Template:Did you know nominations/KGTO-TV
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:08, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
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KGTO-TV[edit]
- ... that even though KGTO-TV in Fayetteville, Arkansas, signed on as an NBC affiliate, it received no network compensation for carrying its programs? Source: "KGTO-TV Fayetteville, Ark. (Noark Broadcasting Inc.). Contract effective Dec. 1, 1968, until termination of programs provided but in no event for period longer than two years. First refusal. No compensation."
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Created by Raymie (talk). Self-nominated at 07:52, 27 April 2019 (UTC).
- @Raymie: I'll review this article. epicgenius (talk) 15:37, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
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Policy compliance:
- Adequate sourcing:
- Neutral:
- Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
- Other problems:
- Minor grammar error; the last sentence, in the first paragraph of the lead doesn't have a period at the end.
Hook eligibility:
- Cited:
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- Other problems: - The hook is totally fine. I just thought of an alternate hook you may want to consider:
- ... that though KGTO-TV in Fayetteville, Arkansas, signed on as an NBC affiliate, it was not compensated for carrying NBC's programs, and was sued for carrying programming from another NBC affiliate?
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epicgenius (talk) 15:37, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
- @Epicgenius: I just fixed the minor grammar issue. However, I cannot recommend your ALT1 because it inaccurately describes why KARK sued KGTO. In the early days of TV, and before networks used satellite feeds like NBC Skypath to deliver programs, not all stations were directly fed by network long lines. Stations in smaller markets often had microwave and over-the-air pickups to receive network shows from stations that did, or in the 1950s would have received recordings of the network programming on kinescope. As the source article for that citation attests, KARK and KGTO actually had an agreement whereby KGTO paid for the right to use KARK as its feed source; KARK sued because KGTO didn't pay. Some other articles describe the sorts of microwave and pickup facilities that smaller network affiliates use, like WKPT-TV which had three different microwave hops between its feed source in Knoxville and the station. Raymie (t • c) 19:20, 27 April 2019 (UTC)