Retro Dish Line-Up: PrimeStar by DirecTV, February 2000

[Bluenoser]

from PrimeStar by DirecTV Program Guide

Packages
1-24 News & Information
33-43 Broadcast (ABC/CBS/Fox/NBC/PBS only available in areas that can't get the local station OTA and haven't received them via cable in the last 90 days)
44-56 Variety
66-70 Music
77-86 Family
88-94 Living & Learning
99-121 Movies
122-145 inDemand PPV
156-160 PrimeShopping Mall
166-215 Sports
288-300 Spanish
311-340 Music Choice
703 Other

Channel Listings
1 PrimeView One (service info)
2 TV Guide Channel 1
3 CNN Headline News
4 CNN
5/173 CNN/SI
6 CNNfn
7/168 ESPNews
8 CNBC
9 MSNBC
10-19 MSNBC Weather by Intellicast: 10 Northeast, 11 Mid-Atlantic, 12 Southeast, 13 Midwest, 14 South Central, 15 Central, 16 North Plains, 17 Four Corners, 18 Southwest, 19 Northwest
20 C-SPAN
21 C-SPAN2
22 Court TV
23 Weather Channel
24 America's Voice
33 WSB-ABC Atlanta
34 KABC-ABC Los Angeles
35 WUSA-CBS Washington
36 KOIN-CBS Portland
37 WHDH-NBC Boston
38 KCRA-NBC Sacramento
39 WTXF-Fox Philadelphia
40 KTVU-Fox Oakland
41 PBS National Feed
42 WGN
43 TBS
44 A&E
45 USA Network
46 TNT
47 TV Land
48 Comedy Central
49 TNN
50 BET
51 QVC
52/157 HSN
53 E!
54 GSN
55 Discovery Health
56 BBC America
66 VH1
67 MTV
68 CMT
69 MuchMusic USA
70 M2
77 Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite
78 Cartoon Network
79 Disney Channel (E)
80 Toon Disney
81 Lifetime
82 Fox Family Channel
83 Sci-Fi Channel
84 Odyssey
85 TBN
86/103 HBO Family (W)
88 Discovery Channel
89 TLC
90 Animal Planet
91 History Channel
92 Food Network
93 HGTV
94 Travel Channel
99 TV Guide Channel 2
100 HBO (E)
101 HBO Plus (E)
102 HBO Signature (E)
105 Showtime (E)
106 Showtime 2 (E)
107 TMC (E)
108 Starz!
109 Starz! 2 (W)
110 Encore
111 Encore 3: Westerns
112 Encore 4: Mystery
114 Cinemax
115 MoreMax
116 Lifetime Movie Network
117 Sundance Channel (W)
118 IFC
119 Turner Classic Movies
120 AMC
121 Romance Classics
122 TV Guide Channel 3 (inDemand/Playboy TV)
123 PPV Today
124-137 inDemand PPV
143 Playboy TV
144-145 Adult PPV
156 QVC
159 Shop at Home
160 ValueVision
166 TV Guide Channel 4
167 ESPN
169 ESPN Classic
170 ESPN2
174 OLN
175 SpeedVision
176 Golf Channel
177 NESN
178 Fox Sports New England
179 MSG
180 Fox Sport New York
181 Empire Sports Network
183 HTS
184 Fox Sports South
185 Sunshine Network
186 SportsChannel Florida
187 Fox Sports Pittsburgh
188 Fox Sports Detroit
189 Fox Sports Midwest
190 Fox Sports Ohio
191 Fox Sports Cincinnati
192 Fox Sports Chicago
193 MSC
194 Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
195 Fox Sports Southwest
196 Fox Sports Arizona
197 Fox Sports Northwest
198 Fox Sports West
199 Fox Sports Bay Area
211-215 Sports Plus
288 TV Guide Channel 5 (Spanish)
289 Univision
290 Cartoon Network (Esp)
292 HBO Espanol
293 HBO Plus en Espanol
294 HBO Signature en Espanol
295 HBO Family en Espanol
296 Showtime Espanol
297 Starz! Spanish
298 Encore Spanish
299 Cinemax Espanol
300 MoreMax Espanol
311 MC1-Easy Listening
312 MC2-American Originals
313 MC3-For Kids Only
314 MC4-Atmospheres
315 MC5-Gospel
316 MC6-Contemporary Christian
317 MC7-Hit List
318 MC8-Alternative Rock
319 MC9-80s
320 MC10-Showcase 1
321 MC11-Singers & Standards
322 MC12-Classical Masterpieces
323 MC13-Soft Rock
324 MC14-Blues
325 MC15-Classic Country
326 MC16-Jazz
327 MC17-Today's Country
328 MC18-Light Classical
329 MC19-Light Jazz
330 MC20-Progressive
331 MC21-70s
332 MC22-Classic Rock
333 MC23-Rock Hits
334 MC24-Big Band
335 MC25-Solid Gold Oldies
336 MC26-Classic R&B
337 MC27-Body & Soul
338 MC28-R&B Hits
339 MC29-Musica Latina
340 MC30-Tropica
703 TPN Success Channel

 

[crainbebo]

from PrimeStar by DirecTV Program Guide
40 KTVU-Fox Oakland

I have an episode of the short-lived D.B. Sweeney Fox TV show "Strange Luck" that was recorded off KTVU in Virginia - obviously off a PrimeStar dish. What's weird is that the next week's episode was also taped, off the local affiliate! (WFXR 27 Roanoke)

And was MSNBC Weather by Intellicast the predecessor to the now-gone NBC Weather Plus?

-crainbebo

 

[Darth_vader]

Re: Old (not "retro") Dish Line-Up: PrimeStar by DirecTV, February 2000

2000? That's not "retro".

 

[crainbebo]

Not retro - but I can't believe it's been 13 years already! Seems like 9/11 was last WEEK...

-crainbebo

 

[ercjncpr]

I remember how BIG the Primestar dishes had to be

 

[Mr Tony]

they're not much bigger than today's slimline dishes

slimline Dish size: 22.5 in. x 32.5 in.
primestar had 2 dish sizes. The 75e which is 37x27 and the 84e which is 40x30
Shaw Direct uses the 75e dish (under the channelmaster name) for the rural areas of Canada (the "real" rural) for their setups

 

[azumanga]

In the late-1990s, there was a service called Alphastar, which was the only small-dish service available to both American and Canadian viewers, though what channels you got depended on where you lived. The service folded sometime after Canada's own ExpressVu (Bell TV) and Star Choice (Shaw Direct) started up.

Here was the line-up as of 1997:


100 Alpha Preview Channel
102 CBMT-TV (CBC - Montréal)
103 CBFT-TV (Montréal)
104 USA Network
105 CFTM-TV (TVA - Montréal)
106 Lifetime
108 Comedy Central
109 CFTO-TV (CTV - Toronto)
110 A&E - Arts & Entertainment
112 E! Entertainment
114 Sci-Fi Channel
116 The History Channel
117 CBC Newsworld
118 CNN
119 RDI - Réseau de l'Information
120 CNN Headline News
122 CNN Financial News
124 CNBC
125 MSNBC
126 The Weather Channel
128 Court TV
130 Bloomberg Information TV
131 The Discovery Channel Canada
132 MuchMusic Canada
134 Showcase TV
140 C-SPAN
142 CPAC - Cable Public Affairs Channel
150 The Learning Channel
160 The Discovery Channel
170 TSN - The Sports Network
190 YTV - Youth TV
200 The Disney Channel East
202 The Disney Channel West
204 The Family Channel Canada
206 Cartoon Network
208 Canal Famille
210 Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite
212 RDS - Réseau des Sports
214 Super Écran
215 Super Écran 2
220 TV Land
222 TV 5 Québec
230 MTV
232 VH-1
234 Musique Plus
236 Canal D
240 TNN - The Nashville network
242 CMT - Country Music TV
250 The Family Channel
260 TCM - Turner Classic Movies
262 TNT - Turner Network TV
270 ESPN
272 ESPN 2
274 ESPN (alternate)
276 ESPN 2 (alternate)
280 MSG - Madison Square Garden Network
282 Fox Sports West
284 Fox Sports Southwest
286 Fox Sports Northwest
288 Fox Sports Pittsburgh
290 Sunshine Network
292 Fox Sports South
293 Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
294 Fox Sports Midwest
295 HTS - Home Team Sports
296 NESN - New England Sports Network
300 WTBS-TV (Atlanta)
301 WGN-TV (Chicago)
302 WJLA-TV (Washington)
304 WRAL-TV (Raleigh)
306 WNBC-TV (New York)
308 Fox Network
310 PBS
384 TeleMundo
386 Fox Sports Américas
388 MTV Latino
400 Sundance Channel
402 The Movie Channel East
404 The Movie Channel West
410 Showtime East
412 Showtime West
414 Showtime 2 East
420 Cinemax East
422 Cinemax West
424 Cinemax 2 East
430 HBO East
432 HBO West
434 HBO 2 East
436 HBO 2 West
438 HBO 3
450 Encore
452 Plex
454 STARZ!
460 TMN - The Movie Network
502 Playboy Channel
504 Venus
600 PPV 1
602 PPV 2
604 PPV 3
606 PPV 4
608 PPV 5
610 PPV 6
612 PPV 7
614 PPV 8
616 PPV 9
618 PPV 10
700 ATN - Asian TV Network
702 ESC 1
704 Nile TV International
706 ESC 2
710 International Channel
802 Real Estate Network
810 Business TV 1
812 Business TV 2

No. Radio Channel

901 Symphonic
902 Chamber
903 Gospel
904 Lite Jazz
905 Classic Jazz
906 70's Oldies
907 Classic Rock
908 Motor City Sound
909 Adult Contemporary
910 Folk Rock
911 Modern Country
912 Traditional Country
913 Ranchera Tejano
914 Salsa
915 Urban Adult Contemporary
916 Soft Hits
917 Dance
918 Reggae
919 60's Oldies
920 Power Hits
921 50's Oldies
922 Jazz Vocal Blends
923 New Age
924 Hottest Hits
925 Album Rock
926 Heavy Metal
927 Alternative Rock
928 Children's
929 Rap
930 Traditional Blues
931 Mariachi
932 Rock en Español
933 Latin Contemporary

Source:
http://forums.canadian-tv.com/archive/index.php/t-16043.html

 

[crainbebo]

In the late-1990s, there was a service called Alphastar, which was the only small-dish service available to both American and Canadian viewers, though what channels you got depended on where you lived. The service folded sometime after Canada's own ExpressVu (Bell TV) and Star Choice (Shaw Direct) started up.

Here was the line-up as of 1997:
304 WRAL-TV (Raleigh)
308 Fox Network

304 - Was WRAL the PrimeTime 24 feed? I know WSEE is now.
308 - Was this FOXNET, or maybe KTVU or WNYW?

-crainbebo

 

[Mr Tony]

304 - Was WRAL the PrimeTime 24 feed? I know WSEE is now.
308 - Was this FOXNET, or maybe KTVU or WNYW?

-crainbebo

WRAL was part of PRimetime 24 back in the day. When Dish started in 1996 their PT24 feeds were
East
WJLA ABC Washington DC
WRAL CBS Raleigh
WNBC NBC NY
FOXNET
PBS Nat'l

West
KOMO ABC Seattle
KPIX CBS SF
KNBC NBC LA

 

[harrisburgpatv]

WRAL was part of PRimetime 24 back in the day. When Dish started in 1996 their PT24 feeds were
East
WJLA ABC Washington DC
WRAL CBS Raleigh
WNBC NBC NY
FOXNET
PBS Nat'l

West
KOMO ABC Seattle
KPIX CBS SF
KNBC NBC LA

And to add to this thread, fall of 1997 brought two changes in rather quick succession to PT24. October 1997 brought a change in CBS East- from WRAL, Raleigh to WSEE, Erie. A month later, goodbye WJLA, Washington and hello WKRN, Nashville. In either July or August of '98, DISH Network stopped using the PT24 feed and, with the exception of PBS, started using NYC and LA for all the East and West feeds, respectively, and branded it it "DISHNets". Not long after that change took effect, to round things out, KTTV from LA was added to have a "FOX West".