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Frequency Bands allocated to Terrestrial Broadcasting Services

Low frequency (LF) and Medium frequency (MF) Bands

Band [kHz]	Region 1	Region 2	Region 3
148.5-283.5	^{^A¹}	NA	NA
525-526.5	NA	A	NA
526.5-535	A¹	A	A¹
535-1605	A¹	A^²	A¹
1605-1606.5	A¹	A³	A¹
1605.5-1705	NA	A³	NA

¹ - Subject to GE75 Agreement (LF/MF Broadcasting)
^{2 -}Subject to RJ81 Agreement (MF Broadcasting)
³ - Subject to RJ88 Agreement (MF Broadcasting)

High Frequency (HF) Bands for national broadcasting

Band [kHz]	Region 1	Region 2	Region 3
2300-2495	A⁴	A⁴	A⁴
2495-2498	A⁴	NA	NA
3200-3400	A⁴	A⁴	A⁴
3900-3950	NA	NA	A
3950-4000	A	NA	A
4750-4995	A⁴	A⁴	A⁴
5005-5060	A⁴	A⁴	A⁴

⁴ - Only in the "Tropical Zone" (RR 5.16 to RR 5.20 and RR 23.3 to RR 23.10)

High Frequency (HF) Bands for international broadcasting under RR12

Band [kHz]	Region 1	Region 2	Region 3
5900-6200	A	A	A
7200-7300	A	NA	A
7300-7400	A	A	A
7400-7450	A	NA	A
9400-9900	A	A	A
11600-12100	A	A	A
13570-13870	A	A	A
15100-15800	A	A	A
17480-17900	A	A	A
18900-19020	A	A	A
21450-21850	A	A	A
25670-26100	A	A	A

Very High frequency (VHF) Bands

Band [MHz]	Region 1	Region 2	Region 3
47-50	A⁵	NA	A
50-54	A⁵	NA	NA
54-68	A⁵	A	A
76-87	NA	A	NA
87-87.5	NA	A	A
87.5-108	A^5,6	A	A
162-174	A⁵	A	A
174-216	A⁷	A	A
216-230	A⁷	NA	A

⁵ - Subject to ST61 (Rev.2006) Agreement (Analog TV and Sound Broadcasting) or GE89 (Rev. 2006) Agreement (Analog TV)
⁶ - Subject to GE84 Agreement (VHF Sound Broadcasting)
⁷ - Subject to GE06 Agreement

Ultra High frequency (UHF) Bands

Band [MHz]	Region 1	Region 2	Region 3
470-862	^{^A⁸}	A	A
862-890	A⁹	A	A
890-960	A⁹	NA	A

^⁸ - Subject to GE06 Agreement
⁹ - Only in some parts of African Broadcasting Area ( See RR 5.322)

Legend

A - Allocated bands
NA - Non allocated bands

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