But those two strong signals made it easier to find the 34 of the Sup'R'ModII
Note that in those days, TVs had KNOBS!VHF had individual click detents, with a "fine tuning" analog knob that would take you almost to what you wanted to tune. UHF didn't even have detents, with a continuous analog knob (one coarse, one fine) from 14 to 83.
Very soon after that, TVs started to have digital channel selection, and "Don't touch that knob!" became an anachronism.