North American Broadcast Television Frequencies - Historical Band Plans

Historical Band Plans

VHF low-band (band I & II)
1940 U.S. channel assignments (partly deprecated)
(frequencies in MHz)
Channel Lower edge Video carrier Audio carrier Upper edge Current U.S. use
1 50 51.25 55.75 56 Amateur band, TV ch. 2 (deprecated)
2 66 67.25 71.75 72 TV ch. 4 (deprecated)
3 72 73.25 77.75 78 Radio-controlled car/plane hobby, TV ch. 5
4 78 79.25 83.75 84 TV ch. 5
5 84 85.25 89.75 90 TV ch. 6, FM radio
6 96 97.25 101.75 102 FM radio
7 102 103.25 107.75 108 FM radio


VHF high-band (band III)
1940 U.S. channel assignments (partly deprecated)
(frequencies in MHz)
Channel Lower edge Video carrier Audio carrier Upper edge Current U.S. use
8 162 163.25 167.75 168 NOAA Weather Radio (162)
9 180 181.25 185.75 186 TV ch. 8
10 186 187.25 191.75 192 TV ch. 9
11 204 205.25 209.75 210 TV ch. 12
12 210 211.25 215.75 216 TV ch. 13
13 234 235.25 239.75 240 military
14 240 241.25 245.75 246 military
15 258 259.25 263.75 264 military
16 264 265.25 269.75 270 military
17 282 283.25 287.75 288 military
18 288 289.25 293.75 294 military

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