Talk:KTLV

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 Yoninah (talk) 01:38, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

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• ... that Oklahoma radio station KRMC dropped its all-news radio format in part because management felt it did not work for a daytime-only station? Source: [1]

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Eugene W. Chafin

5x expanded by Raymie (talk). Self-nominated at 00:37, 21 March 2020 (UTC).

• Oh hey Raymie. The article was new enough when nommed, and seems to be long enough but still has a stub tag - if this could be removed that would fix that problem. The hook seems interesting, but the issue is that it uses a different station name. This is explained in the article, but won't be evident for readers on the main page. Is there something else you could propose? Kingsif (talk) 17:41, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

• @Kingsif: I've removed the stub tag. As a note, I've written a lot of DYK hooks using former call letters in this fashion. This year alone, of my 38 DYKs on radio and TV stations, KUMA (Arizona), WHSR, KPSC (FM), KOUU, KYFO-FM, KLFV, WOOK-TV, WZKO, KXEQ, WXKY, KWKW, KQCV (AM) and KNKL (FM) have done the same thing. It's something unavoidable when dealing with subjects whose name changes so often that it results in unique demands on the MOS. Raymie (t • c) 18:21, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

• I think the difference with most of those is that the other call signs are in the lead - here it isn't, so the reader may think they've gone to the wrong article. Perhaps add KRMC in the lead? Kingsif (talk) 18:40, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

• @Kingsif: Typically we don't put prior call signs in the lead unless they were hugely significant in the station's history (ex. KWKW with KFAC, KNKL (FM) with KWCR-FM). That just isn't the case with KRMC. Raymie (t • c) 20:41, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

• Hmm. This might break the flow of the hook, but maybe a "(now KTLV)" after the call sign would work? Up to you. Kingsif (talk) 20:42, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

• @Kingsif: I'm no fan, personally. Raymie (t • c) 20:55, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

• I should have known! I'll approve it, because there's nothing really wrong, but ERRORS might bring it up. Kingsif (talk) 20:59, 16 April 2020 (UTC)