Retro Cable Channel Lineups

[Robnoxious]

I'm kind of surprised that Jones didn't carry Bakersfield's Channel 17 (which was then KPWR-TV, and affiliated with CBS); I would imagine back then that 2 and 17 would carry the same NFL games, although Bakersfield was outside of the 75-mile blackout zone, they would have been eligible to receive all of the Rams Sunday telecasts.

I guess that would also explain why 17's listings weren't carried in the L.A. Daily News' TV listings, although KERO (23) and KBAK (29) were.

I've lived in both markets and still have ties to Bakersfield. When it comes to football, Bakersfield tends to lean NorCal but not always exclusively like Fresno. Bakersfield has always leaned heavily toward the Raiders (Oakland and LA) on the AFC side and to a lesser extent the Denver Broncos and definitely the 49ers on the NFC side during the Gold Rush era of the team. Nowadays they pick and choose the best match-ups available for that week but when I see those broadcast maps on The506.com Bakersfield has been known to air some head scratching match-ups for no particular reason.

[swhyde1980]

Retro:

Cox Cable [South], San Diego, 1983

2 USA
3 ESPN
4 KNBC
5 KTLA
6 XETV
7 KCST (now KNSD)
8 KFMB
9 KUSI
10 KGTV
11 KTTV
12 KPBS
13 KCOP
14 KMEX
15 Galavision
16 KWHY/XEWT
17 Cinemax
18 Disney Channel
19 Showtime
20 HBO
21 Pay Per View/Padres
22 Playboy
23 ITV
24 Public Access/KCBS/Daytime/other filler?
25 CSPAN
26 Christian Communications Network (San Diego cable systems)
27 WTBS
28 ? (I forgot, sorry)
29 TNN
30 MTV
31 CNN
32 HLN (was HN)
33 Cox cable 33 (local origination, etc.)
34 CBN
35 KSCI 18
36 reserved for KTTY 69 which signed on the following year

You know what's funny?  Cox in San Diego has kept USA, ESPN, MTV, CNN, and HLN on the same channels for almost 30 years now.  Usually only the local broadcast channels get that honor.