Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/KRID-LD

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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 08:53, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

KRID-LD[edit]

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Inadequately sourced article, from which I've had to strip some advertorially-leaning promotional nonsense ("first known superstation"...er, bulldroppings) about a low-power television station. WP:NMEDIA's base requirement for a television station to earn an automatic presumption of notability in the absence of a demonstrated WP:GNG pass is that it actually originates at least a bit of its own original programming (i.e. a local newscast) -- but this station is licensed as a translator, for which there is no automatic presumption of notability. A station without at least a minimal amount of its own local programming can, of course, still build notability through the use of reliable sources that pass WP:GNG -- but there's no evidence of that being shown here, where the only "sources" are the standard media directory external links. This simply rebroadcasts a bunch of network feeds with no evidence of inserting even its own local commercials, let alone any actual local programming, so there's no automatic inclusion freebie in the absence of enough media coverage to clear GNG. Bearcat (talk) 16:19, 12 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 17:35, 12 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 20:43, 12 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Stations that exist solely as full-time rebroadcasters of networks (or other stations) don't generally receive the presumed notability of broadcast stations unless there's something (preferably verifiable) to indicate the station has been anything more than that. Particularly for these types of low-power stations, you pretty much need more sourcing than the standard FCC and RabbitEars directory sourcing that establish that the station exists — and existence not only isn't notability, but also doesn't prove notability. As far as I can tell, KRID-LD simply doesn't have the sufficient coverage in reliable sources to meet the general notability guideline. (And I'd probably go so far as to say that any claim that a low-power station that signed on in 2014 is "the first known TV "Super Station" that broadcasts horizontally and vertically", when the term "superstation" has been around since at least the 1970s, is probably a red flag further establishing non-notability.) --WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 21:18, 12 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Really nowhere to redirect to; station has no cable coverage, claims on website are plain bizarre (Newsmax being the "First dedicated News Network for households that have an antenna"; that network's business strategy is more over the Internet with the allowance to offer the network over-the-air). Usually I'm inclined to keep as an FCC-licensed station, but it seems like this is one of those 'run for fun' stations with no intention to do anything but clog the airwaves and being the 'leftovers' station in the market for declining networks like Retro TV and Heartland, and you can bet the moment H&I gets a full-power slot they're gone from this one. Nate • (chatter) 08:27, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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