Talk:WSTQ-LP

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Requested move 19 May 2017

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The result of the move request was: not moved. (non-admin closure) TonyBallioni (talk) 21:07, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

WSTQ-LP → WSTM-DT2 – WSTQ has an unbuilt digital CP that will be displaced by WSYT in the repack; the WSTM subchannel is more widely viewed both OTA and on cable (Zap2it even lists WSTM-DT2 over WSTQ); the WSTQ callsign is mainly used as a brand name Mvcg66b3r (talk) 15:24, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
 * This is a contested technical request (permalink). Mvcg66b3r (talk) 15:26, 19 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Oppose: The naming conventions for broadcast stations states that Where a broadcast outlet operates a low-power transmitter as part of a major national network, the same content is often duplicated to a digital subchannel of a full-power TV station or to a local cable television operation. If any independent ITU callsign exists (even with a broadcast translator-like numbering or suffix pattern like W47CK or WNYF-CD) this should be used as the unique identifier even where it is the weaker signal. This appears to be the case here, since WSTQ-LP is an official call sign for an FCC-licensed station that carries the "CW 6" programming (even if it is a low-viewed analog station with a questionable long-term future), and not merely a fictional call sign for a program feed carried solely on cable or the subchannel of a larger station. (It's also worthy of note that WP:BROADCAST appears to suggest that any presumed notability for "CW 6" may actually be specific to WSTQ-LP itself — on its own, the WSTM-DT2 subchannel, despite the CW affiliation, may in fact be unlikely to be have any notability independent of WSTM-TV. I should also note for completeness that as Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, there is no guarantee that, despite the fact that WSYT moving its RF channel to 14 will displace both the digital CP and analog license for WSTQ-LP, the post-auction repack will be the end of WSTQ-LP as a standalone license.) -- WC  Quidditch  &#9742;   &#9998;  22:15, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Wc's great points; unless SBG completely ends WSTQ as a going concern, the article should remain as-is. Nobody outside of a few antenna viewers actually watch the LP analog signal and most get it through the cable signal, but for all intents and purposes, it remains the main avenue for the station in every sense. And even if the station is done, we'll keep the article as it had a history well before DTV launched.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 00:09, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose as WSTQ station is what the article is about and is correctly named as WC Quidditch states. Therefor, its carriage over another station's subchannel doesn't change the originating station. --Spshu (talk) 01:16, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose per well-articulated points above. WSTQ-LP is the station's licensed call sign, and the established convention is that's where we put U.S. broadcast articles. Mlaffs (talk) 18:29, 27 May 2017 (UTC)


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Requested move 30 September 2020

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The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Jerm (talk) 21:01, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

WSTQ-LP → WSTM-DT2 – As of 2020, WSTQ's signal is only available as a subchannel of WSTM-TV on 3.2. Its flash cut to digital never did happen and WSYT is now transmitting on channel 14. Mvcg66b3r (talk) 12:54, 30 September 2020 (UTC) —Relisted. 2pou (talk) 18:55, 7 October 2020 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Statements to this effect in the article are not actually sourced. Courtesy pings to participants of the previous RM. After three years, has consensus changed?

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, 2pou (talk) 18:55, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose: I stand by my basic assertion from the 2017 RM — even if WSTQ-LP is all but dead (and outside of WSYT's RF 14 operation being licensed, there's been no filings or FCC action to that effect yet), any presumed independent notability for "CW 6" is tied to WSTQ, not the WSTM-TV subchannel, which if not for WSTQ wouldn't be independently notable from WSTM. Also, as noted before, our naming conventions seem to suggest that the correct title for the article about a station in WSTQ-LP's situation would indeed still be WSTQ-LP for as long as it still exists. (Then again, the article title may be the least of the article's issues — the sourcing here in general is limited enough that if WSTQ-LP is defunct as a separate license, perhaps the same path that we did for WTTX-LP should be pursued — it was displaced by WSKA and wound up returning its license, its programming moved exclusively to a subchannel of big sister station WETM-TV, and before long the separate WETM-DT2 page was merged and redirected to the main WETM article — consequently becoming WTTX-LP's redirect target as well). -- WC  Quidditch  ☎   ✎  19:17, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose Analog station is still on the air, and until we hear anything else regarding the station or IP unit's fate, it should stay here. As before...it has a history as an analog station that should be retained under this callsign (and why wasn't the article updated with the WSYT information in the first place?).  Nate  • ( chatter ) 20:34, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose Even if it's no longer an operating concern – which seems likely even we can't source that currently – it's still an active FCC license. And even if the license ends up being cancelled, it still existed, had a history, etc., and the article should remain in place with content linking off to the WSTM-TV article (and vice versa). Mlaffs (talk) 00:32, 8 October 2020 (UTC)


 * The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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