Talk:WDIV-TV

Controversy section
Some of this information came from a Winnipeg magazine (the name I have forgotten) that was published in 1992. The article was about the WDIV/WJBK controversy. I distinctly remember something about drive-by shooting being introduced in by this time in that article, so if anyone has this article somewhere, could you make sure this is all correct? I am pretty sure this info is already correct, though...--PsychoJason 20:16, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

As important as the Winnipeg controversy was, is it really necessary to go that in depth with it? I'm considering shortening and clarifying some things (KARE replaced WDIV due to geographic relevance, not crime) for brevity purposes because any Canadian viewership outside of southwestern Ontario is purely out of curiosity. Scrabbleship 21:42, 7 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I agree, and besides, Winnipeg wasn't the only place that happened. Atlantic Canada went through the same motions when WVII and WABI/WAGM were replaced with WXYZ and WJBK in the early 90s. This would probably be better off in an article about cable television in Canada or something. Kirjtc2 00:57, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Pre-emptions, yet again
It's a Wonderful Life is on NBC tonight. Guess who's pre-empting it?

I'm sure glad I also get WICU here. -Mjlarochelle 03:29, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Affiliations
I get WDIV over the air (as i live in Windsor), and i just want to know how it carries CNN as a network affiliation...  RingtailedFox • Talk • Stalk''' 03:13, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

CNN considers any station that subscribes to its Newsource satellite news feed as an affiliate. Most stations with a news department are subscribers. One exception ate NBC O&O stations becsise of their common ownership with MSNBC, a CNN competitor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.48.251.77 (talk) 14:38, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

Ireland and beyond
On May 2, 2007, Matt Lauer had mentioned that viewers had previously watched The Today Show in Ireland.  RingtailedFox • Talk • Stalk''' 11:12, 2 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Though of course, it might've been when The Today Show was on the old NBC Europe channel. -- azumanga 01:42, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Reporter/Weather Personality/Newscast Updated
I updated the reporters list Noting the departure of Robbin Simmons back to Miami,as well as updated the assignments of Weathercasters Paul Gross, Eric Wilson And Andrew Humphreys, also updated the assignments to Beth McLeod adding 4pm duties, Gail Anderson adding fill in for Beth at 4pm, and added Michelle Zee's 5pm traffic reports. Also updated the Sunday 11pm LOCAL 4 NEWS broadcast as only being 15 minutes and "Sports Final Edition" expanding to 45 minutes, starting at 11:15pm Lugnuts6 16:41, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Updated (AGAIN) Eric Wilson going to WKMG "LOCAL6" the CBS affilaite replacing Larry Mowry, after someone erroredly changed it by saying he is leaving for the NBC station in orlando, and we all know that station is WESH NBC2 is owned by Hearst-Argyle, whomever did that error, lets talk for a bit. Because I originally posted it during Eric Wilson's announcement on LOCAL4NEWS First at 4,with a live "hit" with Tom Sorrells of WKMG.Lugnuts6 (talk) 05:07, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Also updated the traffic reporters list noting that Beth McCleod is leaving her post on January 4th,2008 Lugnuts6 (talk) 05:07, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

What happened to Ama Daetz? It appears that Rhonda Walker has left the 5:00 pm newscast and returned to the morning, after Daetz replaced her. Where is Daetz? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.234.103.130 (talk) 13:22, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:WDIV.JPG
Image:WDIV.JPG is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot 04:45, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Programming
Should it be mentioned that WDIV-TV has gained the nasty habit lately of pre-emting network programming for infomercials? particularly Last Call with Carson Daly (i know it airs at 1:36 AM, but i thought it was part of the network schedule...). i have to work hard to drag in WNWO-TV's signal from toledo (which is slightly easier at that late time) if i want to watch Last Call... RingtailedFox • Talk • Contribs 06:44, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Wdiv0478.jpg
Image:Wdiv0478.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot (talk) 03:29, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Digital Subchannels
I emailed WDIV-TV today, and they said they have no plans to go beyond 4.1 and 4.2 for subchannels. Perhaps Post-Newsweek has quietly dropped plans for a weather channel and the .2 Digital Network? My email is below, followed by the reply, below: hello. i'm a long-time viewer in windsor, and i have recently heard that channel 4 is added the ".2 Digital Network" to its over-the-air services, along with a new weather subchannel similar to the former NBC Weather Plus... if this is true, when will these new channels launch, and what will their digital channel slots be (such as 4.3, 4.4..)? Dear Viewer,

We have a new digital channel called "this tv". It replaced Weather Plus. There are no current plans to add channels beyond 4.2.

Thank you for the e-mail and keep watching,

Marcus Williams

RingtailedFox • Talk • Contribs 01:16, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Current staff list needs source
Someone needs to find a source for the current staff, probably from the station website. Anyone not verified there should be removed; we should not be listing every person who appeared on air at one time or another--only those really important to the current station operations. Qwyrxian (talk) 00:08, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Bomb Scare
Does the bomb scare parahraph need to be more the a couple sentences? Its overly detailed and undersourced. It should be downsized.107.48.251.77 (talk) 14:32, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

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 the article. Not including this type of material in articles abides by current consensus and its inclusion is strongly discouraged in our policies and guidelines. The rationales are as follows:


 * 1) 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.
 * 2) As per WP:V, we cannot include information in Wikipedia that is not verifiable and sourced.
 * 3) WP:NLIST tells us that lists included within articles (including people's names) are subject to the same need for references as any other information in the article.
 * 4) Per WP:BLP, we have to be especially careful about including un-sourced info about living persons.

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 an article already exists in Wikipedia for the person you're considering adding to the list, it is generally considered sufficient to demonstrate their inclusion in a list of past employees is appropriate. 70.48.216.22 (talk) 18:26, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on WDIV-TV. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110604153157/http://home.earthlink.net/~nelsonbe/origins.call-list.html to http://home.earthlink.net/~nelsonbe/origins.call-list.html
 * Added tag to http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/77-OCR/1977-12-12-BC-0019.pdf
 * Added tag to http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/77-OCR/1977-12-12-BC-0020.pdf
 * Added tag to http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/77-OCR/1977-12-12-BC-0021.pdf

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 01:44, 27 December 2017 (UTC)