Index: main/channel.c
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--- main/channel.c	(revision 250668)
+++ main/channel.c	(working copy)
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@
 	 * proper and correct place to make this call, but you sure do have to pass
 	 * a lot of data into this func to do it here!
 	 */
-	if (!ast_strlen_zero(name_fmt)) {
+	if (!ast_strlen_zero(name_fmt) && !ast_strlen_zero(tmp->name)) {
 		manager_event(EVENT_FLAG_CALL, "Newchannel",
 			"Channel: %s\r\n"
 			"ChannelState: %d\r\n"