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“The Grand Ole Opry has been broadcasting since 1925, making it the longest-running radio broadcast in US history.”

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Reference: Grand Ole Opry

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What's on channel 1?

In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to Mobile Services (two-way radios in
taxicabs, for instance) but did not re-number the other channel assignments. That's why your TV
set has channels 2 and up, but no channel 1.

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