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Did you know... that the street from which Mississippi radio station WMPR broadcasts was renamed in honor of the station's longtime owner and general manager, former politician Charles Evers?
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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
Overall: Article meets eligibility criteria - 5x expansion and length. Article is neutral in tone and QPQ is completed. Earwig's copyvio detector shows no concerns. I have a question to the nominator about the sourcing for the hook. Pecan Park Circle in Jackson is now named Charles Evers Circle. The street was renamed in honor of the late Evers, who died last month at the age of 97. City leaders, family, friends and former colleagues at WMPR radio were in attendance for the unveiling of the new sign Friday.. This source does not say that's where the studios were located. Please add that additional source. Hook is reasonably interesting. Though, if the nominator wants to consider an alternate hook, I am available to review that as well. The minor concern I have is that most major establishments do have the streets outside their HQs named after them. But, if the nominator wants to hold on to this hook, I am good with that. Passing this review back to the nominator. Ktin (talk) 19:41, 29 December 2021 (UTC)Reply
Marking interesting based on the nominator's request. Additional ref is good to validate the location. Thanks. Please can we also add a ref to validate the GM bit? A steadying hand would soon come to the station in the form of James Charles Evers, former mayor of Fayette and disc jockey in Philadelphia and the brother of Medgar Evers, who became the general manager of WMPR in 1989 and served in the post for more than 30 years. Prior to becoming a station employee, he had debated segregationist Richard Barrett on its air in 1988. has ref #9 against it. However, ref #9 only validates the debating Barrett bit. Passing this back to the nominator. Ktin (talk) 16:30, 31 December 2021 (UTC)Reply
Added another citation, Ktin. There is no article on "Evers becomes manager", but there is the first reference to him being manager in late 1989 (after losing a mayoral reelection bid elsewhere). Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 00:09, 1 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
Thanks Sammi Brie. Might require additional citations. This reference does not say anything about James Charles Evers being a) disc jockey in Philadelphia b) being the brother of Medgar Evers and c) becoming the general manager of WMPR in 1989. Ktin (talk) 00:21, 1 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
@Ktin: I added a cite that covers the other two, but unfortunately there is no article to specifically give a start date, so I've reworded there too. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 00:26, 1 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
@Sammi Brie: The NYT source looks good for a and b. I still see became the general manager of WMPR by 1989 in the article and that is being sourced to ref #10. Once you edit that phrase we should be good here. Cheers. Ktin (talk) 00:40, 1 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
Assuming the date in the new ref is coming from the Newspaper report date i.e. 28 Jan 1990. Would be good to get the actual date. However, I am marking this one approved. Ktin (talk) 01:07, 1 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
Article meets eligibility criteria - 5x expansion and length. Article is neutral in tone and QPQ is completed. Earwig's copyvio detector shows no concerns. I have a question to the nominator about the sourcing for the hook.