Boise, ID (February 22, 1981)

[TR1968]

from Idaho Statesman via Newspapers.com

2 (2) KBCI-CBS
3 Shopping Guide
4 (4) KAID-PBS
5 WTBS Atlanta
6 (6) KIVI-ABC
7 (7) KTVB-NBC
8 Sports/Calliope/Public Affairs
9 AP News/WGN Chicago
10 Weather
11 CBN
12 UPI News
14 HBO
16 AP Regional News
17 PTL Network
18 SPN
19 MSN/Announcements
20 Showtime
21 Nickelodeon
22 Classifieds
23 ESPN
26 CNN

 

[boiseengineer]

Later 17 PTL was shared with The Playboy Channel 6 pm to 6 am.

 

[TR1968]

Sounds like how Playboy shared a transponder with the NCN Christian channel back in the 80s...

 

[boiseengineer]

Probably actually was NCN & not PTL on 17. Might have had PTL programs on it.
Cable Co's timer would occasionally fail and the "scramble" wouldn't turn on @ 6 PM.

 

[TR1968]

No doubt causing some Gem Staters to utter a phrase normally associated with the other channel

 

[boiseengineer]

Many knew the trick of cranking the fine tuning until the chroma notch would reduce the scramble enough to see what was going on.