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Does Having A Low Channel Number Still Give You An Advantage?

cd637299 said:
landtuna said:
How many TV viewers today remember the "UHF issues" of the 50's and 60's?
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I was born in 1959 and cannot totally relate---however in Miami, the second & third TV stations were UHF, 17 & 23. They had network affiliations----but once 7 (NBC) and 10 (ABC) came on, it was curtains for both stations. Both signed off in 1957 or so, and remained off for years. 17 returned in 1963 as an educational (semi NET), and 23 in 1967 was an indie.

I have looked at microfiches of the Miami Herald at our library. In early 50s there were ads for "UHF conversions," not cheap either, as I recall! I believe that this was similar to a TV repairman coming to the house to set things up. You know that "all-channel" TVs were not mandatory to be manufactured until 1964.

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I remember not being able to watch channel 18. We had a VHF-only TV. I found out channel 18 was "One Television Place" (that's a mailing address) and, as a six-year-old, figured that must mean only one place has a TV that can get it.
 
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