Old 1980s programming guides with schedules for satellite only channels?

[justin1981]

Hi,

I am trying to determine the airdates of some videos of movies from the infamous American Exxxtasy satellitel channel. I know there were guides available back in the 80s that had programming listings intended specifically for TVRO users. Does anyone have scans of any of these guides or is there an archive somewhere? I tried Newspapers.Com to no avail, as I don't think newspapers or regular TV Guide printed listings for channels available only via TVRO.

Thanks in advance!
J

 

[telstar_1]

Correct, mainstream tv guides had nothing sat-specific (and most certainly wouldn't have carried porno listings), but there were a ton of different sat guides, especially around peak big dish (pre-scrambling) '84-'86. Orbit Magazine was probably the best known. It was a monthly that was famously as thick as a phone book. I likely still have some, somewhere

 

[dfergie]

I might have some Satellite TV Week & Orbit's in storage also...

 

[freddylq]

I remember buying Orbit back in the day at the bookstores in the mall. Wish I had them.