QUBE, Columbus headend, December 1977

[mvcg66b3r]

From mtburb on the Michigan Buzzboard:

Anyone who may have lived in or visited central Ohio in the late 70's may remember QUBE, which spawned several elements now common in modern cable systems and also helped lay the footprint for what is now Charter Spectrum.

QUBE, Columbus headend, December 1977 (the entire P tier was the predecessor of The Movie Channel)
T-1-program guide
T-2-WOSU (PBS)
T-3-reserved for signals of out-of-market affiliates when Columbus network affiliates preempted network programming
T-4-WCMH (NBC)
T-5-WTTV (Independent, Indianapolis)
T-6-WTVN (ABC)
T-7-WXIX (Independent, Cincinnati)
T-8-WOUB (PBS, Athens)
T-9-WUAB (Independent, Lorain)
T-10-WBNS (CBS)
C-1-Columbus Alive
C-2-consumer information
C-3-Pinwheel (predecessor of Nickelodeon)
C-4-news updates
C-5-sports news & scores
C-6-stocks & business news
C-7-religious programming
C-8-time & weather
C-9-selected audience programming
C-10-Live and Learn
P-1-free program previews
P-2-First-Run Movies
P-3-Movie Greats
P-4-Performance
P-5-Better Living
P-6-sports
P-7-special events
P-8-QUBE Games
P-9-College at Home
P-10-adult films

http://www.mibuzzboard.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=553116#p553116

 

[FreddyE1977]

I had QUBE in Pittsburgh when we first got cable. That was not until mid-1982 due to a lot of political haggling
over the awarding of the franchise. (the committee was chaired by a Catholic Deacon who was committed to
keeping adult channels off the system). On the QUBE came channel they had a quiz program where players in
Pittsburgh could compete against QUBE subscribers in Columbus, Cincinnati and Houston for bragging rights.

 

[ChocoMingo]

Despite never being in Columbus, I only know QUBE because of Nickelodeon.