Wikipedia:WikiProject Television Stations
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WikiProject Television Stations was created to guide the structure of articles related to individual local television stations in North America. For articles relating to other parts of the world, see Descendant WikiProjects and WikiProject Television.

Anyone wishing to take part in this WikiProject is welcome. Nothing is definite, as it's possible that I've forgotten to include other things of importance in the table or structure, plus there are always special cases, so feel free to add something I've missed.

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Parentage

Parent Wikiprojects

The parent WikiProject is WikiProject Television.


Can we add a legend explaining the color codes on the tv DMA maps?

Related WikiProjects

Descendant WikiProjects

Goals

  1. Provide comprehensive, high quality information about television stations on Wikipedia.

Projects

  1. Markets
    The goal of this project is to maintain the market templates like the one found at {{Pittsburgh TV}} and to keep the station articles current.
    Participants:
  2. Station Infobox
    The goals of this project are to maintain the Station Infobox and to implement it on all TV station articles.
    Participants:
  3. TV Article Name
    The goals of this project are to ensure that all TV station articles are named according to Wikipedia naming convention.
    Participants: A
  4. TV Station Lists
    There are many different lists of TV stations, some for each state, others by call letters. The goal of this project is to keep these all up to date.
    Participants:

Tasks

This is a partial list of the tasks the members of this project are currently working on to further the goals of the project.

  1. In response to Nielson's DMCA order removing all references of stations by their designated market areas, develop a new way to sort the TV stations by area.
  2. Infoboxes
    1. Add infoboxes to all TV station articles
    2. Otherwise add [Category:Television stations that need an infobox] to that article's categories
    3. Correct the following incorrectly used infoboxes
    4. Check against this prunable list of TV stations and the ones that need infoboxes
  3. Stub sorting - {{US-bcast-stub}} to {{US-tv-station-stub}}
    • This is current, but keep an eye out for future opportunities.
  4. Make sure every article for a US station has a {{TVQ}} on it with the actual FCC call letters (note -TV/- status).
    1. Some pages are being used for more than one station (example: Idaho Public Television) at the present. These pages should have a {{TVQ}} for each callsign until a seperate article for each station can be created.
  5. Make sure all articles are named according to WP:NC#Broadcasting.
    1. Move all improperly named articles
  6. Update TV Station lists
    1. This list and this list both have requests to be updated.
  7. Add the talk page template ( {{TelevisionStationsProject}} ) to all TV station article talk pages.
    • Is done for all articles with a {{TVQ}}. Keep an eye out for new station articles and those with a TVQ.

Station infobox

KTVB
(not actual logo)
Boise, Idaho
Branding Idaho's NewsChannel 7
Slogan Where the News Comes First
Channels Analog: 7 (VHF)

Digital: 26 (UHF)
Subchannels 7.1 KTVB/NBC
7.2 KZAK-LP 24hr news
Affiliations NBC
Owner Belo Corp.
(KING Broadcasting Company)
Founded July 6, 1953
Call letters’ meaning K Television Boise
Former affiliations ABC, DuMont
Transmitter Power 195 kW (analog)
85.5 kW (digital)
20kW (post-transition)
Height 57.5 m (analog)
57.5 m (digital)
Facility ID 34858
Website www.ktvb.com

Click edit to the right to view the source of this table to copy to other television station pages!

Quickly, a small rundown of what's what in the table:

  • call_letters - The station's call letters. Include "-TV" suffix if, and only if, it applies.
  • station_logo - Include the station's logo - which should not be larger than 220px
  • station_slogan - The on-air slogan used by the station. If none is available - enter "none"
  • station_branding - What the station calls itself. Note, this is different from slogan or call letters (generally)
  • analog - The station's analog channel position. Make sure to note if it is UHF or VHF
  • digital - The station's digital channel position. Again, note if it is UHF or VHF
  • post_transition - The station's digital channel after the 2009 DTV transition, for US-based stations. Include only if different from existing DTV channel; note if it is UHF or VHF and note power below. DTV broadcasts currently on channel 52 or above must move to another channel, stations on VHF channel 2-6 must either move or limit their digital power to 20000 watts or less. There is a reasonably-good list (by US state) of DTV stations on w9wi.com which can be used to find affected broadcasters. Note that one does need to use the FCC lookup link (ie: {{TVQ|KTVB}}) at the end of each TV station article to get the most current and official info (a DT [digital television] construction permit, with the new channel numbers and power) for each station.
  • subchannels - For ATSC-digital channels only, a list of all programs being carried on separate subchannels on the same signal. These are often used for HDTV or additional programming such as PBS Create, they may also be used to add additional networks or duplicate existing low-power stations in small markets.
  • other_chs - Channel positions of repeater stations.
  • affiliations - What network or networks the station is affiliated with
  • founded - Date or year the station began service
  • location - The city or cities of primary service
  • owner - The company that owns the station
  • licensee - The company listed by the appropriate authority as the station's licensee, usually a subsidiary of the company above. Do not include if the parent company is the licensee.
  • callsign_meaning - What the stations call letters mean, if anything
  • former_callsign - What the stations former callsigns were
  • former_affiliations - Networks the station used to carry affiliations with. Separate with a comma
  • effective_radiated_power - how powerful the station's analogue and digital transmissions are; if the post-transition DTV operations are on another channel, their power must also be listed.
  • HAAT - Height above average terrain; how tall is the transmission antenna tower
  • class - Class indication, if any (ie. Class A or Translator for low-power stations)
  • facility_id - The station's FCC facility ID number (US stations)
  • homepage - Station website

Article structure

A television station article should include:

  • a good introduction
  • history of the station
  • what kind of programming the station airs
    • are there any original shows that the station shows?
  • original shows that the station formerly broadcasted
  • interesting facts about the station
  • information on its personalities, past and present
  • a link to the station's website

Categories

There are many categories that can be used. Many states and provinces now have their own categories for television. Normally, American and Canadian stations should use at least these categories (such as Category:Television stations in Washington). If a state or province subcategory exists or can be created, then please do not file a station in both the state/province and country categories; this is not consistent with Wikipedia policy on the use of categories. Instead, the station should be filed only in the state or province category; the category is then filed in the country category.

Similarly, if a distinct category exists for television stations in a particular city or metropolitan market, file the station only in the city category, and file the city category as a subcategory of the state or province. See Categories, lists and series boxes for more information.

A television station should never be filed directly in Category:Television stations, except in the rare circumstance where it would be impossible to create a more appropriate subcategory.

Note
The U.S. state of Georgia has peculiar category names to avoid conflict with the country: Category:Television stations in Georgia (U.S. state).


Ownership categories are also useful, if they exist:

Categories by country:

Network Affiliate categories:

Stations already serviced by Wikiproject Television Stations

Click here for complete list

Other templates

Stub templates

The official list of stub templates and categories is maintained by WP:WSS/ST. The most important stubs are mentioned below.

See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types#Broadcast_media

Talk page template

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Television Stations, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Television Stations on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.

The tag {{TelevisionStationsProject}} or {{TVS}} should be added to the top of the talk page of all articles maintained by this WikiProject.

Cleanup template

Other templates

Barnstar

There is an official barnstar available for television related articles: Image:TVbarnstarproposal7.PNG, which produces:

Image:TVbarnstarproposal7.PNG

Workshops

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