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Title: "Crosswords" Website
Post by: BMaurice06 on September 09, 2007, 01:46:23 PM
The official site for Merv Griffin's Crosswords is finally up:

Merv Griffin's Crosswords (http://\"http://www.letsdocrosswords.com/\")
Title: "Crosswords" Website
Post by: mcsittel on September 09, 2007, 07:10:40 PM
[quote name=\'BMaurice06\' post=\'163127\' date=\'Sep 9 2007, 12:46 PM\']
The official site for Merv Griffin's Crosswords is finally up:

Merv Griffin's Crosswords (http://\"http://www.letsdocrosswords.com/\")
[/quote]

The affiliates list is incomplete-Omaha and Hastings aren't on there.  Also, when I click Kansas, the listings for South Dakota appear.  And if you click Hawaii, you'll find two channels-one for Honolulu, the other is WPXT Portland ME... now serving Honolulu as well.  Hmmm...
Title: "Crosswords" Website
Post by: snowpeck on September 09, 2007, 07:16:02 PM
WAPK (Tri-Cities TN/VA) isn't listed either.  


Greg
Title: "Crosswords" Website
Post by: tvwxman on September 09, 2007, 08:18:12 PM
Is this thread seriously derailing into a tv station fact check?

Seriously, get out more.

/It's a nice website.
Title: "Crosswords" Website
Post by: snowpeck on September 09, 2007, 09:16:45 PM
You're right.  It is a nice looking site.  Definitely puts Twentieth to shame.  (Do they even have a website for Temptation?)


Greg
Title: "Crosswords" Website
Post by: mcsittel on September 09, 2007, 10:01:47 PM
[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'163158\' date=\'Sep 9 2007, 07:18 PM\']
Is this thread seriously derailing into a tv station fact check?

Seriously, get out more.

/It's a nice website.
[/quote]

** Well, considering this is our first chance to see a full affiliates list, and it's incomplete and has errors, I'm mentioning it.  If the web authors do a half-ass job on parts of the page, why even bother with making it available?  If you want to encourage people to watch a new show, correctly telling them *HOW* to watch is a good start.
Title: "Crosswords" Website
Post by: dzinkin on September 09, 2007, 10:09:33 PM
[quote name=\'mcsittel\' post=\'163172\' date=\'Sep 9 2007, 10:01 PM\']
If the web authors do a half-ass job on parts of the page, why even bother with making it available?
[/quote]
FWIW, that's not the only area that has errors.  Near the bottom of the host bio (http://\"http://www.letsdocrosswords.com/bios/ty-treadway.asp\") page, there's a link to "the official site of Ty Treadway"... except that, unless he had a sex change, it's not his site and that's not Ty. :-)

A nice site, yeah, but could use a few touch-ups.
Title: "Crosswords" Website
Post by: davemackey on September 09, 2007, 10:28:17 PM
[quote name=\'snowpeck\' post=\'163168\' date=\'Sep 9 2007, 09:16 PM\']
You're right.  It is a nice looking site.  Definitely puts Twentieth to shame.  (Do they even have a website for Temptation?)
[/quote]
There is a commerce site, seenontemptation.com.
Title: "Crosswords" Website
Post by: Matt Ottinger on September 09, 2007, 10:51:59 PM
[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'163174\' date=\'Sep 9 2007, 10:09 PM\']
host bio (http://\"http://www.letsdocrosswords.com/bios/ty-treadway.asp\") page, there's a link to "the official site of Ty Treadway"... except that, unless he had a sex change, it's not his site and that's not Ty. :-)[/quote]
They linked to dot net, when they should have linked to dot com.  A pretty easy error to make, but also a pretty easy error to check, and therefore a pretty dumb thing to have wrong on a brand new official web site.
Title: "Crosswords" Website
Post by: BrandonFG on September 10, 2007, 12:34:02 AM
For the Virginia list, they mention the only station as EDBJ in Roanoke. I understand that the "W" key is right beside the "E", but still, a little copy editing wouldn't hurt.

The site is nice, but does need the kinks ironed out.
Title: "Crosswords" Website
Post by: Craig Karlberg on September 10, 2007, 03:40:39 AM
It is a nice site, but definitely needs serious work especially the affilliates' list.  When I clicked on PA, Allentown's WFMZ wasn't mentioned nor was Allentown itself.  Also, WMGM is the only station in my state to carry it.  Unfortunately, unless I live within a scant few miles of Atlantic City, I can't get that station anyways, so KYW & WFNZ are my only options right now.
Title: "Crosswords" Website
Post by: Robert Hutchinson on September 10, 2007, 06:04:10 AM
To echo everyone else, nice-looking site, but . . .

They have the show on WCTV rather than "WCTV-DT-2", and at 10:30 PM. Now that's a clearance. "We interrupt this airing of CSI: Miami to bring you Crosswords!"
Title: "Crosswords" Website
Post by: tvmitch on September 10, 2007, 08:35:38 AM
Agreed with Craig (?!) about the clearances for PA...some odd information there.

Also, to Chris L!, I didn't realize that WXIN was available in Maryland!