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Why isn't channel one used on cable?

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idNut

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I'm not talking about the show Channel 1 but the actual channel. One of those strange things I never did find the answer to. Anyone know?
 
Probably because there was never a channel 1 on broadcast television, and someone assumed that since no one watches channel 1 on their regular tv, no one would think to watch channel 1 on cable?
 
while were talking about weird things on cable....


why do companies use channels 1-60 then put 10 more channels by themselves randomly upto 100? You'll have like a 64, then a 72, then 89-94, then 99.....WTF is up with this?

And why dont they group the damm channels together? Networks 1-15, news 16-22, music 23-26, drama 27-40, then put all the religious, food, and cooking channels at the back. Would make a lot more goddamm sense.
 
Originally posted by: Lucky
while were talking about weird things on cable....


why do companies use channels 1-60 then put 10 more channels by themselves randomly upto 100? You'll have like a 64, then a 72, then 89-94, then 99.....WTF is up with this?

And why dont they group the damm channels together? Networks 1-15, news 16-22, music 23-26, drama 27-40, then put all the religious, food, and cooking channels at the back. Would make a lot more goddamm sense.
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obviously its because women decided what the channels should be

<flame suit on>
 
although i shouldnt complain, i get my cable free. previous tenant in the bottom apartment of my house knew the installer and he rigged it so that the whole house would always get cable for free. Everything 'cept HBO and skinimax.
 
Originally posted by: Lucky
while were talking about weird things on cable....


why do companies use channels 1-60 then put 10 more channels by themselves randomly upto 100? You'll have like a 64, then a 72, then 89-94, then 99.....WTF is up with this?

And why dont they group the damm channels together? Networks 1-15, news 16-22, music 23-26, drama 27-40, then put all the religious, food, and cooking channels at the back. Would make a lot more goddamm sense.
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They are categorized like that here.... (western NY, Adelphia)
With the exception of the first 50 or 60 channels, which I never bother to watch anyway.
 
Every once in a while, we get a channel 1. Can't remember what it is, as I don't watch much tv, but every once in a while we do get it.
 
Originally posted by: Millennium
Originally posted by: rubix
that's where the fm radio station fequencies are located, in channel 1's range
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Channel 6 is 87.7 FM as well. I don't see it affecting them.
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isnt just like that though, is it?

like.. FM band is ±0.05mhz.. iirc.. so like.. 87.65 - 87.75.. right? something like that.

but each TV channel has something like a 5MHZ chunk of bandwidth, i think.

i wonder where my graph of who owns what airspace is gone to..

 
Originally posted by: idNut
I'm not talking about the show Channel 1 but the actual channel. One of those strange things I never did find the answer to. Anyone know?
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actually here we use channel one.
it is a tv guide type thing.
 
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