Talk:WMYD/GA1

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Mike Christie (talk · contribs) 21:16, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'll review this. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 21:16, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The logo is appropriately tagged; sources are reliable.

The upgrade to new decoders seems to be mentioned twice; first "In Detroit, Chartwell began migrating to a new generation of decoder boxes" and then, two paragraphs later, "Chartwell began upgrading from its original Blonder-Tongue units to a new generation of addressable decoders in 1982".

Removed the redundancy. (Some of this text is ported from my GA ON TV (TV network), which is probably why it's there twice.)

Suggest giving the date when WJBK takes over the Fox affiliation and making it clearer that WKBD lost it at that time.

Done

"and file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December 2006, when it settled with the networks for $13.2 million": just checking that this is accurate -- the filing and the settlement were the same month?

Yes. The source included verifies this.

"On July 9, 2021, it was announced that WADL would become the new MyNetworkTV affiliate for the Detroit market beginning September 20, replacing WMYD after 15 years": is there any news about what WMYD will do next? And will it retain the call sign?

It became an independent, and it kept that call sign. (In my pipeline alone are KSWB-TV, WUPA, and WUPV)

"In February 2020, WMYD established a broadcasting agreement with Detroit City FC.": per our conversation the other day perhaps mention this will terminate this year.

You've been tricked! Detroit City FC is a USL Championship team, not MLS.

"WMYD and WPXD-TV were the only Detroit stations to do so": this sounds like other Detroit stations continued to broadcast analog signals; is that the intended meaning?

Yes. The US was going to switch over on February 17, but an 11th-hour change to June occurred. Most stations continued analog service for four months, but not all.

And aren't we saying it shut down on February 17, but didn't shut down till March 4? If we mean programming stopped going out on February 17 and only the PSA continued, I don't think we should say it shut down the signal.

Done Reworded.

What does "lighthouse" mean?

More ATSC 3.0 lingo for you. In the early days of the rollout of this new TV transmission technology, a "lighthouse" station, like WMYD or WSTR, is responsible for airing the major signals (about 5 total channels on the mux). See: [1] I've left in one mention while adding it to the glossary.

-- Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 22:16, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Mike Christie: Issues fixed or responded to. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 01:15, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

All looks good; I made a slight copyedit from "WMYD ceased broadcasting programming its analog signal" to add "over", but perhaps common usage is "via" or "on" its analog signal? Anyway, passing. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 01:22, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]