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Indianapolis: CBS Moving from WISH to WTTV 1/1/2015
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No, I'm attempting to bring it to the attention of the moderators in an attempt to persuade them to improve the board by maintaining some semblance of good order. Either there are specific forums for specific topics, or there a few catch-all forums. Either method works, though the former seems to work better. But strict order for radio posts combined with chaos for TV posts just doesn't make sense.
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As I have stated elsewhere... we will be reorganizing some of the boards, TV included ... now, there is no need to continue to complain about it. If someone wants to discuss a small market here and we have no where else to put it it in the time being.. let it be. If you must complain, send me a direct message. These posts are more of a distraction than the actual discussions of TV.
Here's what we have so far:
New York City TV
Los Angeles TV
Chicago TV
Philadelphia TV
Atlanta TV
Phoenix TV
New England TV (MA, CT, RI, VT, NH, ME)
New York TV (the state)
California TV (except LA)
Illinois TV (except Chicago)
Texas TV
The only top 10 markets without topics are Dallas, Boston, Houston, Washington, and San Francisco.
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Take that a step further, and simply change all of the radio-only fora (I was just admonished for not using the proper Latin plural) into combined "radio and TV" fora. That takes almost no work, almost no time, and solves the problem quickly, easily, and painlessly. All it would take is one of those yellow box messages that says, "OK, from now on, if you want to talk about television in any particular city, post it in the radio forum for that same city." What could be easier? Or take it a step further and post, "We're going to try something new. From now on, if you want to talk about television in any particular city, post it in the radio forum for that same city. We'll see how it works. If it does, we'll make it permanent."
Honestly, Dallas and Houston are both covered in the Texas TV board and it works well. I'd love to see more posts about DFW television (and the whole state, for that matter), but there aren't enough to justify separate boards for Dallas and Houston, much less for all the outlying smaller markets.
The description of the National TV board says something to the effect of "anywhere in the country." It does help if everyone gives their posts an effective title. If there's a post for a market that doesn't interest me--it's easy enough to skip it!
The description of the National TV board says something to the effect of "anywhere in the country." It does help if everyone gives their posts an effective title. If there's a post for a market that doesn't interest me--it's easy enough to skip it!
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Agreed wholeheartedly with keeping Dallas/Ft. Worth, Austin/San Antonio, Houston/ Galveston, and Beaumont/Pt. Arthur/Orange, all under the Texas TV banner. There is a Houston specific TV forum on a site I belong to, and it's rather inactive.
I think I can speak for a majority of us that post on that board when I express my interest in all of our State's TV markets, and not just my home one.
...well, maybe not Lubbock.
Just kidding my red dirt brothers.
People already do that in certain places, and so it makes it very hard to track TV news in local markets unless it's cross-posted here. Tracking 100 different individual message boards here for single threads of interest isn't exactly the easiest thing in the world.
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The thing is, how many people who don't live in Indianapolis give a damn whether or not CBS changes affiliates in Indianapolis?
Some of those forums are lightly used. The Chicago TV forum has just two threads in 2014. And this is for Chicago, the third largest TV market and a vibrant TV market. Maybe they could consolidate it into Midwest TV Forum, East Coast Forum, etc. - maybe six or seven regional boards.
My opinion but I don't like the idea of mixing radio with TV. I never check the radio forums, but will check the different regional TV forums even the ones where I don't live in.
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How many people who don't give a damn about Indianapolis bother to open and read what is explicitly designated an Indianapolis thread? I'll give you three guesses, and the first two don't count.
Once again, I'm going point out what should be blatantly obvious. If something doesn't interest you, then don't waste your time reading it. It's that simple.
One problem: there are other Tribune stations that could be affected if Tribune cuts its ties with the CW; KWGN/2 Denver is one, and possibly it could become the Denver Fox affiliate. Also, WGN itself could possibly revert to an independent. WPIX and KTLA could also be affected as well. So let's not say that one city (Indianapolis) is the only one potentially involved here.
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Also, Tribune has a major presence here in Hartford/New Haven with The Hartford Courant, our FOX and CW affiliate. Maybe it could somehow affect what I see here?
Yeah. Right. It might, maybe, possibly mean that if you want to watch The Big Bang Theory and you don't have cable, you'd have to switch to a different channel.
Big Freakin' Deal!
Of course, it could also mean you'd have to switch to a different channel if you wanted to watch Big Brother. Anyone who wants to watch Big Brother might have a difficult time figuring out how to change channels, and would have to have one of the nice men in white coats change the channel for them.
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Probably be easiest to just make four regional forums and base them loosely on Time Zones
WISH Plans to Be ‘No. 1 Independent Television Station in the Country’
http://www.indystar.com/story/enter...es-future-without-historic-cbs-ties/19959993/
http://www.indystar.com/story/enter...es-future-without-historic-cbs-ties/19959993/
Could this be KTVK all over again?
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