Was there a station that broadcast on channel 3? I remember TVs growing up often (always?) having support for both channels 3 and 4 as auxiliary inputs. Also, what happened to channels 1 and 2?
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Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 months agoUnless you were in Cleveland…then it was Channel 4.
sik0fewl@piefed.ca 2 months ago
watson387@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Channel 2 is KDKA CBS in Pittsburgh.
sik0fewl@piefed.ca 2 months ago
Ah, ok. I’m misremembering. It’s only channel one that didn’t exist. Just looked it up and apparently the FCC reallocated it in 1948 because it was causing interference with another use.
watson387@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
If I’m remembering right, channel 3 was all local ads when I was a kid. I think the only times I ever watched it were when I shut off whatever was using channel 3 and left the tv on.
vrek@programming.dev 2 months ago
Really? Interesting. We’re there other places or other channels like that? Like if you were in England or India did they do channel 3, channel 4, or something totally different?
Medic8eme@piefed.ca 2 months ago
Canada was either channel 3 or 4 depending on the device. Probably all American made then.