Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/VF8027

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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 01:16, 22 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

VF8027

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Delete. Article about a radio station, "proposed" as of 2013 but still unverifiable as to whether it's actually launched. In actuality, WP:BCASTOUTCOMES specifically deprecates the notability of VF# stations in Canada, as these are ultra-low-power stations with little prominence, quite commonly operated by smalltown churches solely to broadcast a mass for elderly shut-ins and then remaining silent the rest of the time — and virtually always every bit as unRSable as that kind of thing sounds like it would be. Even the Canadian Communications Foundation link under external links is for a different VF# station than this one (although it does at least help to verify the truth of what I just said these stations are typically used for.) So there's no automatic presumption of notability here just for existing, and no particularly solid sourcing. Bearcat (talk) 01:45, 14 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 01:48, 14 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Quebec-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 01:48, 14 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: This is the correct Canadian Communications Foundation page for this low-power station, and it does seem to indicate that the station may in fact have signed on (though no date was given). But it also establishes that this is indeed a station that simply exists to broadcast religious celebrations, which doesn't seem like the type of station that is presumed to be notable. Indeed, that same CCF page also says that eight months after the station was licensed, the CRTC decided that these types of church stations were exempt from its licensing requirements — and while they still need to be authorized by Industry Canada, the CRTC's stance on these stations only affirms the lack of inferred notability for stations such as VF8027. --WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 21:58, 14 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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