Talk:WMDT

NPOV, unverified

I just removed several unsourced statements which appear to be unascribed opinions. I flagged the article as unverified, and request others find citations and sources, or verify using the external links, for the rest of the content. - Amgine 19:35, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

WMAR cable matter

WMDT has written to complain about our inclusion of this matter and I agree with them that this article shouldn't include it. There are a number of reasons for this, not the least of which is that the cable TV rules are complex and are written and enforced by the FCC, not by competing stations.

If we wish to cover this matter, it would belong at WMAR, not at WMDT, and we would want it to be properly sourced and NPOV; the edit I removed is only partially sourced and is certainly not NPOV, reading as it did as a David and Goliath story.

The Uninvited Co., Inc. 22:03, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Well if that is the case, then i want to see a copy of this letter, as i fail to see at all how the mention in the artile does anything to the station. Also i have to praticlay disagree with you on evey single point. From what you have writtn above you, it seems apparent that you never read the txt of the source let even checked the source, which would be a primay source. Your interpertation of the txt is alo incorect, as it clearly states that the action of the removal of WMAR was based upon the FCC runling which has jursiditction in these matters, also tehse matter work in ways similar to court cases in which one station needs to file a complaint, WMDT, and the other party involved is asked to respond to these complaints. Also to say that it does not belog in this article but it does in another is nothing but POV, it clearly does warrent a mention in this article as it was this station that iniated the fcc review. Your points are a joke, at least when you are trying to make an argument for remove, try to make it based on the source and the tx and not on the call of an outside person. I am going to put it back into the arcile and reword it. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 07:24, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 12:50, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Tami Payne

The news team section lists Tami Payne as a Meteorologist. An edit war has been happening between if she is a "fill-in" or "weekend" Meterologist. I am removing her since the fact that she is working there is not verifiable based on http://www.wmdt.com/bios/ as the reference for that section. David (talk) 23:49, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

I have reverted your change after seeing the top of the WMDT weather page. Her picture is on the page, so it stands to reason she works at the station. - NeutralHomer • Talk 00:08, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

GA review

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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This review is transcluded from Talk:WMDT/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 17:00, 8 July 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: It is a wonderful world (talk · contribs) 11:41, 7 August 2025 (UTC)

Shall review IAWW (talk) 11:41, 7 August 2025 (UTC)

• @It is a wonderful world: That should do it. Made almost all changes in some form. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 00:32, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

  I'm happy with all your changes. Note that [11] has a few ref errors, but that is not a GA issue. Also in that sentence "though" implies a contrast which I doubt is supported by the book source. I think that's the final issue before I pass. IAWW (talk) 12:43, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

  @It is a wonderful world I fixed both issues. Force of habit with |work=... Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 17:20, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

  Good work. Passing IAWW (talk) 05:57, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

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

Lead

It is the flagship television property of locally based Marquee Broadcasting, and has common ownership with low-power WeatherNation TV affiliate WGDV-LD (channel 32).: An extremely rare Sammi Brie CINS error?

• That's what I get for not editing paragraph 1...

I'd like to see "and has common ownership with low-power WeatherNation TV affiliate WGDV-LD (channel 32)." sourced int he body

• WGDV-LD is a diginet coatrack and honestly is being put too high up. I've decided it can stay in the infobox only. They bought it when it had another call sign (W32EK-D), so there's no easy reference here either.

Suggest linking "receivership"

WMDT has long been a distant second-place station to WBOC-TV: This is a decent bit stronger than what is cited in the body

Construction and early struggles

Suggest linking "repeater"

• Not here, because I'd rather have MPT linked and that'd lead to a SEAOFBLUE.

Even though MDV Television received the permit in May, it spent part of the year fighting with local authorities in Wicomico County over the construction of a transmitting tower: Could you reword this so it doesn't give the impression that the construction issues came after receiving the permit?

fighting with local authorities: Bit strong wording for a legal procedure

• Reworded to fix both.

this was in part because: The causal connection is not supported by the source. The source simply presents the circumstantial evidence and says it is "not surprising" that they joined ABC

WMDT began broadcasting on April 11, 1980, but it was another two months before the station aired local news programming: The contrasting "but" is not supported by the source

Suggest linking "receiver"

The "First National Bank of Maryland" could be linked to First Maryland Bancorp

• Did all of these except the first one.

Brechner ownership

but it was finalized in July: "but" is not supported by the source. This seems to be a consistent issue. WP:EDITORIAL has a good section on this, though I'm sure you've probably read it before.

Joseph Brechner, the president of the company, died in 1990,[17] followed by his wife Marion in 2011: I suggest replacing "the company" with the actual company name, since the last company mentioned was the law firm. Also, did this impact the station in any way? If not, I think it should be cut as overdetail.

• Fair point. Removed.

Upon the launch of The CW, it began carrying a midday and 10 p.m. newscast: Was these local newscasts or national newscasts from The CW? This should be clearer.

• Clarified. The CW does not produce newscasts.

Marquee Broadcasting ownership

Notable former on-air staff

Technical information

Sources clock

Health/formatting (Criterion 2a) Y

Reliability (Criterion 2b) Y

Almost entirely local news with some FCC documents sprinkled in. No issues here.

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

[3]: Would be more accurate to say the head of MDV stated that WBOC had a lack of adequate news coverage, rather than MDV itself

• Yes. Reworded.

[5, 6]: Mostly correct, just some slight rewording might be beneficial as stated in the prose review (Manual)

[7]: Y (AI)

[9, 10]: Y (AI)

[1b]: Doesn't state that NBC was actually affiliated with the station, only that the station aired one of its programs

• Other sources do but don't outright say it. It's in the 1981 Broadcasting Yearbook as "ABC, NBC". WBOC apparently also had an NBC affiliation.

[12]: Y (Manual)

[13, 14]: Y (AI)

[15]: Y (AI)

[16]: Y (AI)

[17]: Y (AI)

[18]: Y (AI)

[19]: Y (AI)

[20]: Y (AI)

[22]: The name "WBD" is not mentioned

• It was the fake call sign used, but it's not in the source or indeed in anything other than ads.

[23]: Y (AI)

[28]: Y (AI)

[29]: A source is needed confirming he worked at WMDT

• Page 4A (second clipping), down the first column: Fishel started at WRAL in 1981 after two years at WMDT in Salisbury, Maryland.

Apologies, I forgot to check for additional pages

[31]: Y (AI)

[24b]: Y (AI)

Copyvio (Criterion 2d) Y

Earwig finds nothing, I found nothing on the spot check

Scope (Criteria 3a, 3b) Y

Covers the station's lifespan

Stable (Criterion 5) Y

Media clock

Tags (Criterion 6a) Y

Both are correctly tagged as under the threshold of originality

Captions (Criterion 6b) Y

Suggestions (not needed for GA promotion)

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. You can locate your hook here.No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Earth605 talk 12:32, 25 September 2025 (UTC)

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• Comment or view
• Article history

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• ... that a Maryland TV station launched a bureau in Dover, Delaware, as well as translator there, in 1987?

• Source: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-news-station-expands/124152436/

• Reviewed:
• Comment: Hello there, this is my third DYK nomination. The first one was ineligible, and the second one was unsuccessful due to me forgetting to credit the original nominator. The third one must be successful, because I have asked the original nominator, Sammi Brie, and the article was recently added to the good articles list.

Created by FaroeFO (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

FaroeFO (talk) 08:43, 11 August 2025 (UTC).

• I wanted to see what another user might come up with, so I let FaroeFO open the nomination. Unfortunately, this is not a hook I would have considered in this form. That said, there's the kernel of something here: Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 09:06, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

ALT1: ... that a Maryland TV station opened a low-power TV station and started a newscast in hopes of earning more national advertising revenue? [1]

Doing... ミラP@Miraclepine 16:45, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting:
• Other problems:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: GA on nom day; prose 4675 B; prefer ALT1. Nom has less than five DYK noms, so no need for QPQ. Outside of a few minor fixes overlooked in the GAN, no other issues worth noting. ミラP@Miraclepine 17:56, 24 September 2025 (UTC)