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List of Jones Intercable channels (Naperville, September 1991)
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Jones Intercable customers in Naperville, Illinois had access to the channels listed below in September of 1991. Today, Naperville's cable television services are handled by Comcast through Xfinity.
| CH# | Name | Notes/Today |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | WBBM Ch. 2 (CBS) Chicago | A CBS network owned-and-operated station, owned by ViacomCBS |
| 5 | WMAQ Ch. 5 (NBC) Chicago | An NBC network owned-and-operated station, owned by NBCUniversal and sister to Telemundo O&O WSNS |
| 7 | WLS Ch. 7 (ABC) Chicago | An ABC network owned-and-operated station, owned by The Walt Disney Company |
| 8 | ESPN | Owned as a joint venture between Hearst Corporation and The Walt Disney Company |
| 9 | WGN Ch. 9 (Independent) Chicago | Would later become a charter affiliate of The WB and then The CW, now an independent once again |
| 10 | Turner Network Television (TNT) | Programming shifted from mostly classic movies towards drama movies and shows over the years with sporting events featured as well |
| 12 | Cable News Network | CNN in Atlanta, an American multinational news channel |
| 14 | Music Television (MTV) | Owned by ViacomCBS, it has shifted from strictly music and music videos in its early years to a mix of music, reality shows and dramas in recent years |
| 16 | WGBO Ch. 66 (Independent) Joliet | Would become Chicago's Univision network owned-and-operated station starting in August of 1994, and later sister to UniMás O&O WXFT (WGBO continued to run English language programming while it waited for the network's contract with WCIU to expire, which wasn't until January 1, 1995) |
| 19 | USA Network | Today owned by NBCUniversal |
| 21 | Arts & Entertainment (A&E) | Once a channel focused on arts and history, the channel has shifted significantly towards reality shows, dramas and documentaries |
| 22 | American Movie Classics | Today operates only by the acronym AMC, shifted from originally exclusively classic movies (as a pay channel) towards movies, shows and originally programming (as a general cable channel) |
| 24 | WSNS Ch. 44 (Telemundo) Chicago | Now a Telemundo network owned-and-operated station (since 1995), owned by NBCUniversal and sister to NBC O&O WMAQ |
| 26 | WCIU Ch. 26 (Independent) Chicago | Now the Chicago's market modern-day CW network affiliate (At the time, WCIU was also a part-time Univision affiliate, before programming moved to modern-day O&O WGBO) |
| 27 | SportsChannel Chicago | Later sold to Fox and became Fox Sports Chicago, before eventually shutting down in 2006, replaced by Comcast SportsNet Chicago (now NBC Sports Chicago), which launched in 2004 |
| 28 | WTBS Ch. 17 (Independent) Atlanta, Georgia | Both the station and the cable network were separated from each other in 2007, with the station operating today as WPCH-TV, owned by Gray Television |
| 29 | Consumer News and Business Channel | Still operates today, but only by the acronym CNBC |
| 30 | WPWR Ch. 50 (Independent) Gary, Indiana | Later a UPN affiliate, now a MyNetworkTV owned-and-operated station, owned by Fox Television Stations, sister to Fox O&O WFLD |
| 31 | The Weather Channel | Weather forecasting and science and in recent years, weather related shows and documentaries as well |
| 32 | WFLD Ch. 32 (Fox) Chicago | A Fox network owned-and-operated station, owned by Fox Television Stations, sister to MyNetworkTV O&O WPWR |
| 33 | The Real Estate Channel | Fate unknown, likely defunct, a real estate information channel |
| 34 | Home Box Office | Still operates today by its acronym HBO, Home Box Office (owned today by WarnerMedia) is still used as the network's legal corporate name |
| 35 | Cinemax | Sister network to HBO, owned by WarnerMedia |
| 36 | Showtime | A premium subscription channel with movies, shows, documentaries and sporting events, owned by ViacomCBS |
| 37 | The Movie Channel | Sister network to Showtime, owned by ViacomCBS |
| 38 | The Disney Channel | Originally a premium pay subscription channel, Disney is now a general cable channel |
| 39 | Bravo | Originally focused on film and performing arts (as a premium pay subscription channel), the channel has shifted towards lifestyle and reality shows as well as programming themed around the LGBTQ community (as a general cable channel) |
| 40 | The Family Channel | Sold to Fox becoming Fox Family in 1998 and then resold to The Walt Disney Company and renamed ABC Family in 2001 and rebranded and relaunched as Freeform in 2016 |
| 41 | Nickelodeon | Programming then and now, still consists of programming towards children and teenagers up to 18 years of age |
| Nick at Nite | Programming initially consisted of 1950s and 1960s shows but shows from later decades added in the years and decades since | |
| 42 | CTV: The Comedy Network | Nowadays as Comedy Central owned by ViacomCBS |
| 43 | Lifetime | Programming geared towards women and women in lead roles of movies and shows |
| 44 | C-SPAN | A channel entirely focused on government and public affairs |
| 45 | C-SPAN2 | A channel entirely focused on government and public affairs |
| 48 | Request Television #1 | A defunct pay-per-view channel, replaced by iN DEMAND |
| 50 | Request Television #2 | A defunct pay-per-view channel, replaced by iN DEMAND |
| 56 | Black Entertainment Television | Then and now, still carries programming heavily targeting African-American audiences, though it nowadays goes only by the acronym BET |
| 58 | WCFC Ch. 38 (Independent) Chicago | Once a religious independent, now an Ion network owned-and-operated station as WCPX, owned by The E.W. Scripps Company |