Template:Infobox television station

{{{name}}} ({{{callsign}}})
{{{above}}}
	[[File:{{{logo}}}\|{{{logo_size}}}\|alt={{{logo_alt}}}]] {{{logo_caption}}}
	[[File:{{{image}}}\|{{{image_size}}}\|alt={{{image_alt}}}]] {{{caption}}}
{{{location}}}; {{{country}}};
City	{{{city}}}
Channels	Analog: {{{analog}}}; Digital: {{{digital}}}; Virtual: {{{virtual}}};
Branding	{{{branding}}}
Programming
Language(s)	{{{language}}}
Subchannels	{{{subchannels}}}
Network	{{{network}}}
Affiliations	{{{affiliations}}}
Ownership
Owner	{{{owner}}}; ({{{licensee}}});
Operator	{{{operator}}}
Sister stations	{{{sister_stations}}}
History
Founded	{{{founded}}}
First air date	{{{airdate}}}
Last air date	{{{last_airdate}}}
Former call signs	{{{former_callsigns}}}
Former names	{{{former_names}}}
Former channel number(s)	{{{former_channel_numbers}}}
Former affiliations	{{{former_affiliations}}}
Call sign meaning	{{{callsign_meaning}}}
Technical information
Licensing authority	{{{licensing_authority}}}
Facility ID	{{{facility_id}}}
Class	{{{class}}}
Power	{{{power}}}
ERP	{{{erp}}}
HAAT	{{{haat}}}
Transmitter coordinates	{{{coordinates}}}
Translator(s)	{{{translator}}}
Repeater(s)	{{{repeater}}}
Links
Website	{{{website}}}

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This template is used on approximately 3,400 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template uses Lua:

This template adds an automatically generated short description. If the automatic short description is not optimal, replace it by adding {{Short description}} at the top of the article.

{{Infobox television station}} (formerly Infobox broadcast) is an infobox for television station articles.

Usage

{{Infobox television station
| location               =
| city                   =
| country                =
| above                  =
| callsign               =
| name                   =
| logo                   =
| logo_size              =
| logo_alt               =
| logo_caption           =
| image                  =
| image_size             =
| image_alt              =
| caption                =
| analog                 =
| digital                =
| virtual                =
| branding               =
| language               =
| subchannels            =
| network                =
| affiliations           =
| owner                  =
| licensee               =
| operator               =
| sister_stations        =
| founded                =
| airdate                =
| last_airdate           =
| former_callsigns       =
| former_names           =
| former_channel_numbers =
| former_affiliations    =
| callsign_meaning       =
| licensing_authority    =
| facility_id            =
| class                  =
| power                  =
| erp                    =
| haat                   =
| coordinates            =
| translator             =
| translators            =
| repeater               =
| repeaters              =
| webcast                =
| website                = 
| child                  = 
| embed_header           =
| embedded               = 
}}

Parameters

All fields except for name, location, and owner are optional and will be hidden when not used; when values are entered for the relevant parameters, the fields will automatically appear.

Calculating "image_upright"

The image_upright parameter, and image2_upright and logo_upright where applicable, is/are provided so as to facilitate the use of scalable images in this infobox, in accordance with the instructions at

WP:IMAGESIZE

, which advises against the use of "px" (for example: thumb|300px), as this forces a fixed image width.

Scalable images respect the user's base preference, which may have been selected for that user's particular devices. Module:InfoboxImage, which is used in this infobox, accommodates the use of scaling. However, setting the appropriate scale is slightly more complex than setting a raw "px" value. This guide provides a quick conversion table to make the process of setting a scale easier. It is based on a default thumbnail setting of 220px.

170px → upright=0.75
180px → upright=0.8
190px → upright=0.85
200px → upright=0.9
210px → upright=0.95
220px → upright=1
230px → upright=1.05
240px → upright=1.1
250px → upright=1.15
260px → upright=1.2
270px → upright=1.23
280px → upright=1.25
290px → upright=1.3
300px → upright=1.35

Sub-templates

Where possible, use:

{{Start date}}
{{End date}}
{{Coord}}
{{URL}}

as above.

For lists, use {{

instead of line breaks

for accessibility reasons.

Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the place-name and location parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a person, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. Within the hCard is a Geo microformat, which additionally makes the coordinates (latitude & longitude) parsable, so that they can be, say, looked up on a map, or downloaded to a GPS unit. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates

If the place or venue has "established", "founded", "opened" or similar dates, use {{start date}} for the earliest of those dates unless the date is before 1583 CE.

If it has a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes

hCard uses HTML classes including:

adr
agent
category
county-name
extended-address
fn
label
locality
nickname
note
org
region
street-address
uid
url
vcard

Geo is produced by calling {{coord}}, and uses HTML classes:

geo
latitude
longitude

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.

Precision

When giving coordinates, please use an appropriate level of precision. Do not use {{coord}}'s |name= parameter.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox television station in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Infobox television station

Infobox for broadcast television stations

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers block formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Name	`name`	Name of television station, often the call sign	Line	suggested
Call sign	`callsign`	The call letters of the station, as assigned by the appropriate national broadcast authority. Note: If the licensing authority is the [[Federal Communications Commission\|FCC]], the template will use \|callsign= to display external links to public licensing information for this station, so do not insert extra text into this parameter value.	String	optional
ATSC 3.0 flag	`atsc3`	Displays "ATSC 3.0 station" on the top of infoboxes for stations broadcasting in this standard	Boolean	optional
Top label	`above`	Label field used if the station is a satellite or repeater of another station.	Content	optional
Logo	`logo` `station_logo`	Logo of television station	File	optional
Logo size	`logo_size`	A width for the image. When not specified, it defaults to frameless which uses the size in each user's Preferences (ranges from 120px to 300px).	Unknown	optional
Logo upright scaling factor	`logo_upright`	See MOS:UPRIGHT. To convert from a fixed pixel size, divide it by 220	Number	optional
Logo alternative text	`logo_alt`	Alternative text for logo. This should be used for a description of the logo itself.	Unknown	optional
Logo caption	`logo_caption`	Caption to appear under the television station logo.	Unknown	optional
Image	`image`	Second image	File	optional
Image size	`image_size`	A width for the image. When not specified, it defaults to frameless which uses the size in each user's Preferences (ranges from 120px to 300px).	Unknown	optional
Image upright scaling factor	`image_upright`	See MOS:UPRIGHT. To convert from a fixed pixel size, divide it by 220	Number	optional
Image alternative text	`image_alt`	Alternative text for the image. This should be used for a description of the image itself.	Unknown	optional
Caption	`caption`	Caption to appear under an image or under both a logo and an image.	Unknown	optional
Location	`location`	The name of the municipality in which the station's programming originates. That is, the primary studio and office location. This is opposed to the transmitter location which may be in a different community, and also opposed to regional "satellite" studios or facilities.	Content	suggested
Country	`country`	Country of television station. Also supports some two-letter codes including UK, US, etc. For a full list, see Template:Infobox radio station/doc#Country codes (this template uses the same list).	Content	suggested
City	`city`	Name of city of license. Use only if notably different from the general location.	Page name	optional
Analog channel	`analog`	Indicate the analog channel number of the station's primary analog transmitter, and whether it is in the VHF or UHF spectrum. Not applicable in areas or nations that have fully completed a digital switchover.	Content	optional
Digital channel	`digital`	Indicate the channel number of the station's primary digital transmitter, if applicable, and whether it is in the VHF or UHF spectrum.	Content	optional
Virtual channel	`virtual`	Indicate the virtual channel number of the station's primary digital transmitter if it differs from its actual channel number.	Content	optional
Branding	`branding` `station_branding`	The name by which the station refers to itself as. If the station produces its own newscast, the name of the newscast (excluding timeslots) should be placed under the general branding name. Do not differentiate between brand names. Example KOMO 4	Content	optional
Language(s)	`language` `languages`	Language(s) in which the station broadcasts	Unknown	optional
Subchannels	`subchannels`	Digital subchannels of the television station	Content	optional
Network	`network`	Network to which station belongs. In the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Brazil, use "affiliations" instead.	Content	optional
Affiliations	`affiliations`	Affiliations of television station	Content	optional
Owner	`owner`	Owner of television station	Content	suggested
Licensee	`licensee`	Licensee of television station	Content	optional
Operator	`operator`	Operator of television station. Use only if different from owner.	Content	optional
Sister_stations	`sister_stations`	Stations in the same region/market that share the same operator via ownership or management agreement	Content	optional
Founded	`founded`	Date/year in which a station was founded, such as a predecessor to the current station, but not its sign-on date.	Content	optional
First air date	`airdate`	First date of broadcast, using {{Start date\|YYYY\|MM\|DD}}	Content	suggested
Last air date	`last_airdate` `enddate`	Last date of broadcast (for defunct stations), using {{End date\|YYYY\|MM\|DD}}	Content	optional
Former call signs	`former_callsigns`	Former call signs	Content	optional
Former names	`former_names`	Former names of television station. Don't use if former_callsigns is being used as well.	Content	optional
Former channel numbers	`former_channel_numbers`	Former channel numbers of television station	Content	optional
Former affiliations	`former_affiliations`	Former affiliations of television station	Content	optional
Call sign meaning	`callsign_meaning`	The meaning behind the callsign letters, if available and verifiable. Per MOS:ACRO, do not use bold or other style to emphasize the first letter of acronyms. Use sentence case.	Content	optional
Licensing authority	`licensing_authority`	Relevant licensing agency for the station. In the United States, using [[Federal Communications Commission\|FCC]] triggers additional profile and license information links. Example [[Federal Communications Commission\|FCC]]	Content	optional
Facility ID	`facility_id`	Facility ID assigned by the US Federal Communications Commission (for US stations)	Number	optional
ACMA Broadcast Service Licence number	`acma_bsl`	(For Australian stations) The Broadcast Service Licence number associated with the station by the [[Australian Communications and Media Authority]] Example 100	Number	optional
ANATEL ID number	`anatel_id`	(For Brazilian stations) The hexadecimal ID associated with the station by the [[National Telecommunications Agency (Brazil)\|National Telecommunications Agency]]. It is found as the last column in the [http://sistemas.anatel.gov.br/se/public/view/b/srd.php ANATEL station search tool]. Example 57dbab8f308ab	String	optional
Class	`class`	Class	Content	optional
Power	`power`	Transmitter power output, in watts. Do not use except in the Philippines.	String	optional
ERP	`erp` `effective_radiated_power`	Effective radiated power, in watts	String	optional
HAAT	`haat` `HAAT`	Height above average terrain, in meters	String	optional
Coordinates	`coordinates`	Transmitter coordinates, using {{coord\|}}	Content	suggested
Translators	`translator` `translators` `other_chs`	Translator(s)	Content	optional
Repeaters	`repeater` `repeaters`	Repeater(s). If you have used the translators field, don't use this one except in unusual circumstances.	Content	optional
Webcast	`webcast`	URL to a live stream link for the station	String	optional
Website	`website` `homepage`	URL for television station, encased in {{URL\|}} Default {{URL\|}}	String	optional
Child	`child`	Set to yes if being embedded in another infobox.	Boolean	optional
Embed header	`embed_header`	Header to appear above another infobox being embedded.	Line	optional
Embed	`embedded`	For embedding other templates (see WP:IEmbed for more information).	Template	optional

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Usage

Parameters

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Sub-templates

Microformat

Sub-templates

Classes

Precision

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