diff --git a/src/gui/channellist.cpp b/src/gui/channellist.cpp
index 075eac562..495ba5c86 100644
--- a/src/gui/channellist.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/channellist.cpp
@@ -2114,6 +2114,7 @@ void CChannelList::paint_events(int index)
 
 		evt.description = g_Locale->getText(LOCALE_EPGLIST_NOEVENTS);
 		evt.eventID = 0;
+		evt.startTime = time_t(82800);
 		evtlist.push_back(evt);
 	}
 
@@ -2170,6 +2171,7 @@ void CChannelList::readEvents(const t_channel_id channel_id)
 		CChannelEvent evt;
 		evt.description = g_Locale->getText(LOCALE_EPGLIST_NOEVENTS);
 		evt.eventID = 0;
+		evt.startTime = time_t(82800);
 		evtlist.push_back(evt);
 	}
 	else