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Missoula, MT (May 6, 1988)

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ftballfan

Source: The Missoulian

TCI Missoula
2 – CNN
3 – Showtime
4 – Nickelodeon
5 – American Movie Classics
6 – Lifetime
7 – Discovery Channel
8 – KPAX (CBS/ABC 8 Missoula)
9 – ESPN
10 – Disney Channel
11 – USA Network
12 – KSPS (PBS 7 Spokane)
13 – KECI (NBC/ABC 13 Missoula)
14 – Cinemax
15 – Cable Value Network
16 – CBN Cable
17 – HBO
19 – MTV
20 – The Nashville Network
21 – VH1
22 – Weather Channel
23 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
24 – KHQ (NBC 6 Spokane)
25 – KREM (CBS 2 Spokane)
26 – KXLY (ABC 4 Spokane)
27 – A&E Network
28 – Headline News
29 – C-SPAN

Cable Montana Rattlesnake
2 – KREM (CBS 2 Spokane)
3 – KPAX (CBS/ABC 8 Missoula)
4 – KXLY (ABC 4 Spokane)
5 – KECI (NBC/ABC 13 Missoula)
6 – KHQ (NBC 6 Spokane)
7 – Weather Channel
8 – C-SPAN
9 – CNN
10 – Discovery Channel
11 – KSPS (PBS 7 Spokane)
12 – Lifetime
13 – CBN Cable
14 – The Nashville Network
15 – USA Network
16 – ESPN
17 – WWOR (IND 9 Secaucus)
19 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
20 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
21 – Nickelodeon
22 – MTV
24 – Disney Channel
26 – Showtime
28 – HBO
30 – Cinemax

Marshall / M&M
2 – WWOR (IND 9 Secaucus)
3 – CBN Cable
4 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
5 – USA Network
6 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
7 – Showtime
8 – KPAX (CBS/ABC 8 Missoula)
9 – WTVS (PBS 56 Detroit)
10 – CNN
11 – ESPN
12 – Discovery Channel
13 – KECI (NBC/ABC 13 Missoula)
19 – VH1
20 – The Nashville Network
21 – Disney Channel

Grant Creek
2 – WWOR (IND 9 Secaucus)
3 – KPAX (CBS/ABC 8 Missoula)
4 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
5 – KECI (NBC/ABC 13 Missoula)
6 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
7 – Showtime
9 – WTVS (PBS 56 Detroit)
10 – CNN
11 – ESPN
12 – Discovery Channel
19 – VH1
20 – The Nashville Network

TCI Hamilton
2 – CNN
3 – Showtime
4 – Nickelodeon
5 – American Movie Classics
6 – Lifetime
7 – Discovery Channel
8 – KPAX (CBS/ABC 8 Missoula)
9 – ESPN
10 – Disney Channel
11 – USA Network
12 – KSPS (PBS 7 Spokane)
13 – KECI (NBC/ABC 13 Missoula)
14 – Cinemax
15 – HBO
16 – CBN Cable
17 – Cable Value Network
19 – MTV
20 – The Nashville Network
21 – VH1
22 – Weather Channel
23 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
24 – KHQ (NBC 6 Spokane)
25 – KREM (CBS 2 Spokane)
26 – KXLY (ABC 4 Spokane)
27 – Headline News
28 – C-SPAN

Plains
2 – CBN Cable
3 – The Movie Channel
4 – ESPN
5 – KPAX (CBS/ABC 8 Missoula)
6 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
7 – KXLY (ABC 4 Spokane)
8 – CNN
9 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
10 – Nickelodeon
11 – KECI (NBC/ABC 13 Missoula)
12 – Discovery Channel
13 – The Nashville Network

TCI Thompson Falls
2 – HBO
3 – Headline News
4 – USA Network
5 – Discovery Channel
6 – ESPN
7 – KREM (CBS 2 Spokane)
8 – Lifetime
9 – KXLY (ABC 4 Spokane)
10 – The Nashville Network
11 – KHQ (NBC 6 Spokane)
13 – CBN Cable
17 – Cable Value Network
19 – VH1
20 – Disney Channel
21 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
22 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)

TCI Polson
2 – CNN
3 – HBO
4 – Nickelodeon
5 – American Movie Classics
6 – ESPN
7 – Discovery Channel
8 – KPAX (CBS/ABC 8 Missoula)
9 – Weather Channel
10 – Disney Channel
11 – USA Network
12 – KSPS (PBS 7 Spokane)
13 – KCFW (NBC/ABC 9 Kalispell)
14 – C-SPAN
15 – Showtime
16 – CBN Cable
17 – Cable Value Network
19 – MTV
20 – The Nashville Network
21 – VH1
22 – Lifetime
23 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
24 – KHQ (NBC 6 Spokane)
25 – KREM (CBS 2 Spokane)
26 – KXLY (ABC 4 Spokane)
27 – CFAC-7 (IND 7 Lethbridge)
28 – Headline News

Ronan/Pablo
2 – KPAX (CBS/ABC 8 Missoula)
3 – KECI (NBC/ABC 13 Missoula)
4 – CBN Cable
5 – HBO
6 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
7 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
8 – USA Network
9 – Nickelodeon
10 – ESPN
11 – CNN
12 – The Nashville Network
13 – WWOR (IND 9 Secaucus)
14 – A&E Network
15 – Disney Channel
16 – Discovery Channel

TCI Kalispell/Columbia Falls/Whitefish/Somers/Lakeside/Bigfork
2 – CNN
3 – HBO
4 – Nickelodeon
5 – American Movie Classics
6 – ESPN
7 – Discovery Channel
8 – KPAX (CBS/ABC 8 Missoula)
9 – Weather Channel
10 – Disney Channel
11 – USA Network
12 – KSPS (PBS 7 Spokane)
13 – KCFW (NBC/ABC 9 Kalispell)
14 – C-SPAN
15 – Showtime
16 – CBN Cable
17 – Cable Value Network
19 – MTV
20 – The Nashville Network
21 – VH1
22 – Lifetime
23 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
24 – KHQ (NBC 6 Spokane)
25 – KREM (CBS 2 Spokane)
26 – KXLY (ABC 4 Spokane)
27 – CFAC-7 (IND 7 Lethbridge)
28 – Headline News

Seeley Lake
2 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
4 – KXLF (CBS/ABC 4 Butte)
6 – KTVM (NBC/ABC 6 Butte)
7 – Showtime
9 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
10 – Discovery Channel
11 – ESPN
12 – CBN Cable
13 – USA Network

Victor/Big Flat
3 – KPAX (CBS/ABC 8 Missoula)
4 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
5 – KECI (NBC/ABC 13 Missoula)
6 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
7 – Showtime
9 – CNN
10 – Discovery Channel
11 – ESPN

Ninemile/Frenchtown/Huson
2 – WXYZ (ABC 7 Detroit)
3 – CBN Cable
4 – WJBK (CBS 2 Detroit)
5 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
6 – WDIV (NBC 4 Detroit)
7 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
9 – WTVS (PBS 56 Detroit)
10 – KPAX (CBS/ABC 8 Missoula)
11 – KECI (NBC/ABC 13 Missoula)
12 – Discovery Channel
17 – USA Network
19 – Showtime
21 – Disney Channel
22 – The Nashville Network

Superior
2 – WJBK (CBS 2 Detroit)
4 – WDIV (NBC 4 Detroit)
5 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
6 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
7 – WXYZ (ABC 7 Detroit)
8 – KPAX (CBS/ABC 8 Missoula)
9 – WTVS (PBS 56 Detroit)
10 – CBN Cable
11 – The Nashville Network
12 – Discovery Channel
13 – KECI (NBC/ABC 13 Missoula)
17 – USA Network
19 – Showtime
21 – Disney Channel

Libby
2 – CNN
3 – ESPN
4 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
5 – HBO
6 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
7 – CBUT (CBC 2 Vancouver)
9 – KCFW (NBC/ABC 9 Kalispell)
10 – KXLY (ABC 4 Spokane)
11 – KSPS (PBS 7 Spokane)
12 – KHQ (NBC 6 Spokane)
13 – KREM (CBS 2 Spokane)
P1/8 – The Movie Channel
P1/10 – Cinemax
P1/13 – Disney Channel
P2/7 – Nickelodeon
P2/8 – CBN Cable
P2/9 – Discovery Channel
P2/10 – USA Network
P2/11 – Headline News
P2/12 – The Nashville Network
P2/13 – MTV
 
ftballfan said:
Libby
2 – CNN
3 – ESPN
4 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
5 – HBO
6 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
7 – CBUT (CBC 2 Vancouver)
9 – KCFW (NBC/ABC 9 Kalispell)
10 – KXLY (ABC 4 Spokane)
11 – KSPS (PBS 7 Spokane)
12 – KHQ (NBC 6 Spokane)
13 – KREM (CBS 2 Spokane)
P1/8 – The Movie Channel
P1/10 – Cinemax
P1/13 – Disney Channel
P2/7 – Nickelodeon
P2/8 – CBN Cable
P2/9 – Discovery Channel
P2/10 – USA Network
P2/11 – Headline News
P2/12 – The Nashville Network
P2/13 – MTV
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Do you know if the Libby cable system may have required an A-B-C switch to get all channels? Perhaps A for regular 2-13 channels; B for the "P1" premiums on channels 8, 10, and 13; and C for the "P2" channels on 7-13. That is what it looks like to me.
 
Would have been fun to live in Superior, MT (or Frenchtown MT) at this time. Wonder how many subscribers they had, and how many of those ended up watching Detroit network affiliates over locals (even at 1,550 miles away), except for local news on KECI/KPAX?
And they were all on Anik but scrambled. Perhaps they got permission from the CRTC to broadcast those channels?
 
crainbebo said:
And they were all on Anik but scrambled. Perhaps they got permission from the CRTC to broadcast those channels?
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The Denver 5 would have been a better option

CANCOM (the company that distributed the Detroit stations) did allow them in Alaska but the US wasnt really allowed

Cancom's services proved popular in the US as well. In 1985, senior vice president Steven D. Comrie struck a controversial deal with US cable operators to deliver Cancom's Detroit signals to remote villages and communities across Alaska. Despite objections from various US copyright holders, Comrie and a group of Alaska cable operators led by Gordon Rock of Seattle, WA, won federal approval for statewide distribution of Cancom's Detroit channels. However, Cancom's foray into the US was stalled when Canadian trade officials were reportedly warned by US authorities that no such exemption would be considered for the lower 48 states.
 
crainbebo said:
Would have been fun to live in Superior, MT (or Frenchtown MT) at this time. Wonder how many subscribers they had, and how many of those ended up watching Detroit network affiliates over locals (even at 1,550 miles away), except for local news on KECI/KPAX?
And they were all on Anik but scrambled. Perhaps they got permission from the CRTC to broadcast those channels?
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The Detroit locals probably had some degree of popularity due to Missoula being a short market at the time (no full-time ABC affiliate; KECI and KPAX probably pre-empted some NBC and CBS shows respectively to clear some ABC shows).

There is still a system in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan that carries some Detroit stations: https://tvlistings.zap2it.com/api/p...20-11-01T02:00Z&dstOffset=-240&stdOffset=-300

There used to be more, especially when the UP was a short market (which was the case until 2003; it only had two stations until 1996).
 
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