Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/City FM 96.0 FM (Bangladesh)

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The result was nomination withdrawn as enough viable sourcing has been located to satisfy the base notability criteria for radio stations. Bearcat (talk) 16:43, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

City FM 96.0 FM (Bangladesh)

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Completely unsourced article about a claimed radio station. WP:NMEDIA grants notability to radio stations if they meet both of two specific criteria -- properly licensed by the appropriate broadcasting regulatory authority and originating at least a portion of its own programming schedule in its own studios -- but those conditions both have to be verifiable in reliable source coverage about the station. We have seen hoax articles created about radio stations that didn't exist at all, and some especially determined hoaxers have created their own self-published websites to support the "existence" of their hoax stations, so a radio station does not get an article just for claiming to exist: RS coverage must verify that it really exists. So I'm willing to withdraw this if somebody with Bangladeshi media access knows where to find the right verification, but it has to be deleted if it can't be sourced. Bearcat (talk) 02:40, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:54, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bangladesh-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:54, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment There is at least a grain of truth in the article. According to the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission's latest annual report, City FM has been licensed by the Ministry of Information and the BTRC has assigned them spectrum (96.0 FM).[1] A major Bangaldeshi news agency briefly covered their "launch" in April 2013.[2] That's all the coverage I could find, and it's mighty thin support, even for a stub. --Worldbruce (talk) 18:40, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As thin as that may be, it's enough to cover off the base notability claim — thus enough to move this from the "delete" pile to the "keep and flag for refimprove" pile. A radio station certainly has to be sourced better than that before the article can be considered a good one, but as long as the base criteria are met it doesn't have to be sourced much better than that to be includable as a stub that's waiting for the necessary improvements. Thanks for that, consider this withdrawn. Bearcat (talk) 16:43, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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