The series expansion for the energy distribution of quasi-niose-modulated and arbitrarily preemphasized FM signals is being derived. Computer evaluations for the CCIR multichannel preemphasis in the range applicable to systems between 12- and 1800-channel loading show that not the total phase deviation but the deviation η
topof the upper baseband portion is the quantity governing the energy density beyond 1.5 times base bandwidth off the carrier frequency. The interference into the adjacent channel is computed and a channel spacing formula is deducted based on an interference level equivalent to 3 pW. The formula is

, where

is the highest baseband frequency,

a factor between 0 and 1, and

the peak frequency deviation obtained with peak factor of 9 dB.