Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WEZS (AM)

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 speedy keep, nom votes keep with only keep !votes present. Non-admin closure. sh¤y 17:55, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WEZS (AM)

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NN radio station. Nothing that meets WP:N is currently in the article. (talk) 02:49, 12 December 2007 (UTC) Keep the article has been considerably improved now. meshach (talk) 15:32, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

• Question Isn't there precedent for keeping most radio station articles? Zagalejo^^^ 04:46, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
• Strong Keep - To answer Zagalejo...Yes, there is. The page could use an infobox, standard AMQ, AML, and AMARB links...otherwise, the page shows the origins of New Hampshire's first radio station. The call sign is also a former call sign of another station, so cross-referencing can be used here (and on the other page) as well. - NeutralHomer ^T:C 08:08, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

• Comment: Updates to the infobox and the page itself have been made. Standard AMQ, AML, and AMARB links have been added. - NeutralHomer ^T:C 08:25, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

• Keep - (edit conflict) per set precedents. Rare licensed AM Smooth Jazz radio station (I know its jazz, and generally jazz articles get snuffed out) which needs cleanup and third party references as opposed to deletion. Even then, proposed Wikipedia:Notability (media) asks for articles to be merged than deleted if they fail the tests there. --tgheretford (talk) 08:10, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
• Note: WikiProject Radio Stations has been informed of this ongoing discussion. • Gene93k (talk) 08:22, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
• Keep A radio station that's been on the air since 1922 isn't notable?? I'm certain that many more references over the years could be found. But as it is, there's enough material here to justify an article. Squidfryerchef (talk) 13:24, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
• Keep The article is pretty much unreferenced at present. There is a precedent for keeping articles about government licensed radio station the programming of which is at least in part locally produced (to exclude translator transmitters and relays). The reason for any such "presumed notability" or "inherent notability" is that such a station is generally an important part of the local or regional culture and economy, and that diligent search could produce multiple substantial coverage in reliable and independent sources, which would (given the ability to access paywall sources) satisfy [[W{|N the Wikipedia notability requirement]]. I am not presently able to view the full text, but there is at least some coverage in several reliable sources. A Google News search [1] shows articles about the station (WEZS) when it was purchased in 1988 (Phil. Inquirer, May 26, 1988). Many of the stories thus found arenot about the station are or likely directory listings. Edison (talk) 17:18, 12 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.