Talk:KCAL-TV

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An edit war has apparently started regarding the use of a slogan by the channel. I would like to solve it here in a friendly way before it goes farther.

The slogan, "Live--Local--Late Breaking," is used in several self-advertising commercials on and by KCAL9 as well as other places in live or self-created programming. It is also said by David Jackson in the commercial involving several reporters telling certain lines about KCAL9 accompanied by video of certain Los Angeles scenes. Because of this reason, it is quite reasonable and senseable to say that this is the slogan for KCAL9 because of its repetition, sense, and the lack of a competing one. For this reason, I feel this is correct and feel that no slogan is an incorrect understatement. --Lan56 01:01, May 25, 2005 (UTC)

I have edited the web address because of frequent advertisments saying "Kcal9.com is always on"

Apparently I misunderstood. It took me to cbs2.com

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[edit] KHJ-TV

KHJ-TV is now the call-sign of the NBC Affiliate for Pago Pago,, American Samoa. I would like to be able to start that new station's article, but i cannot, becuase it currently redirects here. Now, i'd normally just edit the file [[KHJ-TV]], but i'm concerned it might cause an edit/revert war, or break links with other stations/articles.

my source is KPUA, AM 670, Hilo's website, here.

I have changed the page, but added a link to KCAL-TV in case people are confused or links are broken.

Raccoon Fox 01:31, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of newscast schedules?

To all editors, please see the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Newscast_schedules.2C_redux, where the issue of removing locally originated programming schedules is discussed. Calwatch 05:22, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Addition of the bomb threat incident

I am not sure how or if this should fit in the main article.

I recall that in the mid-to-late '90s, KCAL made the news itself when a man parked a moving van next to the KCAL station and claimed it contained explosives. For the most part of the day, employees at KCAL evacuated the building and managed to stay on the air covering the siege by moving to another facility. Until those facilities were up an running the helicopter coverage was the only signal emminating from the station (according to the reporter).--Kenn Caesius 00:34, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stripped of License

WOR-TV and KHJ-TV were not stripped of their licenses, they were allowed to operate conditionally until RKO found a buyer for the two stations, whereas WNAC I believe was physically taken off-the-air.