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from The Record via Newspapers.com

TCI of Northern New Jersey
2 WCBS 2-CBS
4 WNBC 4-NBC
5 WNYW 5-Fox
7 WABC 7-ABC
8 WNJM 50-PBS/NJN; Travel Channel
9 WWOR 9
11 WPIX 11
12 WNYC 31-PBS
13 WNET 13-PBS
14 HBO
15 Encore
16 Starz!
17 WXTV 41-Univision
18 WNJU 47-Telemundo
19/20 Local Access
21 WLIW 21-PBS
24 Showtime
25 Disney Channel
26 Cinemax
27 The Movie Channel
28 Request TV
30 QVC
31 SportsChannel America/NewSport/VISN
32 WTBS
33 Nickelodeon
34 Lifetime
35 Weather Channel
36 MTV
37 A&E
38 Family Channel
39 CNBC
41 TNT
42 USA Network
43 AMC
44 Discovery Channel
45 TNN
46 ESPN
47 CNN
48 VH1
49 EWTN
51 C-SPAN
52 CNN Headline News
53 E!
54 BET
55 Court TV
56 TLC
57 HSN
58 MSG
95 Playboy Channel
98 SportsChannel New York
99 CTN

Cablevision
2 WCBS 2-CBS
3 SportsChannel New York
4 WNBC 4-NBC
5 WNYW 5-Fox
6 HBO
7 WABC 7-ABC
8 CNN
9 WWOR 9
10 Discovery Channel/Mind Extension University
11 WPIX 11
12 Weather Channel/SportsChannel America/NewSport
13 WNET 13-PBS
15 ESPN
16 A&E
17 USA Network
19 WLIW 21-PBS
20 TNT
21 WNJM 50-PBS/NJN
22 Nickelodeon
23 Lifetime
24 CNBC
25 C-SPAN
26 Family Channel
27 WTBS
28 VH1
29 MTV
30 MSG
31 Disney Channel
32 AMC
33 CMT/Bravo/VISN/Local Access
34 The Movie Channel
35 Cinemax
36 Showtime
37 HSN
38 Request TV
39 EWTN
41 WNYC 31-PBS
57 WXTV 41-Univision
58 WNJU 47-Telemundo
60 Playboy Channel

Vision Cable
2 WCBS 2-CBS
3 WLIW 21-PBS
4 WNBC 4-NBC
5 WNYW 5-Fox
6 WNJU 47-Telemundo
7 WABC 7-ABC
8 WXTV 41-Univision
9 WWOR 9
10 CTN/Local Access
11 WPIX 11
12 Local Access
13 WNET 13-PBS
14 HBO
15 TNT
17 WTBS
18 Discovery Channel
19 HSN
20 Showtime
21 Cinemax
22 Disney Channel
23 WNJM 50-PBS/NJN
24 BET
25 WNYC 31-PBS
26 Sci-Fi Channel
27 Court TV
28 TNN
29 SportsChannel New Yotk
32 QVC
33 C-SPAN
34 AMC
35 Nickelodeon
36 MSG
37 ESPN
38 AMC
39 CNN Headline News
40 CNN
41 Lifetime
42 USA Network
43 Family Channel
44 E!
45 VH1
46 CNBC
47 MTV
99 Viewer's Choice

US Cable
2 WCBS 2-CBS
4 WNBC 4-NBC
5 WNYW 5-Fox
7 WABC 7-ABC
9 WWOR 9
10 Local Access
11 WPIX 11
12 WNYE 25-PBS
13 WNET 13-PBS
14 WLIW 21-PBS
15 WXTV 41-Univision
16 WNJU 47-Telemundo
17 CMT
18 WNYC 31-PBS
20 Mind Extension University
21 WNJM 50-PBS/NJN
23 MOR Music
24 C-SPAN
29 HBO
30 Viewer's Choice
31 Request TV
34 Cinemax
35 Showtime
36 The Movie Channel
37 Disney Channel
41 WGN
42 WTBS
43 AMC
44 Discovery Channel
47 MTV
48 VH1
49 A&E
50 Nickelodeon
51 E!
52 MSG
53 ESPN
55 Sci-Fi Channel
56 CNN
57 CNN Headline News
58 Weather Channel
59 CNBC
60 TNT
61 USA Network
62 CTN
63 Lifetime
64 Bravo
65 TLC
66 Travel Channel
67 BET
68 TNN
69 Family Channel
70 Comedy Central
71 HSN
72 QVC
74 EWTN

Comcast
2 WCBS 2-CBS
3 C-SPAN/Local Access
4 WNBC 4-NBC
5 WNYW 5-Fox
6 QVC
7 WABC 7-ABC
8 WNJM 50-PBS/NJN
9 WWOR 9
10 ESPN
11 WPIX 11
12 CNN
13 WNET 13-PBS
15 HBO
16 CNN Headline News
17 The Movie Channel
18 MOR Music
19 WNYE 25-PBS
20 WNYC 31-PBS; VISN
21 WLIW 21-PBS
22 WNJU 47-Telemundo; EWTN
23 Family Channel
24 WTBS
25 TNT
26 TNN
28 Disney Channel
29 Nickelodeon
30 USA Network
31 AMC
32 CTN/MSG
33 A&E
34 VH1
35 Discovery Channel
36 Lifetime
37 Showtime
38 MTV
40 SportsChannel America/NewSport
41 SportsChannel New York
42 Nostalgia Channel/Viewer's Choice
43 Playboy Channel
58 HSN
59 CNBC
60 Travel Channel

TKR-Warwick
2 WCBS 2-CBS
3 HBO
4 WNBC 4-NBC
5 WNYW 5-Fox
7 WABC 7-ABC
8 Local Access
9 WWOR 9
10 WXTV 41-Univision
11 WPIX 11
12 WNJM 50-PBS/NJN
13 WNET 13-PBS
14 QVC
15 HSN
17 WMBC 63
18 WNYE 25-PBS
19 WTBS
20 AMC
21 TNT
22 CNBC/MSG
23 Nickelodeon
24 CNN
25 Weather Channel
26 ESPN
27 Family Channel
28 A&E
29 TNN
31 WNYC 31-PBS
32 TLC
33 C-SPAN
34 Lifetime
35 USA Network
37 Cinemax
38 Showtime
39 Disney Channel
40 SportsChannel New York
41 Encore
42 Request TV
43 MTV

TKR-Ramapo
2 WCBS 2-CBS
3 QVC
4 WNBC 4-NBC
5 HBO
6 WNYW 5-Fox
7 WABC 7-ABC
9 WWOR 9
10 WNJM 50-PBS/NJN
11 WPIX 11
12 WNYC 31-PBS
13 WNET 13-PBS
14 C-SPAN/Local Access
15 TNT
16 CNBC/MSG
17 WTBS
18 Discovery Channel
19 AMC
20 WXTV 41-Univision
21 WLIW 21-PBS
22 WNJU 47-Telemundo
23 HSN
24 WMBC 63
25 WNYE 25-PBS
26 VH1
27 ESPN
28 Weather Channel
29 MTV
30 Nickelodeon
31 USA Network
32 Lifetime
33 Family Channel
34 CNN
35 CNN Headline News
36 A&E
37 TNN
38 Comedy Central
39 SportsChannel New York
41 The Movie Channel
42 Disney Channel
54 Showtime
57 Request TV
58 Cinemax

TKR
2 WCBS 2-CBS
4 WNBC 4-NBC
5 WNYW 5-Fox
6 WNJM 50-PBS/NJN
7 WABC 7-ABC
9 WWOR 9
10 QVC
11 WPIX 11
12 WNYC 31-PBS
13 WNET 13-PBS
14 HBO
15 TNT
16 CNBC
17 WTBS
18 Discovery Channel
19 AMC
20 WXTV 41-Univision
21 WLIW 21-PBS
22 WNJU 47-Telemundo
23 HSN
24 WMBC 63
25 WNYE 25-PBS
27 Local Access
30 E!
31 USA Network
32 Lifetime
33 BET
34 CNN
35 Weather Channel
36 A&E
37 ESPN
38 MTV
39 Comedy Central
40 VH1
41 TLC
42 Nickelodeon
43 TNN
44 VISN
45 Bravo
46 CNN Headline News
47 Family Channel
48 Travel Channel
49 C-SPAN
51 The Movie Channel
52 Cinemax
53 Showtime
57/60 Request TV
63 Encore
64 SportsChannel New York
66 MSG
67 DIsney Channel
 
It's interesting to see how many PBS-related stations were available on NY-NJ cable systems. WNET 13 is the main affiliate but 21 WLIW on Long Island and WNJM 50 in Montclair NJ also had schedules of mostly PBS shows as well. Then some PBS shows also were seen on 31 WNYC-TV, owned by the City of New York and on 25 WNYE-TV, owned by the New York City Board of Education.

A few years later, Mayor Giuliani sold off 31. The city still owns 25, although today, it runs some of its own shows and public television programs from other sources, with only a handful of PBS shows each week. WNET 13 eventually got control over 21 and 50, so the three stations run schedules that try not to overlap. I always wonder what it would be like to live in a market where the cable system only had one PBS station? How boring!

When I lived in Westchester County NY, we also got a sixth PBS station, WEDW 49 Bridgeport, part of Connecticut Public Television. Eventually, the cable system dropped the channel, claiming it had trouble getting a clear signal. But I think the cable system just figured we didn't need SIX PBS stations, so it could use the channel space for something else.
 
Gregg. said:
It's interesting to see how many PBS-related stations were available on NY-NJ cable systems. WNET 13 is the main affiliate but 21 WLIW on Long Island and WNJM 50 in Montclair NJ also had schedules of mostly PBS shows as well. Then some PBS shows also were seen on 31 WNYC-TV, owned by the City of New York and on 25 WNYE-TV, owned by the New York City Board of Education.

A few years later, Mayor Giuliani sold off 31. The city still owns 25, although today, it runs some of its own shows and public television programs from other sources, with only a handful of PBS shows each week. WNET 13 eventually got control over 21 and 50, so the three stations run schedules that try not to overlap. I always wonder what it would be like to live in a market where the cable system only had one PBS station? How boring!

When I lived in Westchester County NY, we also got a sixth PBS station, WEDW 49 Bridgeport, part of Connecticut Public Television. Eventually, the cable system dropped the channel, claiming it had trouble getting a clear signal. But I think the cable system just figured we didn't need SIX PBS stations, so it could use the channel space for something else.
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Very often, especially in the South, state PBS networks have a mandate to cover the entire state, with the inevitable spillover in areas near other states, and sometimes viewers can get PBS from two or three states. Until WOSU in Columbus OH sold off their satellite WPBO in Portsmouth, viewers in the tri-state area around Huntington WV could easily get three OTA PBS outlets, four if they were in the northern part of the market near WOUB Athens. Viewers in southeastern Kentucky could also get WSBN Norton VA, which was a satellite of WBRA Roanoke.

Hard to go wrong with getting several PBS affiliates. For reasons intrinsic to commercial television (i.e., network exclusivity, with a handful of exceptions, within a single market), you wouldn't have that kind of network duplication in such markets, unless it were a case of multiple markets and the core cities were fairly close to one another (Cincinnati/Dayton, Washington/Baltimore, etc.).
 
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