Talk:Hobart FM

Gee this is a bit of a funny page to find here. It's good, but clearly it's been written by somebody involved with the project, and probably seems to advertise too much, and certainly contains more information than I'd think people would care for. Tilgrieog 14:24, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

In fact on second reading this page cannot stay this way. The words, "for more information contact us etc..." aren't allowed on Wikipedia. Someone should fix it. Tilgrieog 10:21, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

I disagree. Edge Radio and Ultra 106five both have pages on Wikipedia. I think the page is a good source of information for anyone wanting to find out information about community radio in Hobart.

--- I'm sorry, you're still wrong. Edge and Ultra demonstrate tasteful ways of giving a short, unbiased few words for the ages to judge them on Wikipedia. A community radio station article should briefly contain the details of where they broadcast, history of the organisation, perhaps a bit about the format and music style. There's nothing on the McDonald's page about the structure of the management of that company, so would anybody the world care how the management structure of this station works?

Although I'm glad someone took a few advertisements out. Tilgrieog.

--- Tilgrieog – I’m sorry to say that you are wrong. This article has been tagged a Stub. For those unfamiliar with what a Stub is: “Stubs are Wikipedia entries that have not received substantial attention from the editors of Wikipedia, and do not yet contain sufficient information on their subject matter. In other words, they are short or insufficient pieces of information and require additions to further increase Wikipedia's usefulness.” More information can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Stub

I believe it is most important for articles to contain as much information as possible. A quick check of the Edge radio page for example reveals a brief description. In my opinion, it does not provide as much useful information as it could.

I for one find the information regarding the structure of the management quite interesting. As I have been involved with a community radio station in the past, I know that the way this station reportedly operates is a little different to the station I was involved with. I’m sure Edge radio probably operates differently as well.

My main argument is that just because you may find the information irrelevant, doesn’t mean someone else will.

The one thing I find interesting is the link for individual programmes. I think there is no need for it, and infact I have since learnt that one particular announcer removed a link to his programme after he discovered it was listed. I think maybe a link to the official website is more than enough.

Regulating soul music or new age music station ???
Currently, I have added the item of Aartists4Mercy to the See also section for open discussion of its suitability, as this radio station is under the umbrella of NPO. According to some regulations of developed country, the radio station must obtain a licence for broadcasting and I don't know if the site is licenced —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.62.138.94 (talk) 10:34, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

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(Yes, imagine vortually all entries to this page have and will be by people associated with the station. Who on Earth else would know anything about it?)

In any case, though this a wholly inadequate defence, I broadcast on the station for 22 years, and served on the management committee three times, including as progam director and vice president. I do have program guides from 1979 and 1980, but there are no links to them online. I have attempted to flesh out a little of the musical evolution of the station, without gainsaying anything previously posted. Oh, and I also broadcast the first program under the 7 THE FM callsign, which is how I know the date of the changeover. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Braka (talk • contribs) 17:08, 29 September 2009 (UTC)