Wikipedia:WikiProject Radio Stations
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Welcome to WikiProject Radio Stations. We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of radio stations.
- Scope
- This project's scope is mostly articles about individual radio stations. However, technology and content contributions are also appreciated, along with articles related to the people who produce such material.
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[edit] Participants
If you are interested in participating in this project, please add your username to the list below:
- Bill Harms - Expertise in Spokane area radio stations
- Mulad
- SwissCelt
- The_stuart
- Corey.spring
- Bearcat - principally Canadian stations, does some limited US editing as well (usually minor fixes)
- Boothy443
- Mavros
- Marknew
- DHowell
- Guy-Smiley
- Zpb52
- Wootking
- TorontoStorm
- Ckatz
- tgheretford - specifically UK articles.
- Badbilltucker
- Robert Moore
- ParticularlyEvil
- Somnabot
- Fightingirish
- AntzUK - UK only.
- Grejlen
- Dogru144
- Mr mark taylor 03:40, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- Orry Verducci (Talk) - UK only.
- GOYANKSGONJ - specific station: WKXW-FM, Trenton, NJ
- PeteShanosky
- Hankhayes
- Radio.edit - specifically UK Articles
- The Punk - specifically West Virginia articles
- Jmclark911- specifically portland maine stations
- Friedfish - specifically UK Articles
- Scott Johnson - Charlottesville, VA radio, various other radio/TV (Virginia and elsewhere)
- Adam850 - Lane County, Oregon stations
- Mhking
- TJtheDJ (Tom Jurek) - specifically Chicago and Indiana stations. I'm a retired owner of 4 stations w/a 25 year radio career.
- FirefoxRocks - Only stations in Northwestern Ontario
- ZINK1988
- NYYankee2684 - Only stations in Western New York
- Kozhi- would like to hear about indian stations...
- Bill Huston - Generally, stations in Central New York and NE PA
- NTXweather - U.S. stations only. Goal is to work on organizing market templates and moving station articles to the title guidelines on this WikiProject.
- JacketedAustralian
- Transent - specifically US West Coast Stations
- PhantomS - issues that affect the Radio Wikiproject; also XM stations
- JPG-GR - Michigan radio, primarily in the Detroit area, specifically the Ann Arbor area
- SVRTVDude - covers VA, WV, MD, PA, and DC stations
- barfburger - Southern California stations specifically, but commercial radio, Internet and satellite as well
- Lisapollison - interested in 70s NYC Metro Area Top 40 & Sports Radio, Albany NY 80s Top 40, Southern CA 80s thru present FM Music Radio
- Snozzwanger - emphasis on State of Georgia & S.E. U.S.
- cash082 - "Northeast/ NJ / NYC Radio"
- Froginabox - "Upstate" NY radio, focusing on college stations
- Jimj_wpg - Winnipeg, MB area radio stations
- Lostvalley - Radio stations in the State of Maine.
- Mattdp - Minnesota broadcast radio
[edit] Templates
[edit] Talk page template
- {{RadioStationsProject}} - should be added to the top of the talk page of all articles maintained by this project.
- For categories, use: {{RadioStationsProject|category}}
- For templates, use: {{RadioStationsProject|template}}
[edit] Infobox
- {{Infobox Radio station}} - should be used on all radio stations. Usage instructions are available on the template page.
[edit] FCC database templates
[edit] Stub templates
- {{radio-station-stub}}
- {{US-radio-station-stub}}
- {{Canada-radio-station-stub}}
- {{Mexico-bcast-stub}}
- {{UK-radio-station-stub}}
- Other stub templates are specified in the subcategories of Category:Broadcasting stubs and Category:Radio station stubs.
- Note: New stub types will first need to be proposed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals.
[edit] Article formatting
[edit] Article creation for stations without call signs
For the creation of articles for stations located in countries which do not use government-issued call signs, including much of Europe and Asia, generally use the station name as used on-air.
- Example: Use 'ALL FM', not 'ALL FM South Manchester'.
- If disambiguation is needed, station names should be in the format 'station name (location)' with a disambiguation page at 'station name'.
- Example: Since the station name Touch FM is used multiple times in the UK, an article for a station located in Coventry would have the name Touch FM (Coventry) with a link placed on the Touch FM disambiguation page.
[edit] Modifying article titles for stations that change their station names
- If the renamed station retains the existing format
- Move the article to the station's new name, keeping the old name as a redirect. Then, update the article to refer to any changes to the station's name/ownership.
- Example: The Bear 102 becomes Touch FM (Stratford-upon-Avon).
- If the renamed station adopts a new format (in effect, a new station using the existing frequency), or if the station is changed due to regulatory intervention (loss of frequencies, etc.)
- Create a new article for the new station, but include a brief reference to the old station. Furthermore, the first air date field of the article's infobox should refer to the launch date of the new station. In addition, the article for the old station should be updated to indicate that the station in that form is now defunct. A good way to indicate this would be to append ''(defunct)'' to the station's name in its infobox.
- Example: 102.2 Jazz FM becomes 102.2 Smooth FM.
- If a station retains its existing name, but radically changes its format
- Create a new section within the existing article about the format change.
[edit] Article creation for stations with call signs
For countries that use call signs, the official call sign should typically be used. However, in places with a mix of call signs and station names, such as most of Central and South America, the station name should normally be used, except when the call sign is well-known.
Several countries keep databases of official call signs:
- Canada
- Mexico:
- United States
- For stations with suffixes (-FM for FM stations and -TV for television stations, etc.) that do not have other articles using the same call sign
- A redirect not containing the suffix should be created.
- Example: WNEP-TV has no other stations using that call sign. Therefore, WNEP would be created as a redirect.
- If more than one article has the same base call sign, or if an acronym shares that call sign
- A disambiguation page should be created at the base call sign. In addition, for stations without suffixes in their official names, the format 'KXXX (AM)', 'KXXX (FM)', 'KXXX (TV)', etc. should be used for their article names when renaming.
- Example: Since there are multiple KCBS stations, a disambiguation page is created at KCBS that points to the stations at KCBS (AM), KCBS-FM, and KCBS-TV
- If a station has an unusual suffix, such as '-CA' (low-power TV), or '-LP' (low-power FM)
- A redirect containing the usual suffix should be created.
- Example: For the station 'WXYZ-CA', a redirect at 'WXYZ-TV' would be created.
- If a station changes its call sign
- Rename the article to the current call sign, since the old call sign may subsequently be reassigned to a new station. In addition, all links to the station's old call sign should now point towards the new article name. Furthermore, until the call sign is reassigned, the old article name should redirect to the new one.
- Example: A station with the call sign 'CXXX' receives a new call sign of 'CYYY'. Subsequently, the article is renamed to 'CYYY' and all links to 'CXXX' are changed to point towards 'CYYY'. In addition, the old name of 'CXXX' is setup as a redirect to 'CYYY'. Later, when 'CXXX' is reassigned, the 'CXXX' redirect becomes the new station's article.
- Note: In some rare situations, it may be unclear whether a new call sign should be considered a successor to an old one or an entirely new station. If there is any doubt, solicit opinions on this project's talk page.
- If a station radically changes its format
- Create a new section within the existing article about the format change.
[edit] Article content
[edit] Introduction
Here is one suggestion on how to begin:
- KLMN (102.3 FM, "The Illuminator") is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format. Licensed to the suburb of Smallville, USA, 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 "FM" to FM broadcasting and "AM" to AM broadcasting, instead of "FM" to frequency modulation and "AM" to amplitude modulation, since the broadcasting articles are less generic.
[edit] Body
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.)
[edit] Stubs
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 country-specific stub tags, such as {{US-radio-station-stub}}, {{Canada-radio-station-stub}} or {{Mexico-bcast-stub}}. However, for countries with lots of stations, stub tags for sections of the country should be used, such as {{US-midwest-radio-station-stub}}. In addition, for the United States and Canada, state and province tags are available, such as {{Michigan-radio-station-stub}}.
If an adequate geographically-specific stub tag can not be found for a station, use the {{radio-station-stub}} tag.
[edit] Categories
[edit] Geographical
All states in the United States and provinces in Canada now have their own categories for radio, such as Category:Radio stations in Washington. Radio stations in these countries should use these categories, unless even more localized categories are available, such as at the city or metropolitan level. For other countries, add the article to the appropriate country's category, such as Category:Radio stations in the United Kingdom. If a category at the appropriate level is not available, please create it and add it as a subcategory to the category covering the next largest geographical area, such as adding an Ontario category to the Canada category.
Note that for radio stations in the Canadian territories, there is currently a single category, Category:Radio stations in the Canadian Territories, for all three territories as the number of stations in the region is considered too small to justify separate categories. For American territories such as Guam and Puerto Rico, however, each territory does have its own dedicated category.
Do not add a station to more than one geographical category. In addition, never add directly to Category:Radio stations.
- Note
- The U.S. state of Georgia has peculiar category names to avoid conflict with the country: Category:Radio stations in Georgia (U.S. state).
[edit] Ownership
A station should be added to an appropriate ownership category (if it exists). Some examples of these are Category:Clear Channel radio stations (Clear Channel Communications), Category:Disney radio stations (Disney/American Broadcasting Company/etc.), and Category:CHUM Limited.
