List of Time Warner Cable channels (Livonia, August 1996)

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

Time Warner Cable customers in Livonia and Redford Township, Michigan, had these channels available to them in August of 1996. Carriage of individual channels varied by location. Time Warner Cable, along with Bright House Networks have since been acquired by and merged into Spectrum by Charter Communications, which continues handling services for Livonia today while Comcast through Xfinity is in charge of services in Redford Township.

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: YouTube

CH#	Name	Notes/Today
1	Prevue Channel	Today operates as Pop, owned by Paramount Global, a general entertainment channel, focusing primarily on programs pertaining to popular culture (The scrolling guides for which the network (later known as TV Guide Channel, TV Guide Network and then TVGN) was legendary for were phased out over the years, at least on the network)
2	2  WJBK-TV Detroit	Then and now, still a Fox affiliate (Fox Television Stations took outright control of the station in January of 1997, making it a network owned-and-operated station ever since, the "-TV" suffix was removed from the call letters (now as WJBK) in 1998)
3	Community Bulletin Board	Status unknown, a bulletin board channel
4	4  WDIV-TV Detroit	Then and now, still an NBC affiliate, owned by Graham Media Group (Operates as the oldest active television station in the state of Michigan)
5	50  WKBD Detroit	Nowadays an independent station once again as WKBD-TV (Sister station to CBS network O&O  62  WWJ-TV, both owned by Paramount Global)
6	20  WXON Detroit	Now an CW network affiliate as WMYD (Co-owned alongside ABC affiliate and former network O&O  7  WXYZ-TV by The E. W. Scripps Company)
7	7  WXYZ-TV Detroit	Then and now, still an ABC network affiliate (Co-owned alongside CW network affiliate  20  WMYD (the former WXON) by The E. W. Scripps Company)
8	Government Access	A local cable access channel focused heavily on local and state government affairs
9	9  CBET Windsor, ON, CAN	Then and now, still a CBC network owned-and-operated station, now as CBET-DT (Owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
11	56  WTVS Detroit	Then and now, still a PBS member station (Locally owned and operated by the Detroit Educational Television Foundation)
12	Community Access	A local cable access channel, status unknown at this time
13	Eternal Word Television Network	More commonly known as EWTN, programming focused around the Catholic Church
14	62  WWJ-TV Detroit	Then and now, still a CBS network owned-and-operated station (Co-owned alongside independent station  50  WKBD-TV by Paramount Global)
17	17  WTBS Atlanta, GA	Now a CW network affiliate as WPCH-TV (Both the station and the cable network were separated from each other in 2007, the cable network today operates only as TBS, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery while the station is co-owned alongside CBS affiliate  46  WANF and Telemundo affiliate  47  WKTB-CD by Gray Television)
18	9  WGN-TV Chicago, IL	The direct feed of the OTA station at the time, now an independent station once again) (Its later cable counterpart, WGN America, is now NewsNation, both are owned by Nexstar Media Group)
19	38  WADL Mount Clemens	Nowadays a MyNetworkTV affiliate station owned by Adell Broadcasting (Sale of station to Mission Broadcasting still pending as of November 2023, to be operated by Nexstar Media Group should the sale be approved and finalized by both shareholders and regulators)
20	College Channel	Status unknown, a cable channel programming targeting colleges and universities
21	32  CICO Windsor, ON, CAN	A repeat transmitter of CICA in Toronto, as CICO-DT-32, now on channel 19 (The network's name has since been shortened to only TVO, CICA is also on  19 )
24	31  WBSX Ann Arbor	Now an Ion network affiliate as WPXD-TV (Was a network owned-and-operated station until 2021, now owned by Inyo Broadcast Holdings)
26	Lifetime	Owned by A&E Networks (Then and now, programming still geared towards women and women in lead roles of movies and shows, A&E Networks is a 50-50 joint venture between Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company)
27	Discovery Channel	Owned today by Warner Bros. Discovery (Then and now, programming still consists of a mix of technology, science, nature and reality, also known as simply Discovery)
28	Cable News Network	An Atlanta-based American multinational news channel (Now known simply as CNN, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery)
29	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, both are owned by Warner Bros. Discovery)
30	USA Network	Then and now, still a general entertainment and sports channel (Nowadays owned by NBCUniversal)
31	ESPN	An American multinational sports network owned by ESPN, Inc. (ESPN Inc. is a joint venture with The Walt Disney Company as the majority owner with an 80 percent stake while Hearst Communications holds a minority with the remaining 20 percent stake)
32	Music Television (MTV)	Now known only as MTV, owned by Paramount Global (Like its sister VH1, it too has shifted from strictly music and music videos in its early years to a mix of music, reality shows and dramas in recent years)
33	Nickelodeon	Owned by Paramount Global (Also known on-air simply as Nick, programming then and now, still consists of programming towards children and teenagers up to 18 years of age)
	Nick at Nite	Owned by Paramount Global (On-air mid and late evenings and overnights, programming initially consisted of 1950s and 1960s shows but shows from later decades added in the years and decades since)
34	The Weather Channel	Owned by Allen Media Group (Weather forecasting and science and in recent years, weather related shows and documentaries as well)
35	Turner Network Television	Now known solely as TNT, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery (Programming shifted from mostly classic movies towards drama movies and shows over the years with sporting events featured as well)
36	American Movie Classics	Now known solely as AMC, the flagship network of AMC Networks (Programming has shifted from originally exclusively classic movies as a pay channel towards movies, shows and originally programming as a general cable channel)
37	The Family Channel	Now known as Freeform, owned by The Walt Disney Company (Fox acquired the network, renaming it Fox Family Channel in 1998 before selling it to Disney and renaming it ABC Family in 2001 before being rebranded and relaunched again as Freeform in 2016)
38	The Learning Channel	Now known simply as TLC, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery (Initially focused on educational and learning content, by this time, the network began to primarily focus towards reality series involving lifestyles, family life)
39	The History Channel	Now known simply as History, owned by A&E Networks (Programming shifted from history-based documentaries to reality television programming over the years, A&E Networks is a 50-50 joint venture between Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company)
40	Bravo	Owned by NBCUniversal (Originally focused on film and performing arts as a premium pay subscription channel, the channel has shifted towards lifestyle and reality shows and other programming targeting women 25 to 54 years of age and the LGBTQIA+ community as a general cable channel)
41	Home & Garden Television	Now known simply as HGTV, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery (Features programming focused entirely on home improvement, do-it-yourself and gardening)
42	Court TV	Now known as truTV, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery (A channel focused on law, crime and live court case coverage, shifted towards reality and comedy, an unrelated digital broadcast network was launched with the Court TV logo and name in 2019, that network is owned by The E. W. Scripps Company)
43	Black Entertainment Television	Now known simply as BET, owned by Paramount Global (Then and now, still carries programming heavily targeting African-American audiences)
44	ESPN2	An American sports network, companion network to ESPN, owned by ESPN, Inc. (ESPN Inc. is a joint venture with The Walt Disney Company as the majority owner with an 80 percent stake while Hearst Communications holds a minority with the remaining 20 percent stake)
45	Country Music Television	Now known simply as CMT, owned by Paramount Global (Programming consisting of country music and lifestyle with some country-themed reality shows added in recent years)
46	The Travel Channel	Owned by Warner Bros. Discovery (Features documentaries, reality, and how-to shows related to travel and leisure around the United States and throughout the world, slightly renamed with "The" removed, now as Travel Channel, also known as Trvl Channel)
47	Comedy Central	Comedy movies and shows, owned by Paramount Global
48	Cartoon Network	Owned by Warner Bros. Discovery (Originally consisted of cartoons 24 hours a day, the network has occasionally added live-action programming into its lineups as well, also carries an adults-only lineup evenings and overnights, known as Adult Swim)
49	The Sci-Fi Channel	Now known only as SYFY, owned by NBCUniversal (Programming focused primarily around fantasy, horror and science fiction)
50	Arts & Entertainment (A&E)	Now known simply as A&E, the flagship network of A&E Networks (Once a channel focused on arts and history, the channel has shifted significantly towards reality shows, dramas and documentaries, A&E Networks is a 50-50 joint venture between Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company)
51	Leased Access	A local cable access channel partially leased to TV Orient, now MEA TV
52	E! Entertainment Television	Now known simply as E!, owned by NBCUniversal (Originally focused primarily towards entertainment news and gossip, but has shifted towards pop culture, celebrity focused reality shows, and movies)
53	Consumer News and Business Channel	Now known only as CNBC, owned by NBCUniversal (An American news channel dedicated to business and consumer news as well as stock market activities)
54	The Nashville Network (TNN)	Now known as Paramount Network, owned by Paramount Global (Once focused on country music and lifestyle, it now operates as a general entertainment channel)
55	Video Hits One	Now known simply as VH1, owned by Paramount Global (Like its sister MTV, it too has shifted from strictly music and music videos in its early years to a mix of music, reality shows and dramas in recent years)
56	C-SPAN	Owned by National Cable Satellite Corporation as a public non-profit service (A 24-hour channel entirely focused on government and public affairs, with proceedings from the United States House of Representatives)
57	C-SPAN2	Owned by National Cable Satellite Corporation as a public non-profit service (A 24-hour channel entirely focused on government and public affairs, with proceedings from the United States Senate)
58	Home Shopping Network	Now known only by the acronym HSN, owned by Qurate Retail Group (One of America's two major home shopping television networks, the other being former longtime rival QVC, carried full-time despite the presence of WBSX (now Ion affiliate WPXD) which was also carrying the same programming at the same time)
59	QVC	Owned by Qurate Retail Group (One of America's two major home shopping television networks, the other being former longtime rival HSN)
66	FLiX	A premium pay subscription movie channel owned by Paramount Global (Companion and sister to Showtime and The Movie Channel)
67	HBO	A premium pay subscription network with movies, shows and documentaries (Owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, Home Box Office is still used as the network's legal corporate name)
68	HBO 2	A premium pay subscription network and companion and sister to HBO (Branding had shifted between HBO Plus and HBO2 for several more years before finally settling on the latter, both HBO and HBO2 are owned by Warner Bros. Discovery)
69	Showtime	A premium pay subscription channel with movies, shows, documentaries and sporting events, owned by Paramount Global
70	Showtime 2	A premium pay subscription channel, also known as SHO2 (Sister and companion network to Showtime, owned by Paramount Global)
71	Cinemax	A premium pay subscription channel (Sister network to HBO, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery)
72	Cinemax 2	A premium pay subscription channel and companion ans sister to Cinemax (Renamed MoreMax and now focuses more on foreign, independent and special interest films, both are owned by Warner Bros. Discovery)
73	The Movie Channel	A premium pay subscription movie channel (Sister network to Showtime, owned by Paramount Global)
74	The Disney Channel	Owned by The Walt Disney Company (Originally a premium pay subscription channel, Disney Channel (without "The" in its name) is now a general cable channel, targeting primarily and predominantly children and teenagers 7 to 17 years of age)
75	Pro-Am Sports System	Defunct, replaced by Bally Sports Detroit (Known on-air as PASS Sports, the network shut down in 1997 with the launch of Fox Sports Detroit, sold to Diamond Sports Group in 2019 and was relaunched and rebranded as Bally Sports Detroit, Diamond Sports Group is a joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Allen Media Group, licensing the Bally logo and name)
76	Viewer's Choice	A Pay-Per-View channel, now operating as iN DEMAND (A joint venture between Comcast, Cox Communications and Charter Communications at 33.3 percent each)
77	Hot Choice	A companion to Viewer's Choice (now iN DEMAND) (Schedule consists primarily of adults-only (erotica and pornographic) programming, iN DEMAND is a joint venture between Comcast, Cox Communications and Charter Communications at 33.3 percent each)