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KOCB

KOCB (channel 34) is an independent television station in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Fox affiliate KOKH-TV (channel 25). The two stations share studios and transmitter facilities on East Wilshire Boulevard and 78th Street on the city's northeast side. Channel 34 began broadcasting as KGMC on November 1, 1979. It was majority-owned by the General Media Corporation of Rockford, Illinois, and the second of three new independent stations to begin broadcasting in Oklahoma City over a twelve-month period. For most of the 1980s, KGMC was the second-rated independent in the market behind KOKH. Ted Baze, the general manager and minority owner, became sole owner in 1983 before selling a majority stake to Ivan Boesky, who was later penalized for insider trading. This led to a Federal Communications Commission investigation into the station's broadcast license, ushering in several years of ownership uncertainty for the station. During this time, an attempt to consolidate Oklahoma City's independent stations fell through, with proposals for two separate buyers for channel 34 failing to materialize. The station went into Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, during which rival independent KAUT and KGMC's lender threatened to foreclose and take the station off the air.…

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KOCB (channel 34) is an independent television station in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Fox affiliate KOKH-TV (channel 25). The two stations share studios and transmitter facilities on East Wilshire Boulevard and 78th Street on the city's northeast side. Channel 34 began broadcasting as KGMC on November 1, 1979. It was majority-owned by the General Media Corporation of Rockford, Illinois, and the second of three new independent stations to begin broadcasting in Oklahoma City over a twelve-month period. For most of the 1980s, KGMC was the second-rated independent in the market behind KOKH. Ted Baze, the general manager and minority owner, became sole owner in 1983 before selling a majority stake to Ivan Boesky, who was later penalized for insider trading. This led to a Federal Communications Commission investigation into the station's broadcast license, ushering in several years of ownership uncertainty for the station. During this time, an attempt to consolidate Oklahoma City's independent stations fell through, with proposals for two separate buyers for channel 34 failing to materialize. The station went into Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, during which rival independent KAUT and KGMC's lender threatened to foreclose and take the station off the air.…

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  1. date of formation: 1979 — 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 date of formation is "1979". 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=1374419712

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