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two transmitters

Considering that RNN has two transmitters, does that make it a network and not an independant station? matturn 12:21, 20 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't think so, since they show the same programmming, as translators do. --/ɛvɪs/ /tɑːk/ /kɑntɹɪbjuʃ(ə)nz/ 01:58, 28 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Two transmitters? I see references to channels 48 and analog 57. In New York City, there is (or was as of March 2011) digital channel 26.1 which identified itself as WRNN. Color bars is all that ever appears there now. Any indication what that is now and what might happen to that channel? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.88.88.200 (talk) 17:42, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Paul Mueller's Departure

I removed Paul Mueller's reference in NewsCenter Now, and added him to "Former Personalities" as he is no longer at RNN.

Fair use rationale for Image:Rnn tv.JPG

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:25, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

POV on NY to Albany TV coverage gap

the article says: "The area is one of the biggest in the country to lack its own TV stations due to being in the signal range of both the New York and Albany stations."

What about the entire state of New Jersey? It is left out of the New York and Philly markets. Dogru144 (talk) 04:24, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Adding unreferenced entries of former employees to lists containing BLP material

Hello, Please do not add unreferenced names as entries to the list of former employees in articles. Including this type of material in articles does not abide by current consensus and its inclusion is strongly discouraged in our policies and guidelines. The rationales are as follows:

WP:NOT tells us, 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.
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If you look at articles 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 names, 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). If a preexisting article is already in the encyclopedia for the person you want to add to a list, it's generally regarded as sufficient to support their inclusion in list material in another article. cheers Deconstructhis (talk) 05:38, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Location field

@BlueboyLINY: If the city of license and target city are in the same state, the state name is listed once after the target city and is not abbreviated. Thus, [[New Rochelle, New York|New Rochelle]]/[[New York City|New York, New York]]. This format is followed for all TV station articles. Mvcg66b3r (talk) 04:00, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please point me to the discussion regarding your statement BlueboyLINY (talk) 04:09, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@BlueboyLINY: This is the discussion. Mvcg66b3r (talk) 04:11, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Then please point me to the WP:MOS that proves your statement is correct. BlueboyLINY (talk) 04:26, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There's nothing in the MOS about this; it's just common practice in TV station articles. Mvcg66b3r (talk) 04:48, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've been editing here for almost 10 years and this is news to me. I will wait for other editors to weigh in and reach a consensus. BlueboyLINY (talk) 05:08, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@BlueboyLINY and Mvcg66b3r: I could not find anything in MOS either, so I started a section at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style#State names in infobox field. I'm hoping that some editors with more general familiarity about style conventions could provide some context. Raymie (t • c) 05:55, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE: "... the purpose of an infobox: to summarize (and not supplant) key facts that appear in the article ... The less information it contains, the more effectively it serves that purpose ..."

Space is at a premium in an infobox and concise formulations of key facts are always preferred over longer alternatives that convey the same information. --RexxS (talk) 12:45, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. No need to list the same state twice. Only reason to do that is if the city of license is in a separate state, like WWOR-TV. oknazevad (talk) 15:45, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Oknazevad, Mvcg66b3r, and Raymie: When I began editing wikipedia articles 9 years ago, there was no city listed in the tv infobox only location. At some point city (col) was added, that created a redundancy situation. Why do we need both col and location? Radio station infoboxes don't have this redundancy why should tv stations? I feel only the col should be listed, along with the country in the infobox, not the location of the transmitter. BlueboyLINY (talk) 05:19, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Because which media market a station serves is important. TV stations aren't established unless there's a market for them, and they are spotted into the corresponding designated market areas. Which exact location in the DMA is the city of license or transmitter or studio location is actually pretty trivial comparatively. Noting the market served is the most important fact. oknazevad (talk) 15:39, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding WRNN-TV Associates

I think there should be a separate page for WRNN-TV Associates and it's other TV stations such as WMFP, WWDP, KUBE-TV, WTVE, WMCN-TV, and KIKU. Since the station group is obviously growing, it needs it's own page. --73.123.30.85 (talk) 01:42, 1 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@BlueboyLINY: Look at the post above. Also look here: https://www.rabbitears.info/search.php?request=owner_search&owner=WRNN+License+Company This proves that WRNN is not "the company's only station". Mvcg66b3r (talk) 04:39, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]