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Hotel - Marlton, NJ - 1980s

Source: eBay listing for TV with lineup card stuck to it, has A/B switch attached


“A” Standard TV

2 Music-Weather-Time
3 NBC/KYW Phila.
4 NBC/WMJM S. Jersey
5 WNYW/FOX New York
6 ABC/WPVI Phila.
7 WPHL Phila.
9 WOR New York
10 CBS/WCAU Phila.
11 WPIX New York
12 WGBS Phila.
13 WTAF Phila.

“B” Cable TV

3 Prism
4 MTV - Music - TV
5 ESPN - Sports
6 HBO - Home Box Office
10 Playboy (8pm-7am)
11 FNN - Financial News
12 CNN - Cable News

Surprised they didn’t have WHYY. I can’t understand WHYY, there was just enough room for it, and channel 8 was the only channel on A not to be used.

But there’s also something interesting about the TV itself. It has a radio built into it. I think that used to be common in hotels.
 
I'm guessing this was from a hotel in Atlantic City or Wildwood (or somewhere between the two) based on the presence of WMGM in the lineup.

It makes me wonder if 8 was intended to be NJN or WKBS
 
America's #1 cable network, Superstation WTBS, wasn't carried in this hotel's cable lineup. That's a major omission, as you'd think travelers would enjoy spending the night with a classic movie or National Geographic Explorer...or a Braves game.
 
America's #1 cable network, Superstation WTBS, wasn't carried in this hotel's cable lineup. That's a major omission, as you'd think travelers would enjoy spending the night with a classic movie or National Geographic Explorer...or a Braves game.
no USA either, but they had MTV? how were they picking up those channels?
 
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