Station Sale and the sale of Greendale · SALE-02
The buyer would convert the format, not just the ownership
The threat is not that the building closes. It is that the building stays and stops meaning what it meant.
What this relationship type claims
mirrors the plot of. An ordered sequence of beats corresponds across two works. Distinct from subplot-mirror, which is confined to a secondary strand.
Read from the other side, the same record says is mirrored by. There is one record here, not two. Chronology rule for this type: Source must predate target. Violation is a hard validation error.
Chronology
| Side | Work | Where | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| ↑ earlier | NewsRadio | NewsRadio S02E11 “Station Sale” | 1996 |
| ↓ later | Community | Community S05E12 “Basic Story” | 2014 |
The earlier side
The staff imagines Robertson changing WNYX into another radio format, and Bill records promotional reads for several possible replacement identities because he believes he can survive whatever the station becomes.
The research describes this side rather than quoting it, so no exact script anchor is attached. The episode link above still resolves.
The later side
Subway does not merely buy Greendale property. It plans to convert the school into a branded sandwich university with a different institutional purpose.
Described rather than quoted in the source research.
What changes on the way
A format change inside one medium becomes a change of institutional category altogether, from a college to a corporate brand.
The changed element is part of the evidence rather than noise. A function can move to a different character, a power relation can reverse, several sources can combine, and the same mechanism can produce a different result.
Part of a mirror
Station Sale and the sale of Greendale
Beat SALE-02 of 7: The buyer would convert the format, not just the ownership
How this record is graded
Established interpretation Combines several matching elements across text, performance, production, or reception.
The source research wrote this status as: “Established exhibit. The format change makes the correspondence more specific than a generic workplace sale.”
Sources
- Community Show Bible, Project research (Google Docs), 2026-09-22What it proves: Nothing on its own. It is the canonical statement of the project's evidence standard and its episode dossiers.