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Kingsport, TN (October 14, 1988)

Source: Kingsport Times-News

Warner (Kingsport)
2 – WSJK (PBS 2 Sneedville)
3 – CBN Family Channel
4 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
5 – Local Access
6 – USA Network
7 – WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
8 – WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
9 – WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
10 – MTV
11 – WSBN (PBS 47 Norton)
12 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
13 – WLOS (ABC 13 Asheville)
15 – Disney Channel
17 – The Movie Channel
18 – CNN
19 – WETO (FOX 39 Greeneville)
20 – HBO
21 – WBIR (NBC 10 Knoxville)
22 – ESPN
24 – Nickelodeon
25 – WATE (ABC 6 Knoxville)
26 – The Nashville Network
27 – WYFF (NBC 4 Greenville)

Sammons (Bristol)
2 – WSJK (PBS 2 Sneedville)
3 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
4 – USA Network
5 – Cable Value Network
6 – WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
7 – CBN Family Channel
8 – WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
9 – WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
10 – ESPN
11 – WSBN (PBS 47 Norton)
12 – CNN
13 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago) / The Nashville Network
16 – C-SPAN
17 – Disney Channel
20 – Showtime
21 – HBO
22 – Cinemax
23 – Weather Channel
24 – WWOR (IND 9 Secaucus)
26 – MTV
27 – Nickelodeon
28 – C-SPAN 2
29 – WETO (FOX 39 Greeneville)

Scott County Cable
2 – Weather Channel
3 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
4 – ESPN
5 – WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 – Nickelodeon
7 – WSBN (PBS 47 Norton)
8 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
9 – WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
10 – CNN
11 – WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
12 – CBN Family Channel
13 – WWOR (IND 9 Secaucus)
14 – Cinemax
15 – The Nashville Network
16 – Showtime
17 – MTV
18 – The Movie Channel
19 – USA Network
20 – Disney Channel
21 – WPIX (IND 11 New York City)
22 – HBO
23 – Lifetime
24 – Headline News
25 – CMT
26 – VH1
27 – WETO (FOX 39 Greeneville)
28 – American Christian Television
29 – Cable Value Network
30 – Local Access
31 – WSJK (PBS 2 Sneedville)
32 – Discovery Channel
33 – A&E Network
34 – AP News
35 – KTVT (IND 11 Fort Worth)
36 – Program Guide
37 – Black Entertainment Television
38 – Home Team Sports
39 – TNT
49 – WLOS (ABC 13 Asheville)
50 – WYFF (NBC 4 Greenville)
51 – WATE (ABC 6 Knoxville)
52 – WBTV (CBS 3 Charlotte)
54 – C-SPAN

Telecripps (Johnson City)
2 – WSJK (PBS 2 Sneedville)
3 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
4 – CNN
5 – Nickelodeon
6 – WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
7 – MTV
8 – ESPN
9 – WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
10 – WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
11 – Local Access
12 – American Movie Classics
13 – WETO (FOX 39 Greeneville)
14 – CBN Family Channel
15 – Request TV
16 – HBO
17 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
18 – Cinemax
19 – Lifetime
20 – Showtime
21 – Disney Channel
22 – USA Network
23 – Weather Channel
24 – The Nashville Network
25 – Headline News
26 – The Movie Channel
27 – C-SPAN
28 – CMT
29 – Cable Value Network
30 – VH1

Sammons (Johnson City)
2 – WSJK (PBS 2 Sneedville)
3 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
4 – USA Network
5 – The Nashville Network
6 – WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
7 – CBN Family Channel
8 – WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
9 – WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
10 – ESPN
12 – CNN
13 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
16 – Showtime
17 – Disney Channel
18 – Headline News
20 – C-SPAN
21 – HBO
22 – Cinemax
23 – Lifetime
24 – Weather Channel
25 – Cable Value Network
26 – MTV
27 – Nickelodeon
28 – C-SPAN 2
29 – WETO (FOX 39 Greeneville)
30 – Discovery Channel
31 – A&E Network

Century Cable (Norton VA)
2 – Headline News
3 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
4 – WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
5 – WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 – ESPN
7 – WSJK (PBS 2 Sneedville)
8 – CBN Family Channel
9 – WSBN (PBS 47 Norton)
10 – WATE (ABC 6 Knoxville)
11 – WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
12 – WDBJ (CBS 7 Roanoke)
13 – WETO (FOX 39 Greeneville)
14 – Disney Channel
15 – MTV
16 – USA Network
17 – CNN
18 – Home Team Sports
19 – The Nashville Network
20 – Nickelodeon
21 – HBO
22 – Cinemax

Century Cable (Pennington Gap VA)
2 – WSJK (PBS 2 Sneedville)
3 – HBO
4 – WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
5 – WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 – WATE (ABC 6 Knoxville)
8 – CBN Family Channel
9 – ESPN
10 – WBIR (NBC 10 Knoxville)
11 – WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
12 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
13 – WETO (FOX 39 Greeneville)

Century Cable (Keokee VA)
2 – WSJK (PBS 2 Sneedville)
3 – HBO
4 – WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
5 – WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 – WATE (ABC 6 Knoxville)
7 – WSBN (PBS 47 Norton)
8 – CBN Family Channel
9 – The Nashville Network
10 – WBIR (NBC 10 Knoxville)
11 – WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
12 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
13 – WETO (FOX 39 Greeneville)
17 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)

Century Cable (Clintwood VA)
2 – ESPN
3 – Discovery Channel
4 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
5 – WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 – CBN Family Channel
7 – WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
8 – The Nashville Network
9 – WSBN (PBS 47 Norton)
10 – MTV
11 – WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
12 – CNN
13 – WOWK (CBS 13 Huntington)

Rogersville Cable
2 – WSJK (PBS 2 Sneedville)
3 – ESPN
4 – HBO
5 – WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 – WATE (ABC 6 Knoxville)
7 – WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
9 – WTVK (CBS 26 Knoxville) [had just switched to CBS; would move to channel 8 a month and a half later]
10 – WBIR (NBC 10 Knoxville)
11 – WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
12 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
13 – WLOS (ABC 13 Asheville) / WKCH (FOX 43 Knoxville)
17 – Cinemax
22 – Disney Channel
24 – WETO (FOX 39 Greeneville)
25 – USA Network
26 – WWOR (IND 9 Secaucus)
27 – CBN Family Channel
28 – Nickelodeon
29 – MTV
30 – The Nashville Network
31 – CNN

Hickory Hill Cable
2 – WSJK (PBS 2 Sneedville)
3 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
4 – USA Network
5 – WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 – ESPN
7 – CNN
8 – CBN Family Channel
9 – WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
10 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
11 – WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
12 – Lifetime
13 – WPIX (IND 11 New York City)
15 – HBO
16 – CMT
17 – Cinemax
18 – Disney Channel
19 – WWOR (IND 9 Secaucus)
20 – MTV
21 – The Nashville Network
22 – VH1
23 – WETO (FOX 39 Greeneville)

Hickory Hill (Rock Springs)
2 – WSJK (PBS 2 Sneedville)
3 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
4 – USA Network
5 – WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 – ESPN
7 – CNN
8 – CBN Family Channel
9 – WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
10 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
11 – WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
12 – Lifetime
13 – WPIX (IND 11 New York City)
15 – HBO
16 – Disney Channel
17 – Cinemax
18 – Showtime
19 – WWOR (IND 9 Secaucus)
20 – MTV
21 – The Nashville Network
22 – CMT
23 – WETO (FOX 39 Greeneville)

Virginia Cable (Nickelsville VA)
2 – WSJK (PBS 2 Sneedville)
3 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
4 – ESPN
5 – WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
7 – HBO
8 – WSBN (PBS 47 Norton)
9 – WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
10 – CNN
11 – WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
12 – CBN Family Channel
13 – USA Network
20 – WETO (FOX 39 Greeneville)
21 – WWOR (IND 9 Secaucus)
22 – The Nashville Network

Century Cable (Duffield VA)
2 – Weather Channel
3 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
4 – ESPN
5 – WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
7 – HBO
8 – WSBN (PBS 47 Norton)
9 – WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
10 – CNN
11 – WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
12 – CBN Family Channel
13 – USA Network
14 – Lifetime
15 – The Nashville Network
16 – Cable Value Network
17 – VH1
18 – The Movie Channel
19 – WWOR (IND 9 Secaucus)
20 – Disney Channel
21 – WETO (FOX 39 Greeneville)
22 – Discovery Channel
 
Cool! KTVT getting carriage in a random Tennessee town. They were on satellite of course at that point, but I didn't think a random cable provider in TN would pull KTVT out of the hat and say "THIS is what we want on channel 35..." And they even carried WPIX New York in addition to WWOR.
 
Cool! KTVT getting carriage in a random Tennessee town. They were on satellite of course at that point, but I didn't think a random cable provider in TN would pull KTVT out of the hat and say "THIS is what we want on channel 35..." And they even carried WPIX New York in addition to WWOR.

They probably said "we have the channel capacity, let's carry as many stations as we can!" Scott County is actually in Virginia, just across the Tennessee line (Kingsport is right on the TN/VA line). Speaking of KTVT, they were the flagship station of World Class Championship Wrestling, which was one of the largest wrestling promotions (maybe even bigger than the then-WWF at one point) in the early to mid 1980s.
 
They probably said "we have the channel capacity, let's carry as many stations as we can!" Scott County is actually in Virginia, just across the Tennessee line (Kingsport is right on the TN/VA line). Speaking of KTVT, they were the flagship station of World Class Championship Wrestling, which was one of the largest wrestling promotions (maybe even bigger than the then-WWF at one point) in the early to mid 1980s.

Remember, cable systems are cautious about the channels they ad as many, particularly the better-liked ones, charge carriage fees. Add channels equals increased costs.
 
Speaking of KTVT, they were the flagship station of World Class Championship Wrestling, which was one of the largest wrestling promotions (maybe even bigger than the then-WWF at one point) in the early to mid 1980s.

actually it was KXTX 39 (which at the time was owned by CBN/Pat Robertson) that had the Sportatorium/syndicated show. KTVT was the shows from Ft Worth and Will Rogers Auditorium which were taped on Monday. They were shown on Saturday as "Championship Sports". The Sportatorium shows were Friday nights
 
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