A fact from Channel 8 (Mar del Plata, Argentina) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 January 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the Argentine government took over operations of television channel 8 at Mar del Plata in 1973, only to privatize it again a decade later?
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:48, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
... that the Argentine government took over operations of television channel 8 at Mar del Plata in 1973, only to privatize it again a decade later? Source: various
Overall: Nice hook; no problems with the article that I can detect. Accepted sourcing on good faith as I do not read Spanish. Josh Milburn (talk) 11:12, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]