Talk:KSVI

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Proposal to merge pre-1993 KHMT history here

The 1993 move of ABC from channel 4 to channel 6 is almost identical to how Knoxville’s WTVK moved to channel 8 as WKXT-TV, now WVLT-TV. Also similar to how KDLT-TV in Sioux Falls moved from channel 5 to channel 42. I believe it would be more accurate to say this station signed on in 1980 on channel 4 and moved to channel 6 in 1993. HangingCurve^{Swing for the fence} 13:00, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No objections, so changing pages accordingly. HangingCurve^{Swing for the fence} 02:11, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@HangingCurve Did not see this until now. I'd have left it at the channel 4 article with a summary in the channel 6 article. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 01:07, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It’s no different from how WTVK moved from channel 26 to channel 8 as WKXT, now WVLT. We reckon WVLT as being founded in 1954, not 1988. This is no different. HangingCurve^{Swing for the fence} 03:51, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@HangingCurve This is not like the VHF drop-ins in two really important ways. The addition of channel 6 to Billings and relocation of ABC programming from 4 to 6 was a physical site change, and the license for Hardin 4 remained on the books. The way I'd structure this is:

In the KHMT article: History of KOUS, move of that programming to KSVI, silence, rebuild as KHMT.
In the KSVI article: a summary section with a {{main}} tag about the history of KOUS, relocation to KSVI, KSVI history. This way, relevant aspects of channel 4's history are covered in the channel 6 page—but the main article for them is the channel 4 article.

Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 06:32, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I would think a better parallel would be KDLT-TV's move from channel 5 in Mitchell to channel 42 in Sioux Falls in 1998. Channel 5 was repurposed as a repeater for KDLT, yet we still reckon KDLT as signing on in 1960, not 1998. What I would propose is moving the pre-1993 history to KSVI, and note at the end that due to the way the changeover was handled, the FCC reckons KSVI as a new license dating from 1993 while KHMT operates under the old KOUS license and facility dating to 1980. HangingCurve^{Swing for the fence} 00:57, 7 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]