Talk:WVIR-TV

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Review: August 14, 2023. (Reviewed version).

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A fact from WVIR-TV appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 August 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that equipment from a bankrupt North Carolina TV station was dismantled, loaded on three rental trucks, and reassembled to start a station in Virginia?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WVIR-TV.

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Channel 29.2[edit]

WVIR has recently been airing promos on their main channel for their first multicast channel, 29.2, but all they say is that they will be carrying the Balitimore Orioles' games, but what will they do with the rest of the airtime on this channel? The regional sports channel MASN- the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network- also says they will be carrying the Orioles games. So is 29.2 going to be MASN?

Fair use rationale for Image:Cw 29 wvir dt3.PNG[edit]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 20:25, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

Passed. foo bar baz 06:51, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

This review is transcluded from Talk:WVIR-TV/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: FooBarBaz (talk · contribs) 02:33, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: The nominator, Sammi Brie (talk), is providing assistance to the reviewer to teach them the GA reviewing process.

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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Copy changes[edit]

I'd suggest the last sentence of the introduction WVIR-CD is operated in the Charlottesville area... is changed to WVIR-CD operates in the Charlottesville area...
On the second paragraph of the Television in Charlottesville: A quiet zone section, I think this sentence should be reworded: The channel 64 permit was never built, though it was transferred to another group in 1966.
- @FooBarBaz: I changed the one above and below, but this one I can't exactly change. The reason why is that I can't find any information on when the permit was deleted at the FCC. It's not even in Broadcasting. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 03:40, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
In the second sentence of the section Gray Television ownership, change on a temporary basis to temporarily
Swap the positions of the short description and the mdy date, per MOS:SO
- Done. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 06:18, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Spot checks[edit]

1: The website does not say its effective radiated power is 10 kilowatts when operated
- Weird one here. Technical information is usually implicitly cited to the FCC. Go to [1] (a mirror of the FCC's broadcast database) and look at the info under 0000109093. Effective Radiated Power: 10kW The citation covers only the STA. In essence, "we licensed you for a lower level, but because of the issues you had, we let you crank it up". Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 06:11, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
13: The PDF shows the date, October 19, 1971, for the initial application Y
33: The website says that the February switch did continue and saved $40,000 Y
38: The website does say they chose to move to channel 2 rather than channel share Y
48: The table shows all TV shows mentioned at the bottom of the article. Y

Images[edit]

There is only one copyrighted image with a valid NFUR.

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Did you know nomination[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Lightburst (talk) 21:53, 21 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that equipment from a bankrupt North Carolina TV station was dismantled, loaded on three rental trucks, and reassembled to start a station in Virginia? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-progress-wvir/130041200/
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Rampage (roller coaster)

Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Self-nominated at 05:33, 15 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/WVIR-TV; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

@Sammi Brie: Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 02:53, 21 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]