Editing Very high frequency (section)

===Australia===
{{see also|Australasian television frequencies}}
The VHF TV band in Australia was originally allocated channels 1 to 10-with channels&nbsp;2, 7 and 9 assigned for the initial services in [[Sydney]] and [[Melbourne]], and later the same channels were assigned in [[Brisbane]], [[Adelaide]] and [[Perth]]. Other capital cities and regional areas used a combination of these and other frequencies as available. The initial commercial services in [[Hobart]] and [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]] were respectively allocated channels&nbsp;6 and 8 rather than 7 or 9.

By the early 1960s it became apparent that the 10&nbsp;VHF channels were insufficient to support the growth of television services. This was rectified by the addition of three additional frequencies-channels 0, 5A and 11. Older television sets using rotary dial tuners required adjustment to receive these new channels. Most TVs of that era were not equipped to receive these broadcasts, and so were modified at the owners' expense to be able to tune into these bands; otherwise the owner had to buy a new TV.

Several TV stations were allocated to VHF channels&nbsp;3, 4 and 5, which were within the FM radio bands although not yet used for that purpose. A couple of notable examples were [[NBN Television|NBN-3]] [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]], [[WIN (TV station)|WIN-4]] [[Wollongong]] and [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]] on channel&nbsp;5. While some Channel&nbsp;5 stations were moved to 5A in the 1970s and 80s, beginning in the 1990s, the [[Australian Broadcasting Authority]] began a process to move these stations to [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] bands to free up valuable VHF spectrum for its original purpose of FM radio. In addition, by 1985 the federal government decided new TV stations are to be broadcast on the UHF band.

Two new VHF channels, 9A and 12, have since been made available and are being used primarily for digital services (e.g. [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] in capital cities) but also for some new analogue services in regional areas. Because channel&nbsp;9A is not used for television services in or near Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide or Perth, [[Digital radio in Australia|digital radio]] in those cities are broadcast on DAB frequencies blocks 9A, 9B and 9C.

VHF radio is also used for marine Radio<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.acma.gov.au/theacma/marine-vhf-radio |title=Marine VHF radio |publisher=[[Australian Communications & Media Authority|]]}}</ref> as per its long-distance reachability comparing UHF frequencies.

Example allocation of VHF–UHF frequencies:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.acma.gov.au/theacma/australian-radiofrequency-spectrum-plan-spectrum-planning-acma |title=Australian radiofrequency spectrum plan |series=Planning |publisher=Australian Communications & Media Authority}}</ref> 
* Radionavigation&nbsp;60: 84&ndash;86&nbsp;MHz
* Fixed Maritime Mobile: 130&ndash;135.7&nbsp;MHz
* Fixed Aeronautical radio navigation: 160&ndash;190&nbsp;MHz
* Broadcasting Aeronautical Radionavigation:  255&ndash;283.5&nbsp;MHz
* Aeronautical Radionavigation AUS&nbsp;49 / Maritime Radionavigation (radiobeacons)&nbsp;73: 315&ndash;325&nbsp;MHz