Talk:WFMY-TV

Please stop changing the slogan from "Dependable Local Coverage" to "Independable Local Coverage". The slogan is on the top of the station's webpage, for crissakes. Independable isn't even a word. --Mareino 16:03, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

That big 2 from the 70s

I made a start on a logo gallery today, and while I have a few of the pictures, I don't have the solid history behind them. Anybody know when they started using the stylized 2 and when they retired it? I'm pretty sure it lasted into the 90s in one form or another. --Enwilson 20:43, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

You're right, Enwilson, that abstract 2 logo did the last into the 90s as I remember. --roygerdodger 19:56, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Morning shows

I don't think WFMY pre-empted everything CBS tried in the morning. I was a loyal viewer of Captain Kangaroo. How do you explain that?Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 19:13, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Adding unreferenced entries of former employees to lists containing BLP material

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Roch101 blog as a source

24.163.17.105 (talk) restored material referenced in a blog and posted concerns on my talk page. I've removed that material again as it does not meet WP:RS, specifically the section on user generated content. As there are other reliable sources used here on the subject of questions raised about WFMY's coverage of flash mobs, inclusion of this blog serves only to promote the blog and not to improve the article.--RadioFan (talk) 19:45, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

This material has again been removed as a self published source is not a sufficiently reliable citation for such a significant claim. Once that claim is removed the remaining section is sourced reasonably but is no longer notable (i.e. WFMY reported it, Police found nothing). Claims that local politicians have questioned WFMY's reporting techniques or ethics are serious and must be backed up by reliable sources. If this continues the article will be protected from further editing.--RadioFan (talk) 03:17, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

digital programming section

This section should remain near the end of the article. It certainly doesn't belong at the top.--RadioFan (talk) 01:17, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

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Circa 1981 News Operation Overhaul & Reference to Former News Anchor Susan Kidd

On December 23, 2018, I added material about a major overhaul of the WFMY-TV news operation circa 1981 and about former news anchor Susan Kidd. I added sources to authenticate my contentions. Within a few hours of adding that material, another user removed it, claiming that it was irrelevant. I disagree. The major overhaul circa 1981 of the WFMY-TV news operation was covered in a documentary about local television news, as I referenced as my source. It apparently was a significant pivot point in the station's history. Susan Kidd later was a prominent longtime television journalist in Washington, D.C. I am not restoring my additions (which were 100% removed), but am adding this to the talk page so that others can help decide what to do. Jab73 (talk) 05:31, 19 January 2020 (UTC)