diff --git a/src/channel/details/ChannelDetailPanel.java b/src/channel/details/ChannelDetailPanel.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ed53b2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/channel/details/ChannelDetailPanel.java
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * sdrtrunk
+ * Copyright (C) 2014-2017 Dennis Sheirer
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+ *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+package channel.details;
+
+import channel.state.DecoderState;
+import controller.channel.Channel;
+import controller.channel.ChannelProcessingManager;
+import module.ProcessingChain;
+import net.miginfocom.swing.MigLayout;
+import sample.Listener;
+
+import javax.swing.*;
+import javax.swing.text.DefaultCaret;
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
+import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
+
+public class ChannelDetailPanel extends JPanel implements Listener<ProcessingChain>
+{
+    private static final String EMPTY_DETAILS = "Please select a channel to view details";
+
+    private JLabel mSystemLabel;
+    private JLabel mSiteLabel;
+    private JLabel mNameLabel;
+    private JTextArea mDetailTextArea;
+
+    private ChannelProcessingManager mChannelProcessingManager;
+    private ProcessingChain mProcessingChain;
+
+    public ChannelDetailPanel(ChannelProcessingManager channelProcessingManager)
+    {
+        mChannelProcessingManager = channelProcessingManager;
+
+        init();
+    }
+
+    private void init()
+    {
+        setLayout(new MigLayout("insets 0 0 0 0", "[grow,fill]", "[]0[grow,fill]"));
+
+        JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel();
+        buttonPanel.setLayout(new MigLayout("insets 1 1 1 1", "[][grow,fill][][grow,fill][][grow,fill][]", ""));
+
+        buttonPanel.add(new JLabel("System:"));
+        mSystemLabel = new JLabel(" ");
+        buttonPanel.add(mSystemLabel);
+
+        buttonPanel.add(new JLabel("Site:"));
+        mSiteLabel = new JLabel(" ");
+        buttonPanel.add(mSiteLabel);
+
+        buttonPanel.add(new JLabel("Channel Name:"));
+        mNameLabel = new JLabel(" ");
+        buttonPanel.add(mNameLabel);
+
+        JButton refreshButton = new JButton("Refresh");
+        refreshButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
+        {
+            @Override
+            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
+            {
+                receive(mProcessingChain);
+            }
+        });
+        buttonPanel.add(refreshButton);
+
+        add(buttonPanel, "wrap");
+
+        mDetailTextArea = new JTextArea(EMPTY_DETAILS);
+        DefaultCaret caret = (DefaultCaret)mDetailTextArea.getCaret();
+        caret.setUpdatePolicy(DefaultCaret.NEVER_UPDATE);
+        add(new JScrollPane(mDetailTextArea));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void receive(ProcessingChain processingChain)
+    {
+        mProcessingChain = processingChain;
+
+        Channel channel = mChannelProcessingManager.getChannel(processingChain);
+
+        final String system = channel != null ? channel.getSystem() : null;
+        final String site = channel != null ? channel.getSite() : null;
+        final String name = channel != null ?
+            (channel.getChannelType() == Channel.ChannelType.TRAFFIC ? "Traffic Channel" : channel.getName()) : null;
+
+        final String details;
+
+        if(processingChain != null)
+        {
+            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+
+            for(DecoderState decoderState : processingChain.getDecoderStates())
+            {
+                sb.append(decoderState.getActivitySummary());
+            }
+
+            details = sb.toString();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            details = EMPTY_DETAILS;
+        }
+
+        EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable()
+        {
+            @Override
+            public void run()
+            {
+                mSystemLabel.setText(system);
+                mSiteLabel.setText(site);
+                mNameLabel.setText(name);
+                mDetailTextArea.setText(details);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/channel/metadata/ChannelMetadataViewer.java b/src/channel/metadata/ChannelMetadataViewer.java
index e40b0b00..53996650 100644
--- a/src/channel/metadata/ChannelMetadataViewer.java
+++ b/src/channel/metadata/ChannelMetadataViewer.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  ******************************************************************************/
 package channel.metadata;
 
+import channel.details.ChannelDetailPanel;
 import com.jidesoft.swing.JideSplitPane;
 import com.jidesoft.swing.JideTabbedPane;
 import controller.channel.ChannelProcessingManager;
@@ -33,10 +34,12 @@ import java.awt.*;
 
 public class ChannelMetadataViewer extends JPanel
 {
+    private ChannelMetadataPanel mChannelMetadataPanel;
+
+    private ChannelDetailPanel mChannelDetailPanel;
     private CallEventPanel mCallEventPanel;
     private MessageActivityPanel mMessageActivityPanel;
     private ChannelSpectrumPanel mChannelSpectrumPanel;
-    private ChannelMetadataPanel mChannelMetadataPanel;
 
     /**
      * GUI panel that combines the currently decoding channels metadata table and viewers for channel details,
@@ -45,6 +48,7 @@ public class ChannelMetadataViewer extends JPanel
     public ChannelMetadataViewer(ChannelProcessingManager channelProcessingManager, IconManager iconManager,
                                  SettingsManager settingsManager)
     {
+        mChannelDetailPanel = new ChannelDetailPanel(channelProcessingManager);
         mCallEventPanel = new CallEventPanel(iconManager);
         mMessageActivityPanel = new MessageActivityPanel(channelProcessingManager);
         mChannelSpectrumPanel = new ChannelSpectrumPanel(settingsManager, channelProcessingManager);
@@ -58,7 +62,7 @@ public class ChannelMetadataViewer extends JPanel
         setLayout( new MigLayout( "insets 0 0 0 0", "[grow,fill]", "[grow,fill]") );
 
         JideTabbedPane tabbedPane = new JideTabbedPane();
-//        tabbedPane.addTab("Details", new JPanel());
+        tabbedPane.addTab("Details", mChannelDetailPanel);
         tabbedPane.addTab("Events", mCallEventPanel);
         tabbedPane.addTab("Messages", mMessageActivityPanel);
 //        tabbedPane.addTab("Spectrum", mChannelSpectrumPanel);
@@ -71,6 +75,7 @@ public class ChannelMetadataViewer extends JPanel
         splitPane.add(tabbedPane);
         add(splitPane);
 
+        mChannelMetadataPanel.addProcessingChainSelectionListener(mChannelDetailPanel);
         mChannelMetadataPanel.addProcessingChainSelectionListener(mCallEventPanel);
         mChannelMetadataPanel.addProcessingChainSelectionListener(mMessageActivityPanel);
     }
diff --git a/src/controller/channel/ChannelModel.java b/src/controller/channel/ChannelModel.java
index 638c9a59..d7b87ca8 100644
--- a/src/controller/channel/ChannelModel.java
+++ b/src/controller/channel/ChannelModel.java
@@ -72,6 +72,25 @@ public class ChannelModel extends AbstractTableModel implements IChannelEventBro
         return null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the channel identified by the id argument
+     */
+    public Channel getChannelFromChannelID(Integer id)
+    {
+        if(id != null)
+        {
+            for(Channel channel: mChannels)
+            {
+                if(channel.getChannelID() == id)
+                {
+                    return channel;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns a list of unique system values from across the channel set
      */
diff --git a/src/controller/channel/ChannelProcessingManager.java b/src/controller/channel/ChannelProcessingManager.java
index aed91534..04c65e49 100644
--- a/src/controller/channel/ChannelProcessingManager.java
+++ b/src/controller/channel/ChannelProcessingManager.java
@@ -109,6 +109,35 @@ public class ChannelProcessingManager implements ChannelEventListener
         return mProcessingChains.get(channel.getChannelID());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the channel associated with the processing chain
+     * @param processingChain
+     * @return channel associated with the processing chain or null
+     */
+    public Channel getChannel(ProcessingChain processingChain)
+    {
+        return mChannelModel.getChannelFromChannelID(getChannelID(processingChain));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the channel ID associated with the processing chain
+     */
+    private Integer getChannelID(ProcessingChain processingChain)
+    {
+        if(processingChain != null)
+        {
+            for(Map.Entry<Integer,ProcessingChain> entry: mProcessingChains.entrySet())
+            {
+                if(entry.getValue() == processingChain)
+                {
+                    return entry.getKey();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public synchronized void channelChanged(ChannelEvent event)
     {