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GA review

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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This review is transcluded from Talk:WJAX-TV/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 17:24, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: Bgsu98 (talk · contribs) 18:47, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Per your request that these two articles be reviewed by the same editor. Bgsu98 (Talk) 18:47, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Comments (6/9/26)

I apologize for the delay in getting started. Having reviewed one of your TV station articles before, I already know that it's going to be well-written and well-researched.

Lead

• No issues with the prose.

As an independent station and UPN affiliate

• "At one point, the station held a wooden nickel contest that awarded prizes to people who received matching sets of WXAO wooden nickels." Wait, I'm confused. Which station held a contest, and what was the significance of it?

• Decided this was a tangent too far. The point being that 47 was cheap and at a perpetual disadvantage to 30.

• "with The 700 Club moving into the 10 p.m. hour" --> should be "moving to..."
• "Feltner moved WNFT from its original studios on University Boulevard to facilities in the mezzanine level" --> that should be "on the mezzanine level"
• "Also in August, the Alabama station joined its Florida sisters in bankruptcy." --> recommend rewording as "In August, the Alabama station also joined..."
• "(in 1995, MCA would win a $9 million judgment upheld in 1997) --> "in 1995, MCA won a $9 million..."
• "RDS Broadcasting from the outset intended to reach a joint sales agreement with Clear Channel Television" --> recommend rewording as "From the outset, RDS Broadcasting intended..."
• "Under general manager Susan Adams Loyd, who arrived at the station in 2000..." --> should be "who had arrived..."

• Made a different change here.

• "Unusually for a UPN affiliate" --> should be "Unusual for a UPN affiliate"

Becoming a CBS affiliate

• "After the switch, ratings for CBS programs remained unchanged, unlike in prior affiliation switches." --> recommend shuffling around the phrasing: "Unlike in prior affiliation switches, ratings for CBS programs remained unchanged after the switch."
• "In 2007, the station debuted a 5 p.m. newscast." --> This sentence feels out of place, since the rest of the paragraph deals with Jaguars football games.

• Did everything including this, which I bumped one paragraph up to be in more of a topical order and less straight chronological. @Bgsu98: That should do it. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 21:42, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

User:Sammi Brie: As you can see, not too many comments. Please let me know when you've had a chance to examine them, and I will complete the image and source reviews in the meantime. Bgsu98 (Talk) 04:59, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it well written?

   A. The prose is clear, concise and understandable to an appropriately broad audience, and the spelling and grammar are correct:

   B. It complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation:

2. Is it verifiable with no original research, as shown by a source spot-check?

   A. It contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline:

   B. Reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose):

   C. It contains no original research:

   D. It contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. It addresses the main aspects of the topic:

   B. It stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style):

4. Is it neutral?

   It represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each:

5. Is it stable?

   It does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute:

6. Is it illustrated, if possible, by images?

   A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content:

   B. Images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

Source review

This table lists 11 random passages from throughout the article (10.0% of 110 total passages). These passages contain 12 inline citations (10.1% of 119 in the article). Generated with the Veracity user script. Bgsu98 (Talk) 00:08, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

Reference #	Letter	Source	Archive	Status	Notes
As an independent station and UPN affiliate
In February 1978, Christian Television of Jacksonville, a non-profit corporation, announced it would apply to the Federal Communications Commission to build a non-commercial television station on channel 47 in Jacksonville. The group of local businessmen was headed by Tom McGehee and the second to apply for the channel, after Malrite Communications;
3		genealogybank.com
The station briefly aired an 11 p.m. newscast, which aired from April 1982
20		newspapers.com
On March 30, 1990, McGehee announced that he had agreed to sell WNFT to Krypton Broadcasting of Jacksonville, a subsidiary of
31	a	genealogybank.com
The move more than doubled the station's rent and equipment costs.
35	a	genealogybank.com
WTVX owed $3.3 million to program distributors including Columbia Pictures, MCA Television, Warner Bros., Paramount Television, and 20th Century Fox, while former WTVX employees recalled that tapes of programs they no longer had rights to air were being shipped from Jacksonville to Fort Pierce to air on that station before the companies obtained an injunction against such activity.
39	b	newspapers.com	web.archive.org
After ten months, the FCC approved RDS's purchase of WNFT on August 23, 1995.
50		genealogybank.com			The source does not specify August 23, 1995.
Clear Channel expanded the EastPark facility between 2000 and 2001 to house its radio stations and its outdoor advertising operation.
61		newspapers.com
62		newspapers.com
Becoming a CBS affiliate
17 employees were hired to support the expanded operation. A new dual-purpose news set was built with a skyline and newsroom backdrop for WTEV and a blue background for WAWS.
69		proquest.com			Cannot access; will AGF.
WTEV-TV and five other stations which Newport could not own, in some cases because of Providence Equity Partners's stake in the Spanish-language network Univision, were sold to High Plains Broadcasting, owned by Jim Martin, though Newport continued to control station operations through agreements.
81		newspapers.com
In 2023, Action News edged out First Coast News at 11 p.m. in total households but not in viewers 25–54, with both newscasts behind WJXT, which has remained Jacksonville's news leader as an independent station.
93		nexttv.com			Unable to access; will AGF.
Notable on-air staff
Mike Buresh – chief meteorologist, since 2002
96		jacksonville.com			Unable to access; will AGF.

User:Sammi Brie: There is only the one small issue with source no. 50, which does not identify the specific date that the purchase was approved. I will go ahead and pass this GA on the assumption that you will correct this (removing the day is probably sufficient, as it's clear it took place in August 1995. Bgsu98 (Talk) 22:31, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

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Did you know nomination

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• ... that a Florida TV station named for "Christ, the Alpha and the Omega" moved to shed its religious image within two years of its debut? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/article/jacksonville-journal-christian-tv-statio/199357928/ and https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/christian-television-folds-tv-47-tries-shake-religious-image/zmkpryjbjqkmpnwfficfhicgvabqfwkk_ip-10-166-46-168_1758081324379
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Toluca FC 6–0 Club América (2003) + Template:Did you know nominations/Slide (FBG Duck song)

Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 822 past nominations.

Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 08:20, 11 June 2026 (UTC).

• Starting review...

• Article is long enough.
• Qualifies for DYK as a result of passing a GA review on 9 June and being nominated on 11 June.
• Sourcing appears to be more than adequate for DYK
• No copyvio issues called out by Earwig
• QPQ x2 done
• The supplied hook checks out and is approved.
• RoySmith (talk) 23:24, 13 June 2026 (UTC)