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My Two Cents: Norton Cable Lineup 20 Years Ago

Peter Wiggins found this interesting piece of info on what the Norton cable lineup looked like back 20 years ago in the year of 1993.

MY TWO CENTS WITH PETER J. WIGGINS

You all know that the Cable System Lineup in Norton and surrounding towns is loaded with all sorts of different channels, but I was at the Norton Public Library this evening and looked up something interesting in the Norton Mirror from Friday March 19th, 1993. I found out that TCI Cablevision of New England, which was the cable provider for Norton at the time, was changing the lineup beginning April 1st, 1993. The cable lineup back then was much different than it is right now with Xfinity and Verizon having lots of sports channels and networks. Here is the TCI Cablevision cable lineup for Norton effective April 1, 1993:

BASIC CABLE LINEUP

2- LOCAL ORGANIZATION

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3- WFXT-25- Boston (FOX)

4- WHDH-7- Boston (CBS)

7- WGBX-44- Boston (PBS)

8- Government Access

9- Educational Access

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10- Public Access

11- WSBK-38- Boston (Ind.)

12- WLVI-56- Boston (Ind.)

13- WTBS- Atlanta

14- EPG- PPV Previews

15- WPIX-11- New York (Ind.)

16- WJAR-10- Providence (NBC)

17- WPRI-12- Providence (ABC)

18- WSBE-36- Providence (PBS)

19- WLNE-6- New Bedford- (CBS)

20- WNAC-64- Providence- (Fox)

21- WGBH-2- Boston- (PBS)

22- WBZ-4- Boston (NBC) (now CBS)

23- WCVB-5- Boston- (ABC)

55- Rhode Island Interconnect

56- Rhode Island Interconnect

 

EXPANDED CABLE SERVICE

24- TRAVEL CHANNEL/BRAVO

25- CNN

27- QVC

28- Home Shopping Channel

29- CNBC

30- Univision

31- Portuguese Channel

32- Family Channel

33- TNT

34- USA

35- ESPN

36- ETWN

37- A&E (20 years later, A&E is still on Channel 37 through Comcast)

38- Country Music Television/American Movie Classics

39- Nashville Network

40- Lifetime

41- Discovery Channel

42- Nickelodeon

52- C-SPAN I

53- MTV

57- C-Span II

58- VH-1/Comedy Central

60- Headline News

61- Weather Channel

 

PREMIUM SERVICES- Pay-Per-View

26- Encore Network

43- Request I

44- Request II

45- HBO

46- Cinemax

47- Disney Channel

48- Showtime

49- Movie Channel

50- Sportschannel New England

51- NESN- (20 years later, NESN is still on channel 51 through Comcast)


And there you have it, a look at what the Norton cable lineup looked like back 20 years ago in 1993.

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