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Manhattan Cable Television's Channel J was a public-access television channel broadcast from New York City [1] from 1976 to 1990. [2] It became famous and controversial for its lack of censorship and its depiction of marginalized communities and taboo themes.
Then in 1970, KOTA-TV/KHSD-TV swapped affiliations with KRSD-TV/KDSJ-TV and rejoined NBC over complaints by the network of its weak signal (a problem that would eventually result in the FCC forcing KRSD-TV/KIVV-TV off the air in 1976). KOTA-TV/KHSD-TV left NBC again in 1984 and swapped affiliations with ABC affiliates KEVN/KIVV-TV (who had ...
SelecTV was an American subscription television service that was formed in 1976 and first began broadcasting in 1978; the service focused entirely on televising movies, and was shut down in 1989. As with other subscription television systems, SelecTV was transmitted via scrambled signal from a local UHF television station (it later became a ...
Wometco Home Theater (WHT) was an early pay television service in the New York City area that was owned by Miami-based Wometco Enterprises, which owned several major network affiliates in mid-sized media markets and its flagship WTVJ in Miami (then a CBS affiliate on channel 4, now an NBC owned-and-operated station on channel 6).
KHSL-TV 12: 1953-1978 (secondary) CBS KRCR-TV 7 Secondary affiliation, with CBS as its primary affiliation. Later shared with NBC affiliate KRCR-TV. Disaffiliated from ABC in 1978 when KRCR-TV took a full-time ABC affiliation. Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands: WSVI 8: 1965-2016 Ion Television: none; served on cable by WENY-TV, Elmira, NY
NBC eventually aligns with Ted Turner-owned independent station WRET-TV (now WCNC-TV), tempted by promises Turner made to NBC to make $2.5 million worth of upgrades, including a stronger transmitter and the launch of a news department; former ABC affiliate WCCB becomes an independent station, and eventually a charter affiliate of Fox in 1986.
The pay TV network Showtime makes its debut, appearing only on a Dublin, California cable system. The network would expand nationally in 1978. July 4 U.S. television networks present extensive coverage of nationwide events commemorating the country's bicentennial. July 11
As a result, Paramount sold the Hughes Television Network (which it had acquired including its satellite time in planning for PTVS in 1976) to Madison Square Garden in 1979. Diller later left Paramount for 20th Century Fox; that studio's new owner, News Corporation, was interested in starting a network, which became the Fox Broadcasting Company.