VHF TV sound was actually two different bands: from channels 2-6 and 7-13. UHF channels 14-83 were in a separate band. I could receive the audio from Milwaukee's channel 6 on my FM radios.
I'm thoroughly confused.
@: Did you mean that the shows were originally produced in stereo? If the broadcast or cable channels weren't broadcasting in stereo, then the show wasn't stereo, even if the source was.
No doubt I'm being a nit-picky-bitch, although I don't mean to be.
As I recall, it was '84 when stereo TV's were dribbling in. Just a handful of models were dribbling in at that point. The dealers we sold to had very little interest, just as most of their customers. In spite of that, it became the standard in a few years.
Dolby (linear) stereo VHS recorders were introduced in '81. Beta was the first with Hi-fi stereo, also in '81. VHS Hi-fi followed a few years later. LD stereo was introduced in the late '70's. When I was at Pacific, we demo'ed LD before it was available to the public, thanks to Pioneer.
Now, back to Dirk, Stig, Ron & Barry, with Leggy guesting on adding machine.
actually tv sound has always been FM band a very high band, very clean and free from noise. There were shows in stereo, but no tv capable of it.