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 analogue video and audio carriers. The channel itself occupies several megahertz of bandwidth. For example, North American channel 2 occupies the spectrum from 54 to 60 MHz. See Broadcast television systems for a table of signal characteristics, including bandwidth, by ITU letter designator.

VHF

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

Channel 1 was finally withdrawn on June 14, 1948, and allocated to fixed and mobile services.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, and Greenland. Not all territories observe this bandplan.
During World War II the frequencies originally assigned as channels 13 to 18 were appropriated by the U.S. 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. This required a reassignment of the VHF channels to the plan currently in use.

Assignments since February 25, 1946

Notes:

System M 525 lines
System N 625 lines

Channel	Lower edge	ATSC 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

Note: FM channel 200, 87.9 MHz, 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 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.

Channel	Lower edge	ATSC 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

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

Channel	Lower edge	Video carrier	Audio carrier	Upper edge
1	90	91.25	95.75	96
2	96	97.25	101.75	102
3	102	103.25	107.75	108

Channel	Lower edge	Video carrier	Audio carrier	Upper edge
4	170	171.25	175.75	176
5	176	177.25	181.75	182
6	182	183.25	187.75	188
7	188	189.25	193.75	194
8	192	193.25	197.75	198
9	198	199.25	203.75	204
10	204	205.25	209.75	210
11	210	211.25	215.75	216
12	216	217.25	221.75	222

United Kingdom and most British Territories

Channel	Video carrier	Audio carrier
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

Channel	Video carrier	Audio carrier
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: 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 reception of BBC 405 line transmissions . It was moved to Channel E due to interference from distant transmitters on channel 3 and channel itA 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 and no plans to resume using them.
Most Irish Cable TV systems do not follow the above channel plan as their analogue carriers are usually at multiples of 8 MHz

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

Channel	Video carrier	Audio carrier
1	41.25	46.75
1A	42.25	47.75
2	48.25	53.75
2A	49.75	55.25
3	55.25	60.75
4	62.25	67.75
4A	82.25	87.75
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

NOTE: Channels 1 and 1A were used for early experimental broadcasts and are no longer allocated.
NOTE: Channels 15 and 16 are allocated for use in the African Broadcasting Area only.
Channel 2A was only ever used in Austria for the Sendeturm Jauerling to avoid interferences with neighboring Eastern European TV stations.
Channel 12 was reserved by the military in some countries 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

Channel	Video carrier	Audio carrier
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.

Channel	Video carrier	Audio carrier
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

Italy

Channel	Video carrier	Audio carrier
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 through H2 are identical to Channel E4 and up.
Channel A video carrier is the same as Channel E2 video 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.

Eastern Europe

Channel	Video carrier	Audio carrier
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

Channel	Video carrier	Audio carrier
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 (once DDR)

In it is very early days DFF made some test transmissions using the D/K standard before reverting to System B/G but using some unique frequencies .

Channel	Channel Limits	Vision Carrier	Main Sound Carrier	-
1	41.00 - 49.00	41.75	48.25	Identical to [\|old OIR] Ch I
2	58.50 - 66.50	59.25	65.75	Identical to old OIR Ch III
3	99.15 - 107.15	99.90	106.40	Overlaps part of Western FM radio broadcast band
4	144.50 - 152.50	145.25	151.75	Overlaps 2m Amateur radio band
1	58.00 - 65.00	59.25	64.75	Same video freq as pre 1957 Ch 2 Overlaps western channels E3 and E4
2	144.00 - 151.00	145.25	150.75	Overlaps 2m Amateur radio band
3	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

From 1960 onwards European standard channels were adopted.

Morocco

Channel	Video carrier	Audio carrier
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

Channel	Video carrier	Audio carrier
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, 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 to allow a full 7 MHz for a new channel 9A and channel 12 was added following the new channel 11.
New Zealand

Channel	Video carrier	Audio carrier
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.

NOTE: Channels 10 and 11 weren't added until the late 1980s.
Southern Africa

Channel	Video carrier	Audio carrier
1	43.25	49.25
2	52.25	58.25
3	60.25	66.25
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	Channels 10 to 13 are rarely used
11	231.25	237.25	Channels 10 to 13 are rarely used
12	239.25	245.25	Channels 10 to 13 are rarely used
13	247.25	253.25	Channels 10 to 13 are rarely used

China (PRC)

UHF

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

For frequencies used in the Americas, 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 and mobile phones in a CCIR worldwide convention in 1982, and thus were never used for digital TV but are listed here for theoretical use.
In certain metropolitan areas of the United States, Channels 14 through 20 have been allocated to Land Mobile Radio use.
Channels 52 through 69 in the United States have been reallocated now that conversion to digital TV was completed on June 12, 2009. 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, to prevent adjacent-channel interference to the A-Block of the 700 MHz band. Later that year, 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.
Not all countries listed use ATSC, which has a single VSB carrier wave. Other countries use COFDM modulation for DVB-T or ISDB-Tb, which has dozens of carriers within the channel.
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 are currently broadcasting on Channel 38 to 51, are required to be moved on or below Channel 36 by July 3rd, 2020. Frequencies on Channel 38-51 would soon be used by U.S. mobile carriers like T-Mobile on Band 71.

Japan

Note: Channels 13-62 are used for analog and digital TV broadcasting.
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, South Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines.

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

Channel	Video carrier	Audio carrier
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

NOTE: Channels 21 to 60 used for DVB-T Digital TV broadcasting in the UK, with the exception of Channel 38, which is used by PMSE. Channels 61 to 69 used for 4G LTE.

NOTE: Channel 69 was not used for TV broadcasting in the UK, used by MOD and until 2012 by PMSE.

NOTE: 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

Channel	Video carrier	Audio carrier
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

NOTE: Former channels 14 to 18 renumbered as 21 to 25 in 1961.
NOTE: 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

Channel	Video carrier	Audio carrier
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

Channels above C52 are being progressively phased out since the introduction of digital television and rationalisation of the spectrum

[People's Republic of China]

NOTE: The original assignments of Channels 25 to 57 were 2 MHz higher in frequency until c.1984. Channels 58 to 62 were deleted at this time.

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Television channel frequencies

VHF

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

Assignments since February 25, 1946

Japan

United Kingdom and most British Territories

Republic of Ireland

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

France

French overseas departments and territories and former French African colonies

Italy

Eastern Europe

East Germany (once DDR)

Morocco

Australia

New Zealand

Southern Africa

China (PRC)

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

[People's Republic of China]