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KTUL

KTUL (channel 8), branded as Tulsa's News Pulse, is a television station in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, affiliated with ABC and Fox. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside KMYT-TV (channel 41)—an independent station with MyNetworkTV—and is co-managed with KOKI-TV (channel 23). The three stations share studios on East 27th Street and South Memorial Drive (near W. G. Skelly Park) in the Audubon neighborhood of southeast Tulsa; KTUL's primary transmitter is located on South 321st Avenue East, adjacent to the Muskogee Turnpike, near Coweta in western Wagoner County. Channel 8 was originally allocated to Muskogee, Oklahoma, where several groups sought the permit, including Muskogee-based and out-of-town interests. The permit was won by J. T. Griffin and Marjory Griffin Leake, who owned radio station KTUL in Tulsa, and went on the air as KTVX on September 18, 1954. It affiliated with ABC, giving the Tulsa market primary affiliates of each of the Big Three networks. Despite several complaints from stations in Tulsa, the Federal Communications Commission granted KTVX permission to move to Tulsa in 1957, whereupon it became KTUL-TV. The station began broadcasting from Coweta in 1964; it continued to produce several notable non-news local programs into the 1970s. KTUL was acquired in 1983 by Allbritton Communications.…

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KTUL (channel 8), branded as Tulsa's News Pulse, is a television station in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, affiliated with ABC and Fox. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside KMYT-TV (channel 41)—an independent station with MyNetworkTV—and is co-managed with KOKI-TV (channel 23). The three stations share studios on East 27th Street and South Memorial Drive (near W. G. Skelly Park) in the Audubon neighborhood of southeast Tulsa; KTUL's primary transmitter is located on South 321st Avenue East, adjacent to the Muskogee Turnpike, near Coweta in western Wagoner County. Channel 8 was originally allocated to Muskogee, Oklahoma, where several groups sought the permit, including Muskogee-based and out-of-town interests. The permit was won by J. T. Griffin and Marjory Griffin Leake, who owned radio station KTUL in Tulsa, and went on the air as KTVX on September 18, 1954. It affiliated with ABC, giving the Tulsa market primary affiliates of each of the Big Three networks. Despite several complaints from stations in Tulsa, the Federal Communications Commission granted KTVX permission to move to Tulsa in 1957, whereupon it became KTUL-TV. The station began broadcasting from Coweta in 1964; it continued to produce several notable non-news local programs into the 1970s. KTUL was acquired in 1983 by Allbritton Communications.…

Key claims

  1. date of death: 1986 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. employees: 50 employees — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. publication date: 1952-10-09 — 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 death is "1986". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the employees is "50 employees". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the publication date is "1952-10-09". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  6. 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=1374199853

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.