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   Lower Upper
      Number	Freq.	Freq.   Edge  Edge
      -------	-------	------- ----- -----
	 2	 55.25	 59.75	  54    60
	 3	 61.25 	 65.75	  60    66
	 4	 67.25	 71.75	  66    72
	 5	 77.25	 81.75	  76    82
	 6	 83.25	 87.75	  82    88
	 7	175.25	179.75	 174   180
	 8	181.25	185.75	 180   186
	 9	187.25	191.75	 186   192
	10	193.25	197.75	 192   198
	11	199.25	203.75	 198   204
	12	205.25	209.75	 204   120
	13	211.25	215.75	 210   216
	14	471.25	475.75	 470   476 (1) a b c g h i k
	15	477.25	481.75	 476   482 (1) b c e i
	16	483.25	487.75	 482   488 (1) a d e g i l
	17	489.25	493.75	 488   494 (1) f l m
	18	495.25	499.75	 494   500 (1) k m
	19	501.25	505.75	 500   506 (1) j
	20	507.25	511.75	 506   512 (1) g j
	21	513.25	517.75	 512   518
	22	519.25	523.75	 518   524
	23	525.25	529.75	 524   530
	24	531.25	535.75	 530   536
	25	537.25	541.75	 536   542
	26	543.25	547.75	 542   548
	27	549.25	553.75	 548   554
	28	555.25	559.75	 554   560
	29	561.25	565.75	 560   566
	30	567.25	571.75	 566   572
	31	573.25	577.75	 572   578
	32	579.25	583.75	 578   584
	33	585.25	589.75	 584   590
	34	591.25	595.75	 590   596
	35	597.25	601.75	 596   602
	36	603.25	607.75	 602   608
	37	609.25	613.75	 608   614 (2)
	38	615.25	619.75	 614   620
	39	621.25	625.75	 620   626
	40	627.25	631.75	 626   632
	41	633.25	637.75	 632   638
	42	639.25	643.75	 638   644
	43	645.25	649.75	 644   650
	44	651.25	655.75	 650   656
	45	657.25	661.75	 656   662
	46	663.25	667.75	 662   668
	47	669.25	673.75	 668   674
	48	675.25	679.75	 674   680
	49	681.25	685.75	 680   686
	50	687.25	691.75	 686   692
	51	693.25	697.75	 692   698
	52	699.25	703.75	 698   704
	53	705.25	709.75	 704   710
	54	711.25	715.75	 710   716
	55	717.25	721.75	 716   722
	56	723.25	727.75	 722   728
	57	729.25	733.75	 728   734
	58	735.25	739.75	 734   740
	59	741.25	745.75	 740   746
	60	747.25	751.75	 746   752 (3)
	61	753.25	757.75	 752   758 (3)
	62	759.25	763.75	 758   764 (3)
	63	765.25	769.75	 764   770 (3)
	64	771.25	775.75	 770   776 (3)
	65	777.25	781.75	 776   782 (3)
	66	783.25	787.75	 782   788 (3)
	67	789.25	793.75	 788   794 (3)
	68	795.25	799.75	 794   800 (3)
	69	801.25	805.75	 800   806 (3)
	70	807.25	811.75	 806   812 (4)
	71	813.25	817.75	 812   818 (4)
	72	819.25	823.75	 818   824 (4)
	73	825.25	829.75	 824   830 (4)
	74	831.25	835.75	 830   836 (4)
	75	837.25	841.75	 836   842 (4)
	76	843.25	847.75	 842   848 (4)
	77	849.25	853.75	 848   854 (4)
	78	855.25	859.75	 854   860 (4)
	79	861.25	865.75	 860   866 (4)
	80	867.25	871.75	 866   872 (4)
	81	873.25	877.75	 872   878 (4)
	82	879.25	883.75	 878   884 (4)
	83	885.25	889.75	 884   890 (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.