Probably because they couldn't afford the equipment to switch over to PowerVu or Digicipher when the cable networks went to encrypted digital on C-Band. I notice many of the small town cable providers had the same 5-10 cable networks during the '90s...I assume because they pointed one satellite dish at Galaxy 5 and couldn't afford to buy more dishes.
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Worst Cable Systems in America
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This system has been bought by Comcast:
Comcast Acquires Russell Cable
The Town of Russell has a new broadband, video and voice services provider as Comcast today announced it has acquired Russell Municipal Cable TV. Comcast plans to transition residents and businesses to its Xfinity and
newengland.comcast.com
I need to find a cable line up listing of the old cable system here in McGrath Alaska.. it was running in the 80s and 90s until satellite took over (We're a community now of 300 people, 250 miles NW of Anchorage.... but in the 80s and 90s we had over 500 people)
Let me guess...it was run by GCI? They probably couldn't get networks other than ARCS (unless satellite provided Denver and/or even Detroit on Cancom, with very early prime time.) Sitka AK's newspaper has microfilm on Newspapers.com, and I notice that in the 1980s they had HBO and multiple cable networks, WGN, WOR, WTBS, and Detroit ABC/NBC/CBS from Cancom/Anik. That meant to the locals...The Cosby Show came on WDIV/NBC at *4:00* in the afternoon! Not to mention you could make supper and sit down for Johnny Carson (!) live on Eastern time at 7:30. They did carry the local KTNL Sitka with a mix of network programming, kind of like what WAGM Presque Isle used to do.
No, it was run by locals, including the founding father of KSKO, yet the cable system had nothing to do with KSKO
they brought stuff in on satellite.. one reciever per channel
The franchise has been turned over to Spectrum:
Construction could start this spring:
It's 2021, and this Metro East community still doesn't have reliable internet
Service finally may begin in Fairmont City in the spring.
news.stlpublicradio.org
Spectrum Cedar Key FL (Levy County/Gainesville DMA). Just 24 channels, none in HD. Carries Tampa's WFLA instead of in-market WNBW.
Got upgraded in May of last year; appears to be an all-HD lineup (with WJTV now carried).
Was consolidated with their New Philadelphia system in 2016.
BTW, Leesville and Bowerston also share a school district and a telephone exchange.
Was consolidated with their Cadiz-Hopedale system in 2016.
This is listed on Zap2it as "Senior TV Apostolic Christian Home." In Peoria, IL. This is most likely this senior facility on the northeast side of Peoria:
www.seniorhousingnet.com
Only 20 channels, and only 1 sports channel. No CW on this lineup (which is WEEK-25.3), or netlets. WAOE is still carried even though it's gone all-infomercials and is no longer a MyNet afilliate:
Here's their lineup:
3-WEEK 25.2 (ABC)
4-WEEK 25.1 (NBC)
5-WMBD 31.1 (CBS)
6-WYZZ 43.1 (Fox)
7-WTVP 47.1 (PBS)
8-WAOE 59.1 (formerly My, now an infomercial wasteland)
15-Hallmark
16-History
17-Discovery
18-Freeform
19-Animal Planet
20-HGTV
21-Food Network
22-Newsnation (I'm surprised they didn't put this on unused cable channel 9, especially during the WGN/WGN America years)
23-TCM
24-Weather Channel
25-NBC Sports Chicago (no longer the home of the Cubs)
26-Fox News Channel
27-TBN
28-CNN
The ESPNs, kids channels (in case the kids are visiting Grandma and Grandpa), Marquee Network (for the Cubs fans) and Bally Sports Midwest (the Cardinals station) are also notably absent. Plus a lot of traditional cable channels that might have had shows of interest to older audiences (e.g., Lifetime).
20 channel cable lineups are still like something out of the mid to late 80s.
Apostolic Christian Home – Peoria, IL – SeniorHousingNet.com
Apostolic Christian Home - Retirement facility located at 7023 NE Skyline Dr, Peoria, IL, 61614, seniorhousingnet.com
www.seniorhousingnet.com
Only 20 channels, and only 1 sports channel. No CW on this lineup (which is WEEK-25.3), or netlets. WAOE is still carried even though it's gone all-infomercials and is no longer a MyNet afilliate:
Here's their lineup:
3-WEEK 25.2 (ABC)
4-WEEK 25.1 (NBC)
5-WMBD 31.1 (CBS)
6-WYZZ 43.1 (Fox)
7-WTVP 47.1 (PBS)
8-WAOE 59.1 (formerly My, now an infomercial wasteland)
15-Hallmark
16-History
17-Discovery
18-Freeform
19-Animal Planet
20-HGTV
21-Food Network
22-Newsnation (I'm surprised they didn't put this on unused cable channel 9, especially during the WGN/WGN America years)
23-TCM
24-Weather Channel
25-NBC Sports Chicago (no longer the home of the Cubs)
26-Fox News Channel
27-TBN
28-CNN
The ESPNs, kids channels (in case the kids are visiting Grandma and Grandpa), Marquee Network (for the Cubs fans) and Bally Sports Midwest (the Cardinals station) are also notably absent. Plus a lot of traditional cable channels that might have had shows of interest to older audiences (e.g., Lifetime).
20 channel cable lineups are still like something out of the mid to late 80s.
They pulled out of Point Roberts in 2019:
EastLink is pulling the plug in Point Roberts
EastLink is pulling out of Point Roberts. The cable company has informed residents of the American peninsula that it will be discontinuing service at the end of next month.
www.delta-optimist.com
Lewis County would make the most sense as being in the Lexington DMA, reception is marginal and people there regard Lexington news as "local", but the C-H stations have forced WKYT and WTVQ off the cable there, though Cincinnati stations are still carried along with C-H (according to TVTV, though if the card above is reliable, Vanceburg gets Portsmouth's cable feed). Lexington's DMA has eaten big chunks out of the C-H, Cincinnati, Louisville, Knoxville, and Tri-Cities in the past few decades, and I have to suspect that C-H is not too keen on losing Lewis County.
An update from Spectrum from this past May:The franchise has been turned over to Spectrum:
Construction could start this spring:
It's 2021, and this Metro East community still doesn't have reliable internet
Service finally may begin in Fairmont City in the spring.
Spectrum Brings its State-of-the-Art Network With Gigabit Broadband and New TV Choices to Fairmont City and Washington Park, Illinois | Charter
FAIRMONT CITY, Ill. – Spectrum today announced the launch of Spectrum Internet Gig and its full suite of services for residential customers and small business clients, following the completion of a more than $880,000 network upgrade in Fairmont City and Washington Park. Spectrum celebrated with...
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Couldn't WNBW invoke must-carry and market exclusivity?
Now with lots of HD:
Channel Lineup - Nelsonville TV
Channel Lineup - Basic: $45/Month Channels 2.1-123.1 2.1 WSYX-FOX COLUMBUS, OHIO HD 3.1 WHIZ ZANESVILLE HD 4.1 WCMC-NBC COLUMBUS, OHIO HD 5.1 COMMUNITY
nelsonvilletv.com
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