I was wondering what exactly the largest channel listings would be (in terms of overall channels). The most channels I've come across in a guide were the USSB/DirecTV TV Guide and the tv listings for the Rapid City Journal in South Dakota (the latter including listings for two community cable services and the entirety of DirecTV and Dish!). I guess the "Ultimate Satellite" edition of TV Guide would count too as well as any C-band listings. Any suggestions?
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Question: Largest TV Listings
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In September 1992, the Detroit Free Press included almost every station that served Michigan in their statewide TV Guide:
http://tvlistingsarchive.blogspot.com/2018/09/michigan-wed-sept-13-1992.html
http://tvlistingsarchive.blogspot.com/2018/09/michigan-wed-sept-13-1992.html
I remember seeing that when I was in Michigan for a family reunion back in 1980 -- kept a copy for years, but somewhere along the line it seems to have disappeared. And not just Michigan, but also Toledo, OH, and (I vaguely recall) maybe South Bend, IN.
The Des Moines Register's state edition, back in the days when it had one, used to list pretty much everything in Iowa and some neighboring stations as well. I believe the Minneapolis Star Tribune did the same. Those were some pretty hefty listings.
Somewhere in my attic, I have some copies of a regional cable guide that used to serve all of upstate NY and into adjoining parts of VT back in the very early 1980s. It cost a quarter or 35 cents at the drugstore, and used every version of a channel-number bullet it could find to try to provide channel listings for as many systems across upstate NY as it could. So not only did it list every *station* from Buffalo to Burlington - each one appeared with several different channel-number bullets if it was carried on multiple systems.
It was so ungainly as to be nearly useless, and it disappeared after a few years.
Somewhere in my attic, I have some copies of a regional cable guide that used to serve all of upstate NY and into adjoining parts of VT back in the very early 1980s. It cost a quarter or 35 cents at the drugstore, and used every version of a channel-number bullet it could find to try to provide channel listings for as many systems across upstate NY as it could. So not only did it list every *station* from Buffalo to Burlington - each one appeared with several different channel-number bullets if it was carried on multiple systems.
It was so ungainly as to be nearly useless, and it disappeared after a few years.
No, this was something published in NY state. I'll have to go digging to see if I can find them.
I put in an order on ebay for a bunch of satellite TV guides. I'd do the same for Satellite TV Week but all the copies on ebay are too expensive (including a copy owned by OJ Simpson of all people!). I wonder what the biggest cable selection on a newspaper TV guide would look like. I've found quite a few massive ones myself.
For small town newspapers, the Ludington Daily News included the following in the mid-1990s:
Green Bay: WBAY 2 (ABC), WFRV 5 (CBS), WLUK 11 (NBC -> FOX)
Milwaukee: WTMJ 4 (NBC), WITI 6 (CBS -> FOX), WMVS 10 (PBS)
Traverse City-Cadillac: WPBN 7 (NBC), WWTV 9 (CBS), WCMW 21 (PBS), WGTU 29 (ABC), WGKI 33 (FOX)
Grand Rapids: WZZM 13 (ABC), WGVU 35 (PBS)
For comparison, the Manistee News-Advocate 25 miles north included only Traverse City-Cadillac channels at the same time
Green Bay: WBAY 2 (ABC), WFRV 5 (CBS), WLUK 11 (NBC -> FOX)
Milwaukee: WTMJ 4 (NBC), WITI 6 (CBS -> FOX), WMVS 10 (PBS)
Traverse City-Cadillac: WPBN 7 (NBC), WWTV 9 (CBS), WCMW 21 (PBS), WGTU 29 (ABC), WGKI 33 (FOX)
Grand Rapids: WZZM 13 (ABC), WGVU 35 (PBS)
For comparison, the Manistee News-Advocate 25 miles north included only Traverse City-Cadillac channels at the same time
From what I've seen in old Kansas City Star TV guide listings from the late 70's on Newspapers.com, They, at the time, listed local TV stations in the Kansas City, MO area (WDAF-TV, Ch. 4, KCMO-TV, Ch. 5, KMBC-TV, Ch. 9, KCPT-TV, Ch. 19, KBMA-TV, Ch. 41 & KYFC-TV, Ch. 50.), as well as regional TV stations in St. Joseph, MO (KQTV-TV, Ch. 2.), Kirksville, MO (KTVO-TV, Ch. 3.), Columbia, MO (KOMU-TV, Ch. 8 & KCBJ-TV, Ch. 17.), Jefferson City, MO (KRCG-TV, Ch. 13.), Sedalia/Warrensburg, MO (KMOS-TV, Ch. 6.), Springfield, MO (KYTV-TV, Ch. 3, KOLR-TV, Ch. 10, KOZK-TV, Ch. 21 & KMTC-TV, Ch. 27.), Joplin, MO (KODE-TV, Ch. 12 & KTVJ-TV, Ch. 16.), Pittsburg, KS (KOAM-TV, Ch. 7.), Wichita, KS (KARD-TV, Ch. 3, KPTS-TV, Ch. 8, KAKE-TV, Ch. 10 & KTVH-TV, Ch. 12.) & Topeka, KS (KTWU-TV, Ch. 11, WIBW-TV, Ch. 13 & KTSB-TV, Ch. 27.). Also mentioned was KRCG-TV's low power translator (K11OJ, Ch. 11.) in Sedalia, MO & I think KOMU-TV's low power translator (K07SD, Ch. 7.) in Rolla, MO. In all, not counting the translators, there were 26 TV stations listed in whole or in part. Most of these TV stations were removed in the early 1980's.
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