Talk:WWOR EMI Service
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Article revamp
I decided to give the article a slight revamp and divide it into sections. While the national feed didn't start until the SyndEx law came into effect in 1990, I felt that mentioning the beginnings of WOR-TV's national coverage would fit into this article.John 13:36, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
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Use of WWOR EMI Service Logo Discussion....
Ok here's the thing, the WWOR EMI logo is now in the public domain because:
- The WWOR EMI Service and WWOR-TV are and were two different and separately owned and operated companies, WWOR EMI was owned and operated by Eastern Microwave, Inc. based in Syracuse, New York and WOR/WWOR-TV is licensed by the FCC to broadcast on Channel 9 in the New York City Tri-State Area and was owned by several broadcast entities including RKO General, Pinelands Inc. and Universal Television Stations Inc.. Starting in 1965 EMI licensed with WOR-TV then owned by RKO General to create one of the first television Superstations (Contrary to popular belief WTBS was not the first Superstation) by broadcasting WOR (Later WWOR's) programming via satellite to cable and satellite system across the U.S. and Canada. Starting the late 1970s / Early 1980s the FCC instituted the Syndication Exclusivity Rule (Syndex) which gave a television station in each market the exclusive right to broadcast a television program in that particular market, In the case of a Superstation such as WOR/WWOR and WPIX in New York, KTLA in Los Angeles and WSBK in Boston when a particular program that they have exclusive rights to airs on the local over-the-air signal the Superstation feed must be blacked out outside of that market so EMI created a new service called WOR/WWOR EMI which featured syndicated programming from the 1950s to 1980s. Management at WWOR-TV Channel 9 have always disavowed any involvement with WOR/WWOR EMI including operational and programming which was referred solely to EMI in Syracuse. When Eastern Microwave Inc. collapsed and the WWOR EMI service was official shutdown all rights to the WWOR EMI name, trademarks and other related indicia which were registered to and owned by Eastern Microwave Inc. were forfeited and those trademarks cancelled by the United States Patent and Trademark office. Therefore I hold that this logo is in the public domain and can be included on Wikipedia because the original owner of the trademark is defunct and there is no successor and WWOR-TV and its parent companies RKO General, Pinelands Inc. or FOX Broadcasting have made no claims whatsoever to ownership of those trademarks. I invite everyone please include your opinion and discussion before you decide to take any actions including deletion of the logo. Thank you. talk) 09:50, 29 October 2013 (UTC)]
Ownership
Just a point of reference WWOR EMI was never owned by RKO General, Pinelands Inc. or Universal Television etc... It was solely owned and operated by Eastern Microwave Inc. Further as I stated in another discussion in this talk page WWOR-TV and its parent companies past and present have always disavowed any affiliation or operational control of WWOR EMI which was solely in the hands of Eastern Microwave. So all but EMI and its successor should be listed as owners.