Cable TV was around in 1973???

[fbj]

I was watching a episode of Sanford and Son from the 1972-73 TV season and Fred was telling Lamont he wants Cable TV which shocked the hell out of me. I didn't even hear of cable until 1987 and always wondered what ESN stood for inside the TV Guide which was ESPN.

I didn't get cable until 1988

 

[Ringel05]

I was watching a episode of Sanford and Son from the 1972-73 TV season and Fred was telling Lamont he wants Cable TV which shocked the hell out of me. I didn't even hear of cable until 1987 and always wondered what ESN stood for inside the TV Guide which was ESPN.

I didn't get cable until 1988

There is no way you could possibly remember 1887 or 88....... Heck you probably couldn't remember your name if you didn't have it on a patch on your shirt.......

 

[daws101]

I was watching a episode of Sanford and Son from the 1972-73 TV season and Fred was telling Lamont he wants Cable TV which shocked the hell out of me. I didn't even hear of cable until 1987 and always wondered what ESN stood for inside the TV Guide which was ESPN.

I didn't get cable until 1988

Cable Cable television in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1948.

 

[daws101]

I was watching a episode of Sanford and Son from the 1972-73 TV season and Fred was telling Lamont he wants Cable TV which shocked the hell out of me. I didn't even hear of cable until 1987 and always wondered what ESN stood for inside the TV Guide which was ESPN.

I didn't get cable until 1988

There is no way you could possibly remember 1887 or 88....... Heck you probably couldn't remember your name if you didn't have it on a patch on your shirt.......

Lol!

 

[HenryBHough]

What we now call "Cable TV" goes back to the late 1940s when it was called "CATV".

That meant "Community Antenna TeleVision". It started when, in several places across America, groups of neighbors banded together to erect antennae on high ground and distribute the available signals to individual homes.

It was not long before corporations were formed to buy up CATV systems which extended their "reach" for signals by using microwave hops from places further away. It took longer for non-broadcast entities to develop.

I recall attending a CATV convention in Boston in 1960 at which time I recall checking out microwave systems but do not recall there being any content providers exhibiting.

Yes, I've been engaged in commercial (as opposed to socialized "public") broadcast since 1959 though involved as a hobbyist for about 5 years prior.

Thanks to daws for the link - apparently that post went up while I was checking dates for this one.

 

[DarkFury]

I was watching a episode of Sanford and Son from the 1972-73 TV season and Fred was telling Lamont he wants Cable TV which shocked the hell out of me. I didn't even hear of cable until 1987 and always wondered what ESN stood for inside the TV Guide which was ESPN.

I didn't get cable until 1988

There is no way you could possibly remember 1887 or 88....... Heck you probably couldn't remember your name if you didn't have it on a patch on your shirt.......

Wait till he hears about radial tires or 8 trac's.

 

[daws101]

I was watching a episode of Sanford and Son from the 1972-73 TV season and Fred was telling Lamont he wants Cable TV which shocked the hell out of me. I didn't even hear of cable until 1987 and always wondered what ESN stood for inside the TV Guide which was ESPN.

I didn't get cable until 1988

There is no way you could possibly remember 1887 or 88....... Heck you probably couldn't remember your name if you didn't have it on a patch on your shirt.......

Wait till he hears about radial tires or 8 trac's.

Liberals invented those.

 

[HenryBHough]

OK, Dark, who was "Madman Muntz"?

 

[DarkFury]

OK, Dark, who was "Madman Muntz"?

The first time I heard that name in decades. I had a Muntz radio and I think he made TV's as well.

 

[fbj]

I was watching a episode of Sanford and Son from the 1972-73 TV season and Fred was telling Lamont he wants Cable TV which shocked the hell out of me. I didn't even hear of cable until 1987 and always wondered what ESN stood for inside the TV Guide which was ESPN.

I didn't get cable until 1988

There is no way you could possibly remember 1887 or 88....... Heck you probably couldn't remember your name if you didn't have it on a patch on your shirt.......

Why the **** you got to be so disrespectful?

 

[Harry Dresden]

the first ones i remember were SelecTV and ONTV....had like 1or 2 movies a month.....

 

[fbj]

the first ones i remember were SelecTV and ONTV....had like 1or 2 movies a month.....

what year?

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

I was watching a episode of Sanford and Son from the 1972-73 TV season and Fred was telling Lamont he wants Cable TV which shocked the hell out of me. I didn't even hear of cable until 1987 and always wondered what ESN stood for inside the TV Guide which was ESPN.

I didn't get cable until 1988

I don't know darling if cable was around in 1973, I wasn't born until 1990.

 

[saveliberty]

I was watching a episode of Sanford and Son from the 1972-73 TV season and Fred was telling Lamont he wants Cable TV which shocked the hell out of me. I didn't even hear of cable until 1987 and always wondered what ESN stood for inside the TV Guide which was ESPN.

I didn't get cable until 1988

There is no way you could possibly remember 1887 or 88....... Heck you probably couldn't remember your name if you didn't have it on a patch on your shirt.......

Why the **** you got to be so disrespectful?

Dish does that to a person.

 

[fbj]

I was watching a episode of Sanford and Son from the 1972-73 TV season and Fred was telling Lamont he wants Cable TV which shocked the hell out of me. I didn't even hear of cable until 1987 and always wondered what ESN stood for inside the TV Guide which was ESPN.

I didn't get cable until 1988

I don't know darling if cable was around in 1973, I wasn't born until 1990.

Then that means you shouldn;t have replied. This is a older folks discussion

 

[Moonglow]

I was watching a episode of Sanford and Son from the 1972-73 TV season and Fred was telling Lamont he wants Cable TV which shocked the hell out of me. I didn't even hear of cable until 1987 and always wondered what ESN stood for inside the TV Guide which was ESPN.

I didn't get cable until 1988

I had a sliding channel selector..But you had to get off your azz to change the channel..

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

I was watching a episode of Sanford and Son from the 1972-73 TV season and Fred was telling Lamont he wants Cable TV which shocked the hell out of me. I didn't even hear of cable until 1987 and always wondered what ESN stood for inside the TV Guide which was ESPN.

I didn't get cable until 1988

I don't know darling if cable was around in 1973, I wasn't born until 1990.

Then that means you shouldn;t have replied. This is a older folks discussion

Oh sorry, okay carry on

 

[Moonglow]

I was watching a episode of Sanford and Son from the 1972-73 TV season and Fred was telling Lamont he wants Cable TV which shocked the hell out of me. I didn't even hear of cable until 1987 and always wondered what ESN stood for inside the TV Guide which was ESPN.

I didn't get cable until 1988

There is no way you could possibly remember 1887 or 88....... Heck you probably couldn't remember your name if you didn't have it on a patch on your shirt.......

Wait till he hears about radial tires or 8 trac's.

8 track

 

[fbj]

I was watching a episode of Sanford and Son from the 1972-73 TV season and Fred was telling Lamont he wants Cable TV which shocked the hell out of me. I didn't even hear of cable until 1987 and always wondered what ESN stood for inside the TV Guide which was ESPN.

I didn't get cable until 1988

I don't know darling if cable was around in 1973, I wasn't born until 1990.

Then that means you shouldn;t have replied. This is a older folks discussion

Oh sorry, okay carry on

Ok Lucy Poo

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

I was watching a episode of Sanford and Son from the 1972-73 TV season and Fred was telling Lamont he wants Cable TV which shocked the hell out of me. I didn't even hear of cable until 1987 and always wondered what ESN stood for inside the TV Guide which was ESPN.

I didn't get cable until 1988

I don't know darling if cable was around in 1973, I wasn't born until 1990.

Then that means you shouldn;t have replied. This is a older folks discussion

Oh sorry, okay carry on

Ok Lucy Poo

It always sucks being the baby of a bunch