Early 1985 to be exact. A&E;'s sign off indicated they were already transmitting from 8AM-4AM ET, which they started doing so in early January 1985 after securing HBO's former F3R transponder 24. It looks like they were also dual feeding the evening portion still on Nick's transponder space for cable companies that couldn't take the full feed (of which there were quite a few still in those pre-N@N days) They stopped doing that not long before Nick expanded to 24/7 with Nick at Nite.
Yes, this is what A&E USED to show. Just like Bravo was originally concerts, ballet performances, etc, not an endless catalog of vapid "reality" shows too often featuring an entire group fighting to see who is more narcissistic.
@@ChuckD79 Not as much as "Bravo" which was called that because they were almost all classical music and opera broadcasts, not "The Real Housewives of " and other "reality" programming.
Goodness, that one Ford commercial should have come with a seizure warning! I'd love to know what they were snorting in the boardroom when they greenlit that thing.
Is it just me or does that 800 number that ends with the word arts show up a lot on different commercials like the drawing test and then the books to fix your house and then order that exercise equipment and whatever else?
I noticed that as well. 800-228-ARTS. Love to know the story behind that. Imagining calling and having some older woman who's throat is ravaged by smoking answer, "What the hell do ya want?" "I'd like the art test, please." "Whatever, hang on, kid, I'll transfer ya." *hangs up*
Early 1985 to be exact. A&E;'s sign off indicated they were already transmitting from 8AM-4AM ET, which they started doing so in early January 1985 after securing HBO's former F3R transponder 24. It looks like they were also dual feeding the evening portion still on Nick's transponder space for cable companies that couldn't take the full feed (of which there were quite a few still in those pre-N@N days) They stopped doing that not long before Nick expanded to 24/7 with Nick at Nite.
On the night 🌚 of July 1, 1985, to be precise, in which Nick at Nite 🌚 debuted at 8 pm Eastern.
Finally! About time we got to see Nick sign off and overnight crawl at 1985, before it has Nick at Nite
On the night 🌚 of July 1, 1985, of course, Alejandro.
That’s really interesting to know
Yes, this is what A&E USED to show.
Just like Bravo was originally concerts, ballet performances, etc, not an endless catalog of vapid "reality" shows too often featuring an entire group fighting to see who is more narcissistic.
I wish it was still this way.
And their original slogan was "Television people can look up to"...they really drifted away from said mantra once the 21st century rolled around!
@@ChuckD79 Not as much as "Bravo" which was called that because they were almost all classical music and opera broadcasts, not "The Real Housewives of " and other "reality" programming.
I love hearing the tones to communicate with the local cable providers
I remember this playing in the mornings when I would get dressed for school at 5/6 years old.
Good times!
@@ChristopherSobieniak Yep 👍🏻!
You got dressed EARLY?
I remember AMC, BROVO and NICKELODEON were a-la-carte channels. The channels were scrambled but I would still watch .
Wow I remember all these old commercials!
34:37 Static television bleeps 2 times for 2 seconds 😂
It's from early Saturday, April 6th, 1985.
Are you sure 👍🏻?
Goodness, that one Ford commercial should have come with a seizure warning! I'd love to know what they were snorting in the boardroom when they greenlit that thing.
Well it was the mid 80's, so that narrows things down a bit.
@@Arbmanthesheep lol booger sugar
Cable TV's early days
I saw plenty of it.
Nick at night started July1st 1985
At 8 pm Eastern, of course.
What was with the phone dialing sound 0:40? CNN used to do that too...
The DTMF tones were to alert the cable companies that they had to put in the local advertisements if available.
Is it just me or does that 800 number that ends with the word arts show up a lot on different commercials like the drawing test and then the books to fix your house and then order that exercise equipment and whatever else?
800 is the business area code so yeah youre gonna see that in commercials sometimes
I noticed that as well. 800-228-ARTS. Love to know the story behind that. Imagining calling and having some older woman who's throat is ravaged by smoking answer, "What the hell do ya want?" "I'd like the art test, please." "Whatever, hang on, kid, I'll transfer ya." *hangs up*
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33:49 what that sounds is...
DTMF tones. Cable companies had used these to insert local ads/promos decades ago...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual-tone_multi-frequency_signaling
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