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Counties without cable systems

Parts of every county have cable service in Michigan, even little Keweenaw County (the far southern part of the county along US-41 gets Charter from Calumet, while some other parts of Keweenaw County have their own cable system which carries local Marquette channels (WLUC, FOX UP, WBKP, WNMU, WJMN, WZMQ) alongside Detroit channels (WWJ, WDIV, WXYZ, WTVS), WUHF from Rochester NY, and CKPR from Thunder Bay ON. It's actually a decent cable system considering the remoteness of the area (no digital cable, but channels go into the 60s)
 
I just found one county without cable - Surry County VA (Norfolk DMA). Nothing comes up on the FCC Cable Search, or on Zap2it when I enter the ZIP codes for the county's principal towns (Claremont 23899, Dendron 23839, Surry 23883). I wonder, how do people make a living there?
 
mvcg66b3r said:
I wonder, how do people make a living there?
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like working?

well they are literally 35-40 miles from Richmond or Norfolk...so I'm sure plenty of jobs ;)

TV?
OTA or satellite

These small towns cable companies cant keep supporting if they only have 100 folks subbing
 
And another: Pike County GA (Atlanta DMA). Here, the local provider (Georgia Broadband) actually went out of business!
 
Sublette County, WY has no cable companies
Its part of the SLC DMA and there are some low powered TV translators in the area (some are still analog) to give them CBS, ABC and PBS
 
Somebody can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Shasta County California has no cable system. I visit friends near Redding often, and they have always relied on satellite.
 
LKellerIII said:
Somebody can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Shasta County California has no cable system. I visit friends near Redding often, and they have always relied on satellite.
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Shasta County has plenty of cable setups in that county. Redding proper is Charter
 
Treasue County, Montana is another example
There is only 3 towns in the county and the only incorporated one (Hysham) lost its cable franchise recently (within the last year). Mid-Rivers pulled out of there.
 
mvcg66b3r said:
Conejos County CO (Denver DMA). Nothing shows up on the FCC's Cable Search, but Zap2it did pull up Zen Cable in Manassa. This is/was their lineup: http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tvlist...1141&setMyPreference=false&lineupId=CO55082:X

Costilla County CO (also Denver DMA) is another no-cable county. Bresnan used to have a franchise here, but they pulled out sometime in the last decade.
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Zen Cable looks like an AT&T/Bresnan castoff because of its digital lineup. Also kind of odd that those two counties are Denver DMA despite being much closer to Colorado Springs and Albuquerque
 
ftballfan said:
Zen Cable looks like an AT&T/Bresnan castoff because of its digital lineup. Also kind of odd that those two counties are Denver DMA despite being much closer to Colorado Springs and Albuquerque
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It was a former Bresnan system:

Zen Cable is a multiple system cable operator headquartered in Alamosa, CO. The company began operations when it acquired the San Luis Valley cable systems from Bresnan Communications.
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http://www.nprg.com/Company/12320-zen-cable-tv-llc
 
Roger Mills County OK (OKC DMA) - The FCC's Cable Search shows one system in Cheyenne owned by someone named James M. Mogg, but nothing shows up on Zap2it!
 
mvcg66b3r said:
Roger Mills County OK (OKC DMA) - The FCC's Cable Search shows one system in Cheyenne owned by someone named James M. Mogg, but nothing shows up on Zap2it!
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The system shows up on TV.com and here is the lineup listed on there:
2 - Spike
3 - Freeform
4 - KFOR (NBC Oklahoma City)
5 - KOCO (ABC Oklahoma City)
6 - KOKH (FOX Oklahoma City)
7 - KWET (PBS Cheyenne) // OETA
8 - ESPN
9 - KWTV (CBS Oklahoma City)
10 - TBS
11 - USA Network
13 - WGN America
17 - TBN
18 - KOCB (CW Oklahoma City)
19 - Discovery Channel
20 - CNN
21 - KJTL (FOX Wichita Falls)!
22 - TNT
23 - KOMI (YouToo America Woodward)

Wichita Falls FOX is a big surprise. No movie channels
 
ftballfan said:
The system shows up on TV.com and here is the lineup listed on there:
2 - Spike
3 - Freeform
4 - KFOR (NBC Oklahoma City)
5 - KOCO (ABC Oklahoma City)
6 - KOKH (FOX Oklahoma City)
7 - KWET (PBS Cheyenne) // OETA
8 - ESPN
9 - KWTV (CBS Oklahoma City)
10 - TBS
11 - USA Network
13 - WGN America
17 - TBN
18 - KOCB (CW Oklahoma City)
19 - Discovery Channel
20 - CNN
21 - KJTL (FOX Wichita Falls)!
22 - TNT
23 - KOMI (YouToo America Woodward)

Wichita Falls FOX is a big surprise. No movie channels
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Also no ESPN2, KAUT or KSBI.
 
Newton County TX (Beaumont DMA). Nothing shows up on Zap2it or the FCC's Cable Search.
 
Mills County TX (Waco DMA)
Leon County TX (Waco DMA)
 
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