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TULSA CABLE TELEVISION BEGINS OPERATIONS - January 1974 Tulsa Cable begins with 20-some channels
KOTV news reporter Susan Bunn on the beginning of Tulsa Cable TV in January 1974. Bill Swanson, President and General Manager of Tulsa Cable explains how cable works.
Jack Frank maintains a large collection of historic films of Tulsa and Oklahoma dating back to the 1920s.
🟥 Purchase Tulsa History Series DVDs here: https://tulsafilms.com/
published: 16 Jan 2020
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Movie Five (Tulsa Cable) Programming Scroll & Commercial Breaks (Spring 1981)
Looks like once upon a time, Tulsa Cable had their own movie/general entertainment channel. The movie du jour was the 1949 war classic, "Twelve O'Clock High"...and it looks like all their movies were sourced from the old (Tulsa based!) VCI Home Video. Better yet, the sole sponsor was a local electronics store, who used every opportunity to plug their home video gear. Thrill to locally-produced ads for the RCA Selectavision 650, the Technicolor CVC and the Sony AG-300 videotape changer (for your top-loading Betamax). This may very well be one of my all-time favorite postings.
All I know is this aired on a Wednesday (midday) sometime during the Spring of 1981.
ALL COPYRIGHTS ACKNOWLEDGED
published: 19 Jul 2021
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Tulsa Cable HBO/Cinemax/Escapade Scroll (& Escapade legal notice/Promo) (late March, 1981)
Whether or not this was (Tulsa Cable's) premiere of the short-lived quasi-smut "Escapade" channel (read: the stuff that ran at less-reputable Drive-In's during the '70's) is anyone's guess. Regardless, this is probably the earliest surviving clip of that channel.
NOTE: The Escapade promo gets a little too hot for YT after the first few seconds, I've conveniently cut it off at just the right moment. A complete version of it (which seemed to be the same one for the channel's entire existence) can be found at http://archive.org/details/@oddity_archive
ALL COPYRIGHTS ACKNOWLEDGED
published: 08 Nov 2023
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HBO Break/Sign Off/Tulsa Cable Programming Scroll (Early A.M. Mon. 7/20/1981)
Yeah, I know this sign-off is already on YouTube about 1,000,000,000 over. Enjoy this one for the slightly premature end of the sign-off (must've been the end of somebody's shift) and the (premium channels only) programming scroll from our friends at Tulsa Cable. And, yes, those Muzak renditions of Leo Sayer's "When I Need You" and Carly Simon's "Nobody Does It Better" are absolutely glorious--change my mind.
This aired in the overnight hours of Sunday, July 19 going into Monday, July 20, 1981.
ALL COPYRIGHTS ACKNOWLEDGED (no matter how warbly)
published: 07 Jul 2021
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More "The Auction", Tulsa Cox Cable 19, April 6, 2001
What's that? You say you didn't get enough "as-is" merchandise on "The Auction"? Here's three times as much! How about now?
Highlight: a crew member walks nonchalantly through host Layla's shot at 1:51.
More about "The Auction" and other Tulsa turn-of-the-millennium commercials at:
http://tulsatvmemories.com/gb040701.html#ads
published: 25 May 2010
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ODOT Pulling Up Cable Barriers On Tulsa Highway
The state department of transportation is tearing up a road improvement that was only finished two years ago.
published: 29 May 2010
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Tulsa Winch Cable Tensioner - part 1 of 3
Finally getting the new cable on the Tulsa Winch on my welding truck. And making a thingy that is supposed to keep tension on the cable so it won't birds nest. 3 Parts to this series.
published: 14 Jan 2015
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COX Cable Tulsa Mon. Afternoon Forecast 12/12/22
with Meteorologist Edward Saint Pé.
published: 12 Dec 2022
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"U-505 Capture" (Psychic Medium, Tulsa Cable (Public Access?) Talk Show) (1981)
Well, this is one of the stranger and more cryptic things I've ever found. The tape was labeled as simply "U-505 Capture"--which I can only guess means it's a dub of an archived U-Matic tape. Anyway, we've got a mostly complete (possibly paid programming) "talk show" featuring an English, self-professed "psychic medium" as the guest of honor. Of course, she treats a few willing participants to a (conveniently vague) psychic encounter--complete with the ailments of anyone that passes into her psyche.
This (presumably) aired over Tulsa Cable sometime in 1981.
ALL COPYRIGHTS ACKNOWLEDGED (though who would ever own up to this one?)
published: 27 Oct 2021
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COX Cable Tulsa Tue. Afternoon Forecast 02/06/24
with Meteorologist Edward Saint Pé.
published: 06 Feb 2024
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TULSA CABLE TELEVISION BEGINS OPERATIONS - January 1974 Tulsa Cable begins with 20-some channels
KOTV news reporter Susan Bunn on the beginning of Tulsa Cable TV in January 1974. Bill Swanson, President and General Manager of Tulsa Cable explains how cable ...
KOTV news reporter Susan Bunn on the beginning of Tulsa Cable TV in January 1974. Bill Swanson, President and General Manager of Tulsa Cable explains how cable works.
Jack Frank maintains a large collection of historic films of Tulsa and Oklahoma dating back to the 1920s.
🟥 Purchase Tulsa History Series DVDs here: https://tulsafilms.com/
https://wn.com/Tulsa_Cable_Television_Begins_Operations_January_1974_Tulsa_Cable_Begins_With_20_Some_Channels
KOTV news reporter Susan Bunn on the beginning of Tulsa Cable TV in January 1974. Bill Swanson, President and General Manager of Tulsa Cable explains how cable works.
Jack Frank maintains a large collection of historic films of Tulsa and Oklahoma dating back to the 1920s.
🟥 Purchase Tulsa History Series DVDs here: https://tulsafilms.com/
- published: 16 Jan 2020
- views: 2073
8:00
Movie Five (Tulsa Cable) Programming Scroll & Commercial Breaks (Spring 1981)
Looks like once upon a time, Tulsa Cable had their own movie/general entertainment channel. The movie du jour was the 1949 war classic, "Twelve O'Clock High"....
Looks like once upon a time, Tulsa Cable had their own movie/general entertainment channel. The movie du jour was the 1949 war classic, "Twelve O'Clock High"...and it looks like all their movies were sourced from the old (Tulsa based!) VCI Home Video. Better yet, the sole sponsor was a local electronics store, who used every opportunity to plug their home video gear. Thrill to locally-produced ads for the RCA Selectavision 650, the Technicolor CVC and the Sony AG-300 videotape changer (for your top-loading Betamax). This may very well be one of my all-time favorite postings.
All I know is this aired on a Wednesday (midday) sometime during the Spring of 1981.
ALL COPYRIGHTS ACKNOWLEDGED
https://wn.com/Movie_Five_(Tulsa_Cable)_Programming_Scroll_Commercial_Breaks_(Spring_1981)
Looks like once upon a time, Tulsa Cable had their own movie/general entertainment channel. The movie du jour was the 1949 war classic, "Twelve O'Clock High"...and it looks like all their movies were sourced from the old (Tulsa based!) VCI Home Video. Better yet, the sole sponsor was a local electronics store, who used every opportunity to plug their home video gear. Thrill to locally-produced ads for the RCA Selectavision 650, the Technicolor CVC and the Sony AG-300 videotape changer (for your top-loading Betamax). This may very well be one of my all-time favorite postings.
All I know is this aired on a Wednesday (midday) sometime during the Spring of 1981.
ALL COPYRIGHTS ACKNOWLEDGED
- published: 19 Jul 2021
- views: 2454
2:02
Tulsa Cable HBO/Cinemax/Escapade Scroll (& Escapade legal notice/Promo) (late March, 1981)
Whether or not this was (Tulsa Cable's) premiere of the short-lived quasi-smut "Escapade" channel (read: the stuff that ran at less-reputable Drive-In's during ...
Whether or not this was (Tulsa Cable's) premiere of the short-lived quasi-smut "Escapade" channel (read: the stuff that ran at less-reputable Drive-In's during the '70's) is anyone's guess. Regardless, this is probably the earliest surviving clip of that channel.
NOTE: The Escapade promo gets a little too hot for YT after the first few seconds, I've conveniently cut it off at just the right moment. A complete version of it (which seemed to be the same one for the channel's entire existence) can be found at http://archive.org/details/@oddity_archive
ALL COPYRIGHTS ACKNOWLEDGED
https://wn.com/Tulsa_Cable_Hbo_Cinemax_Escapade_Scroll_(_Escapade_Legal_Notice_Promo)_(Late_March,_1981)
Whether or not this was (Tulsa Cable's) premiere of the short-lived quasi-smut "Escapade" channel (read: the stuff that ran at less-reputable Drive-In's during the '70's) is anyone's guess. Regardless, this is probably the earliest surviving clip of that channel.
NOTE: The Escapade promo gets a little too hot for YT after the first few seconds, I've conveniently cut it off at just the right moment. A complete version of it (which seemed to be the same one for the channel's entire existence) can be found at http://archive.org/details/@oddity_archive
ALL COPYRIGHTS ACKNOWLEDGED
- published: 08 Nov 2023
- views: 737
14:03
HBO Break/Sign Off/Tulsa Cable Programming Scroll (Early A.M. Mon. 7/20/1981)
Yeah, I know this sign-off is already on YouTube about 1,000,000,000 over. Enjoy this one for the slightly premature end of the sign-off (must've been the end ...
Yeah, I know this sign-off is already on YouTube about 1,000,000,000 over. Enjoy this one for the slightly premature end of the sign-off (must've been the end of somebody's shift) and the (premium channels only) programming scroll from our friends at Tulsa Cable. And, yes, those Muzak renditions of Leo Sayer's "When I Need You" and Carly Simon's "Nobody Does It Better" are absolutely glorious--change my mind.
This aired in the overnight hours of Sunday, July 19 going into Monday, July 20, 1981.
ALL COPYRIGHTS ACKNOWLEDGED (no matter how warbly)
https://wn.com/Hbo_Break_Sign_Off_Tulsa_Cable_Programming_Scroll_(Early_A.M._Mon._7_20_1981)
Yeah, I know this sign-off is already on YouTube about 1,000,000,000 over. Enjoy this one for the slightly premature end of the sign-off (must've been the end of somebody's shift) and the (premium channels only) programming scroll from our friends at Tulsa Cable. And, yes, those Muzak renditions of Leo Sayer's "When I Need You" and Carly Simon's "Nobody Does It Better" are absolutely glorious--change my mind.
This aired in the overnight hours of Sunday, July 19 going into Monday, July 20, 1981.
ALL COPYRIGHTS ACKNOWLEDGED (no matter how warbly)
- published: 07 Jul 2021
- views: 8799
6:10
More "The Auction", Tulsa Cox Cable 19, April 6, 2001
What's that? You say you didn't get enough "as-is" merchandise on "The Auction"? Here's three times as much! How about now?
Highlight: a crew member walks nonc...
What's that? You say you didn't get enough "as-is" merchandise on "The Auction"? Here's three times as much! How about now?
Highlight: a crew member walks nonchalantly through host Layla's shot at 1:51.
More about "The Auction" and other Tulsa turn-of-the-millennium commercials at:
http://tulsatvmemories.com/gb040701.html#ads
https://wn.com/More_The_Auction_,_Tulsa_Cox_Cable_19,_April_6,_2001
What's that? You say you didn't get enough "as-is" merchandise on "The Auction"? Here's three times as much! How about now?
Highlight: a crew member walks nonchalantly through host Layla's shot at 1:51.
More about "The Auction" and other Tulsa turn-of-the-millennium commercials at:
http://tulsatvmemories.com/gb040701.html#ads
- published: 25 May 2010
- views: 2253
1:44
ODOT Pulling Up Cable Barriers On Tulsa Highway
The state department of transportation is tearing up a road improvement that was only finished two years ago.
The state department of transportation is tearing up a road improvement that was only finished two years ago.
https://wn.com/Odot_Pulling_Up_Cable_Barriers_On_Tulsa_Highway
The state department of transportation is tearing up a road improvement that was only finished two years ago.
- published: 29 May 2010
- views: 484
16:21
Tulsa Winch Cable Tensioner - part 1 of 3
Finally getting the new cable on the Tulsa Winch on my welding truck. And making a thingy that is supposed to keep tension on the cable so it won't birds nest. ...
Finally getting the new cable on the Tulsa Winch on my welding truck. And making a thingy that is supposed to keep tension on the cable so it won't birds nest. 3 Parts to this series.
https://wn.com/Tulsa_Winch_Cable_Tensioner_Part_1_Of_3
Finally getting the new cable on the Tulsa Winch on my welding truck. And making a thingy that is supposed to keep tension on the cable so it won't birds nest. 3 Parts to this series.
- published: 14 Jan 2015
- views: 10243
32:13
"U-505 Capture" (Psychic Medium, Tulsa Cable (Public Access?) Talk Show) (1981)
Well, this is one of the stranger and more cryptic things I've ever found. The tape was labeled as simply "U-505 Capture"--which I can only guess means it's a ...
Well, this is one of the stranger and more cryptic things I've ever found. The tape was labeled as simply "U-505 Capture"--which I can only guess means it's a dub of an archived U-Matic tape. Anyway, we've got a mostly complete (possibly paid programming) "talk show" featuring an English, self-professed "psychic medium" as the guest of honor. Of course, she treats a few willing participants to a (conveniently vague) psychic encounter--complete with the ailments of anyone that passes into her psyche.
This (presumably) aired over Tulsa Cable sometime in 1981.
ALL COPYRIGHTS ACKNOWLEDGED (though who would ever own up to this one?)
https://wn.com/U_505_Capture_(Psychic_Medium,_Tulsa_Cable_(Public_Access_)_Talk_Show)_(1981)
Well, this is one of the stranger and more cryptic things I've ever found. The tape was labeled as simply "U-505 Capture"--which I can only guess means it's a dub of an archived U-Matic tape. Anyway, we've got a mostly complete (possibly paid programming) "talk show" featuring an English, self-professed "psychic medium" as the guest of honor. Of course, she treats a few willing participants to a (conveniently vague) psychic encounter--complete with the ailments of anyone that passes into her psyche.
This (presumably) aired over Tulsa Cable sometime in 1981.
ALL COPYRIGHTS ACKNOWLEDGED (though who would ever own up to this one?)
- published: 27 Oct 2021
- views: 531