Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/W263CL

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. MBisanz ^talk 01:16, 22 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

W263CL

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Low-power radio station whose construction permit has apparently expired unbuilt, or at least has no verifiable evidence to indicate otherwise. Per WP:NMEDIA, a radio station should not get a Wikipedia article until it's actually broadcasting, precisely because this happens more often than one might think — but WP:WPRS has been unable to find any firm evidence that this one is actually operating. Bearcat (talk) 01:57, 14 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 01:57, 14 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Station only existed "on paper" and did not actually broadcast. As such, article does not meet NMEDIA or GNG. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 02:12 on August 14, 2016 (UTC)
Delete, as iHeartMedia's plans to build this facility as an "HD2-on-translator" station in Youngstown seem to have been discarded. (The article says that it was "expected to sign on in 2014" and that Clear Channel Communications is still its owner — but it's now 2016, the owner changed its name to iHeartMedia, and nothing suggests W263CL ever came on.) The station still has a valid construction permit, but it is now W295CA and the permit has been moved to Mansfield, Ohio, where it will be an "AM-on-FM" translator for WMAN. The notability of W263CL might have been on the questionable side, since it technically would have been a translator even if the HD2 of WNCD would have largely been used as the means to program W263CL, but the presumption of notability for broadcast stations is primarily for existing, operating stations, and W263CL will never operate. Even if W295CA does sign on, there's no chance it will ever be independently notable of WMAN, so there's no need for this probably too soon article anymore. --WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 03:11, 14 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ohio-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 14:32, 15 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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