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DYK for WBCE

On 20 October 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WBCE, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that two years after going on air, WBCE radio switched from country to gospel music because too many stations in western Kentucky had country formats? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WBCE. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, WBCE), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 00:01, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of WVOK (AM)

Hello! Your submission of WVOK (AM) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Rachel Helps (BYU) ( talk) 20:14, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

DYK for WNWK

On 25 October 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WNWK, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after the owner of Delaware radio station WNRK died before he could put it on the air, his widow was interviewed on the station's first day of broadcasting? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WNWK. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, WNWK), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass ( talk) 00:01, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

DYK for KGCX (AM)

On 26 October 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article KGCX (AM), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that KGCX, located in a town with a population of 50, claimed to be the "smallest broadcasting station in the world"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/KGCX (AM). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, KGCX (AM)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

valereee ( talk) 00:02, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

DYK for WBRL (AM)

On 27 October 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WBRL (AM), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that that New Hampshire radio station WBRL's first license was cancelled by the Federal Communications Commission because of double-billing practices? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WBRL (AM). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, WBRL (AM)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass ( talk) 03:32, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

DYK for KSKI (AM)

On 28 October 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article KSKI (AM), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that KSKI AM initially broadcast from a lodge at the Sun Valley ski resort? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/KSKI (AM). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, KSKI (AM)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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DYK for XHFAMX-TDT

On 1 November 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article XHFAMX-TDT, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that XHFAMX-TDT "La Octava", which opens tonight, marks Grupo Radio Centro's return to Mexico City television for the first time since 1972? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/XHFAMX-TDT. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, XHFAMX-TDT), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass ( talk) 00:01, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

DYK for WVSP (North Carolina)

On 3 November 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WVSP (North Carolina), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that North Carolina radio station WVSP began operations out of a former doctor's office? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WVSP (North Carolina). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, WVSP (North Carolina)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass ( talk) 00:01, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

DYK nomination of KKON

Hello! Your submission of KKON at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah ( talk) 22:57, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Hi, I was wondering if you could review the new hook so I can promote it. Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 18:48, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

Thanks! Yoninah ( talk) 19:31, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

DYK for WHHQ

On 5 November 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WHHQ, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation wound up operating a radio station when it seized a failed Tennessee bank, which in turn had seized WIDD? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WHHQ. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, WHHQ), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass ( talk) 00:01, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

DYK for WRQM

On 6 November 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WRQM, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that just three years after starting radio station WESQ, North Carolina Wesleyan College sold it, partly because of a failure to integrate the station into its curriculum? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, WRQM), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass ( talk) 00:01, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

DYK for WVOK (AM)

On 8 November 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WVOK (AM), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a vandal "knew what he was doing" when he disconnected the fuse blocks to WEYY's transmitter, keeping it off the air for two and a half hours? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WVOK (AM). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, WVOK (AM)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass ( talk) 00:02, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

DYK for KKON

On 10 November 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article KKON, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Hawaii radio station KKON's change of format from "beautiful music" to a rock-and-roll/country mix in 1974 lasted just one day? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/KKON. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, KKON), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass ( talk) 00:02, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

DYK for WBOX (AM)

On 11 November 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WBOX (AM), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Louisiana radio station WBOX lost more than 90 percent of its advertisers as a result of a 1965 boycott by the Ku Klux Klan? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WBOX (AM). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, WBOX (AM)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass ( talk) 00:01, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

DYK for WNPE (FM)

On 12 November 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WNPE (FM), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Rhode Island Public Radio's 2007 acquisition of WAKX brought NPR service to communities in southern Rhode Island for the first time? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WNPE (FM). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, WNPE (FM)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass ( talk) 00:01, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

DYK for WACH-TV (Virginia)

On 16 November 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WACH-TV (Virginia), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that WACH-TV in Newport News, Virginia, pleaded with the FCC to regulate networks because another station was "hogging" affiliations? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WACH-TV (Virginia). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, WACH-TV (Virginia)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass ( talk) 00:01, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

DYK nomination of KGRE (AM)

Hello! Your submission of KGRE (AM) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah ( talk) 01:17, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

Please see new note on your DYK nomination. Yoninah ( talk) 17:07, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

DYK for WOBG (AM)

On 18 November 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WOBG (AM), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1939, alert workers at West Virginia radio station WBLK saved equipment from a devastating fire, and the station returned to the air within 45 minutes to report the blaze? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WOBG (AM). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, WOBG (AM)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 00:01, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Danielle Dithurbide

On 19 November 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Danielle Dithurbide, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that with Danielle Dithurbide's appointment to anchor the morning newscast on Las Estrellas, a majority of Mexican news broadcaster Noticieros Televisa's news programs are hosted by women? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Danielle Dithurbide. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Danielle Dithurbide), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

valereee ( talk) 00:02, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

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DYK for WYFI

On 20 November 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article WYFI, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the first incarnation of radio station WYFI was described as running "on faith and LPs" and ending in an " Edsel-like burn" within a year? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/WYFI. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, WYFI), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass ( talk) 00:02, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

DYK for KPRB (Oregon)

On 21 November 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article KPRB (Oregon), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that an owner of radio station KPRB sold it to devote himself to his duties as the fire chief of Redmond, Oregon? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/KPRB (Oregon). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, KPRB (Oregon)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass ( talk) 00:01, 21 November 2019 (UTC)