Talk:KPNX

Why the revert on July 13?
Article had already mentioned commercial stations, so it was not necessary to include KAET. In the listing of news, Live with Regis and Kelly was not necessary, as no other individual syndicated shows are listed.

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KPNX ID
In the "Chris Matthews Show" example given, the ID shown said "KPNX/DT". Aren't they supposed to express themselves as "KPNX/KPNX-DT", per FCC rules? If not, they might still be breaking the rules. Comment? -- azumanga (talk) 18:26, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Wording in this article
This was the intro to this article. "KPNX, channel 12, is a television station licensed to Mesa, Arizona, serving as the NBC affiliate for the Phoenix, Arizona television market. KPNX is owned by the Gannett Company, with studios and offices in Phoenix, and transmitter located on South Mountain.

It sounds more complicated then it needs to be and also leaves out that this station serves the Phoenix metro area which is phoenix and all its suburbs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oak999 (talk • contribs) 06:13, 15 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Um, no. How is that complicated, oh pray tell?  It's very simple, given that KPNX IDs itself as "Mesa-Phoenix" and not "Mesa-Phoenix metropolitan area".  Give me a break.  Stop nitpicking, and start signing your posts.  Rollosmokes (talk) 06:17, 15 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Not true, Oak. KPNX serves all of northern Arizona, except for the immediate Flagstaff area. The Phoenix television market includes much more than the Phoenix metropolitan area. Meadview, Arizona, served by a KPNX translator, is over 250 mi from Phoenix, way outside the metro area.  dhett (talk • contribs) 06:53, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you Dhett--I stand corrected Oak999 (talk) 07:05, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Is it really necessary to list each newscast?
It really seems waaaay excessive to me and makes the article look more like a list than an article. Comments? dhett (talk • contribs) 07:00, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Fair use images unreasonably deleted
Consider the following text:

Station identification

Over the years, KPNX has used a legal station identification that did not comply with FCC regulations, which require that in the legal identification broadcast aurally or visually, a station must state its call sign, followed by its city of license. For many years KPNX identified as "Phoenix/Mesa" rather than "Mesa/Phoenix" as required. but beginning in 2008, has begun using a new, FCC-compliant station ID on its analog and primary digital channels (shown at left, top). On its Weather Plus programming on 12.2, KPNX still identifies using non-compliant ID, and does not air separate ID at the top of the hour (shown at left, bottom).

OK, where are the images referenced? They have been removed, with a claim that they violate WP:NFCC. Removing the images makes this section useless. The text references the images; the images do not violate WP:NFCC. dhett (talk • contribs) 18:24, 22 November 2008 (UTC)


 * From WP:NFCC "Significance. Non-free content is used only if its presence would significantly increase readers' understanding of the topic, and its omission would be detrimental to that understanding." how is the omission harming the understanding of the article as a whole and the topic of the article? βcommand 18:26, 22 November 2008 (UTC)


 * The policy says nothing about the topic of the article. The topic being discussed is that of the section; the non-compliant station identification.  The images were meant solely to increase the understanding of that specific topic and are clearly referenced in the text.  The images are fully compliant with WP:NFCC.  dhett (talk • contribs) 18:35, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * NFCC#8 applies to the whole article. not each section. βcommand 18:36, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Where does it say the whole article? It doesn't.  You're reading policy where none exists.  dhett (talk • contribs) 18:39, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * The inclusion of non-free content refers to the whole subject, see all 10 points, specifically 3 & 8. images must have importance to the whole subject not just a subset. βcommand 18:41, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm thoroughly familiar with the policy, and you're reading into policy what is not there. From your reading, no non-free image can be used unless it applies to the whole article; that makes no sense.  Different sections of an article cover different topics about the subject as a whole.  Removing the images is detrimental to the discussion of the station identification.  dhett (talk • contribs) 18:46, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Sems to me that the discussion of non-compliant station identification enhances understanding of the topic. I'd be interested though to know whether the station has ever been sanctioned or had its license threatened. That would cross over into "significantly enhance" understanding. I'm talking about the text at this point - if the text significantly enhances understanding of the topic and the images are essential to understanding of the text, they're OK. (As opposed to "the lines in the parking lot are yellow", with a NF image of the parking lot). The questions are: is the text relevant? can the text sufficiently describe without use of images? If the difference is solely "Mesa/Phoenix" vs. "Phoenix/Mesa" - why are images necessary? Franamax (talk) 20:18, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * The images were meant to provide verifiability to the subject matter. At the time they were added, an editor was insisting that the station's "legal" top-of-the-hour ID was actually not legal.  There had also been discussion of the ID in other forums, so in order to verify that the ID was now legal, the screen shot was added.  dhett (talk • contribs) 06:08, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, thx for the background info. Did this insistent editor provide RS to show that other (non-wiki) parties considered the ID to be not-legal, or did they just offer a personal opinion? Maybe the article has changed since then so that I'm not able to find a relevant source? Was the non-legality a subject of external comment? Did those sources feel the need to show the disputed logos, or were they able to describe the problem using text alone? Bottom line - does this mini-subject have notability within the subject? Franamax (talk) 06:59, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry for not answering this sooner; for some reason, I missed the change on my watchlist. There was no evidence presented; just his opinion.  However, per FCC rules, the Phoenix-Mesa ID was non-compliant, as Mesa is the station's city of license, and in a legal top-of-hour ID, nothing is supposed to come between the call letters and the city of license.  That includes any other cities.  There was some discussion at User_talk:Oak999 and User_talk:Dhett/Archive 2 concerning legal top-of-hour IDs, but those occurred after the Chris Matthews Show screen shot had been posted.  There was external discussion at Radio-Info.com, and there had been earlier discussions at Radio-Info, but much of the site's history had been purged following an ownership dispute.  dhett (talk • contribs) 08:27, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

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