Charleston's cable system, Comcast, has been a very unique system ever since it started in the late 1970s. It started as Storer, then was bought in 1994 by Comcast.
Unlike most cable systems, Comcast here did not organize channels by type. Instead it was mish-mash as the lineup expanded from 20-25 channels to eventually 70.
This was the lineup in 1998:
2 Odyssey Network
3 WCBD (NBC)
4 TNT
5 The Weather Channel
6 WTAT (Fox)
7 ESPN
8 WCIV (ABC)
9 WCSC (CBS)
10 CNN
11 WITV (PBS/SCETV)
12 WTBS (Atlanta)
13 WMMP (UPN)
14 WGN (eventually moved as Charleston got its first WB on cable in 1999, WBLN)
15 A&E (became Pax when they started in August 1998, still there)
16 USA Network
17 HBO
18 BET (Black Entertainment Television)
19 Prevue Guide/TV Guide Channel
20 Trinity Broadcasting Network (moved to 22 more recently, swapping with then ABC Family)
21 VH-1
22 The Family Channel
23 FX
24 Home Shopping Network
25 Headline News
26 Nickelodeon
27 Discovery Channel
28 Local origination, later became Turner South
29 Lifetime
30 C-SPAN
31 MSNBC (added in 1996)
32 INSP (Fox News was added right before 9/11 here, INSP moved)
33 CNBC
34 Food Network
35 MTV
36 QVC
37 The Movie Channel
38 Disney Channel
39 Showtime
40 Cinemax
41 ESPN2 (we got this pretty early on)
42 The Learning Channel (later became CSS, Comcast's sports network for the southeast, TLC moved)
43 Country Music Television (later became GAC)
44 The Nashville Network
45 E! Entertainment Television
46 C-SPAN2
47 Odyssey Network (was KnowledgeTV)
48 The History Channel
49 Where A&E moved, was something else before that
50 Univision
51 Cartoon Network (now digital only)
52 Travel Channel
53 Comedy Central
54 Game Show Network (now digital only)
55 Turner Classic Movies
56 Outdoor Life Network
57 Sci-Fi
58 American Movie Classics
59 Fox Sports South
60 Local Origination
61 TV Land
62 Animal Planet
63 Bravo
64 Don't remember, but now Oprah Winfrey Network
65 ESPN Classic (now digital only)
66 Golf Channel (has been on almost since beginning)
67 HBO2
68 Where TLC moved
69 PPV
70 Sneak Prevue
71 Where WGN moved in 1999
72 CourtTV
73-75 PPV
98 HGTV
99 SpeedVision
Style was added around 2000 or so along with a jewelry network on 78. Other than those changes, most of the lineup has remained unchanged since the late 1990s.
Unlike most cable systems, Comcast here did not organize channels by type. Instead it was mish-mash as the lineup expanded from 20-25 channels to eventually 70.
This was the lineup in 1998:
2 Odyssey Network
3 WCBD (NBC)
4 TNT
5 The Weather Channel
6 WTAT (Fox)
7 ESPN
8 WCIV (ABC)
9 WCSC (CBS)
10 CNN
11 WITV (PBS/SCETV)
12 WTBS (Atlanta)
13 WMMP (UPN)
14 WGN (eventually moved as Charleston got its first WB on cable in 1999, WBLN)
15 A&E (became Pax when they started in August 1998, still there)
16 USA Network
17 HBO
18 BET (Black Entertainment Television)
19 Prevue Guide/TV Guide Channel
20 Trinity Broadcasting Network (moved to 22 more recently, swapping with then ABC Family)
21 VH-1
22 The Family Channel
23 FX
24 Home Shopping Network
25 Headline News
26 Nickelodeon
27 Discovery Channel
28 Local origination, later became Turner South
29 Lifetime
30 C-SPAN
31 MSNBC (added in 1996)
32 INSP (Fox News was added right before 9/11 here, INSP moved)
33 CNBC
34 Food Network
35 MTV
36 QVC
37 The Movie Channel
38 Disney Channel
39 Showtime
40 Cinemax
41 ESPN2 (we got this pretty early on)
42 The Learning Channel (later became CSS, Comcast's sports network for the southeast, TLC moved)
43 Country Music Television (later became GAC)
44 The Nashville Network
45 E! Entertainment Television
46 C-SPAN2
47 Odyssey Network (was KnowledgeTV)
48 The History Channel
49 Where A&E moved, was something else before that
50 Univision
51 Cartoon Network (now digital only)
52 Travel Channel
53 Comedy Central
54 Game Show Network (now digital only)
55 Turner Classic Movies
56 Outdoor Life Network
57 Sci-Fi
58 American Movie Classics
59 Fox Sports South
60 Local Origination
61 TV Land
62 Animal Planet
63 Bravo
64 Don't remember, but now Oprah Winfrey Network
65 ESPN Classic (now digital only)
66 Golf Channel (has been on almost since beginning)
67 HBO2
68 Where TLC moved
69 PPV
70 Sneak Prevue
71 Where WGN moved in 1999
72 CourtTV
73-75 PPV
98 HGTV
99 SpeedVision
Style was added around 2000 or so along with a jewelry network on 78. Other than those changes, most of the lineup has remained unchanged since the late 1990s.