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The result was: promoted by Bruxton talk 19:33, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

WTVZ-TV

  • ... that early on, a Virginia TV station made payroll by trading in car titles for cash? Source: Schapiro, Jeff E. (March 1987). "Air wolf: Tim McDonald is a broadcast animal". Virginia Business. p. 40. "In the early days at WTVZ, we made payroll by going to the bank and trading auto titles for cash," executive vice president John A. Trinder recalls in his Massachusetts patois.

Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Self-nominated at 06:28, 15 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/WTVZ-TV; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

  • Article has achieved Good Article status. No issues of copyvio or plagiarism. All sources appear reliable. Hook is interesting and sourced. QPQ is done. Looks ready to go! Thriley (talk) 02:23, 17 February 2024 (UTC)