User:Sammi Brie/DYKs

Sammi Brie DYKs a year
Year	DYKs	Total
2014	10	10
2015	8	18
2016	84	102
2017	24	126
2018	18	144
2019	79	223
2020	107	330
2021	104	434
2022	140	574
2023	93	667
2024	64
Total		729

I did not produce any DYKs prior to 2014, but hey!

2014 (10)

... that The Castle, headquarters of internet company Rackspace, was formerly an enclosed shopping mall that also hosted churches, a nightclub, and hurricane survivors? (31 Jan 2014)
... that Valley National Bank of Arizona employed a full-time curator to manage the art displayed at all of its 200 branches? (31 Jan 2014)
... that the B. B. Moeur Activity Building is the largest WPA-built adobe structure in Arizona? (24 Feb 2014)
... that at its height, Mexican state broadcaster Imevisión controlled two national television networks? (5 Jul 2014)
... that XELD-TV was the first Mexican television station to affiliate with an American network? (15 Jul 2014)
... that Mexican television station XHTM-TV has five relay transmitters in five states? (28 Jul 2014)
... that Harrington-Birchett House was a federally protected bird sanctuary from 1940 to 1970? (19 Aug 2014)
... that while on the faculty of Arizona State University, Harry K. Newburn served as the acting president of Cleveland State University? (12 Nov 2014)
... that the office of University of Missouri Chancellor John W. Schwada was stormed by student protesters in May 1970? (15 Nov 2014)
... that the Fine Arts Center at Arizona State University, designed by Antoine Predock, is named for its fourteenth president, J. Russell Nelson? (7 Dec 2014)

2015 (8)

... that XHJMA-TV was the first television station in Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua? (6 Apr 2015)
... that President Rafael Correa ordered Ecuador's television stations to broadcast 233 cadenas nacionales in 2009? (7 Jul 2015)
... that the original Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church was burned to the ground after Denmark Vesey, one of the church's founders, was implicated in a slave revolt plot? (12 Jul 2015 with User:BrillLyle, User:Dreamyshade and User:ParkerHiggins)
... that at one point, more than half of all Mexican radio stations were affiliates of Radio Programas de México? (14 Jul 2015)
... that in 1967 XEHL-TV mounted the first color transmissions by a regional Mexican television station? (2 Aug 2015)
... that more than 70% of all Mexican radio stations operate on the FM band? (9 Sep 2015)
... that Mayfield Mall, now a Google office building, was the first air-conditioned enclosed mall in Northern California? (19 Oct 2015)
... that Enrique Luis Graue Wiechers is the tenth medical doctor to become rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico? (29 Nov 2015)

2016 (84)

... that Arthur John Matthews, president of the Tempe Normal School, wrote the education section of the Constitution of Arizona? (8 Feb 2016)
... that the floor tiles of the Kerr Cultural Center were made with a now-rare mix of cement and white marble dust? (8 Feb 2016)
... that Ralph Waldo Swetman confronted falling enrollment at Oswego State Teachers College by luring an Air Corps unit to the school? (12 Feb 2016)
... that despite being described by its leader as "liberal", the Social Encounter Party supported a constitutional amendment in Baja California to ban same-sex marriage? (18 Feb 2016)
... that the inauguration of Argentine president Mauricio Macri was completed by the acting president Federico Pinedo, and not by outgoing president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner? (5 Mar 2016 with User:Cambalachero)
... that in 2013 and 2014, the Mexican RTC issued 50 times as many religious broadcasting permits as it did in 2000 and 2001? (17 Mar 2016)
... that Moisés Félix Dagdug Lützow, owner of a radio station, served as the Secretary of the Radio, Television and Film Committee of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies? (17 Mar 2016 - DYK #25)
... that the format of the Mindanao leg of PiliPinas Debates 2016 was modeled after the Republican presidential debates in the United States? (20 Mar 2016 with User:Hariboneagle927, User:Roi Casilana and User:Shhhhwwww!!)
... that Israel Beltrán Montes was elected twice to the Chamber of Deputies and twice as municipal president of Ciudad Cuauhtémoc? (1 Jun 2016)
... that Televisa Radio attempted to merge with two of its principal competitors in 2000, only to have both deals fall through? (1 Jun 2016)
... that two days after resigning from the PRI, Carlos Joaquín González became the gubernatorial candidate of a PAN-PRD alliance? (14 Jun 2016)
... that Omar Fayad, Governor-elect of Hidalgo and the husband of actress Victoria Ruffo, tapped her to be the local director of the DIF in Pachuca? (22 Jun 2016)
... that although Alejandro Murat Hinojosa was born in the State of Mexico, he was allowed to run for governor of Oaxaca by the SCJN because his parents were natives of that state? (24 Jun 2016)
... that when he takes office in September, José Rosas Aispuro will be the first governor of Durango to come from a party other than the Institutional Revolutionary Party? (25 Jun 2016)
.. that Jesús Zambrano Grijalva, a three-time federal deputy and former president of the PRD in Mexico, was jailed for his activities in the Liga Comunista 23 de Septiembre? (27 Jun 2016)
... that Mexican federal deputy Fidel Kuri Grajales threatened to move the Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz if the Institutional Revolutionary Party lost the gubernatorial elections? (29 Jun 2016)
... that Lucía Meza Guzmán has represented Cuautla twice in the state congress of Morelos and once at the Chamber of Deputies? (29 Jun 2016)
... that César Camacho Quiroz (pictured) was selected to become Governor of the State of Mexico and president of the PRI, both times to replace newly designated cabinet members? (2 Jul 2016)
... that Javier Corral, the Governor-elect of Chihuahua, is named for the singer Javier Solís, who died several months before his birth? (3 Jul 2016)
... that Agustín Basave Benítez was a federal deputy for just 69 days prior to becoming president of the Mexican Party of the Democratic Revolution? (5 Jul 2016)
... that in January 2016, Armando Cabada resigned as news director of XHIJ-TDT in order to run for municipal president of Ciudad Juárez? (8 Jul 2016)
... that Governor-elect of Tamaulipas, Mexico, Francisco Javier García Cabeza de Vaca was born in McAllen, Texas, and played soccer at Houston Baptist University? (12 Jul 2016)
... that "pregnant" ballot boxes prompted the PRI to challenge an election in which its candidate, Maurilio Ochoa, lost? (16 Jul 2016)
... that Francisco Javier Sánchez Campuzano got into the broadcasting business by buying a daytimer AM station in Coahuila? (21 Jul 2016)
... that Antonio Gali's candidacy for Governor of Puebla was supported by the PAN, PT, PANAL, and two state parties? (21 Jul 2016)
... that Governor-elect of Sinaloa Quirino Ordaz Coppel, owner of two hotels in Mazatlán, sat on the Tourism Commission in the Chamber of Deputies? (23 Jul 2016)
... that in his 2012 Senate campaign, Alejandro Tello Cristerna received the most votes ever of any statewide candidate in Zacatecas? (23 Jul 2016)
... that Jorge Ramos Hernández became Municipal President of Tijuana in 2007, three years after losing the election to Jorge Hank Rhon? (24 Jul 2016)
... that Harold D. Richardson is still recognized as the tenth president of Arizona State University, though he served in an acting capacity? (25 Jul 2016)
... that Manuel Clouthier Carrillo was the only deputy elected as an independent to the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress? (25 Jul 2016)
... that Jorge Triana Tena oversaw a program that built "beacons of learning" in Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City? (25 Jul 2016 - DYK #50)
... that Jericó Abramo Masso headed a special commission in the Chamber of Deputies to investigate the Pasta de Conchos mine disaster? (26 Jul 2016)
... that Francisco Saracho Navarro proposed the creation of a special commission on the Mexican wine industry in the Chamber of Deputies? (26 Jul 2016)
... that in October 2015, Arturo Santana Alfaro and other PRD deputies proposed raising Mexico's daily minimum wage from 70 pesos to 95? (27 Jul 2016)
... that Raúl Domínguez Rex maintained an unusually low profile as president of the Institutional Revolutionary Party in the State of Mexico? (27 Jul 2016)
... that Marco Mena was the first Mexican to pursue a master's degree in public policy from the University of Chicago? (28 Jul 2016)
... that María Isabel Maya Pineda won two elections in under 120 days, and three over a three-year period? (29 Jul 2016)
... that federal deputy Adriana Terrazas Porras served as coordinator of Enrique Serrano Escobar's campaign for Governor of Chihuahua? (29 Jul 2016)
... that Adolfo Mota Hernández said a statue of Vicente Fox in Boca del Río would "fall just like Saddam Hussein"? (30 Jul 2016)
... that Esthela Ponce Beltrán was the first PRI municipal president of La Paz, Baja California Sur, elected in 12 years? (31 Jul 2016)
... that even though they are siblings and deputies, Hernán Orantes López and María Elena Orantes López do not represent the same political party? (31 Jul 2016)
... that the 2009 resignations of Yulma Rocha Aguilar and seven other female deputies earned them the nickname "juanitas"? (3 Aug 2016)
... that Alejandra Barrales, the new president of the Party of the Democratic Revolution, twice led Aeroméxico flight attendants out on strike? (5 Aug 2016)
... that María Ávila Serna's first two spouses were assassinated? (5 Aug 2016)
... that federal deputy José Ignacio Pichardo Lechuga is the son of a former Governor of the State of Mexico? (6 Aug 2016)
... that Manuel Espino was expelled from the National Action Party, even though he had previously served as its president? (6 Aug 2016)
... that Carmen Salinas, a Mexican actress who has appeared in over 110 movies, now serves as a federal deputy with the PRI? (6 Aug 2016 - three DYKs at once)
... that in 2015, the National Confederation of Popular Organizations moved to a new headquarters described as the "most sinister building" in Mexico? (7 Aug 2016)
... that Óscar García Barrón founded a union of cattle ranchers in Durango that had more than 22,000 members? (8 Aug 2016)
... that Ana María Boone Godoy, a member of the Radio and Television Commission of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies, is part-owner of a radio station in Monclova, Coahuila? (9 Aug 2016)
... that in 2004, Alfredo Bejos Nicolás closed his dental practice in order to replace Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong in the Chamber of Deputies? (11 Aug 2016)
... that Julián Nazar Morales has served on ranching commissions in each of his four terms in the Mexican Chamber of Deputies? (11 Aug 2016)
... that María del Carmen Pinete Vargas was the first woman to head the Veracruz state organization of Movimiento Territorial, a branch of the PRI? (12 Aug 2016)
... that for nearly 25 years, Liborio Vidal Aguilar has donated his salary earned as a public official in Yucatán to charitable causes? (12 Aug 2016)
... that Noemí Guzmán Lagunes earned her undergraduate degree two years after she was elected municipal president of Teocelo? (13 Aug 2016 - DYK #75)
... that 36 years after taking his first job in the city government, Pablo Bedolla López was elected municipal president of Ecatepec de Morelos, State of Mexico? (13 Aug 2016)
... that siblings Miguel Ángel and Alma Lilia Luna Munguía were slated to compete against each other for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies until the former was murdered in his campaign office? (14 Aug 2016)
... that Edgardo Melhem Salinas received the second-most votes out of all Mexican federal deputies in the 2015 elections? (14 Aug 2016)
... that José Alfredo Torres Huitrón is the son of a former mayor of Ecatepec de Morelos, the city he represents in the Chamber of Deputies? (16 Aug 2016)
... that while in the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District, Vidal Llerenas Morales presented initiatives supporting the legalization of marijuana? (17 Aug 2016)
... that Baltazar Martínez Montemayor, a former town councilor in Cerralvo, Nuevo León, is the father of the current mayor, the youngest in the state? (20 Aug 2016)
... that a bill presented by Federico Döring in the Mexican Senate was compared to the Stop Online Piracy Act in the United States? (20 Aug 2016)
... that Javier Guerrero García is considered a potential contender for the Institutional Revolutionary Party nomination for Governor of Coahuila in 2017? (21 Aug 2016)
... that cousins Miguel Ángel Yunes (pictured) and Héctor Yunes Landa ran against each other for Governor of Veracruz? (21 Aug 2016)
... that in between her two terms in the Chamber of Deputies, Sandra Méndez Hernández spent two years as municipal president of Tultitlán, State of Mexico? (22 Aug 2016)
... that Tomás Ruiz González was the first president of the Mexican Tax Administration Service? (22 Aug 2016)
... that Guadalupe Acosta Naranjo was jailed after protesting fraud in the 1993 election for municipal president of Tepic, Nayarit, which he lost? (23 Aug 2016)
... that Claudia Corichi García's arrival in the Citizens' Movement party prompted its director in the state of Zacatecas to resign? (24 Aug 2016)
... that Mexican politician Joaquín Díaz Mena managed a Cancún hotel, taught Telesecundaria classes, and was involved in ranching? (24 Aug 2016)
... that federal deputy Delia Guerrero Coronado previously was the head of nursing at the general hospital of Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosí? (25 Aug 2016)
... that Mexican parliamentarian Hortensia Aragón Castillo's alternate deputy is her sister? (28 Aug 2016)
... that under the leadership of Martha Hilda González Calderón, the city of Toluca received an award for leading Mexico in budget transparency? (1 Sep 2016)
... that in 2010 and 2016, Rafael Yerena Zambrano was reelected unopposed as the secretary general of the Federation of Workers of Jalisco? (3 Sep 2016)
... that Ángel García Yáñez is the first deputy candidate from Mexico's New Alliance Party to win his district? (5 Sep 2016)
... that Enrique Jackson was designated to represent the Chamber of Deputies in the Constitutional Assembly of Mexico City after the original selection was controversial? (6 Sep 2016)
... that Jesús Sesma Suárez has represented San Luis Potosí and Jalisco in the federal Chamber of Deputies, and was a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District? (9 Sep 2016)
... that a local newspaper criticized the PRI's nomination of Marco Antonio García Ayala to represent Baja California, saying he "doesn't even belong to this state"? (15 Sep 2016)
... that a 2014 attack on the radio station Calentana Mexiquense resulted in the death of the owner's 12-year-old son? (17 Oct 2016 - DYK #100)
... that Imagen Televisión, which launches today, is the first new commercial television network in Mexico since 1993? (18 Oct 2016)
... that Gonzalo Castellot Madrazo was the first announcer to appear on Mexican television? (11 Dec 2016)

2017 (24)

... that when it leased the planes of a failed Venezuelan airline, a Bolivian company retained the name LaMia to avoid the cost of repainting the aircraft? (1 Jan 2017 with Hack, Sunnya343 and Cclark0)
... that with more than 14,000 airings over 60 years, Minuto de Dios is the longest-running program on Colombian television? (10 Jan 2017)
... that Radio Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero has broadcast since 1982 but has never been recognized at the federal level? (20 Jan 2017)
... that a 2011 takeover of the Universidad Autónoma Intercultural de Sinaloa in Mexico by protesting students lasted for two months? (7 Feb 2017)
... that the Maximilian Chapel (pictured), atop Cerro de las Campanas, is built in a style that "has nothing to do with Mexican buildings"? (8 Feb 2017)
... that in 2013, two hundred teachers occupied a toll booth on Mexican Federal Highway 180D and allowed cars to pass for free? (18 Feb 2017)
... that Mexican Federal Highway 95D passes under an archeological site (pictured) uncovered during its construction? (6 Mar 2017)
... that Joaquín Vargas Gómez opened a restaurant in a retired North Star DC-4 parked near the Mexico City International Airport? (29 Mar 2017)
... that a+ will provide local television programming mixed with national content to 21 Mexican cities by the end of June 2017? (3 Apr 2017)
... that Mexican Federal Highway 15D includes two of the country's five most expensive toll roads? (10 Apr 2017)
... that Mexican Federal Highway 40D from Durango to Mazatlán features 68 tunnels and 115 bridges, including Baluarte Bridge (pictured), the tallest cable-stayed bridge in the world when constructed? (16 May 2017)
... that Estadio Tecnológico (pictured) hosted all three group stage matches of the England national football team in the 1986 FIFA World Cup? (3 June 2017)
... that the Estadio Gaspar Mass is named for one of the pioneers of American football in the Mexican state of Nuevo León? (10 June 2017)
... that the Estadio Tecnológico de Oaxaca was designed to mimic the ball court at Monte Albán? (17 June 2017)
... that construction of the Macrolibramiento Palmillas-Apaseo el Grande highway was delayed by difficulties acquiring rights of way, rising material costs, and intermittent funding from the Mexican government? (5 Jul 2017)
... that Governor-elect of the State of Mexico Alfredo del Mazo Maza's father, grandfather, and cousin all held the office before him? (7 Jul 2017)
... that the call letters of radio stations KFAS and KFAS-FM were adopted to honor minority owner Francis Albert Sinatra? (12 Jul 2017)
... that 35 years ago today, Tucson, Arizona, radio station KIKX shut down after losing its FCC license over a 1974 kidnapping hoax involving one of the station's DJs? (18 Jul 2017)
... that A Voz do Brasil is the longest-running radio program in the Southern Hemisphere? (22 Jul 2017)
... that radio station KRGE in Weslaco, Texas, once shared time with another station that later moved 350 miles (560 km) from Brownsville to Port Arthur? (24 July 2017)
... that the Mexican Seismic Alert System provided Mexico City 80 seconds of advance notice prior to the 2012 Oaxaca earthquake? (14 Aug 2017)
... that KFKU, the AM radio station of the University of Kansas, ceased operations because its time-share partner went silent due to financial difficulties? (18 Aug 2017)
... that the iBuyPower and NetcodeGuides match fixing scandal is considered the first large scandal of its type to hit the competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive scene? (20 Aug 2017)
... that the Estadio Universitario Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba incorporates a mural by Leopoldo Flores in the stands on the west side of the stadium? (26 Dec 2017)

2018 (18)

... that the Coatzacoalcos Underwater Tunnel, which took 13 years to complete, has been described as a "monument to corruption"? (29 Jan 2018)
... that Armando Ríos Piter declined his own party's nomination for Governor of Guerrero because it wanted him to sign a pact with the former governor? (21 Feb 2018)
... that Martha Erika Alonso stopped using her husband's last name in public during her campaign for Governor of Puebla? (16 Jul 2018)
... that Cuitláhuac García Jiménez lost the 2016 Veracruz gubernatorial election to Miguel Ángel Yunes Linares, but defeated his son in 2018? (28 Jul 2018)
... that Governor-elect of Jalisco Enrique Alfaro Ramírez was the first winning gubernatorial candidate to come from the Movimiento Ciudadano party? (7 Aug 2018)
... that Mexican federal deputy Carlos Hermosillo Arteaga and his wife were found to own six properties worth a total of 14 million pesos in the state of Chihuahua? (10 Aug 2018)
... that Red W Interactiva, a talk radio network in Mexico, operated for only 102 days? (23 Aug 2018)
... that in 2016, Jaime Bonilla Valdez invited current Mexican president-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador to his suite at Petco Park to watch the Major League Baseball All-Star Game? (9 Sep 2018)
... that in 2017, Lorena Cuéllar Cisneros joined eight other Mexican senators in switching parties after a dispute over commission seats, more than doubling the Labor Party's ranks? (13 Sep 2018)
... that Mexican senator Delfina Gómez Álvarez entered politics at the urging of a former mayor who later ran for the Senate alongside her? (14 Sep 2018)
... that Tonatiuh Bravo Padilla stepped down as rector of the University of Guadalajara to seek a return to elected office as a Mexican federal deputy? (19 Sep 2018)
... that Manuel Añorve Baños was appointed by his cousin, the interim Governor of Guerrero, Mexico, to serve as the interim mayor of Acapulco? (27 Sep 2018)
... that while mayor of Torreón, Miguel Riquelme Solís led the construction of a cable car to the Cristo de las Noas statue which he dedicated as governor of Coahuila? (29 Sep 2018)
... that Cruz Pérez Cuéllar ran for Governor of Chihuahua, Mexico, in 2016 on a platform that called for voters to decide if the governor should be removed midway through his term? (6 Oct 2018)
... that Emilio Álvarez Icaza will enter the Mexican Senate as an independent, refusing to caucus with any of the three parties that supported his candidacy? (7 Oct 2018)
... that until being murdered in May 2018, Mexican journalist and radio station founder Juan Carlos Huerta anchored the newscast on the television station XHTVL-TDT? (23 Nov 2018)
... that the Estadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo" in Mexico City has housed Olympic field hockey, professional American football, and Central American migrants? (14 Dec 2018)
... that in 2018, the pay television service on channel 51 of MVS TV in Mexico City had only three subscribers? (15 Dec 2018)

2019 (79)

... that a landowner buried the transmitter building for Missouri radio station KXBR under 6 feet (1.8 m) of dirt as part of a rent dispute? (1 Mar 2019)
... that Mexican federal deputy Nay Salvatori invited the public to "smoke marijuana at my house and listen to The Doors" if the drug was legalized in Mexico, despite never having smoked it herself? (13 Apr 2019)
... that Barry Sage has earned US$22,000 for clapping his hands in 1981? (21 Apr 2019)
... that while a federal deputy, Virgilio Caballero Pedraza lost his apartment in the 2017 Mexico City earthquake? (24 Apr 2019)
... that XHCDMX-FM, operated by a consortium of women's organizations and activists, is the first community radio station in Mexico City? (28 Apr 2019)
... that although KGTO-TV in Fayetteville, Arkansas, signed on as an NBC affiliate, it received no network compensation for carrying its programs? (12 May 2019 — DYK #150)
... that during construction of the tower for Oklahoma City's KLPR-TV station, a worker was trapped 200 ft (61 m) in the air for more than an hour? (26 May 2019)
... that convenience store chain Wawa successfully forced Philadelphia-area radio station WAWA to stop using its new call letters? (1 Jun 2019)
... that a disc jockey resigned from his post at KWJB in Globe, Arizona, to work with Les Paul and Mary Ford? (12 Jun 2019)
... that after discontinuing normal programming, KPPC radio signed on once a week for six months to fulfill a contract to broadcast church services? (3 Jul 2019)
... that Stephen King killed off a radio station in the Bangor area? (19 Jul 2019)
... that the final owners of Connecticut's WQQW radio station were involved in a fraudulent banking ring that toppled the town's mayor? (26 Jul 2019)
... that Waylon Jennings and Johnny Dollar were guest disc jockeys for country music station KOYL in Odessa, Texas? (29 Jul 2019)
... that WBUZ and four other operating radio stations lost their FCC licenses as a result of the owner being convicted of felonies? (3 Aug 2019)
... that KSOM in Tucson, Arizona, suffered two transmitter fires in less than four years of broadcasting? (12 Aug 2019)
... that New Jersey high school radio station WHPH, itself shared between two schools, had to share time with another high school radio station? (17 Aug 2019)
... that the Louisville Sinking Fund Building went from being slated for demolition to being listed on the National Register of Historic Places in six years? (26 Aug 2019 with Charles Edward)
... that Chicago's WCLM radio was investigated for leasing an audio channel without permission to a service that broadcast horse racing results to bookies, later losing its license over other violations? (27 Aug 2019)
... that radio station KSUN in Bisbee, Arizona, sold its call letters to a station in Phoenix after going off the air due to financial troubles? (6 Sep 2019)
... that eight years to the day after it first signed on, WVOB radio in Bel Air, Maryland, lost its tower when a construction worker clipped the tower's guy wires? (7 Sep 2019)
... that before opening West Point High School, the Tolleson Union High School District in Arizona was so overcrowded that it had to turn students away and use teacher's lounges as classrooms? (8 Sep 2019)
... that WBBY-FM lost its license because the man who claimed to be its manager worked full-time at a car dealership 120 miles (190 km) away? (13 Sep 2019)
... that in 1949, the students of Northwestern Schools underwrote the US$40,000 cost to build KTIS in Minneapolis, the first radio station of Northwestern Media? (15 Sep 2019)
... that backlash over Dodge City, Kansas, radio station KTTL's racist programming and its refusal to pay property taxes left the station with just one advertiser by 1983? (18 Sep 2019)
... that in 1975, a field mouse knocked Michigan radio station WKJR off the air for 45 minutes? (20 Sep 2019)
... that Kevin Harlan said his "first good move" in sports broadcasting was getting into radio at WGBP-FM? (22 Sep 2019)
... that after KSJU radio was forced off FM and onto a cable system, students at the College of Saint Benedict could not listen to it on campus, even though their activity fees supported it? (26 Sep 2019)
... that high school radio station WGAG-FM had a yearly budget of US$200, which it raised by selling donuts and clearing lawns? (29 Sep 2019)
... that with the sign-ons of KWCS-TV, KOET, KUSU-TV, and KBYU-TV, Utah had more educational TV stations than commercial ones by 1966? (6 Oct 2019)
... that a snake chased a mouse into the transmitter of Nebraska radio station KWRV in 1962, knocking it off the air for two hours? (8 Oct 2019)
... that in its first decade as an educational radio station, KSLH produced 2,878 fifteen-minute programs for St. Louis-area school students? (10 Oct 2019)
... that KLLT in Grants, New Mexico, went off the air because the United States Forest Service refused to let the station build a tower on Mount Taylor to improve its coverage? (11 Oct 2019)
... that KTKN in Ketchikan, Alaska, was one of just six new radio stations authorized in the United States in 1942, due to a wartime freeze order? (12 Oct 2019)
... that Harry Caray called his first Major League Baseball game on radio station WTMV in the St. Louis area? (13 Oct 2019)
... that radio station WPSA at Paul Smith's College began life in the basement of a dormitory that had previously been a meat market? (15 Oct 2019)
... that the annual charity radiothon at Wyoming high school radio station KYDZ was commended by a thank-you letter from President Ronald Reagan? (18 Oct 2019)
... that a contributing factor to the demise of black radio station KOJC in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was an internal struggle among its board of directors? (19 Oct 2019)
... 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? (20 Oct 2019)
... 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? (25 Oct 2019)
... that KGCX, located in a town with a population of 50, claimed to be the "smallest broadcasting station in the world"? (26 Oct 2019)
... that that New Hampshire radio station WBRL's first license was cancelled by the Federal Communications Commission because of double-billing practices? (27 Oct 2019)
... that KSKI AM initially broadcast from a lodge at the Sun Valley ski resort? (28 Oct 2019)
... that XHFAMX-TDT "La Octava", which opens tonight, marks Grupo Radio Centro's return to Mexico City television for the first time since 1972? (1 Nov 2019)
... that North Carolina radio station WVSP began operations out of a former doctor's office? (3 Nov 2019)
... 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? (5 Nov 2019)
... 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? (6 Nov 2019)
... 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? (8 Nov 2019)
... 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? (10 Nov 2019)
... 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? (11 Nov 2019)
... that Rhode Island Public Radio's 2007 acquisition of WAKX brought NPR service to communities in southern Rhode Island for the first time? (12 Nov 2019)
... that WACH-TV in Newport News, Virginia, pleaded with the FCC to regulate networks because another station was "hogging" affiliations? (16 Nov 2019)
... 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? (18 Nov 2019)
... 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? (19 Nov 2019)
... 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? (20 Nov 2019 — DYK #200)
... that an owner of radio station KPRB sold it to devote himself to his duties as the fire chief of Redmond, Oregon? (21 Nov 2019)
... that in 1998, a buyer of Colorado radio station KGRE risked his entire savings and maxed out seven credit cards to acquire it? (22 Nov 2019)
... that WXGM AM dropped its coverage of William & Mary Tribe athletics in favor of the smaller Christopher Newport University, since CNU offered to pay for the rights? (25 Nov 2019)
... that a man claiming to be Lynyrd Skynyrd's Billy Powell fooled Sioux Falls radio station KRRO into letting him sing in their studios? (27 Nov 2019)
... that Vermont's first FM radio station renamed itself WQCR, standing for "Wonderful Queen City Radio", in 1972? (29 Nov 2019)
... that WXXX's broadcast license was challenged in the 1970s because the station employed no African Americans in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, a city that was 30 percent black? (1 Dec 2019)
... that radio station KEYZ in Williston, North Dakota, owned a Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft and used it for news coverage, promotional events, sales calls, and search and rescue efforts? (3 Dec 2019)
... that jazz musicians Ben Tucker and Billy Taylor bought Savannah, Georgia, radio station WSOK and expanded its album collection from 20 to 4,000? (4 Dec 2019)
... that despite fighting for more than two years to stop the other station from signing on, WGVL's last day on the air was also WSPA-TV's first? (5 Dec 2019)
... that a young Bob Smith, later famous as Wolfman Jack, got his first radio job as "Daddy Jules" at WYOU in Newport News, Virginia? (6 Dec 2019)
... that future U.S. senator Howard Baker campaigned for president of the University of Tennessee student body on a platform to establish a campus radio station? (8 Dec 2019)
... that after taking the unprofitable station off the air, Harold Orr hired a crew of young announcers to broadcast on KSVY 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, to keep the license? (10 Dec 2019)
... that Educational Media Foundation's 2006 acquisition of WSMU-FM marked the "first major foray" by Christian FM broadcasting into New England? (11 Dec 2019)
... that Nevada radio station KONE was sued in 1966 by the proprietors of 16 musical works, who claimed that the station did not pay royalties for playing songs such as "San Antonio Rose" and "Sweet Georgia Brown"? (14 Dec 2019 — 50th state in 2019)
... that St. Louis County police arrested engineers and announcers of KXLW because their tower violated local zoning laws? (16 Dec 2019)
... that 17 extensions and modifications of the construction permit were necessary before Hawaii radio station KFSH went on the air in 1985, more than eight years after the permit was awarded? (17 Dec 2019)
... that KSLN-TV, the ABC television affiliate in Salina, Kansas, folded twice in three years under two different owners? (19 Dec 2019)
... that religious ministers revealed the winning numbers to illegal lotteries on WOOK radio, by hiding them in Bible references? (25 Dec 2019 – completes 50 states and DC)
... that after John Lennon called the Beatles more popular than Jesus, KLUE radio responded by staging a bonfire of Beatles memorabilia – and its transmitter was struck by lightning the next day? (26 Dec 2019)
... that the demise of Sportsvue, which lost $2 million in its 10 months of operation, prompted Jim Fitzgerald to sell the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team? (27 Dec 2019)
... that the sale of WWIZ radio in Lorain, Ohio, undertaken in order to raise capital to build WXTV in Youngstown, prompted both stations to lose their licenses? (29 Dec 2019)
... that the first owners of radio station KSTO fled Guam after running up a debt of $60,000 in less than seven months of operation? (31 Dec 2019)
... that after Mississippi radio station WKNZ relaunched as "Zoo 107", it sponsored a name-the-zebra contest at its namesake, the Hattiesburg Zoo? (31 Dec 2019)

2020 (107)

... that Missouri radio station KADY was the first ever recipient of a fine from the FCC for failing to illuminate its tower? (2 Jan 2020)
... that KFXY in Flagstaff, Arizona, was reported by American newspapers in 1925 to be the only radio station in the world owned by a woman? (8 Jan 2020)
... that WWNN (980 AM) in Pompano Beach, Florida, was the first radio station in the United States to adopt a format consisting of motivational speeches? (9 Jan 2020)
... that school officials in Palm Springs were not successful in using radio station KPSH-FM as a vocational tool, so they turned it over to the University of Southern California? (11 Jan 2020)
... that when WFAB radio in Miami was forced off the air in 1977, Hispanic-owned shops in Homestead closed for an hour in protest? (11 Jan 2020)
... that the 12-year license fight that led to the establishment of Washington, D.C., radio station WYCB also drained its principals' finances? (15 Jan 2020)
... that the owner of Hawaii television station KHBC-TV compared an effort to unionize the station to "socialism"? (16 Jan 2020)
... that someone shot out KSNN radio's tower lights using a .22-caliber rifle in 1967? (18 Jan 2020)
... that Cincinnati high-school radio station WNSD was permanently shut down in part because its faculty advisor went on maternity leave? (19 Jan 2020)
... that 23 of the 25 disc jockeys of Utah radio station KJQN-FM defected and started their own station, taking with them a converted truck called the "Milk Beast"? (20 Jan 2020)
... that after its sale to the Western Bible College, radio station KJOL toned down its protests against abortion clinics and grocery stores that sold pornographic materials? (21 Jan 2020)
... that upon the demise of WFAN-TV in Washington, D.C., its owner took out a full-page newspaper advertisement declaring that the station had been "choked to death" by an inability to upgrade its signal? (21 Jan 2020)
... that leaks by Miami radio stations WMJX and WHYI-FM forced the release date for the new Bee Gees album Spirits Having Flown to be brought forward? (23 Jan 2020)
... that when Louisville, Kentucky's WKYW radio became religious station WFIA in 1965, it ceased accepting beer, wine and tobacco commercials? (23 Jan 2020)
... that Baltimore television station WMET-TV was housed in a converted movie theater? (24 Jan 2020)
... that ashes from a nearby fire left the freshly painted tower of radio station WCAI black instead of red? (25 Jan 2020)
... that within six hours of Alabama radio station WFPA being served an eviction notice, the tower had been dismantled? (26 Jan 2020)
... that 75 business leaders, pastors, and listeners of Nevada's KRCV radio attempted to buy the station, even though it was not making money? (28 Jan 2020)
... that a 1986 contest by radio station KXUS jammed all telephone circuits in Springfield, Missouri, for an hour? (30 Jan 2020)
... that the owner of WRSL AM and FM in Stanford, Kentucky, built a dinner theater on the station's property? (1 Feb 2020)
... that in 1952, Los Angeles radio station KFAC boasted a recording library weighing 28 tons, enough to program the station for a year without repeating a selection? (3 Feb 2020 with User:Nathan Obral)
... that the studio building used by Oklahoma City radio station KJEM was the last structure that was demolished to make way for the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building? (7 Feb 2020)
... that television station WETV in Key West, Florida, was forced off the air by an act of Congress? (8 Feb 2020)
... that equipment from defunct television station WTVI in Fort Pierce, Florida, was sold to start an unrelated WTVI in Charlotte, North Carolina? (10 Feb 2020)
... that WCAE, the first educational television station in Indiana, received more support from viewers in Illinois than in its own state? (10 Feb 2020)
... that radio station KROF derived its call sign from the three major products of Vermilion Parish, Louisiana – rice, oil, and furs? (11 Feb 2020 — DYK #250)
... that a pair of brothers – future meteorologist Tom Skilling and future Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling – worked at WLXT-TV in Aurora, Illinois, while in high school? (12 Feb 2020)
... that Brenda Nelson, host of the Talk of the Town interview program on KTLO-FM in Mountain Home, Arkansas, retired after doing more than 8,000 interviews over 34 years? (13 Feb 2020)
... that at a meeting about zoning for a tower for KUCB-FM in Des Moines, Iowa, a radio station board member hurled a wastebasket at the chairman of the city zoning board? (14 Feb 2020 — first GA DYK)
... that to commemorate its new call letters in 1938, radio station KITE in Kansas City, Missouri, gave away 15,000 kites to children? (16 Feb 2020)
... that in 1979, the initials CIRALG were said to "spell power in central Iowa"? (16 Feb 2020)
... that Mexican indigenous radio station La Voz de los Chontales returns today after being silent for more than 30 years? (21 Feb 2020)
... that when WIRK-TV ceased operations 64 years ago today, its president admitted to operating the station "long past the point of good judgment"? (29 Feb 2020)
... that Texas radio stations KMJR, KXAI, and KBPA are part of a three-station facility change that will give the Educational Media Foundation a city-grade signal in San Antonio? (4 Mar 2020)
... that Ohio television station WSWO-TV went off the air the same week that its owner was arrested for stealing equipment from other stations? (15 Mar 2020)
... that television station KTVE in Longview, Texas, broadcast the 1954 World Series without permission, and was ordered to cease and desist by the NBC network? (20 Mar 2020)
... that station staff had to throw snowballs to knock the ice off the aging transmitter of radio station KWCR-FM at Weber State University in Utah? (3 Apr 2020)
... that after ceasing operations, the owner of television station KETX in Tyler, Texas, was sued for nearly $6,000 in unreturned film rentals? (5 Apr 2020)
... that professional journalists commended a student reporter at Sacramento radio station KERS for refusing to reveal her source for a story about California governor Ronald Reagan not paying taxes? (18 Apr 2020)
... that when the College of the Pacific started a radio station, it had to settle for the call sign KCVN because a police facility held the rights to KCOP? (19 Apr 2020)
... that an early program feature on Nebraska radio station KJSK was a cooking show hosted by the owner's wife from her kitchen? (21 Apr 2020)
... that Oklahoma station KRMC dropped its all-news radio format in part because its management felt that it did not work well on a daytime-only station? (24 Apr 2020)
... that the Federal Communications Commission found that the owner of Maine radio station WKZX had "abdicated financial control" of the business? (27 Apr 2020)
... that California governor Pete Wilson celebrated his 60th birthday as a DJ on Sacramento radio station KSEG? (29 Apr 2020)
... that KILO's broadcast license allowed the University of North Dakota to get out of the commercial broadcasting business? (6 May 2020)
... that Miami Spanish-language radio station WLTO was sold in 1972 to a new owner who did not speak Spanish? (13 May 2020)
... that New Mexico radio station KARA was sued by a competitor who claimed that the station was impeding delivery of its mail? (19 May 2020)
... that Christian television station KBFI-TV permanently ceased operations at 2 a.m. on Christmas Eve? (20 May 2020)
... that radio station WSID, located in a suburb of Baltimore, claimed that a city court had no jurisdiction over it? (22 May 2020)
... that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation left a studio building in British Columbia unfinished in 1978, only to move in 34 years later? (26 May 2020)
... that a five-year-old boy, using paper and his mother's cigarette lighter, started a fire that consumed the transmitter of Florida radio station WEAR? (1 Jun 2020)
... that Florida radio station WEBY received three threats to blow it up if it did not stop criticizing the sheriff of Okaloosa County? (3 Jun 2020)
... that the owner of Texas television station KFWT-TV questioned the use of a UNIVAC III computer to assign it a channel? (7 Jun 2020)
... that in a promotional stunt, staff at Cincinnati-area radio station WIZF demanded a 40-percent raise, which turned out to refer to a 40-foot (12 m) increase in the height of the station's antenna? (16 Jun 2020)
... that in the early years of Montana radio station KGHL, some musical groups had to perform on the roof of the studio building? (17 Jun 2020)
... that the board of directors of Canadian cooperative television station CFVO-TV refused to accept the resignation of its president so that he could negotiate a loan? (18 Jun 2020)
... that after a show host on Orlando-area radio station WTLN hired a hitman to kill his former lover's husband, the intended victim began a campaign to urge advertisers to boycott the station? (1 Jul 2020)
... that the Star Stations radio group was the subject of the largest denial of license renewals in the history of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission? (4 Jul 2020)
... that the Spanish government blocked the sale of a stake in digital television licensee Sociedad Gestora de Televisión Net TV to Viacom? (11 Jul 2020)
... that program tapes were sent to KUAC, the first public radio station in Alaska, by overnight Pan Am flights from Oregon? (11 Jul 2020)
... that South Dakota TV station KRSD-TV's signal was so poor that it sparked an "uprising" of calls and cancellations from cable viewers? (17 Jul 2020)
... that the Federal Communications Commission disapproved of a potential buyer's plans for North Carolina television station WANC-TV, finding them a wasteful use of spectrum? (18 Jul 2020)
... that when he was Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Pope Francis instructed the first director general of television station Canal 21 to position the station "between nude women and the Sunday Mass"? (20 Jul 2020)
... that Indiana radio station WFCI engaged in a five-year battle to increase its transmitting power, facing opposition from a local TV station? (21 Jul 2020)
... that the Ente Nacional de Comunicaciones, the communications and media regulator of Argentina, was created despite a court ruling blocking the act? (23 Jul 2020)
... that while the management of Wyoming television station KFNB claimed transmitter trouble as the reason for going off the air, a former reporter announced that all staff had been laid off? (25 Jul 2020)
... that the bank that owned Wisconsin radio stations WMAD AM and FM, hired three new employees in the ten days before shutting the stations down? (28 Jul 2020)
... that El Salvador converted its main convention center into a COVID-19 hospital that, when completed, will have 2,000 beds? (28 Jul 2020)
... that FCC chairman Ajit Pai has cited his hometown radio station, KLKC in Parsons, Kansas, in advocating for a revitalization of AM broadcasting? (29 Jul 2020)
... that the transmitter used to start Nashville radio station WSIX was purchased in exchange for five barrels of oil? (30 Jul 2020)
... that Chilean television station TVO fired presenter Pamela Jiles for appearing in a presidential campaign advertisement, even though it described itself as editorially "tolerant"? (31 Jul 2020)
... that nearly 5,000 fans of easy-listening music successfully petitioned Mississippi radio station WEQZ to adopt the format when another station changed away from it? (3 Aug 2020)
... that in 1947, New York City's WMGM rated dead last among FM radio stations, at a time when just 3 percent of metropolitan area residents had FM receivers? (4 Aug 2020)
... that K26AC in Bemidji, Minnesota, was the first low-power television station in the United States that did not repeat another station? (5 Aug 2020)
... that when the Jehovah's Witnesses sold New York City radio station WBBR in 1957, the purchase included the 18-acre (7.3 ha) farm, complete with 20 chicken houses, at the transmitter site? (6 Aug 2020 — DYK #300)
... that Radio Saigon Houston has been cited as a factor luring Vietnamese Americans to move from the West Coast to Texas? (10 Aug 2020)
... that a "self-proclaimed public avenger" cut down the tower of Oregon television station KVDO-TV in 1976 to protest its sale to the state government? (14 Aug 2020)
... that South Carolina radio station WDAB sold its former call letters to Michael Bloomberg, then named itself after an owner that had not yet bought the station? (15 Aug 2020)
... that WILS-TV in Lansing, Michigan, featured a singing weather girl and pianist dressed appropriately for the next day's forecast? (16 Aug 2020)
... that the all-woman announcing staff of Spokane, Washington, radio station KPEG all used the first name Peg on air? (17 Aug 2020)
... that the purchasers of West Virginia radio station WGKV were deemed by the Federal Communications Commission to be "almost wholly ignorant of the field of radio broadcasting"? (19 Aug 2020)
... that a former owner of Atlanta-area radio station WIGO took its name from Isaiah 40:31? (20 Aug 2020 — DYK #84 in 2020, a record)
... that radio station WCCT-FM was started by the hotel and business management shop of Cape Cod Regional Technical High School in Massachusetts? (22 Aug 2020)
... that the failed Manistee Town Center shopping mall in Glendale, Arizona, appeared in the 2002 film Eight Legged Freaks, with one of its anchor stores serving as a sound stage? (30 Aug 2020)
... that a 1967 promotion by Virginia radio station WHIH, anticipated to receive 15,000 entries, instead received nearly 180 million? (4 Sep 2020)
... that WHUM-TV featured a cooking show hosted by a woman who did not know how to cook and scoured for recipes at the local public library? (5 Sep 2020)
... that Providence College president Brian Shanley invited Rhode Island Public Radio to broadcast over the college's station, WDOM, in the wake of Hurricane Sandy? (6 Sep 2020)
... that Vermont radio station WFAD was ordered to shut down just two weeks after it launched? (6 Sep 2020)
... that a purchaser of Delaware radio station WJWL called the transaction "the longest deal in my lifetime"? (11 Sep 2020)
... that radio station WKXL in Concord, New Hampshire, was started by a sitting governor and is owned by a former senator? (13 Sep 2020)
... that radio station WNLC in New London, Connecticut, was off the air for three weeks after the 1938 New England hurricane destroyed its tower and flooded the transmitter building? (13 Sep 2020)
... that New Jersey radio station WJJZ lost its license over an unauthorized payment of $25,000 to a competing applicant for its frequency? (14 Sep 2020 — completes 50 states and DC for 2020)
... that 54 years ago today, California television station KCFT-TV went off the air when General Electric showed up with a moving van, a locksmith, and a court order to repossess equipment? (19 Sep 2020)
... that the site of Los Arcos Mall was dubbed the "most divisive piece of property" in the history of Scottsdale, Arizona? (21 Sep 2020)
... that less than 18 months after being launched, radio station KFNA of El Paso, Texas, declared bankruptcy after its format failed to attract listeners? (23 Sep 2020)
... that after shutting down in 1954, Indiana television station WRAY-TV was activated once a year to air the annual March of Dimes telethon? (23 Sep 2020)
... that the $10 million Tri-City Mall in Mesa, Arizona, began to lose stores and customers ten years after opening, and even a multimillion-dollar renovation could not save it? (23 Sep 2020)
... that the owner of WSZE-TV started an air-taxi service to bring program tapes to Saipan? (27 Sep 2020 — DYK #100 for 2020)
... that the owners of Florida radio station WPAS blamed an Associated Press teletype machine for starting a fire that burned it down? (30 Sep 2020)
... that two weeks after the owner of a Kansas City television station declared that "KCIT-TV is here to stay", it ceased broadcasting? (7 Oct 2020)
... that the Federal Radio Commission revoked the license of Chicago radio station WCHI in 1931 for attacking medical procedures such as surgical operations and vaccinations? (3 Nov 2020)
... that the establishment of KVZK-TV led to the electrification of many villages in American Samoa? (10 Nov 2020)
... that four days after participating in a 12-hour-long legislative session, Joel Molina Ramírez became the first Mexican senator to die of COVID-19? (11 Nov 2020)
... that after 28 years away from public media, José Antonio Álvarez Lima was tapped in 2019 to head the Mexican television channel Canal Once? (21 Nov 2020)
... that 185 Spanish-language radio stations aired the astronomy program Universo produced by KXCR of El Paso, Texas? (4 Dec 2020)

2021 (104)

... that KAVU-TV in Victoria, Texas, did not know their signal was being seen on cable in Corpus Christi until family of station employees living there said that they had enjoyed that morning's newscast? (7 Jan 2021)
... that radio station WWBC in Cocoa, Florida, was forced to remove its transmitter tower from the Indian River when the site was sold to condominium developers? (11 Jan 2021)
... that television station WKAB-TV of Mobile, Alabama, broadcast for less than two years before the company that owned it got into financial difficulties and WKAB went off air? (14 Jan 2021)
... that the Argentine government took over operations of television channel 8 at Mar del Plata in 1973, only to privatize it again a decade later? (15 Jan 2021)
... that KEVT, the first Spanish-language radio station in Tucson, offered English lessons from a University of Arizona professor? (20 Jan 2021)
... that during the trial of Francis Gary Powers, Kansas radio station KBTO presented summaries of Radio Moscow broadcasts alongside other international reports? (23 Jan 2021)
... that when a proposed sale of Orlando-area radio station WVCF fell through, the attempted buyer started his own station? (29 Jan 2021)
... that one student's entire semester at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay in 1979 consisted of programming its student radio station WGBW? (1 Feb 2021)
... that after NBCUniversal shut down KMAS-TV in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, its chief engineer suggested it be donated to his former employer, Rocky Mountain PBS? (3 Feb 2021)
... that Albuquerque radio station KRZY broadcast a college football game without permission by smuggling in gear under blankets and disguising an announcer in the opposing team's student section? (6 Feb 2021)
... that station officials climbed the 500-foot (150 m) tower of the first WFMZ-TV, smashed a bottle of champagne against the top, and christened it "Miss Ultra High"? (8 Feb 2021)
... that despite boasting it was the most powerful television station in the Midwest, Missouri television station KACY left the air because it could not secure the right to carry network programs? (11 Feb 2021)
... that Utah radio stations KSUB and KSUB-FM both suffered tower collapses before going on air—39 years apart? (14 Feb 2021)
... that while Gerry House worked at Kentucky radio station WCBR, the owner, a pastor, asked him whether he wanted to donate his salary? (26 Feb 2021)
... that even though low interest prompted the Associated Students of Montana Tech to cut funding for student radio station KMSM-FM, it still filed to renew the station's license? (4 Mar 2021)
... that the co-founder of Arkansas radio station KTOY, the first Black-owned radio station in the state, continued teaching math after starting it? (4 Mar 2021)
... that Mexican political party Progressive Social Networks allowed party members to vote in internal elections using a smartphone app? (5 Mar 2021)
... that South Carolina low-power television station WPDF-LP was bumped off the air by another station's digital signal? (6 Mar 2021)
... that a former owner of Illinois radio station WRBA carried an expired police badge to allow him to get to its transmitter site quickly if need be? (10 Mar 2021 — DYK #350)
... that Clair McCollough rose from being a carrier boy for Lancaster Newspapers to presiding over the broadcast station group spawned by the company? (10 Mar 2021)
... that several candidates running on the ticket of the new political party Force for Mexico were previously members of the National Regeneration Movement? (12 Mar 2021)
... that an engineer of Pittsburgh television station WENS found out that its tower had collapsed when he looked out his window to find it missing? (13 Mar 2021)
... that a 1958 promotion by Nashville radio station WKDA, in which a "purple people eater" climbed a hotel sign, prompted the police chief to ask the station "never to pull a trick" like it again? (16 Mar 2021)
... that within hours of the Social Encounter Party in Mexico being stripped of its electoral registration, the Solidary Encounter Party was formed with the same initials, party structure and ideology? (17 Mar 2021)
... that KSBK, which has been described as the most influential radio station in Okinawa in the 1960s, became a casualty of the reversion of the Ryukyu Islands to Japan and closed in October 1973? (17 Mar 2021)
... that Idaho's first television station, KFXD-TV, was a two-man operation that lasted less than two months? (19 Mar 2021)
... that Chuck Connors, star of the ABC show The Rifleman, was an investor in TV station KNBS, an ABC affiliate, in Washington state? (20 Mar 2021)
... that a decade after passing on the opportunity to build a radio station, the owner of the Okmulgee Daily Times newspaper instead bought KOKL? (18 Mar 2021)
... that KQLO, the antecedent of today's KIHM, was established after its founder drove from Nevada to Vermont and found no Catholic radio stations on the trip? (22 Mar 2021)
... that the founder of WZIP in Covington, Kentucky, beat out his own brother for the right to build the station? (31 Mar 2021)
... that when the tower of Sioux Falls radio station KISD collapsed in 1968, it narrowly missed a train motel run by the station's former owner? (5 Apr 2021)
... that students from four local high schools and Rutgers University each had their chance to run New Jersey television station WRTV for a day? (6 Apr 2021)
... that within three years, American subscription television service ON TV went from boasting 725,000 subscribers in eight cities to being out of business? (7 Apr 2021)
... that the chief engineer of Virginia television station WRFT-TV said that "a 15-watt Christmas bulb and baling wire" kept it on the air? (10 Apr 2021)
... that Idaho television station KCIX-TV went silent awaiting a merger deal that fell apart? (12 Apr 2021)
... that an owner of Wyoming radio station KATI donated the station to the University of Wyoming, only to be "disappointed" when the university opted not to use his gift? (13 Apr 2021)
... 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? (14 Apr 2021)
... that the owner of Oregon radio station KLOO offered $10,000 to anyone who could bring an extraterrestrial lifeform to the station's studios? (16 Apr 2021)
... that after Ted Turner asked for viewers' money to keep WRET-TV afloat, he was able to repay thousands of lenders four years later—with interest? (18 Apr 2021)
... that radio station WMLB in Cumming, Georgia, earned national acclaim as an Americana music station in the 1990s? (21 Apr 2021 — US station #200)
... that San Francisco's "KYOU Radio" was the first terrestrial radio station to broadcast a program format consisting of podcasts? (24 Apr 2021)
... that Indiana radio station WFML was bought so that the new owner could use the station's transmitter site to expand his hotel? (26 Apr 2021)
... that a new-age music format called "The Breeze" was a ratings failure for Nebraska radio station KLMS, causing a precipitous decline in listenership? (27 Apr 2021)
... that the founding owner of Minnesota radio station WVAL would climb the 300-foot (91 m) transmission tower himself and change the light bulbs on the mast? (5 May 2021)
... that confusion over time zone changes in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan resulted in technical violations at WCKD radio and almost cost the owner an opportunity to build a station in Illinois? (7 May 2021)
... that two utility companies fought in court over who would supply electricity to North Dakota radio station KBMR? (13 May 2021)
... that the founder of New Orleans radio station WHIV-LP chose those call letters to help reduce the stigma surrounding the virus? (20 May 2021)
... that the owner of a radio station in Hawaii changed its call letters to KIMO because the Hawaiian name Kimo translates to Jim, the owner's name? (21 May 2021)
... that financial troubles at a television station in Florida led to the bankruptcy that caused the 1994 demise of Mississippi radio station WHSY? (22 May 2021)
... that a man who threatened to blow up Alaska radio station KIAK unless he was put on the air was startled to find the station completely automated? (2 Jun 2021)
... that a former DJ at radio station WKOP in Binghamton, New York, was convicted of arson for setting fire to the studios? (3 Jun 2021)
... that West Virginia radio station WHIS made the first broadcast of a murder trial in the United States—and was broadcasting when the first on-air death occurred? (4 Jun 2021)
... that the four-year history of radio station WUCI-FM included the revelation of the founder as a convicted felon and a station staffer threatening another with a revolver? (6 Jun 2021)
... that Sonny Bloch invested $500,000 in improvements to Connecticut radio station WCNX, only to be unable to complete the purchase after he was arrested on federal fraud charges? (8 Jun 2021)
... that radio station WADK debuted its first talk show after a local businessman told the owner that "the great pastime of Rhode Island ... is talking politics"? (9 Jun 2021)
... that Massachusetts radio station WAAF pulled off an "unprecedented radio concert promotion coup" by organizing a concert by The Rolling Stones for 300 locals? (10 Jun 2021)
... that WMEB-FM had to move its transmitter because its signal was interfering with equipment in physics laboratories at the University of Maine? (10 Jun 2021)
... that Thomas Flatley compared closing WNHT television in Concord, New Hampshire, to putting down his dog? (11 Jun 2021)
... that radio station WDOV missed its own sign-on date because a boiler failure cut power to the entire city of Dover, Delaware? (11 Jun 2021)
... that Brazil has extended its FM broadcasting band to allow more AM radio stations to migrate to FM? (12 Jun 2021)
... that the manager of WVSS at the University of Wisconsin–Stout spent about $6,000 of his own money to buy more than 500 classical music CDs to program the station? (12 Jun 2021)
... that the seven-year-old son of the first owner of Maryland radio station WPTX was sometimes allowed to spin big band records on the air? (13 Jun 2021)
... that Don Mullally, a DJ at Vermont radio station WSTJ between 1952 and 2016, was still playing vinyl records when he retired just two weeks before his death? (13 Jun 2021 — ends 8 queues straight of DYKs, 50 states for 2021)
... that a jury awarded $225,000 to the prospective owners of Florida radio station WODX because of poor record-keeping and breaches of their lease agreement? (16 Jun 2021 with User:Thomas H. White)
... that Christian radio station KIXL near Austin, Texas, pulled an anti-pornography program off-air in mid-transmission because of its graphic descriptions of gay sex? (16 Jun 2021)
... that the Superior Auditor of the Federation of Mexico observed damage to an overpass between Tezonco and Olivos stations on the Mexico City Metro prior to its collapse in May 2021? (22 Jun 2021, triple DYK with User:Tbhotch)
... that Mexican politician Rubén Rocha Moya obtained a law degree while serving as a senator? (7 Jul 2021)
... that in 1991, the Church of Christ, Scientist published a book it had previously rejected as blasphemous to obtain a $97 million bequest needed to repay its financially disastrous expansion into television? (9 Jul 2021 — DYK #400)
... that Homestead, Florida, radio station WOIR was credited with saving the lives of hundreds of farmworkers in a labor camp before the arrival of Hurricane Andrew? (9 Jul 2021)
... that after losing his job at KBIF when his father was convicted on tax-withholding crimes, future California politician Jim Patterson bought Fresno's KIRV and turned it into a Christian radio station? (19 Jul 2021)
... that KICU-TV in Visalia, California, claimed to be the most powerful TV station west of the Mississippi River after a transmitter upgrade—and closed for good two years later? (5 Aug 2021)
... that South Carolina radio station WBAW received a Peabody Award for public-service programming just six months after signing on the air? (5 Aug 2021)
... that after starting Los Angeles Spanish-language television station KVEA, a group led by Saul Steinberg bought other Spanish-language stations to form the Telemundo network? (9 Aug 2021)
... that mixed-use stadium districts around major sports venues often include public squares, office space, hotels and residential units? (11 Aug 2021)
... that within a decade, KTVK in Phoenix went from being a "blot on ABC's affiliate ledger" to a station the network only gave up reluctantly? (11 Aug 2021)
... that an FCC hearing examiner scolded the owner of California radio station KCTY for having a "cavalier attitude" and at times being too lazy to put the station on the air? (12 Aug 2021)
... that Dallas television station KDAF abandoned plans to launch a local newscast in 1994, after having already hired 20 staff, because it was to lose its Fox affiliation and be sold? (15 Aug 2021)
... that in 1952 meteorologist Harry Volkman delivered the first on-air tornado warning on Oklahoma City's WKY-TV, in defiance of a federal ban on the practice? (21 Aug 2021 with User:Nathan Obral)
... that radio station KCON in Conway, Arkansas, shut down twice on March 10? (24 Aug 2021)
... that when Texas radio station KNUE was sold to another station in 1982, the new owners added a second story to their newly constructed studios to accommodate the addition? (2 Sep 2021 with User:Dma37dude)
... that South Carolina's first television station, WCOS-TV, "could not stand the economic gaff" and folded less than three years after starting up? (14 Sep 2021)
... that KWEM-LP in West Memphis, Arkansas, was established as a tribute to a radio station that in the late 1940s and 1950s helped launch the careers of B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf and Johnny Cash? (23 Sep 2021)
... that Washington state educational TV station KPEC-TV bought and repaired a video tape recorder that had fallen off a forklift and been written off? (25 Sep 2021)
... that even the manager of Indiana radio station WMCZ confused it with WMEE, leading a federal judge to order the former to change its call sign? (2 Oct 2021)
... that Indiana's WTAF-TV fought for more than six years to obtain a network affiliation and reached an agreement with NBC just ten days before shutting down for good? (18 Oct 2021)
... that KNUZ-TV produced a remote telecast from the HMS Sheffield when it visited Houston? (22 Oct 2021)
... that when Gene Scott was forced to close San Francisco TV station KVOF-TV, he called its successor "the Tower of Babel religious brigade"—then proceeded to buy air time on it? (23 Oct 2021)
... that watching Tacoma, Washington's KTVW "used to be worse than no TV at all"? (26 Oct 2021)
... that radio station KWKC dropped its application for a TV station in order to speed the arrival of television to Abilene, Texas, which would otherwise have been 89th in line? (31 Oct 2021)
... that KMXO near Abilene, Texas, aired the region's first Spanish-language radio program and later became its first full-time Spanish-language station? (10 Nov 2021)
... that a complaint over an allegedly illegal transmitter move led to Texas radio station KFQX-FM being forced off the air for four hours in 1988? (11 Nov 2021)
... that Phoenix radio station KTAR bought television station KTYL-TV to avoid a conflict with former U.S. senator Ernest McFarland? (18 Nov 2021)
... that Montana television station KOPR-TV brought forward its start date by several months, only to last just one year? (22 Nov 2021)
... that California radio station KNCR was fined by the Federal Communications Commission for moving its transmitter site without permission after being evicted? (27 Nov 2021)
... that one owner of Montana radio station KXGF went from owning the Plush Pillow to liquidating his assets in a span of six months? (28 Nov 2021)
... that for more than a decade, WNJC-FM at Northwest Mississippi Junior College was the state's only public radio station? (6 Dec 2021)
... that a "North Dakota joke of the mornin'" was a feature on Montana radio station KGRZ because the station's owner and morning show host hailed from that state? (8 Dec 2021 — DYK #100 for 2021)
... that when the founder of New Mexico television station KBIM-TV was told on the morning of April Fools' Day that his station's tower had collapsed, he initially wrote it off as a joke? (15 Dec 2021)
... that WNJU, a Spanish-language television station serving New York City, was the first in the United States to air a hard-liquor advertisement? (18 Dec 2021)
... that after a tornado devastated Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1979, radio station KTRN was just one of two on the air? (19 Dec 2021)
... that the last edition of The Knoxville Journal was printed 30 years ago today after a 106-year run? (31 Dec 2021)

2022 (140)

... that New Mexico television station KIVA-TV received angry phone calls and a bomb threat after switching away from a tied football game? (1 Jan 2022)
... that WTVK in Knoxville, Tennessee, won a years-long battle to move from UHF to a VHF channel, only to be sent by new management to "that big TV station in the sky"? (6 Jan 2022)
... that a federal marshal seized a car and a truck because there was no other way to satisfy a debt owed by Arkansas television station KRZB-TV? (9 Jan 2022)
... that the owner of Mississippi radio stations WGUF and WGUF-FM purposefully fell behind on his royalty payments because he did not like copyright fees? (10 Jan 2022)
... that Roswell, New Mexico, radio station KBIM was so successful that its owner was able to start two other stations with its profits? (13 Jan 2022)
... that Georgia radio station WMGA was so "atrocious" that its announcers would invite listeners to donate their records? (14 Jan 2022)
... that Colorado public television station KTSC operates from two studios named for the same benefactor? (15 Jan 2022)
... that the street from which Mississippi radio station WMPR broadcasts was renamed in honor of the station's longtime owner and general manager, former politician Charles Evers? (17 Jan 2022)
... that after it broadcast for the last time, KHAT became Rock Steady and was part of a Triathlon? (20 Jan 2022)
... that Lifetime Medical Television, "the network for physicians only", charged the highest advertising rates on cable? (24 Jan 2022)
... that after a dispute emerged over the terms of its lease, the owner of its broadcast tower forced Wyoming radio station KNWT off the air by disconnecting its power? (26 Jan 2022)
... that one radio station owner's decision to bring a "country cousin" to Tallahassee, Florida, turned out to be a miscalculation? (27 Jan 2022)
... that after going off the air due to financial issues, the control room of Texas radio station KBIL was set ablaze by an arsonist? (30 Jan 2022)
... that a would-be buyer of San Angelo, Texas, radio station KBIL-FM had no knowledge of the transaction? (5 Feb 2022)
... that just four years after starting up, the president of Satellite Television & Associated Resources commented that his entire industry had "gone down the drain"? (9 Feb 2022)
... that a 1971 format change and firing of three Black disc jockeys contributed to the Mississippi radio station WSWG losing its broadcast license? (10 Feb 2022 — DYK #450)
... that Catalena Productions had a Monty Hall problem when the host, unpaid, forced the company into bankruptcy? (12 Feb 2022)
... that in its final years, Mississippi radio station WKXG allegedly attempted to maintain its broadcast license by "taking turns" with another station in their transmitter facility? (13 Feb 2022)
... that Nathan Safir, general manager of Texas radio station KCOR for 44 years, was credited with being a pioneer in Spanish-language broadcasting in the United States? (18 Feb 2022)
... that at WSTA, the first radio station in the U.S. Virgin Islands, goats and chickens sometimes wandered in during broadcasts? (22 Feb 2022)
... that Santa Maria, California, radio station KSBQ is named for the style of barbecue that originated in that city? (1 Mar 2022)
... that when Florida television station WITV ceased broadcasting in May 1958, its owner was reported to be on a yacht at sea and thus unavailable for comment? (2 Mar 2022)
... that an executive of Florida station WFTL-TV declared that he had "faith in its future", only to sell it within months and for the station to close within three years? (3 Mar 2022)
... that Alabama radio station WTQX was picketed over the alleged systematic firing of its existing staff by new management? (5 Mar 2022)
... that the day employees of Boston television station WLVI received new business cards, they learned the station would be sold and they would lose their jobs? (11 Mar 2022)
... that before she became a Mexican federal deputy, Celeste Sánchez Romero was a dental researcher with more than 40 published articles? (14 Mar 2022)
... that out of desperation, Pennsylvania radio station WMAJ took its call letters from the scrambled initials of its first program director? (15 Mar 2022)
... that Iowa radio station KFQC was said to change programming and ownership "almost as regularly as dental check-ups are recommended"? (17 Mar 2022)
... that in the 1970s, Coors Brewing Company owned Television News Inc., which provided newsfilm to North American TV stations? (18 Mar 2022)
... that Red Blanchard, the owner of Iowa radio station KSMN, commuted 800 miles (1280 km) by plane from Mason City each week to host a radio show in Chicago? (19 Mar 2022)
... that North Carolina television station WNAO-TV operated from a converted supper club? (20 Mar 2022)
... that when Oprah Winfrey was honored at the 2018 Golden Globes, the first person she thanked was Dennis Swanson, the Chicago TV station manager who hired her? (21 Mar 2022)
... that after Los Angeles Spanish-language TV station KMEX-TV discovered that 15 percent of its viewers did not know the language, it added Spanish courses to its programming? (26 Mar 2022)
... that in the 1960s Tennessee had a radio station named after the "Wonderful Gay Way"? (30 Mar 2022)
... that in the early days of news at KPHO-TV in Phoenix, Arizona, one employee processed newsfilm in his bathtub? (31 Mar 2022)
... that on this day in 1966, California radio stations KAHR and KVIP switched frequencies, leading to "mass confusion"? (1 Apr 2022, first April Fools DYK)
... that at WOPR, a high school radio station in Michigan, DJs were forced to change the music styles they played every two weeks? (4 Apr 2022)
... that WBAA, the radio station of Purdue University, received its broadcast license 100 years ago today? (4 Apr 2022 — replaced above hook after 5 hours due to promoter error)
... that radio station WIQT near Elmira, New York, was co-owned with a regional group of clothing, furniture, and shoe stores? (7 Apr 2022)
... that the owner of Phoenix's KNXV-TV "[held] a gun to ABC's head" – and it paid off? (8 Apr 2022)
... that in 1982, a news anchor for Phoenix television station KOOL-TV was held hostage on set for five hours? (9 Apr 2022)
... that one of the original co-owners of New York state radio station WAQX-FM did much of the construction himself? (11 Apr 2022)
... that when WGPR-TV in Detroit was converted from a station serving Black and ethnic audiences to a CBS affiliate, it experienced ratings increases of 11,000 percent? (12 Apr 2022 with Nathan Obral)
... that Washington state TV station KTRX went on the air in January 1958—and failed to make it to the end of the year? (12 Apr 2022)
... that KLEF in Anchorage, Alaska, is one of just three remaining commercially operated classical-music radio stations in the United States? (13 Apr 2022)
... that the owners of North Carolina radio station WBIG justified shutting it down by noting that the metropolitan area had outgrown its signal? (20 Apr 2022)
... that to convince Canadian regulators that Vancouver could support a new ethnic radio station, the founder of CJVB documented local restaurants and Sikh temples? (25 Apr 2022)
... that a mobile production unit served as the first studios of Washington state public TV station KTNW? (30 Apr 2022)
... that in 1981 Indiana State University–Evansville received a donation valued at nearly $300,000 in the form of campus radio station WSWI? (4 May 2022)
... that Iowa radio station KTFC was partially powered by a wind turbine that the owner had bought from an Arizona wind farm? (13 May 2022)
... that even though plans to convert the studio building of station KITN in Olympia, Washington, into a courthouse were soon changed, county taxpayers still paid its moving expenses? (14 May 2022)
... that the first studio of Indiana high school radio station WETL was a cedar closet that once stored furs? (16 May 2022)
... that half the students of Northern Arizona University left for Christmas early after campus radio station KNAU was pranked? (19 May 2022)
... that US radio regulators sought to shut down Ohio station WEBE, which was said to operate from the owner's bedroom using "parts of a questionable nature"? (20 May 2022)
... that the 1988 closure of WLEE, once one of the top radio stations in Richmond, Virginia, also took WBBL, a church station in existence for nearly 65 years, off the air for good? (22 May 2022)
... that during the Great Flood of 1951, the United States Air Force airlifted a transmitter to put Kansas radio station KTOP back on the air within 24 hours? (23 May 2022)
... that altered certificates of deposit were used to fraudulently purchase the Ranchlander National Bank in Texas? (23 May 2022)
... that Sunday-school classes were once held in the transmitter building of New Mexico radio station KCLV? (25 May 2022)
... that when a fire broke out next to studios of Oklahoma radio station KVSO, reporters had to rush in to report the blaze and then out to breathe fresh air? (27 May 2022)
... that the staff of a Georgia TV station thought they were "really something" for shooting the moon? (29 May 2022)
... that French broadcast regulators failed to mediate a dispute between four Jewish radio stations in Paris sharing the same frequency: Judaïques FM, RCJ, Radio J, and Radio Shalom? (31 May 2022 — first-ever quad-DYK, includes DYK #500)
... that one New Hampshire TV station was reportedly dying since its first moment on air? (2 Jun 2022)
... that WLOK, the first Black-owned radio station in Memphis, Tennessee, organizes an annual "Stone Soul Picnic" gospel concert series? (9 Jun 2022)
... that The Mutiny Hotel was described as a haven for "cocaine cowboys"? (9 Jun 2022)
... that professional golfer Cary Middlecoff co-owned Memphis, Tennessee, radio station WCBR in the mid-1950s? (11 Jun 2022)
... that 2022 Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike was drawn into the field just minutes before the entry deadline? (11 Jun 2022)
... that a regional radio group with 75 stations started with a "Big Wrig"? (12 Jun 2022)
... that Las Vegas radio station KVBC-FM offered Monica Lewinsky $5 million to do a tell-all interview? (13 Jun 2022)
... that officials installed a secret switch to shut down the radio station at the University of Akron in Ohio in case "radicals" took it over? (14 Jun 2022)
... that Seattle radio station KBLE was named in 1963 for a cable car system that had closed nearly 25 years prior? (14 Jun 2022)
... that a Wisconsin radio station used to collect rent from the United States Congress? (16 Jun 2022)
... that Baltimore Transmission was the last General Motors plant in Maryland? (18 Jun 2022)
... that 75 years ago today, it was KOOL in Phoenix? (22 Jun 2022)
... that "on a good day", a Minnesota radio station could reach St. Peter? (28 Jun 2022)
... that a Nevada radio station named "Sexy" blew into town with a windstorm? (2 Jul 2022)
... that local dairy farmers credit morning broadcasts of polka music from a Wisconsin radio station for relaxing their cows? (6 Jul 2022)
... that a Louisiana radio station went to a satellite-fed music format because it had more control than with its previous "18- and 20-year-old jocks"? (9 Jul 2022)
... that in Jackson, Tennessee, there was a 50-50 chance a reference to Dixie was about a radio station? (11 Jul 2022)
... that Hershey Foods wasn't so sweet with a Pennsylvania TV station? (12 Jul 2022)
... that two state representatives got into a fight in the parking lot of Miami's Radio Mambí after one's father insulted the other's on the air? (18 Jul 2022)
... that a Federal Communications Commission examiner found that billing fraud at a South Carolina radio station "merited the severest sanctions"? (20 Jul 2022)
... that a South Dakota radio station once played nothing but various recordings of "Amazing Grace"? (21 Jul 2022)
... that a Phoenix radio station served as the springboard for future Arizona governor Jack Williams and comedian Steve Allen? (23 Jul 2022)
... that a founder of a Tennessee radio station bought it back from the same group he had sold it to, who in turn had bought it back themselves? (23 Jul 2022)
... that the defiant owner of a Miami TV station kept its marquee lit for 18 months after losing its license? (24 Jul 2022)
... that after Lew Dickey Sr. broke into the radio business by buying a station in West Virginia, his son would go on to own Cumulus Media? (30 Jul 2022)
... that the administration of Carlos Salinas de Gortari barred El Financiero from the Mexican presidential press plane for its reporting on foreign debt negotiations? (2 Aug 2022)
... that in 1951, the University of Arizona radio bureau produced four different programs that aired on four different Tucson stations? (2 Aug 2022)
... that in 1969, unknown persons dynamited the tower of a Kentucky TV station, leaving it leaning at a 15-degree angle? (3 Aug 2022)
... that among the special events broadcast by the Maine Television Network during its brief existence were a fashion show, a basketball tournament, and an ordination ceremony? (3 Aug 2022)
... that when the University of South Dakota started a radio station, the transmitter was built by student and future Nobel Prize winner Ernest Lawrence? (14 Aug 2022)
... that after the tower of a New York state TV station was toppled by Hurricane Hazel, it did not return to the air for more than 18 months? (17 Aug 2022)
... that the main studio of a Cincinnati TV station occupies the one-time gymnasium of a former Black junior high school? (23 Aug 2022)
... that radio station WBML made its first broadcast just one hour after the funeral of its manager-to-be? (29 Aug 2022)
... that a Virginia radio station built a house to raise money for operations? (31 Aug 2022 — DYK #100 for 2022)
... that when the sale of its San Diego TV station failed, United States International University asked some of its employees to wait to pick up their paychecks? (31 Aug 2022)
... that the owner of a Montana TV station changed the name of his company because he was asked why his license plate read "SUNBELT"? (2 Sep 2022)
... that a Kansas City TV station sold for $1 in 1953? (4 Sep 2022)
... that KECH 22 was associated with two simultaneous bankruptcy proceedings? (4 Sep 2022)
... that Univision bought a Chicago TV station that wasn't for sale? (5 Sep 2022)
... that the founder of a Massachusetts radio station credited Gayle King, then a local news anchor, for mentoring her to pursue a broadcast license? (5 Sep 2022)
... that U.S. regulators determined that a South Carolina radio station broadcast from unauthorized facilities for more than 15 years? (6 Sep 2022)
... that a Chicago TV station was expelled from the National Association of Broadcasters by mistake? (7 Sep 2022 — DYK #108 this year, a record)
... that a TV station in New York state signed on just to carry the 1953 World Series, then went off the air and did not start scheduled programming for several weeks? (8 Sep 2022)
... that one DJ of a Texas radio station challenged another to a cow-milking contest on the streets of the city? (10 Sep 2022)
... that a television station spent so little on programming that a media columnist called it the "IOUs of Cincinnati"? (12 Sep 2022)
... that Robert Redford helped the Lion of Zion receive a federal grant? (14 Sep 2022)
... that datacasting tests by a Detroit TV station included a ceremonial broadcast of an early automobile patent from 1886? (15 Sep 2022)
... that the radio station at Western Washington University interfered with telephone and television services in a campus dormitory? (25 Sep 2022)
... that an attempt to jazz up a South Carolina radio station did not get much response from listeners? (29 Sep 2022)
... that Oak Industries was the largest American maker of TV tuning dials in 1980? (8 Oct 2022 with DigitalIceAge)
... that a Catholic radio station in Texas wields the "velvet hammer" to promote Christianity? (9 Oct 2022)
... that a Nebraska radio station's plans to broadcast college sports were met with "audible gasps"? (12 Oct 2022)
... that a New York state radio station became entangled in an estate dispute in which a man was jailed four times in six months for contempt of court? (12 Oct 2022)
... that a TV station in Buffalo, New York, owned a 1921-vintage fire engine? (13 Oct 2022)
... that North Coast Radio went silent after playing the song "In a Silent Way"? (14 Oct 2022)
... that a radio astronomy facility in Illinois objected to the establishment of a TV station in New Jersey? (16 Oct 2022)
... that the owner of a Louisiana radio station was killed while in the process of putting it back on the air? (16 Oct 2022)
... that a Catholic radio station in Texas airs religious talk shows, the Mass—and weekly broadcasts of high school football? (17 Oct 2022)
... that Shaun Aguano's interview to join the Arizona State football coaching staff consisted only of being asked, "you want the job?" (19 Oct 2022)
... that a Connecticut radio station was "the loser in a survival-of-the-fittest battle"? (21 Oct 2022)
... that despite a "No Rock & Roll" sign in the studios of the Utica College radio station, students played it anyway? (23 Oct 2022)
... that a Florida TV station operated from an abandoned amusement park? (28 Oct 2022)
... that episodes of such game shows as Double Dare, Finders Keepers, and You Bet Your Life were filmed at the Philadelphia studios of a public TV station? (29 Oct 2022)
... that Kurt Cobain gave a Seattle radio station a copy of his first single, then called from a pay phone to request it after it went unplayed? (1 Nov 2022)
... that the studios of a California TV station were converted back into a movie theater after it went out of business? (4 Nov 2022)
... that J. Elroy McCaw feigned losing his wallet to make women pay for meals at restaurants? (5 Nov 2022)
... that the opening day of a California TV station was affected by a strike when workers refused to cross a two-man picket line? (7 Nov 2022)
... that an attempt by six employees of a California TV station to remain on the air by working unpaid lasted just three days? (13 Nov 2022)
... that Luis Alegre Salazar led the translation of the constitution of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo into Maya? (14 Nov 2022)
... that by the time he became Governor of Arizona, John Howard Pyle's appearances on a Phoenix radio station made him "as familiar in Arizona homes as the family radio"? (16 Nov 2022)
... that a woman hitchhiked from Indiana to Washington, D.C., to protest the sale of the radio station where she worked? (28 Nov 2022)
... that a Royal Air Force officer built a KAVE in New Mexico? (8 Dec 2022)
... that an apparently jobless man wearing a cardboard box who taped himself to a lamppost was actually a new DJ for a Vermont radio station? (12 Dec 2022)
... that a Hawaii radio station couldn't buy a KISS? (19 Dec 2022)

2023 (93)

... that Atlanta's "quicker picker-upper" aired martial arts movies, professional wrestling, jazz music, and Japanese-language programming? (6 Jan 2023)
... that the general manager of a West Virginia TV station called changing its network affiliation "the hardest decision I've ever had to make"? (7 Jan 2023)
... that a Washington state radio station turned to "professional bikini watchers"—military recruiters—to report on crowds at local beaches? (8 Jan 2023)
... that the president of his own party criticized the speed at which members of the Congress of Puebla moved to appoint Sergio Salomón Céspedes as the substitute governor? (18 Jan 2023)
... that Governor Miguel Barbosa Huerta said that his predecessor's death in office was a punishment from God – and then died in office himself? (20 Jan 2023)
... that nearby homeowners believed the tower of a TV station in Arkansas was responsible for "a bad effect on the peace and health of the citizens"? (21 Jan 2023)
... that employees claimed to have temporarily shut down an Arkansas radio station over not receiving paychecks? (25 Jan 2023)
... that the launch of a Florida TV station was brought forward nearly two months because the local ABC affiliate stopped airing more than half of its prime-time shows? (1 Feb 2023)
... that the Arizona Coyotes hockey team objected to a new host on the Phoenix radio station that carried their games, leading to his removal after a week? (16 Feb 2023)
... that the 2017 acquisition of Katz Broadcasting by the E. W. Scripps Company was seen as a validation of the business of diginets? (24 Feb 2023)
... that the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and Sports Illustrated have all profiled the smallest TV station in the United States? (26 Feb 2023)
... that a media columnist in Columbus, Georgia, opined: "If TV-16 was a horse, it would have been shot long ago"? (1 Mar 2023)
... that Comcast removed a Florida TV station from its lineup for allegedly broadcasting home shopping in prime time instead of its normal UPN programming? (2 Mar 2023)
... that even though an FCC examiner recommended denial of an application for a radio station in Illinois after approving it twice, the commission granted it anyway? (5 Mar 2023)
... that executives of American Family Corporation learned they "could never be the city's news leader" running an underperforming TV station in Columbus, Georgia? (10 Mar 2023)
... that a Milwaukee TV station lost a newsgathering vehicle when it fell through ice and into a lake – while reporting on ice safety? (12 Mar 2023)
... that a South Carolina TV station went on the air 12 years after its owner said the odds of it existing were "fairly long"? (20 Mar 2023)
... that a Florida TV station claimed freeze damage to its transmitter as the reason it had to delay its first broadcast? (21 Mar 2023)
... that the owner of a Pennsylvania radio station compared his job to that of Lee Iacocca at Chrysler? (23 Mar 2023)
... that Ron Brown, the United States secretary of commerce, leased equipment to a TV station in Washington, D.C., whose owner turned out to be his lover? (25 Mar 2023)
... that the FCC's criteria for comparative hearings did not pass the Bechtel test? (3 Apr 2023)
... that a Kansas City TV station had so many children's shows to air that the station manager talked of "fit[ting] so many ten-pound turnips into a five-pound sack"? (4 Apr 2023)
... that in 1979, Vermont ETV received more donations from viewers in Quebec than it did from Vermonters? (11 Apr 2023)
... that The Vision of God sparked controversy in Mexican radio? (12 Apr 2023)
... that in the same year, an Illinois radio station lost its station manager in a car crash and its advertising revenue to flooding? (29 Apr 2023)
... that Americano Media wants to be "Fox News in Spanish"? (30 Apr 2023 – DYK #600)
... that a New Mexico TV station went on the air "a day late but ... not a single program short"? (1 May 2023)
... that Nebraska TV station Big 8 was a big bust, losing nearly $5 million between 1983 and 1986? (3 May 2023)
... that the tower of a defunct TV station turned into a Christmastime landmark in Winston-Salem, North Carolina? (6 May 2023)
... that one of the longest civil trials in Utah history, with 1,000 exhibits, concerned the alleged coerced purchase of a Salt Lake City TV station? (7 May 2023)
... that an Iowa TV station's prior decision to disaffiliate from the Fox network meant that The Simpsons were originally unseen in the Quad Cities? (7 May 2023)
... that a TV station in Washington, D.C., held on-air monkey races as part of its children's programming? (8 May 2023)
... that a Kansas TV station claimed it had "The Look of a Leader" and then went on to become the leader in its market? (12 May 2023)
... that a Houston TV station lost its broadcasting tower in a construction accident a month after going on the air? (13 May 2023)
... that a Connecticut TV station was dedicated to the state's first female governor, Ella Grasso, whose son was a minority owner? (17 May 2023)
... that in 1956, a Las Vegas TV station may have been the only 24-hour TV station in the U.S.? (18 May 2023)
... that Valley Public Television once raffled off a 1961 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud, according to the wishes of the man who bequeathed it to the station? (22 May 2023)
... that programs at a Cleveland public TV station had to be recorded in between school bells and fire drills? (30 May 2023)
... that the owner of a Tennessee TV station denied that he had named it after himself, telling a reporter, "I'm not that much of an egotist"? (4 June 2023)
... that the studios of Basin PBS had once been a movie theater, a church meeting space, and a nightclub? (23 June 2023)
... that in the 1980s, "Sherman Bonner, The Human Thermometer" presented the weather on an Arkansas TV station? (24 June 2023)
... that volunteers at a Florida public TV station forced its chief fundraiser to resign by accosting him in the hallway? (25 Jun 2023)
... that staff of a California public TV station were unaware it was broadcasting in color until a viewer called to compliment their color signal? (30 Jun 2023)
... that Robin Roberts, later of ESPN and Good Morning America, worked as a reporter for the radio station at Southeastern Louisiana University while a student there? (14 Jul 2023)
... that even though syndicated talk show Karamo generally replaced Maury, its host promised it would feature "no baby mama stuff"? (14 Jul 2023)
... that weeks after its CEO said the chain had no plans to open or close stores, Store of Knowledge filed for bankruptcy and initiated a liquidation? (24 Jul 2023)
... that the Fox television network successfully moved to strip an Iowa TV station of its affiliation? (30 Jul 2023)
... that Milton Grant went from disc jockey and bandstand host to an owner of television stations? (8 Aug 2023)
... that a Nebraska public radio station operated from a 1916-built Carnegie library in the 1970s and 1980s? (11 Aug 2023)
... that a Florida TV station abruptly removed programs from its schedule after it became unable to pay distributors? (12 Aug 2023)
... that a company controlled by Lady Bird Johnson bought a Texas TV station from one of her college classmates? (13 Aug 2023)
... that a division of the Buffalo Sabres hockey team lost $6 million in less than three years running a TV station? (17 Aug 2023)
... that teenagers picketed The Washington Post to protest the sudden cancellation of The Milt Grant Show, a teen dance TV show in Washington, D.C.? (18 Aug 2023)
... that a Nebraska TV station stopped carrying live studio wrestling after wrestlers kicked a TV monitor? (24 Aug 2023)
... that channel 31 in Denver was planned to broadcast in Spanish – until the 1980 United States census figures came out? (25 Aug 2023)
... that the founding owner of a South Dakota TV station became known for industry ads calling him "a helluva salesman"? (26 Aug 2023)
... that one former employee called the executives of a New Orleans TV station "piranhas"? (27 Aug 2023)
... that equipment from a bankrupt North Carolina TV station was dismantled, loaded on three rental trucks, and reassembled to start a station in Virginia? (28 Aug 2023)
... that in the span of three days, a Florida man was approved by bankruptcy courts to buy TV stations in Roanoke and Lynchburg, Virginia, and then arrested on charges of laundering millions in drug money? (30 Aug 2023)
... that today is independence day for Philly 57? (1 Sep 2023)
... that a public TV station in Texas held an eight-hour telethon before it even began broadcasting? (4 Sep 2023)
... that the legal battle over awarding channel 9 in Orlando, Florida, the longest case in FCC history at the time, filled 55 volumes? (5 Sep 2023)
... that the Japanese-language children's show Kikaida, popularized in Hawaii by a Honolulu TV station, beat Sesame Street in the local ratings? (7 Sep 2023)
... that CBS News and Stations president Wendy McMahon helped bring local evening news back to the network's Detroit station after 20 years? (12 Sep 2023)
... that a Baltimore TV station aspired to be "the Cadillac of independents"? (13 Sep 2023)
... that the founding manager of an Oregon radio station named it after his wife's former name? (14 Sep 2023)
... that an "army" of women were congratulated by Pat Nixon for their fundraising efforts to bring public TV to Indianapolis? (15 Sep 2023)
... that Chester Smith's California TV station ran its newscast on a "dental floss budget", as one former anchor put it? (16 Sep 2023)
... that employees resigned from an Illinois TV station after ownership decided there were too many people on the payroll? (20 Sep 2023)
... that CBS executive Laurence Tisch found out on a tennis court in the U.S. Virgin Islands that rival network NBC had bought his company's affiliate station in Miami? (22 Sep 2023 with Nathan Obral)
... that a Maine TV station was so protective of its evening newscast that it preempted nearly 40 percent of all NBC Sports programming in 1994? (25 Sep 2023)
... that one reviewer described a TV station in St. Louis as appearing to be "not serious about the news"? (27 Sep 2023)
... that MI-5 had trouble finding people to interview? (1 Oct 2023)
... that the founder of a California radio station "didn't want to do background music"? (12 Oct 2023)
... that a radio station in Alberta fell afoul of Canadian content guidelines because new songs by Anne Murray were not Canadian enough? (14 Oct 2023)
... that in the early 1990s, several TV stations in Northern California experimented with moving prime time up an hour? (17 Oct 2023)
... that an Alabama radio station was described by its program director as a "no-format mess"? (25 Oct 2023)
... that until 1985, CBS programs on a TV station in Sitka, Alaska, were videotaped in Seattle and aired on a two-week delay? (2 Nov 2023)
... that a retired man with no previous broadcasting experience was offered a job by a Wyoming TV station after winning an "Anchorman for a Day" contest? (10 Nov 2023)
... that in its first full month on the air, an Idaho TV station had the highest prime-time viewing share of any independent station in the United States? (17 Nov 2023)
... that Long Island's PBS station specialized in making shows for other stations to air during their pledge drives? (21 Nov 2023)
... that some viewers of an Arizona TV station saw hardcore pornography instead of the Super Bowl? (24 Nov 2023)
... that John Seigenthaler hosted a literary interview program which ran for 42 years on Nashville Public Television? (26 Nov 2023)
... that a Florida TV station was late to its first broadcast because an engineer overslept? (1 Dec 2023)
... that a Hawaii TV station's switch from Japanese-language programming to home shopping stirred viewer outcry? (3 Dec 2023)
... that a TV station in North Carolina changed its call letters in memory of its general sales manager, who was shot dead in an incident at its studios? (8 Dec 2023)
... that a Nebraska radio station chartered an aircraft to search for motorists stranded after a blizzard? (8 Dec 2023)
... that a reception was held for civic leaders of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, to promote a forthcoming TV station that never launched? (10 Dec 2023 — first DYK in Puerto Rico, last missing US territory)
... that police were stationed on the new Kansas Avenue Bridge to prevent streetcar rails from being laid down? (12 Dec 2023)
... that one of the founders of a public TV station in California gave 92 speeches in 90 days during a fundraising drive? (14 Dec 2023 — DYK #666 on channel 6)
... that each station in the TVX Broadcast Group had exactly 37 employees? (15 Dec 2023)

2024

... that Lachlan Murdoch was forced to resign as a director of Prime Media Group because the company owned a radio station on Queensland's Sunshine Coast? (7 Jan 2024)
... that a Connecticut radio station left the FM band for good after it was out of service for a week and only one person wrote a letter to complain? (9 Jan 2024)
... that a New York state TV station thought a St. Bernard could serve as a mascot—until she proved incapable of following direction and had to be sent to obedience school? (10 Jan 2024)
... that Mister Rogers said that Mr. Chuck, the host of a children's show on the public TV station in Memphis, Tennessee, was "truly remarkable" and "achieving things I still struggle to achieve"? (13 Jan 2024)
... that 25 years after an attempt to explode a whale went awry, the Oregon TV station that filmed it regularly fielded requests for its footage? (25 Jan 2024)
... that years after it closed, the studios of an Iowa TV station became the headquarters for the state police radio network? (27 Jan 2024)
... that a California TV station had a cartoon bee as its mascot? (31 Jan 2024)
... that an editorial cartoon in The Honolulu Advertiser called Civ-Alert "Hawaii's Paul Revere"? (15 Feb 2024)
... that the founder of a California TV station opted not to name it for himself because the call sign would have sounded like "cough"? (20 Feb 2024)
... that a Rhode Island TV station broadcast for 14 months and then was off the air for 26 years before returning? (23 Feb 2024)
... that TV stations in Nashville and in Memphis, Tennessee, both on channel 30, lost their Fox affiliations in 1990? (27 Feb 2024)
... that a Virginia TV station made payroll early on by trading in car titles for cash? (1 Mar 2024)
... that a Miami TV station built a news set atop a wooden conference room table? (8 Mar 2024)
... that a Missouri TV station blew up its call letters – literally? (10 Mar 2024)
... that an Indiana newspaper donated its TV station to the local high school instead of shutting it down? (20 Mar 2024)
... that an Illinois radio station closed down to reduce interference with television reception? (25 Mar 2024)
... that Pat Robertson let his Christian TV station in Dallas air wrestling because it drew viewers and fetched high advertising rates? (27 Mar 2024)
... that following a boycott orchestrated by church groups, a Texas TV station ceased airing the controversial NYPD Blue after just a month? (30 Mar 2024)
... that an Arkansas TV station apologized for not being on the air by sending local media a drawing of ducks? (3 Apr 2024)
... that an Edmonton politician began mouthing his words when he saw a cameraman for A-Channel walk in, mocking the frequent audio difficulties on its newscasts? (4 Apr 2024)
... that a Minneapolis TV station had newscasts that were "about as popular as the measles" with "sickening theme music"? (6 Apr 2024)
... that the National Women's Basketball Association's methods of selling tickets were derided as "like something from grammar school"? (13 Apr 2024)
... that an Iowa TV station paid Tom Brokaw, a future anchor of NBC Nightly News, $75 a week to work as a staff announcer and part-time newscaster? (14 Apr 2024)
... that shareholders of UDC Homes received two settlements over claims that executives sought to inflate its stock price and conceal financial information? (14 Apr 2024)
... that the planned sale of a Texas TV station was the subject of a lawsuit more than seven years after it closed for the last time? (19 Apr 2024)
... that Fox bought a Philadelphia TV station started by a Fox? (26 Apr 2024)
... that country music singer Waylon Jennings earned his GED by watching tapes of a Kentucky Educational Television series on his tour bus? (30 Apr 2024)
... that employees of a Florida TV station joked that their studio building would survive "as long as the termites don't stop holding hands"? (9 May 2024)
... that Ground Round attempted to diversify its meat-heavy menu with such dishes as swordfish and Mexican pizza? (13 May 2024)
... that a North Carolina TV station broadcast from a "residential showplace" that was considered to be "one of [the] finest" houses in town? (19 May 2024)
... that a California TV station wondered whether it had the "World's Longest Pregnancy"? (20 May 2024)
... that one of the "plushest" nightclubs in northern Florida turned into studios for a TV station in Jacksonville? (7 Jun 2024 — DYK #700)
... that El Califa de León is the first Mexican taqueria to be awarded a Michelin star? (8 Jun 2024 with Tbhotch)
... that the operators of a Wisconsin radio station received unsolicited checks and food deliveries? (20 Jun 2024)
... that a Utah radio station read books to listeners, a Chapter a Day? (23 Jun 2024)
... that Black Sheep Radio dedicated its first day of programming to a fallen pirate? (28 Jun 2024)
... that a U.S. Navy plane piloted by Michael Wettlaufer clipped the tower of a Florida TV station while on a training mission, forcing it off the air for nearly five years? (29 Jun 2024, double DYK with CommissarDoggo)
... that a Texas TV station hoped that being named after an eye would ease viewer confusion? (16 Jul 2024)
... that the radio station at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire would go off the air in the middle of the day? (19 Jul 2024)
... that an Alabama TV station fired nearly its entire news staff and replaced its newscasts with a countdown clock for more than a month? (24 Jul 2024)
... that silver dimes kept a Tennessee TV station on the air? (26 Jul 2024)
... that a Michigan TV station rescued and restored a weather ball that had been sitting for years in a scrapyard? (30 Jul 2024)
... that a high school evicted a Pennsylvania TV station? (1 Aug 2024)
... that a Kentucky TV station gained industry attention after it criticized the overuse of the term "breaking news"? (2 Aug 2024)
... that workers building Mercy Gilbert Medical Center plowed over alfalfa fields and chased off sheep during construction? (9 Aug 2024)
... that a Philadelphia TV station shut down because of a family feud? (17 Aug 2024)
... that a Vancouver TV station was intended to stop the "$1,500 cup of coffee"? (21 Aug 2024)
... that The Game led to a boom in all-channel TV sales so viewers could see the game on Ohio State University's TV station? (30 Aug 2024)
... that a judge compared the bankruptcy fraud of an Ohio TV station to a 1601 English court case? (6 Sep 2024 — all of the top 100 DMAs now covered)
... that Mary Jo West compared working in network TV news to learning that Santa Claus is just an ordinary man? (10 Sep 2024 with Rubystaramaryllis)
... that the general manager of a California TV station canceled the interview show he hosted because of its lack of quality? (16 Sep 2024)
... that Gwent Broadcasting, at the time the smallest Independent Local Radio station in Britain, lasted less than two years? (24 Sep 2024)
... that announcers at a Virginia radio station were warned that playing more than three rap songs an hour could get them fired? (5 Oct 2024)
... that country music singer Buck Owens bought a bankrupt TV station in California from his sister? (8 Oct 2024)
... that seven people died when their helicopter struck supporting wires of a Texas TV station's tower and crashed? (9 Oct 2024)
... that a 23-day CBC strike thrust Don Goodwin into the Canadian national spotlight and into "folk-hero status"? (10 Oct 2024)
... that for 19 years Tonya Burns had the only retired jersey number in Iowa State women's basketball history? (13 Oct 2024)
... that two Wisconsin radio stations purchased and reassembled the Wisconsin Pavilion from the 1964 New York World's Fair for use as their studios? (18 Oct 2024, double DYK with User:Epicgenius)
... that a South Dakota radio station went from a university to "Guns, Gold & Rock 'n' Roll"? (19 Oct 2024)
... that an Oklahoma TV station returned to its original call sign after the death of its founder, Gene Autry? (22 Oct 2024)
... that the FCC canceled a permit to build a Florida TV station, finding that "the most prominent facility complete within the studio building appears to be a toilet"? (14 Nov 2024)
... that the Japanese TV show Iron Chef gained a cult following on a San Francisco TV station before it was dubbed into English and aired on the Food Network? (19 Nov 2024)
... that a San Francisco–area radio station sometimes had to be quiet to avoid disturbing patients at a nearby dentist's office? (21 Nov 2024)