North American cable television frequencies

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[edit] North America cable television broadcast band

(NTSC-based analog television)

NOTE: Frequencies given are for luminance carriers. For channel center frequencies, add 1.75 MHz.

Channel	Video Carrier (MHz)	Audio 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
109	703.25	707.75
110	709.25	713.75
111	715.25	719.75
112	721.25	725.75
113	727.25	731.75
114	733.25	737.75
115	739.25	743.75
116	745.25	749.75
117	751.25	755.75
118	757.25	761.75
119	763.25	767.75
120	769.25	773.75
121	775.25	779.75
122	781.25	785.75
123	787.25	791.75
124	793.25	797.75
125	799.25	803.75
126	805.25	809.75
127	811.25	815.75
128	817.25	821.75
129	823.25	827.75
130	829.25	833.75
131	835.25	839.75
132	841.25	845.75
133	847.25	851.75
134	853.25	857.75
135	859.25	863.75
136	865.25	869.75
137	871.25	875.75
138	877.25	881.75
139	883.25	887.75
140	889.25	893.75
141	895.25	899.75
142	901.25	905.75
143	907.25	911.75
144	913.25	917.75
145	919.25	923.75
146	925.25	929.75
147	931.25	935.75
148	937.25	941.75
149	943.25	947.75
150	949.25	953.75
151	955.25	959.75
152	961.25	965.75
153	967.25	971.75
154	973.25	977.75
155	979.25	983.75
156	985.25	989.75
157	991.25	995.75
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). They were assigned by the FCC pursuant to NTSC. The other channels were assigned by cable television operators.

Cable channels 65 through 94 and 100 through 125 operate on the same frequencies as broadcast television (the UHF band)

Cable channels 95 through 97 operate on the same frequencies as FM radio, so cable companies offering FM radio will not show TV programming on these channels.