ONTV Pay Television: The Complete ONTV Experience (1970's - 80's)
The most thorough ONTV website out there!!!
Welcome to my Website for all things ONTV
Thank you for visiting my website and I am excited to be sharing this historical perspective of ONTV with you. I will be adding content regularly, so please be patient, but come back often and any true fan of ONTV will be pleased with the final product.
ONTV Guides, Season Ticket Guides & any ONTV Memorabilia
While my collection of ONTV guides and memorabilia is extensive, I am still in need of some Season Ticket Program Guides for the Los Angeles Market for 1977 and 1978, along with ONTV guides for the Phoenix, Miami, Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Dallas, and Portland Markets. Also, any other memorabilia is welcome. I would be interested in potentially purchasing them from you, or if you would like to donate them for inclusion on this website, that would be great. Please contact me by email at drfreeze3@verizon.net and just put in ONTV in the subject line.
Thank you for your interest and remember that I am doing this for all the ONTV fans out there.
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ONTV Website Update - 8/24/26
8/24/2026 -Hey everyone, here is the latest. I have posted up the guides that I have for the Chicago Market for 1981 & 1982. It was officially launched in October of 1980 but I do not have any of those guides. Scroll down below to the link for the Chicago guides or use the Program Guides drop down menu. I also did some cosmetic work to the website to make it look more appealing and a little easier to navigate. - Orlando
ONTV Program Guides - Throughout the Years
1977 Los Angeles
1977 Los Angeles
1977 Los Angeles
Only 9 guides were produced in 1977, the first year of ONTV beginning with April. There were only 500 subscribers to begin with. They were initially called Season Ticket Program Guides
1980 Los Angeles
1979 Los Angeles
12 Guides - During this year in the Los Angeles Market, ONTV changed their Season Ticket font style on their guides
1982 Los Angeles
12 Guides - During this year in the Los Angeles Market, the guides changed over to ONTV Program Guide as the cover title
1983 Los Angeles
1983 Los Angeles
12 Guides - During this year in the Los Angeles Market, ONTV changed their logo on the guides
1984 Los Angeles
1983 Los Angeles
12 Guides - During this year in the Los Angeles Market, ONTV changed their logo on the guides again.
1985 Los Angeles
10 Guides - During this year in the Los Angeles Market, ONTV had been acquired by SelecTV and as a result once again changed the logo and name on the guide to ON/SelecTV
1980 Chicago
1980 Chicago
Only 3 guides were produced in 1980, the first year of ONTV in Chicago beginning with October
1982 Chicago
1980 Chicago
1981 Chicago
12 Guides - During this year in the Chicago Marker, ONTV began offering SportsVision, a pay tv sports service for an additional charge.