Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 74, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 28, 1979 Page: 23 of 60
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Cable television for Denton is here
University
Public invited to ‘turn on
At Thursday Cablefest event
Golden Triangle
Communications will
have its official “turn
on" of cable TV for the
resident of Denton this
Halloween night.
been renovated from
what once was the old
Crystal Ice Plant and
which now is the cable
headquarters with of-
fices, studios and other
facilities.
shows of local interest, by the cable company.
The area to be served first by cable TV is shown in this map. area shown will be hooked up. The next section to be served
The boundaries are Mingo Road on the north and east, down will be announced later. About 500 homes a month will be
Withers to Bell and along Bell to Dallas Drive. On the south hooked up. The first home will be on the cable about Nov. 5
and east, the service will go to the city limits. Areas closer and the total reach 500 by December. .
to downtown will be served first. About Dec. 1, all of the i» .
The big event has
been called the Denton
Cablefest and will allow
the public a chance to
tour the cable company
facilities at 205
Industrial.
Open house if from 4
to 7 p.m' Wednesday,
Oct. 31. The building has
Production studios for
“Denton Live on 25” are
in the new building.
Denton’s own local
television channel on - Nash will say the magic
the cable will be words that wiU turn on
Channel 25. . Denton to cable
television and
It will feature news Cablevision, the
about Denton and other package being offered
Visitors also will learn All during the open
how they can become an house, a makeup artist,
active part of cable Sam Teel of the Golden
television by using the Triangle staff, will
studio’s public access make up kids for
facilities. Halloween free. Free
balloons, trick-or-treat
A’*^ bags, cookies, popcom
Witch” and Mayor Bill and other refreshments
will be provided.
The big treat, of
course, will be cable TV
for Denton.
Cable marketing
to start
1
hursday
On Thursday, Nov. 1,
Golden Triangle
Communications will
begin marketing its
cable television service
in Denton.
The marketing
department is directed
by Bill Russell with a
sales staff of three local
residents — Randy Fry,
Christine George and
Bruce Wedgwood.
These representatives
will work street-by-
street in contacting
each resident of Denton.
They can be identified
by their bright gold
shirts with the Golden
Record-Chronicle will
run a steel map showing
the streets being wired.
If you watch for these
maps, you_ will know
when your neigh-
borhood is being served.
As each street in the
city is turned on with
cable TV, a special offer
card will be sent to each
resident in the area. The
card will announce that
their street is “hot”
with the cable working
and that they will soon
be contacted by a
representative.
The sales reps will be
working from 4 to 9:30
Triangle Communic- p.m. They will explain
ations logo. -all about cable TV and
In order to keep the how the homeowner can
city’s residents up to have Cablevision in-
date with cable con- stalled free.
struction and' areas There will be a
being, served, the monthly fee, depending
on the Service the
customer buys.
What is Cablevision?
The resident will be
offered a home en-
tertainment package
called Cablevision. This
service will include all
channels available on
the Denton cable system
except Channel 20,
Home Box Office, which
is an optional sub-
scription service.
With Cablevision the
viewer will get 24
viewing channels, in-
cluding Dallas and Fort
Worth stations, WTBS
(Channel 17) in Atlanta,
WGN from Chicago and
current movies, en-
tertainment specials
and Southwest Con-
- ference sports. The
sports will be on
Showtime Plus Sports,
one of the channels
included in Cabelvision.
To round out the
family’s viewing,
Cablevision includes
Take 2 from Home Box
Office showing current
G and PG movies and
special.
All viewing is uncut
and without commercial
interruptions.
The basic cable
service includes all
channels except
Channel 20, Home Box
Office; Channel 21,
Showtime Plus Sports;
and Channel 22, Take 2
Family Theater.
Cablevision includes
all but Channel 20, HBO.
Full service includes
movies, specials and all channels, including
Southwest Conference HBO.
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Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 74, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 28, 1979, newspaper, October 28, 1979; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1703715/m1/23/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Denton Public Library.