Where did 1 go?
Jul. 20th, 2003 10:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jducoeurThe odd questions that occur to one in the evening --
Why does television always start with channel 2? Whatever happened to channel 1? It seems quite consistent, whether in broadcast or cable -- the channels always start at 2. Is it just a technical limitation of the 1940's that got fetishized? Probably something like that, but I'm not quite sure where to even look...
Why does television always start with channel 2? Whatever happened to channel 1? It seems quite consistent, whether in broadcast or cable -- the channels always start at 2. Is it just a technical limitation of the 1940's that got fetishized? Probably something like that, but I'm not quite sure where to even look...