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I think there should be a section on KTVU's distinctive features in the 1980s that people may remember fondly even now, such as the ethnic public-service announcements ("I'm proud to be a __-American" while some kid walks around in some ethnic neighborhood).
I tried to edit this and removed some code. Thanks for helping me. -- Malerooster ( talk) 03:30, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
Shouldn't the incorrect names be spelled exactly as they were shown on-air instead of an approximate phonetic transcription? Pygmypony ( talk) 22:39, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
There currently is a consensus at Asiana Airlines Flight 214 that no mention is made of the prank in that article. If that changes, it will not be a transclusion from this article, as the requirements for each article are different. I would encourage keeping this article up to date with any news of who created the prank and what the fall out is. All of that information, though, is really only relevant to the station, and this article, and has no bearing on the accident. It was an unfortunate prank played by someone though. I suspect that the owners of the station would prefer that there was no mention here, instead. Apteva ( talk) 08:02, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
As the passage of time would tend to suggest, the 'controversy' about the prank pilot names was a notable news story for a few days, and now doesn't even register on the radar. I realize the section on it is very well sourced, but unfortunately it all amounts to WP:UNDUE about a tempest in a teapot. I suggest it be trimmed down to a sentence or two - if it even merits that. Anastrophe ( talk) 06:39, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
I have no investment in this. Whatever you all decide is fine with me. I was just following policy and best practices for editing. It constitutes WP:UNDUE by my estimation, but I'm just one editor. Anastrophe ( talk) 15:19, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
I'm curious if this incident became a factor in Cox becoming more receptive to Fox's repeated offers to buy KTVU, as if the station became "damaged goods". When the sale was eventually announced, there was a headline that read "Asiana Flight Fiasco Station KTVU-TV Unloaded in Fox and Cox Swap". [1] Zzyzx11 ( talk) 11:09, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
I took a stab right now at trimming down the verbiage in the section, which was excessive regardless of whatever importance/relevance it still has. Details of names involved are pointless - they can be found in the references. For the most part it's just a pass at increasing readability and eliminating a lot of duplicate refs while retaining those specifically addressed. Anastrophe ( talk) 03:09, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
This still seems relevant as it is widely remembered, and is as high profile as any other silly news station screw up of the last few decades. Surely worthy of remaining in a list of controversies about the particular station, especially so given the fallout. In effect, I'm saying both Anastrophe and Amanisdude have valid points. In reality, a silly incident of no real-world consequence in itself, but one that was high profile, is still remembered a decade later, and had secondary consequences in terms of political and professional fallout that make it relevant in a discussion of the history of the station or in discussions of either media scandals in general or overblown scandals in particular.
One thing I do notice as of 20240120 is that the relevant para doesn't actually explain the origins. Are they known? This account starts with an NTSB summer intern [Good Lord] "confirming the spelling" of the names for some KTVU staffer. It emphatically does not give the origin of the list and names in the first place. The NTSB intern? The KTVU staffer? Someone else at the NTSB or KTVU? Not at all clear. If anyone actually knows this from a source, that would be a useful and clarifying addition. I'm certainly curious about ultimate responsibility. That doesn't excuse the idiocy of anyone down the line who didn't immediately recognize the list as bogus, but still. Random noter ( talk) 02:56, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
I recall the infobox stating that the callsign meant "TV for yoU", but now it says otherwise. Was this changed? Transitmatt ( talk) 06:38, 4 December 2022 (UTC)