User:Dravecky/DYK

This is my personal archive of the articles which I created, expanded, or nominated that have been showcased on Wikipedia's main page in the "Did You Know?" feature. You might also be interested in my Wikipedia awards collection. After several very active years, I withdraw my active participation in July 2011 but a few years away seems to have lowered my defenses and as of May 2015 I'm participating again. For accounting purposes, I also maintain a duplicate list of just my Oregon-related hooks.

September 2015
9 new this month for a total of 145 articles created or expanded and 7 nominated.


 * ... that Miss Oregon 2009 CC Barber was raised by her grandmother? (September 24, 2015)


 * ... that Miss Oregon 2007 Kari Virding saw her first Miss Oregon pageant when she was just eight years old? (September 21, 2015)


 * ... that Miss Georgia 2014 Maggie Bridges wore 3D printed, laser-cut shoes fashioned after Georgia Tech's "Ramblin' Wreck" mascot for Miss America's "Show Us Your Shoes" parade? (September 18, 2015)


 * ... that Nichole Mead was named Miss Oregon 2012 after titleholder Rachel Berry could not prove when she moved to Oregon? (September 16, 2015)


 * ... that Miss Massachusetts 2015, Meagan Fuller, earned a Master of Public Health degree from the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine? (September 14, 2015)


 * ... that Holly Blanchard won Miss New Hampshire 2015, in part, with a dance and baton twirling routine? (September 4, 2015)


 * ... that Miss Oregon Stephenie Steers wore a swimsuit and cap made from recycled bicycle tire inner tubes in the 2011 Miss America Parade? (September 3, 2015)


 * ... that Miss Oregon 2014 Rebecca Anderson wore shoes with tiny bicycles atop the laces at the Miss America 2015 "Show Us Your Shoes" parade? (September 2, 2015)

August 2015
13 new this month for a total of 136 articles created or expanded and 7 nominated.


 * ... that 2015 titleholder Daja Dial is the third African American to be crowned Miss South Carolina? (August 30, 2015)


 * ... that Miss Oregon 2013 Allison Cook wore cow print boots and a dress covered in Tillamook Cheese wrappers at the Miss America 2014 "Show Us Your Shoes" parade? (August 28, 2015)


 * ... that Danijela Krstić is the first Miss Oregon who was born outside of the United States? (August 27, 2015)


 * ... that Miss Virginia 2014 Courtney Garrett won her title by singing "Parla Più Piano", an Italian-language version of the love theme from The Godfather? (August 26, 2015)


 * ... that Miss Virginia 2015 Savannah Lane says she is "distantly related" to Elvis Presley? (August 25, 2015)


 * ... that Miss Washington 2013 Reina Almon began competing in pageants because "having a crown looked fun"? (August 19, 2015)


 * ... that McKensie Garber was crowned Miss Missouri 2015 at a military academy in Mexico? (August 18, 2015)


 * ... that Emily Kieliszewski won the 2015 Miss Michigan pageant by tap dancing to "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer? (August 18, 2015)


 * ... that a restaurant named a cheeseburger after Miss Minnesota 2015 Rachel Latuff and served it with an onion ring topped by "sweet sparkles" as an imitation of her crown? (August 16, 2015)


 * ... that Miss Maine 2015 Kelsey Earley hand-sews superhero capes for patients at a children's hospital? (August 13, 2015)


 * ... that Miss Puerto Rico 2015 Destiny Vélez is a championship bowler who rolled her first perfect 300 game at age 15? (August 6, 2015)


 * ... that Miss Utah 2015 Krissia Beatty is the fifth person in her family, after her grandmother, mother, and two aunts, to be crowned Miss Washington County? (#125) (August 3, 2015)


 * ... that Miss Idaho 2015, Kalie Wright, is the first Idaho woman to become America's National Sweetheart? (August 1, 2015)

July 2015
9 new this month for a total of 123 articles created or expanded and 7 nominated.


 * ... that Ali Wallace, Miss Oregon 2015, is the daughter of Tamara Fazzolari, Miss Oregon 1987? (July 30, 2015)


 * ... that Danielle Wineman, Miss Montana 2015, is the older sister of Alexis Wineman, Miss Montana 2012? (July 28, 2015)


 * ... that Clark Janell Davis entered the 2015 Miss Kentucky pageant as Miss Horse Capital of the World? (July 27, 2015)


 * ... that Miss Indiana 2015 Morgan Jackson is the daughter of Trina Collins, Miss New Mexico 1984? (July 25, 2015)


 * ... that Miss Florida 2015, Mary Katherine Fechtel, won her first pageant title, Junior Miss Leesburg 2007, at age 12? (July 12, 2015)


 * ... that Miss Louisiana 2015 April Nelson works part-time as a "princess for hire"? (July 10, 2015)


 * ... that Miss Iowa 2015 Taylor Wiebers once shaved her head to raise money for pediatric cancer research? (July 4, 2015)


 * ... that Kelley Johnson won the Miss Colorado 2015 pageant with a monologue inspired by her experiences as a nurse? (July 2, 2015)

June 2015
2 new this month for a total of 114 articles created or expanded and 7 nominated.


 * ... that Miss Alabama 2015 Meg McGuffin childhood nickname was Egg McMuffin? (June 29, 2015)


 * ... that the competition talent of Miss Vermont 2015, Alayna Westcom, is a scientific demonstration with yeast and hydrogen peroxide? (June 23, 2015)

May 2014
1 new this month for a total of 112 articles created or expanded and 7 nominated.


 * ... that J. J. Abrams cast the unknown Daisy Ridley over Academy Award-winner Lupita Nyong'o in Star Wars Episode VII? (May 15, 2014)

August 2013
1 new this month for a total of 111 articles created or expanded and 7 nominated.


 * ... that WBSC (AM) was featured in a 2008 South Carolina Educational Television documentary about the plight of local radio stations, only to fall silent three years later? (August 14, 2013)

July 2011
1 nominated this month for a total of 110 articles created or expanded and 7 nominated. This month marks my formal withdrawal from the DYK project.


 * ... that the Redstone Test Stand was built in Alabama by Wernher von Braun's rocketry team for just $25,000 out of concrete and salvaged materials? (nom) (July 11, 2011)

June 2011
4 new this month for a total of 110 articles created or expanded and 6 nominated.


 * ... that at its launch, Minnesota radio station KMGM broadcast 20 hours of farm and agricultural programs each week? (June 26, 2011)


 * ... that before Blues Hall of Fame musician Little Milton signed his first recording contract he hosted a radio show on WGVM in Greenville, Mississippi? (June 18, 2011)


 * ... that blues legend B.B. King (pictured) made his broadcast debut playing live gospel music on WGRM in Greenwood, Mississippi? (June 14, 2011)


 * ... that WGRM-FM founder Clay Ewing had been mayor of Greenwood, Mississippi? (June 12, 2011)

May 2011
1 new this month for a total of 106 articles created or expanded and 6 nominated.


 * ... that Eddie Wilcoxen, morning show host on radio station KWHW, is the current Poet Laureate for the state of Oklahoma? (May 5, 2011)

March 2011
3 new and 2 nominated this month for a total of 105 articles created or expanded and 6 nominated.


 * ... that Rebecca Black intends to donate profits from viral hit "Friday" to school arts programs and disaster relief efforts in Japan? (nom) (March 24, 2011)


 * ... that when Faith Radio Network bought the radio station now known as WFRF-FM in 2003, the previous owners included everything except their 1996 Chevy Astro van? (March 14, 2011)


 * ... that Florida-based Christian radio station WFRF helped launch Imani Radio in Kenya and provided 2,500 solar powered radios to local villages, hospitals, and prisoners? (March 13, 2011)


 * ... that Spanish-language Regional Mexican station KMAK launched in 1990 as an English-language Christian radio outlet serving Fresno, California? (March 9, 2011)


 * ... that Donald S. Sanford, who wrote the screenplay for the World War II epic film Midway (1976), was a sonarman in the U.S. Navy during World War II? (nom) (March 2, 2011)

February 2011
3 new and 1 nominated this month for a total of 102 articles created or expanded and 4 nominated.


 * ... that NASA engineers shook a Saturn V test vehicle (S-IC stage pictured) for over 400 hours to ensure it would withstand the rigors of launch? (nom) (February 19, 2011)


 * ... that Alpha Road in Dallas is named for the former freedmen's town of Alpha, Texas? (February 13, 2011)


 * ... that the radio station WGRQ began broadcasting in May 1986 but did not receive its broadcast license until November 1987? (February 9, 2011)


 * ... that WOLD-FM in Marion, Virginia, signed on almost exactly six years before "W*O*L*D", Harry Chapin's song about a fictional FM station in Boise, Idaho, peaked on the Billboard Hot 100? (#100) (February 5, 2011)

January 2011
2 new this month for a total of 99 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.


 * ... that Obed "O.B." Borgen founded radio stations KFIL and KFIL-FM to serve Fillmore County, Minnesota? (January 25, 2011)

December 2010
4 new this month for a total of 97 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.


 * ... that Mexico's Biutiful was named Best Foreign Language Film of 2010 at the 17th Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards? (December 29, 2010)


 * ... that Jonah Hex was named "Worst Picture" of 2010 by the Houston Film Critics Society at their 2010 awards ceremony? (December 20, 2010)


 * ... that the 1976 thriller movie Deadly Hero features James Earl Jones as a mugger named Rabbit? (December 6, 2010)


 * ... that 1973 comedy film Bad Charleston Charlie was loosely based on gangster Charles Birger, the last man to be executed in Illinois by public hanging? (December 4, 2010)

October 2010
4 new this month for a total of 93 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.


 * ... that in the 1966 movie Hold On!, the children of American astronauts choose to name a NASA space capsule after the British band Herman's Hermits? (October 4, 2010)


 * ... that the "Parasol Protectorate" steampunk books Soulless, Changeless, and Blameless by Gail Carriger will be adapted as graphic novels by Yen Press? (October 3, 2010)

September 2010
2 new this month for a total of 89 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.
 * ... that Jersey Circus is a webcomic mashup of images from The Family Circus newspaper comic strip and dialogue from MTV's Jersey Shore? (September 10, 2010)


 * ... that radio station KRMS in Osage Beach, Missouri, was once partly owned by then-U.S. Senator John Danforth? (September 4, 2010)

August 2010
3 new this month for a total of 87 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.


 * ... that radio station WGGH owner Jimmy "Fish" Fishback provided the imaging voice of the fictional "V-Rock" radio station in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories? (August 27, 2010)


 * ... that the Oklahoma Thunder of the World Football League won the World Bowl in 2008, 2009, and 2010? (August 12, 2010)


 * ... that ordering "half and half" at Big Spring Cafe in Huntsville, Alabama, gets you a bowl with equal portions of chili con carne and Brunswick stew? (August 8, 2010)

April 2010
1 new this month for a total of 84 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.


 * ... that the Birmingham Americans won the only World Bowl ever held by the upstart World Football League? (April 14, 2010)

March 2010
4 new this month for a total of 83 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.


 * ... that Code of Vengeance starred Charles Taylor as David Dalton, a character created for a planned spin-off series from Knight Rider? (March 27, 2010)


 * ... that What A Guy!, a gag cartoon created in 1987, continued for eight years after writer Bill Hoest's death using a mix of his jokes and new gags written by his widow, Bunny Hoest? (March 25, 2010)


 * ... that Perchance to Dream by Robert B. Parker, the 1991 sequel to 1939 crime novel The Big Sleep, takes its title from Hamlet's soliloquy? (March 17, 2010)


 * ...that Morning Funnies was a fruit-flavored breakfast cereal featuring comic strip characters including Dennis the Menace, Hägar the Horrible, and Funky Winkerbean on the box? (March 13, 2010)

February 2010
1 new this month for a total of 79 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.


 * ... that E Street Band member Clarence Clemons co-starred with Rick Springfield in the original 1990 pilot for ABC's Human Target TV series? (February 14, 2010)

January 2010
1 new this month for a total of 78 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.


 * ... that The Black Pearl, a 1996 limited series comic book written by Mark Hamill and Eric Johnson, was originally written as a screenplay? (January 28, 2010)

August 2009
2 new this month for a total of 77 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.


 * ... that the owner of KFMR, forced off the air for financial reasons, is selling the Utah radio station and New Mexico sister station KPSA-FM to his own father? (August 13, 2009)

July 2009
4 new this month for a total of 75 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.


 * ... that to save money, new Minnesota radio station KYES shares studio space with KKJM, which founder Andy Hilger had donated to the Diocese of St. Cloud in 2000? (July 18, 2009)


 * ... that the radio station now called KARP-FM was launched in 1968 as the FM sister station to KDUZ in Hutchinson, Minnesota? (July 17, 2009)


 * ... that KATR-FM was honored by the Colorado Broadcasters Association for giving away an "ugly" pickup truck? (July 10, 2009)

June 2009
2 new this month for a total of 71 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.


 * ... that defunct Christian radio station KPBA was owned by former National Football League tight end Jackie Harris? (June 30, 2009)


 * ... that the original radio studio building of KOBB (then called KBMN) in northern Bozeman, Montana, now serves as a small casino? (June 2, 2009)

May 2009
20 new this month for a total of 69 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.


 * ... that radio station KRSB in Roseburg, Oregon, gained international attention in the 1970s for its weather forecasts based on the grazing behavior of local goats? (May 31, 2009)


 * ... that after 14 years above an ambulance company, KDCQ in Coos Bay, Oregon, relocated its radio studios to a former buffet restaurant? (May 29, 2009)


 * ... that news director Brad Boyer of Missouri radio station KIRK received a Distinguished Service Award from the MSHSAA in 2008 for his "lifelong contributions to the ideals of interscholastic activities"? (May 28, 2009)


 * ... that listeners in the Klamath Falls, Oregon, area know radio station KRAT as "The Rat"? (May 27, 2009)
 * ... that after 60 years of service to Greenville, Alabama, the FCC is allowing radio station WGYV to move to Aurora, Indiana, a suburb of Cincinnati? (May 26, 2009)
 * ... that from 1956 to 1986, radio station KYKN in Keizer, Oregon, was called "KGAY"? (May 24, 2009)
 * ... that the previous owners of KWVR in Enterprise, Oregon, actually lived at the radio station until they sold it in 2008? (May 22, 2009)
 * ... that Robert Lindahl, the recording engineer on The Kingsmen's famous version of "Louie Louie", lost his job as a disc jockey for KBKR because he refused to empty the Oregon station's chemical toilet? (May 21, 2009)
 * ... that California radio station KOWL's original radio studios were located inside the Harrah's Stateline Club, a casino in Stateline, Nevada? (May 20, 2009)
 * ... that radio station KLBS broadcasts a Portuguese-language world music format to California's San Joaquin Valley? (May 16, 2009)
 * ... that from 1995 to 2003, an Arkansas radio station now called KZTD shared its "KBBL" call sign with the fictional radio station on The Simpsons? (May 15, 2009)
 * ... that KDMN (now KSKE) and its Radio Colorado sister stations became the target of prank calls in 2003 when the film Bruce Almighty displayed the station group's phone number as God's? (May 15, 2009)


 * ... that Oregon radio station KKRB won New Music Weekly magazine's "Adult Contemporary Radio Station of the Year" New Music Award in 2006, 2007, and 2008? (May 14, 2009)


 * ... that radio station KBCH chose its call sign to represent the "20 Miracle Miles" of beaches in Lincoln County, Oregon? (May 13, 2009)


 * ... that, unable to sell the radio station and facing financial difficulties, KORC in Waldport, Oregon, went dark on April Fool's Day 2009? (May 11, 2009, as KORC (AM))


 * ... that "The Cowboy Culture Center" is a weekly three-hour block of cowboy poetry and western music on radio station KNND in Cottage Grove, Oregon? (May 10, 2009)


 * ... that radio station KSWB in Seaside, Oregon, was originally owned by Jerden Records founder Jerry Dennon and American folk group The Brothers Four? (May 8, 2009)


 * ... that staff at KLYC in McMinnville, Oregon, reported a paranormal "presence" in the radio station's previous studio building? (May 8, 2009)


 * ... that Leroy E. "Ed" Parsons, co-founder of KVAS (now KKEE) in Astoria, Oregon, created the one of the first cable television systems in the United States? (May 7, 2009)


 * ... that the original radio studios of the station now called KLMG were located in California's Old Sacramento State Historic Park? (#50) (May 7, 2009)

April 2009
19 new this month for a total of 49 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.


 * ... that radio stations KSUH and KWYZ simulcast a mix of K-pop and Korean language news and talk to the Seattle metropolitan area? (April 30, 2009)


 * ... that Congressman Greg Walden, former owner of radio station KIHR in Hood River, Oregon, began his career in broadcasting as the station's janitor? (April 26, 2009)


 * ... that three-term member of the Oregon House of Representatives Paul E. Walden worked at radio station KODL for 27 years? (April 23, 2009)


 * ... that KHSN, one of Oregon's first radio stations, began broadcasting in 1928? (April 17, 2009)


 * ... that the owner of a radio station in Corvallis, Oregon, had the station's legal call sign changed to KEJO to honor his late daughter, Emily Jo? (April 15, 2009)


 * ... that syndicated radio show host Delilah got her start in radio reporting local news and sports on KDUN in Reedsport, Oregon, while still in junior high school? (April 14, 2009)


 * ... that radio stations KGAL and KSHO are celebrating Oregon's sesquicentennial with a year-long series of historical vignettes? (April 13, 2009)


 * ... that sister stations KTIX (1240 AM), KUMA (1290 AM), KUMA-FM (107.7 FM), and KWHT (103.5 FM) share a single studio building at the west end of Eastern Oregon Regional Airport? (April 11, 2009)


 * ... that in 1986 KWVR-FM of Enterprise, Oregon, became the smallest-market radio station to win a Gracie Award from the American Women in Radio and Television? (April 9, 2009)


 * ... that former KGBR disc jockey Tom Lyons advised his son against a career in radio by saying "Sell coke, run guns ... but don't ever go into radio."? (April 8, 2009)


 * ... that radio station KTIL in Tillamook, Oregon, was renamed KMBD in honor of talk show host Mildred Berkey Davy, known as "the voice of Tillamook County"? (April 7, 2009)


 * ... that KCKX, known as "Ondas de Gozo", is the first Spanish-language Christian radio station in the state of Oregon? (April 6, 2009)


 * ... that KZZR and sister station KQHC are the only two radio stations with Burns, Oregon, as their community of license? (April 3, 2009)

March 2009
6 new and 1 nominated this month for a total of 30 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.


 * ... that Oregon radio station KBZY is the flagship station for the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes of the Northwest League of Professional Baseball? (March 30, 2009)


 * ... that radio stations WHOW and WEZC broadcast from a "big red barn" (pictured) just south of Clinton, Illinois? (March 29, 2009)


 * ... that the Christian Science Monitor once described radio station KSLM (now KVXX) in Salem, Oregon, as "a barricade holding questionable advertising material from the ears of listeners"? (March 29, 2009)


 * ... that KNOE-FM, founded in 1967 by former Governor of Louisiana James A. Noe, was one of five stations in Louisiana that Noe named for himself? (March 27, 2009)


 * ... that country music singer Ty Herndon's grandmother Myrtle hosted a Gospel music radio show on WPRN and WPRN-FM in Alabama for more than 40 years? (#25)  (March 14, 2009)


 * ... that "Care", the first episode of Law & Order: UK, is a remake of an original Law & Order episode from 1992? (nom) (March 7, 2009)

February 2009
3 new and 2 nominated this month for a total of 24 articles created or expanded and 2 nominated.


 * ... that Gospel music station WNUZ in Talladega, Alabama, has been off-the-air since its transmitter was destroyed by lightning during Tropical Storm Fay? (February 24, 2009)


 * ... that Prairie Bluff, Alabama, is a ghost town whose only remaining physical feature is a cemetery with marked graves dating from the 1830s to the 1860s? (nom) (February 21, 2009)


 * ... that a radio station in Evergreen, Alabama, made national headlines in 1992 when the Supreme Court of Alabama ruled that state law allowed a disc jockey to be fired just because she is a woman? (February 15, 2009)


 * ... that the 5,000 calorie Bacon Explosion (pictured) was created in response to a Twitter challenge to develop "the ultimate bacon recipe"? (nom) (February 6, 2009)


 * ... that Sammy Stephens, an internet sensation for his "It's just like a mini-mall" rap advertisements for Flea Market Montgomery, got his start in broadcasting at WMGY in Montgomery, Alabama? (February 4, 2009)

January 2009
9 new this month for a total of 21 articles created or expanded.


 * ... that radio stations WMFC and WMFC-FM originally broadcast from a Quonset hut in the heart of Monroeville, Alabama? (January 31, 2009)


 * ... that entrepreneur Ralph D. Foster and his partner started Missouri radio station KGBX (now KSGF) in 1926 to advertise their Firestone Tires dealership? (January 26, 2009)


 * ... that radio station WLIQ (now WMOB) broadcast from the historic Battle House Hotel in Mobile, Alabama, from 1964 to 1971? (January 24, 2009)


 * ... that radio station WMSP in Montgomery, Alabama, broadcasts the college football games of both the Alabama Crimson Tide and arch-rival Auburn Tigers? (January 20, 2009)


 * ... that the studio band of radio station WRAG (now WREN) in Carrollton, Alabama, is credited with popularizing bluegrass music in central Alabama and eastern Mississippi? (January 15, 2009)


 * ... that disc jockeys at WLWI-FM in Montgomery, Alabama, USA, have been nominated for Country Music Association Awards six times since 1981? (January 11, 2009)


 * ... that radio station WLWI in Montgomery, Alabama, founded in 1930 as WSFA, gave country music legend Hank Williams his start as a professional musician? (January 9, 2009)


 * ... that WLVV, the oldest radio station in Mobile, Alabama, was once known as WMML (for "M-M-Mel") as a play on then-owner Mel Tillis' famous stutter? (January 7, 2009)

December 2008
12 new this month for a total of 12 articles created or expanded.
 * ... that broadcasting brothers James R. Doss, Jr. and James L. Doss named Alabama radio stations WJRD and WJLD after themselves? (December 28, 2008)


 * ... that WKKR and WZMG (now known as WTLM) were the first radio stations in Alabama to win NAB Crystal Radio Awards for outstanding commitment to community service? (December 25, 2008)


 * ... that BodyLove is an Alabama-based radio soap opera that uses drama to reach African American listeners with messages that promote diabetes awareness and healthy lifestyles? (December 21, 2008)


 * ... that on the debut episode of Man v. Food, host Adam Richman completed the 72 oz Big Texan challenge at The Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo, Texas? (December 19, 2008)


 * ... that the WJBE call letters now used by a radio station in Five Points, Alabama, were used by singer James Brown for his James Brown Enterprises radio station? (December 19, 2008)


 * ... that WEPS in Elgin Area School District U46 is the oldest educational radio station in Illinois, USA? (December 17, 2008)


 * ... that "Johnny Mac" McDonald was elected mayor of Thomasville, Alabama, in 1976 while working at radio station WJDB-FM as announcer and account executive? (December 17, 2008)


 * ... that the radio station WHOS in Decatur, Alabama, aired an all-Elvis Presley format from October 1988 to April 1989? (December 10, 2008)


 * ... that radio station WHAL in Phenix City, Alabama, used to broadcast from a defunct airport terminal? (December 6, 2008)


 * ... that employees at radio station WIXI in Jasper, Alabama, reported that for more than 30 years their radio studios were haunted? (#1)  (December 1, 2008)