Channel 1
In North America, channel 1 is a former broadcast (over-the-air) television channel (44–50 MHz, with visual at 45.25 and aural at 49.75). When the U.S. Federal Communications Commission initially allocated broadcast television frequencies, channel 1 was logically the first channel. These U.S. TV stations originally broadcast on channel 1 In 1940, the FCC reassigned the 44–50 MHz area of the frequency range from television to the FM broadcast band, where it remained until being moved to its current location in 1946. Television’s channel 1 frequency range was moved to 50–56 MHz (see table below). Experimental television stations in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles were affected.[5] By September 1945, additional stations licensed to operate on channel one included: See also list of experimental television stations for additional channel one pioneers. The first post-World War II telecommunications conferences formally allocated TV frequencies in 1945–1946.
