New FTA Channel Idea

[PopcornNMore]

I new idea came to my head last night that I would like to share and get some thoughts.

Back in the 80's a few channels appeared on C band just for BUD dish owners. they didn't last too long, but it was a good idea.

I am thinking of possibly transmitting a channel just for FTA dish owners that would help generate interest in FTA satellite and have it grow in popularity. This would be like what White Springs TV. Does anyone know the owner of White Springs TV, so that I could get some questions answered? Like how much would it cost? How would I buy rights to programming? Where do I get advertisers, What equipment is needed?

The channel I am thinking about would be called "B&W" which stands for the black and white channel. The black and white channel would air only television programs and movies seen in black and white. Even the commercials could be shown in black and white.

I would air shows like Mr Ed, Jack Benny, Ozzie and Harriet, Life of Riley, I Love Lucy, Lassie, Patty Duke Show, Make Room for Daddy, Please Don't Eat the Daisies, Dennis the Menace, Andy Griffith, Bachelor Father, Sgt. Bilko, Little Rascals, Three Stooges, etc. Weekends I would air movies like Ma and Pa Kettle, Shirley Temple, Abbott and Costello, etc. plus old westerns.

Anyone here who would like to receive a channel like this?

 

[Skyhi]

Sounds expensive...

 

[Corrado]

Anyone here who would like to receive a channel like this?

I would welcome such programming as I think many of us would. I'm not driven by HD and really enjoy older TV shows. I've grown to dislike the on screen channel bugs and pop-up ads on TVLand. I'll take my RTNs and ALTV any day over what else is up there.

TV Land started off good but has lost it's charm with it's current programming. Remember when it had only retromercials?

I would add Perry Mason, Twilight Zone, My Favorite Martian, Munsters and Car 54 Where are you?

 

[Wescopc]

You are looking at $15,000 per month or so. Plus the cost of programing material.

Bob

 

[Blindowl1234]

I'd watch it, the more channels the better. Even some OTA stations might want it as a sub. There's a market out there for decent programming. I'd love to see some kind of cartoon channel FTA for the grandkids on Ku. Thanks!Blind

 

[SpiffWilkie]

I miss the old Nick At Nite. I used to love watching Car 54, Mr. Ed, Patty Duke, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (Tuesday Weld was smoking!), Laugh In, My Three Sons...

 

[starman345]

I would certainly watch it, I like the older stuff more than the newer. You could try the contact option on the White Springs home page, someone there might be able to hook you up with someone who could help you.
TalkStar Radio - Contacts

 

[PopcornNMore]

I was thinking of using a VSAT system that uses a 1.2m dish. A good idea, but would require a lot more money than I am willing to invest.

I loved the old Nick At Night too. There are hit comedy shows on TV right now, but nothing that we can enjoy as a family due to the subject matter.

 

[Larobpra]

I miss the old Nick At Nite. I used to love watching Car 54, Mr. Ed, Patty Duke, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (Tuesday Weld was smoking!), Laugh In, My Three Sons...

You can catch Mr. Ed and Patty Duke early mornings on THIS TV.

 

[TimLones111]

My own Classic TV Channel

A group of posters on goldenagecartoons.com Forums a while ago was discussing a "Classic Cartoon Channel"..That we would like. The discussion turned to general classic tv and I made up my own network..(know it would never happen) but would be perfect for what the Original Poster had in mind..


My Classic Television Network

Nothing past 1980

Mon-Fri

6AM Movie-Western
7:30 Looney Tunes
8AM Popeye
8:30 Flintstones
9AM Felox The Cat (1958-60)
9:30 M-Calvin and The Colonel T-Jonny Quest (1964-65) Wed. Bugs Bunny Show (With bridging sequences if possible) Th-Top Cat F-Jetsons
10AM Leave It To Beaver
10:30 Dennis the Menace
11AM My Favorite Martian
11:30 Bewitched
Noon Perry Mason
1PM Gunsmoke
2PM Daniel Boone
3PM Hogan's Heroes
3:30 I Dream Of Jeannie
4PM Looney Tunes
4:30 Huckleberry Hound
5PM Yogi Bear
5:30 Quick Draw McGraw
6PM Bonanza
7PM Tennessee Ernie Ford
7:30 Red Skelton
8PM That Girl
8:30 Beverly Hillbillies
9PM Green Acres
9:30 Petticoat Junction
10PM Make Room For Daddy
10:30 Andy Griffith
11PM TV From Radio-An hour of shows derived from Radio..Lots of possible titles here.
Midnight-Feature Film
2AM Addams Family
2:30 Munsters
3AM Burns and Allen
3:30 Jack Benny
4AM Love That Bob!-Bob Cummings
4:30 Dobie Gillis
5AM Life With Elizabeth
5:30 Mothers-In-Law

Saturday

6AM Western Movie
7:30 Porter Wagoner
8AM Wilburn Brothers
8:30 Bill Anderson
9AM Looney Tunes
10AM Hanna-Barbera Heroes-Mixture of showa from 1966-70, such as Birdman, Frankenstein Jr./Impossibles, Space Kidettes/Young Samson, etc.
11AM Archie-Various shows of the Archie series
11:30 Superman/Batman-1966
Noon Fury
12:30 Sgt. Preston
1PM Sky King
1:30 Lone Ranger
2PM Gunsmoke
3PM Lawman
3:30 Marshall Dillon
4PM Bonamza
5PM Superman-George Reeves
5:30 Batman-Adam West
6PM Feature Film
8PM Perry Como
9PM Hollywood Palace
10PM Dean Martin
11PM Laugh-In
Midnight-Maverick
1AM Cheyenne
2AM 77 Sunset Strip
3AM Hawaiian Eye
4AM Surfside Six
5AM McHale's Navy
5:30 Bilko

Sunday

6AM Feature Film
8AM Blondie Movies
9:30 Comedy series movies-Different Movie series and one-two shot deals
11AM Western Movie
12:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford
1PM You Bet Your Life
1:30 What's My Line-1969-75
2PM To Tell The Truth-1968-77
2:30 The Price Is Right-Cullen Version
3PM Gospel Singing Jubilee
4PM Roy Rogers
4:30 Gene Autry
5PM Hopalong Cassidy
6PM Lassie
6:30 Walt Disney
7:30 Red Skelton
8PM Dinah Shore
9PM Carol Burnett
10PM Variety Mix-Short lived variety shows from folks like Jim Nabors, Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Bill Cosby, etc.
11PM Laugh-In
Midnight-Feature Film
2AM Classic Video Mix..1950's "Soundies" and Variety show musical numbers
3AM Abbott And Costello
3:30 Sea Hunt
4AM Highway Patrol
4:30 Dragnet-1950's
5AM The Lineup
5:30 Racket Squad/Public Defender

This probably has a lot of holes in it, but if you could get the rights to everything..Would be a different way to go in some parts of the schedule..

 

[PopcornNMore]

A group of posters on goldenagecartoons.com Forums a while ago was discussing a "Classic Cartoon Channel"..That we would like. The discussion turned to general classic tv and I made up my own network..(know it would never happen) but would be perfect for what the Original Poster had in mind..


My Classic Television Network

Nothing past 1980

Mon-Fri

6AM Movie-Western
7:30 Looney Tunes
8AM Popeye
8:30 Flintstones
9AM Felox The Cat (1958-60)
9:30 M-Calvin and The Colonel T-Jonny Quest (1964-65) Wed. Bugs Bunny Show (With bridging sequences if possible) Th-Top Cat F-Jetsons
10AM Leave It To Beaver
10:30 Dennis the Menace
11AM My Favorite Martian
11:30 Bewitched
Noon Perry Mason
1PM Gunsmoke
2PM Daniel Boone
3PM Hogan's Heroes
3:30 I Dream Of Jeannie
4PM Looney Tunes
4:30 Huckleberry Hound
5PM Yogi Bear
5:30 Quick Draw McGraw
6PM Bonanza
7PM Tennessee Ernie Ford
7:30 Red Skelton
8PM That Girl
8:30 Beverly Hillbillies
9PM Green Acres
9:30 Petticoat Junction
10PM Make Room For Daddy
10:30 Andy Griffith
11PM TV From Radio-An hour of shows derived from Radio..Lots of possible titles here.
Midnight-Feature Film
2AM Addams Family
2:30 Munsters
3AM Burns and Allen
3:30 Jack Benny
4AM Love That Bob!-Bob Cummings
4:30 Dobie Gillis
5AM Life With Elizabeth
5:30 Mothers-In-Law

Saturday

6AM Western Movie
7:30 Porter Wagoner
8AM Wilburn Brothers
8:30 Bill Anderson
9AM Looney Tunes
10AM Hanna-Barbera Heroes-Mixture of showa from 1966-70, such as Birdman, Frankenstein Jr./Impossibles, Space Kidettes/Young Samson, etc.
11AM Archie-Various shows of the Archie series
11:30 Superman/Batman-1966
Noon Fury
12:30 Sgt. Preston
1PM Sky King
1:30 Lone Ranger
2PM Gunsmoke
3PM Lawman
3:30 Marshall Dillon
4PM Bonamza
5PM Superman-George Reeves
5:30 Batman-Adam West
6PM Feature Film
8PM Perry Como
9PM Hollywood Palace
10PM Dean Martin
11PM Laugh-In
Midnight-Maverick
1AM Cheyenne
2AM 77 Sunset Strip
3AM Hawaiian Eye
4AM Surfside Six
5AM McHale's Navy
5:30 Bilko

Sunday

6AM Feature Film
8AM Blondie Movies
9:30 Comedy series movies-Different Movie series and one-two shot deals
11AM Western Movie
12:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford
1PM You Bet Your Life
1:30 What's My Line-1969-75
2PM To Tell The Truth-1968-77
2:30 The Price Is Right-Cullen Version
3PM Gospel Singing Jubilee
4PM Roy Rogers
4:30 Gene Autry
5PM Hopalong Cassidy
6PM Lassie
6:30 Walt Disney
7:30 Red Skelton
8PM Dinah Shore
9PM Carol Burnett
10PM Variety Mix-Short lived variety shows from folks like Jim Nabors, Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Bill Cosby, etc.
11PM Laugh-In
Midnight-Feature Film
2AM Classic Video Mix..1950's "Soundies" and Variety show musical numbers
3AM Abbott And Costello
3:30 Sea Hunt
4AM Highway Patrol
4:30 Dragnet-1950's
5AM The Lineup
5:30 Racket Squad/Public Defender

This probably has a lot of holes in it, but if you could get the rights to everything..Would be a different way to go in some parts of the schedule..

I would LOVE that channel! So many channels like TV Land, FX and others start out great, but then turn bad. FX once showed Family Affair and Nanny and the Professor.

 

[Corrado]

I loved FX when it first came about and it was in the clear on C band. I used to watch Mission Impossible on it.

I enjoyed TNN also before the Spike days.

 

[tvropro]

I would LOVE that channel! So many channels like TV Land, FX and others start out great, but then turn bad. FX once showed Family Affair and Nanny and the Professor.

Me too locally OTA by me showed Family Affair Last year.

 

[warnerwlf98]

I loved FX when it first came about and it was in the clear on C band. I used to watch Mission Impossible on it.

I enjoyed TNN also before the Spike days.

FX also showed Rawhide when it first started up.

Hey where's Ben Casey? It was on the America One network in the early 90s. You just can't get enough of Vince Edwards - the guy who would box you with his eyes (he'd only use one eyeball at a time to look at you).

 

[rainmaker]

A group of posters on goldenagecartoons.com Forums a while ago was discussing a "Classic Cartoon Channel"..That we would like. The discussion turned to general classic tv and I made up my own network..(know it would never happen) but would be perfect for what the Original Poster had in mind..


My Classic Television Network

Nothing past 1980

Mon-Fri

6AM Movie-Western
7:30 Looney Tunes
8AM Popeye
8:30 Flintstones
9AM Felox The Cat (1958-60)
9:30 M-Calvin and The Colonel T-Jonny Quest (1964-65) Wed. Bugs Bunny Show (With bridging sequences if possible) Th-Top Cat F-Jetsons
10AM Leave It To Beaver
10:30 Dennis the Menace
11AM My Favorite Martian
11:30 Bewitched
Noon Perry Mason
1PM Gunsmoke
2PM Daniel Boone
3PM Hogan's Heroes
3:30 I Dream Of Jeannie
4PM Looney Tunes
4:30 Huckleberry Hound
5PM Yogi Bear
5:30 Quick Draw McGraw
6PM Bonanza
7PM Tennessee Ernie Ford
7:30 Red Skelton
8PM That Girl
8:30 Beverly Hillbillies
9PM Green Acres
9:30 Petticoat Junction
10PM Make Room For Daddy
10:30 Andy Griffith
11PM TV From Radio-An hour of shows derived from Radio..Lots of possible titles here.
Midnight-Feature Film
2AM Addams Family
2:30 Munsters
3AM Burns and Allen
3:30 Jack Benny
4AM Love That Bob!-Bob Cummings
4:30 Dobie Gillis
5AM Life With Elizabeth
5:30 Mothers-In-Law

Saturday

6AM Western Movie
7:30 Porter Wagoner
8AM Wilburn Brothers
8:30 Bill Anderson
9AM Looney Tunes
10AM Hanna-Barbera Heroes-Mixture of showa from 1966-70, such as Birdman, Frankenstein Jr./Impossibles, Space Kidettes/Young Samson, etc.
11AM Archie-Various shows of the Archie series
11:30 Superman/Batman-1966
Noon Fury
12:30 Sgt. Preston
1PM Sky King
1:30 Lone Ranger
2PM Gunsmoke
3PM Lawman
3:30 Marshall Dillon
4PM Bonamza
5PM Superman-George Reeves
5:30 Batman-Adam West
6PM Feature Film
8PM Perry Como
9PM Hollywood Palace
10PM Dean Martin
11PM Laugh-In
Midnight-Maverick
1AM Cheyenne
2AM 77 Sunset Strip
3AM Hawaiian Eye
4AM Surfside Six
5AM McHale's Navy
5:30 Bilko

Sunday

6AM Feature Film
8AM Blondie Movies
9:30 Comedy series movies-Different Movie series and one-two shot deals
11AM Western Movie
12:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford
1PM You Bet Your Life
1:30 What's My Line-1969-75
2PM To Tell The Truth-1968-77
2:30 The Price Is Right-Cullen Version
3PM Gospel Singing Jubilee
4PM Roy Rogers
4:30 Gene Autry
5PM Hopalong Cassidy
6PM Lassie
6:30 Walt Disney
7:30 Red Skelton
8PM Dinah Shore
9PM Carol Burnett
10PM Variety Mix-Short lived variety shows from folks like Jim Nabors, Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Bill Cosby, etc.
11PM Laugh-In
Midnight-Feature Film
2AM Classic Video Mix..1950's "Soundies" and Variety show musical numbers
3AM Abbott And Costello
3:30 Sea Hunt
4AM Highway Patrol
4:30 Dragnet-1950's
5AM The Lineup
5:30 Racket Squad/Public Defender

This probably has a lot of holes in it, but if you could get the rights to everything..Would be a different way to go in some parts of the schedule..

would be great but don't see any time for sleeping.lol

 

[jayelem]

This is a dream right , licensing the rights of syndicated programming is so expensive , back in the 80's before Fox ,UPN , Me TV , RTN , many independent stations had to aquire syndicated programming to fill their time slots , I remember looking at broadcasting industry magazines where full page ads were purchased solely for selling a TV show and I dreamed as a teen about what my channel lineup would include.

I remember watching syndicated TV show feeds on C-band as a kid , Inspector Gadget, He-Man , Heathcliff , to name a few.

You would need a lot of money to do this .

Now I think that large corporations and possibly big goverment and certain chambers of commerce could foot the bill on such a project , imagine the Pepsi Channel , Las Vegas Channel , Walt Disney Theme Parks channel , Orlando Tourism channel , Yosemite National Park Channel .

These channels could be FTA and carried by Nationwide Hotel Chains and Visitors centers , what better way to promote products , services , and Tourism.

ok just my 2 cents.

 

[Santa Clause]

I found this website interesting. If I understand it correctly there are many older movies and some old tv episodes in Public Domain, meaning they can be copied or distributed legally. I wouldn't mind seeing a channel with stuff like this.
archive.org/details/movies

 

[Sadoun]

I would air shows like Mr Ed, Jack Benny, Ozzie and Harriet, Life of Riley, I Love Lucy, Lassie, Patty Duke Show, Make Room for Daddy, Please Don't Eat the Daisies, Dennis the Menace, Andy Griffith, Bachelor Father, Sgt. Bilko, Little Rascals, Three Stooges, etc. Weekends I would air movies like Ma and Pa Kettle, Shirley Temple, Abbott and Costello, etc. plus old westerns.

Anyone here who would like to receive a channel like this?

Ok, now these are shows with substance, and I am not kidding. This will be a channel I would watch. Three stooges, old westerns, and Abbot & Costello anytime.

 

[Sadoun]

A group of posters on goldenagecartoons.com Forums a while ago was discussing a "Classic Cartoon Channel"..That we would like. The discussion turned to general classic tv and I made up my own network..(know it would never happen) but would be perfect for what the Original Poster had in mind..


My Classic Television Network

Nothing past 1980

Mon-Fri

6AM Movie-Western
7:30 Looney Tunes
8AM Popeye
8:30 Flintstones
9AM Felox The Cat (1958-60)
9:30 M-Calvin and The Colonel T-Jonny Quest (1964-65) Wed. Bugs Bunny Show (With bridging sequences if possible) Th-Top Cat F-Jetsons
10AM Leave It To Beaver
10:30 Dennis the Menace
11AM My Favorite Martian
11:30 Bewitched
Noon Perry Mason
1PM Gunsmoke
2PM Daniel Boone
3PM Hogan's Heroes
3:30 I Dream Of Jeannie
4PM Looney Tunes
4:30 Huckleberry Hound
5PM Yogi Bear
5:30 Quick Draw McGraw
6PM Bonanza
7PM Tennessee Ernie Ford
7:30 Red Skelton
8PM That Girl
8:30 Beverly Hillbillies
9PM Green Acres
9:30 Petticoat Junction
10PM Make Room For Daddy
10:30 Andy Griffith
11PM TV From Radio-An hour of shows derived from Radio..Lots of possible titles here.
Midnight-Feature Film
2AM Addams Family
2:30 Munsters
3AM Burns and Allen
3:30 Jack Benny
4AM Love That Bob!-Bob Cummings
4:30 Dobie Gillis
5AM Life With Elizabeth
5:30 Mothers-In-Law

Saturday

6AM Western Movie
7:30 Porter Wagoner
8AM Wilburn Brothers
8:30 Bill Anderson
9AM Looney Tunes
10AM Hanna-Barbera Heroes-Mixture of showa from 1966-70, such as Birdman, Frankenstein Jr./Impossibles, Space Kidettes/Young Samson, etc.
11AM Archie-Various shows of the Archie series
11:30 Superman/Batman-1966
Noon Fury
12:30 Sgt. Preston
1PM Sky King
1:30 Lone Ranger
2PM Gunsmoke
3PM Lawman
3:30 Marshall Dillon
4PM Bonamza
5PM Superman-George Reeves
5:30 Batman-Adam West
6PM Feature Film
8PM Perry Como
9PM Hollywood Palace
10PM Dean Martin
11PM Laugh-In
Midnight-Maverick
1AM Cheyenne
2AM 77 Sunset Strip
3AM Hawaiian Eye
4AM Surfside Six
5AM McHale's Navy
5:30 Bilko

Sunday

6AM Feature Film
8AM Blondie Movies
9:30 Comedy series movies-Different Movie series and one-two shot deals
11AM Western Movie
12:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford
1PM You Bet Your Life
1:30 What's My Line-1969-75
2PM To Tell The Truth-1968-77
2:30 The Price Is Right-Cullen Version
3PM Gospel Singing Jubilee
4PM Roy Rogers
4:30 Gene Autry
5PM Hopalong Cassidy
6PM Lassie
6:30 Walt Disney
7:30 Red Skelton
8PM Dinah Shore
9PM Carol Burnett
10PM Variety Mix-Short lived variety shows from folks like Jim Nabors, Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Bill Cosby, etc.
11PM Laugh-In
Midnight-Feature Film
2AM Classic Video Mix..1950's "Soundies" and Variety show musical numbers
3AM Abbott And Costello
3:30 Sea Hunt
4AM Highway Patrol
4:30 Dragnet-1950's
5AM The Lineup
5:30 Racket Squad/Public Defender

This probably has a lot of holes in it, but if you could get the rights to everything..Would be a different way to go in some parts of the schedule..

Great selection. I am interested.

 

[Tron]

Gotta fit in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and MacGyver in somewhere FTA and MacGyver go together perfectly... Remember the episode where he and a girl escape from the Chinese consulate by sliding down a coax cable on an antenna he broke off and bent into a hook? Remind me not to let that guy into my satellite farm...