Any receivers capable of tuning VHF TV 1, by necessity, operated on a lower intermediate frequency as 45.75 MHz video IF would overlap the incoming signal at 44-50 MHz. Channel 1 in other NTSC-using countries Canada did not start regular television broadcasts until after the U.S. had decommissioned Channel 1 (44–50 MHz) for television use; CBFT and CBLT signed on in 1952. This TV channel was never used in Latin America, South Korea and the Philippines excluding Japan as TV broadcasting did not start in these areas until the 1950s. Japanese public broadcaster NHK General TV broadcast on Channel 1 in Tokyo and other cities. The Japanese Channel 1 was assigned to the frequency 90 to 96 MHz, just above the Japanese FM band which is 76 to 90 MHz. Frequencies corresponding to Japan's channel 1 through 3 (90–108 MHz) are used primarily for FM radio broadcasting (88–108 MHz) outside Japan and correspond to cable 95–97 in North America. With the advent of digital television, these frequencies are being vacated by TV broadcasters and allocated to "wide FM" broadcasters, relocating from mediumwave AM to an extended FM band above 90 MHz. The following commercial television stations operated on channel 1 on analog: Hokkaido Broadcasting (HBC) in Sapporo, Hokkaido Aomori Broadcasting Corporation (RAB) in Aomori, Aomori Prefecture Tohoku Broadcasting Company (TBC) in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture Tokai Television Broadcasting (THK) in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture Kitanihon Broadcasting (KNB) in Toyama, Toyama Prefecture Shikoku Broadcasting (JRT) in Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture Nihonkai Television (NKT) in Tottori, Tottori Prefecture (also serving Matsue, Shimane Prefecture) Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting (KBC) in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Minaminihon Broadcasting (MBC) in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture On digital television, their virtual channel number is 1 for historical reasons. References External links What ever happened to Channel 1? - J. W. Reiser, based on a Radio-Electronics article of the same name by David A. Ferre Why is there no Channel One on television? - Cecil Adams What became of Channel 1? - Jeff Miller What Happened to Channel 1? - Snopes.com Television in the United States 01 Television channel articles with incorrect naming style