List of Omnicom Cablevision channels (Belleville-Romulus, November 1991)

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In November of 1991, Omnicom Cablevision customers in Belleville, Romulus and Van Buren Township, Michigan had access to the channels listed below. Omnicom Cablevision was eventually bought out by and absorbed into Continental Cablevision, which was later acquired by US WEST and was subsequently renamed MediaOne. MediaOne Group, the former US WEST, was then acquired by AT&T Broadband in 2000 and was resold in 2002 to Comcast. Today, all three of these areas are still serviced by Comcast, only now through Xfinity, as a result of its acquisition of NBCUniversal in two phases, a 51 percent majority in January of 2011 followed by a buyout of the remaining 49 percent from General Electric in March of 2013.

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 stations within the Detroit 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.
• Network affiliated stations will have the network's logo (of the corresponding era) next to them and independent stations are unmarked.

Market

The Detroit television market includes 9 counties in Michigan with market hubs in bold text, though its stations also service 3 counties in Ontario, Canada, those counties and areas are NOT officially part of the market:

• Michigan:
  • Counties: Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Sanilac, St. Clair, Washtenaw and Wayne
  • Cities: Allen Park, Ann Arbor, Auburn Hills, Bloomfield Hills, Brighton, Capac, Carleton, Chelsea, Clawson, Dearborn, Detroit, Dexter, Dundee, Eastpointe, Ecorse, Farmington Hills, Ferndale, Flat Rock, Fowlerville, Grosse Pointe Woods, Harper Woods, Highland Park, Howell, Imlay City, Inkster, Lapeer, Livonia, Luna Pier, Madison Heights, Marine City, Melvindale, Metamora, Monroe, Mount Clemens, Northville, Novi, Oak Park, Pontiac, Port Huron, Port Sanilac, Riverview, Rochester Hills, Romulus, Saline, Southfield, Southgate, Sterling Heights, St. Clair Shores, Taylor, Utica, Warren, Waterford, Wixom, Woodhaven, Wyandotte and Ypsilanti
• Ontario:
  • Counties: Essex, Chatham-Kent and Lambton
  • Cities: Amherstburg, Belle River, Charlemont, Chatham, Dawn Valley, Deerbrook, Elmstead, Emeryville, Essex, Haycroft, Kennedy Acres, Kingsville, LaSalle, Leamington, Oil City, Oil Springs, Petrolia, Point Edward, Sarnia, Tecumseh, Thornyhurst, Tilbury, Wallaceburg, Wheatley and Windsor

Lineup

Source: Internet Archive

CH#	Name	Notes
2	2  WJBK-TV Detroit	Currently a Fox network owned-and-operated station (since 1997), owned by Fox Television Stations (WJBK-TV became the Fox affiliate in a major mass-affiliation deal starting in 1994, sending its former CBS affiliation to then-independent  62  WGPR-TV, which CBS acquired outright in 1995, renaming it WWJ-TV, while also making former Fox affiliate (and now CW network O&O)  50  WKBD-TV an independent once again (briefly) until the launch of the UPN television network (also a network O&O) in January of 1995, initially only an affiliate, Fox acquired both the station and then-owner New World Communications directly and outright in 1997, making WJBK-TV a network owned-and-operated station with the "-TV" suffix removed from the call letters, now as WJBK in 1998)
3	Bulletin Board	Likely defunct
4	4  WDIV-TV Detroit	Still an NBC affiliate, owned by Graham Media Group (WDIV is the oldest active television station in the state of Michigan, having signed on in March of 1947 as WWDT)
5	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%)
6	50  WKBD 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  2  WJBK in late 1994, sending the latter's CBS affiliation to WGPR, now network O&O and sister station  62  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, to disaffiliate from The CW and become an independent station once again starting in September of 2023)
7	7  WXYZ-TV Detroit	Then and now, still, an ABC network affiliate owned by The E. W. Scripps Company (Sister station to independent station  20  WMYD (then known as WXON-TV in 1987), 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 (all of which are also on  7 ) until it was sold in 1986)
8	62  WGPR-TV Detroit	CBS affiliate since 1994, O&O since 1995 as WWJ-TV (Was the first African-American owned and operated television station in the United States, also part of duopoly with CW network O&O  50  WKBD-TV, owned by Paramount Global)
9	9  CBET Windsor, ON, CAN	Then and now, still, a CBC network O&O, owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
10	20  WXON-TV Detroit	An independent station once again, as WMYD, owned by The E. W. Scripps Company in a duopoly with ABC affiliate and former network O&O  7  WXYZ-TV (The station had previous affiliations with The WB (1995-2006) as WXON-TV and later WDWB and MyNetworkTV (2006-2021) before becoming an independent station once again)
11	QVC	One of America's two major home shopping television networks, the other being HSN
12	56  WTVS Detroit	Then and now, still, a PBS member station, owned by the Detroit Educational Television Foundation
13	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)
14	17  WTBS Atlanta, GA	The direct feed of the OTA station at the time, now as WPCH-TV, owned by Gray Television, alongside CBS affiliate  46  WANF (then independent as WGNX) and Telemundo affiliate  47  WKTB-CD (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)
15	9  WGN-TV Chicago, IL	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)
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	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
18	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, a 50-50 joint venture between Hearst Communications and Disney General Entertainment Content, a division of The Walt Disney Company)
19	Cable News Network	CNN in Atlanta, an American multinational news channel, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
20	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
21	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)
22	The Disney Channel	Originally a premium pay subscription channel, Disney is now a general cable channel
23	Home Box Office	A premium subscription network, still operates only as HBO, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery (Home Box Office is still used as the network's legal corporate name)
24	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)
25	The Movie Channel	A premium pay subscription channel with classic, mainstream and independent movies (Sister and companion network to Showtime, owned by Paramount Global)
26	Showtime	A premium subscription channel with movies, shows, documentaries and sporting events, owned by Paramount Global
27	Playboy @ Night	A Pay-Per-View channel operated by The Playboy Channel, today known as Playboy TV, focused entirely on adult erotica and pornography
28	Request	A Pay-Per-View channel, likely defunct
29	Viewer's Choice	A Pay-Per-View channel, now operating as iN DEMAND
30	Barker Channel	Likely defunct
31	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
32	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
33	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
34	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
35	USA Network	Then and now, a general entertainment and sports channel, now owned by NBCUniversal
37	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
38	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 Disney General Entertainment Content, a division of The Walt Disney Company)
39	30  WGTE-TV Toledo, OH	Then and now, still, a PBS member station, one of two PBS stations in the Toledo market, the other being  27  WBGU-TV out of Bowling Green, owned by the Public Broadcasting Foundation of Northwest Ohio
40	Government Access	A local cable access channel focused heavily on local and state government affairs
41	M-Star	Likely defunct
42	Home Shopping Network	One of America's two major home shopping television networks, now only as HSN, the other being QVC
43	Government Access	A local cable access channel focused heavily on local and state government affairs
45	American Movie Classics	The flagship network of AMC Networks (Today operates only by the acronym AMC, shifted from originally exclusively classic movies (as a pay subscription channel) towards movies, shows and original programming (as a general cable channel)
46	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
47	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
48	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
49	Music Television (MTV)	Owned by Paramount Global and known only as MTV, 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
50	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