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::::::::I have to agree with Sammi; I do believe the network did exist and did air content, but like a lot of those networks in the early 2000s (re:[[Urban America Television]]), it was only picked up by a few low-tier low-power stations to keep the lights on in prime time in-between infomercial marathons, barely got any viewers and just quietly went off the air, and fails CORP. Like UATV, it doesn't even have hits on YouTube for usergen videos of airchecks, suggesting that no one could bother to set up a VCR to record anything on it, either. <span style="font-family: Roboto;">'''[[User:Mrschimpf|<span style="color:royalblue4">Nate</span>]]''' <span style="color:#00008B">•</span> <small>''([[User_talk:Mrschimpf|<span style="color:#B8860B">chatter</span>]])''</small></span> 23:55, 2 July 2021 (UTC) |
::::::::I have to agree with Sammi; I do believe the network did exist and did air content, but like a lot of those networks in the early 2000s (re:[[Urban America Television]]), it was only picked up by a few low-tier low-power stations to keep the lights on in prime time in-between infomercial marathons, barely got any viewers and just quietly went off the air, and fails CORP. Like UATV, it doesn't even have hits on YouTube for usergen videos of airchecks, suggesting that no one could bother to set up a VCR to record anything on it, either. <span style="font-family: Roboto;">'''[[User:Mrschimpf|<span style="color:royalblue4">Nate</span>]]''' <span style="color:#00008B">•</span> <small>''([[User_talk:Mrschimpf|<span style="color:#B8860B">chatter</span>]])''</small></span> 23:55, 2 July 2021 (UTC) |
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:::::::::Thanks, guys. I sure appreciate your eyes and your Google-Fu. Sammi, your info on the lease on KSSY-LP was quite helpful; I hadn't found that document. Nate, thanks for your input, as well. I do agree the company was similar to [[America One]] and [[Urban America Television]], with chains of (mostly) low-power stations that couldn't compete with the big network affiliates, but using NewspaperArchive, I did find that the Four Tops special that OBN aired was actually quite widely viewed, even being picked up by several full-power stations (semi-independent [[KPEJ-TV]], for example; the source for KPEJ-TV's broadcast is the Odessa American, July 31, 2005 page 100). I see that special is on Amazon, and there are [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0837147/ IMDB entries for the special] and the [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0142965 the network]. <font color="#0000FF">[[User:Firsfron|Firsfron of Ronchester]]</font> 15:22, 4 July 2021 (UTC) |
:::::::::Thanks, guys. I sure appreciate your eyes and your Google-Fu. Sammi, your info on the lease on KSSY-LP was quite helpful; I hadn't found that document. Nate, thanks for your input, as well. I do agree the company was similar to [[America One]] and [[Urban America Television]], with chains of (mostly) low-power stations that couldn't compete with the big network affiliates, but using NewspaperArchive, I did find that the Four Tops special that OBN aired was actually quite widely viewed, even being picked up by several full-power stations (semi-independent [[KPEJ-TV]], for example; the source for KPEJ-TV's broadcast is the Odessa American, July 31, 2005 page 100). I see that special is on Amazon, and there are [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0837147/ IMDB entries for the special] and the [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0142965 the network]. <font color="#0000FF">[[User:Firsfron|Firsfron of Ronchester]]</font> 15:22, 4 July 2021 (UTC) |
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::::::::::{{u|Firsfron}}, you might also want to see [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Entertainment#Omni_Broadcasting_Network]]. It feels like as a network they never launched but they produced occasional specials. The second quote box I found is pretty laughable. [[User:Sammi Brie|<span style="color:#f06292">Sammi Brie</span>]] (she/her • [[User talk:Sammi Brie|t]] • [[Special:Contributions/Sammi Brie|c]]) 18:30, 4 July 2021 (UTC) |
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According to the OBN website, they have affiliates in New York, Los Angeles, and various other places. If they really have affiliates in those places, wouldn't there be an article on at least one of their stations? Plus, I don't know of a single person who has ever even heard of this network. It just seems kind of strange to me. - HG707
Do they have any affliates in any of the cities listed there? I know there is no OBN affliates in the major cities but I'm not too sure about any of the smaller markets. It also seems that their website hasn't been updated in a really long time. --~Pikachu9000 01:27, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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I am adding the hoax template to this article. I can find almost no evidence Omni Broadcasting Network ever existed.
It doesn't look like anything ever existed of Omni Broadcasting Network other than the website. Based on my research, I think this is either a project that never got off the ground (in which case I'd argue it's non-notable) or something entirely fictional. Tisnec (talk) 03:47, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]