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KMSB

KMSB (channel 11) is a television station in Tucson, Arizona, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by the Tegna subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group alongside CW outlet KTTU-TV (channel 18) and operated by Gray Media, owner of CBS affiliate KOLD-TV (channel 13). The three stations share studios on North Business Park Drive on the northwest side of Tucson (near the Casas Adobes neighborhood). KMSB's lone transmitter is located atop Mount Bigelow; as a result of the transmitter's location, residents in the northern part of Tucson, Oro Valley, and Marana do not receive adequate reception of the station. The station went on the air in 1967 as KZAZ, an independent station licensed to serve Nogales, Arizona, with a coverage area including Nogales and Tucson. Under the ownership of Roadrunner Television from 1976 to 1984, it developed into a homespun station with increased popularity and programming. Roadrunner sold the station to a company controlled by The Providence Journal Company in 1985; it affiliated with Fox in 1986. After producing local news programming in its first 14 years on air, local news was revived under Belo Corporation ownership in the 2000s. The station's separate local news department was dissolved when Belo entered into a shared services agreement (SSA) with KOLD-TV in 2011, with KOLD-TV producing several dedicated newscasts.…

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KMSB (channel 11) is a television station in Tucson, Arizona, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by the Tegna subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group alongside CW outlet KTTU-TV (channel 18) and operated by Gray Media, owner of CBS affiliate KOLD-TV (channel 13). The three stations share studios on North Business Park Drive on the northwest side of Tucson (near the Casas Adobes neighborhood). KMSB's lone transmitter is located atop Mount Bigelow; as a result of the transmitter's location, residents in the northern part of Tucson, Oro Valley, and Marana do not receive adequate reception of the station. The station went on the air in 1967 as KZAZ, an independent station licensed to serve Nogales, Arizona, with a coverage area including Nogales and Tucson. Under the ownership of Roadrunner Television from 1976 to 1984, it developed into a homespun station with increased popularity and programming. Roadrunner sold the station to a company controlled by The Providence Journal Company in 1985; it affiliated with Fox in 1986. After producing local news programming in its first 14 years on air, local news was revived under Belo Corporation ownership in the 2000s. The station's separate local news department was dissolved when Belo entered into a shared services agreement (SSA) with KOLD-TV in 2011, with KOLD-TV producing several dedicated newscasts.…

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  1. employees: 30 employees — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the employees is "30 employees". 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=1375100440

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