TCI Grand Rapids, MI (December 1997)

[ftballfan]

Kind of sad that Michigan's second largest city had a smaller lineup than my hometown of about 6,500 people (see the Manistee thread)!

2 - TBS Superstation
3 - WWMT (CBS 3 Kalamazoo)
4 - WOTV (ABC 41 Battle Creek)
5 - WXMI (FOX 17 Grand Rapids)
6 - WGVU (PBS 35 Grand Rapids)
7 - Discovery Channel
8 - WOOD (NBC 8 Grand Rapids)
9 - HSN
10 - Prevue Guide
11 - Showtime
12 - Cable Marketplace
13 - WZZM (ABC 13 Grand Rapids)
14 - Encore
15 - Starz!
16 - HBO
17 - Cinemax
18 - C-SPAN 2 [weekdays] / WKBD (UPN 50 Detroit) [nights and weekends]
19 - WLLA (IND 64 Kalamazoo)
20 - WJUE (inTV 43 Battle Creek)
21 - WTLJ (TCT 54 Muskegon)
22 - MTV
23 - AMC
24 - Weather Channel
25 - Nickelodeon
26 - FX
27 - QVC
28 - Fox News
29 - Headline News
30 - CNN
31 - ESPN
32 - CNBC [weekdays] / Fox Sports Detroit [nights and weekends]
33 - TNT
34 - USA Network
35 - Cartoon Network
36 - Univision
37 - BET
38 - TNN
39 - Lifetime
40 - A&E Network
41 - Animal Planet
42 - Disney Channel
43 - Family Channel
47 - WGN (WB)
48 - Request 1 PPV
49 - Request 4 PPV [6am-10pm] / Spice [10pm-6am]
50 - Public Access
95 - K-12 Educational Access [City of Grand Rapids] / VH1 [suburbs]
96 - GRCC Educational Access
98 - The Health Channel [City of Grand Rapids] / TLC [suburbs]
99 - Government Access [City of Grand Rapids] / C-SPAN [suburbs; C-SPAN also aired in the City of Grand Rapids when there was no Government Access programming to be aired]

 

[nomadcowatbk]

given their limited capacity, what channels didn't bump off for FNC and Animal Planet

 

[Megatron]

WOW surprised that WGN wasn't in 1-16 in Kazoo on Cablevision was on channel 9 then moved it to channel 2 in APR 96. WKBD was gone on Cablevision in 93 or 94 not sure on that only way I watched WKBD after switching cable companies in 88 was at my grandparents house as Adelphia Communications didn't have WKBD I did get WWOR from NYC until they became UPN.

TCI was going to buy Cablevision in Kazoo but when TCI got bought by AT&T Cable the deal got called off that was the reason Wood TV came back on Cablevision in Kazoo Jan 98 as the story goes. I think that AT&T bought Adelphia Communications in parts of Kazoo now Comcast since 03. Portage had Cartoon Network I think had to pay extra for it not sure had to have the cable box which my grandparents didn't have a cable box in Kazoo didn't have Cartoon Network until they started to update the systems in 99 neighborhood by neighborhood which took a year until I got the update for more channels and Charter bought Cablevision in fall of 2000 with digital channels as well.

Kinda surprised that Fox Sports Detroit had to share a channel on TCI on Cablevision had it's own channel which took over the space the space of PASS Sports that went off after the Tigers season ended. WZPX when it became PAX in fall of 98 was added to Cablevision was split with TV Guide Channel until they got The WB got there own channel.