Poughkeepsie, NY (August 2, 1987)

[Bluenoser]

from Poughkeepsie Journal via Newspapers.com

POUGHKEEPSIE CABLEVISION
2 WCBS-CBS New York
3 CNN
4 WNBC-NBC New York
5 HBO
6 AMC/FNN
7 WABC-ABC New York
8 USA Network
9 Lifetime
10 Discovery Channel
11 Disney Channel
12 ESPN
13 Nickelodeon
16 W42AE-PBS Poughkeepsie (//WMHT Schenectady)
17 WOR Secaucus
18 WPIX New York
20 WTBY-TBN Poughkeepsie
21 WTZA KIngston
22 WNYW-Fox New York
23 WNET-PBS Newark
24 MTV
25 TNN
26 Weather Channel
27 A&E
28 C-SPAN
29 BET
30 VH1
31 CBN
32 Local Origination/Public Access
33 CVN
34 Cinemax
35 Showtime
36 WTEN-ABC Albany

US CABLE (Beacon)
2 WCBS-CBS New York
3 ESPN
4 WNBC-NBC New York
5 HBO
6 CNN
7 WABC-ABC New York
8 WTBY-TBN Poughkeepsie
9 WOR Secaucus
10 Local Origination/Movietime/VH1
11 WPIX New York
12 WNYW-Fox New York
13 WNET-PBS Newark
16 W42AE-PBS Poughkeepsie
17 USA Network
18 SportsChannel
19 MTV
20 Weather Channel
21 Cinemax
22 Nickelodeon/A&E
23 Lifetime
24 Showtime
25 Disney Channel
26 CVN
28 Discovery Channel
29 WTZA Kingston

KINGSTON CABLE (Kingston, Rhinebeck)
2 WCBS-CBS New York
3 CNN
4 WNBC-NBC New York
5 HBO
6 AMC/FNN
7 WABC-ABC New York
8 Discovery Channel
9 USA Network
10 ESPN
11 Disney Channel
12 Nickelodeon
13 WMHT-PBS Schenectady
14 Lifetime
15 (Rhinebeck) VH1
16 TNN
17 Showtime
18 (Kingston) VH1
20 Cinemax
21 MTV
22 WRGB-CBS Schenectady
23 WTZA Kingston
24 WNYW-Fox New York
25 WOR Secaucus
26 WPIX New York
27 C-SPAN
28 Weather Channel
29 A&E
30 CVN
31 CBN

 

[IM42A]

I was in Poughkeepsie a few years prior, and I know they carried WFSB-3 and (I think) WTNH-8 from Connecticut. I recall they carried some Albany-area stations but I don't recall which ones.

 

[IM42A]

It was actually Hyde Park, and they did carry both WFSB and WTNH, this per 1982 Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook:



This is what appears for Poughkeepsie:

 

[KML0224]

Love how they got the Hartford call letters wrong...NOT! Surprised they carried anything from Connecticut at all. I wonder if they ever carried channel 20 of Waterbury or channel 49 (PBS) of Bridgeport? (Now licensed to Stamford.)

 

[IM42A]

Love how they got the Hartford call letters wrong...NOT! Surprised they carried anything from Connecticut at all. I wonder if they ever carried channel 20 of Waterbury or channel 49 (PBS) of Bridgeport? (Now licensed to Stamford.)

No, the calls are WFSB, not WSFB as it says in the BCYB channel lineup. Such errors were common in both BCYB and the Television Factbook. I don't suppose it's as though they had some massive database from which they could pull data for each individual listing.

Or they may have occasionally put in incorrect call letters to be able to flag copyright violations.