User talk:Csneed

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Again, welcome! Rrburke 13:17, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Roger that, and thanks for the clarification!Csneed 02:28, 7 March 2007 (UTC)


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[edit] Mountains

Great work on those various mountain pages (House, Holston, etc...)! ChristopherM 02:57, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks.. I used to work in those markets and know the mountains like the back of my hand.Csneed 02:28, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WSAZ Misleading

You're preaching to the choir here; I've been in the business for more than 25 years. --Mhking 02:12, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

I appreciate that, but again, WSAZ is not considered an NBC-TV affiliate in Ohio just because its signal reaches into that state.Csneed 02:28, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia links

You only need to link the first time something is mentioned, like the TV and radio stations in the House Mountain article. --AW 20:20, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Again, you don't need to link every time something is mentioned, and you don't need to put -TV after something once you've already said it's a TV station --AW 13:37, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WTVC

If I'm reading your edits to WTVC correctly, you sound like you're saying that you're the only one who can edit the station history. This is strictly verboten per Wikipedia policy--please see WP:OWN.

I have worked at the station the past 16 years (and for three years in the early 1970's), and people have been changing the history incorrectly, putting in incorrect, unverifiable facts. I wrote the original history that is there; there is no need to change the history that I have written.. it is correct and is verifiable. My suggestion is for people to leave the history alone, otherwise I am compelled to delete the incorrect information constantly, correcting it to the factual history I originally wrote. I am striving for accuracy, and it is too bad that others just want to leave their mark on something.

[edit] Tennessee Wikiproject

Hi, I noticed you've made a lot of edits about Tennessee-related articles. Please consider joining Wikipedia:WikiProject Tennessee --AW 08:39, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

I would love to.. how does one go about doing that? The link provides no instructions on how to join?Csneed 00:36, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] WSYX static

Your quote from my talk page:

You are obviously not familiar with radio-TV station ownership. The "grandfathered" protection HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WLWC-FM. Nothing at all. Never had, never did. The "grandfathered" protection applies ONLY to WLWC-TV, WLWD-TV (Dayton) and WLWT-TV, Cincinnati. Before you mention something you know nothing about, consult someone who knows the facts. The "similar situation" does not apply to the RADIO station, only the TV stations in adjacent markets. The radio station edit may be a minor one (to you). But it is a FACTUAL ONE. And you still need to brush up on the word "redundancy." Your response here, does not explain that. Or is that your normal response to anyone who has a problem with your editing?
Once again, you MISS THE POINT. Read the first two paragraphs. Since it seems as though you haven't done so, I'll patronize you with a reproduction. Go ahead and read -- I DARE YOU.
The station began operations on August 30, 1949 as WTVN-TV, Columbus' second television station. The station was owned by Picture Waves, Inc., controlled by Toledo attorney and investor Edward Lamb, and was a sister station to WTVN radio. In February 1953, Picture Waves sold the WTVN stations to the Taft Television and Radio Company, which was based in Cincinnati. Taft later purchased an FM station in Columbus, WLWF (96.3 MHz.), from the Crosley Broadcasting Corporation in 1959, renaming it WTVN-FM (it is now WLVQ).
WTVN-TV was an affiliate of the DuMont Television Network at its inception, and was one of only three primary affiliates of that network. In 1953, it took on a secondary affiliation with ABC. Channel 6 became an exclusive ABC station when DuMont closed down operations in 1956. In the early 1970s, Taft's common ownership of WTVN-TV and WKRC-TV in Cincinnati was awarded "grandfather status" by the Federal Communications Commission which, under its newly-enacted "one-to-a-market" rule, prohibited television stations with overlapping signals to share common ownership while protecting existing instances. (One of channel 6's competitors, Crosley/Avco-owned WLWC [channel 4, now WCMH-TV], was also given grandfathered protection through a similar situation.)
Now, your so-called "dispute" contradicts itself immediately:
  • 1. If I knew nothing at all about station ownership, as you claim, then I wouldn't have added the second paragraph to the article, right? ([1])
  • 2. Where is it implied that WLWF/WTVN-FM wasn't protected by the grandfather clause? The second paragraph talks about "Taft's common ownership of WTVN-TV and WKRC-TV in Cincinnati", and how "One of channel 6's competitors, Crosley/Avco-owned WLWC [channel 4, now WCMH-TV], was also given grandfathered protection through a similar situation". The radio station isn't even mentioned here, nor is it implied to be involved in this scenario. In reality the radio station was protected, once the rules went into effect. And while the grandfathered protection between WLW-C (WCMH-TV) is mentioned, WLW-T and WLW-D (and WLW radio, to stretch it even further) aren't mentioned. They are in the WCMH-TV article, where it is relevant -- not in the WSYX article.
Your last quote from my talk page:
"You know, considering everything.. I wrote the original article on WSYX.. I wrote it.. and I can delete it, too. The whole thing. I see where you have been banned from editing copy before. We will see where this one goes, too."
You claim to be some kind of front-line authority on television stations, but you have instead sounded like a child throwing a temper tantrum when he doesn't get his way. Not to mention that you have no clue as to what you're talking about. And my history has nothing to do with this situation. Don't waste my time with this nonsense again. Rollosmokes (talk) 08:01, 23 February 2008 (UTC)


Agreed.. debate over. Csneed (talk) 02:20, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] No, it's not over...

...Because you added irrelevant information on WTVN-FM that doesn't belong in the WSYX entry (rather, it should be in the WLVQ article). Your attempt to expand the history of the FM station is nothing more than you doing everything you can to prove your point. Please stop unnecessarily editing this article for that reason. Rollosmokes (talk) 07:18, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

After your last edit, I have requested that an administrator step in and mediate. I will also seek to charge you with incivility over your personal attacks. Rollosmokes (talk) 07:43, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Conflict of interest

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[edit] WKPT

Nope, it wasn't you ... I was just getting rid of vandalism by BenH (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log), who has been nothing but trouble on TV station articles for over two years now. I actually reverted back to the last version you edited. Blueboy96 12:49, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Adding a TV Station to the "Stations That Were Established In 1948"

Added!. The appropriate category is Category:Television channels and stations established in 1948. -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:45, 27 March 2008 (UTC)