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[edit] Expansion done

I think the article has been expanded enough for now. I tried to add in new sections (ratings, how to read the screen, pictures/idents) as appropriate and for the most part, I think the article is much stronger than it was a few months ago. Vikramsidhu 22:21, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Great additions of all the show logos and previous logos. Excellent job folks!

EXCELLENT updates, grids, program details!!! EXCELLENT!!!199.82.243.73 20:18, 23 April 2007 (UTC)EJ Knight

These are greast updates!!!!! Love all the deatil! Do you experts have/know who has done the music packages throughout the years for business day? I know 12/19/05-Current: Rampage Music; 10/13/03-12/16/05: 615 Music; 2/1/02-10/10/03: Rampage Music; 10/1/00(?)-2/1/02; Edd Kalehoff Prods. Can you verify these and provide info on the previous packages. Thanks again. Ejknight 20:49, 20 July 2007 (UTC)EJKnight.

[edit] About the music of Fast Money

the link of it is to "On The Money", so which program did Willie Wilcox compose for? --KevinAction 21:46, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

why did you do that

[edit] About the FTSE CNBC Global 300 Index

the artical said "...As the name suggest, it is an index of 500 global corporations..."

Is this right? Or the author just typed it wrong? KevinAction 16:46, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Good eye...I corrected it. It is indeed 300 companies (link:http://www.ftse.com/Indices/FTSE_CNBC_Global_300_Index/index.jsp) Vikramsidhu 16:58, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Ha! Thanks! I was translating this article into Chinese edition, and got confused by this, anyway, thanks a lot!
By the way, is there anyone who knows about the answer above here? (the music of Fast Money) KevinAction 20:26, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] {{User:UBX/CNBC}}

Hey guys, if you love CNBC, add this template to your user page! KevinAction 07:15, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

LOL neat-o! I added it on to my page! Vikramsidhu 18:26, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CNBC Broadcasting online

The main article currently states: (in regards to the relaunch) "Although it has not been confirmed, the network is likely also considering offering video of programming highlights, internet exclusive reports compiled by CNBC reporters, or possibly even online feeds of various CNBC networks across the world (as indicated in a recent CNBC viewer survey)" After emailing CNBC Europe, I got the following reply: "CNBC Europe will be re-launching its website at the end off the year, which will open up a whole range of new viewing options. This will include the ability to watch CNBC Europe, CNBC US and CNBC Asia feeds via on-line streaming." However I am not sure how to put this on the article as I am quoting an email and not a specific source. Any tips as to whether this would be possible to include or should it remain as it is? Squawkbox 21:57, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ratings

Some of the dates in the Ratings section are wrong. The Nasdaq index peaked in March 2000, not in 2001. I don't have access to the raw ratings data, but I'm guessing they peaked in 2000 along with the market, not 2001. These figures need to be corrected. Robertknyc

[edit] Bill Wollman

Bill Wollman was CNBC:s chief economist some ten years ago or so. I don't know if he is still with the show or not, so I don't know which list to add him to on the page. -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. 15:04, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Response to above; Bill Wollman has long been gone. Put on "Past" list. 199.82.243.74EJKnight

[edit] Cable-NBC?

At the last paragraph of "History of CNBC U.S."...

“ ...NBC could also be used for its parent company, NBC Universal, with the "C" standing for "Cable". This is merely a colloquialism, although it was briefly referenced during the early 1990s when CNBC hired longtime NBC host Tom Snyder. ”

Should that be removed? Talk to ► Kevin 15:49, 27 May 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Personalities

CNBC has two classes of on-air people. Most of CNBC's anchors are young, have no MBA, and have no business experience. Thankfully, CNBC does employ a few older people who know about business, but many of CNBC's anchors are lightweights.

The personalities section has become quite sprawling of late, meaning a list is now taking up a huge chunk of the article. Perhaps this could all be moved to a new article, "List of CNBC personalities" or similar? I notice that a similar format exists for ESPN, for example.Gr1st 09:10, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Fnn1.jpg

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BetacommandBot 04:43, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 4:00am=4:30am

Can someone remove This Morning Business & Early Today, Morning Exchange! Early Today was never on CNBC it aired on NBC it was produced by CNBC. This Morning Business never aired on CNBC it was syndicated by CNBC. Morning Exchange didnt air at 4:00am. The first program at 4:00am was I believe Wake Up Call that aire there for a couple of months when they moved Squawk Box around & Worldwide Exchange.

Drewgu111 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drewgu111 (talk • contribs) 05:27, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Major edit

Thought I'd describe this pretty large edit here rather than try to squeeze it all into the edit summary.

  • Removed the "corresponding programs" in Europe and Asia columns from the business day table - this article is about CNBC U.S. and that info is adequately covered on the Europe and Asia pages.
  • The international channel list has been moved to a new article, List of CNBC channels.
  • Ditched the "notable recent developments" section. It was only really a place to dump various factoids that didn't fit easily anywhere else, and it resembled proseline. Some of the content has been moved to a new "partnerships" section, some to "programming" and some to "ratings". Other bullet points which weren't really that notable in the historical sense (such as the logo being coloured green for one week) I removed altogether since Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information.
  • There was also some other minor copyediting, formatting, etc.

I think the next step in improving the page is to majorly prune back the "graphics" section, which (absurdly) is the largest in the entire article. Keeping WP:INDISCRIMINATE in mind, we really don't need a paragraph every time some text on the ticker is recoloured or whatever. Gr1st (talk) 11:34, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

How about dividing graphic section into another article? Talk to ► Kevin 16:53, 7 April 2008 (UTC)