Talk:Flagship (television)

National networks

 * I've reorganized this article somewhat, so that the lists of "flagship" stations contain only national or coast-to-coast networks, by country, not local stations having just regional area coverage, which should be listed separately, if at all. Otherwise, this list would become quite lengthy if every station carried on a handful of cable outlets were listed. It would be better to just create a Category for those stations.  JGHowes talk  -  17:13, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Some Notes
First, I believe that the author of this article automatically assumed that the NY & LA affiliates are the flagships (and the only ones at that), which is not necessarily the case.

I think (but don't hold me to it--If I was sure, I would have just edited the article myself)that WGN-Chicago is also a CW Flagship (as it is without question the flagship of Tribune Broadcasting)and that WGBH-Boston is a flagship of PBS, as it is a founding partner of the organization, and a major content provider.

Second, it should be noted that neither The CW's East or West flagships (WPIX-NY & KTLA-LA, respectively)can be considered CW O&Os anymore, nor can WGN-Chicago, as all three are owned and operated by Tribune, which no longer owns a share of the network.

Thirdly, it should be noted that NONE of PBS' affiliates can be considered O&Os as they are owned and operated by separate non-profit organizations. If anything, the affiliates own the network, as they are each members of The Public Broadcasting System, the non-profit organization which owns and operates the PBS network.

Finlay, it should be noted that MyNetwork TV is not, technically, a network, but, rather a syndication package (similair to the Disney Afternoon or the Universal Action-Pack).

 Dayjes talk  -  18:57 UTC on Friday 2 November 2007

All good points. Back in the old days of the big 3 terrestrial TV and radio networks (or four, if you count DuMont and Mutual), it was pretty clearcut. Nowadays, it's somewhat less so, especially for diverse content-providers such as the various PBS affiliates, as you point out. Likewise, some of the new network stations are not o-o's. How do you propose the article address this -- perhaps we should prune these from the network wikitable?

Speaking of WGN, as an aside NBC's Chicago station was arguably a flagship in the early 1950s, too, since it did a fair amount of network feeds (eg. Kukla, Fran and Ollie and news); also ABC radio originated Don McNeals Breakfast Club there.  JGHowes talk  -  20:30, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

I removed PBS, as the above poster noted, flagships apply to OWNED stations. PBS does not own stations, thus has no flagships. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.142.126.131 (talk) 04:36, 5 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Plus, I'd say for the CW, WPSG would be the East Coast flagship, and KBHK would be the West Coast flagship, seeing as how those are the largest stations owned by the network on their respective coasts. And WMAQ could probably count as an NBC flagship, since Jerry Springer and Steve Wilkos are taped there. WizardDuck (talk) 00:53, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

FOX flagships?
Why aren't the FOX flagships' callsigns WFOX and KFOX like the format of the Big Three?TomCat4680 (talk) 03:41, 2 February 2009 (UTC)