Wikipedia says there was 12 channels in 1953.

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Jan 1, 2025
8:55:17am

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Wikipedia says there was 12 channels in 1953.

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OnEMoReTrY

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Why I believe the 1953 game drew a really big number of viewers: Someone in the

gwalker

Jan 1, 12:50am

Thanks for the laugh.

fbguru

Jan 1, 1:30am

Really? TVs were the new thing everyone wanted to show off. I’m betting a high

gwalker

Jan 1, 1:41am

I think they did make that number up. That is higher than any of the top 30

fbguru

Jan 1, 1:55am

Interesting. They may be wrong, but I’m still thinking they at least had a

gwalker

Jan 1, 2:04am

A Google search shows about 50 million in 1960, so I think my number is more

fbguru

Jan 1, 2:09am

This looks like only a list of weekly shows, not events like CFB with only 1

NYC and Japan

Jan 1, 10:33am

I'm sure everyone changed channel back to haircutting by halftime with BYU playn

sah22

Jan 1, 5:45am

Wikipedia says there was 12 channels in 1953.

OnEMoReTrY

Jan 1, 8:55am

Nationwide? Nope. There weren’t 12 channels on my TV in Salt Lake in the 80s.

gwalker

Jan 1, 9:11am

I don’t think there were 12 channels on my cable lessTV in the 70s and early 80s

NYC and Japan

Jan 1, 10:01am

RE: Wikipedia says there was 12 channels in 1953.

King of Y

Jan 1, 10:12am

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