Talk:WGXA

720p60 or 720p30?

Anyone know if both channels are transmitted in native 720p60 with higher compression, or in 720p30 with less compression, or some combination of the two (maybe varying based on programming)?  –radiojon (talk) 17:38, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Need clarification on show reference

One part of the page stated that "WGXA picked up Ellen..." Does that really mean The Ellen DeGeneres Show rather than reruns of the defunct sitcom Ellen? Just asking. - Desmond Hobson (talk) 18:43, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

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Infobox list formatting

The Manual of Style says that <br />-delimited lists are to be avoided because they don't meet Web standards. Per WP:UBLIST, where bullets aren't desirable, either {{PL}} or {{ubl}} may be used; neither is preferred over the other, but either should be used in place of <br />.

It's true that the {{infobox broadcast}} documentation says to use <br />, but it appears simply to be out of date—likely written before WP:UBLIST—rather than recommending something contrary to the MOS. (Many other infoboxes recommend {{PL}} or {{ubl}}.)

Thanks.  Rebbing  talk  23:57, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Also, small formating in infoboxes are to be avoided per MOS:FONTSIZE as infoboxes are already reduced sized text. DT2 is not standard and seems to be an assumption of what PSIP Short Name extension would be, when the initial digital subchannel were rolled out. Best to just use .1:, .2:, .3: ,etc. It is easy enough to just allow the history section and the infobox absorb the DTV tables that are prevalent, but are not TVS standard per Article structure. I have tried to discuss an update of the infobox at WP:TVS to no avail. Spshu (talk) 15:44, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

References

GA review

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Nominator: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 17:14, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: It is a wonderful world (talk · contribs) 18:16, 5 July 2025 (UTC)

Will review! Last TV station for now. I'm sure you have more pre-loaded though. How many, if I may ask? IAWW (talk) 18:16, 5 July 2025 (UTC)

• @It is a wonderful world: WGXA should be handled now. The answer to your question is 133: User:Sammi Brie/Pipeline. When my last pending GAN (Texas Public Radio) is claimed, I will upload another curated set of 20 pages. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 20:51, 5 July 2025 (UTC)

  Happy with all changes again. Passing. Nice work as always :) IAWW (talk) 12:59, 6 July 2025 (UTC)

Prose (Criteria 1a, 1b, 4) clock

As a primary ABC affiliate

Aside from the brief existence of WETV/WNEX-TV/WOKA-TV from 1953 to 1955, Macon had one commercial television station (WMAZ-TV, channel 13) from 1955 to 1968: The dates don't overlap, so the "aside" structure is not correct here.

• WMAZ was on the air, so this is a misread on your part. Reworded slightly.

lucky enough to: Editorial

The call letters "WGXA" are never properly introduced

Suggest linking "call letters"

GOCOM ownership and switch to Fox

whose three owners, Russell and two other men: What happened to Broadcasting Dynamics?

• It seems that they did not join as owners but backed the application in some other way, which is unfortunately unstated by source. That said, you've prompted me to look into the two other guys mentioned. They both have articles, which I never would have expected: Don Elliott Heald and M. B. "Bud" Seretean. I've added information about them up toward the start. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 20:51, 5 July 2025 (UTC)

Wow neither would I. Nice work! IAWW (talk) 12:56, 6 July 2025 (UTC)

which began airing Fox programming in December 1994: I think it should be "had begun"

I think clarify where WPGA was located

• Disagree in this case because it just complicates things to explain it.

just nine: Cut "just"

Frontier ownership and return of ABC

a company owned by Jason R. Wolff: Seems unnecessary unless Wolff is notable?

The shift of ABC programming from WPGA-TV to the new WGXA-ABC subchannel led to a dispute between Cox Communications, the primary cable provider in Macon, and WPGA-TV over whether WPGA's channel 6 position belonged to WPGA-TV—as that station contended—or could be used for ABC programming—as Cox desired, in order to place the new WGXA subchannel on cable channel 6, and believed it could do under the terms of its contract with Register: Needs to be broken up a bit. It's hard to follow.

• Done.

Sale to Sinclair

Looks good :)

News operation

The launch of News 24: By who?

• The station. Reworded.

and WACH-TV in Columbia, South Carolina: Seems overdetail

• In this case, no, because I feel like omitting WACH would leave this incomplete.

How does the news currently stand in the ratings?

• Finding current articles on news ratings will be impossible, because this stuff doesn't get covered anymore. But I can reassure you: WMAZ-TV is a giant, one of the highest-rated small-market network affiliates anywhere in the country. They are probably a very, very distant second.

Sources clock

Reliability (Criterion 2b) Y

Almost all local news, none with bad reputations as far as I know

Spot check (Criteria 2b, 2c, 2d) clock

[8]: Doesn't seem to mention WJCL

• Reworded. Also found the actual name of the applicant from Broadcasting.

[18]: Y

[24]: It doesn't say Bain acquired the station, only that they became a partner

[32]: Y

[46]: Y

Copyvio (Criterion 2d) Y

Nothing found on Earwig or the spot check

Scope (Criteria 3a, 3b) Y

Covers the station's lifespan

Media Y

Suggestions (not needed for GA promotion)

The "repacked" link is a bit of an MOS:EASTEREGG. I'm curious why you didn't use the same phraseology you normally use for this section? IAWW (talk) 19:27, 5 July 2025 (UTC)

• I must have done this earlier. You are right that my current repack wording is more accessible. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 20:51, 5 July 2025 (UTC)

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by SonOfYoutubers talk 17:23, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

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• ... that a TV station went from being potentially named for a deceased investor to being named for "the crossroads of Middle Georgia"? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-macon-news-death-wont-hinder-third/100168447/ + https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-macon-news-new-tv-station-gets-fcc-p/100168459/ + https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-macon-telegraph-new-tv-stations-ope/107073569/
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Dragutin Kamber

Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 787 past nominations.

Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 05:00, 13 July 2025 (UTC).

• Article is well-sourced and well-written and the hook is interesting. QPQ has been done and the article was improved to GA on the 6th, and Earwig shows no copyright problems. This is good to go, well done! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 13:52, 13 July 2025 (UTC)