North American cable television frequencies

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[edit] North America cable television broadcast band

Channel Video Carrier (MHz) Audio Carrier(MHz) Chromo Carrier(MHz)
Subband CATV "T" Channels
T-7 7.00
T-8 13.00
T-9 19.00
T-10 25.00
T-11 31.00
T-12 37.00
T-13 43.00
T-14 49.00
Lowband
2 55.25 59.75
3 61.25 65.75
4 67.25 71.75
1 73.25 (A-8) 77.75 (A-8)
5 77.25 or 79.25 (A-7) 81.75 or 83.75 (A-7)
6 83.25 or 85.25 (A-6) 87.75 or 89.75 (A-6)
Midband
95 91.25 (A-5) 95.75
96 97.25 (A-4) 101.75
97 103.25 (A-3) 107.75
98 109.25 (A-2) 113.75
99 115.25 (A-1) 119.75
Midband
14 121.25 125.75
15 127.25 131.75
16 133.25 137.75
17 139.25 143.75
18 145.25 149.75
19 151.25 155.75
20 157.25 161.75
21 163.25 167.75
22 169.25 173.75
Highband
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
Superband
23 217.25 221.75
24 223.25 227.75
25 229.25 233.75
26 235.25 239.75
27 241.25 245.75
28 247.25 251.75
29 253.25 257.75
30 259.25 263.75
31 265.25 269.75
32 271.25 275.75
33 277.25 281.75
34 283.25 287.75
35 289.25 293.75
36 295.25 299.75
Hyperband
37 301.25 305.75
38 307.25 311.75
39 313.25 317.75
40 319.25 323.75
41 325.25 329.75
42 331.25 335.75
43 337.25 341.75
44 343.25 347.75
45 349.25 353.75
46 355.25 359.75
47 361.25 365.75
48 367.25 371.75
49 373.25 377.75
50 379.25 383.75
51 385.25 389.75
52 391.25 395.75
53 397.25 401.75
54 403.25 407.75
55 409.25 413.75
56 415.25 419.75
57 421.25 425.75
58 427.25 431.75
59 433.25 437.75
60 439.25 443.75
61 445.25 449.75
62 451.25 455.75
63 457.25 461.75
64 463.25 467.75
Ultraband
65 469.25 473.75
66 475.25 479.75
67 481.25 485.75
68 487.25 491.75
69 493.25 497.75
70 499.25 503.75
71 505.25 509.75
72 511.25 515.75
73 517.25 521.75
74 523.25 527.75
75 529.25 533.75
76 535.25 539.75
77 541.25 545.75
78 547.25 551.75
79 553.25 557.75
80 559.25 563.75
81 565.25 569.75
82 571.25 575.75
83 577.25 581.75
84 583.25 587.75
85 589.25 593.75
86 595.25 599.75
87 601.25 605.75
88 607.25 611.75
89 613.25 617.75
90 619.25 623.75
91 625.25 629.75
92 631.25 635.75
93 637.25 641.75
94 643.25 647.75
Jumboband
100 649.25 653.75
101 655.25 659.75
102 661.25 665.75
103 667.25 671.75
104 673.25 677.75
105 679.25 683.75
106 685.25 689.75
107 691.25 695.75
108 697.25 701.75
118 757.25 761.75
128 817.25 821.75
138 877.25 881.75
148 937.25 941.75
158 997.25 1001.75
  • Channels T-7 through T-14 are sub-band channels and are not used for normal television channel distribution. These channels are used for sending video back to the cable television headend, such as by public-access television stations on a cable tv system. They are also used by cable modems for sending upstream data to the headend's CMTS.
  • Cable channels 2 through 13 operate on the same frequencies as broadcast television (the VHF band).
  • Channels 100 to 125 can be used by analog cable systems, but frequency allocation is often inconsistent and not all televisions and VCRs can pick them up.
  • Digital cable channels are often numbered starting at 100 or 200, but these are virtual channel numbers and do not correspond to particular frequencies.

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