Talk:KDFI/GA1

GA review

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Nominator: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 17:00, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: It is a wonderful world (talk · contribs) 19:04, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

This is next on my list :) IAWW (talk) 19:04, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

• @It is a wonderful world: Should have addressed most items. This station doesn't have much in the way of interesting programming that belongs in the lead section or reliable sources talking about it of late, which is rather frustrating. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 19:05, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

  Hi @Sammi Brie I just checked all your changes and I have no more concerns. Nice work! Passing. IAWW (talk) 12:42, 5 July 2025 (UTC)

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

Lead

I think "brutal" is a little too strong, I think "intense" is more neutral and less editorialized IAWW (talk) 10:33, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

VEU then moved its programming from KNBN: To where? IAWW (talk) 10:33, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

KDFW and KDFI became co-owned in 1999: By who? IAWW (talk) 10:33, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

Could you add a little information on what the station currently runs? IAWW (talk) 10:33, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

History

Channel 27 was assigned to Dallas in a compromise between two applicants who sought channel 29 in 1965: How was assigning channel 27 a compromise? Explicitness would be appreciated here. IAWW (talk) 10:33, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

The change was part of a plan by Overmyer: What change? There are two application changes mentioned in the previous sentence but neither are to do with Overmyer's application. IAWW (talk) 10:33, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

by moving the channel 27 allocation: I'm lost by this point, but also how does Overmyer have the power to change channel allocations? IAWW (talk) 10:33, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

Overmyer dropped out in November 1967 amid an investigation into his businesses: Strictly, it was the Overmyer business that dropped out, not the person, so "his" is wrong here IAWW (talk) 10:33, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

KTWS-TV: The subscription years

Spell out and link FCC IAWW (talk) 10:33, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

its management believed it would take three to five years for cable to arrive in the city of Dallas: Could you state explicitly that this is relevant because cable would be considered competition to STV. IAWW (talk) 10:33, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

"disconnect rate" is a bit vague. Could you explain with precision what statistic you are talking about here. IAWW (talk) 10:33, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

• I've added an explainer. Quote from article as this is a bugged clipping: In the first nine months of this year, VEU lost about 2,000 subscribers. The disconnect rate has run as high as 8 percent a month. "You can't survive that way," Cassara said.

KDFI-TV: The Dallas Media Investors years

Can "Western movies" be linked? IAWW (talk) 10:33, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

Can "secured creditors" be linked to explain the difference between secured and unsecured creditors? IAWW (talk) 10:33, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

Under KDFW-TV management

The deal was announced just days: Cut "just" for neutrality and conciseness IAWW (talk) 10:33, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

During the murder trial of O. J. Simpson, KDFI presented a nightly wrap-up show featuring highlights of the day's activity.: This is so different from the narrative built up in the previous part of the paragraph. It feels abrupt. I think it should be split into its own paragraph. IAWW (talk) 10:33, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

• It does awkwardly split! Moved it down.

MyNetworkTV affiliation

would have as its charter affiliates 16 stations: I don't really understand this. Is "affiliates" meant to be possessive? IAWW (talk) 10:33, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

46 percent of the audience: Which audience? IAWW (talk) 10:33, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

Subchannels

Looks good :)

Analog-to-digital conversion

Looks good :)

Sources clock

Reliability (Criterion 2b) Y

In classic Sammi Brie style there is no issues with reliability

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

[10]: Y

[18]: Y

[24]: Y

[81]: It says it is expected to take until 2027, not that the the stations will move in by then. IAWW (talk) 10:33, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

• Fixed. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 19:05, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

I want to flag specifically that some errors in clippings are an issue in GenealogyBank specific to The Dallas Morning News. GBank seems to improperly show clippings when they have metadata for specific articles, which the DMN has.

Copyvio (Criterion 2d) Y

Nothing found on Earwig nor the spot check IAWW (talk) 10:33, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

Scope (Criteria 3a, 3b) Y

Seems complete as always

Media Y

Suggestions (not needed for GA promotion)

A few URLs can be pre-emptively archived to prevent link rot

Modern monetary conversions would be nice

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