Talk:WHDH (TV)

message: The word "duopoly" is used at the end of the History section of this article:
The sale was approved by the FCC in late November giving Boston its second television duopoly (the other is WBZ-TV and WSBK-TV).
In broadcasting, is this the common term to describe an owner owning 2 stations in the same market?  In economics, at least, this is not what Duopoly means--it means a market with only two sellers/producers--i.e., not a monopoly (one electric company for a city), but, say, only 2 television stations in a city, owned by separate owners.
--Mightyhal 06:04, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The use of duopoly (broadcasting) to refer to a twinstick operation (ownership of two stations in one market) is not common except in the US and the definition of the term is confusingly incompatible with duopoly (economics). I've tried to disambiguate these to duopoly (broadcasting) but it seems many individual station articles are affected. --66.102.80.212 (talk) 05:56, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: "duopoly"

message: Does anyone know the font used in the last of the WNAC logos? (the one on the Old Sturbridge ad).  if so, I may be able to make a re-creation for the logo gallery.  - EmiOfBrie 22:40, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: WNAC 1977-82 logo

message: The article references "Ansin" in 2 places, but never gives a full name or link. JimmB 22:05, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ansin 

message: Someone has been repeatedly removing the paragraph regarding the 11PM News "Meltdown". I have no choice but to lock the article due to persistant vandalism. If you have reasons why you want it gone, say so. Else, leave it alone. -- azumanga 04:50, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Never mind. -- azumanga 05:12, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The 8/16 "Meltdown" and persistant vandalism 

message: Even though this article is locked, an addition should be made about the rumor of Ed Ansin trying to buy WLVI from Tribune according to http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2006/060821/nerw.html#ma. Sam 04:44, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It is a rumor, so it dosen't seem notable from a historical point of view (see Wikipedia:Recentism). Besides that, I have requested this page for unprotection because the "meltdown" dispute seems nonexistant right now. —Whomp t/c 01:46, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Rumor of WHDH owner Ed Ansin buying WLVI

message: This article, particularly the bottom half, sure looks like promotion. I thought this was against Wiki Policy?
Syrenab 15:35, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Promotional articles on Wikipedia

message: To 70.248.6.21: You are a fucking idiot. Its not an advertisement, its a fact of the station's past that some people may know. I am going to revert. Go find a new hobby!!!! I hate Bostonians who care less about packaging where other markets care. Will completely revert. Steven312 22:57, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Logos 

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thread_title: Fair use criteria

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:7NBC.jpg

message: http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/tvbizwire/2009/02/bostons_whdh_axes_11_pm_news_t.php
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/02/13/plunge_from_top_of_ratings_brings_shake_up_at_ch_7/
Their ratings failure and such a sweeping change in on-air talent warrants mentioning. I scanned the article a couple of times but didn't see it mentioned. 
Macshill (talk) 13:01, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  The ENTIRE 11PM news team gets axed! 

message: Did the transmitter location change, from analog to digital?  What is the history of the transmitter locations?
-96.233.19.33 (talk) 21:40, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  transmitter location 

message: Now that the 2009 digital transition frequency change debacle has been patched over (temporarily) by simulcasting on both channel 7 and channel 42, what is the chance that they'll change to 42 for good, so that users will not have to rescan to get the WHDH signal, and so that they won't be the only station in Boston requiring a VHF antenna?
-96.233.19.33 (talk) 21:40, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  channel 42 to 7 to 42 transition debacle 

message: I just cut everyone out of the alumni section that does not have their own Wikipedia page or have a reference to establish their notability.  This is the current consensus procedure, based on discussions at WP:WikiProject Television Stations and at [the Village Pump]. The rationales are as follows:
#Most importantly, per WP:NOT, Wikipedia is "not an indiscriminate collection of information."  As that section describes, just because something is true, doesn't necessarily mean the info belongs in Wikipedia.  
#Secondarily, per WP:V, we cannot include information that is not verifiable and sourced.  I'm not certain how it would even be possible to source this information.
#Per WP:BLP, we have to be especially careful about including un-sourced info about living persons.
All of the people with their own pages are notable enough to appear on this list.  However, if you look at pages about companies in general, you will not find mention of previous employees, except in those cases where the employee was particularly notable.  Even then, the information is not presented just as a list of info, but is incorporated into the text itself (for example, when a company's article talks about the policies a previous CEO had, or when they mention the discovery/invention of a former engineer/researcher).
Two of the people I deleted (Teri Adler and Linda Blackman) had what appeared to be references, but were in fact just links to corporate sites.  As those don't count as reliable references, they were also removed. Qwyrxian (talk) 02:04, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Significant trimming of Former Staff section

message: Please do not add that person to this list.   Per the above policies, we need to ensure that this list is accurate, that they qualify as "notable alumni", and that the information is verified.  Current consensus says that to meet those criterion you need either a reliable source or the person needs to have their own Wikipage.  This is a necessary step to keep the lists from growing indefinitely, and for us to be able to assure that the people actually worked at the station (otherwise, it's very easy to just add random names with no verification).   If you for some reason disagree with this interpretation of policy, please explain here rather than just re-adding the information to the page.  Qwyrxian (talk) 05:32, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: To the person trying to re-add Delores Handy

message: I've created a draft of a new NBC Boston article at User:Raymie/NBC Boston. It would replace a redirect (to this article) at that location.
Let me know if it's good, Raymie (t • c) 23:57, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  New NBC Boston article? 

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