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
UHF
Americas (most countries), South Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines
Japan
United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, Macau, Falkland Islands and Southern Africa
Western Europe, Greenland, most countries in Asia and Africa, and most of Oceania
France, Eastern Europe, Former Soviet Union, French overseas territories and former French colonies in Africa
Australia
See also
Channel 1 was finally withdrawn on 14 June 1948 and allocated to fixed and mobile services.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. http://www.tvtower.com/Commercial%20Television%20Frequencies.html
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)
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
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
System A 405 lines
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Original OIR assignments
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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 ,
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
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.
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
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.
System K 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
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
ca:Freqüències dels canals de televisió
de:Frequenzen der Fernsehkanäle
es:Anexo:Frecuencias de los canales de televisión
fr:Fréquences des canaux de télévision
it:Frequenze dei canali televisivi
nl:Lijst van frequenties van televisiekanalen
ja:???????????
pl:Cz?stotliwo?ci kana?ów telewizyjnych
pt:Frequências dos canais de televisão
ru:??????? ????????????? ???????
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