List of Helicon Cable channels (Anderson, March 1998)

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

Helicon Cable Communications was a cable television provider based out of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and serviced parts of Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont and West Virginia, until its acquisition and buyout by Charter Communications in 1999, though the company stayed in operation for several years after the acquisition. In Anderson, South Carolina, customers here had access to 65 channels in March of 1998. Charter continues to service the city to this day under the name Spectrum.

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, according to current laws by the FCC and mapping of markets by Nielsen Media Research
•  ##  — 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
• ^🎧 Channels in (or with programs in) stereo sound, according to Helicon and the Anderson Independent Mail

Lineup

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

CH#	Name	Notes/Today
2	Home Shopping Network	Now known only by the acronym HSN (One of America's two major home shopping television networks, the other being longtime rival and now-sister network QVC, also available over-the-air locally on  4-4  WYFF-DT4 out of Greenville, South Carolina and  31-4  WDKT-LD4 out of Hendersonville, North Carolina)
3	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)
4	4  WYFF (NBC) Greenville, South Carolina	Still an NBC affiliate owned by Hearst Television
5	29  WNTV (PBS) Greenville, South Carolina	Still a PBS member station, part of the South Carolina Educational Television Network (For reasons unknown, WNTV was chosen over  38  WNEH Greenwood-Anderson and  49  WRET-TV Spartanburg)
6	62  WASV-TV (WB/UPN) Asheville, North Carolina	Now a CW network affiliate as WYCW, owned by Nexstar Media Group (Would become exclusively a UPN affiliate in 1999, sister station to CBS affiliate  7  WSPA-TV out of Spartanburg, to become an official network owned-and-operated station pending approval and completion of Nexstar's acquisition of a 75% stake in the network, Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global will still retain the remaining 25%, split at 12.5% for each company)
7	7  WSPA-TV (CBS) Spartanburg	Still a CBS affiliate, now owned by Nexstar Media Group (Sister station to CW affiliate  62  WYCW, the former WASV-TV out of Asheville, North Carolina)
8	Helicon Cable 8	Status and program fare unknown, likely defunct
9	9  WGN-TV (WB) Chicago, Illinois	The direct feed of the OTA station at the time, now owned by Nexstar Media Group (Its later cable counterpart, WGN America, was rebranded and relaunched as NewsNation, meanwhile WGN itself would become an independent once again starting in 2016 after handing off its CW affiliation to longtime independent  26  WCIU-TV)
10	16  WGGS-TV (Ind.) Greenville, South Carolina	Then and now, still a religious independent station (Owned by Carolina Christian Broadcasting, and sister station to Movies! affiliate  28  WWYA-LD out of Honea Path and GEB affiliate  31  WDKT-LD out of Hendersonville, North Carolina)
11	40  WFBC-TV (Ind.) Anderson	Now a Dabl affiliate as WMYA-TV, owned by Cunningham Broadcasting (Assumed the WB affiliation from  62  WASV-TV (now CW affiliate WYCW) out of Asheville, North Carolina with the call letters WBSC-TV in 1999, before later joining MyNetworkTV as WMYA-TV, operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group, owners of ABC affiliate  13  WLOS, also out of Asheville, which also assumed the MNTV affiliation on  13-2  in September of 2021, Cunningham itself, is a Sinclair subsidiary)
12	21  WHNS (Fox) Asheville, North Carolina	Then and now, still a Fox affiliate, now owned by Gray Television (The station's license was relocated to Greenville, South Carolina in 2003)
13	13  WLOS (ABC) Asheville, North Carolina	Currently a dual ABC and MyNetworkTV affiliate, owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group (Also operates Dabl affiliate  40  WMYA-TV, the former WFBC-TV out of Anderson, owned by Cunningham Broadcasting, which itself, is a Sinclair subsidiary)
14	QVC	One of America's two major home shopping television networks, the other being longtime rival and now-sister network HSN, which it acquired outright in April of 2017 (Available over-the-air via  16-9  WGGS-DT9 out of Greenville, South Carolina and sister station  28-6  WWYA-LD6 out of Honea Path)
15	Photo Advertisements & Classifieds	Likely defunct, an classified advertisement barker channel
16	Z Music	Defunct, a Contemporary Christian equivalent to MTV, ceased operations in 2000
17	32  WNEG-TV (CBS) Toccoa, Georgia	Now a MeTV affiliate as WGTA, owned by Marquee Broadcasting (MeTV programming is also available in Greenville, South Carolina on  4-2  WYFF-DT2)
18	EWTN	A channel dedicated entirely to Catholic programming, short for Eternal Word Television Network
19	Shop at Home Network	Defunct, bought out by and absorbed into Jewelry Television in 2006, ceased operations on March 8, 2008
20	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
21	CNBC	A business and consumer financial news channel still operating today, owned by NBCUniversal and operated by its news division, NBCUniversal News Group
22	Cable News Network	CNN in Atlanta, an American multinational news channel, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
23	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
24	TNT	Short for Turner Network Television, programming shifted from mostly classic movies towards drama movies and shows over the years with sporting events featured as well, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
25	ESPN	A 24-hour channel devoted to national and international sports (Owned as a joint venture between Hearst Communications at 80% and The Walt Disney Company at 20%)
26	Fox Sports South	A local and regional cable sports channel, now operating as Bally Sports South
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	USA Network	Then and now, a general entertainment and sports channel, now owned by NBCUniversal
29	Lifetime	Programming geared towards women and women in lead roles of movies and shows (Owned by A&E Networks, a 50-50 joint venture between Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company)
30	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
31	Discovery Channel	Still operates today with a program mix of technology, science, nature and reality, also known as Discovery, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
32	The Family Channel	Sold to Fox becoming Fox Family that same year and then resold to The Walt Disney Company and renamed ABC Family in 2001 and rebranded and relaunched as Freeform in 2016
33	TNN	Short for its original name, The Nashville Network, the channel once focused on country music and lifestyle, it now operates as a general entertainment channel as Paramount Network, owned by Paramount Global
34	American Movie Classics	Nowadays known only as AMC, it has 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
35	A&E	Once a channel focused on arts and history, the channel has shifted significantly towards reality shows, dramas and documentaries, short for Arts & Entertainment (The flagship network of A&E Networks, a 50-50 joint venture between Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company)
36	Nostalgia Good TV	Renamed GoodLife TV Network later that year, a network with varying types of programming, now as YTA
37	FX	Once a cable channel dedicated to mature themes and content, high-quality writing, directing and acting, now a general entertainment channel (Was a cable companion network to Fox until its sale along with most of 21st Century Fox to The Walt Disney Company in 2019, Fox, along with other broadcast properties were spun-off to a new company, Fox Corporation as federal laws and FCC rules and policies strictly forbid and prohibit common ownership of two or more of the nation's four oldest networks (ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox), Disney already owned ABC and had NO intention of divesting the network whatsoever)
38	Odyssey Network	Operates today as Hallmark Channel (Owned by Hallmark's parent company, Hallmark Media, programming consists of family-friendly movies, shows and documentaries as well as acquired and lifestyle shows)
39	BET	Then and now, still carries programming heavily targeting African-American audiences, short for Black Entertainment Television, now owned by Paramount Global
40	MTV🎧	Short for Music TeleVision, owned by Paramount Global (The network has shifted from strictly music and music videos in its early years to a mix of music, reality shows and dramas and other acquired programming in recent years)
41	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, short for Video Hits 1 (One)
42	Country Music Television🎧	Programming consisting of country music and lifestyle with some country-themed reality shows added in recent years, now known only as CMT, owned by Paramount Global
43	TLC	Initially focused on educational and learning content as The Learning Channel, by the late 1990s, the network began to primarily focus on reality series involving lifestyles, family life, and personal stories, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
44	The History Channel	Originally focused on history-based documentaries, The History Channel (now known simply as History) shifted focus significantly towards reality television programming by the late 2000s (Owned by A&E Networks, a 50-50 joint venture between Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company)
45	Sci-Fi Channel	Then and now, programming focused primarily on fantasy, horror and science fiction, now as SYFY, owned by NBCUniversal
46	MSNBC	A cable news service, originally a joint venture between Microsoft and NBC (now part of NBCUniversal), the latter has since taken full control of the network
47	HGTV	Short for Home & Garden TeleVision, features programming focused entirely on home improvement, do-it-yourself and gardening, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
48	ESPN2	A 24-hour national and international sports channel, sister and companion network to ESPN (Owned as a joint venture between Hearst Communications at 80% and The Walt Disney Company at 20%)
49	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
50	TV Land	Classic television shows, a standalone companion network to Nick at Nite, owned by Paramount Global
51	Animal Planet	Primarily devoted to series and documentaries about wild animals and domestic pets, though with a more mature approach in recent years, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
52	Cartoon Network	Originally consisted of cartoons 24 hours a day, the network has occasionally added live-action programming into its lineups as well, in addition to an prime-time and overnight adult-themed block known as Adult Swim, both are owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
53	The Movie Channel🎧	A premium pay subscription channel with classic, mainstream and independent movies (Sister and companion network to Showtime, owned by Paramount Global)
54	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)
55	HBO 2🎧	A companion network to HBO, with branding shifting between HBO Plus and HBO2 before finally settling on the latter, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
56	HBO3🎧	A companion network to HBO and HBO2, rebranded as HBO Signature with programming shifting focus towards movies, shows and specials targeting female audiences, all owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
57	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
58	Showtime🎧	A premium subscription channel with movies, shows, documentaries and sporting events, owned by Paramount Global
59	Disney Channel	Originally a premium pay subscription channel, Disney is now a general cable channel
60	Request Television🎧	Defunct, a pay-per-view service replaced by iNDEMAND
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62	Sneak Prevue	Defunct, a pay-per-view barker and preview channel (Companion network to what was once Prevue Channel, now a general entertainment channel as Pop)
63	Request Television🎧	Defunct, a pay-per-view service replaced by iNDEMAND
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66	Action Pay-Per-View	Defunct, a pay-per-view channel dedicated entirely to action and adventure movies