A Different Television Channel
In some television markets, people get two different versions of the same channel. This is usually caused by affiliates being nearby–for example, while living in New Jersey receiving the ABC affiliate from both New York City and Philadelphia, or living in Southern California and getting both the Los Angeles and San Diego stations. For the most part, these appear to be the same channel in all except local news and some daytime programming, with the exception that one is actually closer and more clear than the other.
These channels, in reality, should not occur. Television markets are set up to focus around ONE city, and offering two different versions of the same channel in one market can split viewer-ship in the ever-competitive ratings race.
If you are to watch the channel with worse reception, from the city that is further away, you’ll start to notice that the news reports major events that never occurred, on people that aren’t real, on technology that shouldn’t exist, the ads are for products that you’ve never heard of.
The conspiracy theorists think that these television stations belong to an alternate world. They point to the fact that the news tends to be getting worse over there, more separate from our own. There are reports of looking into an alternate world, and invading it for their own. Just pray they aren’t talking about us.
Posted in Strange & Unknown
June 20th, 2008 at 4:17 am
Ooh… This is the first one that’s really creeped me out…
June 20th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Reminds me of Stephen King’s “The Mist”.
Not all that creepy though.
June 20th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
totally not creepy. I watch stations from Cleveland, Detroit and Toledo, and never once has there been a report about anything creepy or otherwordly.
June 21st, 2008 at 7:21 am
:\ I’ve seen some of these channels but I see more of the channels that show for the two different costs which have a few hours difference. though I think those are more for the major channels likes cartoon network and disney
June 21st, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Well guys, at least this is actual creepypasta! And I really liked this one.
June 23rd, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Too bad they’re phasing out analog TV
June 30th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
Hmmmmm, an alternate universe.
I wonder what an alternate me is like.
July 3rd, 2008 at 8:36 am
Hey, you know those guys in the alternate universe? They’re all dicks.
July 9th, 2008 at 12:38 am
Our universe isn’t exactly great, they’ll find it’s not that much better on the other side.
July 15th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Let me gues, the station reported that the world blew up. I’m pretty sure that “they’re” not referring to our world. If “they” are we are so screwed
August 3rd, 2008 at 8:57 pm
I hate it when I watch Jeopardy! on one station and my mom watches it on another station in the next room and I hear an echo of everything!
August 4th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Awesome I loved this one. We actually have alot of that here. (2 of the same channel) Damn, too bad I didn’t read this sooner. =’( Maybe I would have looked for the differences =O
August 19th, 2008 at 2:41 am
I used to work for Nielsen…
There’s more truth to this than you think.
September 15th, 2008 at 10:56 am
Wow, scary. O_O I’ll have to check that out later O_O
November 11th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Problem is, I get network stations from two different cities and they’re the same. : /
But if this is true….THEN WHO WAS ALTERNATE REALITY??