Here is a blast from the past

[Mr Tony]

While searching about the old Radio Shack 5 foot dish system (see the "adventured in dish hunting" thread for that) I stumbled upon an old list of satellite channels and satellite lists.

It doesnt list where the satellites were in the sky so if someonre knows that would be great

Date shows 7/28/97 (From a Radio Shack research list)

AURORA (F5)
Occasional Transmissions
19 Learn/Alaska Television Network
21 Occasional Transmissions
24 Alaska Satellite Television Project

SATCOM F1R (F1)
1 NBC (Central)
12 Hospital Satellite Network
13 NASA Contract Channel
17 New England Sports Network
20 American Forces Radio and Television Service
22 Hi-Net Communications
Occasional Transmissions

GALAXY 1 (G1)
2 The Nashville Network - Simulcast on W5, 17
4 The Disney Channel (East) - Simulcast on W5, 12, 051
6 National Spanish Television Network (SIN)
7 Cable News Network (CNN) - Simulcast on F3, 14
8 CNN Headline News - Simulcast on F3, 15
11 CBN Cable Network - Simulcast on F3, 8
12 Home Team Sports
13 C-SPAN - Simulcast on F3, 19
14 The Movie Channel (West)
15 WOR-TV (New York)
17 Black Entertainment Television (BET) - Simulcast on W5, 24
19 Cinemax (East) - Simulcast on F3, 20
20 GalaVision
23 HBO (East) - Simulcast on F3, 24
24 The Disney Channel (West) - Simulcast on W5, 10

SATCOM F3 (F3)
1 Nickelodeon/ARTS & Entertainment
2 Praise the Lord (PTL)
3 WGN (Chicago)
4 Financial News Network (FNN) - Simulcast on W5, 21
4 Sports Time Cable Network
5 The Movie Channel (TMC) (East)
6 WTBS (Atlanta)
7 Entertainment & Sports Programming Network (ESPN) - Simulcast
on D4, 13
8 CBN Cable Network - Simulcast on G1, 11
9 USA Cable Network
10 Showtime (West)
11 MTV: Music Television
12 Showtime (East)
13 HBO (West)
14 Cable News Network (CNN) - Simulcast on G1, 7
15 CNN Headline News - Simulcast on G1, 8
16 Home Theater Network/The Learning Channel/Video Concert Hall
17 Lifetime
18 Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN)
Reuter Monitor Service(s)
19 C-SPAN - Simulcast on G1, 13
20 Cinemax (East) - Simulcast on G1, 19
21 The Weather Channel
22 MSN: The Information Channel/USA Blackout Network
23 Cinemax (West)
24 HBO (East) - Simulcast on G1, 23

COMSTAR D4 (D4)
5 JPD Television Network
9 ON TV (West)(s)
11 ON TV (East)(s)
13 Entertainment & Sports Programming Network (ESPN) - Simulcast
on F3, 7
18 Country Music Television (CMTV)/The Silent Network (SIGN)

WESTAR 5 (W5)
2 The University Network (The Unchannel)
5 SelecTV
7 CBS Contract Channel
8 Sportsvue
10 The Disney Channel (West) - Simulcast on G1, 24
12 The Disney Channel (East) - Simulcast on G1, 4
14 Pro Am Sports System (PASS)
15 Madison Square Garden (MSG)
16 The Meadows Racing Network
17 The Nashville Network - Simulcast on G1, 2
20 The Fantasy Channel(s)
21 Financial News Network (FNN) - Simulcast on F3, 4
22 Bluemax Theater Channel(s)
23 ARTS & Entertainment
24 Black Entertainment Television (BET) - Simulcast on G1, 17/
National Jewish Television (NJT)

ANIK B (AB)
7 Occasional Transmissions
11 CBC North (Pacific)
13 Occasional Transmissions
15 CBC (French)
17 CBC Occasional Transmissions
19 CBC North (Atlantic)
21 Occasional Transmissions

ANIK D1 (AD1)
8 CHCH-TV (Hamilton, OT)(s)
9 WDIV-TV (Detroit, MI)(s)
11 CBC North (Pacific)
14 TCTV-TV (Sherbrooke, QU)(s)
15 CBC French (Pacific)
16 CBC Parliamentary Network (French)/CBC North
18 CITV-TV (Edmonton, ALB)(s)
20 CBMT-TV (Montreal, QU)(s)
21 WTVS-TV (Detroit, MI)(s)
23 WJBK-TV (Detroit, MI) (s)
24 CBC Parliamentary Network (English)/CBC North (French)

WESTAR 4 (W4)
4 Hughes Television Network/New York Racing Authority
5 Occasional Transmissions/Democratic Party Satellite Network
10 Occasional Transmissions
11 Catholic Telecommunications Network of America(s)
15 Public Broadcasting System (Eastern)
16 Cable News Network (CNN)
17 Public Broadcasting System (Central)
20 ABC Contract Channel
21 Public Broadcasting System (Mountain)
Occasional Transmissions
23 Public Broadcasting System (Pacific)

TELSTAR 301 (T1)
1 Occasional Transmissions
7 Occasional Transmissions
8 Occasional Transmissions
9 World Communications
10 ABC (Central)
12 ABC Contract Channel
13 Occasional Transmissions
14 Occasional Transmissions
15 ABC International Television Network
16 Occasional Transmissions
21 Occasional Transmissions
22 Occasional Transmissions
24 Occasional Transmissions

WESTAR 3 (W3)
5 Cable News Network (CNN)
21 Occasional Transmission/Independent News Network (INN)
23 HSV-TV: The BAMC Hour/Occasional Transmissions

COMSTAR D3 (D3)
10 CBS Network (Central)
17 CBS Network (Pacific)

SATCOM F4 (F4)
2 Bravo
3 Satellite Program Network (SPN)
4 Home Sports Entertainment (Dallas)
6 ESPN (Westfeed of "Business Times" only)
7 National Christian Network (NCN)
9 Sportsvision
11 Home Sports Entertainment (Houston)
15 BizNet, The American Business Network
17 Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN)
18 American Forces Radio and Television Service
19 WPIX
24 NBC Contract Channel

WESTAR 2 (W2)
3 Occasional Transmissions
11 Occasional Transmissions
19 Occasional Transmissions

(km-07/28/1997)

kinda weird to see a few duplicated of channels on different satellites

 

[dfergie]

Nice find... I don't see the Playboy channel on F4...

 

[qwert1515]

I am not sure why my previous post was removed.



In 1997
---------

AURORA (F5) [143º West]
SATCOM F1R (F1) [137º West]
GALAXY 1 (G1) [133º West]
SATCOM F3 (F3) [131º West]
COMSTAR D4 (D4) [76º West]
WESTAR 5 (W5) [122.5º West]

ANIK B (AB) ?

ANIK D1 (AD1) [104.5º West]
WESTAR 4 (W4) [99º West]
TELSTAR 301 (T1) [96º West]
WESTAR 3 (W3) [91º West]

COMSTAR D3 (D3) ?

SATCOM F4 (F4) [83º West]

WESTAR 2 (W2) ?

 

[tvropro]

Here is the RS G-5 system Ice. I scanned it from a 1994 Radio Shack catalog

 

[tvropro]

Here's the transponder and channel's from Aug 1990. (this one was easy to get on top of a bunch of stuff) I have ton's of old satellite publications, catalog's, spec sheets, etc going back to the early to middle 80's. I knew hanging on to these would some day be good for something. A lot of stuff is burried in boxes from years ago.

 

[turbosat]

Never knew they had that one, I thought they had a system with a 8'dish or so, missed out on that one. Looks like a Uniden receiver, SQ560 or similar.

 

[dfergie]

Playboy F4, 24... Tvn coming soon, I rented several movies via videopal from them...

 

[bladnoce]

Also remember
Viewer's Choive PPV
Request TV PPV
I still have recorded movies from these channels
good ols c-band days.
I think early 90s

 

[tvropro]

Playboy F4, 24... Tvn coming soon, I rented several movies via videopal from them...

I still have a history in my Vc2+ for TVN movies ordered. Still going strong on the original battery since 1991. I think it'll make it till there are no more Vc2+ channels.

 

[tvropro]

Also remember
Viewer's Choive PPV
Request TV PPV
I still have recorded movies from these channels
good ols c-band days.
I think early 90s

In the late 80's there was First Run PPV on F2 and the Zap channels on S2 also.

 

[caddata]

Used to watch the Tonight Show (Johnny Carson) in the early eighties at 7:00 PM Central unscrambled on one of the Weststars (can't remember which one). Good music from Doc's band where the commercials were supposed to be.

Harold

 

[Mr Tony]

Here is the RS G-5 system Ice. I scanned it from a 1994 Radio Shack catalog

damn...memories

I remember selling those in 93

 

[bladnoce]

I have to look but i think i still have a 1986 June Orbit Magazine
Dont remember the front page i guess it was a painted dish
But I still have my satellite magazines.

 

[tvropro]

Never knew they had that one, I thought they had a system with a 8'dish or so, missed out on that one. Looks like a Uniden receiver, SQ560 or similar.

They had a 8 foot dish system with a 930-1430 block downconversion, in the late 80's. They also had two 9 foot systems one with a Uniden 9000 and another with a Memorex (Echostar 8) receiver in the early 90's. I have the catalog ad's for them also.

I'll try to scan more and post it when I have the time to go through some of my stuff.

 

[bladnoce]

I remenber late 80's at early morning in a TJ bar everybody watching a horror movie on this ZAP movie ch.
At that time SelecTV movie ch still on the air i think.

 

[bgilga]

Brings back alot of memories for me. The good old day when the RSN's had their own identity. A friend of mine had a BUD. We used to watch the Boston sports teams all the time and HNIC on CBC. It really sucked when they started "scrambling" these channels.

 

[qwert1515]

First two images are for July-August 1997.
Last two images are for 1993.

 

[tvropro]

The first two are the birds from July 1984. The other three are for the Videopal PPV from SVC and CVS.

 

[turbosat]

Cable Video Store-push a button, rent a movie! lol
I remember watching Cable Video store PPV that summer GI was rolling out VC2 plus>
used to leave my system on the channel, around 10am my time it would pop on, stay on until 7-8pm while they tinkered and tested the system. Sometimes go black for a bit, then come back on.
Summer of 88 I think. Still got sev movies on vhs from those days.

 

[SatPhreak]

Wow, I havent seen alot of those sat names since about 1998 when I bought a house that came with a 10' dish and a analog IRD. That's why I'm getting back into FTA, because I miss all those feeds. I remember having to set up all the sats into the box because the acuator arm had a stripped worm gear nut( the new nut was on the kitchen counter). When I got it all set up I had a very good sub on the analog IRD for about 8 months, then it expired. During that 8 months I cut back alot on my expressvu system, and when it was time to renew the C-band I got almost the same package as it had except for the stars movie channels (I still subed to HBO) . After that most of the sats had new names but my box wouldn't let you add new sat names so I had to get used to remebering the old short forms for the new sat names.