Talk:WSTR-TV

Untitled
It might be useful if, in the history section, someone could put the years when the station changed its call letters and network affiliations. -- Grev -- Talk 02:53, August 21, 2005 (UTC)

Star Tower
Does this station broadcast from Star Tower? If I recall correctly, the signage at the tower's base is similar to WSTR's old "Star 64" logo. – Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs) 07:07, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Former logos
It doesn't make much sense to have a "gallery" containing just two logos – fair use images to boot. Besides, this isn't Wikimedia Commons; Wikipedia articles contain images to illustrate text, not the other way around. – Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs) 06:45, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

MyNetworkTV affiliation
Akmarch gave this blog post as a source in stating that WSTR will drop its MyNetworkTV affiliation. I think the blogger misread this Enquirer article:


 * My Network TV said it will essentially get out of the business of presenting original programming except for professional wrestling, a sign of how the economy is hurting the television business.


 * The network, seen on WSTR-TV (Channel 64) here, was created in 2006 for stations after the old WB and UPN networks combined to form the CW. It is owned by News Corp., parent company for Fox Broadcasting, Fox News, FX and MySpace.




 * Jon Lawhead, Channel 64 general manager, declined to comment about how his station's programming would change.


 * "We don't yet fully know what it entails. We should know something in the next day or two," Lawhead said.

As you can see, the article was reporting on MyNetworkTV, not WSTR in particular. They just asked the station for a reaction. So I'm removing Akmarch's addition.

– Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs) 21:06, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

W22DE/W66AQ
I'm not sure if W22DE (former W66AQ) in Dayton is broadcasting on any channel now that WCPO has moved to RF 22. When it was broadcasting post-digital transition, it was a simulcast of WRGT 45.2 "MyTV Dayton", not a satellite of WSTR.

Based on a mistaken reading of a poorly worded website, another Wikipedia user has associated W22DE with WWRD-LP in Dayton. It definitely shouldn't be there, although I'm not totally comfortable with associating it with WSTR. It would appear it's still considered a translator for WSTR. Does anyone have any idea what plans Sinclair has or had for W22DE. It probably should be referenced somewhere. Perhaps at WRGT? Chaswmsday (talk) 20:07, 21 December 2010 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chaswmsday (talk • contribs) 20:01, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

DTV transition date
Article claims that all Sinclair stations shut down their analog signals on the original DTV transition date, February 17, 2009. WTTE in Columbus, OH did. However, others transitioned on the later date, June 12, 2009, e.g. Columbus' WSYX and Dayton's WRGT-TV. Dayton's WKEF maintained analog nightlight service for two weeks after June 12. --Chaswmsday (talk) 13:13, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

W22DE - 2013 License Renewal
According to the 2013 License Renewal Appication filed with the FCC, W22DE is still on the air. (See Section V, Question 2a.) They have not filed for a construction permit to convert the station to digital. Just an educated guess, but I'm guessing that Sinclair continues to operate the translator in order to interfere with the WCPO signal, blocking the WCPO signal and making WKEF the default ABC affiliate where the signal is blocked. And I am also assuming that they can legally continue to broadcast because this is an analog signal much like analog and digital signals would run into each other during the period leading to transition to DTV Only signals?

Again, these are just educated guesses, but an application stating to the FCC that your signal is still on means that your signal is still on!

Here is the license renewal application:

http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1557475&Service=TX&Form_id=303&Facility_id=11203

--DirtyHarry667 (talk) 15:23, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

Moved discussion to Talk:WKEF. --Chaswmsday (talk) 19:16, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

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Hacking and network affiliations
Sinclair Broadcasting Group, which operates WSTR, was hacked and is undergoing a ransomware attack. As a result, all of it channels and subchannels are only broadcasting TBD and WSTR doesn't know when normal network affiliation broadcasting will resume. I edited it and an editor reverted, claiming NPOV neutral point of view and brought the discussion to my talk page here. I think it should stay as it is a major disruption to WSTR stations, my edit is neutral and we should discuss it here. --P37307 (talk) 21:24, 7 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Paging Mvcg66b3r (talk) 21:59, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
 * It belongs in the body as a significant disruption to the station's operations with a cited source. No question. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 22:13, 7 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Of course, it may need to be rewritten somewhat. Mvcg66b3r (talk) 22:47, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

Not to be confused
There was a WSTR radio station in Sturgis, Michigan.Pbrower2a (talk) 06:53, 21 March 2023 (UTC)