Current Post Incentive Auction Television Transition Data Files
As of September 08, 2020
In an effort to keep broadcasters up to date on changes to a particular station's channel and phase assignment during this transition, we have created this website to provide the most up-to-date version of each of these files. These files will be updated within a few days of any change that has been granted by the FCC. The filenames for these files will have the following format to facilitate tracking once they are downloaded: "filename_MMDDYY.ext"
The updated files available for download here on this webpage provide a consolidated way to get this information for all stations. For added convenience, we also provide below a Change Log listing the specific changes included in each update of this website so that users of the data can quickly identify the stations involved. We have also added a Transition Tab within the Facility Search portion of LMS which contains each station's up-to-date phase assignment as well as information about its linked-station set neighbors (if any).
The version of these files as of the date of the Auction Closing and Channel Reassignment Public Notice will continue to be available at its current website called Post Incentive Auction Television Data Files.
The following files are included:
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File Formats (last updated April 13, 2017)
Description: Word document providing the file specifications for all the files that follow below. -
Change Log (last updated September 08, 2020)
Description: PDF document listing all the changes included in each update of this website. -
Phase Assignment (last updated September 08, 2020)
Description: CSV file listing the phase and key transition dates for all U.S. and impeding Canadian stations that must transition to a new channel. -
Phase Assignment Tableau File (last updated May 1, 2020)
Description: Tableau file which shows the phase assignments and linked station sets for all U.S. and impeding Canadian stations that must transition. -
Linked-Station Sets (last updated May 1, 2020)
Description: CSV file that lists all U.S. and impeding Canadian stations that are part of a linked-station set as well as the other stations in that set with which it must coordinate during its transition phase. -
Linked Station Neighbors (last updated May 1, 2020)
Description: CSV file that is a subset of the Linked-Station Set file. The file lists all U.S. and impeding Canadian stations that are part of a linked-station set as well as the other stations that are their immediate upstream and downstream neighbors in that set with which it must coordinate during its transition phase. -
Dependencies (last updated May 9, 2018)
Description: CSV file that lists every station pair where one station must move from its pre-auction channel before the other station can move to its post-auction channel. This file is a superset of the Linked-Station Sets file as it is independent of phase assignments.