Heritage Cablevision was the dominant cable-television provider in the

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, metro area during the 1980s. It was purchased by

Tele-Communications Inc. Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI) was a cable television provider in the United States, and for most of its history was controlled by Bob Magness and John Malone. The company was started in 1958 in Bozeman, Montana as Western Microwave, Inc. and Co ...

in 1987. Heritage was founded in 1971 by James S. Cownie and was at one time the 9th-largest cable television service in the United States. Areas once served by Heritage Cablevision are now served by

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Cable television companies of the United States Companies based in Iowa {{Iowa-stub