UHF

This is a disambiguation page. could refer to:

Film

 * UHF (film) by "Weird Al" Yankovic.

Music

 * UHF (Canadian band), a folk music supergroup
 * UHF (Portuguese band), a rock band

Terrestrial broadcasting

 * UHF ("Ultra High Frequency") stations operate on shorter wavelengths (nominally between 10cm and one metre) than their VHF ("Very High Frequency") counterparts. In North America, for example, channels 14-83 (470-890 MHz) were reserved for over-the-air UHF TV from 1952-1985. In analogue terrestrial television, UHF stations were infamous for covering shorter distances despite typically using far more power. In some countries, the longest-established broadcasters (like NHK in Japan) remained on the few available VHF channels, leaving UHF to struggling independents, small-market stations, fourth networks or educational broadcasters.
 * In Japan, the Otaku O'Clock pattern of programming animé cartoons in the wee hours is closely associated with small, independent UHF outlets.
 * In the US, educational PBS, fourth commercial network Fox and Spanish-language Univisión rely disproportionately on UHF stations. See American Television Stations for the history behind this.
 * Alas, Technology Marches On. The UK moved all of the telly channels to UHF during the transition from monochrome to colour. Digital TV caused many long-established North American stations (typically CBS and NBC in the US, CBC in Canada) to abandon once-valuable low-VHF channels which they held since The Fifties due to impulse noise and interference. As high-UHF channels are lost to mobile telephone companies, available channels for over-the-air HDTV are becoming increasingly scare and UHF is valuable. The distinction in frequency has become less significant with modern equipment and with the widespread adoption of cable and satellite.

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