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List of Wyandotte Municipal Cable System channels (January 1998)
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Wyandotte Municipal Cable System provided customers in Wyandotte, Michigan with the channels listed below in January 1998. Wyandotte Municipal Cable System now operates as Wyandotte Connex.
Lineup
Legend
- CON: Converter
- BAS: Basic/no converter
Channels
CON | BAS | Name | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2 | 2 | WJBK Ch. 2 (Fox) Detroit | Still a Fox network owned-and-operated station, owned by Fox Television Stations |
3 | 3 | ESPN | Owned as a joint venture between Hearst Corporation and The Walt Disney Company |
4 | 4 | WDIV Ch. 4 (NBC) Detroit | Still an NBC affiliate |
5 | 5 | WKBD Ch. 50 (UPN) Detroit | Then a UPN, now CW network O&O, owned by Paramount Global, sister to CBS O&O WWJ-TV |
6 | 6 | The Weather Channel | Weather forecasting and science and in recent years, weather related shows and documentaries as well |
7 | 7 | WXYZ Ch. 7 (ABC) Detroit | Still an ABC affiliate, sister to independent station WMYD (the former WDWB) |
8 | 8 | WDWB Ch. 20 (WB) Detroit | Now an independent station as WMYD, sister to ABC affiliate WXYZ-TV |
9 | 9 | CBET Ch. 9 (CBC) Windsor, Ontario, Canada | Then and now, still, a CBC network O&O |
10 | 10 | Cable News Network | CNN in Atlanta, an American multinational news channel |
11 | 11 | Prevue Channel | Today operates as Pop, a general entertainment channel, focusing primarily on programs pertaining to popular culture (The scrolling guides for which the network was legendary for were phased out over the years, at least on the network) |
12 | 12 | WTVS Ch. 56 (PBS) Detroit | Still a PBS member station |
13 | Pay-Per-View | Likely now operating as iN DEMAND | |
14 | 14 | Home & Garden Television | Now known simply as HGTV, features programming focused entirely on home improvement, do-it-yourself and gardening |
15 | 15 | CICO Ch. 32 (TVOntario) Windsor, Ontario, Canada | A repeat transmitter of CICA in Toronto, as CICO-DT-32, now on channel 19 (TVOntario programming is no longer available on cable in Wyandotte) |
16 | 16 | WGTE Ch. 30 (PBS) Toledo, Ohio | Still a PBS member station |
17 | 17 | Nickelodeon | Programming 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 | ||
18 | 18 | The Family Channel | Sold to Fox becoming Fox Family later that year and then resold to The Walt Disney Company and renamed ABC Family in 2001 and rebranded and relaunched as Freeform in 2016 |
19 | 19 | The History Channel | Originally focused on history-based documentaries, The History Channel (now known simply as History) shifted focus significantly towards reality television programming by the late 2000s |
20 | 20 | City/Municipal Access | A local cable access channel focused heavily on local and state government affairs, now operating as City Government Channel 16 |
21 | 21 | Public Access | A local cable access channel, now operating as Public Access Channel 15 |
22 | 22 | Educational Access | A local cable access channel with educational programs |
23 | 23 | Local Access | Defunct |
24 | 24 | Advertising | Now operating as an Ad/Lease Channel |
25 | 25 | Public Service Channel | Defunct |
26 | 26 | QVC | One of America's two major home shopping television networks, the other being HSN |
27 | 27 | Home Shopping Network | Now known only by the acronym HSN, one of America's two major home shopping networks, the other being QVC (It is unclear at this time whether the national satellite feed or that of WBSX (now WPXD) in Ann Arbor was used) |
28 | 28 | FX | Originally carried programming aspiring to the standards of premium cable channels in regard to mature themes and content, high-quality writing, directing and acting, now a general entertainment channel |
29 | 29 | American Movie Classics | Today operates only by the acronym AMC, shifted from originally exclusively classic movies (as a pay channel) towards movies, shows and originally programming (as a general cable channel) |
30 | 30 | USA Network | Today owned by NBCUniversal |
31 | 31 | WTBS Ch. 17 (Independent) Atlanta, Georgia | Both the station and the cable network were separated from each other in 2007, with the station operating today as WPCH-TV, owned by Gray Television |
32 | 32 | Turner Network Television | Programming shifted from mostly classic movies towards drama movies and shows over the years with sporting events featured as well, solely by the acronym TNT |
33 | 33 | 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 |
34 | Home Box Office | Still operates today by its acronym HBO, Home Box Office (owned today by Warner Bros. Discovery) is still used as the network's legal corporate name | |
35 | The Movie Channel | Sister network to Showtime, owned by Paramount Global | |
36 | 36 | Fox Sports Detroit | Now operates as Bally Sports Detroit |
37 | Showtime | A premium subscription channel with movies, shows, documentaries and sporting events, owned by Paramount Global | |
38 | Cinemax | Sister network to HBO, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery | |
39 | 39 | The Disney Channel | Originally a premium pay subscription channel, Disney is now a general cable channel |
40 | 40 | WGN Ch. 9 (WB) Chicago, Illinois | The direct feed of the OTA station at the time, its later cable counterpart, WGN America, was rebranded as NewsNation (Meanwhile, WGN itself would become an independent once again starting in 2016) |
41 | 41 | Lifetime | Programming geared towards women and women in lead roles of movies and shows |
42 | 42 | Video Hits One | 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 |
43 | 43 | Music Television (MTV) | Owned by Paramount Global, like 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 |
44 | 44 | C-SPAN | A channel entirely focused on government and public affairs |
45 | 45 | C-SPAN2 | A channel entirely focused on government and public affairs |
46 | 46 | Consumer News and Business Channel | Still operates today, but only by the acronym CNBC |
47 | 47 | The Learning Channel | Initially focused on educational and learning content, by this time, the network began to primarily focus towards reality series involving lifestyles, family life, and personal stories as TLC |
48 | 48 | Arts & Entertainment (A&E) | Once a channel focused on arts and history, the channel has shifted significantly towards reality shows, dramas and documentaries |
49 | 49 | The Discovery Channel | Still operates today with a program mix of technology, science, nature and reality, and its name shortened to just Discovery |
50 | 50 | The Nashville Network (TNN) | A channel once focused on country music and lifestyle, it now operates as a general entertainment channel as Paramount Network |
51 | 51 | Court TV | A channel focused on law, crime and live court case coverage, shifted towards reality and comedy as truTV starting in 2008 (An unrelated digital broadcast network was launched with the Court TV logo and name in 2019) |
52 | 52 | Trinity Broadcasting Network | Now operating by the acronym TBN, one of the leading major Christian television networks in America |
53 | 53 | Catholic Television Network of Detroit | Originally owned by the Archdiocese of Detroit, the network was sold to CatholicTV in 2020, now operating as CatholicTV Detroit |
54 | 1 | The Sci-Fi Channel | Programming focused primarily around fantasy, horror and science fiction, now as SYFY |
57 | 95 | Cartoon Network | Originally consisted of cartoons 24 hours a day, the network has occasionally added live-action programming into its lineups as well |
60 | 98 | WADL Ch. 38 (Independent) Mount Clemens | Now a MyNetworkTV affiliate |
61 | 99 | WWJ Ch. 62 (CBS) Detroit | Still a CBS network owned-and-operated station, owned by Paramount Global, sister to CW O&O WKBD-TV |