Talk:WXYZ-TV

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[edit] WXYZ

The recent rewrite of the WXYZ entry has been a researched and collaborative effort with current and former WXYZ employees and authored by a former WXYZer to give the station the credible entry it deserves. Certain elements including the station’s legal identity, Channel 7 of Detroit Inc, were included for searching criteria on the web. Previous rewrites have given a certain misinterpretation to the events that have already been detailed by those who lived through them at the station. The references and text links are ment to focus on a heavily historied entity from the last 57 plus years. Listing coverage area was ment to present the coverage under certain grades of signal strength. The rewrite has also led to creating at least four other articles culled from pieces of personal, recorded and Wikipedia information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wxyzdan (talk • contribs)

[edit] Doppler 7 LIVE RADAR and Doppler 7 VIPER

There needs to be a section on their Doppler 7 LIVE RADAR, which was formerly called LIVE Doppler 7000. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.13.37.225 (talk) 19:57, 23 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Dubious entry

I just noticed the following...

"Scripps used the station's popularity as leverage for Detroit's cable providers to air the Scripps-owned HGTV cable network. Scripps used the FCC's "retransmission consent" rule to force local cable systems to carry HGTV. Under this rule, a television station that is carried on a cable system under "must carry" rules can request cable systems to compensate the station for carrying it."

Problem is, Scripps picked this station up in the mid-80s, while HGTV didn't arrive until 1994. WAVY 10 17:22, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tower cam

They haven't had a tower cam shot in over a year. I'm gonna remove that info and not list RTN's assignment, until we can get some WP:V on that, because RTN will otherwise probably take 7-3 where the cam was. MMetro (talk) 06:24, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Wxyz newscast.JPG

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BetacommandBot (talk) 03:10, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wrong link to former reporter Frank Turner

The link to Frank Turner under the "former reporters" section does not link to the right person (it currently links to a musician). Wikipedia needs an article on Turner, who now conducts a ministry on local affiliate WADL-TV. Kevindh71 (talk) 14:53, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Digital subchannels

This morning (March 28th, 2008), WXYZ moved its doppler radar to DT3, with DT2 showing its station logo, with instrumental music playing in the background. I think it's safe to say that RTN will be on DT2. RingtailedFox • Talk • Contribs 12:00, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

RTN is a GO! The station was up this morning! RingtailedFox • Talk • Contribs 12:32, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
While TitanTV.com lists four digital subchannels, i have not seen any sub-channels that list a tower camera (which would possibly be on DT4), so until WXYZ resumes it, we should consider TitanTV.com to have out-dated information. RingtailedFox • Talk • Contribs 17:57, 4 April 2008 (UTC)