Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Preston FM (2nd nomination)

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. Daniel (talk) 09:15, 5 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Preston FM[edit]

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This article about a defunct British community radio station has very few citations and is not of high quality. It does not establish notability. It also appears to be attracting a large number of contentious edits along with other vandalism and inappropriate content. Flip Format (talk) 10:40, 29 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions. Flip Format (talk) 10:40, 29 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Flip Format (talk) 10:40, 29 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: The station now appears to broadcast under the name Beat 103. The Preston FM article is attracting fairly significant amounts of vandalism apparently from people involved with the station. The whole thing needs to be deleted or cleaned up significantly. Flip Format (talk) 10:44, 29 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Licenced radio stations are usually notable. I added some references. The source of some of the news references, Blog Preston, despite its name, appears to be a reputable news site. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 11:31, 29 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Plenty of independent references and, as said by Eastmain, licenced radio stations, both current and former stations, are usually notable. Rillington (talk) 15:38, 29 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:HEY thanks to the work put in by Eastmain. NemesisAT (talk) 19:49, 29 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as having met the WP:GNG—which, per consensus, is the appropriate guideline for determining radio station notability. As a note, information on the Beat Radio/City Beat era, if belonging to the same licence, would also belong here. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 00:42, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment: Does the article potentially need a move to Beat 103 and an update to include information on the current station operating under the licence? I can confirm that it's the same licence as the former Preston FM, CR000158. Flip Format (talk) 10:07, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  - Flip Format, yes. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 17:02, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    - In that case, Sammi Brie, I withdraw this nomination and will work to update the existing article, as I have just done with Your FM. Flip Format (talk) 17:31, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:HEY.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 20:34, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.