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Encyclopedia > 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. This article is about the location. ... A carrier wave, or carrier is a waveform (usually sinusoidal) that is modulated (modified) to represent the information to be transmitted. ... MegaHertz (MHz) is the name given to one million (106) Hertz, a measure of frequency. ... Bandwidth is a measure of frequency range, measured in hertz, of a function of a frequency variable. ... There are several broadcast television systems in use in the world today. ...

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VHF

Very high frequency (VHF) is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz (wavelength 10 m) to 300 MHz (wavelength 1 m). ...

North and South America

Channel 1 was finally withdrawn on 14 June 1948 and allocated to fixed and mobile services. In Alaska and Hawaii 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 (the Americas). Not all territories observe this bandplan. World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ...

System M 525 lines
System N 625 lines
Ch Video (MHz) Audio (MHz)
1 45.25 49.75
2 55.25 59.75
3 61.25 65.75
4 67.25 71.75
5 77.25 81.75
6 83.25 87.75
7 175.25 179.75
8 181.25 185.75
9 187.25 191.75
10 193.25 197.75
11 199.25 203.75
12 205.25 209.75
13 211.25 215.75

In North America, channel 1 is a former broadcast (over-the-air) television channel. ...

United Kingdom

System A 405 lines
(discontinued)
Ch Video (MHz) Audio (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
14 219.75 216.25

Republic of Ireland

System I 625 lines
Ch Video (MHz) Audio (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

Western Europe

System B 625 lines
Ch Video (MHz) Audio (MHz)
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

A common understanding of Western Europe in modern times. ...

France

System E 819 lines
(discontinued)
Ch Video (MHz) Audio (MHz)
2 52.40 41.25
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
Ch Video (MHz) Audio (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

System K 625 lines
Ch Video (MHz) Audio (MHz)
1 43.25 49.75
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

The French Overseas Departments and Territories (often abbreviated DOM-TOM for départements doutre-mer, territoires doutre-mer) consist broadly of French-administered territories outside of Europe. ...

Italy

System B 625 lines
Ch Video (MHz) Audio (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

System D 625 lines
Ch Video (MHz) Audio (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

Current division of Europe into five (or more) regions: one definition of Eastern Europe is marked in orange Eastern Europe as a region has several alternative definitions, whereby it can denote: the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Central Europe and Russia. ...

Morocco

System B 625 lines
Ch Video (MHz) Audio (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
Ch Video (MHz) Audio (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
28 See UHF

New Zealand

System B 625 lines
Ch Video (MHz) Audio (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

Japan

System M 525 lines
Ch Video (MHz) Audio (MHz)
1 91.25 95.75
2 97.25 101.75
3 103.25 107.75
4 171.25 175.75
5 177.25 181.75
6 183.25 187.75
7 189.25 193.75
8 195.25 199.75
9 201.25 205.75
10 207.25 211.75
11 213.25 217.75
12 219.25 223.75

People's Republic of China

System D 625 lines
Ch Video (MHz) Audio (MHz)
1 49.75 56.25
2 57.75 64.25
3 65.75 72.25
4 77.25 83.75
5 85.25 91.75
6 168.25 174.75
7 176.25 182.75
8 184.25 190.75
9 192.25 198.75
10 200.25 206.75
11 208.25 214.75
12 216.25 222.75

Republic of China (Taiwan)

System M 525 lines
Ch Video (MHz) Audio (MHz)
7 175.25 179.75
8 181.25 185.75
9 187.25 191.75
10 193.25 197.75
11 199.25 203.75
12 205.25 209.75
13 211.25 215.75

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Indonesia

System B 625 lines
Ch Video (MHz) Audio (MHz)
1A 44.25 49.75
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

South Africa

System I 625 lines
Ch Video (MHz) Audio (MHz)
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

Angola

System I 625 lines
Ch Video (MHz) Audio (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

UHF

This article is about the radio frequency. ...

North and South America

Note: UHF channels 70 through 83 have been reallocated to land mobile radio (public safety and trunked radio) and cellular telephones. Channels 52 through 69 in the United States are in the process of being cleared in advance of a similar reallocation once conversion to digital TV has been accomplished. Channel 37 is reserved for radio astronomy in the United States and Canada. World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Microwave image of 3C353 galaxy at 8. ...

System M 525 lines
System N 625 lines
Ch Video (MHz) Audio (MHz)
14 471.25 475.75
15 477.25 481.75
16 483.25 487.75
17 489.25 493.75
18 495.25 499.75
19 501.25 505.75
20 507.25 511.75
21 513.25 517.75
22 519.25 523.75
23 525.25 529.75
24 531.25 535.75
25 537.25 541.75
26 543.25 547.75
27 549.25 553.75
28 555.25 559.75
29 561.25 565.75
30 567.25 571.75
31 573.25 577.75
32 579.25 583.75
33 585.25 589.75
34 591.25 595.75
35 597.25 601.75
36 603.25 607.75
37 609.25 613.75
38 615.25 619.75
39 621.25 625.75
40 627.25 631.75
41 633.25 637.75
42 639.25 643.75
43 645.25 649.75
44 651.25 655.75
45 657.25 661.75
46 663.25 667.75
47 669.25 673.75
48 675.25 679.75
49 681.25 685.75
50 687.25 691.75
51 693.25 697.75
52 699.25 703.75
53 705.25 709.75
54 711.25 715.75
55 717.25 721.75
56 723.25 727.75
57 729.25 733.75
58 735.25 739.75
59 741.25 745.75
60 747.25 751.75
61 753.25 757.75
62 759.25 763.75
63 765.25 769.75
64 771.25 775.75
65 777.25 781.75
66 783.25 787.75
67 789.25 793.75
68 795.25 799.75
69 801.25 805.75
70 807.25 811.75
71 813.25 817.75
72 819.25 823.75
73 825.25 829.75
74 831.25 835.75
75 837.25 841.75
76 843.25 847.75
77 849.25 853.75
78 855.25 859.75
79 861.25 865.75
80 867.25 871.75
81 873.25 877.75
82 879.25 883.75
83 885.25 889.75

United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong and South Africa

System I 625 lines
Ch Video (MHz) Audio (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

Western Europe

Systems G and H 625 lines
Ch Video (MHz) Audio (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

A common understanding of Western Europe in modern times. ...

France

System L 625 lines
Ch Video (MHz) Audio (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

Eastern Europe

System K 625 lines
Ch Video (MHz) Audio (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

Current division of Europe into five (or more) regions: one definition of Eastern Europe is marked in orange Eastern Europe as a region has several alternative definitions, whereby it can denote: the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Central Europe and Russia. ...

Australia, New Zealand and other South Pacific countries

System B 625 lines
Ch Video (MHz) Audio (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

South Pacific is a musical play with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II that opened on Broadway on April 7, 1949, and ran for more than five years. ...

Japan

System M 525 lines
Ch Video (MHz) Audio (MHz)
13 471.25 475.75
14 477.25 481.75
15 483.25 487.75
16 489.25 493.75
17 495.25 499.75
18 501.25 505.75
19 507.25 511.75
20 513.25 517.75
21 519.25 523.75
22 525.25 529.75
23 531.25 535.75
24 537.25 541.75
25 543.25 547.75
26 549.25 553.75
27 555.25 559.75
28 561.25 565.75
29 567.25 571.75
30 573.25 577.75
31 579.25 583.75
32 585.25 589.75
33 591.25 595.75
34 597.25 601.75
35 603.25 607.75
36 609.25 613.75
37 615.25 619.75
38 621.25 625.75
39 627.25 631.75
40 633.25 637.75
41 639.25 643.75
42 645.25 649.75
43 651.25 655.75
44 657.25 661.75
45 663.25 667.75
46 669.25 673.75
47 675.25 679.75
48 681.25 685.75
49 687.25 691.75
50 693.25 697.75
51 699.25 703.75
52 705.25 709.75
53 711.25 715.75
54 717.25 721.75
55 723.25 727.75
56 729.25 733.75
57 735.25 739.75
58 741.25 745.75
59 747.25 751.75
60 753.25 757.75
61 759.25 763.75
62 765.25 769.75

People's Republic of China

System D 625 lines
Ch Video (MHz) Audio (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
49 797.25 803.75
50 805.25 811.75
51 813.25 819.75
52 821.25 827.75
53 829.25 835.75
54 837.25 843.75
55 845.25 851.75
56 853.25 859.75
57 861.25 867.75

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