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... that Ron Brown, the United States Secretary of Commerce, leased equipment to a a TV station in Washington, D.C., whose owner turned out to be his lover? Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/11/27/despite-debt-tv-firm-gave-to-democrats/d5e4249e-253b-4506-b252-77925d63cefc/ + https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1997/06/09/ron-browns-secrets
- ALT1: ... that a 1970 death set back the launch of a TV station in Washington, D.C., by as many as 11 years? Source: Implied by https://search.proquest.com/docview/147922507 (planned October 1970 launch mentioned in obituary) + https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1981/BC-1981-11-09.pdf p60 (Nov. 1, 1981) start date
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/LaDainian Tomlinson

Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Self-nominated at 06:36, 5 February 2023 (UTC). Note: As of October 2022, all changes made to promoted hooks will be logged by a bot. The log for this nomination can be found at Template talk:Did you know nominations/WDCW, so please watch a successfully closed nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.

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

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

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

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Sammi Brie: Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 18:13, 6 February 2023 (UTC)