Talk:WNBC

message: This article has been moved from WNBC-TV to either WNBC (sending a disambig to WNBC (disambiguation) or WNBC (TV).  Seems as though that the people that move to WNBC or WNBC (TV) believe article names are dependent on FCC call letters, with the move-backs to WNBC-TV believing that all of these articles need suffixes.  Who is correct and where does it say so? --WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 23:40, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Should be WNBC-TV, which is the standard, some people keep moving it. --CFIF 23:51, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

text: For the record it should be either WNBC or WNBC (TV), never WNBC-TV per WP:NC#Broadcasting. The FCC callsign is WNBC, there is no WNBC-TV. —A 07:04, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It should be WNBC. The standard is to use the calls, and this station is not WNBC-TV, but WNBC.
Yes, the name should remain WNBC. I believe that -TV comes in when their is a second instance, such as a Radio station. Kahm1 16:33, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

text: There was a radio station, which is now WFAN. NBC left the radio business years ago. --carlb (talk) 14:28, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  What should the article name be? 

message: Since no  one answered this question from an unsigned user, the answer should be right here. -- azumanga 23:56, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Why were all the channel 1's removed from the airwaves? 

message: It's funny... on September 13, 2006, WNBC started broadcasting in HD... but I'm sure that a while ago, they came in the worst of all the NYC affiliates, kind of fuzzy. If someone can find some review or something that says this, we could add this.aido2002 21:53, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  HD 

message: What Happened to the NBC 4 New York Logos of the Past & Present? Their Gone for good and How can We Know About the NBC 4 New York's Images Past to Present.
The 1st Logo of WNBT Channel 1 New York (NBC-TV Flagship Network Station) used from 1941 to 1946.
The 1st Logo of WNBT Channel 4 New York (NBC-TV Flagship Network Station) used from 1946 to 1950.
The 2nd Logo of WNBT Channel 4 New York (The Earth & The Transmitter & The Identity of the Station) used from 1950 to 1954.
The 1st Logo of WRCA-TV Channel 4 New York (Features Nipper the Dog "The Mascot" of RCA for WRCA-TV Channel 4) used from 1954 to 1960 "Also used for both WRC-TV & KRCA-TV".
The 1st Logo of WNBC-TV Channel 4 New York (NBC 4 Square) from 1960 to 1965 "Also used for WRC-TV & KNBC-TV".
The 2nd Logo of WNBC-TV Channel 4 New York (NBC 4 in Color) from 1965 to 1969 "Also used for WRC-TV (through 1970) & KNBC-TV".
The 3rd Logo of WNBC-TV Channel 4 New York (WNBC4) from 1969 to 1973 "Also used for KNBC-TV."
The 4th Logo of WNBC-TV Channel 4 New York (TV NBC4) from 1973 to 1975.
The 5th Logo of WNBC-TV Channel 4 New York (NBC4 "Bicentennial N/The Station of...") from 1976 to 1979 "Also Used for both WRC-TV & KNBC-TV."
The 6th Logo of WNBC-TV Channel 4 New York (Channel 4 "Proud as a Peacock") from 1979 to 1980 "Also used for WRC-TV (through 1982) & KNBC-TV (through 1981).
The 7th Logo of WNBC-TV Channel 4 New York (News 4 New York-1980) used from 1980 to May 1986.
The 8th Logo of WNBC-TV Channel 4 New York (News 4 New York-1986 & The New NBC-TV Peacock) used from 1986 to 1990.
The 9th Logo of WNBC-TV Channel 4 New York (The New News 4 New York-1990) used from 1990 to 1992.
The 1st Logo of WNBC Channel 4 New York (News 4 New York/-1992) used from 1992 to 1993 "Also used for KNBC."
The 2nd Logo of WNBC Channel 4 New York (WNBC 4 New York) used from 1993 to 1995 "Also used for both WRC-TV & KNBC."
The 1st Logo of WNBC NBC 4 New York (NBC4 & Newschannel 4-The Tri-State's Newschannel) used from 1995 to 2003 "Also used for Both WRC-TV & KNBC."
The 2nd Logo of NBC 4 New York (NBC4 & Newschannel4) used from 2003 to 2006 "Along with WRC-TV & KNBC."
The 3rd Logo of NBC 4 New York (NBC4HD & NBC4) used since 2006 "Along with WRC-TV & KNBC."
:User:A Man In Black removed it, but it should be there. aido2002 20:59, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Historical TV logos are being deleted by this admin because he believes they violate policy. Although he claims the issue is settled, there is an ongoing RFC at Wikipedia:Fair use/Historical logos in galleries. Please contribute to this discussion and help determine what to do about this. DHowell 22:49, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If those get restored, we need to find one of that "Octagon 4" used briefly in late '79 or early '80.  WAVY 10 15:45, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Or that "zig-zag" precursor to the die-cut 4 of the '80s?  WAVY 10 01:06, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What Happened to the WNBC (NBC 4) New York's Logo Gallery? 

message: The "4HD" logo is only used during promotion of their Newscasts and during them, right? It should be placed somewhere alongside the normal logo. ViperSnake151 01:16, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eh? 

message: Under the "Helicopter Crashes" sub-section, this sentence follows the mention of the 2004 crash of the WNBC-TV news helicopter:
:"WABC-TV's news helicopter was covering the same news story when they saw the WNBC helicopter clearly having trouble. They called for help and also got exclusive footage of the actual crash, for which they won an Emmy Award."
The fact that WABC-TV -- and **NOT** WNBC -- won the Emmy, the mention of the award is trivial to this article.  In the wider scope, the helicopter crash is notable to WNBC's history, but another station covering and winning an award for WNBC's crash really is totally trivial.  I feel it should be removed, and have done so pending further review.  Comments?  Rollosmokes 08:23, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: From a purely unofficial (non-admin) point of view, I agree here: I can't see why the winning of an Emmy award by another station needs to go in this article on WNBC, though I am open to reasons why it would should go in this one. Firsfron of Ronchester 22:09, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:   The fact that it was WNBC's competitor winning an Emmy for capturing WNBC's crash makes it clear that it is as relevant as anything else. Let me put forth my analogy again: If Person A was to have a heart attack, and Person B was to call an ambulance to save them, wouldn't that be relevant to a discussion about the incident? aido2002 00:17, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, the rivalry between WNBC and WABC is something that is discussed much in both this article and ABC's. This is as important as any other part of that discussion. aido2002 20:59, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You're still missing the point.  Using these comparisons have nothing to do with the issue -- a trivial mention of an award won by another station, regardless of the work that resulted in that award being won.  It's still trivial from jump street, is still irrelevant to the WNBC article, and still has got to go.  Rollosmokes 02:27, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Local Emmys are a dime a dozen, anyway: hundreds or thousands are awarded every year. May be notable, or not, but the fact that they won an award for the coverage certainly doesn't belong on a rival station's article. Firsfron of Ronchester 19:47, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Keep or not to keep? 

message: The use of images not in compliance with our fair-use criteria or our policy on nonfree content is not appropriate, and the images have been removed. Please do not restore them. — Moe ε 21:24, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Fair use criteria

message: Ok.... and I am seriously not joking, at around 10:27 pm tonight on the NBC channel in the New York City area, there was an advertisement advertising the local news and you could clearly hear a woman (presumably Sue Simmons) saying "What the f**k are you doing," UNCENSORED.  Seriously!  I just called a friend who was watching the same show (Medium) and heard this.  I have it recorded it on my DVR, so I could play it back.  I know this seems like a lie, but it seriously isn't.  I hope I'm not alone.  Thanks, Kermit1234 (talk) 02:41, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  She just apologized at 11:07 p.m. Kermit1234 (talk) 03:10, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uncensored comment 

message: Although he is frequently anchoring Today in NY, he has yet to be named as co-anchor of the show, so the title 'weekday mornings anchor' is inappropriate. What should his title be? 'weekday mornings (temporary)?'
If anything, his title as General Assignment reporter should be more according.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kahm1 (talk • contribs) 01:22, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Michael Gargiulo currently 

message: I have uploaded the new logo under the Digital TV section. If anyone wants to upload a better one, I will be hapy with that!--I AM WATCHING YOUAll the time... 12:52, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  New logo 

message: The first, paid, official television commercial was, indeed, the Bulova Watch placement on NBC flagship station WNBT New York on July 1, 1941. However, it is a widespread and often misquoted piece of misinformation (including Bulova's own site, and many "TV history" sites) that it was a map of the USA or a watch face that was televised that day as the commercial. It was, in fact, a placement on the WNBT test pattern, which was modified to look like a clock, with the phrase "Bulova Watch Time" in the lower right hand corner. That was, in fact, the first paid advertisement on the very first day of commercially licensed telecasting, broadcast by any television station in the United States.  The test pattern was seen just before the start of the Brooklyn Dodgers telecast at 2;29 PM.  The Early Television Society of Columbus, Ohio has confirmed this report by unearthing a photograph of the test pattern/clock itself as evidence and confirmation of the recollections of surviving NBC crew members and viewers of the telecast. http://www.earlytelevision.org/images/rca_bulova_ad-1.jpg 24.252.242.230 (talk) 02:27, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Could you please keep the discussion in one place, i.e., Talk:Bulova. Thanks, ProhibitOnions (T) 10:14, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  First Commercial on WNBT:  The Real Story 

message: I suggest that 70.23.185.131 is vandalizing this article by deleting integral information about the WNBC digital signal by claiming "no one cares about this" and "no one cares unless you area geek".  It's not his place to decide who will be interested or not, especially when the AFD flag is an important technical aspect of WNBC's digital signal, just as the sub-channel numbers and aspect ratios and resolutions WNBC is broadcasting in are.
03:28, 29 June 2009 70.23.185.131 (talk) (31,742 bytes) (→Digital television: WNBC turned off the nightlight on 6-26-09; once again removed trivial info about AFD (no one cares unless you're a geek)) (undo)
--207.38.163.124 (talk) 19:54, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism 

message: I remember seeing the N.Y.C. edition of TV Guide from the early 1980s.  As I recall, WNBC-TV simulcast on a UHF frequency at that time.  Can anyone confirm this?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jab73 (talk • contribs) 06:34, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  UHF Simulcast of WNBC in 1980s? 

message: I just cut everyone out of the alumni section that does not have their own Wikipedia page.  This is believed to be the current consensus at WP:WikiProject Television Stations. 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). Qwyrxian (talk) 01:01, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cutting of Alumni 

message: ....but how did someone know that WNBC is changing its newscast title from News 4 New York to NBC New York News? Don-Don (talk) 20:23, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: And, more to the point (for me at least): Why doesn't that editor tell us like they're supposed to so that we can judge whether it's true?  Now that I look at it: there are a lot of things in this article that are WP:OR with no sources.  Time for some cleaning. --Closeapple (talk) 02:59, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sorry for being curious.... 

message: WNBC-TV did not broadcast from the Armstrong tower, in fact they along with PAX network affiliate WPXN broadcast a low power signal from a transmitter facility in West Orange, New Jersey which is the former studios and transmitter for Channel 68. Scott Fybush's Northeast Radio Watch website did a 9/11 article on TV stations and that it was the original reference included here but unfortunately it looks like the NERW website went through a recent update and the article is no longer posted. TheGoofyGolfer (talk) 03:11, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Broadcast during and after 9/11 

message: WNBC-TV →  – This article was formerly titled "WNBC" until very recently, when it was moved to WNBC-TV, and the old title promptly redirected to WNBC (disambiguation); no explanation was given in either step. However, per naming conventions, article titles for U.S. broadcast stations reflect the official call letters — WNBC-TV changed its call letters to simply WNBC twenty years ago. Since it is already impossible to revert the move, assistance is needed — but out of an abundance of caution, I'm starting this discussion as the redirection brings up the concern of whether the TV station should be the primary topic, even though several other stations have been some form of "WNBC" over the years, even though this has been the only "WNBC" of any kind since 1988. (That the station even changed from WNBC-TV to WNBC may or not play into this.) This article could alternately be moved to WNBC (TV) if it is decided that it should not be the primary topic, since that side of the situation does not change the fact that for twenty years, this station has been simply WNBC rather than WNBC-TV. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 00:37, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move (undone) 

message: This fall, The Michael J. Fox Show will be premiering on NBC, and it shows the title star portraying a reporter on WNBC. Surely, the station has been depicted in popular culture through the years. Should there be a "In popular culture" section, and if so, where should it be placed? JB82 (talk) 20:33, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  WNBC in popular culture 

message: The article seems to be crowded with personalities (current and former). Could we fix this some how, either creating a new article with just the alumni etc or some other method? ḾỊḼʘɴίcả • Talk • I DX for fun! 01:25, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd be in favor of just keeping them on the page. How about hiding the former staff, and keeping the current staff shown? If you want an example of what I mean, I can show you. 🎄 Corkythehornetfan 🎄 01:40, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Separate article for personalities? 

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message: Even though he was notable for working at WNBC, I want Shimon Prokupecz’s name to permanently and immediately be removed from the Alumni Section of the WNBC Wikipedia page, no questions asked. Once it’s removed, you’ll have to deal with it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.225.143.24 (talk) 00:22, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll ask a question anyway: why should we? Anything that amounts to "because I said so" is not a valid answer.Crboyer (talk) 00:38, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Attention! This Is An Important Announcement. 

message: I'm of the firm opinion that the maintenance template on this page should be removed due to an abundance of citations. However, it appears that 68 citations is not good enough. Why? 100.7.36.213 (talk) 21:49, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
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