diff --git a/tests/commands/guides/validate.test.js b/tests/commands/guides/validate.test.js
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+const { execSync } = require('child_process')
+const fs = require('fs-extra')
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  fs.emptyDirSync('tests/__data__/output')
+
+  fs.copyFileSync(
+    'tests/__data__/input/database/update-guides/programs.db',
+    'tests/__data__/output/programs.db'
+  )
+})
+
+it('will show a message if the channel is not in the guide', () => {
+  const stdout = execSync(
+    'DB_DIR=tests/__data__/output LOGS_DIR=tests/__data__/input/logs DATA_DIR=tests/__data__/input/data npm run guides:validate',
+    {
+      encoding: 'utf8'
+    }
+  )
+  expect(stdout).toBe(
+    `\n> guides:validate\n> node scripts/commands/guides/validate.js
+
+loading data/channels.json...
+loading tests/__data__/input/logs/guides/update.log...
+loading database/programs.db...
+found 4 programs
+┌─────────┬────────────┬───────────────────┬──────┬──────────────┬────────────────┬───────────┐
+│ (index) │    type    │       site        │ lang │   xmltv_id   │ broadcast_area │ languages │
+├─────────┼────────────┼───────────────────┼──────┼──────────────┼────────────────┼───────────┤
+│    0    │ 'no_guide' │ 'virginmedia.com' │ 'en' │ 'BBCNews.uk' │   [ 'c/UK' ]   │ [ 'eng' ] │
+│    1    │ 'no_guide' │     'sky.com'     │ 'en' │ 'BBCNews.uk' │   [ 'c/UK' ]   │ [ 'eng' ] │
+└─────────┴────────────┴───────────────────┴──────┴──────────────┴────────────────┴───────────┘
+
+2 error(s)
+`
+  )
+})