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KOWL

KOWL (1490 AM, "NewsTalk 1490AM") was a radio station licensed to South Lake Tahoe, California, United States. The station, established in 1956, was owned by Rothschild Broadcasting LLC. KOWL had broadcast a talk radio format including local news, local talk, hourly updates from CBS News Radio, and a number of nationally syndicated radio shows.

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KOWL (1490 AM, "NewsTalk 1490AM") was a radio station licensed to South Lake Tahoe, California, United States. The station, established in 1956, was owned by Rothschild Broadcasting LLC. KOWL had broadcast a talk radio format including local news, local talk, hourly updates from CBS News Radio, and a number of nationally syndicated radio shows.

Key claims

  1. date of establishment: 1956 — 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 "1956". 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=1376602948

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