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Fox Box

When Did WCGV-TV Air Fox Kids/Fox Box? On Saturday Or Sunday?

Always on their normal days and times, M-F for the weekday lineup, Saturday for the weekend. Nate 12:09, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In 1994

When Fox Moved To WITI In 1994, What Did WCGV Put In Its Place? Tomjerry9 22:00, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Early programming off

When WCGV first started, it actually did SelecTV 24/7. It was later that it switched to regular programming during the day and SelecTV at night. --Marty Goldberg (talk) 06:49, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's incorrect. You'll be able to read the story in my forthcoming book on Milwaukee TV history. SelecTV was never 24/7. In fact, that service didn't start until several months after the station went on the air. Nitelinger (talk) 15:49, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I had family with the service, we used to come over and watch it during the day. --Marty Goldberg (talk) 15:58, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The station went on the air on 24 March 1980. SelecTV service started in late June of that year. Initially, SelecTV was on between 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. weekdays, 2:30-4:00 p.m. on Saturdays, 2:00-4:00 p.m. on Sundays and between 7:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m. nightly. Perhaps you saw the afternoon showings. You might also be confusing SelcTV, which was a scrambled over-the-air pay TV service with TVQ, which broadcast 24/7, but required subscribers to purchase a small dish and decoding box to get HBO. It was a competitor in the market. Both disappeared once cable penetration became high. Nitelinger (talk) 03:49, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, not confusing it with TVQ, I know the difference between the two. And I'm well aware of the later schedule you describe. SelecTV as a service came on the air in '78 in three cities (including this one) according to one of the founders (who had lived in Milwaukee before heading out to LA to start up that location in '76). Maybe the discrepancy is coming from its involvement with 24. And I'm aware of your wonderful site and book, but I'm not aware what you're using as actual verifiable resources, etc. or what qualifications you have as an expert in this. Most of it appears written from a first person perspective interspersed with dates, etc. --Marty Goldberg (talk) 04:25, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

SelecTV did NOT start in Milwaukee in 1978. There was no station on which it operated, and the system required an over-the-air station. WCGV-TV did not begin broadcasting until 24 March 1980, and SelecTV began in late June. I too, interviewed the founder (probably the same one you mention). You're correct that SelcTV started in L.A. on KWHY-TV, but it did not start in MKE until June of 1980. Since you're questioning my sources (interviews, press clipping from the period, etc. -- all of which are in the notes in my forthcoming book), what are you using other than what appears to be a faulty memory? Nitelinger (talk) 06:02, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]