Anyone notice in the segment, the show he's recording was Trouble with Tracy .

David Brough, the subject of this story, became one of the pioneers of the C-Band satellite industry, those big dishes that pulled in a ton of signals from the U.S. in the 80s before the big guys like HBO and Showtime started scrambling their uplinks. I remember hearing about his exploits long before I got my C-Band dish, which alas, is now fairly passé.

But when he managed to get one of those huge dishes set up in these small towns, which I think he did years after this story was aired, it was a major game changer. And ironically, for a time, the one channel cities wound up with more TV choice than anyone in big media markets like Toronto or Montreal. 

Those certainly were fun days!

If you've ever wondered what was up there, here's the complete list of the C-Band satellites that were available in the summer of 1984. Galaxy 1 was probably the most popular, because it was home to HBO and Showtime. But check out the Canadian Anik satellites to see what was uplinked from here to North America.