# Cable comany keeps changing the channels

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-comany-keeps-changing-the-channels/176419>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 20, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-comany-keeps-changing-the-channels/176419 "2003-05-20T23:18:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jplacer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85f322/32.png) [@Jplacer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jplacer)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-comany-keeps-changing-the-channels/176419/1 "2003-05-20T23:18:06Z")

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The cable company has done it again, they have switched some channels around.

For example, QVC is now on channel 3 and the religious channel is on 18.

Fox Sports was 22 (right next to ESPN and ESPN2) now it is 58. In its place is a Spanish channel.

Why does the the cable company mix the channels up. They seem to do this about once a year. Once I remember what channel is what, they change it.

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-comany-keeps-changing-the-channels/176419/2 "2003-05-20T23:32:48Z")

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Here are some older threads on this very issue:

[Why do cable companies shuffle the channels?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=151265&highlight=cable+channels)

[Why Do Cable Companies Periodically Change Which Channels Are Where?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=89131&highlight=cable+channels)

[Why does the cable company switch channels on us?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=7967&highlight=cable+channels)