1967 Oklahoma CATV Yearbook Ad

[Stanislav]

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An interesting high school yearbook ad from McAlester OK in 1967.

Some lineup: 2 NBC, 3 CBS, 1 ABC, 1 Educational, and "3 1/2" FMs (the "1/2" apparently sharing time with ch. 13).

And need I point out the glaringly obvious typo? ("KOOV" = KVOO) :

 

[Mike Stroud]

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An interesting high school yearbook ad from McAlester OK in 1967.

Some lineup: 2 NBC, 3 CBS, 1 ABC, 1 Educational, and "3 1/2" FMs (the "1/2" apparently sharing time with ch. 13).

And need I point out the glaringly obvious typo? ("KOOV" = KVOO) :

Tres cool, Stan! Maybe some other lineups will surface one of these days from the early days of cable.

Strange, though, that the McAlester system chose KFSA (now KFSM) in Fort Smith instead of OKC's KOCO (both on channel 5 analog). Actually, there were 2 ABCs (Tulsa and Ada), so maybe that was the reason the system passed on KOCO, favoring instead a farther-out market in Fort Smith.

Wonder if one of those empty channels filled by an FM signal could have been filled by KTVT in Dallas, an indie? DFW was over 150 miles away, but I suspect by the 70s, some systems in southern Oklahoma were taking KTVT. By then, it was owned by Oklahoma Publishing (owners also of WKY, now KFOR), now known as Gaylord Broadcasting. They probably had the deep pockets to set up relays before the station got on satellite in the 1980s.

 

[easttxtv]

And need I point out the glaringly obvious typo? ("KOOV" = KVOO) :

AND the kind of cable they had then:::: "casxial" cable!!

 

[Toledo Eleven]

Toledo's Buckeye Cablevision channels, in the Fall of 1970
(from the Saturday, October 24, 1970 Toledo Blade)...
2 WJBK-TV 2 Detroit CBS
3 WGTE-TV 30 Toledo PBS
or WTVS-TV 56 Detroit or
WBGU-TV 70 Bowling Green
when ch. 30 was off the air
4 WWJ-TV 4 Detroit
5 WXON-TV 62 Detroit or Local prog.
6 WDHO-TV 24 Toledo ABC
7 WXYZ-TV 7 Detroit ABC
8 WKBD-TV 50 Detroit
9 CKLW-TV 9 Windsor
10 WTOL-TV 11 Toledo CBS
12 WSPD-TV 13 Toledo NBC
They also provided 28 area FM radio stations

 

[TexasTuner]

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An interesting high school yearbook ad from McAlester OK in 1967.

Some lineup: 2 NBC, 3 CBS, 1 ABC, 1 Educational, and "3 1/2" FMs (the "1/2" apparently sharing time with ch. 13).

And need I point out the glaringly obvious typo? ("KOOV" = KVOO) :

Tres cool, Stan! Maybe some other lineups will surface one of these days from the early days of cable.

Strange, though, that the McAlester system chose KFSA (now KFSM) in Fort Smith instead of OKC's KOCO (both on channel 5 analog). Actually, there were 2 ABCs (Tulsa and Ada), so maybe that was the reason the system passed on KOCO, favoring instead a farther-out market in Fort Smith.

Wonder if one of those empty channels filled by an FM signal could have been filled by KTVT in Dallas, an indie? DFW was over 150 miles away, but I suspect by the 70s, some systems in southern Oklahoma were taking KTVT. By then, it was owned by Oklahoma Publishing (owners also of WKY, now KFOR), now known as Gaylord Broadcasting. They probably had the deep pockets to set up relays before the station got on satellite in the 1980s.

I suspect the reason why they didn't have KOCO-TV is because they already had ABC service from both KTUL and KTEN. And KOCO-TV was directional away from Ft. Smith (it was shortspaced when it moved from Enid [its original city of license] to Britton Road in Oklahoma City). Ft. Smith had a much stronger signal in NE Oklahoma at that time.