List of Barden Cablevision channels (Detroit, October 1994)

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Barden Cablevision customers in Detroit, Michigan had access to the channels listed below. The company (founded and established in 1983) was a joint venture between Toronto-based Maclean-Hunter (now Rogers Communications) and late Detroit businessman Don H. Barden (1943-2011) until it was sold to Comcast the following year, which operates today as Xfinity.

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Lineup

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CH#	Name	Notes/Today
2	2  WJBK (CBS) Detroit	Now a Fox network owned-and-operated station, owned by Fox Television Stations (Became a Fox affiliate that December in a major mass-affiliation deal with then-owner New World Communications, only for both the company and the station to be acquired by and absorbed into Fox Television Stations outright in 1997)
3	Video Hits One	Now only as VH1, owned by Paramount Global, it has also shifted from strictly music and music videos in its early years to a mix of music, reality shows and dramas in recent years
4	4  WDIV-TV (NBC) Detroit	Still an NBC affiliate, owned by Graham Media Group (WDIV is the oldest active television in the state of Michigan, having signed on in March of 1947 as WWDT)
5	50  WKBD (Fox) Detroit	Now a CW network owned-and-operated station, owned by Paramount Global (WKBD would briefly become an independent station once again before joining UPN as a charter O&O after its Fox affiliation moved to WJBK that December, sending the latter's CBS affiliation to WGPR, now network O&O and sister station WWJ-TV, WKBD would reinstate the "-TV" suffix (as WKBD-TV once again) in 2009 after having previously dropped it from its call letters in 1984)
6	Local Origination	A local cable access channel, replaced by other cable access channels in the years and decades since
7	7  WXYZ-TV (ABC) Detroit	Then and now, still, an ABC network affiliate owned by The E. W. Scripps Company (Sister station to independent station WMYD (the former WXON-TV, was an original ABC O&O station alongside WABC-TV in New York City, KABC-TV in Los Angeles, WLS-TV in Chicago and KGO-TV in San Francisco until it was sold in 1986)
8	USA Network	Then and now, a general entertainment and sports channel, now owned by NBCUniversal
9	ESPN	A 24-hour channel devoted to local, regional, national and international sports (Owned as a joint venture between the Hearst Corporation and The Walt Disney Company)
10	Prevue Channel	Today operates as Pop, a general entertainment channel, with programs focused on popular culture (The scrolling guides for which the network was legendary for were phased out over the years, at least on the network)
11	Cable News Network	CNN in Atlanta, an American multinational news channel, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
12	17  WTBS (Ind.) Atlanta, Georgia	The direct feed of the OTA station at the time, now as WPCH-TV, owned by Gray Television (Both the station and the TBS network were separated from each other in 2007, TBS today, is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery)
13	9  WGN-TV (Ind.) Chicago, Illinois	The direct feed of the OTA station at the time, then and now, an independent, now owned by Nexstar Media Group (Its later cable counterpart, WGN America, has since been rebranded and relaunched as NewsNation)
14	Local Information Channel	Local information
15	Photo Classified Ads	Defunct, a barker channel consisting of classified advertisments
16	The Family Channel	Sold to Fox becoming Fox Family in 1998 and then resold to The Walt Disney Company and renamed ABC Family in 2001 and rebranded and relaunched as Freeform in 2016
17	Black Entertainment Television	Then and now, still carries programming heavily targeting African-American audiences, though it nowadays goes only by the acronym BET, owned by Paramount Global
18	E! Entertainment Television	Now known only as E!, owned by NBCUniversal (Once focused on entertainment news and gossip, now focused on pop culture, celebrity focused reality shows, movies and documentaries)
19	Home Box Office	A premium subscription network, still operates today by its acronym HBO, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery (Home Box Office is still used as the network's legal corporate name)
20	20  WXON-TV (Ind.) Detroit	Then and now, an independent station as WMYD, owned by The E. W. Scripps Company (Later joined The WB (as WXON-TV and later WDWB) and then MyNetworkTV (as WMYD) before becoming an independent station once again, sister station to ABC affiliate and former network owned-and-operated station WXYZ-TV)
21	Cinemax	A premium pay subscription channel with mainstream, independent and original shows, movies and documentaries (Sister and companion network to HBO, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery)
22	Showtime	A premium subscription channel with movies, shows, documentaries and sporting events, owned by Paramount Global
23	The Movie Channel	A premium pay subscription channel with classic, mainstream and independent movies (Sister and companion network to Showtime, owned by Paramount Global)
24	The Disney Channel	Originally a premium pay subscription channel, Disney is now a general cable channel
25	Pro-Am Sports System	Defunct, also known as PASS Sports, ceased operations on November 1, 1997 (Shut down after losing all rights to major Detroit sports teams (Pistons, Tigers and Red Wings) to then-upstart Fox Sports Detroit, then owned by Fox, now operating today as Bally Sports Detroit, now owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios)
26	ValueVision	A home shopping television network, still operating today, as ShopHQ
27	Turner Network Television	Programming shifted from mostly classic movies towards drama movies and shows over the years with sporting events featured as well, nowadays only by the name TNT, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
28	American Movie Classics	Today operates only by the acronym AMC, shifted from originally exclusively classic movies (as a pay channel) towards movies, shows and original programming (as a general cable channel), owned by AMC Networks
29	Sneak Prevue	Defunct, a Pay-Per-View barker channel with previews, a companion network to the Prevue Channel (Today, the Prevue Channel operates as Pop, a general entertainment channel, owned by Paramount Global)
30	Viewer's Choice	A Pay-Per-View channel, now operating as iN DEMAND
31	Hot Choice	A companion to Viewer's Choice (now iN DEMAND) (Carried adults-only (erotica and pornographic) programming at night, has shifted to softcore pornography in recent years)
32	The Weather Channel	Weather forecasting and science and in recent years, weather related shows and documentaries as well (Also with local weather alerts and local forecasts every ten minutes on the 8s of every hour, owned by Entertainment Studios)
33	Arts & Entertainment	Once a channel focused on arts and history, the channel has shifted significantly towards reality shows, dramas and documentaries, now known only as A&E (The flagship network of A&E Networks as a 50-50 joint venture between the Hearst Corporation and The Walt Disney Company)
34	CNN Headline News	Once a companion network to CNN with news headlines, programming has shifted mostly to crime and law oriented shows and documentaries in recent years as HLN, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
35	Consumer News and Business Channel	A business and consumer financial news channel still operating today, but only by the acronym CNBC, owned by NBCUniversal and operated by its news division, NBCUniversal News Group
36	Action Pay-Per-View	Pay-Per-View Action Movies
37	QVC	One of America's two major home shopping television networks, the other being HSN
40	Home Shopping Network	One of America's two major home shopping television networks, now only as HSN, the other being QVC (It is unclear at this time whether the national satellite feed or that of WBSX (now WPXD-TV) out of Ann Arbor was carried)
41	The Box	Defunct, a music video channel, with videos selected by viewer request via telephone, but with no set rotation, replaced in the United States by MTV2, which is owned today by Paramount Global
42	Lifetime	Programming geared towards women and women in lead roles of movies and shows (Owned by A&E Networks as a 50-50 joint venture between the Hearst Corporation and The Walt Disney Company)
43	Music Television (MTV)	Owned by Paramount Global, like its sister network, VH1, MTV has also shifted from strictly music and music videos in its early years to a mix of music, reality shows and dramas in recent years
44	The Nashville Network (TNN)	A channel once focused on country music and lifestyle, it now operates as a general entertainment channel as Paramount Network, owned by Paramount Global
45	The Discovery Channel	Still operates today with a program mix of technology, science, nature and reality, and its name shortened to just Discovery (also occasionally known as Discovery Channel), owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
46	Nickelodeon	Today owned by Paramount Global, schedule then and now, still consists of programming towards children and teenagers up to 18 years of age
	Nick at Nite	Programming initially consisted of 1950s and 1960s shows but shows from later decades added in the years and decades since, owned by Paramount Global
47	The Learning Channel	Initially focused on educational and learning content, by the late 1990s the network began to primarily focus towards reality series involving lifestyles, family life, and personal stories as TLC, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
51	The Sci-Fi Channel	Programming focused primarily around fantasy, horror and science fiction, now as SYFY, owned by NBCUniversal
54	Univision	Owned by TelevisaUnivision, the leading major Hispanic television network in the United States with telenovelas (soap operas) and other shows predominantly from Mexico-based Televisa (Televisa itself owns a 45 percent stake in TelevisaUnivision)
55	The Travel Channel	Features documentaries, reality, and how-to shows related to travel and leisure around the United States and throughout the world, now known as Travel Channel or Trvl Channel, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
56	56  WTVS (PBS) Detroit	Then and now, still, a PBS member station, owned by the Detroit Educational Television Foundation
57	9  CBET (CBC) Windsor, Ontario, Canada	Then and now, still, a CBC network O&O, owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
58	C-SPAN	A channel entirely focused on federal government and public affairs pertaining to the United States House of Representatives, including live coverage of proceedings
59	38  WADL (Ind.) Mount Clemens-Detroit	Now a MyNetworkTV affiliate, then and now, still owned by Adell Broadcasting
60	Local Access	A local cable access channel
62	62  WGPR-TV (Ind.) Detroit	Became a CBS affiliate that December before being bought by CBS directly and outright in 1995 and given the current call letters WWJ-TV, as the network's only owned-and-operated station on the UHF dial at the time (Was the first African-American owned and operated television station in the United States, also part of duopoly with CW O&O WKBD-TV, owned by Paramount Global, WGPR assumed the CBS affiliation after then-affiliate WJBK joined Fox in major mass-affiliation deal with then-owner New World Communications)
64	48  W48AV (Ind.) Detroit	Defunct, later became a translator station for PAX (now Ion) affiliate and then-network owned-and-operated station WPXD, later sold to and merged into Daystar network owned-and-operated WUDT-LD in 2015
65	C-SPAN2	A channel entirely focused on federal government and public affairs pertaining to the United States Senate, including live coverage of proceedings
67	Public Access	A local cable access channel
68	Trinity Broadcasting Network	Now operating by the acronym TBN, the national satellite feed was chosen over then-affiliate and longtime network owned-and-operated station W66BV (now WUDL-LD, owned by DTV America Corporation)
69	The Inspirational Network	Initially produced numerous original specials, concerts, and inspirational entertainment programs and also produced and aired special programs for children and teens, now airs western movies and shows and religious programs in the early and mid morning hours, now known only as INSP
70	Home & Garden Television	Now known simply as HGTV, features programming focused entirely on home improvement, do-it-yourself and gardening, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
71	Government Access	A local cable access channel focused heavily on local and state government affairs, now operating as City of Detroit Channel 10
72	Mind Extension University	Defunct, featured educational programs, later renamed Knowledge TV before ceasing operations in 2000
75	Educational Access	A local cable access channel with educational programs
77	College Access	A local cable access channel with programs targeting colleges and universities
78	The Working Channel	Very little is known of this channel at this time