Ironwood, MI (December 23, 1998)

[ftballfan]

Source: Ironwood Daily Globe

2 – WGKI (FOX 33 Cadillac)
3 – KDLH (CBS 3 Duluth)
4 – Home Shopping Network
5 – WJMN (CBS 3 Escanaba)
6 – KBJR (NBC 6 Superior)
7 – QVC
8 – C-SPAN
9 – SuperStation WGN (WB)
10 – WDIO (ABC 10 Duluth)
11 – WLUC (NBC/ABC 6 Marquette)
12 – WJFW (NBC 12 Rhinelander)
13 – WNMU (PBS 13 Marquette)
14 – Disney Channel
15 – The Movie Channel
16 – Showtime
17 – HBO
18 – Encore
19 – Prevue Channel
20 – WLEF (PBS 36 Park Falls)
21 – TBS SuperStation
22 – Cinemax
23 – EWTN
24 – Knowledge TV
25 – C-SPAN II
26 – Gogebic Community College
27 – Consumer TV
28 – Odyssey
29 – Travel Channel
30 – FX
31 – CNN
32 – USA Network
33 – ESPN
34 – TNT
35 – American Movie Classics
36 – Fox Sports Detroit
37 – CNBC
38 – Discovery Channel
39 – Bravo
40 – Comedy Central
41 – Court TV
42 – E! Entertainment
43 – Weather Channel
44 – A&E Network
45 – VH1
46 – MTV
47 – Nickelodeon
48 – Family Channel
49 – The Nashville Network
50 – Country Music Television
51 – Headline News
52 – Lifetime
53 – The Learning Channel
54 – Fox News Channel
55 – Sneak Prevue
56 – Showtime 2
57 – HBO Plus
58 – HBO Signature
59 – Action PPV
60 – Request 1 PPV
61 – Request 2 PPV
62 – Request 3 PPV
63 – History Channel
64 – Sci-Fi Channel
65 – HGTV
66 – CBMT (CBC 6 Montreal)
67 – Cartoon Network
68 – ESPN2
69 – Starz!

 

[Mr Tony]

FOX would change to KQDS Duluth Sept 1, 99 when they became the FOX affiliate. There is a translator for KQDS across the river/state line in Hurley (has been there since the beginning)

 

[ftballfan]

FOX would change to KQDS Duluth Sept 1, 99 when they became the FOX affiliate. There is a translator for KQDS across the river/state line in Hurley (has been there since the beginning)

I think WGKI/WFQX (which had replaced WKBD when that station lost the FOX affiliation to WJBK) remained on cable in Ironwood (and most of the western and central UP) until 2003, when WMQF came on the air and inherited cable channel 2. WLUK was added at some point in the late 1990s/early 2000s for the sole purpose of getting the Packers on cable (WGKI/WFQX and WMQF aired Lions games while KQDS aired Vikings games; I also think WLUC picked up a secondary FOX affiliation for the Packers at one point).

I saw somewhere that Duluth had Foxnet on cable prior to KQDS coming on. I wonder if Ashland, WI had Foxnet or WGKI pre-KQDS (Ashland did have WKBD on cable before that station lost FOX).

 

[Mr Tony]

I think WGKI/WFQX (which had replaced WKBD when that station lost the FOX affiliation to WJBK) remained on cable in Ironwood (and most of the western and central UP) until 2003, when WMQF came on the air and inherited cable channel 2. WLUK was added at some point in the late 1990s/early 2000s for the sole purpose of getting the Packers on cable (WGKI/WFQX and WMQF aired Lions games while KQDS aired Vikings games; I also think WLUC picked up a secondary FOX affiliation for the Packers at one point).

I remember WMQF Marquette. I picked them up on free to air satellite when Equity Broadcasting owned them.

I saw somewhere that Duluth had Foxnet on cable prior to KQDS coming on. I wonder if Ashland, WI had Foxnet or WGKI pre-KQDS (Ashland did have WKBD on cable before that station lost FOX).

yes Duluth had FOXNet before KQDS signed on. I was living in Duluth in 1999 and remember that. Why they didnt pipe in WFTC Minneapolis was beyond me. At the time KBJR (NBC) was picking up the Vikings games after they lost the AFC package to CBS in 98. When CBS lost football KDLH was the secondary affiliate of the Vikes IIRC (it could have been WDIO ABC).

Looking at the way back machine in 1999 (before KQDS signed on) Ashland got Foxnet also.
https://web.archive.org/web/19990826041344/http://www.northpine.com/broadcast/cabletv.html