List of Gulfstream Cablevision channels (New Port Richey, November 1987)

Parent Page: List of Retro Cable lineups in the United States

Gulfstream Cablevision customers in New Port Richey, Florida had access to the channels listed below in November of 1987. Today, services are handled by Charter Spectrum. (Source: TVTV.us)

Legend

• CALL — The call letters of an over-the-air television station in bold text.
• CABLE — Cable channels in regular text.
•  ##  — Over-the-air channel number for local in-market stations in the Tampa Bay television market, according to current laws by the FCC and mapping of markets by Nielsen Media Research. Also, some stations may service areas outside of the television market as well.
•  ##  — Over-the-air channel number for distant out-of-market stations, including regional and national "superstations", according to current laws by the FCC and mapping of markets by Nielsen Media Research.

Market

The Tampa Bay (Tampa-St. Petersburg) television market includes 10 counties in Florida, with market hubs in bold text:

• Counties: Citrus, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota
• Cities: Bradenton, Brooksville, Citrus Springs, Clearwater, Crystal River, Floral City, Haines City, Hernando, Homosassa, Lakeland, Largo, Lecanto, Land O'Lakes, New Port Richey, Oldsmar, Palmetto, Plant City, Port Richey, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Temple Terrace, Wauchula and Zolfo Springs

Lineup

Source: Newspapers.com (Paid subscription to "Publisher Extra" may be required for some sections)

CH#	Name	Notes/Today
2	44  WTOG St. Petersburg	An independent station once again, owned by Paramount Global (Became an independent station once again in 1988, after sending its Fox affiliation to  28  WFTS-TV, would later become a UPN network owned-and-operated station prior to The CW's launch in September of 2006 before becoming an independent once again on September 1, 2023)
3	3  WEDU Tampa	Still a PBS member station and sister to another PBS station,  16  WEDQ
4	16  WUSF-TV Tampa	Still a PBS member station, now a sister of  3  WEDU as WEDQ (WUSF was owned by the University of South Florida until it was sold in January of 2018)
5	17  WTBS Atlanta, GA	The direct OTA feed at the time, now as WPCH-TV (now a CW affiliate), owned by Gray Television (Both the station and the TBS network (short for Turner Broadcasting System), were separated from each other in 2007, TBS today, is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, Gray also owns and operates CBS affiliate  46  WANF and Telemundo affiliate  47  WKTB-CD)
6	28  WFTS-TV Tampa	Now an ABC affiliate, still owned (since 1986) by The E. W. Scripps Company, sister to Ion O&O  66  WXPX-TV (Became a Fox in 1988 before swapping networks with  10  WTSP and  13  WTVT as part of a major mass-affiliation deal starting in 1994)
7	Cable News Network	CNN in Atlanta, an American multinational news channel, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
8	8  WXFL Tampa	Still an NBC affiliate (now as WFLA-TV), owned by Nexstar Media Group (WXFL would revert back to its original call letters WFLA on January 1, 1989, WFLA is also sister to dual CW and MyNetworkTV affiliate station  38  WTTA out of St. Petersburg)
9	Local Origination	Status unknown, channel position now occupied by Bay News 9, which Charter Spectrum owns and operates
10	22  WCLF Clearwater	Flagship station of the Christian Television Network, also known as CTN
11	9  WGN-TV Chicago, IL	The direct OTA feed 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)
12	10  WTSP St. Petersburg	WTSP became Tampa Bay's current CBS affiliate as part of a major mass-affiliation deal, which started in 1994 (Then-CBS affiliate  13  WTVT became a Fox affiliate and later network O&O, sending WTSP's former ABC affiliation to former Fox affiliate  28  WFTS-TV, WTSP today, is owned by Tegna with a sale of both the station and the company to Standard General still pending as of September 2022)
13	13  WTVT Tampa	Currently a Fox network owned-and-operated station, owned by Fox Television Stations (WTVT became the Fox affiliate in a major mass-affiliation deal starting in 1994, sending its former CBS affiliation to  10  WTSP and in turn sending the latter's former ABC affiliation to former Fox affiliate  28  WFTS-TV)
14	Home Shopping Network	One of America's two major home shopping television networks, now only as HSN, the other being QVC (HSN began as a local cable channel as the Home Shopping Club on Tampa Bay area systems in 1982, with its origins going back to the mid to late 1970s with merchandise sales by then-talk show host and television's first ever home shopping host Bob Circosta on then-news/talk radio station WWQT, now Spanish-language tropical music station WMGG, also over-the-air in the Tampa Bay area via  28-5  WFTS-DT5 Tampa,  40-3  WWSB-DT3 Sarasota,  15  W31EG-D Tampa,  33  W32FH-D St. Petersburg and  43  W16DQ-D Lealman)
15	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
16	USA Network	Then and now, a general entertainment and sports channel, now owned by NBCUniversal
17	Cable News Network	CNN in Atlanta, an American multinational news channel, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
18	The Disney Channel	Originally a premium pay subscription channel, Disney is now a general cable channel
19	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)
20	The Movie Channel	A premium pay subscription channel with classic, mainstream and independent movies (Sister and companion network to Showtime, owned by Paramount Global)
21	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)
22	Showtime	A premium subscription channel with movies, shows, documentaries and sporting events, owned by Paramount Global
23	Weather	Status unknown, likely a teletext and/or newswire service channel with weather information
24	Arts & Entertainment	Once a channel focused on arts and history, the channel has shifted significantly towards reality shows, dramas and documentaries, now only known simply as A&E (The flagship network of A&E Networks, a 50-50 joint venture between Hearst Communications and Disney General Entertainment Content, a division of The Walt Disney Company)
25	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
26	ESPN	A 24-hour channel devoted to local, regional, national and international sports (Owned as a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company at 80% and Hearst Communications at 20%)
27	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)
28	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
29	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
30	CBN	CBN Cable Network was spun off by the Christian Broadcasting Network and operates today as Freeform, owned by The Walt Disney Company
31	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
32	The Discovery Channel	Still operates today with a program mix of technology, science, nature and reality, and its name shortened to just Discovery or Discovery Channel, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery (Split channel, exact carriage hours unknown at this time)
	Shop II	Status unknown (Split channel, exact carriage hours unknown at this time)
33	Financial News Network	Financial, consumer and business news and stocks, sold to NBC and absorbed/integrated into CNBC in 1991
34	Festival	A defunct family-oriented premium subscription channel owned by HBO