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Tyler Woodward

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Episode artwork for Ted Turner's Satellite Loophole That Built Cable News

Bonus 6:00

Ted Turner's Satellite Loophole That Built Cable News

Ted Turner died on May 6, 2026, at 87. Most tributes will focus on CNN and the billion dollars to the UN. But the moment that mattered most for broadcast history happened on December 17, 1976, when Turner beamed a struggling UHF station up to RCA's Satcom 1 and invented the superstation. WTCG was a…

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Episode artwork for The TV Guide Channel: Cable's Original Doomscroll

EP 10 12:21

The TV Guide Channel: Cable's Original Doomscroll

Before infinite feeds, there was Channel 99: a scrolling list of what was on, and you sat there waiting for your channel to come back around like it was a small punishment. Turns out the system behind it was more interesting than the scroll. Local headends, satellite data, and a Commodore Amiga…

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