User:Dravecky/DYK-Oregon

This is my personal archive of the Oregon-related articles which I created, expanded, or nominated that have been showcased on Wikipedia's main page in the "Did You Know?" feature. I maintain this separate list for accounting purposes. The complete list of my DYK hooks is quite a bit longer.

Oregon DYK medals

WikiProject Oregon
Bronze Badge
Dravecky
This user has earned a Bronze Badge for contributing 5 Oregon related DYKs!
Dravecky (talk) 17:55, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
WikiProject Oregon
Silver Badge
Aboutmovies
This user has earned a Silver Badge for contributing 10 Oregon related DYKs!
Great job with all the stations. Aboutmovies (talk) 03:13, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject Oregon
Gold Badge
Aboutmovies
This user has earned a Gold Badge for contributing 15 Oregon related DYKs!
Great job with all the DYKs. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:23, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Total of 42 as of September 24, 2015.

September 2015

... that Miss Oregon 2009 CC Barber was raised by her grandmother? (September 24, 2015)

... that Miss Oregon 2007 Kari Virding saw her first Miss Oregon pageant when she was just eight years old? (September 21, 2015)

... that Nichole Mead was named Miss Oregon 2012 after titleholder Rachel Berry could not prove when she moved to Oregon? (September 16, 2015) (#39 & #40)

... that Miss Oregon Stephenie Steers wore a swimsuit and cap made from recycled bicycle tire inner tubes in the 2011 Miss America Parade? (September 3, 2015)

... that Miss Oregon 2014 Rebecca Anderson wore shoes with tiny bicycles atop the laces at the Miss America 2015 "Show Us Your Shoes" parade? (September 2, 2015)

August 2015

... that Miss Oregon 2013 Allison Cook wore cow print boots and a dress covered in Tillamook Cheese wrappers at the Miss America 2014 "Show Us Your Shoes" parade? (August 28, 2015)

... that Danijela Krstić is the first Miss Oregon who was born outside of the United States? (August 27, 2015) (#35)

July 2015

... that Ali Wallace, Miss Oregon 2015, is the daughter of Tamara Fazzolari, Miss Oregon 1987? (July 30, 2015)

May 2009

... that radio station KRSB in Roseburg, Oregon, gained international attention in the 1970s for its weather forecasts based on the grazing behavior of local goats? (May 31, 2009)

... that after 14 years above an ambulance company, KDCQ in Coos Bay, Oregon, relocated its radio studios to a former buffet restaurant? (May 29, 2009)

... that listeners in the Klamath Falls, Oregon, area know radio station KRAT as "The Rat"? (May 27, 2009) (#30)

... that from 1956 to 1986, radio station KYKN in Keizer, Oregon, was called "KGAY"? (May 24, 2009)

... that the previous owners of KWVR in Enterprise, Oregon, actually lived at the radio station until they sold it in 2008? (May 22, 2009)

... that Robert Lindahl, the recording engineer on The Kingsmen's famous version of "Louie Louie", lost his job as a disc jockey for KBKR because he refused to empty the Oregon station's chemical toilet? (May 21, 2009)

... that Oregon radio station KKRB won New Music Weekly magazine's "Adult Contemporary Radio Station of the Year" New Music Award in 2006, 2007, and 2008? (May 14, 2009)

... that radio station KBCH chose its call sign to represent the "20 Miracle Miles" of beaches in Lincoln County, Oregon? (May 13, 2009) (#25)

... that, unable to sell the radio station and facing financial difficulties, KORC in Waldport, Oregon, went dark on April Fool's Day 2009? (May 11, 2009, as KORC (AM))

... that "The Cowboy Culture Center" is a weekly three-hour block of cowboy poetry and western music on radio station KNND in Cottage Grove, Oregon? (May 10, 2009)

... that radio station KSWB in Seaside, Oregon, was originally owned by Jerden Records founder Jerry Dennon and American folk group The Brothers Four? (May 8, 2009)

... that staff at KLYC in McMinnville, Oregon, reported a paranormal "presence" in the radio station's previous studio building? (May 8, 2009)

... that Leroy E. "Ed" Parsons, co-founder of KVAS (now KKEE) in Astoria, Oregon, created the one of the first cable television systems in the United States? (May 7, 2009) (#20)

April 2009

... that Congressman Greg Walden, former owner of radio station KIHR in Hood River, Oregon, began his career in broadcasting as the station's janitor? (April 26, 2009)

... that three-term member of the Oregon House of Representatives Paul E. Walden worked at radio station KODL for 27 years? (April 23, 2009)

... that KHSN, one of Oregon's first radio stations, began broadcasting in 1928? (April 17, 2009)

... that the owner of a radio station in Corvallis, Oregon, had the station's legal call sign changed to KEJO to honor his late daughter, Emily Jo? (April 15, 2009)

... that syndicated radio show host Delilah got her start in radio reporting local news and sports on KDUN in Reedsport, Oregon, while still in junior high school? (April 14, 2009) (#15)

... that radio stations KGAL and KSHO are celebrating Oregon's sesquicentennial with a year-long series of historical vignettes? (April 13, 2009)

... that sister stations KTIX (1240 AM), KUMA (1290 AM), KUMA-FM (107.7 FM), and KWHT (103.5 FM) share a single studio building at the west end of Eastern Oregon Regional Airport? (April 11, 2009) (#9-12)

... that in 1986 KWVR-FM of Enterprise, Oregon, became the smallest-market radio station to win a Gracie Award from the American Women in Radio and Television? (April 9, 2009)

... that former KGBR disc jockey Tom Lyons advised his son against a career in radio by saying "Sell coke, run guns ... but don't ever go into radio."? (April 8, 2009)

... that radio station KTIL in Tillamook, Oregon, was renamed KMBD in honor of talk show host Mildred Berkey Davy, known as "the voice of Tillamook County"? (April 7, 2009)

... that KCKX, known as "Ondas de Gozo", is the first Spanish-language Christian radio station in the state of Oregon? (April 6, 2009) (#5)

... that KZZR and sister station KQHC are the only two radio stations with Burns, Oregon, as their community of license? (April 3, 2009)

March 2009

... that Oregon radio station KBZY is the flagship station for the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes of the Northwest League of Professional Baseball? (March 30, 2009)

... that the Christian Science Monitor once described radio station KSLM (now KVXX) in Salem, Oregon, as "a barricade holding questionable advertising material from the ears of listeners"? (March 29, 2009) (#1)

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