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KADS

KADS (1240 AM, "The Sports Animal") is a radio station licensed to serve Elk City, Oklahoma, United States. The station, established in 1929, is currently owned by Paragon Communications, Inc. KADS broadcasts a sports format, largely as a simulcast of WWLS-FM (98.1 FM) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The station was assigned the KADS call sign by the Federal Communications Commission.

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KADS (1240 AM, "The Sports Animal") is a radio station licensed to serve Elk City, Oklahoma, United States. The station, established in 1929, is currently owned by Paragon Communications, Inc. KADS broadcasts a sports format, largely as a simulcast of WWLS-FM (98.1 FM) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The station was assigned the KADS call sign by the Federal Communications Commission.

Key claims

  1. date of establishment: 1929 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1929". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340168430

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