Talk:KMAX-TV

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KMAX, in conjunction with KOVR-13, has a new logo. I do not want to upload it because of copyrights, and because the same image file is used for both logos... TrackerTV 14:30, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

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Fair use rationale for Image:UPN31KMAXOldLogo.JPG

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Adding station's Spanish Language Interpreters

On the CBS13/CW31 bio page they have a section for their Spanish Language Interpreters would anyone have objection if I were to add that information to the KMAX-TV article?

If anyone wants it or not just leave it on my talk page heres the link User Talk:Xde 13 Xde13 03:11, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Adding unreferenced entries of former employees to lists containing BLP material

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3. WP:NLIST tells us that lists included within articles (including people's names) are subject to the same need for references as any other information in the article.
4. Per WP:BLP, we have to be especially careful about including un-sourced info about living persons.

If you look at articles about companies in general, you will not find mention of previous employees, except in those cases where the employee was particularly notable. Even then, the information is not presented just as a list of names, but is incorporated into the text itself (for example, when a company's article talks about the policies a previous CEO had, or when they mention the discovery/invention of a former engineer/researcher). If a preexisting article is already in the encyclopedia for the person you want to add to a list, it's generally regarded as sufficient to support their inclusion in list material in another article. cheers Deconstructhis (talk) 19:18, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

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GA review

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

Nominator: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 17:02, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: It is a wonderful world (talk · contribs) 10:58, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

Will review :) IAWW (talk) 10:58, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

@Sammi Brie Comments are below. I just had some issues with clarity in the earlier parts of the article. IAWW (talk) 13:19, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

@It is a wonderful world: I've tried to address everything, and there was a lot to address. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 01:35, 26 May 2025 (UTC)

@Sammi Brie I believe your edits have fixed all the clarity issues well. Passing now. IAWW (talk) 12:24, 26 May 2025 (UTC)

Prose (Criteria 1a, 1b, 4) clock

Lead

The name "CBS News and Stations group" isn't mentioned outside the lead.

• Reorganization of the way CBS handles its stations is a bit out of scope for this particular article and, given recent news events, feels like it will change soon again.

I think the lead is a really good summary!

Construction

resulting in a lawsuit: Is there sourcing on the outcome of this?

• Can at least hint on this.

During the construction process: The chronology here indicates that they started construction in Walnut Grove before leasing the land. Is that correct?

• No. Reworded.

Grayson received final engineering approval: Bit vague, is this approval by FCC engineers?

• Yes. They filed a modification to the CP, which was approved.

The primary interruption was an early evening program in Spanish: Any more detail available than it just being a Spanish program?

• I can get you the title, but that's about it. It was actually in the morning, an error I've fixed.

were noteworthy: Opinion

KTXL owner Camellia City Telecasters submitted a pleading containing what purported to be a telex message from Dun & Bradstreet claiming he was an officer of the company after having previously been convicted of income tax evasion though he was merely a general manager:

• Punctuate to make it easier to parse
• Suggest linking "pleading"
• Who does "he" refer to here? Everything mentioned in this paragraph so far has been a company, not a person. I can't figure this out.
• What does "the company" refer to? Two companies have been mentioned since the last mention of KMUV, so it's hard to infer that it is referring to KMUV if it is.
• Suggest linking "income tax evasion"
• "Merely" is editorializing
• By "though he was merely a general manager" I'm lost. Apologies for so many points about this sentence. I didn't want to just say "make it clearer" because that's hard for you to action, but listing precisely all the ways it was unclear was rather long.
  • Had he been a corporate officer, and the charges true, it could have been a character question on the licensee.

Shortly after, the station: It's hard to follow every time words like "the station" are used, when the last mention of a station is not the one you are referring to.

Non-English broadcasting

bought it because of possible signal overlap issues to KMPH-TV: I don't understand how buying it would change it's signal?

Though Pappas Associates ran the station, the company never bought it because of possible signal overlap issues to KMPH-TV; instead, Mike Pappas obtained an option to buy it outright: How is buying it different from buying it outright?

• Mike Pappas (personally) bought it, not Pappas Associates. I've done some rewording here because the source is a little weaker than I thought.

Suggest linking "California state legislature". Also, I think it should be capitalized?

It's never really explained how their financial issues were resolved. Did Pappas fund KMUV? How did they pay off their debts?

• They were a debtor-in-possession

KRBK-TV: The Koplar years

Suggest linking "cable television" and "microwave distribution systems". Also isn't "MDS microwave distribution systems" a weird way to define the acronym? Maybe I just haven't seen this way of doing it before though.

• Yeah, that's on me. (There's really an article I find myself wanting here that I have to settle for a second-best link target...)

Suggest linking "stereo"

Who is "Napear"?

• Woof. Reworded a bit here to fix the below and linked Grant Napear here.

after it moved its games to channel 31: I thought they were outbid by KOVR?

Starting a news operation

Make it clearer that Prime News was KRBK's news operation

• Gonna object because at that point they only had one newscast. It wasn't until later years that they produced more than one. But I have to start here.

KPWB-TV: Pappas ownership, WB affiliation, and 31 Action News

Suggest linking "slacks" and "the 1996–97 season"

with proceeds from the sale of WVIT, the NBC affiliate it owned in Connecticut, to that network: I don't understand what "to that network" is meant to mean here

KMAX-TV: Paramount ownership and switch to UPN

Can "arbitration claim" be linked?

Duopoly with KOVR

Looks good :)

Good Day

Looks good :)

Primetime Sacramento

Looks good :)

Rest

There are a few other staff linked in the article. Why are they not linked in the notable staff section?

• We've been through this before... I really need to ask this somewhere. My practice has been "anyone not already linked".

Sources clock

Spot check (Criteria 2b, 2c, 2d) clock

[9]: Y

[12]: Y

[31]: I don't think it supports that it specifically "rated highly"

[68a]: Y

[98]: Y

Copyvio (Criterion 2d) Y

No issues found on spot check or Earwig.

Scope (Criteria 3a, 3b) Y

Covers the station's entire lifespan

Media Y

Nicely illustrated

Suggestions (not needed for GA promotion)

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by History6042 talk 00:53, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

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• Comment or view
• Article history

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• ... that a California TV station lost the rights to air Sacramento Kings basketball because it aired special pregame and postgame shows? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-du-lac-judge-expecte/155390066/
  • Reviewed: Ducks Ahoy! and New Star GP

Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 773 past nominations.

Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 17:51, 1 June 2025 (UTC).

It is well-written, sourced, no copyvios seen (2%). Promoted to GA on May 26, 2025. The hook is interesting and cited. The article meets the required length. QPQ done. This is ready to go. Damian Vo (talk) 17:30, 3 June 2025 (UTC)