# Why do cable companies shuffle the channels?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-cable-companies-shuffle-the-channels/143617>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 18, 2002, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-cable-companies-shuffle-the-channels/143617 "2002-12-18T18:58:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-cable-companies-shuffle-the-channels/143617/21 "2003-01-13T19:08:19Z")

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Don’t like it? Move to Buffalo. The metro area is full of elderly citizens who don’t like change. Channel lineup changes are few and far between. For example, since 1972 HBO has been on channel 5. Always was there, always will be there. Public access was traditionally on channel 10; when that was changed several years ago, there was an outpouring of protest … from the elderly.

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