# Channel One

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/channel-one/204787>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [September 30, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/channel-one/204787 "2003-09-30T22:22:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![TheGirlFromThePlace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@TheGirlFromThePlace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheGirlFromThePlace)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/channel-one/204787/1 "2003-09-30T22:22:29Z")

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Actually, there is a Channel One. It’s a news channel for teens that gets broadcasted to schools around the U.S., and perhaps in other countries.

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**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/channel-one/204787/2 "2003-10-01T03:27:54Z")

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Welcome TGFTP.

Don’t forget to link to the article in question (such board etiquette is listed in the FAQ and in the ‘sticky’ post at the top of each forum section).

[Why is there no Channel One on television?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_372b.html)

Peace.

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**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/channel-one/204787/3 "2003-10-01T19:10:39Z")

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Channel One Network is a satellite subscription service for schools – “Channel One” is just a name. It isn’t “VHF channel one” (44 to 50 MHz) any more than MTV is “channel M.”

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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:** [October 2, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/channel-one/204787/4 "2003-10-02T17:23:15Z")

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> \*Originally posted by TheGirlFromThePlace \*  
> \*\*Actually, there is a Channel One. It’s a news channel for teens that gets broadcasted to schools around the U.S., and perhaps in other countries. \*\*

ChanelOne is a brand name, owned by Primedia, whom I like, because they sign my paychecks.

It is a satellite broadcast service, and does not in any way correspond to the first-channel frequency range of the VHF spectrum.