Those of u who had cable systems that preempted Nickelodeon.
Dec 21, 2021 21:36:48 GMT -5
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Post by fg on Dec 21, 2021 21:36:48 GMT -5
…what are your memories?
From 1980-1990, my cable system up north (now Alice USA of Oakland, NJ), had A&E on from 8p-6a. I hated this because at times, they preempted many Nick specials that Nick showed at 8p as well as the second half-hour of Looney Tunes on the weekends. Also, during the mornings, I would turn on Nick only to find A&E because apparently somebody at the cable system fell asleep at the switch (LOL!). .I remember being angry when I fo7nd out that Nick was ending early on New Years Eve in 1989 at 11;30a just so N@N can do their Rerun Countdown. If social media and the Internet and if me being web savvy were around then, I would have complained online that Nick went downhill. Ha! But in my area, the rerun countdown ended at 8p and not 12a like the rest of the country. I had a grandmother who lived in Belmar and her cable system had Nick on 24/7 and my Aunt & Uncle at the time lived in Montvale, NJ also had Nick 24/7. I was so jealous of them (LOL) although I am pretty sure they didn’t care one iota even though the 8p-6a hours were geared toward retro programming.
My prayers were answered in 1990 when my mother somehow found out that Nick was being expanded to 24 hours. Our old Monthly TV guide magazine (remember those?) called Preview in their channel lineup section said in advertisement that Nick was going to be full time on channel 21. It said: “Tune into the channel all day for your favorite shows.” Yet in the channel lineup, it said it was going to be shown part time with MSG 2 (a sports overflow channel). Perhaps my cable system was going to put Nick on 24/7 yet changed their minds. This became an issue when I wanted to record an episode of a TV show that I thought was going to air but wasn’t sure. Remember back than, there were no such things as on screen guides and there was no Internet as well as no such things as HD feeds, so I asked my Aunt in Montvale to record it for me and I explained the situation. I even sent a letter to my cable company and complained. They kindly responded by saying that they were going to expand their lineup to 50 plus channels. (Remember this was the early 90s.) the expansion was going to take place in 1994. Fortunately, it ended up taking place on August 31, 1993 and Nick was expanded to 24 hours.
From 1980-1990, my cable system up north (now Alice USA of Oakland, NJ), had A&E on from 8p-6a. I hated this because at times, they preempted many Nick specials that Nick showed at 8p as well as the second half-hour of Looney Tunes on the weekends. Also, during the mornings, I would turn on Nick only to find A&E because apparently somebody at the cable system fell asleep at the switch (LOL!). .I remember being angry when I fo7nd out that Nick was ending early on New Years Eve in 1989 at 11;30a just so N@N can do their Rerun Countdown. If social media and the Internet and if me being web savvy were around then, I would have complained online that Nick went downhill. Ha! But in my area, the rerun countdown ended at 8p and not 12a like the rest of the country. I had a grandmother who lived in Belmar and her cable system had Nick on 24/7 and my Aunt & Uncle at the time lived in Montvale, NJ also had Nick 24/7. I was so jealous of them (LOL) although I am pretty sure they didn’t care one iota even though the 8p-6a hours were geared toward retro programming.
My prayers were answered in 1990 when my mother somehow found out that Nick was being expanded to 24 hours. Our old Monthly TV guide magazine (remember those?) called Preview in their channel lineup section said in advertisement that Nick was going to be full time on channel 21. It said: “Tune into the channel all day for your favorite shows.” Yet in the channel lineup, it said it was going to be shown part time with MSG 2 (a sports overflow channel). Perhaps my cable system was going to put Nick on 24/7 yet changed their minds. This became an issue when I wanted to record an episode of a TV show that I thought was going to air but wasn’t sure. Remember back than, there were no such things as on screen guides and there was no Internet as well as no such things as HD feeds, so I asked my Aunt in Montvale to record it for me and I explained the situation. I even sent a letter to my cable company and complained. They kindly responded by saying that they were going to expand their lineup to 50 plus channels. (Remember this was the early 90s.) the expansion was going to take place in 1994. Fortunately, it ended up taking place on August 31, 1993 and Nick was expanded to 24 hours.