Television Frequencies

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The audio channels should be monitored in Wideband FM (WFM) mode. Each audio channel uses 100 kHz bandwidth.

      Channel	Video	Audio 
      Number	Freq.	Freq.
      -------	-------	-------
	 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	
	14	471.25	475.75	(1) a b c g h i k
	15	477.25	481.75	(1) b c e i
	16	483.25	487.75	(1) a d e g i l
	17	489.25	493.75	(1) f l m
	18	495.25	499.75	(1) k m
	19	501.25	505.75	(1) j
	20	507.25	511.75	(1) g j
	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	(2)
	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	(3)
	61	753.25	757.75	(3)
	62	759.25	763.75	(3)
	63	765.25	769.75	(3)
	64	771.25	775.75	(3)
	65	777.25	781.75	(3)
	66	783.25	787.75	(3)
	67	789.25	793.75	(3)
	68	795.25	799.75	(3)
	69	801.25	805.75	(3)
	70	807.25	811.75	(4)
	71	813.25	817.75	(4)
	72	819.25	823.75	(4)
	73	825.25	829.75	(4)
	74	831.25	835.75	(4)
	75	837.25	841.75	(4)
	76	843.25	847.75	(4)
	77	849.25	853.75	(4)
	78	855.25	859.75	(4)
	79	861.25	865.75	(4)
	80	867.25	871.75	(4)
	81	873.25	877.75	(4)
	82	879.25	883.75	(4)
	83	885.25	889.75	(4)
       

• (1) 470 - 512 MHz channels 14 - 20 are used for land mobile radio (UHF-T band) only in the following metropolitan areas:
  • (a) Boston, MA
  • (b) Chicago, IL
  • (c) Cleveland, OH
  • (d) Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
  • (e) Detroit, MI
  • (f) Houston, TX
  • (g) Los Angeles, CA
  • (h) Miami, FL
  • (i) New York, NY
  • (j) Philadelphia, PA
  • (k) Pittsburgh, PA
  • (l) San Francisco, CA
  • (m) Washington, DC
• (2) 608 - 614 MHz channel 37 is reserved for radio astronomy.
• (3) TV broadcasters will vacate 746 - 806 MHz channels 60 - 69 in 2009.
• (4) 806 - 890 MHz channels 70 - 83 no longer used for TV broadcasting.

• Some TV stations are offset + or - 10 kHz (.01 MHz) from the normal frequencies.