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Many Tv stations have changed to a New Tv Channel with the change to Digital Broadcast Tv transmission and reception.

Some examples and not the only examples.

WCBS - CBS , was Analog Tv channel 2 .

And changed to UHF channel 33 wih the change to Digital transmission.

The Tv station has kept the , Legacy number 2 , It is called Channel Branding .

The Legacy number 2 is now a , (virt) virtual number.

However the REAL channel is UHF channel 33 , transmitting a Digital signal.

Another reason for keeping and displaying the old Analog channel number is because ,
Many people that have lived in a area for a long time , --> Know <-- what the channel number is and , --> Will Not Except <-- a new channel number.

If WCBS displays channel 33 CBS , people will call in Demanding the old CBS channel 2 .

WNYW , FOX was Analog channel 5 , is now UHF channel 44 Digital transmission and reception.

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So Yes is Very Important to know the Real and Actual channel that is being transmitted and received.

So one can know the correct antenna for reception.

Some places in the USA , Canada , Mexico , no longer have any VHF low band channels 2 thru 6.

And some places in the , USA , Canada , Mexico , no longer have any VHF high band channels 7 thru 13.

And the Tv transmission and reception is all in the UHF channel band of channels 14 thru 51.

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And some places have no UHF channels .

The channels are all VHF channels.

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So now you will most likely say , The UHF channels are 14 thru 83.

The UHF 52 thru 83 have been Removed From the -->Free to Receive Broadcast Tv Band<--> and sold to the , mobile phone / cell phone / wireless Internet , providers.

So now it is UHF channels 14 thru 51.

And it looks like more UHF channels are going to be removed and sold to the , cell phone and Internet providers.