A channel guide, circa October, 1996
So far, this is the earliest guide I have found. Surprisingly, a lot of the numbers are still the same.
General:
100- Dish on Demand 102- USA 104- Comedy Central 106- TV Land 108- Lifetime
110- Food Network 112- HGTV 114- E! 116- Game Shown N. 118- A&E 120- History
122- SciFi Channel 132- Turner Classic Movies 138- TNT 140- ESPN 141- ESPN-A
142- ESPN 2 143- ESPN 2-A 160- MTV 162- VH1 166- CMT 168- The Nashville Net.
170- Nickelodeon 172- Disney 176- Cartoon Net. 178- TLC 180- Family Ch.
182- Discovery 200- CNN 202- Headline News 204- Court TV 206- CNN- International
208- CNBC 210- CSPAN 214- TWC 220- Travel Ch. 226- QVC 230- TBS
Networks:
232- KTLA 234- WPIX 240- WGN 241- NBC 242- NBC-W 243- CBS 244- CBS-W
245- ABC 246- ABC-W 247- Fox 249- PBS 261- EWTN
Movies:
300- HBO E 301- HBO 2E 302- HBO 3E 303- HBO W 304- HBO 2W 310- Showtime E 311- Showtime W 312- Showtime 2 E 320- Cinemax E 321- Cinemax E2 322- Cinemax W
330- The Movie Channel E 331- TMC W 401- Golf 500-505 Dish PPV
International:
600- RAI 602- Art 604- Antenna 620- MTV Latino 626- Prime de Portiva 628- Telemundo
Business/ Other:
700- Dish Showroom Productions 900- Business TV 1 901- Business TV 2
Music:
950-977- Dish CD- 28 Channels of CD Quality Music
General:
100- Dish on Demand 102- USA 104- Comedy Central 106- TV Land 108- Lifetime
110- Food Network 112- HGTV 114- E! 116- Game Shown N. 118- A&E 120- History
122- SciFi Channel 132- Turner Classic Movies 138- TNT 140- ESPN 141- ESPN-A
142- ESPN 2 143- ESPN 2-A 160- MTV 162- VH1 166- CMT 168- The Nashville Net.
170- Nickelodeon 172- Disney 176- Cartoon Net. 178- TLC 180- Family Ch.
182- Discovery 200- CNN 202- Headline News 204- Court TV 206- CNN- International
208- CNBC 210- CSPAN 214- TWC 220- Travel Ch. 226- QVC 230- TBS
Networks:
232- KTLA 234- WPIX 240- WGN 241- NBC 242- NBC-W 243- CBS 244- CBS-W
245- ABC 246- ABC-W 247- Fox 249- PBS 261- EWTN
Movies:
300- HBO E 301- HBO 2E 302- HBO 3E 303- HBO W 304- HBO 2W 310- Showtime E 311- Showtime W 312- Showtime 2 E 320- Cinemax E 321- Cinemax E2 322- Cinemax W
330- The Movie Channel E 331- TMC W 401- Golf 500-505 Dish PPV
International:
600- RAI 602- Art 604- Antenna 620- MTV Latino 626- Prime de Portiva 628- Telemundo
Business/ Other:
700- Dish Showroom Productions 900- Business TV 1 901- Business TV 2
Music:
950-977- Dish CD- 28 Channels of CD Quality Music
Adult
Believe it or not, while adult satellite TV channels have been around since the early 1980's, Dish did not yet have them when the system launched.
Dish did not have any adult programming until February 2, 1998 (you think they would of waited until Valentines day).
The first two channels that launched on that day was the playboy channel, at 12.99 a month, and AdulTVision, which was $5.99 per 90 minute block. The AdulTVision channel probably showed a lot more skin than playboy, hence the higher price.
Dish did not have any adult programming until February 2, 1998 (you think they would of waited until Valentines day).
The first two channels that launched on that day was the playboy channel, at 12.99 a month, and AdulTVision, which was $5.99 per 90 minute block. The AdulTVision channel probably showed a lot more skin than playboy, hence the higher price.