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A fact from KTNW appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 April 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a mobile production unit served as the first studios of Washington state public TV station KTNW?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 22:11, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Washington State University's first efforts to bring educational television to that state's Tri-Cities region were hindered by a judgment error on a 108-mile (174 km) transmission hop? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98685780/weather-delays-kwscs-efforts/
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Villa Taylor
- Comment: This is a very, very strangely-worded hook, but this is also probably the most interesting thing I've found here. 837 characters pre-expansion to 4420, but not being flagged as 5x by DYKcheck.

5x expanded by Sammi Brie (talk). Self-nominated at 06:27, 30 March 2022 (UTC).[reply]

While the article appears to meet DYK requirements, I'm not a fan of the hook wording. As you said, it's strangely worded, but it also seems too technical to be interesting to a broad audience (I don't think most readers know what a "transmission hop" is, for instance). I'm also not sure where in the article the hook fact is talked about, is it the quote that goes However, it was found that the original plan of feeding the Jump Off Joe Butte rebroadcaster directly from another atop Steptoe Butte, 108 miles (174 km) away, was insufficient; though some people apparently were seeing programming? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:40, 12 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, this was a toughie to write, but I have a much better hook after returning to it, Narutolovehinata5: Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 02:32, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1: ... that the first studios of Washington state public TV station KTNW consisted of a mobile production van? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99644809/ktnw-sets-sights-on-community-coverage/
ALT1a: ... that a mobile production unit served as the first studios of Washington state public TV station KTNW?

Thank you. I checked both sources for the van part; the first source doesn't mention the word "van", only a "mobile production unit". The second source is paywalled and I can't zoom in further. Can you confirm if the second source mentions "van"? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:04, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It uses "unit" as well... I've changed ALT1a to reflect this. @Narutolovehinata5: Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 01:48, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Approving ALT1a. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:39, 19 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1a to T:DYK/P7