WNDE

Article summary

WNDE (1260 AM) is a commercial radio station in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is owned by iHeartMedia with the broadcast license held by iHM Licenses, LLC. WNDE broadcasts a sports radio format, with some afternoon talk programs, including The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show. WNDE is powered at 5,000 watts. By day, it uses a non-directional antenna. But at night, to protect other stations on 1260 AM from interference, it switches to a directional antenna with a three-tower array. The transmitter is off Fall Creek Road in Indianapolis. Programming is also heard on the HD Radio digital subchannel of co-owned WFBQ 94.7 FM.

Key claims

1. date of death: 2020 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. employees: 1,000 employees — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. release date: 2020 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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2. The record states that the date of death is "2020". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the employees is "1,000 employees". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the release date is "2020". What evidence would count against this claim?
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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=1366595628