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TIL My belief that the reason there is no channel 1 on TV sets was because channel 1 was reserved for the US military is WRONG! Experimental TV stations on channel 1 frequencies experienced too much radio interference. So the FCC cut channel 1 leaving channels 2 thru 12 on VHF.

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