Columbus, OH Cable Channel Lineup August 28, 1975
Source: Columbus Dispatch newspaper on microfilm at the public library.
All American Cable
2 WOSU 34 PBS Columbus, OH
3 Special Channel 3
4 Blank
5 WBNS 10 CBS Columbus, OH
6 Blank
7 WLWC 4 NBC Columbus, OH
8 News, Weather
9 WTVN 6 ABC Columbus, OH
10 Blank
11 WUAB 43 IND Cleveland, OH
12 Special Channel 75
13 WXIX 19 IND Cincinnati, OH
Coaxial Cable
2 WOSU 34 PBS Columbus, OH
3 Special Channel 3
4 Program Info
5 WLWC 4 NBC Columbus, OH
6 4th Network
7 WTVN 6 ABC Columbus, OH
8 WXIX 19 IND Cincinnati, OH
9 WUAB 43 IND Cleveland, OH
10 4th Network
11 WBNS 10 CBS Columbus, OH
12 Sports Financial
13 Special Channel 75
Warner Cable
2 WOSU 34 PBS Columbus, OH
3 Special Channel 3
4 Blank
5 WBNS 10 CBS Columbus, OH
6 Weather
7 WLWC 4 NBC Columbus, OH
8 Public Access
9 WTVN 6 ABC Columbus, OH
10 Blank
11 WUAB 43 IND Cleveland, OH
12 Special Channel 75
13 WXIX 19 IND Cincinnati, OH
Independent tv station WKBF-TV Channel 61 from Cleveland, Ohio was off of the Columbus area cable tv systems after April 25, 1975 when WKBF-TV permanently went off the air.
Special Channel 3 and Special Channel 75 were the network preemption channels on the Columbus area cable tv systems. It carried network programming from other network tv stations in Ohio that the Columbus area network tv affiliates preempted.
The special channels cherry picked programming from Ohio tv stations in Akron-Cleveland, Dayton, Toledo, and Zanesville on a regular basis. When it wasn’t carrying preempted network television programs, it carried television shows and movies not seen in Columbus from other television markets and it also carried the local newscasts from other Ohio cities.
Source: Columbus Dispatch newspaper on microfilm at the public library.
All American Cable
2 WOSU 34 PBS Columbus, OH
3 Special Channel 3
4 Blank
5 WBNS 10 CBS Columbus, OH
6 Blank
7 WLWC 4 NBC Columbus, OH
8 News, Weather
9 WTVN 6 ABC Columbus, OH
10 Blank
11 WUAB 43 IND Cleveland, OH
12 Special Channel 75
13 WXIX 19 IND Cincinnati, OH
Coaxial Cable
2 WOSU 34 PBS Columbus, OH
3 Special Channel 3
4 Program Info
5 WLWC 4 NBC Columbus, OH
6 4th Network
7 WTVN 6 ABC Columbus, OH
8 WXIX 19 IND Cincinnati, OH
9 WUAB 43 IND Cleveland, OH
10 4th Network
11 WBNS 10 CBS Columbus, OH
12 Sports Financial
13 Special Channel 75
Warner Cable
2 WOSU 34 PBS Columbus, OH
3 Special Channel 3
4 Blank
5 WBNS 10 CBS Columbus, OH
6 Weather
7 WLWC 4 NBC Columbus, OH
8 Public Access
9 WTVN 6 ABC Columbus, OH
10 Blank
11 WUAB 43 IND Cleveland, OH
12 Special Channel 75
13 WXIX 19 IND Cincinnati, OH
Independent tv station WKBF-TV Channel 61 from Cleveland, Ohio was off of the Columbus area cable tv systems after April 25, 1975 when WKBF-TV permanently went off the air.
Special Channel 3 and Special Channel 75 were the network preemption channels on the Columbus area cable tv systems. It carried network programming from other network tv stations in Ohio that the Columbus area network tv affiliates preempted.
The special channels cherry picked programming from Ohio tv stations in Akron-Cleveland, Dayton, Toledo, and Zanesville on a regular basis. When it wasn’t carrying preempted network television programs, it carried television shows and movies not seen in Columbus from other television markets and it also carried the local newscasts from other Ohio cities.