User:Edison/Broadcasting station AFD listing

Historical AFDs for broadcasting stations, licensed or unlicensed, carrier current statios, and internet stations, found at WikiProject Deletion sorting/Radio. For reference in possible notability guideline creation. Does not include networks, on air personalities, or program articles.

Relevant essays, guidelines, proposed guidelines, or discussions

 * Notability
 * Notability (organizations and companies), which seems like an appropriate one for guidance on notability of broadcast stations.
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Radio Stations/Archive 2009 from 16 June 2009.
 * Notability (media) Part of rejected notability proposal for media related to broadcasting, created 19 November 2007, tagged as "Essay" since 21 December 2007 . WP:BROADCAST directs to the section on broadcasting. Some preference on talk page for just adding text related to broadcasting to WP:N rather than creating a largely redundant standalone guide. This essay is often cited in AFDs as a basis for automatically keeping licensed broadcast stations of any power rating.

Related articles

 * Broadcast license
 * Internet radio
 * Internet television
 * List of North American broadcast station classes
 * Low-power broadcasting covers various LPFM. AM TV operations.
 * Pirate radio
 * Pirate television
 * Radio broadcasting
 * Part15 stations
 * Unlicensed broadcasting

AFDs for broadcast stations, pirate stations, Part 15(U.S.), Restricted (UK) and internet stations

 * Articles for deletion/WMCN (FM) April 6, 2010. Licensed 5 watt US FM college station, off the air between terms.. Has held license since 1980. Keep Article improved and references added after AFD start. The index case as to whether "All federally licensed broadcast stations which originate a portion of their own broadcasting are notable."


 * Articles for deletion/Pulse Community Radio (2nd nomination). 10 February 2010. Internet only station, no independent references. COI. Delete


 * Articles for deletion/Bay FM Exmouth. 8 February 2010. "Restricted license" station, non-commercial, operates 2 weeks per year. Delete.


 * Articles for deletion/WYNR 1390 Radio Chicago. 1 February 2010. Was licensed in early 1960's, had refs from that period. Consensus was that a "station" can encompass different call letters, different frequencies, different formats, different owners over the years. Merge to WGRB. (Leaves WVON era of station as a separate article).


 * Articles for deletion/The Sound FM. 29 January 2010. Internet-onlyu radio station. Lacks independent sources. Delete


 * Articles for deletion/Q102 (Pirate Station). 8 January 2010. Initially unlicensed pirate station, operated for 1 year, occasionally had "restricted license ) (UK), minimal sourcing. Mentioned in connection to successor XFM. Merge to XFM London, a commercial station successor.


 * Articles for deletion/KTRN 4 January, 2010. Original article was about a radio program, or internet talk show, which may have aired for pay on some broadcast stations. Verifiability questioned. Notability questioned. Delete and replace with article about unrelated actual broadcast station with same call letters.


 * Articles for deletion/Radio Kaleidoscope (2nd nomination) 1 January 2010. British pirate station (unlicensed), operated 1967-1972, 1973-1976, medium wave and short wave.. Lack of independent sources noted. Delete


 * Articles for deletion/Hot 92 (pirate radio station) 27 December 2009. Sourcing was local paper stories about raids on station.Arguments that prosecutions of operators do not establish notability of station. Comments that "in the U.S., any F.C.C licensed station seems to be deemed notable" but that there is no guideline for British pirate stations. Keep


 * Articles for deletion/Radio Tatras International 24 December 2009. Licensed in Slovakia at one point, broadcasting apparently ceased in past, may still be on internet. Comment in AFD "..usual outcome is that licensed stations are inherently notable." Keep


 * Articles for deletion/Radio Cordac 24 December 2009. Shortwave broadcast station in Burundi 1963-1977. Apparently unlicensed, but without objection of local government until the shutdown when licenses started to be required. Some references found. Keep


 * Articles for deletion/Release Radio 24 December 2009. "Radio" via cell phone service by Virgin Mobile, discontinued. People could dial a number and listen to whatever music was being played. Verified, but notability not shown by independent references. Delete


 * Articles for deletion/Time Radio 24 December 2009. Unlicensed British pirate station circa 1982. Sources lacking. Delete


 * Articles for deletion/Sugar fm 24 December 2009. Unlicensed British pirate station, 2003-2004 for 4 months. Unreferenced. Delete


 * Articles for deletion/Sting FM 24 December 2009. Unlicensed British pirate FM station. Verified, but significant coverage in reliable independent sources not established. Delete


 * Articles for deletion/Static Radio (Ireland) 24 December 2009. Unlicensed Irish pirate FM broadcast station, operated intermittently 2000-2005. Comment in AFD: ..pirate stations are not granted the same general notability that a government-licensed broadcast station enjoys.." Comments that a pirate station satisfying GNG could be kept, but not shown for this one. Delete


 * Articles for deletion/Shock FM 94.9 24 December 2009. Unlicensed Irish FM pirate broadcast station, now off the air. Fails GNG. Delete


 * Articles for deletion/Reel FM] 24 December 2009. Unlicensed British FM pirate station. No sources, little comment on AFD. No consensus


 * Articles for deletion/Reel FM December 24, 2009. British pirate station. No references, one Keep !voter merely asserted it exists/ No consensus


 * Articles for deletion/Radio Panik December 24, 2009. Belgian pirate FM station, operation stated 1983 -present. Debate said sources lacking to demonstrate notability. Delete


 * Articles for deletion/Radio Ivre December 24, 2009. French pirate station 1979-1981. Article did not specify FM or other. No references. Statement in AFD that there is "plenty of coverage in Google Books and Google Scholar," without any specific ones being noted. Keep Later merged into Pirate radio in France.


 * Articles for deletion/Radio Invicta (London Pirate Station) December 24, 2009. British pirate FM station. Refs cited in AFD, never added to article. Keep


 * Articles for deletion/Radio Frequency 88.1 December 24, 2009. British FM pirate station, stated to be in present operation. Its website was only reference. 1 Delete !vote. Lack of sources noted. Delete


 * Articles for deletion/Radio Free Scotland December 24, 2002. Scottish pirate on sound frequency of TV, 1956-1965, later on 262 meter medium wave (around 1155 khz AM) and claimed recent internet radio operation, (which may be unrelated). Keep


 * Articles for deletion/Radio Centraal December 24, 2009. Belgian FM pirate station, 1980-present. AFD stated there were many mentions in non-English books, none specifically cited. Keep


 * Articles for deletion/Radio DioDecember 24, 2009. French FM station, began aas pirate, licensed apparently since 1981. Keep


 * Articles for deletion/Point Blank FM December 24, 2009. British FM pirate station. Brief mention in major paper cited. No consensus

Interference with fire service radio operations and shutdown of operation received news coverage. Keep
 * Articles for deletion/PCRL December 24, 2009. British former pirate station, 1985-2002. Coverage of programming.


 * Articles for deletion/Kool FM October 6, 2007. British FM pirate station. Delete Articles for deletion/Kool FM (2nd nomination) December 24, 2009: No Consensus


 * Articles for deletion/Kiwi Radio December 24, 2009. New Zealand pirate station. 1977-1983. Initially FM, later shortwave and FM. Coverage claimed in books, no refs in article, one book with significant coverage cited in AFD as well link to Google Book search.  Keep

(MANY more pirate station afds. Skipping over some pirate station and other listings, can be filled in later)
 * Articles for deletion/KBFR (pirate radio) December 24, 2009. 150 watt FM pirate, Colorado USA. Coverage specifically cited in AFD and in article. Keep

Pointed to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Radio Stations/Archive 2009 from 16 June 2009.
 * Articles for deletion/WCRX-LP 14 June 2009. Low power station. Comment that all licensed stations which originate some programming are notable, rejoinder that there is not such a guideline. References found to satisfy GNG. Keep