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OK, I remember when my family first had cable tv in about 1981 there was a movie channel like HBO called Spotlight. They were brand new at the time. The song went like this:
Spotlight shinning bright, day and night, we light up the stars for you. We have the .....

Anyone remember this channe?
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i remember spotlight. my dad worked for dimension cable, so we had every channel. didn't spotlight get replaced by showtime..later on?
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Don't get me started on cable memories. Grew up a total cable junkie. Don't remember Spotlight, but the old HBO theme (duh duh duh, duh duh, duh duh duh duh, HBO spaceship coming down); Showtime with their nine little television boxes racing toward the screen, keyboard theme; The Movie Channel with faces and places of Hollywood racing by.

They don't even use themes anymore! It's just the rating and on to the movie [Frown]
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when I was a kid we had WHT ,which doesnt even EXIST anymore
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quote:
Originally posted by mamamiasweetpeaches:
when I was a kid we had WHT ,which doesnt even EXIST anymore
What was WHT?
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quote:
Originally posted by Ronnie:
i remember spotlight. my dad worked for dimension cable, so we had every channel. didn't spotlight get replaced by showtime..later on?
I see you in the Phoenix area. My parents picked up dimension cable (later cox) and yes, it was was replaced by Showtime. My dad picked up Spotlight because it was cheaper then HBO at the time.
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Devolution here,

Mamamia, I remember WHT but that is probably just a new yorker thing.

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yeah,we lived in NY. it was the rival of HBO when it came out. I remember my parents had a big black box on top of thier tv...that was the WHT. The only good movie I remember seeing on there was STUDENT BODIES.
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