Source: Ludington Daily News January 3, 1992
LUDINGTON [Mason County - Traverse City DMA]
2 - TNT
3 - WCMU (PBS) Mount Pleasant [was on cable 3 until 2014 rebuild which moved it to cable 6]
4 - Nickelodeon
5 - WFRV (ABC) Green Bay [moved all around the system (cable channels 4, 15, and 43 at various times) before being dropped in 2009]
6 - WTBS (IND) Atlanta
7 - WPBN (NBC) Traverse City [was on cable 7 until 2014 rebuild which moved it to cable 4]
8 - Family Channel
9 - WWTV (CBS) Cadillac [was on cable 9 until mid-2000s when it moved to cable 10 where it is today]
10 - WGN (IND) Chicago
11 - Headline News
12 - Local Access
13 - WZZM (ABC) Grand Rapids [still on cable 13 to this day]
14 - Showtime
15 - unknown
16 - The Movie Channel
17 - Disney Channel
18 - PASS [Detroit sports]
19 - HBO
20 - Cinemax
21 - American Movie Classics
22 - WMVS (PBS) Milwaukee [dropped in late 1990s]
23 - MTV
24 - ESPN
25 - USA Network
26 - TNN
27 - WITI (CBS) Milwaukee [dropped in late 1990s]
28 - WGVU (PBS) Grand Rapids [moved to cable 12 in early 2000s]
29 - WGTU (ABC) Traverse City [dropped in early 2000s, then returned after 2014 rebuild on cable 8] - in-market ABC, but was most viewers' third choice for ABC before cable became prevalent (behind WZZM and whoever was the ABC affiliate in Green Bay at the time)
30 - Weather Channel
31 - WTMJ (NBC) Milwaukee [dropped in early 2000s]
32 - CNN
33 - VH1
34 - A&E
35 - Discovery Channel
36 - WLUK (NBC) Green Bay [moved to cable 11 in early 2000s then dropped in 2009]
37 - Lifetime
38 - unknown
39 - C-SPAN
40 - C-SPAN 2
41 - WBAY (CBS) Green Bay [moved to cable 2 in early 2000s then dropped in 2009]
42 - HA! [Comedy Central forerunner]
43 - WGKI (FOX) Cadillac [swapped cable positions with WFRV sometime in the mid 1990s then moved to cable 3 after 2014 rebuild]
MANISTEE [Manistee County - Traverse City DMA]
2 - WBAY (CBS) Green Bay [dropped in early to mid 1990s]
3 - CNN
4 - WPBN (NBC) Traverse City [still on cable 4 to this day]
5 - Family Channel
6 - WCMU (PBS) Mount Pleasant [still on cable 6 to this day]
7 - WLUK (NBC) Green Bay [dropped in early to mid 1990s]
8 - WGTU (ABC) Traverse City [still on cable 8 to this day]
9 - WZZM (ABC) Grand Rapids [dropped in early to mid 1990s; oddly, WZZM is carried on Kaleva Telephone's system in eastern Manistee County]
10 - WWTV (CBS) Cadillac [still on cable 10 to this day]
11 - unknown (WGKI? WKBD? Maybe even WXGZ [Green Bay's Fox affiliate at the time]?)
12 - WTBS (IND) Atlanta
13 - WGN (IND) Chicago
14 - USA Network
15 - ESPN
16 - Nickelodeon
17 - Discovery Channel
18 - Financial News Network
19 - unknown (PASS had to be in here somewhere)
20 - unknown
21 - TNN
22 - Weather Channel
23 - C-SPAN
24 - HBO
25 - Showtime
26 - Cinemax
27 - Disney Channel
28 - The Movie Channel
29 - CMT
30 - MTV
31 - A&E
32 - VH1
33 - C-SPAN 2
34 - Lifetime
35 - Local Access
36 - TNT [oddly, still on cable 36 to this day despite several rebuilds!]
37 - unknown
38 - Headline News
BALDWIN [Lake County - Traverse City DMA]
2 - HBO
3 - Cinemax
4 - Disney Channel
5 - WCMU (PBS) Mount Pleasant
6 - WTBS (IND) Atlanta
7 - CNN
8 - TNN
9 - WWTV (CBS) Cadillac
10 - WGN (IND) Chicago
11 - ESPN
12 - WZZM (ABC) Grand Rapids
13 - WPBN (NBC) Traverse City
14 - unknown
15 - unknown
16 - unknown
17 - USA Network
18 - Family Channel
19 - Nickelodeon
20 - Discovery Channel
21 - A&E
22 - Lifetime
23 - Headline News
24 - MTV
25 - Weather Channel
26 - PASS
27 - VH1
28 - CMT
PENTWATER [Oceana County - Grand Rapids DMA; system merged with Ludington system years ago despite Pentwater falling in the Grand Rapids market]
2 - TNN
3 - WGN (IND) Chicago
4 - WPBN (NBC) Traverse City
5 - Discovery Channel
6 - WCMU (PBS) Mount Pleasant
7 - ESPN
8 - CNN
9 - Family Channel
10 - WWTV (CBS) Cadillac
11 - WLUK (NBC) Green Bay
12 - WTBS (IND) Atlanta
13 - WZZM (ABC) Grand Rapids
14 - unknown
15 - USA Network
16 - Disney Channel
17 - Nickelodeon
18 - Lifetime
19 - TNT
20 - MTV
21 - HBO
22 - The Movie Channel
23 - C-SPAN
24 - A&E
25 - unknown
26 - WGVU (PBS) Grand Rapids
HART [Oceana County - Grand Rapids DMA]
2 - WBAY (CBS) Green Bay
3 - WGVU (PBS) Grand Rapids
4 - Nickelodeon
5 - Discovery Channel
6 - WTBS (IND) Atlanta
7 - WPBN (NBC) Traverse City
8 - Family Channel
9 - WWTV (CBS) Cadillac
10 - WGN (IND) Chicago
11 - Headline News
12 - Local Access
13 - WZZM (ABC) Grand Rapids
14 - CNN
15 - Disney Channel
16 - USA Network
17 - The Movie Channel
18 - PASS
19 - unknown
20 - Weather Channel
21 - HBO
22 - WTMJ (NBC) Milwaukee
23 - MTV
24 - unknown
25 - unknown
26 - VH1
27 - TNN
28 - C-SPAN
29 - unknown
30 - ESPN
Side note: I have a feeling Oceana County would have been in the Traverse City market if not for the very weak ABC affiliate (and Grand Rapids' relatively strong ABC affiliate having their stick in neighboring Newaygo County; CBS and NBC Grand Rapids' sticks were (and still are) over 80 miles from Hart, Oceana County's county seat)
LUDINGTON [Mason County - Traverse City DMA]
2 - TNT
3 - WCMU (PBS) Mount Pleasant [was on cable 3 until 2014 rebuild which moved it to cable 6]
4 - Nickelodeon
5 - WFRV (ABC) Green Bay [moved all around the system (cable channels 4, 15, and 43 at various times) before being dropped in 2009]
6 - WTBS (IND) Atlanta
7 - WPBN (NBC) Traverse City [was on cable 7 until 2014 rebuild which moved it to cable 4]
8 - Family Channel
9 - WWTV (CBS) Cadillac [was on cable 9 until mid-2000s when it moved to cable 10 where it is today]
10 - WGN (IND) Chicago
11 - Headline News
12 - Local Access
13 - WZZM (ABC) Grand Rapids [still on cable 13 to this day]
14 - Showtime
15 - unknown
16 - The Movie Channel
17 - Disney Channel
18 - PASS [Detroit sports]
19 - HBO
20 - Cinemax
21 - American Movie Classics
22 - WMVS (PBS) Milwaukee [dropped in late 1990s]
23 - MTV
24 - ESPN
25 - USA Network
26 - TNN
27 - WITI (CBS) Milwaukee [dropped in late 1990s]
28 - WGVU (PBS) Grand Rapids [moved to cable 12 in early 2000s]
29 - WGTU (ABC) Traverse City [dropped in early 2000s, then returned after 2014 rebuild on cable 8] - in-market ABC, but was most viewers' third choice for ABC before cable became prevalent (behind WZZM and whoever was the ABC affiliate in Green Bay at the time)
30 - Weather Channel
31 - WTMJ (NBC) Milwaukee [dropped in early 2000s]
32 - CNN
33 - VH1
34 - A&E
35 - Discovery Channel
36 - WLUK (NBC) Green Bay [moved to cable 11 in early 2000s then dropped in 2009]
37 - Lifetime
38 - unknown
39 - C-SPAN
40 - C-SPAN 2
41 - WBAY (CBS) Green Bay [moved to cable 2 in early 2000s then dropped in 2009]
42 - HA! [Comedy Central forerunner]
43 - WGKI (FOX) Cadillac [swapped cable positions with WFRV sometime in the mid 1990s then moved to cable 3 after 2014 rebuild]
MANISTEE [Manistee County - Traverse City DMA]
2 - WBAY (CBS) Green Bay [dropped in early to mid 1990s]
3 - CNN
4 - WPBN (NBC) Traverse City [still on cable 4 to this day]
5 - Family Channel
6 - WCMU (PBS) Mount Pleasant [still on cable 6 to this day]
7 - WLUK (NBC) Green Bay [dropped in early to mid 1990s]
8 - WGTU (ABC) Traverse City [still on cable 8 to this day]
9 - WZZM (ABC) Grand Rapids [dropped in early to mid 1990s; oddly, WZZM is carried on Kaleva Telephone's system in eastern Manistee County]
10 - WWTV (CBS) Cadillac [still on cable 10 to this day]
11 - unknown (WGKI? WKBD? Maybe even WXGZ [Green Bay's Fox affiliate at the time]?)
12 - WTBS (IND) Atlanta
13 - WGN (IND) Chicago
14 - USA Network
15 - ESPN
16 - Nickelodeon
17 - Discovery Channel
18 - Financial News Network
19 - unknown (PASS had to be in here somewhere)
20 - unknown
21 - TNN
22 - Weather Channel
23 - C-SPAN
24 - HBO
25 - Showtime
26 - Cinemax
27 - Disney Channel
28 - The Movie Channel
29 - CMT
30 - MTV
31 - A&E
32 - VH1
33 - C-SPAN 2
34 - Lifetime
35 - Local Access
36 - TNT [oddly, still on cable 36 to this day despite several rebuilds!]
37 - unknown
38 - Headline News
BALDWIN [Lake County - Traverse City DMA]
2 - HBO
3 - Cinemax
4 - Disney Channel
5 - WCMU (PBS) Mount Pleasant
6 - WTBS (IND) Atlanta
7 - CNN
8 - TNN
9 - WWTV (CBS) Cadillac
10 - WGN (IND) Chicago
11 - ESPN
12 - WZZM (ABC) Grand Rapids
13 - WPBN (NBC) Traverse City
14 - unknown
15 - unknown
16 - unknown
17 - USA Network
18 - Family Channel
19 - Nickelodeon
20 - Discovery Channel
21 - A&E
22 - Lifetime
23 - Headline News
24 - MTV
25 - Weather Channel
26 - PASS
27 - VH1
28 - CMT
PENTWATER [Oceana County - Grand Rapids DMA; system merged with Ludington system years ago despite Pentwater falling in the Grand Rapids market]
2 - TNN
3 - WGN (IND) Chicago
4 - WPBN (NBC) Traverse City
5 - Discovery Channel
6 - WCMU (PBS) Mount Pleasant
7 - ESPN
8 - CNN
9 - Family Channel
10 - WWTV (CBS) Cadillac
11 - WLUK (NBC) Green Bay
12 - WTBS (IND) Atlanta
13 - WZZM (ABC) Grand Rapids
14 - unknown
15 - USA Network
16 - Disney Channel
17 - Nickelodeon
18 - Lifetime
19 - TNT
20 - MTV
21 - HBO
22 - The Movie Channel
23 - C-SPAN
24 - A&E
25 - unknown
26 - WGVU (PBS) Grand Rapids
HART [Oceana County - Grand Rapids DMA]
2 - WBAY (CBS) Green Bay
3 - WGVU (PBS) Grand Rapids
4 - Nickelodeon
5 - Discovery Channel
6 - WTBS (IND) Atlanta
7 - WPBN (NBC) Traverse City
8 - Family Channel
9 - WWTV (CBS) Cadillac
10 - WGN (IND) Chicago
11 - Headline News
12 - Local Access
13 - WZZM (ABC) Grand Rapids
14 - CNN
15 - Disney Channel
16 - USA Network
17 - The Movie Channel
18 - PASS
19 - unknown
20 - Weather Channel
21 - HBO
22 - WTMJ (NBC) Milwaukee
23 - MTV
24 - unknown
25 - unknown
26 - VH1
27 - TNN
28 - C-SPAN
29 - unknown
30 - ESPN
Side note: I have a feeling Oceana County would have been in the Traverse City market if not for the very weak ABC affiliate (and Grand Rapids' relatively strong ABC affiliate having their stick in neighboring Newaygo County; CBS and NBC Grand Rapids' sticks were (and still are) over 80 miles from Hart, Oceana County's county seat)