User:Dravecky/DYK-Oregon

This is my personal archive of the Oregon-related articles which I created, expanded, or nominated that have been showcased on Wikipedia's main page in the "Did You Know?" feature. I maintain this separate list for accounting purposes. The complete list of my DYK hooks is quite a bit longer.

Oregon DYK medals

 * Total of 42 as of September 24, 2015.

September 2015

 * ... 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 Nichole Mead was named Miss Oregon 2012 after titleholder Rachel Berry could not prove when she moved to Oregon? (September 16, 2015) (#39 & #40)


 * ... 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

 * ... 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) (#35)

July 2015

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

May 2009

 * ... 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 listeners in the Klamath Falls, Oregon, area know radio station KRAT as "The Rat"? (May 27, 2009) (#30)
 * ... 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 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) (#25)


 * ... 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) (#20)

April 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) (#15)


 * ... 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) (#9-12)


 * ... 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) (#5)


 * ... 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

 * ... 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 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) (#1)


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