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Broadcast/Cable TV History - 1987

1987-00-00 HBO Festival (PAY) was launched. It was their second attempt as a family audience channel.

1987-00-00 satellite WTBS was renamed TBS.

1987-00-00 Shop at Home was launched.

1987-01-31 Home Theater Network signed off.

1987-02-01 The Travel Channel (was North American) signed on; its shorts produced during the HTN years were used as filler between movies and replaced the transponder space used by the departing HTN.

1987-04-01 KCOX renamed The Rainbow Channel on Cox sytstems in San Diego and aired on cable 4.

1987-04-21 WOR-TV was renamed WWOR-TV. Likewise, WOR EMI Service was rebranded as WWOR EMI Service.

1987-05-00 Channel 68 Los Angeles relaunched.

1987-07-31 Movietime was launched. Three years later, it would be rebranded as "E! Entertainment Television."

1987-08-08 Channel 68 Los Angeles signed off

1987-08-15 Channel 64 Barstow was launched.

1987-11-00 Mind Extension University (MEU) − The Education Network was launched. It was a channel dedicated to delivering direct instruction and personal enrichment programming for cable and satellite TV viewers.

Cable History Highlights For This Year Range

In 1987, 550 MHz bandwidth systems become common on rebuilds, which expands capacity to 80 channels.

In 1987, After experiencing large financial needs to fund the purchase of MGM, Ted Turner sells a 35 percent share in Turner Broadcasting to major cable operators.

In 1987, The U.S. Court of Appeals rejects the FCC's revised must-carry rules on First Amendment grounds. (Century Communications v. FCC)

In 1987, SportsChannel Florida debuts with live coverage of the University of Florida and University of Miami games.

In 1987, NFL football comes to cable with a three-year, $153 million deal between the League and ESPN.

Source: The Cable Center website: Cable History Timeline: http://www.cablecenter.org/resources/exhibits/cable-history-timeline.html

Lineups as of the end of the year

San Diego/Tijuana TV

6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 33, 39, 48, 51, 57, 69, CCN, CPC, CVC, ITV, Rainbow Channel,

Los Anglees TV

2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 22, 28, 34, 40, 46, 52, 58, 68/68, SelecTV, Z Channel

Other Area TV

3 (Santa Barbara), 6 (San Luis Obispo), 12 (Santa Maria), 18 (San Bernadino), 24 (San Bernadino), 30 (San Bernadino), 36 (Palm Springs), 42 (Palm Springs), 50 (Orange County), 56 (Orange County), 63 (Oxnard), 64 (Barstow),

Satellite TV (for the consumer end of the cable system)

ACTS, Arts and Entertainment, BET, Video Jukebox Network, Bravo, CBN, Cinemax, CNN, Cornerstone Television, Country Music Television, C-SPAN, C-SPAN2, Discovery Channel, Disney Channel, Escapade, ESPN, EWTN, FNN, Galavision, Genesis Storytime, HBO, HBO Festival, Headline News, HSN, ~~HTN~~, Learning Channel, Liberty Broadcasting Network, Lifetime, Movie Channel, Movietime, MTV, NASA TV, Nashville Network, National College Television, Nick at Nite, Nickelodeon, Nostalgia Channel, Playboy Channel, Prime Ticket, Private Screenings, PTL, QVC SCORE, Shop at Home, Showtime, SPN, Sports Channel America, TBN, TBS, 3ABN, Travel Channel, USA Network, VH1, Weather Channel, WGN, WPIX, WWOR

Broadcast/Cable TV History - 1987

Cable History Highlights For This Year Range

Lineups as of the end of the year

San Diego/Tijuana TV

Los Anglees TV

Other Area TV

Satellite TV (for the consumer end of the cable system)

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