I guess whats old is new again

[Mr Tony]

My local ABC (WDIO Duluth) posted this recently. I guess what's old IS new again
(the caption below it is from them)

Who would've thought when this billboard promoted the new WDIO-TV in 1966 that many of the shows would make a comeback decades later? You can now watch Batman on Saturday afternoons at 5 and F Troop on Wednesday evenings at 9 on WDIO-DT2/MeTV!

 

[mike123abc]

People must watch or they would not air it. It is good to see old shows still have an audience!

 

[andy_horton]

I love retro stuff like this!! I love any old commercials or ads anywhere. I have a dvd collection of old commercials.

 

[Mr Tony]

I keep asking them to add AntennaTV or ThisTV but they haven't yet
(the station is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting in Minneapolis. They have Me, Antenna and This as subchannels. Also for the "old school" satellite person Hubbard started USSB....then Directv bought them. They had the movie stations and the Viacom Networks)

 

[andy_horton]

I keep asking them to add AntennaTV or ThisTV but they haven't yet
(the station is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting in Minneapolis. They have Me, Antenna and This as subchannels. Also for the "old school" satellite person Hubbard started USSB....then Directv bought them. They had the movie stations and the Viacom Networks)

That's right!! I remember now Hubbard owned USSB years ago. I had USSB years ago when I had HBO through them. I didn't remember the Viacom channels being offered by USSB. Do you remember what kind of packages they had for Viacom? I just remember getting them through Directv but that was years ago. I used to want Primestar but my wife wouldn't let me get one. Glad I didn't now...lol

 

[Stargazer]

That's cool that they are going retro and advertising it. Wish more would do the same.

 

[Mr Tony]

That's right!! I remember now Hubbard owned USSB years ago. I had USSB years ago when I had HBO through them. I didn't remember the Viacom channels being offered by USSB. Do you remember what kind of packages they had for Viacom? I just remember getting them through Directv but that was years ago. I used to want Primestar but my wife wouldn't let me get one. Glad I didn't now...lol

The Viacom channels were up until early 98. Using the "way back machine" from 1997

https://web.archive.org/web/19970725092725/http://www.ussb.com/packageb.html

USSB Entertainment Plus®: $34.95/mo.
The most complete USSB package. You get, well, an unbelievable selection of movies -- over 900 different movies a month.
5 ch. of HBO®, 2 ch. of HBO Family®, 3 ch. of Cinemax®, 4 ch. of Showtime®, 2 ch. of The Movie ChannelTM, FLIXTM, Sundance ChannelTM, plus The Basics, some of the most popular entertainment networks.

Showtime Plus: $24.95/mo.
4 ch. of Showtime, 2 ch. of The Movie Channel, FLIX, Plus The Basics.

HBO Plus: $24.95/mo.
5 ch. of HBO, 2 ch. of HBO Family, 3 ch. of Cinemax, Plus The Basics.

Select Two: $19.95/mo.
5 ch. of HBO, 3 ch. of Cinemax and 2 ch. of HBO Family or 4 ch. of Showtime, 2 ch. of The Movie Channel and FLIX.

Select One: $10.95/mo.
5 ch. of HBO, or 4 ch. of Showtime plus FLIX, or 3 ch. of Cinemax, or 2 ch. of The Movie Channel

Sundance Package: $8.95/mo.
Sundance Channel

The Basics: $7.95/mo.
The basic entertainment networks: MTV®, M2®, VH1TM, Nickelodeon®, Nick at Nite®, Nick at Nite's TV Land®, Comedy Central®, Lifetime®, and All News ChannelTM

Nick at Nite's TV Land and M2 are Free With All Packages.

 

[andy_horton]

The Viacom channels were up until early 98. Using the "way back machine" from 1997

https://web.archive.org/web/19970725092725/http://www.ussb.com/packageb.html

USSB Entertainment Plus®: $34.95/mo.
The most complete USSB package. You get, well, an unbelievable selection of movies -- over 900 different movies a month.
5 ch. of HBO®, 2 ch. of HBO Family®, 3 ch. of Cinemax®, 4 ch. of Showtime®, 2 ch. of The Movie ChannelTM, FLIXTM, Sundance ChannelTM, plus The Basics, some of the most popular entertainment networks.

Showtime Plus: $24.95/mo.
4 ch. of Showtime, 2 ch. of The Movie Channel, FLIX, Plus The Basics.

HBO Plus: $24.95/mo.
5 ch. of HBO, 2 ch. of HBO Family, 3 ch. of Cinemax, Plus The Basics.

Select Two: $19.95/mo.
5 ch. of HBO, 3 ch. of Cinemax and 2 ch. of HBO Family or 4 ch. of Showtime, 2 ch. of The Movie Channel and FLIX.

Select One: $10.95/mo.
5 ch. of HBO, or 4 ch. of Showtime plus FLIX, or 3 ch. of Cinemax, or 2 ch. of The Movie Channel

Sundance Package: $8.95/mo.
Sundance Channel

The Basics: $7.95/mo.
The basic entertainment networks: MTV®, M2®, VH1TM, Nickelodeon®, Nick at Nite®, Nick at Nite's TV Land®, Comedy Central®, Lifetime®, and All News ChannelTM

Nick at Nite's TV Land and M2 are Free With All Packages.

Thanks, Ice. That's really cool. "Way back flash back!!"

 

[Mr Tony]

yeah its amazing what the pricing was for programming back then. Even more cool is in Minneapolis (where Hubbard is based) they have a commercial on their Independent station (KSTC45...they also own all the ABC stations licensed in MN)....Anywho the commercial shows "the professor of laughter" or something like that taking a woman into the elevator and when the elevator opens you can see the USSB logo in the back of the elevator.

 

[osu1991]

KTUL in Tulsa, re-uses their old channel promo's from the 60's and 70's on the RTV subchannel