Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/KCPQ

KCPQ

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page unless you are renominating the article at TFAR. For renominations, please add   to the top of the discussion and   at the bottom, then complete a new nomination underneath. To do this, see the instructions at TFAR nom/doc.

The result was: not scheduled by Wehwalt (talk) 13:09, 29 October 2023 (UTC)



KCPQ (channel 13) is a television station licensed to Tacoma, Washington, broadcasting the Fox network in the Seattle area. It is owned and operated by the network and shares its studios in Seattle with KZJO. It was built in 1953 and was soon acquired by Seattle broadcaster J. Elroy McCaw, who ran it cheaply. His estate sold the station in 1972; it fell into court-appointed receivership in 1974 and was taken off the air. The Clover Park School District acquired the station, which it used to replace KPEC-TV, and operated it as a public television station between 1976 and 1980. Financial exigencies prompted the school district to sell the station back to commercial ownership, Kelly Broadcasting, in 1980. The station became a successful independent, affiliated with Fox in 1986, and started producing local newscasts. Tribune Broadcasting acquired the station in 1999; Fox purchased it in 2020 from Nexstar Media Group after making multiple attempts to own a station in the market.
 * Most recent similar article(s): WSNS-TV, October 4
 * Main editors: Sammi Brie
 * Promoted: 22 September 2023
 * Reasons for nomination: Anniversary of the station's first shutdown (December 12, 1974). Note: I have another TV station FAC in progress that ideally would run in February if approved.
 * Support as nominator. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 17:30, 20 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Coordinator comment There is another request for December 12 at WT:TFA/R. Note that we express no preference between them. Wehwalt (talk) 20:42, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I'll note I had not seen that request because it was at the talk page. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 04:29, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
 * We'd be grateful if community members would express a preference between the nominations.--Wehwalt (talk) 09:22, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

Comment: I personally think this article's topic might be a little too similar to the proposed entry Janet(s) (proposed on the 6th), since both are on television.--ZKang123 (talk) 02:48, 23 October 2023 (UTC)