What TV stations did you have growing up?
We had seven channels living in New York City in the 1950s and 60s. CBS-2, NBC-4, WNEW-5, ABC-7, WOR-9, WPIX-11, and WNET-13.
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ElwoodBlues · M
I grew up in northern New Jersey and we had the exact same station lineup. In fact the broadcast antennas for those stations were probably mostly located in the Jersey Meadowlands.
Interesting fact about NTSC TV channels: the broadcast signals spread beyond their allotted 6MHz spectrum and so they had to space them every other channel. If someone in NYC tried to broadcast on channel 8, it would interfere with 7 & 9.
You'll notice channels 4 & 5 are adjacent, but there was a bigger separation between their allocated spectrums. Also all of FM radio was placed in a large gap between 6 & 7. Some FM radios would pick up TV channel audio at the very end of the dial.
Ancient history; when TV went fully digital, the interference problems were eliminated, allowing many more TV channels on the airwaves. I wouldn't really know though; we get all our channels over cable, hardly ever tune in to the airwaves signal.
Interesting fact about NTSC TV channels: the broadcast signals spread beyond their allotted 6MHz spectrum and so they had to space them every other channel. If someone in NYC tried to broadcast on channel 8, it would interfere with 7 & 9.
You'll notice channels 4 & 5 are adjacent, but there was a bigger separation between their allocated spectrums. Also all of FM radio was placed in a large gap between 6 & 7. Some FM radios would pick up TV channel audio at the very end of the dial.
Ancient history; when TV went fully digital, the interference problems were eliminated, allowing many more TV channels on the airwaves. I wouldn't really know though; we get all our channels over cable, hardly ever tune in to the airwaves signal.