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History

When the U.S. Federal Communications Commission initially allocated broadcast television frequencies (after the first post-WWII telecommunications conferences formally allocated TV frequencies in 1945-1946), channel 1 was logically the first channel. Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... The FCCs official seal. ... The electromagnetic spectrum is an aspect of the physical world, like land, water, and air. ...

In 1945, the FCC decided to reserve channel 1 for low-power community television stations, and moved existing channel 1 stations to higher frequencies. Year 1945and died 2007 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... The abbreviation FCC can refer to: Face-centered cubic (usually fcc), a crystallographic structure Federal Communications Commission, a US government organization Farm Credit Corporation/Farm Credit Canada, a Canadian government organization Families with Children from China, an adoption support organization Florida Christian College, a college in central Florida Fresno City... The phrase community television has been used somewhat differently around the world. ...

Channel 1 locations, which were all community stations, include:

• Bridgeport, Connecticut
• Canton, Ohio
• Fall River/New Bedford, Massachusetts
• Manchester, New Hampshire
• Racine/Kenosha, Wisconsin
• Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
• South Bend, Indiana
• Springfield/Holyoke, Massachusetts
• Springfield, Ohio
• Trenton, New Jersey
• York, Pennsylvania

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A shared (non-primary) allocation

From 1945 to 1948 TV stations in the US shared Channel 1 with fixed and mobile services.

• The FCC decided in 1948 that a primary (non-shared) allocation of the VHF radio spectrum was needed for television broadcasting.
• Except for select VHF frequencies in Alaska and Hawaii (and some overseas territories) the FCC-administered VHF band is primarily allocated for television broadcasting to this day.

The FCC in 1948 formally changed the rules on TV band allocations based on propagation knowledge gained during the era of shared-user allocations. The 44~50MHz band used by Channel 1 was replaced by lower-power narrowband users. Very high frequency (VHF) is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. ... Radio frequency, or RF, refers to that portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in which electromagnetic waves can be generated by alternating current fed to an antenna. ... A band is a small section of the spectrum of radio communication frequencies, in which channels are usually used or set aside for the same purpose. ...

Channel 1 was reassigned to:

• fixed and mobile services (44-50 MHz)

Rather than renumber the TV channel table, it was decided to merely remove Channel 1 from the table. There are many different numbering schemes for assigning numbers to entities. ...

Historical users

These US TV stations originally broadcast on channel 1

• WNBT (today's WNBC-TV), now on channel 4;
• KTSL (today's KCBS-TV), now on channel 2;
• KARO, Riverside, California; no current VHF allocation;
• WSBE, South Bend, Indiana; no current VHF allocation.

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Table of US FCC allocation of VHF band

Cable TV allocation issues

Legacy issues with System M cable TV

• North American (System M) analog Cable television does have a formally defined and allocated Channel 1.
• Cable TV's use of Channel 1 is rare and its frequency assignment (HRC, IRC, ICC, STD, EIA, etc) is sometimes inconsistent.

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• Channel 6 (82-88 MHz)
• Channel 7 (174-180 MHz)
• between Channel 13 (210-216 MHz) and Channel 14 (470-476 MHz)

for additional standard 6 MHz channels.

Interference issues

• These cable channels overlap assorted other over-the-air uses, including FM broadcasting, aeronautical, police and amateur radio bands.
• North American cable systems must avoid interference to (and from) these other services.

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Previous users of these frequencies

TV was not the first to use the Channel 1 frequency region. Originally, it was part of the FM broadcast band, until it was later moved in the RCA scandal^{[citation needed]}. Channel 1 is also not the only "missing" channel. In most of the world, the FM broadcast band, used for broadcasting FM radio stations, goes from 87. ...

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Other channels have been removed and reassigned as well, but only from the higher UHF bands. Channels 14 to 83 (sans 37), from 470 to 890 MHz, were originally added for the rapidly-expanding (1950s, 1960s) TV service. In the 1980s, channels 70 to 83 (806 to 890 MHz) were removed for AMPS mobile phone services (leading to one side of some conversations being heard on older TV sets on those channels). In Canada, Channels 63 and 68 are no longer in use. This does not cite any references or sources. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Advanced Mobile Phone System or AMPS is the analog mobile phone system standard, introduced in the Americas during the early 1980s. ... Lenin and Stalin in conversation Conversation is the verbalization of concepts involving abstractions and concrete objects which make up the reality in which we reside. ...

Current uses

In the 1990s, it was decided that digital television would be limited to the channels between 2 and 51, so that another 18 channels (from 698 to 806 MHz) could be auctioned and given to DAB radio or emergency services such as police radios. Renumbering in this case is not relevant, as virtual channels maintain the original TV station brand number, despite actually transmitting on another channel. For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Digital television (DTV) is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound by means of digital signals, in contrast to analog signals used by analog (traditional) TV. DTV uses digital modulation data, which is digitally compressed and requires decoding by a specially designed television set, or a... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Official DAB logo, found on compliant devices Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB), also known as Eureka 147, is a technology for broadcasting of audio using digital radio transmission. ... Emergency services are public services that deal with emergencies and other aspects of Public Safety. ... In telecommunications, a virtual channel is a channel designation which differs from the actual radio channel or frequency which the signal travels. ... A television station is a type of radio station that broadcasts both audio and video to television receivers in a particular area. ... A brand is a name, logo, slogan, and/or design scheme associated with a product or service. ... In communications, transmission is the act of transmitting electrical messages (and the associated phenonomena of radiant energy that pass through media). ... Although rarely called by its name, IBAC is the method of placing digital TV stations on channels in the existing analog TV bands. ...

Digital cable subscribers in many areas, such as those serviced by Comcast, can find video on demand content at Channel 1. Digital cable is a term for a type of cable digital television that delivers more channels than possible with analog cable by using digital video compression. ... Comcast Corporation, (NASDAQ: CMCSA) based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the largest cable company and the second largest Internet service provider in the United States. ... Video on demand (VOD) systems allow users to select and watch video and clip content over a network as part of an interactive television system. ...

Cable subscribers in the New York area receive the channel NY1 on channel one, served by Time Warner Cable and Cablevision. NY redirects here. ... NY1 (pronounced New York One) is a twenty-four hour news channel available exclusively to over two million cable television customers within the five boroughs of New York City, nearby Bergen County, New Jersey, Mount Vernon in Westchester County as well as Time Warner Cable systems throughout New York State. ... Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) is an American national cable television company that operates in 27 states and has 31 operating divisions. ... For other uses, see Cablevision (disambiguation). ...

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Japanese public broadcaster NHK General TV broadcasts on Channel 1 in Tokyo and other cities. Public broadcasting is a form of public service broadcasting (PSB) intended to serve the diverse needs of the listening public. ... NHK Broadcasting Center in Shibuya, Tokyo NHK (, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai), or the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, is Japans public broadcaster. ... NHK General TV(NHK総合テレビジョン、NHKそうごうテレビジョン) is the television transmission that NHK administers. ...   , literally Eastern capital) is a unique subnational administrative region of Japan with characteristics of both a prefecture and a city. ...

Channel 1 in US popular culture

• In one of the final episodes of Mork and Mindy, Kalnik of Neptune asks Mindy, employed in the broadcasting industry, why there is no Channel 1. Mindy is not familiar with this aspect of television history, and stumbles through remarks about the government administering television.
• In one of the episodes of Step by Step, Cody ask to Frank why channel 1 does not exist, and Frank does not know how to respond to him.
• The comic strip Funky Winkerbean features a weatherman who broadcasts on channel 1.
• The mock television studio at the Boston Children's Museum was once "branded" as "WKID Channel 1".
• "Channel One" is the name of a TV station/network (it's not completely clear which) in the movie The Groove Tube.
• "Channel One" is the brand name of a company that provides TV/VCRs to schools and airs a 12 minute program of news and commercials to the students.

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External Reference

• What ever happened to Channel 1? - J. W. Reiser, based on a Radio Electronics article of the same name by David A. Ferre
• Why is there no Channel One on television? - Cecil Adams
• What became of Channel 1? - Jeff Miller