Spectrum Pay TV signon long

Spectrum was a pay tv service in Chicago. This segment was used between the normal broadcast day and the pay service. This version includes a schedule of the programming for the day.

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[eyeh8cbs]

If the movies started at 9 AM and went on past 2 AM, there must have only been a couple hours of unscrambled programming. The only station near me that did this was KTSF-26 in San Francisco, it went scrambled about 7 or 8 PM I think.

[drripco]

I'm pretty sure all the pay-tv stations here in Chicago were NOT 24 hours ones, except at the end. Reason was the tv station still needed to comply with that "operating in the interest of the public" mandate the FCC required for license renewal.

[hevyonez97]

for those that may not know already, the col sounds that are playing during the movie times is "new york connection" by saxophonist tom scott...the song came out in 1976.....and i still have this lp, too!!! and this same song used to be heard during the late show commercials on wbbm-channel 2 chicago during the channel 2 community calendar segments.......

[yogafan6500]

Very memorable. we subscribed to Spectrum Pay-TV from Nov, 1981 to Dec 1983. We seen lots of great Movies, kiddie programs, as well as the occaisional pay to order events like Boxing matches. and The pay-TV Premiere of STAR WARS. Ah! What precious memories that we had long before Cable arrives in Chicago in 1985. Today we now have Satelitte-tv and we seen a lot more Movies, Sports, and many others even sexy stuff on Cinemax. I'll always remember the glory days of Spectrum Pay-TV in our home.

[batterygrunt]

What a blast from the past. My P's got Group W cable after Spectrum ( three channel chump) Cable back then was like Atari and Michael Jackson was black back then. Metallica was on the rise!!! Those were the days when we played baseball and football outside and built ramps for our bike and rode skate boards and got real nice scars. Now our (not mine) kids are fat sittin with X-Box and internet games. Get your fat kids off that couch and throw them out! Dont buy their love.... earn it!

[batwayne62]

I remember spectrum would sign on around 5pm during the week and end around 5am

[ebf1957]

@JoebDragon

I don't have videos of either Hawk or SportsVision.

[JoebDragon]

@ebf1957

have any videos of it?

any videos of SportsVision ?

[JoebDragon]

@drripco

I think On tv was 24 hours on week ends.

[ebf1957]

@JoebDragon

I remember HawkVision.

[JoebDragon]

@ebf1957

Remember HawkVision?

The start of CLTV?

[JoebDragon]

@pancakeman22 Comcast sports net Chicago is the same thing that SportsVision was.

[JoebDragon]

DId Cablenet Niles, Des Plaines, Mt Prospect, Arl Hgts, out towards Schaumburg, Streamwood & Hanover Park. Have this / ON TV / SportsVision back in 1981-1985

[Shaun1gza]

my college roommate told me about this, he told me his uncles were able to hack the spectrum signal with an atari adapter and an old converter box, they got from a junkyard