Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Radio Sandwell

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. ~~V != N. If there are not two sources then this is insufficiently notable for an article Spartaz ^Humbug! 04:19, 29 May 2011 (UTC)~~ Closing amended after discussion on my talk page. There seems no doubt that there is a single source which meets V but inclusion depends on N and even the keep side acknowledge that there is currently a single source. By policy this is therefore a delete can be recreated/undeleted as soon as a second decent source if found. Spartaz ^Humbug! 02:01, 30 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Radio Sandwell

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Delete. Notability is not established for this community radio station in accordance with the topical notability guidelines or general notability guidelines. History of the station (one year old) is not significant or important to support notability. Size of audience or unique nature of the broadcast has neither been determined or presented to assist in establishing notability. Unable to locate significant, reliable, and independent sources. No information in article outside of frequency and organization website. Cind.amuse 03:22, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions. —• Gene93k (talk) 20:12, 15 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 20:12, 15 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - There are a limited number of community radio licenses available in the UK. They are available only to non-profit organizations who satisfactorily demonstrate an ability to serve and represent a distinct community. In my opinion, this gives them a degree of inherent notability from the start. In the case of Radio Sandwell I believe they meet WP:BCAST anyway, because they have a significant potential audience - around a half-million, I estimate (which is larger than that of many commercial broadcasters who we do find notable) and they originate all of their own programming. Background note: At present we appear to have 97 articles about licensed community radio stations in the UK. As far as I can tell, only two of them have been to AfD before (Soundart Radio, NE1fm) and both were closed as keep. Thparkth (talk) 02:02, 16 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:26, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

without prejudice WP:V content critieria requires "sources" and I don't see two independent sources listed. Unscintillating (talk) 23:08, 26 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You're right of course - but all the same, the government agency responsible for licensing radio stations is a pretty darn reliable source for verifying the existence of a radio station, though obviously not for much more than that. Thparkth (talk) 00:25, 27 May 2011 (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.