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Welcome to
WikiProject Radio Stations
. We are a
group
dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of
radio stations
.
The scope of this project is predominantly articles about individual radio stations. However, technology and content contributions are also appreciated, along with articles related to the people who produce such material (provided they meet the
notability guidelines
).
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To-do list
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Wikipedia:WikiProject Radio Stations
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Here are some tasks awaiting attention:
- Article requests
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Please watchlist the
Article alerts
page to be notified automatically when articles enter or leave deletion or review processes.
- Verify
?:
For all stations with
call signs
, check that the call sign used in the article (and article title, where applicable) is the correct one for that station.
- Other
?:
*Create infoboxes for articles included in
Category:Radio station articles without infoboxes
.
- For all U.S. AM and full-power FM radio stations, check that the
{{
AM station data
}}
or
{{
FM station data
}}
template is in the "External links" section to display FCC, Radio Locator, and Arbitron links for the station.
- For all U.S. radio stations, check that the article is in exactly one geographic category.
- For Mexican radio stations, ensure that the
{{
Mexico-inf
}}
(AM or FM variant) template in the infobox to generate a citation to the IFT tables.
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Articles for deletion
Templates for discussion
Articles to be merged
Articles to be split
Articles for creation
If you are interested in participating in this project, please add your username to the list by adding an asterisk (*) followed by
three
tildes (~~~). Members whose names are in bold are Wikipedia
administrators
, who can be contacted for special functions such as deletions, undeletions, complex page moves and initial dispute resolution.
Active members
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edit
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Inactive members
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edit
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These users joined the project at some point but have made few or no mainspaces edit to any radio-related article in roughly six months. Any user listed here is welcome to place themselves back on the active members list.
Radio station articles are named in one of two ways:
- Call sign-titled
: For broadcast stations in certain countries, the title of the page is a
call sign
assigned by a regulatory authority, such as in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Philippines. e.g.
KCDX
,
WKVB (FM)
,
CBO-FM
,
XHLUV-FM
. Further information on these practices is in the
call sign appendix
to
Wikipedia:Naming conventions (broadcasting)
.
- Call sign-titled pages are renamed when the call sign is changed. Some page moves in this area are intricate and require a
page mover
. Note that, unlike most redirects, linking to redirects to call sign-titled pages
should be avoided
because call signs can be recycled for use by other stations.
- Defunct broadcast stations that used a call sign now utilized by another, active, station should be disambiguated. A priority order for disambiguation is presented in the guidelines.
- Common name-titled
: The name of the station is the title of the article in most other areas of the world:
107.1 Rugby FM
,
NPO Radio 4
. If disambiguation is needed, disambiguate by country and then by location if necessary:
Star FM (Kenya)
,
Touch FM (Coventry)
. Note that, per
MOS:TMRULES
, we do not necessarily follow the capitalization preferred by a station.
- Common name pages are typically renamed when the station changes its name. They are rarely split due to major changes in format or operation.
A handful of countries, such as Australia, may have articles with call sign and common name titles.
Infobox
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edit
]
{{
Infobox radio station
}}
should be utilized for all radio station articles. Usage instructions are available on the template page.
Introduction
[
edit
]
Here is one suggestion on how to begin:
- KLMN
(102.3
FM
, "The Illuminator") is a
radio station
broadcasting an
oldies
music format. Licensed to the suburb of
Smallville, Kansas
, United States, it serves the
Metropolis
metropolitan area. It first began broadcasting in
1933
under the
call sign
KRYP
. The station is currently owned by
Lexcorp
.
Note: Link "AM" to
AM broadcasting
and "FM" to
FM broadcasting
, instead of "AM" to
amplitude modulation
and "FM" to
frequency modulation
, since the broadcasting articles are less generic.
Body
[
edit
]
Include a detailed history of the station. In addition, when applicable, include a complete call sign history. (For stations in the United States, the FCC database can help provide call sign history for as far back as about 1980, while the History Cards linked from the database can provide call sign and all other history back to a station's beginning.) Per
WP:NOTDIR
, an article on a radio station generally should not list upcoming events, current promotions, phone numbers, current schedules, etc., although mention of major events, promotions, or historically significant program lists and schedules may be acceptable.
You may add properly sourced, encyclopedic content
describing
a station's programming, but a simple
list
of a station's on-air staff should not be added. To a reader who isn't already familiar with the station, a plain airstaff list doesn't do anything to help them understand or get a feel for the topic.
Describing
a station's programming gives the reader a much better sense of the station, its personalities and its on-air style than a meaningless list of people they've never heard of.
Stubs
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edit
]
If you only know a few details about a particular station, add a stub tag to the bottom of the article, in order to inform other project members that the article needs help being completed. Please be as geographically-specific as possible in the stub tag added. For most international stations, use a country-specific stub tags. For countries with a large number of radio stations, use regional-specific stub tags, or where applicable, state- or province-specific stub tags.
Stub templates
[
edit
]
If an adequate geographically-specific stub tag can not be found for a station, use the
{{
radio-station-stub
}}
tag.
Categories
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edit
]
As a general rule, radio station articles should not utilize a sort key when categorizing, as these categories often include both radio stations with different initial call letters, as well as articles whose names are not call signs.
Geographical
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edit
]
For most countries, use the general radio stations category for the country as a whole.
However, for some countries where Wikipedia already has a large number of articles, more specific regional categories should be used
instead of
the primary country category when possible:
- United States
,
Australia
,
Mexico
and
Canada
: All first-level divisions (states, provinces and/or territories) have their own dedicated "Radio stations in (Division)" subcategories. The only exceptions are the American, Australian and Mexican capital districts ? because all three are essentially coterminous with the capital city itself, they are represented by categories at the city level (Washington, Canberra, Mexico City) rather than distinct district-level categories. Regardless of an individual category's current size, these should be kept as comprehensive sets; nearly all of them still have further articles to be written anyway. Some markets may also have their own "Radio stations in (City)" categories as well. Use
only
the city category if one exists, and use
only
the divisional category otherwise ? do
not
apply both categories simultaneously, and do not use the primary national category.
- United Kingdom
: England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales each have their own dedicated subcategories. Numerous
county-level regional categories
do exist for England, and
city-level categories
exist for London, Manchester, Dundee, Bristol, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow, but neither of these levels of categorization currently exist as a comprehensive set. For those areas, use
only
the regional or city subcategories. Outside of those areas, use the categories at the appropriate constituent-country level, or create and populate a suitable subcategory at the regional or city level. The primary UK category should be used only in those rare cases where none of the more specific categories fits at all, such as a station that's heard in all four countries on a digital radio platform.
- Philippines
: Several city-level subcategories are in use (see
Category:Radio stations in the Philippines by city
), and a few provinces now have province-level categories (see
Category:Radio stations in the Philippines by province
). For those areas, use the appropriate regional category. However, for a city or province which does
not
have its own dedicated category yet, either create one or use the main
Category:Radio stations in the Philippines
, and do
not
leave articles sitting in a
redlinked
city or province category.
Generally, a station should not be added to more than one geographical category. In cases where a station is heard across multiple geographic areas (states or countries), select the one category that best describes where the station is licensed (or the transmitter is located). In a few very unusual and isolated cases where a station actually has operations ?
not
just audience, but official operational status ? on both sides of a state, provincial or national border, it
may
be necessary to add a station to multiple geographic categories, but this should
only
be done after soliciting input from this WikiProject. A station should
never
be added to a country or divisional-level category that already parents the same station's regional-or-city-level category.
If an appropriate country-level category does not already exist, create it rather than adding a station directly to
Category:Radio stations
. Creation of new regional or local subcategories is also permitted, but you should immediately populate it with all of the relevant articles. Do
not
create a new city or regional category if you're not prepared to populate it, do not create a new city or regional category with only one or two articles in it, and do not leave an article sitting with a redlinked category on it. When in doubt, solicit opinions on this project's talk page as to whether a new geographic subcategory is warranted or not.
- Notes
- The U.S. states of
Georgia
,
New York
, and
Washington
have peculiar category names to avoid conflict with the country of Georgia, with New York City, and with Washington, D.C.:
Category:Radio stations in Georgia (U.S. state)
,
Category:Radio stations in New York (state)
, and
Category:Radio stations in Washington (state)
.
- For geographical categories that include radio stations where a vast majority of the call signs begin with the same letter, utilize a sort key that drops the initial letter. As the articles will not be forced under the initial call letter of the region (such as W, K, or C), the category will be easier to navigate. Do
not
, however, drop the first letter from the sort key in any category which
mixes
articles with
different
first letters.
- Example:
WHFS
utilizes the geographical category code
[[Category:Radio stations in Baltimore|HFS]]
. However, it uses no sort code in non-geographic categories ? i.e.
[[Category:Talk radio stations]]
.
- Use of the {{DEFAULTSORT}} tag is discouraged in radio station articles because of the sorting notes above. Even in an article where only a geographic category is present at the moment, non-geographic categories will very likely be added in the future, which would then sort improperly.
Ownership
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edit
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A station should be added to an appropriate ownership category (if it exists). These ownership categories are categorized under
Category:Radio stations by owner
by country. Some examples of these are
Category:iHeartMedia radio stations
,
Category:Disney radio stations
,
Category:Citadel Broadcasting
, and
Category:Bell Media radio stations
.
Format
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edit
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A station should be added to an appropriate format category (if it exists). These categories can be found in
Category: Radio stations by format
. Many of these categories include sub-categories sorted by nation - use these if applicable. Format-by-country subcategories should
not
, however, be further subdivided by state or province.
Assessments
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Click on the category listing in the table below to view all articles in that category. See the article's talk page for more information about the article's status, including its
featured article review process
,
good article review process
, and
peer review
(if available).
Radio station articles by quality and importance
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Quality
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Importance
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Top
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High
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Mid
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Low
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NA
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???
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Total
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FA
|
|
|
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1
|
|
|
1
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GA
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1
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8
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12
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|
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21
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B
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1
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6
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29
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194
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4
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234
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C
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29
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137
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1,001
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41
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1,208
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Start
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1
|
15
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277
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5,427
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1,417
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7,137
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Stub
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|
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39
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7,603
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1
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5,536
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13,179
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List
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|
1
|
164
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445
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3
|
113
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726
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Category
|
|
|
|
14
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1,320
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1,334
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Disambig
|
|
|
|
2
|
98
|
|
100
|
File
|
|
|
|
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10,306
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10,306
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Project
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
3
|
Template
|
|
|
|
26
|
1,629
|
|
1,655
|
NA
|
|
|
2
|
400
|
4,844
|
|
5,246
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
33
|
|
33
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Assessed
|
2
|
52
|
656
|
15,125
|
18,237
|
7,111
|
41,183
|
Unassessed
|
|
|
1
|
9
|
|
426
|
436
|
Total
|
2
|
52
|
657
|
15,134
|
18,237
|
7,537
|
41,619
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WikiWork factors
(
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)
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ω =
120,330
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Ω =
5.53
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Lists of radio stations are currently organized by country, with sublists by state or province for some countries with a larger number of radio stations. These should be organized as a
single
list, using the "wikitable sortable" format so that it can be rearranged to list the stations in the sort order of the reader's choice. Do not create multiple articles listing the same group of stations in a different order.
Additionally, do
not
create standalone "List of radio stations in (city)" articles for individual radio markets. Radio market templates are used for this purpose. However, it
is
permitted and encouraged to create more general "Media in (city)" articles which can discuss and list the city's radio stations, television stations and print media in a
single
article.
Talk page template
[
edit
]
{{
WikiProject Radio Stations
|class=|importance=}}
? should be added to the top of the talk page of all
articles
maintained by this project.
Userbox template
[
edit
]
Database templates
[
edit
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These templates are a combination of FCC call sign, Radio-Locator and Arbitron queries for AM or full-power and low-power FM stations.
Information in the infobox should come from the FCC database as it's the only official source for U.S. stations. However, these templates should not be used for non-U.S. stations: those FCC records include only facility changes to which the U.S. has the right to object under international agreements, and thus do not reflect a station's status with its own regulators.
{{
AMQ
|callsign}}
? FCC database entry for an AM station
{{
FMQ
|callsign}}
? FCC database entry for an FM station
Radio-Locator
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edit
]
Links to a station's Radio-Locator.com (formerly the
M.I.T.
List of Radio Stations) entry may be included for convenience. These pages are also convenient for finding station URLs and other information. However, Radio-Locator.com is not always accurate and only the FCC database should be considered official for U.S. stations. Note that Radio-Locator is also subject to the same limitations as the FCC site when it comes to non-US stations.
{{
FMXL
|callsign}}
? Radio Locator entry for an FM translator station
{{
LPL
|callsign}}
? Radio Locator entry for a Low-Power FM station
Nielsen Audio
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edit
]
Links to a U.S. station's
Nielsen Audio
(formerly Arbitron) entry may also be included for convenience. Note that many low-power FM stations are not included in Nielsen's database.
{{
AMARB
|callsign}}
? Nielsen Audio entry for an AM station
{{
FMARB
|callsign}}
? Nielsen Audio entry for an FM station
Recnet
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edit
]
{{
RecnetCanada
}}
? To be used for Canadian stations. This site does a straight weekly import of the official Industry Canada database, and is thus an equivalent authority. Note that because the site updates
weekly
, however, major ownership or technical changes may not be reflected for a few days after IC's initial update.
{{
Mexico-inf
|AM}}
{{
Mexico-inf
|FM}}
? This template (which has a parameter to select AM or FM) provides centrally updated references to the Mexican
Federal Telecommunications Institute
's PDF lists of AM and FM radio stations in the country. The lists include information such as effective radiated power, concession/permit status of the station, location and licensee. It should be used with the
|accessdate=
parameter and, unlike the other templates, generates an inline citation.
Rebroadcaster templates
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edit
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Some
U.S.
stations use rebroadcast translators to broadcast over a wider geographic area. Translators should be included in the parent station's article and should not have their own page.
Rebroadcasters located in other countries should also be included in the parent station's article and should not have their own page. However, because the above template includes links to the FCC and Radio-Locator databases, there is a
separate
template for listing rebroadcasters of non-US stations:
In both cases, however, a rebroadcaster should have a separate article only
if
it has a sourceable and verifiable history of originating its own programming
prior
to becoming a rebroadcaster of another station.
When uploading radio station logos for use in articles, be sure that the image(s) passes the
fair-use criteria
and that the rationale is properly documented on the image's page. For logos used in infoboxes, consider using
- {{logo fur|Article=NAME|Use=Infobox|Source=SOURCE}}
remembering to change "NAME" to the title of the article and "SOURCE" to the source of the image. The
FURME
tool can be helpful in fixing
fair-use criteria
issues on existing logo images.
When a station changes logos, this is usually triggered by a significant event in the station's history (format change, ownership change, etc.) that logo should be archived along with the rest of the station's history. The old logo should be moved from the infobox to the section of the article describing the history of the station while that logo was in use. If no such section is available, consider creating one or move the old logo to the end of the article's history section and use
gallery tags
to organize the previous logos. Include the years the logo was in use in the
image
caption.
To emphasize that
HD Radio
is available on a station, add
{{
HD Radio
}}
next to the frequency in the
Radio Station infobox
. See
KBZT
for an example. A list of HD Radio stations in the United States is available
here
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