Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SURGE 1287AM

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The result was Keep, nomination withdrawn. I nominated this article for deletion in good faith, as it did indeed seem non-notable to me. However, from the comments below it is clear that this is not the case, so I withdraw my nomination, and appologise for any inconvinience caused. Non-admin closure. _TheIslander 23:46, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] SURGE 1287AM

Completely non-notable students' radio station. Article asserts no notability through external links to independant sources, and thus fails WP:N. _TheIslander 22:07, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

• Marginal keep and rewrite. This LP station has history and a part-time city-wide FM signal. Some 3rd party sources added. Article still needs better sourcing and a rewrite for NPOV. If article survives AfD, I suggest moving it to "Surge 1287AM," as the station calls itself. • Gene93k (talk) 04:40, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
• strong keep and improve. While the article can still be improved, references have been added including several legitimate awards. --Rtphokie (talk) 13:13, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
• Strong keep - This article asserts notability as the subject is award-winning and serves a significant populated area as a licensed broadcast station. The article could stand some rewriting but that's no cause for deletion. - Dravecky (talk) 14:44, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This discussion has been listed on the talk page for WikiProject Universities. --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 11:48, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This discussion has been listed on the talk page for WikiProject Radio Stations. --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 11:57, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
• While improvements can be made here, the standard for inclusion of student radio stations is no different than the standard for inclusion of commercial radio stations; that is, the fact that it's a student radio station is not, in and of itself, a deletion criterion or an automatic mark of non-notability. This one seems notable enough to me, and several independent references are present. Keep. Bearcat (talk) 23:32, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment Fair points, I hadn't thought of them. However, strike the word 'student' from my initial comments, and the rest still apply. Is a radio station inherently notable? I doubt it, and if so, what makes one notable? I still feel that this station lacks notability. _TheIslander 00:43, 8 December 2007 (UTC
    • Comment Yes, radio stations are generally considered inherently notable. There are some caveats to that. It must be licensed (which isn't a problem here). Also, it must be producing it's own content, stations which simple rebroadcast 24/7 a signal originating elsewhere aren't notable to warrent their own pages and should be covered on the page pertaining to their parent station (which also isn't a problem here). Student radio and even low power radio stations, as long as they are active, licensed and have enough of an audience (such as the college campus in this case) are notable enough for Wikipedia.--Rtphokie (talk) 01:33, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
• Keep While this is a low-power station, it has apparently been in operation for nearly 25 years, and has won some awards. Some references have been added and given the long operating history presumably many more could be found. Squidfryerchef (talk) 23:06, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

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.