Draft:OU Nightly

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Submission declined on 16 February 2026 by DoubleGrazing (talk). This draft's references do not show that the subject meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion. The draft requires multiple published secondary sources that: provide significant coverage: discuss the subject in detail, not just brief mentions or routine announcements; are reliable: from reputable outlets with editorial oversight; are independent: not connected to the subject, such as interviews, press releases, the subject's own website, or sponsored content. Please add references that meet all three of these criteria. If none exist, the subject is not yet suitable for Wikipedia. Declined by DoubleGrazing 5 months ago.

Submission declined on 14 February 2026 by Hurricane Wind and Fire (talk). This draft's references do not show that the subject meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion. The draft requires multiple published secondary sources that: provide significant coverage: discuss the subject in detail, not just brief mentions or routine announcements; are reliable: from reputable outlets with editorial oversight; are independent: not connected to the subject, such as interviews, press releases, the subject's own website, or sponsored content. Please add references that meet all three of these criteria. If none exist, the subject is not yet suitable for Wikipedia. Declined by Hurricane Wind and Fire 5 months ago.

Submission declined on 31 October 2025 by Bonadea (talk). This draft's references do not show that the subject meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion. The draft requires multiple published secondary sources that: provide significant coverage: discuss the subject in detail, not just brief mentions or routine announcements; are reliable: from reputable outlets with editorial oversight; are independent: not connected to the subject, such as interviews, press releases, the subject's own website, or sponsored content. Please add references that meet all three of these criteria. If none exist, the subject is not yet suitable for Wikipedia. Declined by Bonadea 9 months ago.

• Comment: References 1-5 are not independent of the subject. 🌀Hurricane Wind and Fire (talk) (contribs)🔥 04:25, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

• Comment: It is very unlikely that a student newscast is going to be notable enough for there to be a Wikipedia article about it. If there are independent sources talking about it, some information about the newscast could be added to the article Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication. bonadea contributions talk 16:30, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

• Comment: In accordance with Wikipedia's Conflict of interest policy, I disclose that I have a conflict of interest regarding the subject of this article. Mwb8265 (talk) 16:23, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

OU Nightly is an award-winning newscast at the University of Oklahoma striving to educate students on careers within the broadcast industry. With both teams, editorial and production, students are able to experience what it takes to run a professional news station.^[1]

OU Nightly is broadcast five days a week during the academic school year in the Oklahoma City and Tulsa television markets on YurView Oklahoma (formerly known as The Cox Channel). The program is also broadcast on the independent Cheyenne Arapaho Television channel.^[2]

Outside of the traditional broadcast, OU Nightly content is live streamed on the program's YouTube^[3] and Facebook^[4] pages.

It's unclear when the first OU Nightly broadcast took place, but based on archives at the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication it was sometime in the early 2000s.

OU Nightly's coverage of the University of the 2015 University of Oklahoma Sigma Alpha Epsilon racism incident was cited in the Teachers College Record.^[5]

In February 2023, the program broadcast what is thought to be the first ever live severe weather coverage from a student newscast. Students were on the air for over three hours as a rare Winter tornado outbreak moved through central Oklahoma.^[6][7]

In 2026, the program was named the nation's best student newscast in the 4/5 day category at the Broadcast Educators Association, Festival of Media Arts.^[8] The program was also named the state of Oklahoma's best student newscast by the Oklahoma Broadcast Educators Association.^[9]