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There's a very good chance for this to be an April Fools' Day hook. I can't propose hooks, but something like 'a Christian TV station in Dallas found a preacher's style to be too "controversial" and "effeminate"' would fit perfectly in the day's set. Thoughts? MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 18:46, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
Whoops, meant to ping Sammi Brie. MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 18:46, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
- 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 AirshipJungleman29 talk 13:43, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
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KXTX-TV
- ... that Pat Robertson let his Christian TV station in Dallas air wrestling because it drew viewers and fetched high advertising rates? Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/ken-footes-radio-tv-files-the-heydays-of-wrestling-on-tv/
- ALT1: ... that Pat Robertson's Christian TV station in Dallas removed a preacher from its lineup for his "controversial" and "effeminate" style? Source: https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/angley-lays-hands-channel-39-last-time/cpagpavjmqcxdrchlslhbvvxtyjsclqe_ip-10-166-46-146_1699065900407 (Clipping may be misaligned due to a bug in GenealogyBank)
- ALT1a: ... that a Christian TV station in Dallas found a preacher's style to be "controversial" and "effeminate"? [Possible April Fools hook]
- ALT2: ... that Azteca América emblazoned its logo on a satellite dish at a Dallas TV station it ended up being unable to buy? Source: Solís, Dianne; Alm, Richard (June 18, 2001). "KXTX deal may be dead - Pappas official says sale talks continue". The Dallas Morning News. p. 1D.
- ALT3: ... that a Dallas TV station's broadcasts of World Class Championship Wrestling, featuring the Von Erich family, were seen in markets as distant as Japan and Argentina? Source: Sumner, Jane (September 2, 1984). "Film & TV Out-Takes". The Dallas Morning News. p. 5C. + Gillman, Todd J.; Lawrence, Mitch (September 14, 1991). "Adulation given to dad, siblings eluded youngest of Von Erichs". The Dallas Morning News. p. 1A.
- Reviewed: Gun violence in U.S. schools and Jourdan Saunders
- ALT1: ... that Pat Robertson's Christian TV station in Dallas removed a preacher from its lineup for his "controversial" and "effeminate" style? Source: https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/angley-lays-hands-channel-39-last-time/cpagpavjmqcxdrchlslhbvvxtyjsclqe_ip-10-166-46-146_1699065900407 (Clipping may be misaligned due to a bug in GenealogyBank)
Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Self-nominated at 19:35, 14 March 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/KXTX-TV; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
- @MyCatIsAChonk: that's an idea. Going to include it. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 00:40, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
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Overall: Prefer ALT1a for April Fools set MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 02:23, 16 March 2024 (UTC)