List of Jones Intercable channels (Wisconsin Rapids, October 1989)

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Jones Intercable customers in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin had access to the channels listed below in October of 1989. Jones Intercable was bought out by Comcast in 1999. Today, Charter Communications (through Spectrum) is in charge of services in Wisconsin Rapids.

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• 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

Lineup

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

CH#	Name	Notes/Today
2	Mind Extension University	Defunct, featured educational programs, later renamed Knowledge TV before ceasing operations in 2000
3	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
4	Public Access	Fate unknown, a local cable access channel
5	Cable News Network	CNN in Atlanta, an American multinational news channel, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
6	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)
7	7  WSAW-TV (CBS) Wausau	Currently a combination CBS, MyNetworkTV and CW affiliate, owned by Gray Television (Also sister station to Fox affiliate WZAW-LD, which also simulcasts on WSAW-DT3)
8	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)
9	9  WAOW (ABC) Wausau	Still an ABC affiliate, now owned by Allen Media Broadcasting, a subsidiary of Entertainment Studios (Also owns and operates a full-time satellite station, WMOW in Crandon and once operated another semi-satellite station, WYOW in Eagle River, now a semi-satellite of CBS affiliate WSAW-TV)
10	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
11	The CBN Family Channel	Spun off by the Christian Broadcasting Network in 1990 and renamed The Family Channel, and then 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
12	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
13	13  WEAU-TV (NBC) Eau Claire	Currently a dual NBC and CW affiliate, owned by Gray Television (The "-TV" suffix was dropped from the station's call letters on October 1, 2012)
14	9  WWOR-TV (Ind.) Secaucus, New Jersey	Now a MyNetworkTV O&O, owned by Fox Television Stations in a duopoly with Fox network flagship WNYW in New York City
15	The Disney Channel	Originally a premium pay subscription channel, Disney is now a general cable channel
16	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
17	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)
18	24 Hour News and Weather	Likely defunct, a standalone news and weather channel (not The Weather Channel)
19	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
20	20  WHRM (PBS) Wausau	Still a PBS member station, satellite of WHA-TV, Madison, owned by the University of Wisconsin (Both WHRM and WHA are part of the PBS Wisconsin Network)
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	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
23	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
24	24  WCGV (Ind.) Milwaukee	Defunct, later became a UPN and then MyNetworkTV affiliate before leaving the air permanently on January 8, 2018 (License, MNTV affiliation and other assets merged/absorbed into the second digital subchannel of CW affiliate WVTV)
25	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)
26	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)
27	5  WFRV-TV (ABC) Green Bay	Became that market's current CBS affiliate in a swap with WBAY-TV, was also a network O&O from 1992 to 2007 (WFRV, today, is owned by Nexstar Media Group)
28	11  WLUK-TV (NBC) Green Bay	Became that market's current Fox affiliate in a swap with WGBA-TV in 1995 (Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group as part of a duopoly with CW affiliate WCWF out of Suring)
29	Eternal Word Television Network	A channel dedicated entirely to Catholic programming, now by the acronym EWTN
30	10  WMVS (PBS) Milwaukee	One of two PBS member station in that market, the other being sister station WMVT
31	8  WKBT (CBS) La Crosse	Currently a dual CBS and MyNetworkTV affiliate, owned by Morgan Murphy Media
32	Restricted	Unknown
33	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)
34	Showtime	A premium pay-subscription channel owned by Paramount Global
35	Music Television (MTV)	Owned by Paramount Global, it has shifted from strictly music and music videos in its early years to a mix of music, reality shows and dramas in recent years
36	Home Shopping Network	One of America's two major home shopping television networks, now only as HSN, the other being QVC