Template:Did you know nominations/WQQW (Connecticut)

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 02:23, 21 July 2019 (UTC)

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WQQW (Connecticut)

 * ... that the final owners of Waterbury, Connecticut's WQQW radio station were involved in a fraudulent banking ring that toppled the town's mayor? Source: "The probe involving Richard D. Barbieri Sr. took down a mayor, a Board of Aldermen president, a state GOP chairman and led to two dozen convictions of those involved. The scam involved property flipping, illegal loans, bribes and theft of city funds."
 * ALT1:... that W1XBS in Waterbury, Connecticut, was one of four special "high-fidelity" AM radio stations licensed to operate in the 1930s? Source: "On April 4 and 5, 1934, the Federal Radio Commission held hearings on all six applications: ... Two weeks later, the Commission approved all except the Unity and Los Angeles applications."
 * Reviewed: Queen parrotfish

Created by Raymie (talk). Self-nominated at 19:51, 7 June 2019 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright or plagiarism issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:30, 10 July 2019 (UTC) |}}