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Reviewer: LunaEatsTuna (talk · contribs) 04:15, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Looks short enough for my standards. I'll get to this by 17 August (give or take a few days). ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 04:15, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• @LunaEatsTuna: Please ping me when the review is completed as only Nathan will get ChristieBot automated messages. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 04:43, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Noted! ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 04:44, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Nice work on the changes! I am happy now to pass this article for GA status. Congrats! ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 06:20, 24 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Earwig has no concerns.

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Overview

• Wikilink Miami and Fort Lauderdale in Miami–Fort Lauderdale television market.
• No need to wikilink movie theatre.
• I would specify "originally known as WCKT".
  • This one I'm leaving alone—there's a little more there than a call sign change.
• Can I be a pedant and recommend "president of Sunbeam" instead?
• I would wikilink call sign.
• This could just be me but "providing a brief moment of hope for a struggling WITV" reads a bit too emotive. However about something like "aspiration" or "optimism" instead?
• "as the FCC already" – recommend "as the FCC had already" since this is the wording generally used elsewhere.
• "Channel 6 in Miami" – no need to specify Miami here as it is inferred by prior context.
  • Not changing this as an emphasis. Channel 6 could be anywhere. This is about the Miami channel 6 allocation.
• "in order to meet minimum spacing" – I think this needs a the.

KKR takes over Wometco and Storer

• Are any of the "several measures" perhaps noteworthy or not really?
  • Reading the article, they would be too much of a digression in this page.
• I may be wrong as I suck at commas but I believe "split into two entities" needs to end on a semicolon or dash. This would help improve the flow of the sentence a bit which otherwise has quite a lot of commas.
• I would rephrase "unhappy" to "dissatisfied" or "displeased" etc.
• Is "then-existing" necessary? I do not see this brought up again in the article.
  • I suppose it could be removed.

Attempted sale of WTVJ to Lorimar

• IMO "a revision to the Herald story" should be its own sentence as otherwise the current one is quite long.
• "itself and rejected a $350 million" – suggest "itself and had rejected a $350 million".
• "production and syndication company" (without the slash) should work fine.
• "could be able to do more things with the stations than they would" reads awkwardly to me.
  • Reworded
• I would specify "in the Bloomington–Indianapolis market", otherwise, Bloomington–Indianapolis low-key sounds like a place.
  • Reworded

The first CBS–WCIX courtship

• "to purchase a "Sun Belt" station" – the quotation marks are not needed here since this was already used when the term was first introduced.
• "but rumblings of interest in WTVJ" – I would rephrase rumbling.
  • Changes to this point done. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 03:54, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

NBC purchases WTVJ

• "Even though a GE holding company" – Should note note that GE is for General Electric.
  • Already done in the preceding paragraph.
• "an affiliates' conference" – what is an affiliates' conference? Or perhaps this should be "conference of affiliates"?
  • The networks used to hold annual conferences for their affiliates' general managers. All the networks had, and still have, affiliate associations. In this case it seems to have been a meeting with the CBS affiliate board.
• "were tasked by Bob Wright" – you can use just Wright here.
• I would wikilink memo.

Sunbeam formally protests

• "talking to (Taft) for some time" – if Taft was not present in the original quotation use square brackets [ ] instead.
• Do we have a policy on using honourifics and titles in articles? Otherwise I would recommend we write out instances of Rep. and Sen. in full.
• Wikilink lobbying.
• "Ansin's petition to deny alleged NBC" – awkward wording IMO.
• "for lower-rated syndicated fare" – what does fare mean?
• "One Wall Street analyst" – Wall Street?
  • Honestly the use of Wall Street as metonymy for stock market analysts is common enough I didn't think it needed a wikilink, but...
    • Ah, I had never heard of Wall Street. I think it being a megonym is an American (or at least North American) thing.

Preemptions and scheduling chaos

• May be personal taste but I would rephrase "came to pass".

The WSVN–CBS impasse

• "was compounded by negotiations with Ed Ansin" – any reason his full name is used here?
• "football games thanks to the network's AFC" – recommend "because of the network's AFC" for formality.
• "with their Miami news bureau" – already wikilinked.
• Recommend "viewing the distinction as "a sign of privilege", calling it "like a badge"" or something like that; the current wording does not match the quotation.
  • Changes to here done. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 08:02, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Turmoil at TVX

• "independents proved too much for a company" – how about "were too challenging for a company" for improved formality?
• Recommend "before the Black Monday stock market crash" so the reader will have enough context not to click on the link.
• "while Ed Ansin conceded" – full name.

CBS acquires WCIX

• "the network also announced WPEC would also" – recommend finding a synonym to avoid using also in such close succession.

A West Palm affiliation shuffle

• Compared to the other quotations used in this article, I really do not think the one from Bob Morford adds much. It would be better summarised IMO.
• "with its established operation" – definitely pedantry but I would find a synonym for this as established was used in the same paragraph not too long ago. Also:
• Said sentence is really long; I do not think ; is needed twice in a row.
• "it had selected WPBF, which had offered" – recommend avoiding had twice here.
• "with a thud at WTVX" – I would rephrase thud.
• "network stared independence straight in the face" – recommend rephrasing for formality.
• "The decision also was received" – should it not be was also?

WSVN's news and Fox gamble

• Do we really use 7+1⁄2 like that in non-mathematical articles? (I genuinely do not know but I do not recall seeing this format used before)
• "largely operating on autopilot" – meaning?
• Wikilink prime time.

Initiating the switches

• I would spell out EEOC in full for easier reader context.
• "The network, however, did invest" – how about "The network did however invest" for better flow?
• IMO we can remove the quotation marks from "irrelevant".
• "the date Ed Ansin" – full name again.
• "affiliate with (Ansin)" – brackets (as above).
• I feel like "in one instance" should be the start of a new sentence.
• "all in lame-duck status" – recommend rephrasing to be less colloquial.
• "when it launched in August 1988" – the year is not needed here since it is mentioned earlier in the paragraph.
  • Done to here. Left the fraction in place (I've seen it before). Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 21:48, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ramifications

• No need for the quotation marks on halo effect.
• "in both the Nielsen and Arbitron books" – wikilink both.
  • Done, but Arbitron was bought by Nielsen (years after they exited TV ratings).
• I would wikilink tabloid (also present in the lead).
• "if it (the purchase)" – brackets.
• Wikilink Sacramento.
• "transmitter; and promotion expenses." – the semicolon feels out of place here, and I would generally avoid using and after one in most cases.
  • Good catch. The list itself does not have comma elements.
• I wonder if "multiple technical issues" and "problems establishing viewer loyalty" could be elaborated upon at all; it seems fairly noteworthy/significant IMO for it to have caused a near-30 percent downsizing (unless this was mainly due to the recession). The subsection is also fairly short in comparison with the other stations.
  • Definitely the financial situation. I have added a few words here to explain the other items.
• What does "eleventh hour of a deal" mean?
  • Reworded

The 1995 WTVJ–WCIX channel "trade"

• Is there a reason moving and moved have quotation marks?
  • The deal is complicated. The way it was structured legally and the way it was structured for all other intents and purposes are different. See, say, WFOR-TV, which carries the footnote The deal was structured in such a way that WFOR-TV operates on the former WTVJ license and WTVJ operates on the former WCIX license..

Should be done here. This review is so long (by my standards ) it needs credits. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 15:47, 21 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• @LunaEatsTuna: Thanks for slogging through this one. It's a bad boy alright. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 16:41, 21 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Passes spotcheck on refs 1, 3, 20, 37, 47, 53, 88, 94, 102, 111, 126, 134, 148, 166, 177, 209 and 234.

• Is there a reason ref 62 is a cite bundle?
  • Article was revised in a later edition of the Miami Herald that same day.
• Ref 126 has a CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list issue.
  • @LunaEatsTuna: Fixed. Wasn't aware this triggered a maint error. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 21:36, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]