SelecTV and ON-TV, Does Anyone Here Remember?

Chuck Kopsho

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Aug 21, 2003, 11:44:54 PM8/21/03

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To All:
This is particular to those who live in the Los Angeles area. Does
anyone here remember two over the air subscription services called,
SelecTV and ON-TV? SelecTV occupied KWHY channel 22. ON-TV occupied
KBSC-TV 52, both in Los Angeles. Thanks in advance.

Have a Happy,
Chuck Kopsho
Oceanside, California

Randy Walters

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Aug 22, 2003, 12:41:14 AM8/22/03

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Chuc...@webtv.net (Chuck Kopsho) wrote:

>To All:
> This is particular to those who live in the Los Angeles area. Does
>anyone here remember two over the air subscription services called,
>SelecTV and ON-TV? SelecTV occupied KWHY channel 22. ON-TV occupied
>KBSC-TV 52, both in Los Angeles.

Although i didn't have either one myself, i remember a few of my
neighbors had these services. They had problems with their roof-top
antennas and the service itself, and i think it was before the dawn of
cable itself wasn't it? I lived in Inglewood back then.

The other day i was wondering when On-TV and Select TV went away,
and when cable came on the scene and i seem to remember it was
about 1980 that i got it soon after it became available. I remember
making the checks out to American Cablesystems but i can't
remember if they were the original company, or if they took
over the original company. I remember being bummed out
when the Z-Channel went away :-)

Randy
El Segundo, CA

Gary Tait

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Aug 22, 2003, 9:42:58 AM8/22/03

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They were more than in the LA areoa, I heard Chicago had it as well.

Ed Nielsen

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Aug 22, 2003, 8:18:06 PM8/22/03

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ON-TV was channel 20 in Detroit.

Larry G

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Sep 14, 2003, 5:59:07 AM9/14/03

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"Chuck Kopsho" <Chuc...@webtv.net> wrote in message ...

I remember. My parents had ON-TV. Still have a tape if you can believe it.
I almost get teary eyed when I see the old "KBSC-TV Corona/Los Angeles" ID
on the movie, hehe. What's pathetic is the OTA signal was vastly superior
to anything on analog cable. 1980 had better picture quality (provided you
had a good rooftop antenna) than 1990's cable, pathetic, lol.

My aunt had SELECTV. I remember wanting that because it seemed cooler and
had more stuff. Both stations are Spanish 24/7 now. KBSC is now KVEA, the
Telemundo affiliate. KWHY, formerly the Business Channel during the day is
now a Telemundo, but independent duopoly.

Larry

bob

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Sep 14, 2003, 11:56:51 PM9/14/03

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>
> I remember. My parents had ON-TV. Still have a tape if you can
> believe it. I almost get teary eyed when I see the old "KBSC-TV
> Corona/Los Angeles" ID on the movie, hehe. What's pathetic is the OTA
> signal was vastly superior to anything on analog cable. 1980 had
> better picture quality (provided you had a good rooftop antenna) than
> 1990's cable, pathetic, lol.
>
> My aunt had SELECTV. I remember wanting that because it seemed cooler
> and had more stuff. Both stations are Spanish 24/7 now. KBSC is now
> KVEA, the Telemundo affiliate. KWHY, formerly the Business Channel
> during the day is now a Telemundo, but independent duopoly.
>
> Larry
>
>

I used to sell all the parts to build ON - TV boxes. If someone wanted me
to I would also build them one. Usually in a Cigar box with the trimmer
mounted in the front foe easy adjustment. It was a fun time.

Mike Yetsko

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Sep 15, 2003, 6:58:56 AM9/15/03

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> I remember. My parents had ON-TV. Still have a tape if you can
> believe it. I almost get teary eyed when I see the old "KBSC-TV
> Corona/Los Angeles" ID on the movie, hehe. What's pathetic is the OTA
> signal was vastly superior to anything on analog cable. 1980 had
> better picture quality (provided you had a good rooftop antenna) than
> 1990's cable, pathetic, lol.

I remember On-TV in Ft Worth in 1985. They beamed the service around
at 2.3Ghz. I lived well out of town, and was outside their service area.
My neighbor tried to buy the service and they told him too far out.

I picked up a 'stop sign', which was a small board that you soldered to
the bottom of a coffee can, and make a small hardline feed into an
antenna inside the can. Didn't work hardly at all. Thought it was my
kit building skills, but I was just so far on the fringe. I ended up making
a disc array as a director for the can, and managed to bring it in quite
well. Not perfect, but not bad. At that point it was at the point that
the weather made a BIG difference.

Every night at 10pm, the service would go 'adult'. First a 'network' movie
from On-TV. Then after the network movie, the 'local' franchise would
follow with a second movie. Stuff like 'The Story of O', 'Deep Throat',
'The Naughty Vitorians'. The local movies were all uncut, uncensored...

Prophet

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Sep 20, 2003, 12:50:20 PM9/20/03

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I remember all the soft porn your Daddy was watching on ON-TV.
As a matter of fact I remember how much ON-TV sucked.

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