RE: V66 (WVJV-TV)

[SteveOrdinetz <steveord@bit-net.com>]

  Paul Hopfgarten wrote:

>I believe V-66 could probably have lasted only a couple of years anyway, as
>most all of Boston was wired by the late 1980's for cable (Wasn't the Back
>Bay the last neighborhood to get Cable, around 1990?). Once all of the city
>was wired, V-66 would not have been a viable option IMHO.


Wouldn't it still have been a "must carry" station?

Another factor, though that would have hurt V-66 was a lot of the record 
labels giving MTV exclusivity on many videos...often the superstar or hip 
acts, leaving the independents with a lot of second-tier stuff.