Ok, apparently there were different ways this was implemented. I remember a friends old TV as a child, where it worked exactly as I have described. This is sim

Ok, apparently there were different ways this was implemented. I remember a friends old TV as a child, where it worked exactly as I have described. This is similar to what I mean, although it's a radio, not a TV and the buttons I remember where taller and had ridges on the side so they could be turned easily. https://herculodge.typepad.com/herculodge/2011/06/as-i-walked-the-babies-i-stumbled-into-a-radio-curiosity-circa-1930-philco-with-preset-buttons-for-s.html https://herculodge.typepad.com/herculodge/2011/06/as-i-walke...