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List of Saskatoon Telecable channels (September 1989)
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In September of 1989, Saskatoon Telecable customers in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan had access to the following channels. In the beginning of the 1990s, current provider Shaw Communications bought out and absorbed the Telecable system.
CH# | Name | Notes/Today |
---|---|---|
2 | CBKFT Ch. 13 (SRC) Regina |
Still a network O&O |
3 | CFSK Ch. 4 (Ind.) Saskatoon |
Was owned by CanWest, original owners of the Global Television Network, but did not join the actual network until 1990 |
4 | WJBK Ch. 2 (CBS) Detroit, Michigan, USA |
Fox affiliate since 1994 in a mass affiliation deal with then-owner New World Communications (in 1994), with both New World and the station being acquired in 1997, making WJBK a network O&O (Replaced over the years by Detroit's current network O&O WWJ-TV, Fox programming on area cable systems now sourced from WUHF Rochester, New York) |
5 | WDIV Ch. 4 (NBC) Detroit, Michigan, USA |
Still that market's NBC affiliate |
6 | WTVS Ch. 56 (PBS) Detroit, Michigan, USA |
Still that market's PBS member station |
7 | WXYZ Ch. 7 (ABC) Detroit, Michigan, USA |
Still that market's ABC affiliate |
8 | Educational Programming | Unknown, likely a local cable access channel for educational and instructional purposes |
9 | CFQC Ch. 8 (CTV) Saskatoon |
A CTV affiliate since 1971, and a network O&O since 1997 |
10 | Community Channel | Unknown |
11 | Weather Now | The channel is now known as The Weather Network, a national cable weather channel. It's unknown at this time as to why the cable system still used the old name when The Weather Network name was already in use by this time |
12 | CBKST Ch. 11 (CBC) Saskatoon |
Defunct, ceased operations on July 31, 2012, CBC network service on cable now provided by O&O CBKT-DT out of Regina |
13 | News Bulletin | Unknown, likely defunct, likely a bulletin board/teletext channel with news headlines |
14 | Super Channel | A premium subscription entertainment channel |
15 | Family Channel | A family-oriented entertainment channel, now known simply as Family |
16 | TSN | A sports cable channel, at the time, the main national feed, now branched into a more regional feed as TSN3 |
17 | MuchMusic | Originally focused on music and music videos, format has shifted towards variety of programming, most of them being comedy, aimed at teenagers and young adult men, now simply as Much |
18 | Country Music Television | Programming consisting of country music and lifestyle with some country-themed reality shows added in recent years, now just simply as CMT |
19 | Cable News Network | CNN in Atlanta, Georgia, an American multinational news channel |
20 | The Nashville Network (TNN) | A channel once focused on country music and lifestyle, it now operates as a general entertainment channel as Paramount Network |
21 | Arts & Entertainment (A&E) | Once a channel focused on arts and history, the channel has shifted significantly towards reality shows, dramas and documentaries |
22 | Super Channel | A premium subscription entertainment channel |
24 | CKBI Ch. 5 (CBC) Prince Albert |
Defunct, ceased operations as a seperate station on October 27, 2002 and ceased operations on July 31, 2012 |
25 | Newsworld | A Canadian national news channel owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, operating today as CBC News Network |
26 | YTV | Programming focused towards children and young teenagers |
27 | VisionTV | A specialty cable channel with multi-faith, multicultural, and general entertainment programming aimed at adults age 45 and older |
28 | Canadian Home Shopping Network | A home-shopping television channel, now known simply as TSC |
29 | CBC Parliamentary Television Network | Defunct, a public and government affairs channel ceased operations in October of 1992, replaced by CPAC |