University Daily Kansan, August 20, 1981 Page 5
FOR HOME ENTERTAINMENT.
THE MEDIUM OF THE '80's
With the explosion of cable TV, the nation's viewing habits are changing. There is now ample channel space to offer a rich variety of national, international and local programming. Programs need no longer be aimed at "everybody." We know that the thousands who subscribe to Sunflower Cablevision represent thousands of different interests. Cable TV should provide something of specific interest to each of you.
See these channels on our BASIC CABLE SERVICE with the best possible picture resolution.
Broadcast Channel Cable Channel Broadcast Channel Cable Channel
2 KQTV St. Joseph (ABC) 2 27 KTSB Topeka (NBC) 8
4 WDAF Kansas City (NBC) 4 9 KMBC Kansas City (ABC) 9
5 KCMO Kansas City (CBS) 5 Area weather, AP News, and Easy Listening music 24 hours a day 10
6 Douglas County Area television coverage, WTBS Atlanta, and more 6
11 KTWU Topeka (PBS) 11
41 KBMA Kansas City (IND) 12
19 KCPT Kansas City (PBS) 7 13 WIBW Topeka (ABC-CBS) 13
EXTENDED SERVICE Brand Names you can count on for the finest in sports, news & entertainment.
CBN channel 17 24 hours of religious and inspirational programming serving over 10 million homes nationally.
ESPN channel 18 24 hours of sports and sports talk for both the casual and intense sports fan. Karate, racing, rodeo, skiing, volleyball, soccer, fencing, hockey, water polo, tennis, boxing. baseball, football, basketball and, if you can believe it — more. Both professional and collegiate.
Nickelodeon/ Both of these programming services are from Warner-Amex, one of the brightest stars in the cable industry. Nickelodeon is for the kids. Not just little kids, but kids of any age. Movies, specials, cartoons, interviews, rock concerts and Reggie Jackson's own show. 14 hours of daily programming for children and people who love them. No commercials.
ARTS channel 19 At three months of age, ARTS is cable's oldest cultural channel. Every week it's a different theme, usually with a European accent, Ballet, opera, plays, recitals and documentaries from Paris, Vienna, London and many other artistic capitols of the Old World. Three hours of nightly programming beginning at 8 p.m.
USA NETWORK channel 20 The USA Network features programming you can find only on cable. Calliope (children's), the English Channel (British, Canadian and Australian documentaries), Madison Square Garden Sports (NBA Basketball and NHL Hockey), the U.S. Congress, live and in color (C-Span) and Night Flight (late night weekend rock N' roll). The USA Network serves over 7.5 million homes nationally.
CNN channel 21 The Cable News Network is the nation's first and only 24 hour news channel, founded by the irrepressible Ted Turner. Every minute of every day, CNN provides up to the minute coverage of world events. In its short history, CNN has accomplished feats of television journalism that could never take place on broadcast TV: The Carol Burnette/Enquirer trial live from a courtroom in California; the highly controversial Abscam tapes played uncut and unedited in their entirety. When a story breaks, the Cable News Network is there. And it will stay there as long as it takes.
WGN channel 22 The nation's leading independent station from Chicago. 150 Cubs and White Sox games. Chicago Bulls basketball. Notre Dame and DePaul basketball. Bozo the Clown. Chicago news. And lots of movies. Serving over 8 million nationally.
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CINEMAX
Cinemax channel 15 Our newest channel! The perfect complement to HBO, Cinemax is designed for the movie buff. 24 daily hours of foreign movies, movie classics, action-adventure pictures and childrens movies. If you like movies, you'll love Cinemax!
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