Talk:WNYO-TV/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Adog (talk · contribs) 21:20, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

I will review this article during this week after my next GAN review is complete or near completion. Likely to fully review by Saturday, August 5. Adog ( Talk ・ Cont ) 21:20, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

The following are suggested corrections for the prose for the editor-at-large. If the suggestions for grammar and/or sentence structure are not proper or inappropriate, you may disregard:

Lead

 * While TVX Broadcast Group handled much of the construction of the station ... "construction of the station" could be "station's construction".
 * The first owner of the station was Aud Enterprises ... "first owner of the station" could be "station's first owner".
 * In 1990, under a deal brokered the previous year, the Sabres games, Fox programming, and syndicated shows seen on WNYB-TV moved to WUTV ... "seen" may be omitted.
 * The station produced its own local newscast from 2004 to 2006 as part of Sinclair's News Central service and then aired local news programming produced for it by Buffalo NBC affiliate WGRZ from 2006 to 2013. "for it" can be omitted.

History
Permitting
 * ... Bison City's application was initially dismissed by an FCC administrative law judge because of a failure to established ownership, but the company successfully appealed. could possibly be ... an FCC administrative law judge initially dismissed Bison City's application because of a failure to establish ownership, but the company successfully appealed.
 * ... it attempted to secure financing in order to go on air in 1984 ... "in order to" to "to".

TVX: ownership but not operation
 * In the statement: ... TVX acquired five major-market independents from Taft Broadcasting. Not sure if "major-market" needs that hyphen.
 * It's an adjective here, so yes.

Sabres ownership
 * In addition to syndicated reruns and movies, as well as the Sabres, WNYB-TV aired Buffalo Bisons minor-league baseball. "aired Buffalo Bisons minor-league baseball" runs a bit awkward. Maybe consider broadcasts of Buffalo Bisons minor-league baseball games.
 * Fox and WUTV had a falling out in 1989 over performance ... "the" should be inserted before "performance".
 * Further, WUTV felt that the airing of Fox programming by CHCH-TV in Hamilton, Ontario, with what its general manager called the approval of the Fox network, caused unnecessary duplication because of the proximity of Hamilton to Buffalo and the availability of the Hamilton station on Buffalo-area cable systems. I feel like "with what its general manager called the approval of the Fox network" could be deleted. It seems like a quote but is not. The sentence reads a bit better without it.
 * ... cutting into the station's ability to sell advertising against its large Canadian audience. "large" to "sizeable"?
 * Left this one as is. The main thing is that all the people in Southern Ontario dwarf the Buffalo market.

Consolidation with WUTV; sale to TCT
 * In June 1990, the FCC approved of the WUTV sale to Act III, granting a one-year waiver to Act III to allow it to sell off WUHF; it had already approved of the WNYB-TV sale ... both instances of "of" can be omitted?

Grant ownership
 * While TCT began the process of building a full new physical plant ... "a full" to "an entire"?
 * Honestly, I just tossed it.

Sinclair ownership
 * Unlike with channel 23, in acquiring WNYO-TV, it acquired an existing station with a building, programming, and staff. I would replace the latter "acquire" with "obtained" or "received" to reduce repetition.

Newscasts

 * The sports portion was later downsized, which did lead to a ratings increase. "ratings" to "rating"?
 * Nope, not here.
 * WGRZ continued to produce the newscast for air on channel 29 until July 2021, when Sinclair opted to instead produce the newscast ... "to instead produce the newscast" to "to produce the newcast instead"?

Other comments or issues
I got through a skim through of the article for the above and checked some things below. Tomorrow I will fully review the article's contents and do further spot checks for sources. The article looks great! Adog ( Talk ・ Cont ) 07:08, 5 August 2023 (UTC)


 * MOS:DUPLINK "Rochester" in "Consolidation with WUTV; sale to TCT". Original in "TVX: ownership but not operation".

, the only comment I have for my review is at the beginning of "history": ... the construction permit was deleted in January 1971. "Deleted" is ok, but "scrapped" or "dropped" might work better. Other than that, the article passes! I liked reading the article. You do not really hear much about the history of a local station. I pick sources up from them all the time but never had thought to dive into their history. This had a keen one. Adog ( Talk ・ Cont ) 16:16, 5 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I now have 76 GAs, most of them broadcasting stations; 15 more GANs; and another 135 or so articles to nominate. (And radio and TV stations are the majority of my 600+ DYKs.) This is my specialty. And good thing, too—the articles we have on TV stations are often quite bad. I've corrected some pretty egregious errors in this process. This article (and WPSG) are actually part of a planned Good Topic on Milton Grant that is inching quite close to being reality (only WFXR and WWCW are left to be claimed by a reviewer—two articles that demand to be taken together). Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 16:25, 5 August 2023 (UTC)

Well written + broadness + focus
The article is well written with only minor grammar or sentence structure swaps. The article is broad in scope and has a focused narrative. Spot checks are clear for reference-to-content. The article has no original research issues. It is ready for a pass! Adog ( Talk ・ Cont ) 16:16, 5 August 2023 (UTC)

Verifiability
The article is verifiable with a variety of reliable sources. The reference layout is proper according to the editor's preference. According to Earwig, there is likely no copyright problems. Similar check spots do not divulge anything. Adog ( Talk ・ Cont ) 07:08, 5 August 2023 (UTC)

Images + stability
The article has pertinent images that help to illustrate the subject. Images are properly licensed with the correct paperwork. The article is also stable, with no ongoing disputes or edit warring. Adog ( Talk ・ Cont ) 07:08, 5 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Handled pretty much everything so far. Thanks for helping tighten up the prose especially! Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 08:26, 5 August 2023 (UTC)