The One

The One is a privately owned Guyish commercial television channel, which is the only independent channel of this kind remaining in the country. The channel offers a very wide range of programming (among them are Guyish versions of licensed international shows). It is the second most watched television channel operating in RG (only behind EVB1), and managed to get high ranks since the 1996/97 season.

History
Rumors in late 1995 were spreading about a TV channel to launch on Channel 7's frequency by late January. However this is untrue, as Channel 7 had good ratings up until its sudden shutdown on January 1, 1997. However the soon-to shut down NEMC (National Electronic Media Courtesy) decided to handle a frequency space on analog channel 38.

On January 16, 1996, advertisements in media and on newspaper were spreading about The One's launch. The channel launched on January 31 at 5:59am, with a countdown until 4:00pm, which actually saw the first show preceded by a series of idents.

The channel was inexpensive, relying on low end equipment and simple low budget non linear editing software which the channel bought in 1995. However, the channel managed to get better by nighttime advertising which ran from 12:15am to 7:00am. This form of advertising stopped on September 1 on that year, when the channel budget reached average of a typical Guyish channel, so it decided to build new studios for programming. As the channel earned money, reception of the channel was raised from mixed to very positive, praising the amount of programming, mostly its wide range.

Current programming
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 * Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?
 * The One News at 5:30
 * The One Morning
 * Russian Roulette
 * Family Guy
 * Why Man Why?
 * The Duo
 * Minute to Win It
 * The Sopranos
 * South Park

Sports
The One primarily airs Formula 1 (hides on-screen logo during event because of on-screen display occupying the entire screen), and four Grand Slam tennis tournaments. Sometimes The One airs football matches featuring the Republic of Guy national football team, and it even aired the UEFA Euro 2004 in whole, because EVB had to forfeit sports events during the 2003/04 season to save money for oncoming programming.

Former programming
Much of its former programming were anime until the 2014 ban of anime broadcasting on The One by the channel to control programming difference. They usually aired at 1:15am because Guyers dislike anime at prime time to encourage domestic animation successes such as Guyish World which did not air on The One.

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