Guest cfif Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Do any of your local stations have really long station ID's that list 4 or more cities? I've always wondered why some stations list sooo many cities. Two of my locals have 4-city ID's WXPX WWSB (used to be just Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice up until a few years ago) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 593 Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 WAVY and WVEC have four cities in their IDs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hinto 0 Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 When I first saw the title, I thought you meant ident animations that ran for 10 seconds or more. Anyway... I think I've seen a WTKR legal ID from a long time ago that listed "Norfolk / Hampton / Suffolk / Portsmouth / Newport News / Virginia Beach / Chesapeake". (Don't they only ID with Norfolk now?) I also remember seeing KTEN in Ada, OK id as "Ada / Ardmore / Sherman / Denison / Durant". Then there's WYFF's "Greenville / Spartanburg / Asheville / Anderson". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 593 Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 (Don't they only ID with Norfolk now?) Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsie 11 Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 (Don't they only ID with Norfolk now?) Yes. Occasionaly I see an old ID that lists Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Suffolk, and Newport News. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsclips7599 0 Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 KGAN: KWWL: KCRG: KFXA: KIMT: KAAL: KWQC: WLUC: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelicanGuy 117 Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Greenville's WHNS also display "Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville/Anderson" in their IDs. WSPA shows "Spartanburg/Greenville/Anderson/Asheville." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGSJenkins 432 Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 KSBW has "Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free2BthaCW 0 Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 WCWG does Lexington, High Point, Winston-Salem, Greensboro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsclips7599 0 Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 and there's... - KTVU, Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose. - KRON, KPIX, and KGO, San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose. - KNTV, San Jose, Oakland, San Francisco. - KCRA, KXTV, KMAX, and KTXL, Sacramento, Stockton, Modesto. - KOVR, and KQCA, Stockton, Sacramento, Modesto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewsguy 66 Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Do any of your local stations have really long station ID's that list 4 or more cities? I've always wondered why some stations list sooo many cities. By law, the FCC requires that the station identify itself wherever they have a transmitter. If the station has a repeater somewhere, that city (location) must be listed in the legal ID as well. If you listen to radio stations, you will always here the station identified by the location (city) of the transmitter, not the studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zas1977 Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 From FCC.gov: "Section 73.1201(a) requires TV broadcast licensees to make station identification announcements at the beginning/ending of each time of operation, and hourly, at natural breaks in program offerings. It also requires the licensees' station ID to consist of the station's call letters immediately followed by the community or communities specified as the station's location. TV and Class A TV stations may make these announcements visually or aurally. Section 74.783( requires TV translator stations, whose station ID is made by the TV station whose signals are being rebroadcast, to furnish current contact information such as translator's call letters/name/address/telephone number of the licensee." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestbiteme 13 Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Okay....there's no information about transmitters, except for translators. WSUN-FM, Holiday, Tampa, St. Pete! Oops. Sorry. :-[ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdcnow 14 Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Back in the day: KXXV-TV Waco-Temple-Killeen-Bryan-College Station Now that they have the established sister LP station for the Bryan/College Station neighboring market, it's just back to Waco-Temple-Killeen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungstownTV 0 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Not that this is long, but compared to the other Cleveland TV stations it is: WOIO-TV-Cleveland-Shaker Heights WUAB-TV Cleveland-Lorain I guess those stations were simply licensed in those towns first, then moved to Cleveland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelicanGuy 117 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 SInce I see some stations with three cities: WLOX - Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagoula WXXV used to display "Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagoula, Hattiesburg" Now they just display "South Mississippi." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lugnuts6 89 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 WJIM (now WLNS) Lansing-Jackson-Flint WILX- Onadaga,Lansing-Jackson,Battle Creek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncsuwxman 6 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 WSET has four if they throw Bedford in. Nonetheless, they always have at least three. ---- Haven't checked lately, but as of last year, WNCN had five (at least on their news open): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wisco TV Watcher 11 Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 It all depends on the station's COL (city of license). The COL isn't always exactly where the transmitter is, but it needs to be well within the coverage area. Around here, none of the stations actually have their transmitter in Green Bay, (they are all in Ledgeview or Glenmore, except for WIWB, which is up north in Suring) but most use that as their COL as it is the biggest city in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
currie555 0 Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 WTVA 9 NBC/WLOV 27 FOX/WKDH 45 ABC Tupelo-Columbus-West Point-Starkville WXVT 15 CBS/WABG 6 ABC Cleveland-Indianola-Greenville-Greenwood-Grenada KFVS 12 Cape Girardeau-Paducah-Carbondale-Marion-Poplar Bluff WCIA 3 Springfield-Champaign-Urbana-Decatur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrothers 0 Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 KFVS 12 Cape Girardeau-Paducah-Carbondale-Marion-Poplar Bluff Don't Forget Sikeston and Harrisburg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bixpchiphead 105 Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 Flint-Saginaw ADI: (Each station has a different city of license) WNEM-TV/WNEM-DT BayCity Saginaw Flint Midland WJRT-TV/WJRT-DT Flint Saginaw BayCity Midland WEYI-TV/WEYI-DT Saginaw BayCity Flint and Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo WWMT-TV/WWMT-DT Kalamazoo Grand Rapids BattleCreek WOTV/WOTV-DT BattleCreek Kalamazoo Grand Rapids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
currie555 0 Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 KFVS 12 Cape Girardeau-Paducah-Carbondale-Marion-Poplar Bluff Don't Forget Sikeston and Harrisburg. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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