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I know this is going to sound odd...

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upn38fan

...but does anyone living in the Hartford CT area remember or have any channel line-ups from Cox Cable of Manchester or TCI (now ComCast) of Hartford, CT from the early 1990s through 2000? I can't find anything, and I'm in to how Cable companies positioned their channels. Thanks!
 
From My Memory:

2 WFSB
3 Sneak Prevue (PPV Preview Network run by Prevue Channel)
4 WVIT
5 Public Access
6 WTIC-TV
7 CPTV
8 WTNH
9 WBNE (Now WCTX)
10 WHPX
11 WTXX
12 WGBY
13 WRDM-LP
14 HBO
15 Movie Channel
16 TBS Superstation
17 Univsion
18 Discovery Channel
19 ?
20 Community College Instrustructional TV/CT-N
21 Government Access
22 Educational Access
23 Shop-At-Home
24 HGTV
25 MTV
26 Nickelodeon
27 FOX Sports New England
28 MSG
29 ESPN
30 ESPN2
31 History Channel
32 BET
33 FX
34 FOX News Channel
35 TNT
36 Animal Planet
37 Lifetime
38 ABC Family
39 CNBC
40 CNN
41 Headline News
42 A&E
43 E!
44 USA
45 QVC
46 NESN
47 MSNBC
48 TLC
49 Court TV
50 TNN (Now Spike TV)
51 EWTN
52 Cartoon Network
53 SCI-FI
54 VH-1
55 FOOD TV
56 CSPAN
57 CSPAN2
58 NECN
59 TVLAND
60 Comedy Central
61 Travel Channel
62 Showtime
63 Cinemax
64 Encore
65 Starz!
66 Disney Channel
67 AMC
68 Weather Channel
69 HSN
70 Prevue Guide (now TV Guide Channel)
71 TCI-TV
72 ValueVision (Now ShopNBC)

This one at least on incarnation I remember.
 
Here's another from my memory from around 1993 when they rebuilt the system from 46 channels to 75:

2 WFSB
3 ColorCheck (ColorBars on the screen)
4 WVIT
5 Public Access
6 WTIC
7 CPTV
8 WTNH
9 WTWS (now WHPX)
10 PPV Barker Channel
11 WTXX
12 WGBY
13 WRDM-LP
14 HBO
15 TMC
16 Prevue Guide (Now TV Guide Channel)
17 WXTV-LP (now WUTH-CA and not on any cable systems)
18 TCI-TV
19 Photo Classifieds
20 Community College Instructional TV
21 Goverment Access
22 Educational Access
23 Nickelodeon
24 VH-1
25 MTV
26 E!
27 Sports Channel New England (Now Fox Sports Net)
28 MSG
29 ESPN
30 FX
31 The Weather Channel
32 BET
33 QVC
34 USA
35 TNT
36 Discovery Channel
37 Lifetime
38 AMC
39 CNBC
40 CNN
41 Headline News
42 A&E
43 CSPAN
44 CSPAN2
45 The Learning Channel
46 TBS Superstation
47 WSBK
48 WOR EMI Service
49 Court TV
50 TNN
51 EWTN
52 Cartoon Network
53 HSN
54 HSN2
55 Fashional Channel (Now Defunct)
56 Reserved (Later became home to ESPN 2)
57 Reserved (Later Became Starz! aka Encore 8)
58 Disney (Pay Service)
59 Encore (Pay Service)
60 NESN (Pay Service)
61 HBO (Pay Service)
62 TMC (Pay Service)
63 Cinemax (Pay Service)
64 Showtime (Pay Service)
65 Request-1 (PPV)
66 Request-2 (PPV)
67 Request-3 (PPV)
68 Request-4 (PPV)
69 Request-5 (PPV)
70 Prevue Guide
71 Request-6 (PPV)
72 CableVideo Store (PPV)
73 SPICE At-Nite (Porn Channel. Only aired 10PM-6AM)
74 Playboy (Porn channel. Only aired 8PM-6AM)
78 (eventually they began testing Prevue Guide PPV Prevue Network on 78 before ultimately replacing the PPV Barker Channel on 10).
*Yes for some reason HBO/TMC/Prevue Gudie Were Duplicated)
 
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