Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WLXZ

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 delete. -- Selket ^Talk 21:27, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WLXZ

Delete This entire entry is based on non-existent radio stations. There is no information available through the FCC nor the links provided below. There are no sources listed in this article to verify these station's notability. As it stands, this entire entry is a falsehood and should be removed/deleted. Manimal22 (talk) 18:42, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

• Weak delete The station does have a website, and it appears to be an XM station. so it's not a hoax. The lack of FCC licensing is telling, however. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 19:17, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

• Just because they have a website does not make them notable. What makes you think they are an XM station? You are mistaken. Manimal22 (talk) 19:22, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

• I didn't say having a website automatically made them notable. I was indeed mistaken; somehow I saw "HD" and transposed it to "XM". Radio is just one big alphabet soup, isn't it? Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 19:28, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry. Didn't mean to sound like I was jumping down your throat. Radio IS one big alphabet soup, and unfortunately because of that, it makes some people think they can play make-believe on the internet. I guarantee you none of these stations are real, licensed FM/AM stations. The FCC website has nothing on them. That says it all for me. I believe what's happening here is this is someone who has an internet radio station who wants to seem "bigger" and more important than he is. I believe there is a project going on here at wikipedia for Radio Stations. If this guy is truly legit (and apparently he isn't) he should get this page added through the proper channels of Radio Station Wikipedia. I've seen tons of legit radio shows get deleted from this place; there's certainly no reason to keep an article about a pretend radio group of radio stations. Manimal22 (talk) 20:41, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

In reference to what you said earlier, Hammer....about them not being a hoax because they have website....I didn't mean that they're a hoax as a station, I meant they're a hoax as a legitimate AM/FM radio station. As I stated earlier, there is no evidence that they are truly an AM/FM station. I believe they are an internet station that is pretending to be more. If we let an internet station create pages like this (or ANY page for that matter), we're going to open up a HUUUUUUGE can of worms here with all of the other 8 billion internet radio stations out there. Manimal22 (talk) 21:13, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

• Delete WLXZ and WLXQ do not exist within the databases, WLPS is a religious station in Lumberton, North Carolina, WWLX is an AM/FM country operation in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, and W251AC is an Huntsville, Alabama repeater for Alabama Public Radio (with the other two translator calls and the AM non-existent). That, and no 97.1 frequency station exists around or in Syracuse. Pretty simple case of a web radio station trying to push up they have terrestrial signals through their website. If there can be any outside notability found this might be more appropriate under the title Aero97One as a web station with the deceptive talk about it being a radio station stripped. Nate • (chatter) 21:47, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
• Delete without prejudice. WLZX 99.3 FM existed in Northampton/E. Longmeadow, Mass., at least until its owners got into trouble with the FCC.[1] This WLZX does not appear the real one. • Gene93k (talk) 21:58, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

This is about WLXZ, not WLZX, sorry about that. Still, interesting reading on that radio stunt gone wrong (and stupid). Nate • (chatter) 22:16, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions. —• Gene93k (talk) 22:07, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
• Strong Delete Not quote a hoax but it's not an FCC licensed station even though the article strongly suggests that it is. No genuine Google News hits, fails notability and verifiability, exactly the kind of bad article that casts unwarranted suspicion on legitimate licensed stations. - Dravecky (talk) 00:14, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete References dont support the existence of this station. Should be treated as a hoax.--Rtphokie (talk) 19:02, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
• Delete. It appears to be a non-notable "pirate" radio station. Stress on the non-notable part. coccyx bloccyx_(toccyx) 22:04, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

So what's the next step folks? Let's get rid of this. Manimal22 (talk) 14:00, 23 May 2008 (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.