Talk:WMAQ (AM)

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[edit] Merging?

WMAQ and WSCR are two seperate entities, each worthy of seperate articles. WMAQ, while defunct, has a deep history very worthy of an article spanning multiple pages. WSCR's only relation to WMAQ is it took over the frequency in a corporate takeover/FCC required restructuring. Electrawn 08:37, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

I placed the merge message on both pages because, while they are seperate stations, both shared the same frequency. It's kind of the same deal for WNBC (AM) and WFAN in New York, but there isn't a separate page for WNBC's history; it's included within the WFAN entry. Rollosmokes 17:08, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
Yes; but then, WHN wasn't merged into WFAN; it was merged into WEPN instead. These station frequency changes make things a bit awkward, admittedly. It's also worth nothing that both this WMAQ (AM) article and the WNBC (AM) section of the WFAN article are shorter than a stations with that kind of history should have. The WSCR article isn't all that big either. My take on it is: wait for WMAQ (AM) to be fleshed out a bit, which I'm sure it can be; if, after a while, it's not enough to stand on its own, dump it into WSCR. --Closeapple 12:20, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
And the ironic thing is that both WFAN and WSCR were once owned by NBC, and are now sports stations owned by CBS. CoolKatt number 99999 05:25, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
I removed the merge tag. See the discussion under Talk:WSCR. I don't know what the background of WFAN is, but WMAQ did not morph into WSCR in the same way that WCFL became WLUP-AM and then WMVP, and then was purchased by ESPN. I agree that more could be done in developing the history of WMAQ radio.--Busjack 03:56, 31 July 2006 (UTC)