2006-06-25 14:31:13 · 4 answers · asked by John 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
Close to lightpulse's answer, here's The Straight Dope:
2006-06-25 15:44:15 · answer #1 · answered by Flyboy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the FCC assigned TV channels waaaay back in the late 40s, channel 1 was used as guard band, station and FCC testing and other utilitarian purposes. Same for channel 6. It's a guard band because channels 2 to 5 and 7 to 13 are in different frequency clusters. This is VHF. Channel 14 and up are the UHF channels.
Don't get confused with channel 1 or 6 in cable channels (CCTV), these channels are not open air channels so they are entirely in different frequencies (probably overlaps used open air frequencies). Note that when you set up a new TV, you set it to regular TV channels or cable channels.
2006-06-25 14:51:04 · answer #2 · answered by lightpulse 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Channel one is for schools
2006-06-25 14:34:44 · answer #3 · answered by Just Gone 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there's a channel 1 on all of mine... in fact, one of our local NBC affiliates runs their latest news program on it on a back-to-back loop...
2006-06-25 14:35:29 · answer #4 · answered by tikiboy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋