Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Radio/UK Radio

BBC digital radio stations renamed
According to a poster on Digital Spy (source) and I can confirm with my new Digital Radio, the BBC have renamed their digital radio stations. Though their official sites don't show any change. If the BBC confirm the name changes on their official sites, the articles will need to be moved to their new names. --tgheretford (talk) 22:24, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Logo's being deleted from articles
Just to make everyone aware, I don't know how far this is going, but I have noticed a number of logos are being nominated for deletion because of the lack of a non-free media rationale guideline (a.k.a. fair use rationale). Might be worth checking logos within articles and making sure a rationale is added to articles. If there isn't one, then one should be added a.s.a.p. --tgheretford (talk) 12:12, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Important warning: fair use rationales for radio logos
Be warned that fair use rationales with have got be full, complete and watertight. I have had a contribution speedily deleted under CSD#I6 under WP:NFCC, even though it had this rationale, which I thought would cover it. I have also had an official warning for the text below on the aforementioned contribution:


 * 1) It is a logo of a pay television service which cannot be described in prose;
 * 2) There is no free alternative available;
 * 3) The logos inclusion to the article is paramount as it was the subject of a major advertising campaign;
 * 4) It is a low resolution image of the logo;
 * 5) It is a historically significant episode and logo of British Sky Broadcasting.

I have not come across a radio logo image which has as much as this, and it is likely that all of these are likely for deletion. If you have updated anything, make sure it is watertight and complete, and add as much information as you can. Seems paranoia about copyright is creeping in. --tgheretford (talk) 10:28, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I fixed that rationale see you had the wrong page listed in the rationale. βcommand 14:14, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Proposed deletion: Tim Finlay

 * --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me ) 16:29, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

UK Local Radio Stations under danger from WP:CSD
I have noticed that a number of local radio stations were removed from the list of UK radio stations after they were deleted. I checked one (a nearby local station) called Rother FM and I noticed that the article was deleted under speedy deletion criteria A7, whereas other stations with simliar notability and coverage (ie. Trax FM, Lincs FM, Dearne FM and even greater coverage stations such as Hallam FM and BBC Radio Sheffield are untouched. I fear that now all the local radio articles could be under threat of being speedily deleted under A7, after all, if a number of stations similar to the ones which still exist are being deleted, surely the rest are now under threat (Wikipedia being neutral and all that)? tgheretford (talk) 13:03, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

DAB Ensembles
I've noticed the wording on the first paragraph of these tends to be rather clumsy as it tries to fit the frequencies, areas, transmitters, launch dates and other text into it - I feel this information could be better presented in an infobox format - to this end I have created a sample infobox and page in my user space - User_talk:KevS/DAB. Does anyone think It would be a good idea for all UK multiplexes to adopt this format, and if so has anyone got any suggestions on any changes that should be considered before making the proper info box? (and how to go around doing that properly).

Also, I have followed the example on the Digital One page of presenting the stations in a tabular format as it looks neater, this is currently on the NOW Leicester and NOW Nottingham pages, does anyone have any suggestions of changes that could be made to these before expanding them to the other ~20 multiplexes? KevS (talk) 00:53, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I think everything looks fine and I would approve the go ahead of this idea. Just one thing I could think of before the infobox goes live is the addition of a closed date field, just in case a multiplex is ever taken off the air for whatever reason. I think these changes could be applied to all articles.


 * As far as the tabular tables go, I did the original table on the Digital One ensemble, we could add protection level information into the tables, but it doesn't need to be too technical for Wikipedia (ie. Wikipedia is not a directory) and anyway, the Wohnort DAB site provides a good database of individual ensembles which we can link to within the articles. tgheretford (talk) 14:07, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Adding Categories
I'd like to suggest we add the  category to our category list

Barry Carlyon (talk) 19:33, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * It already is under British radio → Radio stations in the United Kingdom → Radio stations in the United Kingdom by format → Student radio in the United Kingdom. The category list is automatically updated according to what order the categories are in under Category:British radio and subcategories. --tgheretford (talk) 17:03, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

jazzfm.com to Jazz FM
I am in need of some help and guidance on where to proceed when jazzfm.com is renamed as Jazz FM (which currently is a disambiguation page) on October 6 in regards to how the article should be named and/or moved to. If anyone can make suggestions, please do so on the articles talk page. Your help is much apprechiated. Thank you. --tgheretford (talk) 22:57, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

BBC Treasure Hunt?
Hello all.

Randomly perusing articles over the past few months (Most recently I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue), I've seen more than one reference something called a BBC Treasure Hunt, wherein the BBC made a public appeal for recordings that were wiped?

Funny thing is, there is no article for it, unless it was called something else entirely. If it doesn't exist, can I inconvenience someone in this task force to male one? It sounds extremely interesting, and I'm very curious to know what the results were...

Thanks

Vulture19 (talk) 21:19, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

CB radio in the United Kingdom
Another editor has nominated this article, which is covered within the scope of this task force, for deletion. Discussion can be made here: Articles for deletion/CB radio in the United Kingdom. --tgheretford (talk) 20:45, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Anyone have reference to a detailed archive of radio play cast lists?
Hi, I've recently created Troy (BBC radio drama) and had it up as a DYK today. One obvious area for improvement is the detail of the cast list. I've put together the info I can find via Google but have only been able to find some list of performers (withotu roles) plus some specific mentions in reviews of individuals performing odd roles. So I know who play Achilles, Priam and Andromache but not Agamemnon, Menelaus and Odysseus. The programme was first broadcast as the main radio 3 Sunday drama three weeks in a row in 1998 and I'm sure that the RT used to give full cast lists for this but I am a bit vague on when they stopped. Anyone able to source this? Thanks.--Peter cohen (talk) 09:39, 1 July 2009 (UTC) (will cross post to WP:BBC)

DAB ensemble label updates
Not so long ago, Digital Radio UK updated all (excluding the BBC National DAB ensemble) ensemble labels from the ensemble owner/area to just the area that the ensemble serves. This is to help users identify where the station and ensemble they are listening to broadcasts to. This is going to require a significant number of moves of articles to reflect the correct name.

ie. Bauer South Yorkshire → South Yorkshire (DAB multiplex), MXR Yorkshire → Yorkshire (DAB multiplex)

I'll try and do this if I can this week, although I may be busy with other things (sigh, always the case with annual leave), but if anyone else can help, it would be greatly appreciated. --tgheretford (talk) 19:37, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Earthsearch
While listening to a repeat of the above programme on R4E last night, I looked at our page on it and that on Follett's official website and noticed a resemblance. I've shoved up a Copyvio template for now. Anyone want to sort things? The article has not yet been tagged as falling under this project but obviously does.--Peter cohen (talk) 10:28, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Am I Normal? article
Recently, I began an article on the programme presented by Vivienne Parry "Am I Normal?" I would be grateful if this article could go under your auspices. Many thanks, ACEOREVIVED (talk) 09:10, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Irish pirate radio
Even though you specialise in UK radio perhaps some of you are familiar enough with this topic that you could help this quite detailed and long but unsourced article which generally is only edited by anonIPs. It has been around since 2006. I made a request on the main radio page more than a year ago but there was no response. ww2censor (talk) 14:51, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Nomination for merging of Template:Navbox:Digital radio in the United Kingdom
Template:Navbox:Digital radio in the United Kingdom has been nominated for merging with Template:Media in the United Kingdom. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. --tgheretford (talk) 19:09, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

List of In Our Time programmes
The article List of In Our Time programmes can now be updated, as there has been a programme on Pericles broadcast on September 17 2020. Vorbee (talk) 08:28, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

BBC Radio 5 Articles
I recentlyish created a few articles about programmes on that station but they all ended up being draftified on the basis of my references being either form the BBC Programme Archive or audio clips. I think these articles, for programmes such as Morning Edition, Five Aside, This Family Business and others are worthy of their own articles and my Morning Edition article remains in Draftspace. Any help and guidance would be appreciated. Rillington (talk) 02:31, 5 September 2023 (UTC)