Clean up redundant json.loads() in the Channel class
Clean up redundant json.loads() in the Channel class

healthchecks/healthchecks,healthchecks/healthchecks,iphoting/healthchecks,iphoting/healthchecks,healthchecks/healthchecks,iphoting/healthchecks,iphoting/healthchecks,healthchecks/healthchecks