label.pack_start(text, expand=True, fill=True)
                    
                # pack it into an event container to catch double-clicks
                ev_label = gtk.EventBox()
                ev_label.add(label)
                ev_label.connect('event', parent.on_homepage_channel_clicked)

                # add notebook tab

                tab = parent.notebook_channels.append_page(vbox, ev_label)
                

                # to widgets
                self.gtk_cat = tv1
                parent.widgets[module + "_cat"] = tv1
                self.gtk_list = tv2
                parent.widgets[module + "_list"] = tv2
                parent.widgets["v_" + module] = vbox
                parent.widgets["c_" + module] = ev_label
                tv2.connect('button-press-event', parent.station_context_menu)


                # try to initialize superclass now, before adding to channel tabs
                GenericChannel.gui(self, parent)


                # add notebook tab
                tab = parent.notebook_channels.append_page(vbox, ev_label)
                
                
                
                # double-click catch
                



            # add module to list            
            #parent.channels[module] = None
            #parent.channel_names.append(module)
            """ -> already taken care of in main.load_plugins() """
                # add module to list            
                #parent.channels[module] = None
                #parent.channel_names.append(module)
                """ -> already taken care of in main.load_plugins() """

            # superclass
            GenericChannel.gui(self, parent)






# wrapper for all print statements