# The most boring cable channel, U.S. and elsewhere ...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-cable-channel-u-s-and-elsewhere/96418>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 2, 2001, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-cable-channel-u-s-and-elsewhere/96418 "2001-12-02T04:17:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-cable-channel-u-s-and-elsewhere/96418/21 "2001-12-03T13:57:52Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Palve \*  
> \*\*But it’s still not as boring as CNBC. \*\*

Even more so than Bloomberg?

I discovered that my cable system has not one, but **two** government channels – one for Orange County (Florida, not California), and the other for the City of Ocoee. Being an urban planner, I can actually tolerate televised Planning Commission meetings. The Ocoee channel, though – really bad video, really bad audio, really bad chyron.

I had two jobs where my meetings were televised. Once, I had someone recognize me when I was out at the mall. Yup, they remembered me from Aurora Channel 3.

Buffalo, New York has the worst public access channel of 'em all – BCAM. About 80% of the programming consists of storefront church services. There’s also several different comic book/anime shows featuring doughy virgins holding forth on manga, and rebroadcasts of the NASA channel. A bright point, though – wonderfully bad performance ahhht, and lots of it!

Live near an area with a NASA facility or a large population working in aerospace, and you’ll find that the NASA Channel has a HUGE following.

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-cable-channel-u-s-and-elsewhere/96418/22 "2001-12-03T14:05:24Z")

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> \*Originally posted by jaimest \*  
> **Aside from the Shopping Channels…and the second tier Sports ones, I’d nominate the History Channel.**

Hey! The History Channel rocks!

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**Author:** ![SlickUSA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@SlickUSA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickUSA)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-cable-channel-u-s-and-elsewhere/96418/23 "2001-12-03T14:10:20Z")

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Public schools channel, getting to see what is for lunch, what day and time the Friday varsity basketball games are (same every week). It’s a lame channel.

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