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Old 06-02-2009, 05:15 PM   #27 (permalink)
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Hmm, thought maybe you were buying me a hover craft in the shape of a mouse, <-- Smiling Pig Icon, Patent Pending

Ok, I have seen the results of your work and it's nice where when you hover you get the words. It has also made it nice because I just used an acronym and it didn't come out underlined, so I know it needs to be added.

DMA = Designated Market Area (used Nielsen Media Research (television) and Arbitron (radio))
TMA = Television Market Area (used by the FCC)
READS = RabbitEars Area Designation System (used by RabbitEars.info)




Actually I was suggesting either. Now my experience I only find about half the stuff in wikipedia when it gets esoteric on any subject. The commons ones are there at Wikipedia.

So I thought of two separate options. One is you make wiki section on this site (lot of work probably).

The other would be to just link to Wikipedia and from a separate glossary page would be good. The separate glossary page could have a one sentence explanation then a link to Wikipedia if there is a lot more information.

Both options have their merits. A wiki on this site should up your google ratings and exposure, but might be more work, no one has time to do.

The option of pointing to Wikipedia saves a lot of time, from a page that has one sentence explanations. Then if something is not covered at Wikipedia, a new page created there. If you have something here that is significant about the subject, you would do an external link pointing here (probably not that often being a forum).
Like it. I'll get working on it.

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Most stuff not seeing underlined, some so simple it's funny.

ABC = American Broadcasting Company
NBC = National Broadcasting Company
CBS = Columbia Broadcasting System
PBS = Public Broadcasting Service
FOX = Fox Broadcasting Company
MyNet = MyNetworkTV
MNT = MyNetworkTV
MyN = MyNetworkTV
CW = CBS and Warner Brothers


VHF = Very High Frequency
UHF = Ultra High Frequency
RF = Radio Frequency
CH = Channel

So maybe getting over the top. use what you feel is appropriate.
Networks are great. will add.

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I don't know that broadcast call letters are considered acronyms? Is CH the acronym for channel? I know ch is the abbreviation for channel. VHF, UHF and RF are legitimate.
I figured I'd add abbreviations too, since forum users have a tendancy to abbreviate often. Seem like a bad idea? Little unsure about 2 letter abbreviations/acronyms because there are more variations on than 3 letter abbreviations/acronyms.
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