Template:Did you know nominations/Milton Grant

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst (talk) 01:57, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Milton Grant

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... that Milton Grant went from disc jockey and bandstand host to an owner of television stations? Source: Schudel, Matt (May 3, 2007). "Milt Grant; Dance Host, TV Station Entrepreneur". The Washington Post. p. B7.
- ALT1: ... that Milton Grant was notoriously reticent to divulge his age and told an interviewer, "We're all so caught up in this age thing"? Source: Miller, Stephen (May 19, 2007). "Remembrances". The Wall Street Journal. p. A6.
- ALT2: ... that the 1986 bankruptcy of the Grant Broadcasting System burst a bubble in independent TV stations? Source: https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/22/business/good-signs-for-tv-independents.html
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Thorfinn (Vinland Saga)
- Comment: Trying to avoid hooks from the Milt Grant Show section as that is a pending GAN with multiple potential hook possibilities.

Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Self-nominated at 08:29, 12 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Milton Grant; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

Doing... ミラP@Miraclepine 20:56, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Another GA. Sammi Brie, I also fixed the ref for ALT1 (which I accessed on WL) since it's almost certainly an error; hope you don't mind. ミラP@Miraclepine 21:20, 12 July 2023 (UTC)