Talk:KLRT-TV/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Steelkamp (talk · contribs) 03:18, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

Good article criteria

Well written

Lead

• alongside Pine Bluff–licensed CW affiliate KASN (channel 38). This could be changed to alongside the nearby Pine Bluff–licensed CW affiliate KASN (channel 38). I presume KASN is mentioned because it is a nearby station, because according to Mission Broadcasting, it owns 29 full-power television stations.
  • Little Rock and Pine Bluff are in the same TV market.
• The stations share studios... Is this referring to KASN, because there are several other stations mentioned in the preceding sentence. This could be changed to KLRT-TV and KASN share studios...
  • Nope, all four. Clarified. This is an unusual arrangement in US television, what might be called a "double duopoly".
• South Victory Street (near the Arkansas State Capitol) in downtown Little Rock. Change to South Victory Street near the Arkansas State Capitol in downtown Little Rock. Sentences without brackets are better than with brackets, so brackets should be replaced where possible.
• the network moved its affiliation to KLRT-TV in 1990. This confuses me. I though the preceeding sentence was talking about KLRT-TV.
  • Yes, and this is a bit bizarre. Fox programs moved from channel 38 to 16, then back to 38, then back (for good) to 16. Added the words "for good".
• which was then controlled by KLRT-TV under a local marketing agreement. Is this referring to after the acquisition or before?
  • Reworded
• Where in the body is the weeknight morning news broadcast mentioned?
  • a new morning show, Good Day Arkansas, was launched to supplant the existing 7 a.m. newscast on KARZ

History

• Optional: Articles can be linked in the body if already linked in the lead if you so choose.
• a group led by Deborah Mathis, a former KARK-TV news anchor. Could be changed to a group led by former KARK-TV news anchor Deborah Mathis. This would reduce the numbers of commas, which would be helpful in a sentence with commas and semicolons.
  • Done
• Is there a reason two of the final bidders are not mentioned. Article says there were eight final bidders and mentions six specifically. Are they just not notable?
  • I mentioned bidders with large shares in the final licensee and bidders linked to notables (e.g. Milton Grant — this is part of a planned GT).
• (While in the general area, KRZB-TV did not reach Little Rock with its signal. It closed down in March 1988.) Would this work better as an explanatory footnote?
  • Reworded a bit. I am really baffled that the Little Rock papers considered KRZB-TV competition. (I wrote that article too.) It did not reach Little Rock, which was really reason #1 it failed.
• South. Link Southern United States (assuming that's what it's referring to.
  • Done
• What/who is Pruett?
  • Thank you, that info needed to be copied over from KASN. The Pruett family owned KASN at this time.

News operation

• In early February. What year is this?
  • 2013. Added.

Verifiable with no original research

Spotchecks done for reference 4, 12, 13, 16, 24, 29, 37, 50, 52, 62, 73

• As part of a liquidation of Newport Television's assets, Nexstar Broadcasting Group purchased KLRT and KASN in a 12-station deal worth $285.5 million (equivalent to $364 million in 2022) on July 19, 2012. Are you sure that is the date the sale actually went ahead or is it just the date the sale was announced?
  • Added a new ref here and reworded in a way which will obviate this issue.
• Ref 52 is not loading for me.
  • FCC CDBS refs are bad at this. Replaced with a new ref in a slightly different place.

Illustrated, if possible

• Optional: Alt text for all images.
  • Added to the other two logos (which I was considering removing)
• An image of any of the station's various buildings or the transmitter would be good, but it's fine if there are none available on Commons.
  • I do a before check on every page I bring to GAN, but nothing came up. Not all that uncommon for my articles in this topic.

General

That's it. Putting the review on hold. Steelkamp (talk) 05:43, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

• @Steelkamp: Addressed all the issues identified. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 06:02, 16 June 2023 (UTC)