 1
- K50LZ-D (Santa Barbara – Santa Maria – San Luis Obispo, California)
March 14
- KBNT-CD (San Diego, California)
- KNSD (San Diego, California)
- KUAN (San Diego, California)
March 18
- KDOC (Los Angeles, California)
- KTLA (Los Angeles, California)
March 20
- KRMA-TV (Denver, Colorado)
- KSBS-CD (Denver, Colorado)
March 26
- KPBS (San Diego, California)
- KSWB-TV (San Diego, California)
Your not explaining WHY frequencies are changing? Nor will this help receive transmissions by moving. I’ve read this site from page to page and it is vague. More answers are needed. Thank you.
Greetings! A portion of the broadcast spectrum is being reallocated for wireless services. By law, stations occupying frequencies within the portion of the reallocated spectrum must move to new frequencies. This impacts nearly 1,000 stations around the country. You may learn more about it here: https://www.nab.org/repacking/ and here: http://tvanswers.org/what.asp. We hope this helps!
How do I do it.
Hello Lucia! Visit our “What Should I Do?” page to find out how to rescan: http://tvanswers.org/rescan.asp. If you run into problems, be sure to let us know. We hope this helps!
I’m in zip code 91342 and I’ve completely lost KTLA today 🙁 I already tried the procedure laid out in the FAQ (http://www.tvanswers.org/faq.asp) and moving the antenna around, no luck. Anything I can do? KDOC comes in much better now, but KTLA is the one I watch every day.
Hey there! We’re sorry to hear about your reception issues. Having looked at a few reception maps relative to your location–and having spoken to KTLA–we are not aware of any change in signal strength, or any other impediment that might compromise reception if you were able to reliably receive that channel prior to rescan. There may be localized issues of which we are unaware, and the station would be in the best position to assist. You may call KTLA at 323-460-5500, and their staff should be able to offer help. You may also call the FCC Consumer Helpline at 1-888-225-5322, and select option 6. The FCC’s helpline is open from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. Eastern time 7 days a week. We hope this helps!
Thanks for the suggestions! Replying with the solution in case anyone else sees this: I had to manually scan channel 35 (KTLA’s new UHF assignment). The signal was too weak to show up on auto rescan, but detectable on manual scan of its new assignment, and that was enough to find the signal and reposition the antenna for higher quality.
Great info!
March 18th lost KDOC Los Angeles channels OTA using a yagi attenna. Rescanned TV twice once on the 18th and again on 19th but still not receiving any KDOC channels… what gives – why ???
http://www.tvfool.com, my usual reference for finding TV stations, doesn’t even show KDOC anymore when I search my location, and when I search for the callsign, I get 0 degrees latitude, 0 degrees longitude – in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
It also shows KTLA (virtual channel 5) just moved to real channel 35, and KRCA (virtual channel 62) recently moved away (hopefully!) from real channel 35.. Both are powerful transmitters up on Mt Wilson. If there really is a frequency conflict, I bet neither will work.
Re-scanning isn’t a simple thing either because we then end up spending at least an hour deleting (again) all the dozens of foreign language channels, religious channels, home shopping channels, duplicates, etc. from the TVs’ lists of favorite stations. And there will be several more frequency changes in April, requiring yet another re-scan.
What a mess. Why do they keep doing this?
OK – So KDOC is now a VHF channel (was) UHF channel
Greetings Marty! Yes, KDOC transitioned from UHF to VHF. A small number of stations moving to new frequencies (around 30) are also moving from UHF to VHF. While most modern antennas receive both frequency types, in rare cases viewers may have a UHF-only antenna, and would need to obtain an antenna that receives VHF to continue to receive programming.
Couldn’t they have just left KDOC on channel 56? It, and the similarly-named KOCE (virtual channel 50), has moved around several times now. I somewhat understood vacating the VHF-low band (channels 2-6), but why shuffle around most of the UHF stations? It looks like KCET (28) is one of the only UHF stations that has stayed put.
At least KDOC on real channel 12 is near the upper end of VHF and hopefully even antennas intended for UHF will still pick it up acceptably.
KBNT 17..1 in San Diego moved frequency on March 14th. I am not able to tune it after that even though I have followed the scanning procedure. Any thoughts?
Hi Gabriel! Sorry to hear bout your issue receiving KBNT. May we have your zip code? This will help us to identify possible issues at your location.
KPBS and KSWB both changed frequencies yesterday (March 26). Since then I cannot receive either one, even after re-scanning the channels. KSWB shows good signal strength while KPBS shows no signal strength. My antenna is VHF/UHF compatible. I’m in San Diego (92109). Any ideas?
Thanks!
Hi Phil! Based on our research, you should be able to reliably receive both stations with a small, multi-directional antenna. While we are not aware of any at this time, you may want to contact one or both stations to discover if there is any engineering work in progress that may be temporarily inhibiting your ability to receive these channels. The stations would be best positioned to provide you with the most current information specific to your location. If you continue to experience reception issues, don’t hesitate to let us know.