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* In ''[[UHF (film)|UHF]]'', [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] the pattern of independent [[Struggling Broadcaster]]s landing on some of the worst spots on over-the-air TV by having a fictional "Channel U-62" struggle to broadcast [[Cloudcuckoolander]] nonsense as a [[No Budget]] operation in a desperate attempt to remain on-air. Effectively, the UHF station serves as a framing device, into which to insert a long series of [[Show Within a Show]] parodies, fake ads and bogus cinema trailers.
* CIVIC-TV 83 from ''[[Videodrome]]'' (1983) is a fairly obvious parody of the early CITY-TV 79 Toronto as independent [[No Budget]] [[Struggling Broadcaster]].
* Alas, [[Technology Marches On]]. The UK moved all of the telly channels to UHF during the transition from monochrome to colour. Digital TV caused many long-established North American
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