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Why do wanna merge my article it took me a long time to make

No. 1 in ratings in both the morning and afternoon?

This made me think: " No matter what the format, the longtime problem for the station was that while Stern always had very high ratings, the rest of the station did not fare as well."

I mean for a while the station had both the no.1 morning show (Howard Stern) and the no. 1 afternoon drive show (Opie & Anthony). So that statement is incorrect right? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.11.231.212 (talk) 21:04, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Logo From MySpace

Why Did You Remove The Logo From WFNY-FM's MySpace Page. That Was An Offical Free FM Logo Created By CBS Radio For All Free FM Stations That Have MySpace (For Expamle: WFNY-FM Has MySpace.com/923freefm) I'm Going To Revert The Photo Back To It's State When I Added The Photo From MySpace. (Note, The Photo Was Made In-House By CBS, Not The World Wide Web) Frank0115932 20:46, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Revision: Okay, The Logo Is Now Changed. (Note Again: The Logo Is MADE IN-HOUSE FROM CBS CORPORATION, NOT THE WORLD WIDE WEB!) Frank0115932 20:53, 16 May 2006 (UTC).[reply]

@User:Frank0115932 the reason it was probably removed is because of copyright ownership. As you pointed out CBS designed and created the logo and therefore under United States Copyright and/or trademark laws CBS owns that image and design and you cannot use such an image without permission of CBS or its successors in this case Entercom. It doesn't matter that it was posted on MySpace, Twitter or even Facebook, they own it and you can't just download it and start posting it nilly-willy all over the web. Hope this answers your question. YborCityJohn (talk) 14:33, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Update

This page has to be updated to reflect the influences that O&A has induced upon the station. The station has gone increasingly higher in ratings since DLR's leave, and this page must display this fact.

Hasn't the station also modified its "all-talk" format somewhat, adding more music to its weekend lineup?

This is just a general observation-from listening-and I could be mistaken.

Ruthfulbarbarity 10:20, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rewrite

Rewrote some of the later section to more reflect the current general feel of the station, and to emphasise the station and not particular shows. Readers looking for info about the specific shows can follow the links in the current line up section. oknazevad 00:23, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Question on Reformatting

I want to know if the Wikipedia community would like to reformat this article. My suggestions include removing "The House of Wachs" under former shows and eliminating the list of guest hosts as it could start to become quite lengthy. Please respond. 70.111.45.63 23:44, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Does anybody know how to add a slogan to a station. WFNY-FM is currently using "Talk That Rocks" as its slogan, as evident in on-air promos and on the station's website. 70.111.65.84 01:33, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

HD Radio

Has HD started broadcasting? Last time I checked, which was early January, they were still broadcasting in analog only.TravKoolBreeze 17:44, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They are currently NOT broadcasting in HD. But they will be shortly according to:[1] (this page was updated on Friday with the "Coming Soon" info for WFNY)

The person who added the HD Radio logo was probably using [2] as a reference. That page is outdated and unreliable. But the link to Ibiquity's Web site is updated weekly.

WFNY (AFAIK) has neverbroadcast in HD. 74.72.114.213 18:20, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

JV and Elvis

I updated the WFNY section to reflect that the JV and Elvis show had been canceled with out going into the specifics.

I also added the show to the former WFNY shows section.

IceManNYR 11:21 May, 14th 2007 (EDT)

Format change

Just a note the WFNY is going back to the old 2005 format of rock music as K-ROCK and also getting is old call letters WXRK back. —Preceding unsigned comment added by IceManNYR (talk • contribs)

This is already noted in the "WFNY-FM" section. Just64helpin 18:44, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It will take a bit of time for the call letter change, it's still WFNY for now. IrisKawling 21:24, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Here's what should be done once the WXRK calls come back:

WXRK Cleveland article should first be moved to whatever call sign they get (UPDATE: Will be WKRI).
WFNY article can then be safely moved to WXRK.

Doing it in this order will make things rather seemless. I mention this because of the whole KIFR/KFRC/KMVQ mess last week, where articles were chopped to ribbons by an over-zealous individual who didn't really know what they were doing. Remember, nobody ever notices who changes the article first.--Fightingirish 23:40, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Per Radio & Records, WXRK in Cleveland will get the callsign WXRI when the WXRK callsign returns to New York. Jason.cinema 04:49, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, it will be WKRI. That should all take place within a week.--Fightingirish 11:36, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The article states that the "Free FM" format has been canceled by CBS... I think it needs to be clearer that this is only for WFNY (they pulled the plug on San Francisco a few days ago)... unless someone knows for fact that they are canning all of the Free FM formatted stations... I think that's a logical conclusion, but I don't see any announcement from CBS to that effect... btw, the comment pages are now horribly cross-linked from the ill advised article moves...StreamingRadioGuide 12:11, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's because some idiots who don't have a clue as to what they are doing are in such a race to be first to update that they screw up in a big way. The San Francisco articles regarding KFRC suffered the same way. That's why I really don't care to be first to update for current events. I'd rather do it correct than first. Furthermore, these people should be less concerned with racing to move this thing as opposed to rewriting this article to make it look decent. It's a complete mess.--Fightingirish 13:58, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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I just added a fair use rationale to this image. --Scott Alter 21:44, 26 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WFNY in New York is not WXRK again

According to the Federal Communications Commission database WXRK is still licensed to a CBS Radio station in Cleveland Heights, Ohio (Click here for FCC WXRK record) and WFNY is still assigned to 92.3 in New York (Click here for FCC WFNY record) so it is my opinion and suggestion that this article be changed back to WFNY for the time being until such time as the FCC database gives legal clarification that 92.3 in New York has been assigned the WXRK-FM call letters again and if 92.3 in New York is identifying itself as WXRK wouldn't that be a violation of FCC regulations. 68.162.21.181 23:50, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just because the website database is not up to date does not mean that 92.3 in NY is not assigned WXRK. The station has been using WXRK for several days now. The top of every query page says:

FM Query results are derived from the public files at http://www.fcc.gov/mb/databases/cdbs. Requests to correct data should be referred to Dale Bickel, dale.bickel@fcc.gov.

The fact that there is a request to correct the data indicates that this cannot be the official list of call signs and the associated stations. The station is still doing some stunning using mostly WXRK, but occasionally I hear a WFNY-FM slip in. As time goes on, they are using WXRK more and WFNY-FM less. Even if the station is still technically WFNY-FM for the next few days (or even weeks - but we don't really know what they are), does it really matter that the article is named WXRK? The station is or will clearly become WXRK again. If you want to add a sentence saying the station may be WXRK or it may still be WFNY-FM, then go ahead. But I don't think it is necessary to rename the article back to WFNY-FM until there is verification from the FCC website, when the article would be moved back to WXRK. If you want to reference WXRK as the new call sign, cite the K-Rock promos. You could also email Dale Bickel and ask the current status of the station. --Scott Alter 03:11, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

And if you don't want to believe me, and you don't want to listen to the online feed of K-Rock, maybe you'll believe the New York Times or FMQB. --Scott Alter 03:22, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jesus Christ what's with all the frickin' hostility? I simply pointed out something that I thought was incorrect and y'all bite my head off. You need to seriously calm down, Go out and get laid or something and don't post with these hostile tones. Ok maybe the FCC database isn't updated yet but listening to 92.3 over its over-the-air or Internet feed or reading the New York "Our journalist steal other writers material" Times isn't going to help or change the fact of what the FCC database currently lists which in my personal opinion is the ONLY legal source of licensing information for radio stations here in the United States. 68.162.19.200 04:37, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The FCC database is now updated and shows that WXRK is licensed to CBS Radio in New York. 151.198.129.122 18:23, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot 11:28, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Country format flip = hoax?

Although Opie and Anthony did announce on their XM show that the station is switching to a country format, there has been no official word from WXRK about this "news." In fact, the only recent CONFIRMED news is that Tom Chiusano is stepping down from the GM position. As O&A have a nasty habit of lying and making up stories, I don't think this "news" can be counted as fact (and thus should not be included on Wikipedia) until some confirmation from WXRK's management comes through.24.187.134.112 (talk) 18:24, 19 January 2008 (UTC)HDK[reply]

POSSIBLE FORMAT FLIP

I read on a news site that K-Rock may be switching formats in the coming weeks. I think they should just shut it down all together because ever since Howard Stern left, it has gone into the dumper. Here's the article for anyone whos interested: http://www.rbr.com/radio/12914.html --Chrismaster1 (talk) 21:41, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And it happened. The station sucks now. One more reason not to listen to terrestrial radio...

Put up the HD Radio stuff again?

Should I? And should I also put the part of CBS Corp. cluster with TV station WCBS-TV for WXRK and its sister stations? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.224.154.146 (talk) 19:37, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: page moved. Dravecky (talk) 20:35, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

WXRK → WNOW-FM – Will have to change the redirects around. I have already moved the previous page of WNOW to WOSF. This post (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=332233886875224&set=a.247058252059455.50588.106469072785041&type=1) justifies the reason to move. esposimi (talk) 18:06, 8 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Facebook should never be used as justification for a move. Strikerforce^{Talk Review me!} 18:35, 8 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Better source from FMQB http://fmqb.com/article.asp?id=2570170 Also, reservation for WOSF is in the FCC's database at http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/callsign/main.html. This all but confirms the frequency changes. esposimi (talk) 20:37, 8 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Best possible source, the FCC itself. And here it is. - Dravecky (talk) 20:01, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

ATTENTION: Move completed, disambiguation page created, article updated, templates updated, fair use templates updated, redirects updated, and a few key articles updated. However, there are still many articles that point at WXRK that need to be pointed at WNOW-FM rather than the disambiguation page. Once the templates settle out, a motivated editor should accomplish this as soon as possible. - Dravecky (talk) 20:35, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

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