Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Country 1035


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. (non-admin closure) SWinxy (talk) 02:33, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

Country 1035

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AFD per IP request. Rationale is: it has no sources UtherSRG (talk) 10:31, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Radio and England. UtherSRG (talk) 10:34, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete. I'm willing to reconsider if somebody with much better access to archived British media coverage than I've got can actually find some sources to salvage it with, but radio stations aren't entitled to keep unsourced articles at all. Bearcat (talk) 20:36, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment There are sources available, such as audio of the launch of the station, but they have been deemed, for some reason, as being inappropriate for inclusion on Wikipedia. Rillington (talk) 03:18, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep. I think there's sufficient coverage to pass the GNG with the following references.
 * i) Article in Billboard magazine (7 Jan. 1995) here is sufficiently indepth to count as one source towards notability. Apparently, the station changed its name to Ritz 1035 (blog source) and that station is listed in The Rough Guide to Internet Radio (June 2002 edition) but just a mere mention. Billboard also published this  on the station's debut and covered the changeover to Ritz here:.
 * ii) The Ritz changeover is also covered in Music and Media's 17 Oct. 1998 issue https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-10-17.pdf on page 25. Takeover by Mean Fiddler Music Group reported by Billboard here.
 * iii) Brief article on falling listenership in the Evening Standard and a more comprehensive article on the same topic, also Evening Standard  (both via Wikilibrary for those who have access). Rupples (talk) 19:05, 10 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Keep the sources presented above indicate this is a notable topic (per GNG) and satisfies the criteria for inclusion. ---Steve Quinn (talk) 06:24, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep: In addition to the sources found by Rupples, there are an additional 46 articles in the archives of Broadcast (magazine) which mention the specific term "Country 1035", including a number of full-length articles about the station being bought and sold by different parties and changing its name and branding a number of times. These are unfortunately behind a paywall. Flip Format (talk) 14:40, 11 June 2023 (UTC)


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