Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WICR (AM)


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The result was delete. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 06:15, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

WICR (AM)

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Unlicensed part 15 station which fails WP:BROADCAST. Article does not contain sources independent from the article subject and the station is not covered in reliable sources to the level necessary for subject to pass WP:GNG. Tdl1060 (talk) 01:57, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 06:50, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 06:50, 19 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete: Agree with everything Tdl1060 said. I am impressed that WICR claims to broadcast in HD, since an AM broadcasting in HD would make it unlistenable to most of the public without HD radios. -  Neutralhomer  •  Talk  • 17:12 on March 19, 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete: Unlicensed stations don't tend to get any presumed notability, and there isn't the requisite coverage in reliable sources to satisfy the general notability guideline. Yes, "WICR" may serve a neighborhood in New York City, and has apparently been around in some form since 1999, but without sources those aren't much help. -- WC  Quidditch  ☎   ✎  20:52, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, Homer and WC; not FCC-licensed, thus doesn't meet WP:BROADCAST (and I assume the "HD" claim is only for its webstream as iBiquity hasn't made HD Radio-compatible consumer transmitters available to the public and the pirate community hasn't reverse-engineered HD AM technology).  Nate  • ( chatter ) 22:48, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unlicensed radio stations are not handed an automatic presumption of notability just because their own self-published web presence technically verifies that they exist; they can still get into Wikipedia if they can be reliably sourced well enough to clear WP:GNG, but there's no evidence of that being shown. The article has also been edited in the past by "Wicram1620", which means there's some conflict of interest in the mix as well. Topics do not get into Wikipedia on the basis of what they claim about themselves; topics get into Wikipedia on the basis of having received media coverage in sources they didn't publish themselves. Bearcat (talk) 15:07, 20 March 2019 (UTC)


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