Talk:Robert Sarnoff

A fact from Robert Sarnoff appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 March 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that when his attempt to build RCA into a conglomerate failed, Robert Sarnoff was ousted from the board in a "palace revolt"?

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The result was: promoted by Valereee (talk) 21:27, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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~~... while working his way through the ranks of NBC, Robert Sarnoff opened the first station dedicated to broadcasting color television?~~ Source: Ramos
- ALT1:... that during his tenure at NBC, Robert Sarnoff introduced Nat King Cole and Bill Cosby to television audiences? Source: Ramos
- ALT2:... that when his attempt to build RCA into a conglomerate failed, Robert Sarnoff was ousted from the board in a "palace revolt"? Source: Kleinfield

Reviewed: Glory to Rome

Created by Maury Markowitz (talk). Self-nominated at 20:14, 16 February 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Hey Maury Markowitz, this caught my eye. ALT0 is actually flat-out wrong and I can see it from here. By "all-color", I believe Ramos means that WNBQ was the first station designed from the ground up for color. While I'm here, you will be most certainly interested in searching through World Radio History, a freely available website with countless volumes of old radio and TV publications (including Broadcasting) which will have covered Sarnoff quite often. Given the sections on color, keep in mind that RCA was not first with color but it was first with compatible color, as CBS's field-sequential color system came first but was not backward compatible with existing black-and-white TVs and was a victim of the Korean War. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 22:16, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have changed the wording slightly and I believe it is now accurate. Nevertheless, that claim is made directly in the LAT source. That said, I prefer ALT2 anyway, I suspect its more hooky. Maury Markowitz (talk) 14:38, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This article is new enough and long enough. I have struck ALT0. The hook facts of ALT1 and ALT2 are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:12, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]