Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/VF2689

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The result was delete. T. Canens (talk) 10:54, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

VF2689[edit]

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Delete. Article about an unlicensed low-power radio station, which is sourceable only to its own Facebook and a one-line namecheck of its existence in a nationwide list of "this week's events in radio" on a non-notable radio hobby WP:BLOG. Unlicensed VF radio stations are not automatically notable per WP:NMEDIA just because they can be technically verified as existing; one of the basic preconditions for a radio station to get a presumption of notability is an actual license from the appropriate broadcast regulator. One notable problem here is that while the article asserts that it's an active radio station, the {{Vancouver Radio}} template lists it in the defunct radio stations section -- and that's exactly why VF stations don't normally qualify for articles, since there's no reliable sourcing by which we can properly verify whether it's active or defunct, or when and why it went defunct if it is. Bearcat (talk) 18:00, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of British Columbia-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 18:02, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 18:02, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 08:01, 26 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:23, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I found this [1] from Apr 2016 that said they were in violation of programming, and this [2] that says it was launched as a 41 watt station in 2015 and due to license violation must "drop illegal commercial South Asian format and revert back to Tourist Information station" in late 2016. So they must have been licensed if there was a CRTC violation of the license. WP:NMEDIA says a radio station can be notable with "a large audience, established broadcast history, or unique programming". Clearly does not meet 1 or 2. Could meet 3 based on broadcasting in Punjabi language in Vancouver, but that was illegal and presumably has stopped. (And the violation was not significant enough to establish notability on that account). No idea if they complied and went back to providing tourist info like traffic & weather, or just folded. MB 04:58, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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