Frequency Bands used in Commercial Broadcasting

	CHANNELS	FREQUENCY RANGE	WAVELENGTH RANGE
AM	107	535 ` 1605 kHz	186.92 ` 560.75 m
TV	2-4	54 ` 72 MHz	4.17 ~5.56 m
	5-6	76 ` 88 MHz	3.41 ~3.95 m
FM	100	88 ` 108 MHz	2.78 ~3.41 m
TV	7-13	174 ` 216 MHz	1.39 ~1.72 m
	14-83	470 ` 890 MHz	33.7 ~63.83 cm

Microwave Frequency Band designation

Frequency Band	Old (Still widely used)	New (Not so commonly used)
500~1000 MHz	UHF	C
1~2 GHz	L	D
2~4 GHz	S	E
3~4 GHz	S	F
4~6 GHz	C	G
6~8 GHz	C	H
8~10 GHz	X	I
10~12.4 GHz	X	J
12.4~18 GHz	Ku	J
18~20 GHz	K	J
20~26.5 GHz	K	K
26.5~40 GHz	Ka	K

IEEE Frequency Band designations

Band Designation	Frequency Range ‘f’	Wavelength range (in space) ‘λ’
VLF (Very Low Frequency)	3~30kHz	10~100km
LF (Low Frequency)	30~300kHz	1~10km
MF (Medium Frequency)	300~3000kHz	100~1000m
HF (High Frequency)	3~30MHz	10~100m
VHF (Very High Frequency)	30~300MHz	1~10m
UHF (Ultra High Frequency)	300~3000MHz	10~100cm
SHF(Super High Frequency)	3~30GHz	1~10cm
EHF(Extremely High Frequency)	30~300GHz	0.1~1cm