Re: What Happened To Channel 1

An NTSC analog "channel" is called such because it is allocated to AM video and FM audio.

These channels will so> Along this line, and at the risk of perhaps being slightly OT, if anyone

knows why television uses channels while radio uses frequencies (for the > most part, that is, the 88 channel) FM Marine Band in the 156 MHz range > being an exception), I would be interested in hearing about it. > Regards, > Mike > [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: On radio, there are also 'channels', as > you point out for example in the FM Marine Band, also the Citizens > Band has 'channels'. I think the difference is where 'frequencies' > refers to a general range of spaces in the spectrum for general > categories of service (radio or television), 'channels' further > divides that group of frequencies into into specific allocations. For > example, we say the 'eleven meter band' (of frequencies) is divided > into forty channels. PAT]
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