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Question About Old Cable TV Channel Lineups

I'm would like to know where I could find old cable TV lineups from the 1980's & 1990's, specifically for what is now Mediacom Cable in Carrollton, MO? I think it used to be a part of American Cablevision. Sorry for posting this in the wrong thread. What I do remember is that Ch. 3 was ESPN, Ch. 4 was (& still is.) WDAF-TV, Ch. 5 was (& still is.), Ch. 6 was KMOS-TV, Ch. 7 was KMIZ-TV, Ch. 8 was KOMU-TV, Ch. 9 was (& still is.) KMBC-TV, Channels 10-13 were where KCPT-TV, KSHB-TV, the former KYFC-TV (Now KPXE-TV - I don't remember what the exact order of channels were.) & KSMO-TV. I also remember that Ch. 17 was The Weather Channel, Ch. 18 was The Disney Channel, Channels 19-21 were HBO, Showtime & Cinemax (Once again, I don't remember what the exact order of channels were.), Ch. 26 was The Family Channel, Ch. 27 was Nickelodeon, Ch. 37 was TBS & Ch. 48 was (& still is.) Cartoon Network. I would like to know where I could find the old American Cablevision\Mediacom Cable channel lineup listings & figure out what was on the other channels.
 
I'm would like to know where I could find old cable TV lineups from the 1980's & 1990's, specifically for what is now Mediacom Cable in Carrollton, MO? I think it used to be a part of American Cablevision. Sorry for posting this in the wrong thread. What I do remember is that Ch. 3 was ESPN, Ch. 4 was (& still is.) WDAF-TV, Ch. 5 was (& still is.), Ch. 6 was KMOS-TV, Ch. 7 was KMIZ-TV, Ch. 8 was KOMU-TV, Ch. 9 was (& still is.) KMBC-TV, Channels 10-13 were where KCPT-TV, KSHB-TV, the former KYFC-TV (Now KPXE-TV - I don't remember what the exact order of channels were.) & KSMO-TV. I also remember that Ch. 17 was The Weather Channel, Ch. 18 was The Disney Channel, Channels 19-21 were HBO, Showtime & Cinemax (Once again, I don't remember what the exact order of channels were.), Ch. 26 was The Family Channel, Ch. 27 was Nickelodeon, Ch. 37 was TBS & Ch. 48 was (& still is.) Cartoon Network. I would like to know where I could find the old American Cablevision\Mediacom Cable channel lineup listings & figure out what was on the other channels.

There is an archive of Broadcasting Yearbooks at https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Broadcasting_Yearbook_Summary_of_Editions_Page.htm

If you look at the full editions, at least some of them have listings of cable systems and the channels they carried. Others skip that section in the pdf even though the table of contents shows a cable section.

Just be aware that they can be a year or two behind. At least the listing for my hometown in the 1980 edition is.
The Carrolton, MO entry for 1980 shows some statistics on the system but not the actual channels.

Not sure why some systems had their channels listed and others didn't. You can check other years and see if they ever give more information.
 
There is an archive of Broadcasting Yearbooks at https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Broadcasting_Yearbook_Summary_of_Editions_Page.htm

If you look at the full editions, at least some of them have listings of cable systems and the channels they carried. Others skip that section in the pdf even though the table of contents shows a cable section.

Just be aware that they can be a year or two behind. At least the listing for my hometown in the 1980 edition is.
The Carrolton, MO entry for 1980 shows some statistics on the system but not the actual channels.

Not sure why some systems had their channels listed and others didn't. You can check other years and see if they ever give more information.
Ok, I'll check it out, thank you.
 
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