Channel (broadcasting)

{{Short description|Designation for a radio broadcasting frequency}} {{No footnotes|date=March 2026}} {{dictionary|date=June 2016}} In broadcasting, a '''channel''' or '''frequency channel''' is a designated radio frequency (or, equivalently, wavelength), assigned by a competent frequency assignment authority for the operation of a specific radio station, television station, or television channel.

==See also== *Frequency allocation, ITU RR, article 1.17 *Frequency assignment, ITU RR, article 1.18 *Broadcast law *Television channel frequencies

== References == {{reflist}} {{refbegin}} * [http://www.itu.int International Telecommunication Union (ITU)] {{refend}}

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