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List of The CableSystem channels (Toledo, November 1986)
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Parent Page: List of Retro Cable lineups in the United States
The CableSystem, formerly Buckeye Cablevision, provided customers in Toledo, Ohio with the channels listed below in November of 1986. In addition, like many providers across the country at the time, The CableSystem also offered cable reception of FM radio stations by connecting a coaxial cable to an FM radio. Today, the company still operates as Buckeye Broadband. (Source: TVTV.us)
Lineup
Cable TV Channels
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.
- Network affiliated stations will have the network's logo (of the corresponding era) next to them and independent stations are unmarked.
Market
The Toledo television market includes 12 counties in Michigan and Ohio, with market hubs in bold text:
- Michigan:
- Counties: Lenawee
- Cities: Adrian, Blissfield, Cadmus, Cement City, Clinton, Deerfield, Fairfield, Morenci, Palmyra and Tecumseh
- Ohio:
- Counties: Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Williams, Wood and Wyandot
- Cities: Alvordton, Arcadia, Archbold, Attica, Ayersville, Ballville, Bellevue (portions), Berkey, Blakeslee, Bloomville, Bowling Green, Bryan, Carey, Clyde, Danbury, Defiance, Deshler, Deweyville, Edon, Edgerton, Elmore, Evansport, Fayette, Findlay, Forest Park, Fort Seneca, Fostoria, Fremont, Genoa, Gibsonburg, Grand Rapids, Hamler, Harpster, Helena, Hicksville, Holiday City, Holland, Hoytville, Jenera, Jewell, Lemoyne, Liberty Center, Malinta, Marseilles, Maumee, Metamora, Moline, Monclova, Montpelier, Napoleon, Nevada, New Bavaria, New Riegel, Ney, Northwood, Oak Harbor, Pemberville, Perrysburg, Pettisville, Pioneer, Portage, Port Clinton, Rawson, Republic, Ridgeville Corners, Rossford, Sherwood, Swanton, Sycamore, Sylvania, Tiffin, Toledo, Tymochtee, Upper Sandusky, Walbridge, Wauseon, West Unity, Wharton, Williamstown, Woodville and Wyandot
| Selector A | CH# | Selector B |
|---|---|---|
 24 WNWO-TV Toledo (Now an NBC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group) |
2 |  2 WJBK Detroit, MI (Now a Fox network owned-and-operated station, owned by Fox Television Stations) |
 30 WGTE-TV Toledo |
3 | Showtime (A premium subscription channel now owned by Paramount Global) |
56 WTVS Detroit, MI (Only available when 30 WGTE was off-the-air) | ||
| PASS Sports (Defunct, replaced by Fox Sports Detroit, now Bally Sports Detroit) |
The Disney Channel (Now a general entertainment channel as simply Disney) | |
 13 WTVG Toledo (Now a dual ABC and CW affiliate, owned by Gray Television) |
4 | CBN Cable Network (Operates today as Freeform, owned by The Walt Disney Company) |
| The Movie Channel (A premium subscription network, sister to Showtime, owned by Paramount Global, only available when 13 WTVG was off-the-air) | ||
| Nickelodeon (Then and now, a kids and family channel, now owned by Paramount Global) |
5 | Music Television (Now simply as MTV, owned by Paramount Global, now focused on mix of music, reality, drama shows and movies and other acquired programming) |
| ToledoVision 5 (Defunct, was known as Toledo 5, a cable-only CW affiliate until network programming moved to WTVG-DT2 in September of 2014) | ||
.svg){kind=small} 50 WKBD Detroit, MI (Now CW network owned-and-operated as WKBD-TV, owned by Paramount Global, erroneously listed by Cable Choice Magazine as still an independent station, to be an independent station once again on September 1, 2023) |
6 | 36 WUPW Toledo (Still a Fox affiliate, now owned by American Spirit Media and operated by Tegna through CBS affiliate WTOL under a Shared Services Agreement, sale of WTOL, the SSA with WUPW and Tegna itself to Standard General still pending as of May 2022, erroneously listed by Cable Choice Magazine as still an independent station) |
11 WTOL Toledo (Still a CBS affiliate, now owned by Tegna and operates Fox affiliate WUPW, owned by American Spirit Media under a Shared Services Agreement, sale of WTOL, the SSA with WUPW and Tegna itself to Standard General still pending as of May 2022) |
7 | 7 WXYZ-TV Detroit, MI (Still an ABC affiliate, owned by The E. W. Scripps Company and sister to independent station WMYD (also an independent as WXON-TV in 1986), WXYZ was an original ABC network O&O until it was sold earlier that year) |
| USA Network (Still a general entertainment and sports channel, now owned by NBCUniversal) |
8 | Home Shopping Network (Now operates only by the acronym HSN) |
| Cable News Network (CNN in Atlanta, an American multinational news channel, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery) |
9 | 17 WTBS Atlanta, GA (TBS and the station were separated from each other in 2007, with the over-the-air station sold off and becoming WPCH-TV, now owned by Gray Television and the TBS network now owned by Warner Bros. Discovery) |
| ESPN (An American multinational sports network, owned as a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%) as ESPN Inc.) |
10 | University of Toledo Community Cablevision (A service of the University of Toledo) |
| The Weather Channel (Weather forecasting and science and in recent years, weather related shows and documentaries as well, now owned by Entertainment Studios) | ||
| Blade News/Ads (Defunct, a news and information wire service from the Toledo Blade with advertisements) |
11 | Blade News/Ads (Defunct, a news and information wire service from the Toledo Blade with advertisements) |
| Video Hits One (Now simply as VH1, owned by Paramount Global, now focused on mix of music, reality, drama shows and movies and other acquired programming) |
12 | The Nashville Network (TNN) (Now a general entertainment channel as Paramount Network, owned by Paramount Global) |
| Blade Classifieds/Weather (Defunct, classified advertisements from the Toledo Blade with weather information including color radar and other data from the National Weather Service) |
13 | CNN Headline News (Now simply as HLN, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, now focuses on law and crime-oriented shows and documentaries) |
Cable FM Channels
Notes
- Coaxial cable connection to stereos and radio with FM tuners and receivers required
- 🕙Radio formats in 1986
- 🎧Stations with stereo broadcasts
| MHz | Station | 1986🕙 | Notes/Today |
|---|---|---|---|
| 88.7 | CJOM-FM 88.7🎧 Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
Top 40 | Country as CIMX-FM, owned by Bell Media |
| 89.1 | Toledo Police | Toledo Police Radio Calls | Streams online via Broadcastify |
| 89.7 | WWV Fort Collins, Colorado |
Time Signals | Still operates today unchanged from 1986 (A shortwave radio station broadcasting at 2.5, 5, 10, 15, and 20 MHz) |
| 90.5 | Seeburg Satellite Music🎧 | Easy Listening | A defunct satellite music service from Seeburg Music Satellite Network, Inc. |
| 90.9 | WGTE-FM 91.3🎧 Toledo |
Public Radio | Then and now, still a NPR member station (Co-owned with WGTE-TV by the Public Broadcasting Foundation of Northwest Ohio) |
| 91.7 | WUOM 91.7🎧 Ann Arbor, Michigan |
Public Radio | Then and now, still a NPR member station, owned by the University of Michigan (Flagship station of Michigan Radio, a network of NPR radio stations across Michigan) |
| 92.9 | WMHE 92.5🎧 Toledo |
Adult Contemporary | Top 40 as WVKS, owned by iHeartMedia |
| 93.5 | Music Television🎧 | Music Videos | Owned by Paramount Global, MTV has shifted from strictly music and music videos in its early years to a mix of music, reality shows and dramas in recent years |
| 93.9 | WRQN 93.5🎧 Bowling Green-Toledo |
Contemporary Hit Radio | Owned by Cumulus Media with a Classic Hits format |
| 95.1 | WMJC 94.7🎧 Detroit, Michigan |
Adult Contemporary | Classic Rock as WCSX, owned by Beasley Broadcast Group (Erroneously listed by Cable Choice Magazine as being from Jackson, Michigan) |
| 95.5 | The Nashville Network (TNN)🎧 |
Country | Now a general entertainment channel as Paramount Network, owned by Paramount Global |
| 95.9 | WHFD 96.1🎧 Archibald-Toledo |
Adult Contemporary | Classic Hits as WMTR-FM, owned by Nobco, Inc. |
| 96.7 | WHYT 96.3🎧 Detroit, Michigan |
Hot Hits | Hot Adult Contemporary as WDVD, owned by Cumulus Media |
| 97.5 | The Movie Channel🎧 | Movies | A premium subscription network, sister to Showtime, owned by Paramount Global |
| 98.3 | WLLZ 98.7🎧 Detroit, Michigan |
Album-Oriented Rock | Alternative Rock as WDZH, owned by Audacy, Inc. |
| 99.1 | WFRO-FM 99.1🎧 Fremont-Sandusky |
Contemporary Hit Radio | Owned by BAS Broadcasting with an Adult Contemporary format |
| 99.5 | WABX 99.5🎧 Detroit, Michigan |
Contemporary Hit Radio | Country as WYCD, owned by Audacy, Inc. (Erroneously listed by Cable Choice Magazine as being a Progressive Rock station) |
| 99.9 | WKKO 99.9🎧 Toledo |
Country | Owned by Cumulus Media |
| 100.7 | WNIC 100.3🎧 Dearborn-Detroit, Michigan |
Adult Contemporary | Owned by iHeartMedia |
| 101.1 | WRIF 101.1🎧 Detroit, Michigan |
Album-Oriented Rock | Owned by Beasley Broadcast Group with an Active Rock format |
| 101.9 | WLQR 101.5🎧 Toledo |
Easy Listening | Adult Contemporary as WRVF, owned by iHeartMedia |
| 102.5 | WIQB 102.9🎧 Ann Arbor, Michigan |
Top 40 / Album-Oriented Rock | Country as WWWW-FM, owned by Cumulus Media |
| 103.1 | WMUZ 103.5 Detroit, Michigan |
Christian Radio | Now as WMUZ-FM, then and now, still owned by Crawford Broadcasting (The "-FM" suffix was added to its call letters in 2017 after Crawford acquired WCHB 1200 AM and renaming it WMUZ) |
| 103.9 | WOMC 104.3🎧 Detroit, Michigan |
Adult Contemporary | Owned by Audacy, Inc. with a Classic Hits format |
| 104.7 | WIOT 104.7🎧 Toledo |
Progressive Rock | Owned by iHeartMedia with a Mainstream Rock format |
| 105.1 | WQRS-FM 105.1🎧 Detroit, Michigan |
Classical Music | Classic Hip-Hop as WMGC-FM, owned by Beasley Broadcast Group |
| 105.5 | WWWM 105.5🎧 Sylvania-Toledo |
Adult Contemporary | Contemporary Hit Radio as WQQO, owned by Cumulus Media |
| 106.1 | WERC 600 AM🎧 Toledo |
Progressive Rock | Alternative Rock as WXUT, now at 88.3 FM, owned by the University of Toledo (Only broadcasts at night as it shares the frequency with Jazz station WXTS-FM, owned by the Toledo City School District, which broadcasts during the day) |
| 106.3 | WJZZ 105.9🎧 Detroit, Michigan |
Smooth Jazz | Urban Adult Contemporary as WDMK, owned by Beasley Broadcast Group |
| 107.1 | WWWW 106.7🎧 Detroit, Michigan |
Country | Classic Rock as WLLZ, owned by iHeartMedia |
| 107.5 | WGPR 107.5 Detroit, Michigan |
Urban Variety | Owned by the International Free and Accepted Modern Masons with a Mainstream Urban format |
| 107.9 | KHB97 162.4 Bellevue |
Weather | Still a NOAA Weather Radio station, operated by the National Weather Service Office in Cleveland |