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Did you know... that KAVU-TV in Victoria, Texas, did not know their signal was being seen on cable in Corpus Christi until family of station employees living there said that they had enjoyed that morning's newscast?
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The result was: promoted by Amkgp (talk) 05:04, 24 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
... that the founder of Texas television station KAVU-TV had previously run a school from the same building that would house the station's studios? Source: various (end of first history subsection)
Hi, I came by to promote this, but it's not very interesting as a hook. What do you think about something like:
ALT1: ... that KAVU-TV in Victoria, Texas, was not aware that their signal was being transmitted to Corpus Christi until station employees who lived there said they had enjoyed that morning's newscast? Yoninah (talk) 23:17, 21 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Yoninah: It's not my favorite—the incident is so trivial. Can I reword slightly for accuracy? Also throwing an ALT2 in the ring: Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 04:14, 22 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
ALT1a: ... that KAVU-TV in Victoria, Texas, did not know that their signal was being seen on cable in Corpus Christi until family of station employees living there said they had enjoyed that morning's newscast?
@Sammi Brie: it may not be your favorite, but it's going to attract a wider readership than technical details about ownership. Are you okay with going with ALT1a? Yoninah (talk) 21:56, 23 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
Thanks. Since I suggested the hook angle, we need another reviewer to approve this. Pinging original reviewer Epicgenius. Yoninah (talk) 22:06, 23 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
ALT1a looks fine to me. Epicgenius (talk) 22:16, 23 December 2020 (UTC)Reply