Talk:WQHT

Opening comments
what a trashy station

Hacked Junk

This page should be deleted, it is an incoherent mess, with half-sentences and fake words all over it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.127.228.170 (talk) 10:37, 21 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Is anyone going to write about the controversy of the Tsunami Song?
 * Hi. Maybe there is no need to over-linkify the article ? It makes it hard to read, and does not necessariliy add informations. Bye bye! Gtabary 21:06, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)

-3/25/06
 * Why can't I change "claims to be the premier commercial Hip-Hop station" to "arguably the premier..."? Sure there are big stations like Power 106 for Westcoast rap, KMEL for Bay Area rap,etc. But even those stations can't deny that for commercial mainstream rap Hot 97 is at the forefront.

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Requested move
No move. Enough already, we get the point. 199.125.109.126 (talk) 18:19, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

WQHT → Hot 97 — The station, perhaps the most popular hip hop music radio station, is far better known by the name Hot 97, and, simply put, our naming conventions advice to use most common names. I think this should almost be uncontroversial. Thanks — Do U(knome)?  yes...or no 01:15, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

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 * Strong Oppose - do you have any clue how many stations are likely called "Hot 97"? JPG-GR (talk) 06:21, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment That's not really a good reason to oppose. I'm sure there are many people named Michael Jordan, but only one is known much better than the rest; hence, there is Michael Jordan (disambiguation). I'm not sure there are that many notable stations called Hot 97 anyway, considering that Hot 97 redirects to her from over one and a half years. Do U(knome)?  yes...or no 07:06, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Google News Archive search for "Hot 97". At page 13, I still haven't found anything but the New York hip hop station. Do U(knome)?  yes...or no 07:11, 19 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Strongest Oppose Possible - Rarely do I agree with JPG-GR, but this time I do. There are 8 stations with some variation of "Hot 97" in it's branding.  Changing this station from WQHT to Hot 97 would be completely ignoring our naming conventions and the rules of WP:WPRS and would open a can of worms we would never get closed.  This is a bad, bad idea. -  NeutralHomer  •  Talk  • January 20, 2009 @ 00:53
 * Strong Oppose - Wikipedia's naming conventions incorporate the sub-conventions for broadcasting, which clearly state that for countries using a call sign system, articles should be named using the call sign. It's enough that stations change their call signs and we have to bat them around like wiffle balls — can you imagine when Hot 97 begets Mix 97, begets Bob 97, begets Froggy 97, begets Mix 97 again? Oy… Mlaffs (talk) 03:33, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong oppose We already have an established naming convention for stations with call signs, there's nothing that leads me to believe that this station is any different from the hundreds of other stations, some with equally legendary branding, that are named by their call sign. It doesn't matter what comes up in google searches, if there are other stations using "Hot 97", then the redirect should be turned into a disambiguate page. Case in point, even being from Detroit I know that the most popular "Kiss FM" station is in Los Angeles. Yet the article is still named by it's call sign KIIS-FM and Kiss FM is a disambiguate. Are you stating WQHT's has some unique situation or something? RobDe68 (talk) 03:45, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Naming conventions.  TJ   Spyke   04:06, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose for the reasons given above, increased ambiguity and not IAW Naming conventions. I don't think that the proposer understands the difference between a radio station and its current format. --Bejnar (talk) 07:27, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong Oppose as it would violate the black-letter policy of Naming conventions which is carefully crafted for maximum reliability, ease of access, and clarity for the reader. Station branding often changes frequently, is not reliably tracked for all U.S. stations, and is purely a marketing tool.  Callsign changes for U.S. radio stations are generally infrequent (there are always outliers) and are all officially tracked by the FCC. - Dravecky (talk) 08:17, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Wikipedia naming conventions do not require "most common name" in all cases; they explicitly cite radio stations as a case where there are special issues that override the idea of using a "common" on-air branding name. Not everybody necessarily likes the call sign option, I grant, but using branding instead would create far more problems than it solves — and the idea that this station is uniquely entitled to special consideration in that regard is an absolute non-starter. Bearcat (talk) 10:20, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Strongest Oppose Possible - Per all above. Stations should only have their branding as their name only if the station does NOT have an assigned call sign in North America.  єmarsee ( Discuss ) 23:44, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

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W264BT Link Back To WQHT??
Why is radio station W264BT linking back to WQHT the two are not even directly affiliated or owned by the same person/company. In fact W264BT is owned by an individual, Just because WQHT simulcasts their signal doesn't mean that its owned by WQHT. I believe that W264BT should in fact have its own article. TheGoofyGolfer (talk) 04:58, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

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