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* ... that in the 1960s, Washington's '''[[WOOK-TV]]''' produced commercials using African American talent for national advertisers including [[Budweiser]] and [[Safeway Inc.|Safeway]]?  <small>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Sponsor-Magazine/1963/Sponsor-1963-08-4.pdf Source] (PDF page 79)</small>
 
* ... that in the 1960s, Washington's '''[[WOOK-TV]]''' produced commercials using African American talent for national advertisers including [[Budweiser]] and [[Safeway Inc.|Safeway]]?  <small>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Sponsor-Magazine/1963/Sponsor-1963-08-4.pdf Source] (PDF page 79)</small>
** '''ALT1''':... that upon the demise of Washington, D.C. TV station '''[[WFAN-TV]]''', its owner took out a full-page newspaper ad declaring that the station had been "choked to death" by an inability to upgrade its signal?  <small>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1972/1972-02-28-BC.pdf Source] (p27)</small>
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** '''ALT1''':... that upon the demise of Washington, D.C. TV station '''[[WOOK-TV|WFAN-TV]]''', its owner took out a full-page newspaper ad declaring that the station had been "choked to death" by an inability to upgrade its signal?  <small>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1972/1972-02-28-BC.pdf Source] (p27)</small>
 
** '''ALT2''':... that Washington's D.C. '''[[WOOK-TV]]''' was the first television station in the United States to orient its programming toward an African American audience?  <small>[https://mdsoar.org/bitstream/handle/11603/2248/JRRP2014_Grad_Sparenberg.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Source] (p1, PDF page 9)</small>
 
** '''ALT2''':... that Washington's D.C. '''[[WOOK-TV]]''' was the first television station in the United States to orient its programming toward an African American audience?  <small>[https://mdsoar.org/bitstream/handle/11603/2248/JRRP2014_Grad_Sparenberg.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Source] (p1, PDF page 9)</small>
 
:* ''Reviewed'': [[Template:Did you know nominations/The Country Without a Post Office|The Country Without a Post Office]]
 
:* ''Reviewed'': [[Template:Did you know nominations/The Country Without a Post Office|The Country Without a Post Office]]

Revision as of 18:41, 6 December 2019

WOOK-TV

  • ... that in the 1960s, Washington's WOOK-TV produced commercials using African American talent for national advertisers including Budweiser and Safeway? Source (PDF page 79)
    • ALT1:... that upon the demise of Washington, D.C. TV station WFAN-TV, its owner took out a full-page newspaper ad declaring that the station had been "choked to death" by an inability to upgrade its signal? Source (p27)
    • ALT2:... that Washington's D.C. WOOK-TV was the first television station in the United States to orient its programming toward an African American audience? Source (p1, PDF page 9)

Created by Raymie (talk). Self-nominated at 18:41, 6 December 2019 (UTC).