Adjacent channel

{{Short description|Frequency nearby another}}

In broadcasting, an adjacent channel is an AM, FM, or TV channel that is next to another channel. First-adjacent is immediately next to another channel, second-adjacent is two channels away, and so forth.{{Cite magazine |title=Inside the Low Power FM Movement |date=November 2010|magazine=Monitoring Times |last=Avener |first=Maggie |page=14 |issue=11 |volume=29}}{{cite book |last1=Douglas-Young |first1=John |title=Illustrated encyclopedic dictionary of electronics |date=1981 |publisher=Parker |location=West Nyack, N.Y |isbn=0-13-450791-6 |page=22}} Information on adjacent channels is used in keeping stations from interfering with one another.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}