Retrofan 64retrofan64@oldbytes.space
Jul 9, 2026, 1:38 AMFor those who remember...
VHF in the streets, UHF in the sheets.
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- Retrofan 64retrofan64@oldbytes.spaceJul 9, 2026, 1:44 AM
Growing up there were three mainstream channels, PBS, and whatever local freakshows operated in UHF. this phenomenon was the premise for Weird Al's movie of the same name.
For those who didn't know, the V and U stand for Very and Ultra High Frequency. When Fox muscled into the market they took over it local channel 50. I would stay up past my bedtime to watch an oldies show that had Mr. Ed and Topper. The host would rant about how much he hated Topper.
- Retrofan 64retrofan64@oldbytes.spaceJul 9, 2026, 1:57 AM
And... Yeah here that shit is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topper_(TV_series)
Now, it was ancient when I saw it. That channel was also running Star Trek ToS in reruns if I'm remembering right.
Now I look at the wiki for this and see it only ran for two seasons and... holy shitballs... 78 episodes. I'm guessing this is before the industry unionized.