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A fact from KXIC appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 April 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Dottie Ray interviewed 32,397 guests over 55 years on more than 14,000 broadcasts of her daily show on KXIC radio in Iowa City?

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Did you know nomination

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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:19, 10 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that over 55 years, Dottie Ray interviewed 32,397 guests on more than 14,000 broadcasts of her daily show on KXIC radio in Iowa City? Source: https://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/local/2016/08/09/kxic-broadcasting-legend-dottie-ray-dies/88468742/
- ALT1:... that Iowa radio station KXIC had part of its transmitter site seized in order to build Interstate 80? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73988013/jury-raises-land-award/

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Paul M. English

5x expanded by Sammi Brie (talk). Self-nominated at 05:16, 21 March 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Expanded 5x on March 21, 2021. Long enough. Some comments:

Please fix the two bare urls.
Do you have a ref for as to XEROK-AM being why KXIC has to power down at night?
Your references says "four war veterans", two of which were involved in WSUI. Reword?

No noticeable copyvio; QPQ done. Hook doesn't exactly "punch" for me; that is, it's just a bunch of numbers that without a comparison doesn't show how it's impressive. Situations like ALT1 happen all the time too. Instead, I propose talking about how the advertisers pulled out in protest, which is more interesting. Good job on the expansion! ◢ Ganbaruby!  (Say hi!) 08:27, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Ganbaruby: Mostly wanted to capture the highly unusual longevity of Dottie's show with ALT0. I fixed bullet point 3—a typo—and upgraded 2 with a better source, which fixes 1 (except for the FCC history card link generated by {{FCC letter}}—not sure how to integrate that link with a CS1 cite template, unfortunately). Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 09:00, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT0 isn't super fantastic but passable. I've got no more issues; ready for main page. ◢ Ganbaruby!  (Say hi!) 09:17, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

After a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Did you know, I've created an article on Dottie Ray that could be reviewed and bold linked here - Dumelow (talk) 08:23, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have a spare QPQ at Template:Did you know nominations/John Fenwick Hutchings (second of the two credits) that can be used - Dumelow (talk) 08:38, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That's very nice of you, Dumelow. I threw a few more sources in there from the pre-web days: there were feature articles on her in 1962, 1984 and 1994 that are now referenced, and Radio & Records profiled her in 2008. I'd be fine with including that in there. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 18:05, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Good work Sammi Brie. Ganbaruby, would you be interested in carrying out a review on Dottie Ray to allow it to run in ALT0? Thanks - Dumelow (talk) 19:29, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Dumelow: I'm actually quite busy IRL, so I might not be able to get to it anytime soon. If anyone else wants to pick it up, that's fine too. ◢ Ganbaruby!  (Say hi!)

Dumelow I can review if after I get home from work later today if no one gets to it by then. SL93 (talk) 15:02, 8 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm approving ALT0 - Dottie Ray is long enough, new enough, and has no copyright violations. A QPQ has been completed and the hook is directly cited. SL93 (talk) 22:09, 8 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Dumelow I added a DYKmake for you, but I'm not sure if I did it correctly because I don't see it saved. SL93 (talk) 22:12, 8 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review SL93, no idea about the DYKmake template, but I am sure it'll all be sorted when it gets added to a prep - Dumelow (talk) 06:44, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]