Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WSPJ-LP

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 merge to WMVQ. MBisanz ^talk 01:15, 22 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

WSPJ-LP

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Delete. WP:TOOSOON article about a radio station which, despite the claims herein that the station "intends to sign on sometime in 2015", is still not verifiably in operation as of today. WP:NMEDIA does not, however, grant notability to radio stations until they're actually broadcasting. No prejudice against recreation if and when this does launch, but it hasn't met the necessary criteria yet. Bearcat (talk) 02:11, 14 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 02:12, 14 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Per TOOSOON and Bearcat and EmjayMiller. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 02:14 on August 14, 2016 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 14:33, 15 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Unlaunched stations do not enjoy the presumption of notability assumed for established/operating stations, and it's too soon to determine if WSPJ-LP has, or ever will, launch (they have until October 10, 2017 to do so). There's nothing verifiable out there to indicate WSPJ-LP is broadcasting yet, nor a source for the planned 2015 launch; the station's website now claims it will go on the air in 2016 and that they are an Internet radio station for now, but Internet-only stations aren't presumed to be automatically notable either. Having said all that, the permittee, Syracuse Community Radio, is the former owner of WXXE in Fenner (now WMVQ), and apparently the planned programming is similar to what WXXE provided before it was divested to comply with FCC ownership rules that forbade the common ownership of WXXE and WSPJ-LP. In addition, much of this article's content seems to have been split off from the WXXE/WMVQ article. As a result, it may be best to just merge to WMVQ for now; I do agree with the nominator that there should be no prejudice toward recreation/restoration of a separate article once WSPJ-LP actually verifiably begins broadcasting. --WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 22:45, 20 August 2016 (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.