Talk:WFXR

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Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
August 8, 2023	Good article nominee	Listed
January 15, 2024	Good topic candidate	Not promoted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on August 30, 2023.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that in the span of three days, a Florida man was approved by bankruptcy courts to buy TV stations in Roanoke and Lynchburg, Virginia, and then arrested on charges of laundering millions in drug money?

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Untitled[edit]

I'm not sure about tracing the roots of Fox 21/27 from WVFT. WJPR was Fox 21, the WVFT aquisition was just to get a second transmitter and more footprint, late in the game in 1992. None of the programming from WVFT was kept. WJPR was where Fox 21/27 started. I edited the article to try to make this more clear, someone else can clarify more perhaps. Gigs 17:24, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WWCW CW[edit]

Are the WWCW calls actually used for the CW digital subchannel? It seems to refer to itself as WCW5-TV on the website. --Libertyernie2 01:24, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:17, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

Passed. MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 18:32, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

This review is transcluded from Talk:WFXR/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: MyCatIsAChonk (talk · contribs) 00:41, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'll review this and WWCW, it'll be nice to see another GT! Plus, a ton of WikiCup points for you, hopefully for the fourth round! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 00:41, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sammi Brie, just a few comments on the prose, I'll get to WWCW in a bit. Very nice work! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 14:16, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@MyCatIsAChonk: All comments and outstanding issues responded to on both GANs. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 18:24, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Rate	Attribute	Review Comment
1. Well-written:
	1a. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct.	Southwestern Virginia is very mountainous and the difficulties faced by UHF stations at the time due to the lack of television sets manufactured with built-in UHF tuners (which was not made a requirement until the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed the All-Channel Receiver Act in 1961) were magnified by the area's rugged terrain. - that's a long sentence, I suggest splitting it Someone added a little more sludge here than I'd like. It needed rewording and another source. ~~The full FCC affirmed the permit grant to RCB in March 1984. - what is "the full FCC"? All the departments at once? I'd be surprised if the Space Bureau formally OK'ed this station!~~ The actual commissioners. You'd go from initial comparative hearing/examiner to review board to full FCC. Reworded. ~~In December, the city of Roanoke sued the station... - in a section that names over five stations, "the station" is rather confusing- best to just use the name~~ Fixed ~~...he had been approved by bankruptcy courts or the FCC to buy... - or? Not and?~~ This is intended. In the WVFT/WJPR case and that of WKCH-TV, the FCC had not yet approved the license transfer, but bankruptcy court had approved the transfer to Brumlik. The FCC had already approved his acquisition of the Macon station. ~~...owned by UHF television pioneer Milton Grant. - false title~~ Fixed Prose is clear and free of typos.
	1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.	~~Is there a reason for the many invisible comments throughout?~~ I use the invaluable PressPass to handle the formatting of Newspapers.com citations. That's a default option for the day of week which can be useful when reading newspaper articles and is not supported as a parameter. No fiction or words to watch. Substation table is appropriate, lead is well-written. No MOS violations.
2. Verifiable with no original research:
	2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline.	Citations are placed in a proper "References" section.
	2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose).	Most citations are to various local newspapers via newspapers.com, no concerns there. Others include official FCC reports and information sites like RabbitEars- also all good.
	2c. it contains no original research.	I don't see a need for a thorough spotcheck, article is well-cited to varying sources. No OR visible.
	2d. it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism.	Earwig shows no violations.
3. Broad in its coverage:
	3a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic.	Addresses the article's history, news operations, and technical info- all good.
	3b. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).	Stays focused throughout.
	4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.	No editorial bias visible.
	5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.	No edit warring.
6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
	6a. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content.	Images are properly PD/CC tagged.
	6b. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.	Images are relevant and properly captioned.
	7. Overall assessment.

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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 Vaticidalprophet (talk) 15:34, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that in the span of three days, a Florida man was approved by bankruptcy courts to buy two Virginia TV stations and arrested on charges of laundering millions in drug money? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119472738/stations-sales-put-in-doubt-indictment/
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Greeting Prelude and Template:Did you know nominations/Oakdale Golf & Country Club
- Comment: Double DYK — these two stations go together to the point where WWCW calls half of WFXR by labeled section transclusion. Note that courts (plural) is intended: WVFT was in Tampa bankruptcy court, while WJPR was in Lynchburg bankruptcy court.

Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Self-nominated at 00:06, 9 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/WFXR; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page. Both articles:[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems: - I am a bit concerned about having these two links so close together, as they might violate MOS:SEAOFBLUE (there is no indication that "two Virginia" and "TV stations" lead to different articles unless you hover over them). Perhaps rewording the hook would help.

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Sammi Brie: Nice work on both articles. I just had a concern about the hook, though. Epicgenius (talk) 13:47, 17 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

- @Epicgenius: Understandable. This is a toughie. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 16:34, 17 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1: ... that in the span of three days, a Florida man was approved by bankruptcy courts to buy TV stations in Roanoke and Lynchburg, Virginia, and arrested on charges of laundering millions in drug money?

Looks good to me. Thanks for coming up with ALT1, Sammi. (This one is 180 characters, since I ignored the second bolded link, but I'd suggest deleting "the span of" to shorten it even more.) Epicgenius (talk) 16:39, 17 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]