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Television channel frequencies 

The following tables show the frequencies assigned to broadcast television channels in various regions of the world, along with the ITU letter designator for the system used. The frequencies shown are for the video and audio carriers. The channel itself occcupies several megahertz of bandwidth. For example, North American channel 2 occupies the spectrum from 54 to 60 MHz. See Broadcast television system for a table of signal characteristics, including bandwidth, by ITU letter designator.

Contents

VHF

North and South America (most countries), South Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines

Main article: North American broadcast television frequencies

Channel 1 was finally withdrawn on 14 June 1948 and allocated to fixed and mobile services. In some countries using the standard, channels 5 and 6 are allocated to non-broadcast services. An international agreement provides for a unified television bandplan, with 6-MHz channels throughout ITU Region II for both VHF and UHF bands, except for French territories, Falkland Islands, Greenland and Netherlands Antilles. Not all territories observe this bandplan.

During World War II the frequencies originally assigned to channels 13 to 18 were appropriated by the military, which still uses them. It was also decided to move the allocation for FM radio from the 42-50 MHz band to a larger 88-106 MHz band (later extended to the current 88-108 MHz FM band). This required a reassignment of the VHF channels to the plan currently in use. [1]

Assignments since 25 February 1946

System M 525 lines (most countries in the Americas and Caribbean,
South Korea and the Philippines)
System N 625 lines (used in some South American Countries)

VHF low-band (band I)
Channel Lower edge Video carrier DTV carrier Audio carrier Upper edge
1* 44 45.25 n/a 49.75 50
2 54 55.25 54.31 59.75 60
3 60 61.25 60.31 65.75 66
4 66 67.25 66.31 71.75 72
5 76 77.25 76.31 81.75 82
6 82 83.25 82.31 87.75 88
6A 81.5 82.75 81.81 87.25 87.5

Note: FM channel 200, 87.9MHz, overlaps TV 6. This is used only by KSFH and K200AA. Channel 6A is only used in South Korea and the Philippines.
TV 6 analog audio can be heard on 87.7 or 87.8, but at low volume.


VHF high-band (band III)
Channel Lower edge Video carrier DTV carrier Audio carrier Upper edge
7 174 175.25 174.31 179.75 180
8 180 181.25 180.31 185.75 186
9 186 187.25 186.31 191.75 192
10 192 193.25 192.31 197.75 198
11 198 199.25 198.31 203.75 204
12 204 205.25 204.31 209.75 210
13 210 211.25 210.31 215.75 216

Japan

Note : Basically the frequency spacing for each channel is 6MHz as the countries above, except between channels 7 and 8.

VHF low-band
Channel Lower edge Video carrier DTV carrier Audio carrier Upper edge
1 90 91.25 91.31 95.75 96
2 96 97.25 97.31 101.75 102
3 102 103.25 103.31 107.75 108
VHF high-band
Channel Lower edge Video carrier DTV carrier Audio carrier Upper edge
4 170 171.25 171.31 175.75 176
5 176 177.25 177.31 181.75 182
6 182 183.25 183.31 187.75 188
7 188 189.25 189.31 193.75 194
8 192 193.25 193.31 197.75 198
9 198 199.25 199.31 203.75 204
10 204 205.25 205.31 209.75 210
11 210 211.25 211.31 215.75 216
12 216 217.25 217.31 221.75 222

United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and most British colonies

System A 405 lines (discontinued in 1985)
Channel Video carrier (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz)
1 45.00 41.50
2 51.75 48.25
3 56.75 53.25
4 61.75 58.25
5 66.75 63.25
6 179.75 176.25
7 184.75 181.25
8 189.75 186.25
9 194.75 191.25
10 199.75 196.25
11 204.75 201.25
12 209.75 206.25
13 214.75 211.25

Republic of Ireland

System I 625 lines
Channel Video carrier (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz)
A 45.75 51.75
B 53.75 59.75
C 61.75 67.75
D 175.25 181.25
E 183.25 189.25
F 191.25 197.25
G 199.25 205.25
H 207.25 213.25
I 215.25 221.25
J 223.25 229.25

Note: The only System I Band I channel used was Channel B for RTÉ One from the Maghera, Co. Clare transmitter during 1963-1999. It was moved to Channel E due to interference from TVE2 during certain weather conditions.

Western Europe, Greenland and most countries in Asia, Africa and Oceania

System B 625 lines
Channel Video carrier (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz)
1 41.25 46.75
2 48.25 53.75
2A 49.75 55.25
3 55.25 60.75
4 62.25 67.75
5 175.25 180.75
6 182.25 187.75
7 189.25 194.75
8 196.25 201.75
9 203.25 208.75
10 210.25 215.75
11 217.25 222.75
12 224.25 229.75

France

System E 819 lines (discontinued in 1986)
Channel Video carrier (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz)
1 46.00 42.00
2 52.40 41.25
3 56.15 67.30
4 65.55 54.40
5 164.00 175.15
6 173.40 162.25
7 177.15 188.30
8A 185.25 174.10
8 186.55 175.40
9 190.30 201.45
10 199.70 188.55
11 203.45 214.60
12 212.85 201.70
  • NOTE: Channel 1 used an earlier 441-line system and was discontinued in 1956.


System L 625 lines
Channel Video carrier (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz)
2 55.75 49.25
3 60.50 54.00
4 63.75 57.25
5 176.00 182.50
6 184.00 190.50
7 192.00 198.50
8 200.00 206.50
9 208.00 214.50
10 216.00 222.50

French overseas departments and territories and former French African colonies

System K 625 lines
Channel Video carrier (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz)
2 52.25 58.75
3 60.25 66.75
4 175.25 181.75
5 183.25 189.75
6 191.25 197.75
7 199.25 205.75
8 207.25 213.75
9 215.25 221.75

Italy

System B 625 lines
Channel Video carrier (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz)
A 53.75 59.25
B 62.25 67.75
C 82.25 87.75
D 175.25 180.75
E 183.75 189.25
F 192.25 197.75
G 201.25 206.75
H 210.25 215.75
H1 217.25 222.75
H2 224.25 229.75

Eastern Europe

Original OIR assignments
System D 625 lines
Channel Video carrier (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz)
I 41.75 48.25
II 49.75 56.25
III 59.25 65.75
IV 77.25 83.75
1 145.25 151.75
2 153.25 159.75
3 161.25 167.75
4 169.25 175.75
5 177.25 183.75
6 185.25 191.75
7 193.25 199.75
8 201.25 207.75
9 209.25 215.75
Assignments since 1965
System D 625 lines
Channel Video carrier (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz)
1 49.75 56.25
2 59.25 65.75
3 77.25 83.75
4 85.25 91.75
5 93.25 99.75
6 175.25 181.75
7 183.25 189.75
8 191.25 197.75
9 199.25 205.75
10 207.25 213.75
11 215.25 221.75
12 223.25 229.75

Morocco

System B 625 lines
Channel Video carrier (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz)
4 163.25 168.75
5 171.25 176.75
6 179.25 184.75
7 187.25 192.75
8 195.25 200.75
9 203.25 208.75
10 211.25 216.75

Australia

System B 625 lines
Channel Video carrier (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz)
0* 46.25 51.75
1 57.25 62.75
2 64.25 69.75
3* 86.25 91.75
4* 95.25 100.75
5* 102.25 107.75
5A* 138.25 143.75
6 175.25 180.75
7 182.25 187.75
8 189.25 194.75
9 196.25 201.75
9A 203.25 208.75
10 210.25 215.75
11 217.25 222.75
12 224.25 229.75
  • Note: channels 0, 3, 4, 5 and 5A are rarely used, and only in regional areas for repeater stations. With the introduction of Digital TV in 2001, the last two channels were moved up by 1MHz to allow a full 7MHz for a new channel 9A and channel 12 was added following the new channel 11.

New Zealand

System B 625 lines
Channel Video carrier (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz)
1 45.25 50.75
2 55.25 60.75
3 62.25 67.75
4 175.25 180.75
5 182.25 187.75
6 189.25 194.75
7 196.25 201.75
8 203.25 208.75
9 210.25 215.75
10 217.25 222.75
11 224.25 229.75
  • NOTE: Channels 10 and 11 weren't added until the late 1980s.

Southern Africa

System I 625 lines
Channel Video carrier (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz)
1 43.25 49.25
2 52.25 58.25
3 60.25 66.25
4 175.25 181.25
5 183.25 189.25
6 191.25 197.25
7 199.25 205.25
8 207.25 213.25
9 215.25 221.25
10 223.25 229.25
11 231.25 237.25
12 239.25 245.25
13 247.25 253.25
  • NOTE: Channels 10 to 13 are rarely used.

People's Republic of China

System D 625 lines
Channel Frequency range (MHz) Video carrier (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz) Center frequency (MHz)
Band I
1 48.5-56.5 49.75 56.25 52.5
2 56.5-64.5 57.75 64.25 60.5
3 64.5-72.5 65.75 72.25 68.5
4 76-84 77.25 83.75 80
5 84-92 85.25 91.75 88
Band A
z1 111.0-119.0 112.25 118.75 115
z2 119.0-127.0 120.25 126.75 123
z3 127.0-135.0 128.25 134.75 131
z4 135.0-143.0 136.25 142.75 139
z5 143.0-151.0 144.25 150.75 147
z6 151.0-159.0 152.25 158.75 155
z7 159.0-167.0 160.25 166.75 164
Band III
6 167-175 168.25 174.25 171
7 175-183 176.25 182.75 179
8 183-191 184.25 190.75 187
9 191-199 192.25 198.75 195
10 199-207 200.5 206.75 203
11 207-215 208.25 214.75 221
12 215-223 216.25 222.75 219
Band B
z8 223.0-231.0 224.25 230.75 227
z9 231.0-239.0 232.25 238.75 235
z10 239.0-247.0 240.25 246.75 243
z11 247.0-255.0 248.25 254.75 251
z12 255.0-263.0 256.25 262.75 259
z13 263-271.0 264.25 270.75 267
z14 271.1-279.0 272.25 278.75 275
z15 279.0-287.0 280.25 286.75 283
z16 287.0-295.0 288.25 294.75 291

UHF

Americas (most countries), South Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines

Notes
  • Not all countries listed use ATSC, which has a single VSB carrier wave. Other countries use COFDM modulation for DVB-T or SBTVD (Brazil), which has dozens of carriers within the channel.


System M 525 lines (most countries in the Americas and Caribbean,
South Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines)
System N 625 lines (some South American countries)
 Channel   Lower edge   Video carrier   ATSC carrier   Audio carrier   Upper edge 
14 470 471.25 471.31 475.75 476
15 476 477.25 477.31 481.75 482
16 482 483.25 483.31 487.75 488
17 488 489.25 489.31 493.75 494
18 494 495.25 495.31 499.75 500
19 500 501.25 501.31 505.75 506
20 506 507.25 507.31 511.75 512
21 512 513.25 513.31 517.75 518
22 518 519.25 519.31 523.75 524
23 524 525.25 525.31 529.75 530
24 530 531.25 531.31 535.75 536
25 536 537.25 537.31 541.75 542
26 542 543.25 543.31 547.75 548
27 548 549.25 549.31 553.75 554
28 554 555.25 555.31 559.75 560
29 560 561.25 561.31 565.75 566
30 566 567.25 567.31 571.75 572
31 572 573.25 573.31 577.75 578
32 578 579.25 579.31 583.75 584
33 584 585.25 585.31 589.75 590
34 590 591.25 591.31 595.75 596
35 596 597.25 597.31 601.75 602
36 602 603.25 693.31 607.75 608
37* 608 609.25* 609.31* 613.75* 614
38 614 615.25 615.31 619.75 620
39 620 621.25 621.31 625.75 626
40 626 627.25 627.31 631.75 632
41 632 633.25 633.31 637.75 638
42 638 639.25 639.31 643.75 644
43 644 645.25 645.31 649.75 650
44 650 651.25 651.31 655.75 656
45 656 657.25 657.31 661.75 662
46 662 663.25 663.31 667.75 668
47 668 669.25 669.31 673.75 674
48 674 675.25 675.31 679.75 680
49 680 681.25 681.31 685.75 686
50 686 687.25 687.31 691.75 692
51 692 693.25 693.31 697.75 698
700MHz band
52 698 699.25 699.31 703.75 704
53 704 705.25 705.31 709.75 710
54 710 711.25 711.31 715.75 716
55 716 717.25 717.31 721.75 722
56 722 723.25 723.31 727.75 728
57 728 729.25 729.31 733.75 734
58 734 735.25 735.31 739.75 740
59 740 741.25 741.31 745.75 746
60 746 747.25 747.31 751.75 752
61 752 753.25 753.31 757.75 758
62 758 759.25 759.31 763.75 764
63 764 765.25 765.31 769.75 770
64 770 771.25 771.31 775.75 776
65 776 777.25 777.31 781.75 782
66 782 783.25 783.31 787.75 788
67 788 789.25 789.31 793.75 794
68 794 795.25 795.31 799.75 800
69 800 801.25 801.31 805.75 806
800MHz band
70 806 807.25 - 811.75 812
71 812 813.25 - 817.75 818
72 818 819.25 - 823.75 824
73 824 825.25 - 829.75 830
74 830 831.25 - 835.75 836
75 836 837.25 - 841.75 842
76 842 843.25 - 847.75 848
77 848 849.25 - 853.75 854
78 854 855.25 - 859.75 860
79 860 861.25 - 865.75 866
80 866 867.25 - 871.75 872
81 872 873.25 - 877.75 878
82 878 879.25 - 883.75 884
83 884 885.25 - 889.75 890

Japan

Note: Channels 13-62 are used for analog TV broadcasting.

Frequency spacing for each channel in Japan is same as in the countries above, but the channel number is 1 smaller than those countries; for example, channel 13 in Japan uses the frequency of channel 14 in North and South America (most countries), South Korea, Republic of China (Taiwan) and the Philippines.

United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, Macau, Falkland Islands and Southern Africa

System I 625 lines UHF band
Channel Video carrier (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz)
21 471.25 477.25
22 479.25 485.25
23 487.25 493.25
24 495.25 501.25
25 503.25 509.25
26 511.25 517.25
27 519.25 525.25
28 527.25 533.25
29 535.25 541.25
30 543.25 549.25
31 551.25 557.25
32 559.25 565.25
33 567.25 573.25
34 575.25 581.25
35 583.25 589.25
36 591.25 597.25
37 599.25 605.25
38 607.25 613.25
39 615.25 621.25
40 623.25 629.25
41 631.25 637.25
42 639.25 645.25
43 647.25 653.25
44 655.25 661.25
45 663.25 669.25
46 671.25 677.25
47 679.25 685.25
48 687.25 693.25
49 695.25 701.25
50 703.25 709.25
51 711.25 717.25
52 719.25 725.25
53 727.25 733.25
54 735.25 741.25
55 743.25 749.25
56 751.25 757.25
57 759.25 765.25
58 767.25 773.25
59 775.25 781.25
60 783.25 789.25
61 791.25 797.25
62 799.25 805.25
63 807.25 813.25
64 815.25 821.25
65 823.25 829.25
66 831.25 837.25
67 839.25 845.25
68 847.25 853.25
69 855.25 861.25

Western Europe, Greenland, most countries in Asia and Africa, and most of Oceania

System D/G/H 625 lines UHF band
Channel Video carrier (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz)
21 471.25 476.75
22 479.25 484.75
23 487.25 492.75
24 495.25 500.75
25 503.25 508.75
26 511.25 516.75
27 519.25 524.75
28 527.25 532.75
29 535.25 540.75
30 543.25 548.75
31 551.25 556.75
32 559.25 564.75
33 567.25 572.75
34 575.25 580.75
35 583.25 588.75
36 591.25 596.75
37 599.25 604.75
38 607.25 612.75
39 615.25 620.75
40 623.25 628.75
41 631.25 636.75
42 639.25 644.75
43 647.25 652.75
44 655.25 660.75
45 663.25 668.75
46 671.25 676.75
47 679.25 684.75
48 687.25 692.75
49 695.25 700.75
50 703.25 708.75
51 711.25 716.75
52 719.25 724.75
53 727.25 732.75
54 735.25 740.75
55 743.25 748.75
56 751.25 756.75
57 759.25 764.75
58 767.25 772.75
59 775.25 780.75
60 783.25 788.75
61 791.25 796.75
62 799.25 804.75
63 807.25 812.75
64 815.25 820.75
65 823.25 828.75
66 831.25 836.75
67 839.25 844.75
68 847.25 852.75
69 855.25 860.75


Channel Video carrier (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz)
70 863.25 868.75
71 871.25 876.75
72 879.25 884.75
73 887.25 892.75
74 895.25 900.75
75 903.25 908.75
76 911.25 916.75
77 919.25 924.75
78 927.25 932.75
79 935.25 940.75
80 943.25 948.75
81 951.25 956.75
  • NOTE: Channels 70 to 81 no longer allocated to television.

France, Eastern Europe, Former Soviet Union, French overseas territories and former French colonies in Africa

System K 625 lines
System L 625 lines
Channel Video carrier (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz)
21 471.25 477.75
22 479.25 485.75
23 487.25 493.75
24 495.25 501.75
25 503.25 509.75
26 511.25 517.75
27 519.25 525.75
28 527.25 533.75
29 535.25 541.75
30 543.25 549.75
31 551.25 557.75
32 559.25 565.75
33 567.25 573.75
34 575.25 581.75
35 583.25 589.75
36 591.25 597.75
37 599.25 605.75
38 607.25 613.75
39 615.25 621.75
40 623.25 629.75
41 631.25 637.75
42 639.25 645.75
43 647.25 653.75
44 655.25 661.75
45 663.25 669.75
46 671.25 677.75
47 679.25 685.75
48 687.25 693.75
49 695.25 701.75
50 703.25 709.75
51 711.25 717.75
52 719.25 725.75
53 727.25 733.75
54 735.25 741.75
55 743.25 749.75
56 751.25 757.75
57 759.25 765.75
58 767.25 773.75
59 775.25 781.75
60 783.25 789.75
61 791.25 797.75
62 799.25 805.75
63 807.25 813.75
64 815.25 821.75
65 823.25 829.75
66 831.25 837.75
67 839.25 845.75
68 847.25 853.75
69 855.25 861.75

Australia

System B 625 lines
Channel Video carrier (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz)
28 527.25 532.75
29 534.25 539.75
30 541.25 546.75
31 548.25 553.75
32 555.25 560.75
33 562.25 567.75
34 569.25 574.75
35 576.25 581.75
36 583.25 588.75
37 590.25 595.75
38 597.25 602.75
39 604.25 609.75
40 611.25 616.75
41 618.25 623.75
42 625.25 630.75
43 632.25 637.75
44 639.25 644.75
45 646.25 651.75
46 653.25 658.75
47 660.25 665.75
48 667.25 672.75
49 674.25 679.75
50 681.25 686.75
51 688.25 693.75
52 695.25 700.75
53 702.25 707.75
54 709.25 714.75
55 716.25 721.75
56 723.25 728.75
57 730.25 735.75
58 737.25 742.75
59 744.25 749.75
60 751.25 756.75
61 758.25 763.75
62 765.25 770.75
63 772.25 777.75
64 779.25 784.75
65 786.25 791.75
66 793.25 798.75
67 800.25 805.75
68 807.25 812.75
69 814.25 819.75


See also

v • d • e
Radio spectrum

ELF
3 Hz
30 Hz

SLF
30 Hz
300 Hz

ULF
300 Hz
3 kHz

VLF
3 kHz
30 kHz

LF
30 kHz
300 kHz

MF
300 kHz
3 MHz

HF
3 MHz
30 MHz

VHF
30 MHz
300 MHz

UHF
300 MHz
3 GHz

SHF
3 GHz
30 GHz

EHF
30 GHz
300 GHz
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