Television channel frequencies

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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 analogue video and audio carriers. The channel itself occupies several megahertz of bandwidth. For example, North American channel 1 occupies the spectrum from 44 to 50 MHz. See Broadcast television systems for a table of signal characteristics, including bandwidth, by ITU letter designator.

International normalization for analog TV systems[edit]

Analog television system by nation

International broadcasting television frequencies are divided in two part of the spectrum; the Very high frequency or "VHF“ band and the Ultra high frequency or "UHF“ band.

VHF[edit]

A plan showing frequency ranges for each television channel used on VHF

Americas (most countries), South Korea, Taiwan, Myanmar, and the Philippines[edit]

Main article: Pan-American television frequencies § Terrestrial television

During World War II, the frequencies originally assigned as channels 13 to 18 were appropriated by the U.S. military, which still uses them to this day. 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 February 25, 1946[edit]

VHF low-band (band I)
Channel Lower edge ATSC 1 pilot Video carrier ISDB-T/Tb center Audio carrier Upper edge
1 44 44.31 45.25 47.142857 49.75 50
2 54 54.31 55.25 57.142857 59.75 60
3 60 60.31 61.25 63.142857 65.75 66
4 66 66.31 67.25 69.142857 71.75 72
5 76 76.31 77.25 79.142857 81.75 82
6 82 82.31 83.25 85.142857 87.75 88
  • FM channel 200, 87.9 MHz, overlaps TV 6. This is used only by K200AA. Channel 6A is only used in South Korea, and the Philippines.
  • TV 6 analog audio can be heard on FM 87.75 on most broadcast radio receivers as well as on a European TV tuned to channel 4A or channel C, but at lower volume than wideband FM broadcast stations, because of the lower deviation.
  • Channel 1 audio is the same as European Channel 2 audio and the video is the same as European Channel 2A. Channel 2 video is the same as European Channel 3 video.
VHF high-band (band III)
Channel Lower edge ATSC 1 pilot Video carrier ISDB-T/Tb center Audio carrier Upper edge
7 174 174.31 175.25 177.142857 179.75 180
8 180 180.31 181.25 183.142857 185.75 186
9 186 186.31 187.25 189.142857 191.75 192
10 192 192.31 193.25 195.142857 197.75 198
11 198 198.31 199.25 201.142857 203.75 204
12 204 204.31 205.25 207.142857 209.75 210
13 210 210.31 211.25 213.142857 215.75 216

Japan[edit]

  • The frequency spacing for each channel is 6 MHz as the countries above, except between channels 7 and 8 (which overlap).
  • Channels 1 through 3 are reallocated for the expansion of the FM band.
VHF low-band
Channel Lower edge Video carrier ISDB-T center frequency Audio carrier Upper edge
1 90 91.25 93.142857 95.75 96
2 96 97.25 99.142857 101.75 102
3 102 103.25 105.142857 107.75 108
VHF high-band
Channel Lower edge Video carrier ISDB-T center frequency Audio carrier Upper edge
4 170 171.25 173.142857 175.75 176
5 176 177.25 179.142857 181.75 182
6 182 183.25 185.142857 187.75 188
7 188 189.25 191.142857 193.75 194
8 192 193.25 195.142857 197.75 198
9 198 199.25 201.142857 203.75 204
10 204 205.25 207.142857 209.75 210
11 210 211.25 213.142857 215.75 216
12 216 217.25 219.142857 221.75 222

United Kingdom, Ireland, and Hong Kong[edit]

Further information: Analogue terrestrial television in the United Kingdom#405 line system
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

Ireland[edit]

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
  • Channel A was never used terrestrially. The only System I Band I transmitter on Channel B was RTÉ One from the Maghera, Co. Clare transmitter during 1963–1999. Channel A was initially intended for use at Maghera but Channel B was used instead because of the risk of interference to (overspill) reception of BBC 405 line transmissions.[2] It was moved to Channel E due to interference from distant transmitters on channel 3 and channel A via certain atmospheric conditions and other reasons. Channel C was used by a relay transmitter in Glanmire, Co. Cork.
  • Channel B video is the same as Italian Channel A video and Channel C audio is the same as Channel 4 audio.
  • There are currently no Band I Channels used in Ireland (except on cable TV, and these have mostly been phased out for DOCSIS use) and no plans to resume using them.
  • Most Irish Cable TV systems do not follow the above channel plan as their analogue (video) carriers are usually at multiples of 8 MHz (i.e. 176, 184, 192 MHz etc. in Band III)

Western Europe; Greenland; and most countries in Asia, Africa, and Oceania[edit]

System B 625 lines
Channel Video carrier (MHz) DVB-T/T2 (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz)
1 41.25 43.5 46.75
1A 42.25 44.5 47.75
2 48.25 50.5 53.75
2A 49.75 52 55.25
3 55.25 57.5 60.75
4 62.25 64.5 67.75
4A 82.25 84.5 87.75
5 175.25 177.5 180.75
6 182.25 184.5 187.75
7 189.25 191.5 194.75
8 196.25 198.5 201.75
9 203.25 205.5 208.75
10 210.25 212.5 215.75
11 217.25 219.5 222.75
12 224.25 226.5 229.75
  • Channels 1 and 1A were used for early experimental broadcasts and are no longer allocated.[3]
  • Channels 15 and 16 are allocated for use in the African Broadcasting Area only.[4]
  • Channel 2A was only ever used in Austria for the Sendeturm Jauerling to avoid interferences with neighboring Eastern European TV stations.
  • Channel 3 in Belgium, RTBF 1 broadcast from the Liège transmitter with 100 kW until the switchover to DVB-T.
  • Channel 12 was reserved by the military in some countries (like Germany (West Germany only)) so only relay transmitters operated on this frequency.
  • Channel 4A audio carrier's frequency is very close to US Channel 6 audio carrier and overlaps the FM band in Europe

France[edit]

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
System L 625 lines
Channel Video carrier (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz)
1 47.75 41.25
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[edit]

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
10 223.25 229.75

Italy[edit]

System B 625 lines (discontinued in 2009) [5]
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
  • Channels A through H are indicated in many European TVs as Channels 13–20.
  • Channels B, C, D, H, H1, and H2 are identical to Channels E4, E4A, E5, E10, E11, and E12.
  • Channel A video carrier is the same as Channel E2 audio carrier and thus it used to be common that the audio from a distant TV station on channel E2 received via Sporadic E interferes with Channel A video and vice versa.
  • Channel C audio carrier's frequency falls into the FM band in Europe.

Eastern Europe, North Korea[edit]

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

East Germany (former DDR)[edit]

In its very early days DFF made some test transmissions using the D/K standard (6.5 MHz audio) before reverting (around 1957) to System B/G (5.5 MHz audio) but using some unique frequencies.[6]

Channel Channel limits (MHz) Vision carrier (MHz) Main sound carrier (MHz) Notes
1 (Pre 1957) 41.00 - 49.00 41.75 48.25 Identical to old OIR Ch I
2 (Pre 1957) 58.50 - 66.50 59.25 65.75 Identical to old OIR Ch III (Overlaps western channels E3 and E4)
3 (Pre 1957) 99.15 - 107.15 99.90 106.40 Overlaps part of Western FM radio broadcast band
4 (Pre 1957) 144.50 - 152.50 145.25 151.75 Overlaps 2m Amateur radio band
1 (1957-1960) 58.00 - 65.00 59.25 64.75 Same video freq as pre-1957 Ch 2 (but 5.5 MHz sound) Overlaps western channels E3 and E4
2 (1957-1960) 144.00 - 151.00 145.25 150.75 Overlaps 2m Amateur radio band
3 (1957-1960) 154.00 - 161.00 155.25 160.75 Overlaps Marine VHF radio band
E5 174.00 - 181.00 175.25 180.75 Identical to western Channel E5
E6 181.00 - 188.00 182.25 187.75 Identical to western Channel E6
E8 195.00 - 202.00 196.25 201.75 Identical to western Channel E8
E11 216.00 - 223.00 217.25 222.75 Identical to western Channel E11
  • [7]
  • From 1960 onwards (West) European standard channels were adopted.

Morocco[edit]

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[edit]

System B 625 lines (7 MHz / channel)
Channel Video carrier (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz) Center (QAM) frequency (MHz)
0* 46.25 51.75 48.5
1* 57.25 62.75 59.5
2* 64.25 69.75 66.5
3* 86.25 91.75 88.5
4* 95.25 100.75 97.5
5* 102.25 107.75 104.5
5A* 138.25 143.75 140.5
6 175.25 180.75 177.5
7 182.25 187.75 184.5
8 189.25 194.75 191.5
9 196.25 201.75 198.5
9A 203.25 208.75 205.5
10 210.25 215.75* 212.5
11 217.25 222.75* 219.5
12 224.25 229.75* 226.5
  • Channels 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 5A are no longer used since the transition to digital television.
  • With the introduction of digital TV in 2001, the last two channels were moved up by 1 MHz (some existing services affected - one example is AMV11 in the Upper Murray region of Victoria, Australia and VTV-11 in Western Victoria, due to the introduction of digital television at the time in regional Victoria) to allow a full 7 MHz for a new channel 9A and channel 12 was added following the new channel 11.

New Zealand and Indonesia[edit]

System B 625 lines (7 MHz / channel)
Channel Video carrier (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz)
1A 44.25 49.75
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
  • VHF analog TV ceased in New Zealand on 1 December 2013.
  • Channels 10 and 11 weren't added until the late 1980s (except Indonesia).
  • VHF analog TV channel 1A is only used in Indonesia.
  • VHF is currently no longer used for television in Indonesia (except in some regions until 2022) and only UHF is used for both analog and digital television, as in the UK.

Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, and South Africa[edit]

System I 625 lines
Channel Video carrier (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz) Remarks
1 43.25 49.25 Never used terrestrially
2 52.25 58.25 Never used terrestrially
3 60.25 66.25 Never used terrestrially
4 175.25 181.25 Identical to Irish Channel D
5 183.25 189.25 Identical to Irish Channel E
6 191.25 197.25 Identical to Irish Channel F
7 199.25 205.25 Identical to Irish Channel G
8 207.25 213.25 Identical to Irish Channel H
9 215.25 221.25 Identical to Irish Channel I
10 223.25 229.25 Identical to Irish Channel J
11 231.25 237.25
12 239.25 245.25 Never used terrestrially
13 247.25 253.25

China[edit]

Old assignments[8] (1958-1969)[9]
System D 625 lines
Channel Frequency range (MHz) Video carrier (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz)
1 48.5-56.5 49.75 56.25
2[10] 56.5-64.5 57.75 64.25
3 76-84 77.25 83.75
4 84-92 85.25 91.75
5 92-100 93.25 99.75


New assignments since 1970[9] System D 625 lines
Channel Frequency range (MHz) Video carrier (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz) DTMB center frequency (MHz)
VHF low-band
DS-1 48.5-56.5 49.75 56.25 52.5
DS-2 56.5-64.5 57.75 64.25 60.5
DS-3 64.5-72.5 65.75 72.25 68.5
DS-4 76-84 77.25 83.75 80
DS-5 84-92 85.25 91.75 88
VHF high-band (Band III)
DS-6 167-175 168.25 174.25 171
DS-7 175-183 176.25 182.75 179
DS-8 183-191 184.25 190.75 187
DS-9 191-199 192.25 198.75 195
DS-10 199-207 200.25 206.75 203
DS-11 207-215 208.25 214.75 211
DS-12 215-223 216.25 222.75 219

Vietnam[edit]

System D 625 lines
Channel Frequency range (MHz) Video carrier (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz) DVB-T2 center frequency (Mhz)
Band II
3 76 - 84 77.25 83.25 80
Band III
6 174 - 182 175.25 181.75 178
7 182 - 190 183.25 189.75 186
8 190 - 198 191.25 197.75 194
9 198 - 206 199.25 205.75 202
10 206 - 214 207.25 213.75 210
11 214 - 222 215.25 221.75 223
12 222 - 230 223.25 229.75 231

UHF[edit]

Americas (most countries), South Korea, Taiwan, Burma (Myanmar) and the Philippines[edit]

For frequencies used in the Americas (most countries), South Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines, refer to Pan-American television frequencies.

Notes
  • The frequencies used by UHF channels 70 through 83 were reallocated to the Land Mobile Radio System (Public Safety and Trunked Radio) and mobile phones in a CCIR worldwide convention in 1982, and thus were never used for digital TV but are highlighted in cyan and listed here for theoretical use.
  • In certain metropolitan areas of the United States, Channels 14 through 20 have been allocated to Land Mobile Radio (LMR) use.[11]
  • Channels 52 through 69 in the United States have been reallocated now that conversion to digital TV was completed on June 12, 2009. These channels are highlighted in yellow. Channels 70 through 83 in the United States and Canada were re-allocated to AMPS cellular phone use in 1983.
  • On August 22, 2011, the United States' Federal Communications Commission announced a freeze on all future applications for broadcast stations requesting to use channel 51,[12] to prevent adjacent-channel interference to the A-Block of the 700 MHz band. Later that year (on December 16, 2011), Industry Canada and the CRTC followed suit in placing a moratorium on future television stations using Channel 51 for broadcast use, to prevent adjacent-channel interference to the A-Block of the 700 MHz band.[13]
  • Not all countries listed use ATSC, which has a single VSB carrier wave. Other countries use COFDM modulation for DVB-T (Taiwan, Colombia) or ISDB-Tb (Philippines and Latin America), which has dozens of carriers within the channel. Burma (Myanmar) uses DVB-T2 on 8 MHz channel spacing on Western Europe / Asia DTV frequency along with Southeast Asian countries (except Philippines).
  • ISDB-Tb frequency DTV channel 14 uses 473.142857 MHz, but ATSC 3.0, DVB-T/DVB-T2, and DTMB, use 473.0 MHz.
  • Channel 37 is reserved for radio astronomy in the United States, Canada, Bermuda, Belize, and the Bahamas, thus there are no television stations assigned to it. Mexico also informally observes a ban on transmitters using this channel.
  • Due to the FCC repack in the United States, all TV stations that had been broadcasting from channels 38 to 51 were required to move on or below channel 36 by July 3, 2020. As a result, channels 38-51 are highlighted in magenta.[14] These frequencies would later be used by U.S. mobile carriers like T-Mobile on Band 71.[15]
System M 525 lines (most countries in the Americas and Caribbean,
South Korea, Burma (Myanmar) Taiwan and the Philippines)
System N 625 lines (Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay)
Channel Lower edge ATSC 1 pilot Video carrier ISDB-T/Tb center Audio carrier Upper edge
14 470 470.31 471.25 473.142857 475.75 476
15 476 476.31 477.25 479.142857 481.75 482
16 482 482.31 483.25 485.142857 487.75 488
17 488 488.31 489.25 491.142857 493.75 494
18 494 494.31 495.25 497.142857 499.75 500
500 MHz band
19 500 500.31 501.25 503.142857 505.75 506
20 506 506.31 507.25 509.142857 511.75 512
21 512 512.31 513.25 515.142857 517.75 518
22 518 518.31 519.25 521.142857 523.75 524
23 524 524.31 525.25 527.142857 529.75 530
24 530 530.31 531.25 533.142857 535.75 536
25 536 536.31 537.25 539.142857 541.75 542
26 542 542.31 543.25 545.142857 547.75 548
27 548 548.31 549.25 551.142857 553.75 554
28 554 554.31 555.25 557.142857 559.75 560
29 560 560.31 561.25 563.142857 565.75 566
30 566 566.31 567.25 569.142857 571.75 572
31 572 572.31 573.25 575.142857 577.75 578
32 578 578.31 579.25 581.142857 583.75 584
33 584 584.31 585.25 587.142857 589.75 590
34 590 590.31 591.25 593.142857 595.75 596
600 MHz band
35 596 596.31 597.25 599.142857 601.75 602
36 602 602.31 603.25 605.142857 607.75 608
37 608 608.31 609.25 611.142857 613.75 614
38 614 614.31 615.25 617.142857 619.75 620
39 620 620.31 621.25 623.142857 625.75 626
40 626 626.31 627.25 629.142857 631.75 632
41 632 632.31 633.25 635.142857 637.75 638
42 638 638.31 639.25 641.142857 643.75 644
43 644 644.31 645.25 647.142857 649.75 650
44 650 650.31 651.25 653.142857 655.75 656
45 656 656.31 657.25 659.142857 661.75 662
46 662 662.31 663.25 665.142857 667.75 668
47 668 668.31 669.25 671.142857 673.75 674
48 674 674.31 675.25 677.142857 679.75 680
49 680 680.31 681.25 683.142857 685.75 686
50 686 686.31 687.25 689.142857 691.75 692
51 692 692.31 693.25 695.142857 697.75 698[12][13]
700 MHz band
52 698 698.31 699.25 701.142857 703.75 704
53 704 704.31 705.25 707.142857 709.75 710
54 710 710.31 711.25 713.142857 715.75 716
55 716 716.31 717.25 719.142857 721.75 722
56 722 722.31 723.25 725.142857 727.75 728
57 728 728.31 729.25 731.142857 733.75 734
58 734 734.31 735.25 737.142857 739.75 740
59 740 740.31 741.25 743.142857 745.75 746
60 746 746.31 747.25 749.142857 751.75 752
61 752 752.31 753.25 755.142857 757.75 758
62 758 758.31 759.25 761.142857 763.75 764
63 764 764.31 765.25 767.142857 769.75 770
64 770 770.31 771.25 773.142857 775.75 776
65 776 776.31 777.25 779.142857 781.75 782
66 782 782.31 783.25 785.142857 787.75 788
67 788 788.31 789.25 791.142857 793.75 794
68 794 794.31 795.25 797.142857 799.75 800
69 800 800.31 801.25 803.142857 805.75 806
800 MHz band
70 806 806.31 807.25 809.142857 811.75 812
71 812 812.31 813.25 815.142857 817.75 818
72 818 818.31 819.25 821.142857 823.75 824
73 824 824.31 825.25 827.142857 829.75 830
74 830 830.31 831.25 833.142857 835.75 836
75 836 836.31 837.25 839.142857 841.75 842
76 842 842.31 843.25 845.142857 847.75 848
77 848 848.31 849.25 851.142857 853.75 854
78 854 854.31 855.25 857.142857 859.75 860
79 860 860.31 861.25 863.142857 865.75 866
80 866 866.31 867.25 869.142857 871.75 872
81 872 872.31 873.25 875.142857 877.75 878
82 878 878.31 879.25 881.142857 883.75 884
83 884 884.31 885.25 887.142857 889.75 890

Japan[edit]

Frequency spacing for each channel in Japan is the same as in the countries listed above, but the channel numbers are 1 lower than in those countries; for example, channel 13 in Japan is on the same frequency as channel 14 in North and South America (most countries), South Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines.

Channels 13-62 are used for analog and digital TV broadcasting.

System J 525 lines
Ch Video (MHz) Audio (MHz) ISDB-T center
13 471.25 475.75 473.142857
14 477.25 481.75 479.142857
15 483.25 487.75 485.142857
16 489.25 493.75 491.142857
17 495.25 499.75 497.142857
18 501.25 505.75 503.142857
19 507.25 511.75 509.142857
20 513.25 517.75 515.142857
21 519.25 523.75 521.142857
22 525.25 529.75 527.142857
23 531.25 535.75 533.142857
24 537.25 541.75 539.142857
25 543.25 547.75 545.142857
26 549.25 553.75 551.142857
27 555.25 559.75 557.142857
28 561.25 565.75 563.142857
29 567.25 571.75 569.142857
30 573.25 577.75 575.142857
31 579.25 583.75 581.142857
32 585.25 589.75 587.142857
33 591.25 595.75 593.142857
34 597.25 601.75 599.142857
35 603.25 607.75 605.142857
36 609.25 613.75 611.142857
37 615.25 619.75 617.142857
38 621.25 625.75 623.142857
39 627.25 631.75 629.142857
40 633.25 637.75 635.142857
41 639.25 643.75 641.142857
42 645.25 649.75 647.142857
43 651.25 655.75 653.142857
44 657.25 661.75 659.142857
45 663.25 667.75 665.142857
46 669.25 673.75 671.142857
47 675.25 679.75 677.142857
48 681.25 685.75 683.142857
49 687.25 691.75 689.142857
50 693.25 697.75 695.142857
51 699.25 703.75 701.142857
52 705.25 709.75 707.142857
53 711.25 715.75 713.142857
54 717.25 721.75 719.142857
55 723.25 727.75 725.142857
56 729.25 733.75 731.142857
57 735.25 739.75 737.142857
58 741.25 745.75 743.142857
59 747.25 751.75 749.142857
60 753.25 757.75 755.142857
61 759.25 763.75 761.142857
62 765.25 769.75 767.142857

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

System I 625 lines
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
  • Channels 21 to 60 used for DVB-T Digital TV broadcasting in the UK, with the exception of Channel 38, which is used for programme making and special events. Channels 61 to 69 used for 4G LTE.
  • Channel 69 was not used for TV broadcasting in the UK, it was used by the MOD and until 2012 for programme making and special events.
  • PAL I was withdrawn from broadcasting use in the UK during 2012 and 2013.

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

System G/H 625 lines (8 MHz / channel) 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
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
  • Former channels 14 to 18 renumbered as 21 to 25 in 1961.[16]
  • Channels 70 to 81 no longer allocated to television. They were only used in Italy.

France, Eastern Europe, Former Soviet Union, French overseas territories and former French colonies in Africa, North Korea[edit]

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

DVB-T/DVB-T2/DTMB/ISDB-T Digital television frequencies (Western Europe, Eastern Europe most countries Asia, Africa and Oceania)[edit]

Ch DVB-T/T2

(MHz)

21 474
22 482
23 490
24 498
25 506
26 514
27 522
28 530
29 538
30 546
31 554
32 562
33 570
34 578
35 586
36 594
37 602
38 610
39 618
40 626
41 634
42 642
43 650
44 658
45 666
46 674
47 682
48 690
49 698
50 706
51 714
52 722
53 730
54 738
55 746
56 754
57 762
58 770
59 778
60 786
61 794
62 802
63 810
64 818
65 826
66 834
67 842
68 850
69 858

Australia[edit]

System B 625 lines
Channel Video carrier (MHz) DVB-T (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz)
28 527.25 529.5 532.75
29 534.25 536.5 539.75
30 541.25 543.5 546.75
31 548.25 550.5 553.75
32 555.25 557.5 560.75
33 562.25 564.5 567.75
34 569.25 571.5 574.75
35 576.25 578.5 581.75
36 583.25 585.5 588.75
37 590.25 592.5 595.75
38 597.25 599.5 602.75
39 604.25 606.5 609.75
40 611.25 613.5 616.75
41 618.25 620.5 623.75
42 625.25 627.5 630.75
43 632.25 634.5 637.75
44 639.25 641.5 644.75
45 646.25 648.5 651.75
46 653.25 655.5 658.75
47 660.25 662.5 665.75
48 667.25 669.5 672.75
49 674.25 676.5 679.75
50 681.25 683.5 686.75
51 688.25 690.5 693.75
52 695.25 697.5 700.75
53 702.25 704.5 707.75
54 709.25 711.5 714.75
55 716.25 718.5 721.75
56 723.25 725.5 728.75
57 730.25 732.5 735.75
58 737.25 739.5 742.75
59 744.25 746.5 749.75
60 751.25 753.5 756.75
61 758.25 755.5 763.75
62 765.25 767.5 770.75
63 772.25 774.5 777.75
64 779.25 781.5 784.75
65 786.25 788.5 791.75
66 793.25 795.5 798.75
67 800.25 802.5 805.75
68 807.25 809.5 812.75
69 814.25 816.5 819.75

Channels 52–69 had been progressively phased out since the introduction of digital television and rationalisation of the spectrum

China[edit]

Provisional assignments in 1970s[17]
System D 625 lines
Channel Video carrier (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz)
13 471.25 477.75
14 479.25 485.75
15 487.25 493.75
16 495.25 501.75
17 503.25 509.75
18 511.25 517.75
19 519.25 525.75
20 527.25 533.75
21 535.25 541.75
22 543.25 549.75
23 551.25 557.75
24 559.25 565.75
25 605.25 611.75
26 613.25 619.75
27 621.25 627.75
28 629.25 635.75
29 637.25 643.75
30 645.25 651.75
31 653.25 659.75
32 661.25 667.75
33 669.25 675.75
34 677.25 683.75
35 685.25 691.75
36 693.25 699.75
37 701.25 707.75
38 709.25 715.75
39 717.25 723.75
40 725.25 731.75
41 733.25 739.75
42 741.25 747.75
43 749.25 755.75
44 757.25 763.75
45 765.25 771.75
46 773.25 779.75
47 781.25 787.75
48 789.25 795.75


New assignments System D 625 lines
Channel Video carrier (MHz) DTMB/CMMB (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz)
DS-13 471.25 474 477.75
DS-14 479.25 482 485.75
DS-15 487.25 490 493.75
DS-16 495.25 498 501.75
DS-17 503.25 506 509.75
DS-18 511.25 514 517.75
DS-19 519.25 522 525.75
DS-20 527.25 530 533.75
DS-21 535.25 538 541.75
DS-22 543.25 546 549.75
DS-23 551.25 554 557.75
DS-24 559.25 562 565.75
DS-25 607.25 610 613.75
DS-26 615.25 618 621.75
DS-27 623.25 626 629.75
DS-28 631.25 634 637.75
DS-29 639.25 642 645.75
DS-30 647.25 650 653.75
DS-31 655.25 658 661.75
DS-32 663.25 666 669.75
DS-33 671.25 674 677.75
DS-34 679.25 682 685.75
DS-35 687.25 690 693.75
DS-36 695.25 698 701.75
DS-37 703.25 706 709.75
DS-38 711.25 714 717.75
DS-39 719.25 722 725.75
DS-40 727.25 730 733.75
DS-41 735.25 738 741.75
DS-42 743.25 746 749.75
DS-43 751.25 754 757.75
DS-44 759.25 762 765.75
DS-45 767.25 770 773.75
DS-46 775.25 778 781.75
DS-47 783.25 786 789.75
DS-48 791.25 794 797.75
DS-49 799.25 802 805.75
DS-50 807.25 810 813.75
DS-51 815.25 818 821.75
DS-52 823.25 826 829.75
DS-53 831.25 834 837.75
DS-54 839.25 842 845.75
DS-55 847.25 850 853.75
DS-56 855.25 858 861.75
DS-57 863.25 866 869.75
DS-58 871.25 874 877.75
DS-59 879.25 882 885.75
DS-60 887.25 890 893.75
DS-61 895.25 898 901.75
DS-62 903.25 906 909.75
DS-63 911.25 914 917.75
DS-64 919.25 922 925.75
DS-65 927.25 930 933.75
DS-66 935.25 938 941.75
DS-67 943.25 946 949.75
DS-68 951.25 954 957.75

Vietnam[edit]

System K 625 lines
Channel Video carrier (MHz) Audio carrier (MHz) DVB T2 frequencies (from 2018)
21 471.25 477.75 474
22 479.25 485.75 482
23 487.25 493.75 490
24 495.25 501.75 498
25 503.25 509.75 506
26 511.25 517.75 514
27 519.25 525.75 522
28 527.25 533.75 530
29 535.25 541.75 538
30 543.25 549.75 546
31 551.25 557.75 554
32 559.25 565.75 562
33 567.25 573.75 570
34 575.25 581.75 578
35 583.25 589.75 586
36 591.25 597.75 594
37 599.25 605.75 602
38 607.25 613.75 610
39 615.25 621.75 618
40 623.25 629.75 626
41 631.25 637.75 634
42 639.25 645.75 642
43 647.25 653.75 650
44 655.25 661.75 658
45 663.25 669.75 666
46 671.25 677.75 674
47 679.25 685.75 682
48 687.25 693.75 690
49 695.25 701.75 698
50 703.25 709.75 706
51 711.25 717.75 714
52 719.25 725.75 722
53 727.25 733.75 730
54 735.25 741.75 738
55 743.25 749.75 746
56 751.25 757.75 754
57 759.25 765.75 762
58 767.25 773.75 770
59 775.25 781.75 778
60 783.25 789.75 786
61 791.25 797.75 794
62 799.25 805.75 802

some cable TV providers in Vietnam may use System G.[18]

700MHz band is used for 4G & 5G services.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Commercial Television Frequencies". Archived from the original on 1999-10-08.
  2. ^ Channel Inquiry [dead link]
  3. ^ "World Analogue Television Standards and Waveforms". www.pembers.freeserve.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-08-30.
  4. ^ ITU, Final Acts of the Regional Administrative Conference for the planning of VHF/UHF Television Broadcasting in the African Broadcasting Area and Neighbouring Countries 1989, ITU, 1990 page 60
  5. ^ "Il Ministero delle Comunicazioni - Comunicati stampa". Archived from the original on 22 June 2009.
  6. ^ "World Analogue Television Standards and Waveforms". www.pembers.freeserve.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Telenostalgie.de - Fernsehen von gestern …". www.telenostalgie.de. Archived from the original on 17 May 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  8. ^ 李, 均 (Jan 1959). 北京电视台 (in Chinese (China)). Beijing: 北京出版社. p. 40.
  9. ^ a b "上海广播电视志". 上海通 (in Chinese (China)). 上海市地方志办公室. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  10. ^ 章之俭; 陶增鑫 (May 1958). "北京电视台". 电信科学 (in Chinese (China)). 1958 (05): 1–5. ISSN 1000-0801.
  11. ^ CFR Ch. I (10–1–07 Edition) edocket.access.gpo.gov
  12. ^ a b FCC Public Notice DA-11-1428A1:
  13. ^ a b Government of Canada, Innovation (30 December 2011). "Industry Canada Advisory Letter - Moratorium on the Use of Television Channel 51". ised-isde.canada.ca. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  14. ^ "Transition Schedule". Federal Communications Commission. 2017-04-13. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  15. ^ "FCC says 600 MHz clearing is ahead of schedule". RCR Wireless News. 2019-02-13. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  16. ^ Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Broadcasting Stations of the World (Part IV) 16th Edition 1960, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1960 pages 97-98
  17. ^ 中央广播事业局技术处; 中央广播事业局电视办公室. "调频广播网和电视广播网规划方法 <暂行>". 广播与电视技术 (in Chinese (China)). 1975 (Z2): 1–32. ISSN 1002-4522.
  18. ^ "QCVN 87:2020/BTTTT Quy chuẩn kỹ thuật quốc gia về tín hiệu truyền hình cáp tương tự tại điểm kết nối thuê bao" (PDF). BỘ THÔNG TIN VÀ TRUYỀN THÔNG (in Vietnamese). 30 September 2020. p. 5. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
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