Covers the metro Houston area.
Broadcast Stations:
All stations licensed in Houston.
| Channel: | Calls: | Affiliation: | Notes: |
| [2] | KPRC | NBC | |
| [8] | KUHT | PBS | Showed instructional shows on school days |
| [11] | KHOU | CBS | |
| [13] | KTRK | ABC | |
| [26] | KRIV | independent | Now a Fox station |
| [39] | KHTV | independent | Now a WB station |
Beginning with this issue, cable channels are now being listed:
Cable-TV Stations:
Atlanta: (17A) -- WTBS (ind) (Now listed under (TBS) as "TBS
Superstation", only the Atlanta and
South Georgia editions still list TBS as its
actual channel number, calls and affiliation)
Chicago: (9C) -- WGN (ind) (Now affiliated with WB and listed
as (WGN); in 1990, a separate national version was instituted for all cable
systems outside the Chicagoland area)
Satellite Programming Services:
(ESN) -- ESPN (Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) (Channel
is now known only as "ESPN"; the "Entertainment" portion is mainly a misnomer
(unless you think sports bloopers qualify as ordinary entertainment); only
non-sports programming ever carried by ESPN was a business program that was
carried weekday mornings until the late-1980s)
(USA) -- USA Network
Pay TV Services: (Today we call them Premium Channels)
(HBO) -- Home Box Office
(SHO) -- Showtime
(TMC) -- The Movie Channel
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