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OfflineDrunkenAttempt
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Why is there no channel 1??
    #5806969 - 06/30/06 02:36 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

always starts on channel 2 on televisions...anyone know why this is? probably something stupid.


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Re: Why is there no channel 1?? [Re: DrunkenAttempt]
    #5806982 - 06/30/06 02:40 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

I believe it is reserved for data transmission (closed captioning etc...) but I could be, and probably am, wrong.


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Re: Why is there no channel 1?? [Re: some1whoisntme]
    #5806989 - 06/30/06 02:44 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_372b

There you go

"So the Channel One band (44 to 50 MHz) was reassigned for use by people with mobile radios."


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Re: Why is there no channel 1?? [Re: some1whoisntme]
    #5806990 - 06/30/06 02:44 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

Another Wiki Answer:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_1

In North America, channel 1 is a former broadcast (over-the-air) television channel (44-50 MHz, with visual at 45.250 and aural at 49.75). When the U.S. Federal Communications Commission first allocated broadcast television frequencies, channel 1 was logically the first channel.

n 1945, the FCC decided to reserve channel 1 for low-power community television stations, and moved existing channel 1 stations to higher frequencies.

During this time television stations shared these allocations with the fixed and mobile service. By 1948 the FCC decided that a primary (not shared) allocation of the VHF radio spectrum was needed for television, and the band used by channel 1 (between 44 and 50 MHz) was then reassigned for usage by the fixed and mobile service (44 - 50 MHz) and the amateur radio service (50 - 54 MHz: Six-meter band). Rather than renumber, it was far easier just to leave it off permanently. (Cable television does have a channel 1, though this may not be the same, as its use is rare and its frequency assignment is sometimes inconsistent.)


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Re: Why is there no channel 1?? [Re: drtyfrnk]
    #5806995 - 06/30/06 02:46 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

Damn, is there anything Wikipedia doesn't know? interesting though thanks


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Re: Why is there no channel 1?? [Re: DrunkenAttempt]
    #5807003 - 06/30/06 02:48 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

Channel one is a stupid "news" program fed to Americas schools, severely dumbed down to thinly veil their true agenda, exposing our kids to an extra 6 commercials a day. Be glad you never heard of it.


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Re: Why is there no channel 1?? [Re: drtyfrnk]
    #5807086 - 06/30/06 03:18 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

Those are the official cover stories...

Channel 1 disappeared in 1947. That was the year that scientists first started bouncing radar beams off of the moon, and flying saucers started visiting our planet. Channel 1 is believed to now be used as a communications channel between the aliens and the Free Masons who run the country; supposedly it is what they will use to coordinate the final colonization plans, which are set to begin in the year 2012.

My friend found an old 1946 television set in an antiques store that had a Channel 1. He took it home. That night he called me up on the phone. He was very excited and agitated, and then the phone went dead. I ran over to his house, but it was surrounded by black vans. I never went home, and I have been in hiding ever since. My friend has never been heard from again; he just disappeared...

Check out the dollar bill in your wallet; the colonization plans are encrypted in all those spooky symbols. Also, those metal strips they put in your money, are so they can track you, and round you up when the time comes. I take all those strips out of my money; I've also removed my back molars, just to be safe...

Be afraid of Channel 1...

Be very afraid!


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Re: Why is there no channel 1?? [Re: Papaver]
    #5807090 - 06/30/06 03:20 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

hahahah papaver you always have great posts


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Re: Why is there no channel 1?? [Re: GringoLoco]
    #5807115 - 06/30/06 03:30 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

i remember channel one news from highschool

that shit was gay


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Re: Why is there no channel 1?? [Re: DrunkenAttempt]
    #5807542 - 06/30/06 06:49 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

Quote:

DrunkenAttempt said:
Damn, is there anything Wikipedia doesn't know?




No, there isn't. Look what I found:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Exit_to_Springfield

Wikipedia is more addictive than crack! I think it is truly the internet's "killer app." It is to the internet, what spreadsheets were to the early personal computers, or what fire was to food...


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Re: Why is there no channel 1?? [Re: Papaver]
    #5807569 - 06/30/06 06:59 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

man, I spend is significant portion of my life reading wikipedia... approaching the amount of my life spent non-sober. sad


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Re: Why is there no channel 1?? [Re: redrum187]
    #5807614 - 06/30/06 07:24 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

Quote:

redrum187 said:
i remember channel one news from highschool

that shit was gay




REALLY gay


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