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Newscast anchor lineups

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I have removed the anchor lineups from the newscasts in KTTV, KYW-TV, WCAU, WGN-TV, and WTXF-TV. With a listing of the news team rosters (anchors, reporters, meteorologists, and sportcasters) in these and other articles, I feel that listing them underneath the title of the program which they work on is redundant. That can easily be done by listing the anchor's assignment next to their name on the roster section (eg. WCBS-TV#Anchors). Also, let's stay away from using station tagline titles (such as "Weather Authority" for WNYW or "3 on Your Side" for KYW-TV) and stick to the basics (respective eg. meteorologist and consumer affairs). Rollosmokes 07:03, 26 July 2006 (UTC)Reply

Listing hundreds of names

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Please do not add hundreds of names to what is supposed to be an encyclopedia article. Wikipedia is not a phone directory. Thank you, Firsfron of Ronchester 00:54, 31 January 2007 (UTC)Reply

Hi BHayes,
I think the data you added is very useful. If you could possibly present that data in paragraph form (for example, in the history of the station section), that would be so much better than a list. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, information should generally be in prose form. I have no objection if it is presented in that form, with a few references. Best wishes and happy editing, Firsfron of Ronchester 05:03, 2 February 2007 (UTC)Reply
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Summer replacements

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BHayes07, may I want summer replacement shows in the 1960s! For example, The Champions replaced Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In in 1968. --2601:C8:C001:9AF0:48C3:CB4E:E0E8:8FC3 (talk) 16:02, 2 January 2018 (UTC)Reply

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