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Tucson, AZ area (August 11, 1991)

From: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34784669/tucson_cable_conversion_guide_august/
All shopping channels are lumped together under Shopping

Tucson Cablevision Tucson
2 – KTTU (IND 18 Tucson)
3 – Shopping
4 – KVOA (NBC 4 Tucson)
5 – Advertising
6 – KUAT (PBS 6 Tucson)
7 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
8 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
9 – KGUN (ABC 9 Tucson)
10 – K14HR (Telemundo 14 Tucson)
11 – KMSB (FOX 11 Nogales)
12 – Local Access
13 – KOLD (CBS 13 Tucson)
14 – CNN
15 – Headline News
16 – CNBC [three months post-FNN merger]
17 – A&E Network
18 – Bravo
19 – American Movie Classics / Travel Channel
20 – The Learning Channel
21 – C-SPAN
22 – Court TV [had just launched a month and a half prior]
23 – Prime Ticket [original]
24 – CNBC [three months post-FNN merger]
25 – ESPN
26 – Turner Network Television
27 – USA Network
28 – PPV Previews
29 – Pay-Per-View
30 – Pay-Per-View
31 – HBO
32 – The Movie Channel
33 – Disney Channel
34 – Cinemax
35 – Showtime
36 – The Weather Channel
37 – The Nashville Network
38 – Family Channel
39 – Lifetime
40 – Discovery Channel
41 – Nickelodeon
42 – MTV
43 – Video Jukebox
44 – VH-1
45 – Black Entertainment Television
46 – Trinity Broadcasting Network (national feed)
47 – Shopping
48 – Playboy
52 – KTVW (Univision 33 Phoenix)
61 – Eternal Word Television Network
63 – Mind Extension University
67 – K43CW (Galavision 43 Tucson)
68 – Prevue Guide
{a lot of local access-type channels in the 50s and 60s}

Tucson Cablevision Foothills/Sunrise
2 – KTTU (IND 18 Tucson)
3 – Shopping
4 – KVOA (NBC 4 Tucson)
5 – Travel Channel
6 – KUAT (PBS 6 Tucson)
7 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
8 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
9 – KGUN (ABC 9 Tucson)
10 – Shopping
11 – KMSB (FOX 11 Nogales)
12 – MTV
13 – KOLD (CBS 13 Tucson)
14 – CNN
15 – Headline News
16 – CNBC [three months post-FNN merger]
17 – A&E Network
18 – VH-1
19 – American Movie Classics [listed as split with Travel Channel; Travel is carried fulltime on another channel]
20 – The Learning Channel
21 – C-SPAN
22 – The Nashville Network
23 – Lifetime
24 – CNBC [three months post-FNN merger]
25 – ESPN
26 – Turner Network Television
27 – USA Network
28 – Nickelodeon
29 – Discovery Channel
30 – Family Channel
31 – HBO
32 – The Movie Channel
33 – Disney Channel
34 – Cinemax
35 – Showtime
36 – The Weather Channel

Tucson Cablevision Santa Rita/Bel Air/Skyline Country Club
2 – CNBC [three months post-FNN merger]
3 – USA Network
4 – KVOA (NBC 4 Tucson)
5 – KPHO (IND 5 Phoenix)
6 – KUAT (PBS 6 Tucson)
7 – CNN
8 – Trinity Broadcasting Network (national feed)
9 – KGUN (ABC 9 Tucson)
10 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
11 – KMSB (FOX 11 Nogales)
12 – A&E Network
13 – KOLD (CBS 13 Tucson)
14 – ESPN
15 – KTLA (IND 5 Los Angeles)
16 – KTTV (FOX 11 Los Angeles)
17 – Headline News [listed as CNN, more likely Headline News is here than on 7]
18 – Family Channel
19 – The Nashville Network
20 – C-SPAN
21 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
22 – Lifetime
26 – Showtime
27 – The Movie Channel
28 – Playboy
29 – Disney Channel
30 – HBO
31 – Nostalgia Network

Jones Intercable (Tucson?)
2 – WOR EMI Service
3 – KTTU (IND 18 Tucson)
4 – KVOA (NBC 4 Tucson)
5 – Advertising
6 – KUAT (PBS 6 Tucson)
7 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
8 – Mind Extension University
9 – KGUN (ABC 9 Tucson)
10 – PPV Previews
11 – KMSB (FOX 11 Nogales)
12 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
13 – KOLD (CBS 13 Tucson)
14 – Disney Channel
15 – Family Channel
16 – Nickelodeon
17 – Discovery Channel
18 – A&E Network
19 – Prevue Guide
20 – Lifetime
21 – American Movie Classics
22 – Pay-Per-View
23 – Pay-Per-View
24 – Pay-Per-View
25 – USA Network
26 – SportsChannel America
27 – Turner Network Television
28 – Pay-Per-View
29 – ESPN
30 – The Weather Channel
31 – Headline News
32 – CNN
33 – CNBC [three months post-FNN merger]
34 – C-SPAN
35 – C-SPAN 2
36 – K43CW (Galavision 43 Tucson)
37 – HBO
38 – Cinemax
40 – MTV
41 – VH-1
42 – Country Music Television
43 – The Nashville Network
44 – Showtime
45 – The Movie Channel
46 – Vision Interfaith Satellite Network
47 – Shopping
48 – Shopping
51 – K14HR (Telemundo 14 Tucson)
52 – KTVW (Univision 33 Phoenix)

Western Cablevision Tucson
2 – KOLD (CBS 13 Tucson)
3 – KMSB (FOX 11 Nogales)
4 – KVOA (NBC 4 Tucson)
5 – KGUN (ABC 9 Tucson)
6 – KUAT (PBS 6 Tucson)
7 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
8 – Local Access
9 – Family Channel
10 – A&E Network
11 – Shopping
12 – The Nashville Network
13 – Turner Network Television
14 – HBO
15 – Cinemax
16 – Disney Channel
17 – CNN
18 – KTTU (IND 18 Tucson)
19 – WOR EMI Service
20 – KTLA (IND 5 Los Angeles)
21 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
22 – Prevue Guide
23 – C-SPAN
24 – C-SPAN 2
25 – ESPN
26 – Travel Channel
27 – Discovery Channel
28 – Headline News
29 – Country Music Television
30 – USA Network
31 – Lifetime
32 – CNBC [three months post-FNN merger]
33 – Nostalgia Network
34 – MTV
35 – American Movie Classics
36 – Nickelodeon

Desert Cablevision Sierra Vista/Huachuca City/Whetstone/Coronado Estates/Tombstone
2 – Pay-Per-View
3 – CNN
4 – KVOA (NBC 4 Tucson)
5 – KTTU (IND 18 Tucson)
6 – KUAT (PBS 6 Tucson)
7 – Headline News
8 – Pay-Per-View
9 – KGUN (ABC 9 Tucson)
10 – Shopping
11 – KMSB (FOX 11 Nogales)
12 – Trinity Broadcasting Network (national feed)
13 – KOLD (CBS 13 Tucson)
14 – ESPN
15 – KTLA (IND 5 Los Angeles)
16 – KTTV (FOX 11 Los Angeles)
17 – MTV
18 – WOR EMI Service
19 – The Nashville Network
20 – USA Network
21 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
22 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
23 – Nickelodeon
24 – Univision (national feed)
25 – VH-1
26 – Showtime
27 – The Movie Channel
28 – Turner Network Television
29 – Disney Channel
30 – HBO
31 – Playboy

Green Valley CableVision
2 – KTTU (IND 18 Tucson)
3 – Shopping
4 – KVOA (NBC 4 Tucson)
5 – KTLA (IND 5 Los Angeles)
6 – KUAT (PBS 6 Tucson)
7 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
8 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
9 – KGUN (ABC 9 Tucson)
10 – WOR EMI Service
11 – KMSB (FOX 11 Nogales)
12 – Local Access
13 – KOLD (CBS 13 Tucson)
14 – CNN
15 – Headline News
16 – CNBC [three months post-FNN merger]
17 – A&E Network
18 – C-SPAN 2
19 – American Movie Classics
20 – The Learning Channel
21 – C-SPAN
22 – The Nashville Network
23 – Lifetime
24 – CNBC [three months post-FNN merger]
25 – ESPN
26 – Turner Network Television
27 – USA Network
28 – Nickelodeon
29 – Discovery Channel
30 – Family Channel
31 – HBO
32 – The Movie Channel
33 – Disney Channel
34 – Cinemax
35 – Univision (national feed)
36 – The Weather Channel
37 – Trinity Broadcasting Network (national feed)

Saguaro Cable TV Ajo
2 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
3 – KTVK (ABC 3 Phoenix)
4 – Showtime
5 – KPHO (IND 5 Phoenix)
6 – Disney Channel
7 – KVOA (NBC 4 Tucson)
8 – KAET (PBS 8 Phoenix)
9 – KGUN (ABC 9 Tucson)
10 – KTSP (CBS 10 Phoenix)
11 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
12 – KPNX (NBC 12 Mesa)
13 – KOLD (CBS 13 Tucson)
14 – Turner Network Television
15 – ESPN
16 – American Movie Classics
17 – CNN
20 – Discovery Channel
21 – USA Network
23 – Local Access
24 – Eternal Word Television Network
25 – Telemundo (national feed)
26 – Country Music Television
27 – A&E Network
28 – Family Channel
29 – Nickelodeon
30 – KTLA (IND 5 Los Angeles)
31 – Headline News
32 – Shopping
33 – Univision (national feed)
34 – Lifetime
35 – The Nashville Network
36 – Trinity Broadcasting Network (national feed)

Saguaro Cable TV Rio Rico
2 – ESPN
3 – HBO
4 – KVOA (NBC 4 Tucson)
5 – Local Access
6 – KUAT (PBS 6 Tucson)
7 – Headline News
8 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
9 – KGUN (ABC 9 Tucson)
10 – Univision (national feed)
11 – KMSB (FOX 11 Nogales)
12 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
13 – KOLD (CBS 13 Tucson)
15 – Cinemax
16 – Disney Channel
17 – Nickelodeon
18 – CNN
19 – American Movie Classics
20 – Lifetime
21 – Family Channel
22 – Country Music Television
23 – MTV
24 – Turner Network Television
25 – Discovery Channel
26 – Shopping
27 – Prime Ticket [original]
30 – XHFA (Imevision [XHDF] 2 Nogales)
31 – XHNOS (Las Estrellas 50 Nogales)
32 – KTTU (IND 18 Tucson)

Dimension Cable Casa Grande
2 – Showtime
3 – KTVK (ABC 3 Phoenix)
4 – HBO
5 – KPHO (IND 5 Phoenix)
6 – KUTP (IND 45 Phoenix)
7 – CNN
8 – KAET (PBS 8 Phoenix)
9 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
10 – KTSP (CBS 10 Phoenix)
11 – C-SPAN
12 – KPNX (NBC 12 Mesa)
13 – KOLD (CBS 13 Tucson)
14 – Disney Channel
15 – KNXV (FOX 15 Phoenix)
16 – MTV
17 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
18 – KGHS (unknown)
19 – Local Access
20 – The Nashville Network
21 – KPAZ (TBN 21 Phoenix)
22 – Cinemax
23 – A&E Network
24 – Family Channel
25 – Univision (national feed)
26 – KVOA (NBC 4 Tucson)
27 – The Weather Channel
28 – USA Network
29 – ESPN
30 – The Learning Channel
31 – KGUN (ABC 9 Tucson)
32 – Nickelodeon
33 – American Movie Classics
34 – Shopping

Marana CableSystem
2 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
3 – ESPN
4 – KVOA (NBC 4 Tucson)
5 – CNN
6 – KUAT (PBS 6 Tucson)
7 – USA Network
8 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
9 – KGUN (ABC 9 Tucson)
10 – WOR EMI Service
11 – KMSB (FOX 11 Nogales)
12 – MTV
13 – KOLD (CBS 13 Tucson)
14 – Disney Channel
15 – HBO
16 – Showtime
17 – Cinemax
18 – The Movie Channel
19 – Prevue Guide
20 – American Movie Classics
21 – Local Access
23 – Shopping
24 – KTTU (IND 18 Tucson)
25 – Family Channel
26 – Nickelodeon
27 – The Nashville Network
28 – KTVW (Univision 33 Phoenix)
29 – VH-1
30 – Lifetime
31 – A&E Network
32 – Discovery Channel
33 – Headline News
34 – CNBC [three months post-FNN merger]
35 – FamilyNet
36 – C-SPAN
37 – Court TV [had just launched a month and a half prior]
38 – Local Access
39 – KNXV (FOX 15 Phoenix)
40 – Shopping
41 – KUTP (IND 45 Phoenix)
42 – Trinity Broadcasting Network (national feed)
43 – Turner Network Television

Dimension Cable Nogales
2 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
3 – Univision (national feed)
4 – HBO
5 – KPHO (IND 5 Phoenix)
6 – Cinemax
7 – KVOA (NBC 4 Tucson)
8 – KUAT (PBS 6 Tucson)
9 – KGUN (ABC 9 Tucson)
10 – ESPN
11 – KMSB (FOX 11 Nogales)
12 – KTTV (FOX 11 Los Angeles)
13 – KOLD (CBS 13 Tucson)
14 – Disney Channel
15 – Nickelodeon
16 – CNN
17 – Showtime
19 – Local Access
20 – Trinity Broadcasting Network (national feed)
21 – The Weather Channel
22 – C-SPAN
23 – Lifetime
24 – MTV
25 – KTTU (IND 18 Tucson)
26 – XHNOS (Las Estrellas 50 Nogales)
27 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
28 – USA Network
29 – Family Channel
30 – The Nashville Network
32 – XHFA (Imevision [XHDF] 2 Nogales)
33 – Telemundo (national feed)
34 – Shopping
35 – Headline News
36 – A&E Network

Post-Newsweek Bisbee/Naco
3 – WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
4 – KVOA (NBC 4 Tucson)
5 – CNN
6 – KUAT (PBS 6 Tucson)
7 – WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
8 – KTTU (IND 18 Tucson)
9 – KGUN (ABC 9 Tucson)
10 – WOR EMI Service
11 – KTTV (FOX 11 Los Angeles)
12 – Univision (national feed)
13 – KOLD (CBS 13 Tucson)
14 – Pay-Per-View
15 – Pay-Per-View
16 – Pay-Per-View
17 – Cinemax
18 – Showtime
19 – Shopping
20 – Disney Channel
21 – HBO
22 – The Movie Channel
23 – The Nashville Network
24 – Nickelodeon
25 – Lifetime
26 – USA Network
28 – Headline News [listed as CNN, more likely Headline News is here than on 5]
29 – Discovery Channel [also listed on 35]
30 – MTV
31 – Turner Network Television
32 – ESPN
33 – Family Channel
34 – C-SPAN
36 – A&E Network
37 – Telemundo (national feed)
 
Interesting how MTV and TNT were not carried on three of these cable lineups. Rio Rico had no USA Network...yet they had CMT?
Wonder if there was a reason why KNXV or KMSB couldn't get carriage in Ajo?
 
Interesting how MTV and TNT were not carried on three of these cable lineups. Rio Rico had no USA Network...yet they had CMT?
Wonder if there was a reason why KNXV or KMSB couldn't get carriage in Ajo?

Ajo is over 100 miles west of Tucson but still in Pima County (the county Tucson is in). In fact, Ajo is closer to South Mountain than it is to Tucson and its tower farms.

Another oddity: No lineup listed for Benson, yet farther away Sierra Vista, Bisbee, Rio Rico, Ajo, and Nogales all had their lineups listed. Wonder if Benson didn't have cable, which would be very odd considering it had a population of around 4,000 in 1990
 
I find it strange that Prime Ticket was available on a pair of systems in Tucson. And since Phoenix didn't have their own baseball or hockey teams, the LA market adopted it as its own much like Vegas prior to the Golden Knights taking the ice. And most Suns games were still on local channels.
 
Interesting how MTV and TNT were not carried on three of these cable lineups. Rio Rico had no USA Network...yet they had CMT?
Wonder if there was a reason why KNXV or KMSB couldn't get carriage in Ajo?

MTV wasn't carried on some systems (particularly in retirement ares like Green Valley) because they targeted teenagers and young adults, and some of the older viewers objected to their content. Nickelodeon was on those systems just in case the grandkids visited and they needed some entertaining.
 
OK. I can see that. I'm guessing most Green Valley residents were listening to the Rat Pack or big band, rather than Madonna and Poison.
 
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