Old cable lineups

[CCBInMI]

From the True North, Strong and Free, I found these cable lineups for Ottawa and Montreal from June of 1984, as published in the local English-language dailies' weekend TV guides.

Ottawa, Ontario - June 2, 1984
List taken from The Ottawa Citizen's "TV Times" magazine - may be incomplete

(2) CICO (TVOntario) Ch. 24 - Ottawa
(3) CIII (Global) Ch. 6 - Ottawa
(4) WNPI (PBS) Ch. 18 - Norwood, NY
(5) WHEC (CBS) Ch. 10 - Rochester, NY
(6) CHRO (MCTV-CBC) Ch. 5 - Pembroke/Regional Ottawa
(7) CJOH (CTV) Ch. 13 - Ottawa
(8) CBOT (CBC) Ch. 4 - Ottawa
(9) WROC (NBC) Ch. 8 - Rochester, NY
(10) CHOT (TVA) Ch. 40 - Hull, QC
(11) CBOFT (Radio-Canada) Ch. 9 - Ottawa
(12) OCL-12 Ottawa Cablevision
(13) CFCF (CTV) Ch. 12 - Montreal, QC
(15-B) Carleton University
(16-C) House of Commons
(17-D) CKWS (CBC) Ch. 11 - Kingston
(19-F) WOKR (ABC) Ch. 13 - Rochester, NY
(20-G) CBMT (CBC) Ch. 6 - Montreal, QC
(21-H) CIVO (Radio-Quebec) Ch. 30 - Hull, QC
(24-K) CFTM (TVA) Ch. 10 - Montreal, QC

Montreal, Quebec - June 2, 1984
Taken from The Montreal Gazette's weekly TV guide. These listings, AFAIK, are complete.

CF Cable:
(2) Program Information
(3) WCAX (CBS) Ch. 3 - Burlington, VT
(4) CBFT (Radio-Canada) Ch. 2 - Montreal (Canada's first TV station)
(5) WPTZ (NBC) Ch. 5 - Plattsburgh, NY
(6) Visual Ads
(7) CFTM (TVA) Ch. 10 - Montreal
(8) CIVM (Radio-Quebec) Ch. 17 - Montreal
(9) Community Programming
(10) National Assembly
(11) CFCF (CTV) Ch. 12 - Montreal
(12) House of Commons
(13) CBMT (CBC) Ch. 6 - Montreal
(14) Stock Exchange
(15) TVFQ (France)
(16) Premier Choix (French language pay TV)
(17) WVNY (ABC) Ch. 22 - Burlington, VT
(18) First Choice (English language pay TV)
(19) WMTW (ABC) Ch. 8 - Poland Spring, ME
(21) CKSH (Radio-Canada) Ch. 9 - Sherbrooke
(22) Program Information
(23) ETV (WETK) (PBS) Ch. 33 - Burlington, VT
(24) CICO (TVOntario) Ch. 24 - Ottawa, ON
(25) CHLT (TVA) Ch. 7 - Sherbrooke
(26) CJOH Repeater (CTV) Ch. 8 - Cornwall, ON
(27) Educational Programming
(28) News and Weather

Cablevision Nationale/Videotron:
(2) Program Information
(3) WCAX
(4) CBFT
(5) TVFQ
(6) Weather
(7) CFTM
(8) Radio-Quebec
(9) Community Programming
(10) Tele-Guide
(11) CFCF
(12) Visual Ads
(13) CBMT
(14) House of Commons
(15) CKSH
(16) WPTZ
(17) ETV Vermont
(18) CHLT
(19) CJOH
(20) WMTW
(21) CKTM (Radio-Canada) Ch. 13 - Trois-Rivieres
(22) WVNY
(23) Ethnic Programming
(24) Educational Programming
(25) Sports Cable
(26) Children's/General Programming
(27) National Assembly
(28) TVOntario
(30) Premier Choix
(31) First Choice

 

[CPLANAS1985]

I'm new to this forum... But I'm willing to post lineups when I can... Supporting the cause for television nostalgia...

Bowling Green, Kentucky
Cable Provider Unknown
Source: Bowling Green Daily News (via Google Newspapers)
Dated January 1, 1990

• [4] WDCN-TV, 8, PBS Nashville (now WNPT)
• [5] Discovery Channel/City-County Schools[SUP]1[/SUP]
• [8] WSMV-TV, 4, NBC Nashville
• [9] WBKO-TV, 13, ABC Bowling Green
• [10] WTVF-TV, 5, CBS Nashville
• [11] WKYU-TV, 24, PBS Bowling Green[SUP]2[/SUP]
• [12] WKGB, 53, PBS Bowling Green[SUP]3[/SUP]
• [15] The Nashville Network (now Paramount Network)
• [17] TBS[SUP]4[/SUP]
• [18] CBN Family Channel (now Freeform)
• [20] WZTV, 17, Independent Nashville (now Fox)
• [23] Arts & Entertainment (A&E)
• [26] Cable News Network (CNN)
• [27] WXMT-TV, 30, FOX Nashville (now MyNetworkTV)
• [29] Lifetime Network
• [30] Entertainment and Sports Network (ESPN)
• [31] USA Network
• [32] Turner Network Television (TNT)
• [33] WHAS-TV, 11, CBS Louisville (now ABC)
• [35] Nickelodeon, Children's Channel
• [36] WGN Independent Chicago[SUP]5[/SUP]

• [1] They are actually two networks sharing the same channel on cable systems at the time. Also, no information on switch times.
• [2] WKYU is currently the only PBS station in Kentucky NOT tied to the Kentucky Educational Television (KET) Network.
• [3] WKGB is an affiliate of KET, the Kentucky Educational Television Network, a statewide network of PBS stations.
• [4] TBS became its own independent, stand-alone network after Time Warner (now AT&T subsidiary WarnerMedia) through Turner Broadcasting sold WTBS-TV to Meredith Corporation. Today, that station operates as Peachtree TV with the call letters WPCH-TV.
• [5] A national satellite broadcast of the over-the-air feed until a separate stand-alone cable service was established in the early 2000s. Today, the national feed of WGN outside of Chicago operates as WGN America.

More to come in the future...

 

[JosephH1998]

I know Ku-Band in 1997 carried "Spacenet 3R" (which was replaced by GE-3 on C-Band services in October that year and moved 83W) which carried stations from the LA, NYC, Chicago, Salt Lake City and several markets.

Washington, D.C. (S3R-TP 13)
WRC 4 (NBC) Washington, D.C.
WTTG 5 (FOX) Washington, D.C.
WJLA 7 (ABC) Washington, D.C., was also carried on the C-Band and DirecTV as part of the "Primetime 24" package until they replaced it with WKRN 2 Nashville as their ABC-East choice in Nov. 1997
WUSA 9 (CBS) Washington, D.C., was also carried on Primestar (as the east feed of CBS)

Dallas-Ft. Worth: (S3R-TP 13L)
KDFW 4 (FOX) Dallas-Ft. Worth
KXAS 5 (NBC) Dallas-Ft. Worth
WFAA 8 (ABC) Dallas-Ft. Worth
KTVT 11 (CBS) Dallas-Ft. Worth

Boston: (S3R-TP 13U)
WBZ 4 (CBS) Boston
WCVB 5 (ABC) Boston
WHDH 7 (NBC) Boston, also carried on Primestar (as the east feed of NBC)
WFXT 25 (FOX) Boston
WSBK 38 (UPN) Boston, also carried on C-Band Satellite W3 (GE-3) feed & Dish Network, prior to that was also used as the "Spacenet 3" feed for C-Band.

Miami-Ft. Lauderdale: (S3R-TP 14)
WFOR 4 (CBS) Miami-Ft. Lauderdale
WTVJ 6 (NBC) Miami-Ft. Lauderdale
WSVN 7 (FOX) Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, was also carried on C-Band/DirecTV as part of the "Primetime 24" package until that year when PT24 dropped Fox.
WPLG 10 (ABC) Miami-Ft. Lauderdale

Chicago: (S3R-TP 14L)
WBBM 2 (CBS) Chicago
WMAQ 5 (NBC) Chicago
WLS 7 (ABC) Chicago
WFLD 32 (FOX) Chicago

Atlanta: (S3R-TP 14U)
WSB 2 (ABC) Atlanta, was also carried on Primestar (as the east feed of ABC)
WAGA 5 (FOX) Atlanta
WXIA 11 (NBC) Atlanta
WTBS 17 (Ind.) Atlanta, known as TBS Superstation outside the Atlanta, GA area.
WGNX 46 (CBS) Atlanta

Los Angeles: (S3R-TP 15L)
KCBS 2 (CBS) Los Angeles
KNBC 4 (NBC) Los Angeles, also carried on C-Band and DirecTV as part of the "Primetime 24" package
KTLA 5 (WB) Los Angeles, was also carried on C-Band Satellite W3 (GE-3) feed and Dish Network, prior that was also used as the "Spacenet 3" feed for C-Band
KABC 7 (ABC) Los Angeles, was also carried on Primestar (as the west feed of ABC)
KTTV 11 (FOX) Los Angeles
KMEX 34 (Uni.) Los Angeles

New York City: (S3R-TP 15U)
WCBS 2 (CBS) New York City
WNBC 4 (NBC) New York City, was also carried on C-Band/DirecTV as part of the "Primetime 24" package
WNYW 5 (FOX) New York City
WABC 7 (ABC) New York City
WPIX 11 (WB) New York City, was also carried on C-Band Satellite W3 (GE-3) feed that replaced "Spacenet 3" and Dish Network

Phoenix: (S3R-TP 16)
KTVK 3 (Ind.) Phoenix
KPHO 5 (CBS) Phoenix
KSAZ 10 (FOX) Phoenix
KPNX 12 (NBC) Phoenix
KNXV 15 (ABC) Phoenix

San Francisco (S3R-TP 17L)
KTVU 2 (FOX) San Francisco, was also carried on Primestar (as the west feed of FOX)
KRON 4 (NBC) San Francisco
KPIX 5 (CBS) San Francisco, also carried on C-Band/DirecTV as part of the "Primetime 24" package
KGO 7 (ABC) San Francisco
KTSF 26 (Ind.) San Francisco

Pittsburgh (S3R-TP 17U)
KDKA 2 (CBS) Pittsburgh
WTAE 4 (ABC) Pittsburgh
WPXI 11 (NBC) Pittsburgh
WPGH 53 (FOX) Pittsburgh

Salt Lake City (S3R-TP 18L)
KUTV 2 (CBS) Salt Lake City
KTVX 4 (ABC) Salt Lake City
KSL 5 (NBC) Salt Lake City
KSTU 13 (FOX) Salt Lake City

were there any other markets Spacenet 3R (Ku-Band) carried aside from what's listed here?

 

[CCBInMI]

Michigan Cable TV - Ann Arbor, MI - Winter 1975
Source: Art Vuolo's Ann Arbor Area FM/AM RadioGuide

2) WJBK 2 Detroit (CBS)
3) MCATV (Local Access Channel)
4) WWJ 4 Detroit (NBC)
5) 24 Hour Time & Weather Service
6) WJIM 6 Lansing (CBS)
7) WXYZ 7 Detroit (ABC)
8) News & Stock Reports - audio from WRCN (U of M student-run oldies/rock station)
9) CKLW 9 Windsor (CBC)
10) WILX 10 Jackson/Lansing (NBC)
11) WTOL 11 Toledo (CBS)
12) WTVS 56 Detroit (PBS)
13) WSPD 13 Toledo (NBC)
A) WKBD 50 Detroit (Ind.)
B) WDHO 24 Toledo (ABC)
C) CKGN 22 Cottam/Windsor (Global) - listed as coming soon
D) WGTE 30 Toledo (PBS)
E, F, G and I) Public Access channels
J) WXON 20 Detroit (Ind.)
K) WKAR 23 East Lansing (PBS)
L) WGPR 62 Detroit (Ind.) - not on air yet; coming soon
M) New channel 31 in Ann Arbor - not on air yet; coming soon

 

[R.D.P.]

Selma Telecable 1980
Source: My Own Memory Bank

02 WCFT (CBS) Tuscaloosa (A Few Months After we became a customer, WCFT would be replaced with HBO)
03 WKAB (ABC) Montgomery
04 WCOV (CBS) Montgomery
05 WAIQ (PBS) Montgomery
06 WBRC (ABC) Birmingham
07 CBN (With WBMG (CBS) Birmingham Sharing This Channel) (A few Months after we became a customer, CBN would take over this channel full time)
08 Blank Channel
09 WSFA (NBC) Montgomery
10 WSLA (CBS) Selma
11 WTBS (Superstation 17) Atlanta (With WTOK (ABC) Meridian Mississippi Sharing This Channel) (A few months after we became a customer, WTBS would take over this channel full time)
12 Featured a Clock and other Weather related items that would run from left to right and vice versa, with WALX 100.9 FM Beautiful Music Selma playing.
13 WVTM (NBC) Birmigham

Over the years, this channel line up would change and grow. During the mid to late 90s, Telecable would become TCI and then would become Charter/Sprectrum in the 2000s.

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