Editing Nickelodeon (section)

== History ==
{{Main|History of Nickelodeon}}
The channel's name comes from the first [[Nickel (United States coin)|five-cent]] movie theaters called [[Nickelodeon (movie theater)|nickelodeons]]. Its history dates back to December 1, 1977, when [[Time Warner Cable|Warner Cable Communications]] launched the first 2-way interactive cable system, [[QUBE]],{{sfn|Hendershot|2004|pp=15–16}} in [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]], [[Ohio]]. The C-3 cable channel carried ''[[Pinwheel (TV series)|Pinwheel]]'' daily from 7:00&nbsp;a.m. to 9:00&nbsp;p.m. Eastern Time,{{sfn|Hendershot|2004|pp=15–16}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qube-tv.com/qube-tv/GUIDE_PDFS/PAGE47-48.pdf |title=Pinwheel Everyday 7am to 9pm |publisher=QUBE |date=1977 |access-date=December 8, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211111538/http://www.qube-tv.com/qube-tv/GUIDE_PDFS/PAGE47-48.pdf |archive-date=December 11, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> and the channel was labelled "Pinwheel" on remote controllers, as it was the only program broadcast. Initially scheduled for a February 1979 launch,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37580454/television_better_shows_for_youngsters/|title=Television: Better shows for youngsters?|date=1978-12-14|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|access-date=2019-10-21|pages=46}}</ref> Nickelodeon launched on April 1, 1979, initially distributed to Warner Cable systems via satellite on the [[RCA]] [[Satcom (satellite)|Satcom-1]] transponder.<ref name="cablecenter.org">{{cite web |title=Gustave Hauser 1999 Oral and Video History |url=https://syndeoinstitute.org/the-hauser-oral-history-project/h-listings/gustave-hauser/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219000524/http://cablecenter.org/barco-library-hauser-oral-history/item/hauser-gustave.html |archive-date=February 19, 2014 |access-date=June 26, 2024 |work=Syndeo Institute at The Cable Center |publisher= |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Originally commercial-free, advertising was introduced in January 1984.<ref name="MilwaukeeSentinel" />