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Dravecky

I just wanted to take a moment to remember our good friend and a driving force behind this project, and others, Dravecky. We lost him 4 years ago today, April 23.

An admin, he was honored with 3 good articles and 145 DYKs, plus he had 104,715 edits to his name, including one (his last) the morning he passed. Dravecky was a friend to all, on and off Wikipedia. A SciFi fan above all else. He helped do the behind the scenes stuff (along with his longtime girlfriend Robyn) for FenCon, WhoFest, among many others and met many of his favorite actors and actresses. He loved his University of Alabama Crimson Tide football.

I think I can speak for everyone when I say he is still missed by all here. Roll Tide, Dravecky. :) - Neutralhomer • Talk • 15:39 on April 23, 2020 (UTC) • #StayAtHome

Requested move at Talk:KHFD#Requested move 7 September 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:KHFD#Requested move 7 September 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 05:24, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

KGVC

There is a discussion at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 September 26#KGVC (FM) that would significantly benefit from contributions from those with subject matter knowledge regarding US radio stations. Thryduulf (talk) 22:18, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

KKBW (FM)

Would someone from WPRS mind taking a look at KKBW (FM) and assessing it per WP:GNG or whichever notability criteria are applied to radio stations? It was created by someone claiming to be the owner of the station earlier today; first as a draft and then moved to the mainspace. I thought about draftifying, but I'm not too familiar with the notability requirements for radio stations and it's pretty much nothing more than a few-sentence stub at the moment. So, I decided it would be better to ask about it first here. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:32, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Marchjuly That's him, for sure. The station filed for its license to cover—as in, completed construction and signed on—today. But a radio station that is freshly born rarely meets the GNG in the year 2024. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 04:12, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for checking on this Sammi Brie. I posted some general information about COI editing on the page creator's user talk page and mentioned I was going to leave the notability assessment to WPRS. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:59, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Radio-Locator move to REC Networks

Radio-Locator was removed from Minneapolis recently. I would like to follow your best practices. Is this fair to say?

Of the 89 FM and 57 AM stations that can be heard in the city, 16 FM stations and 11 AM stations originate in Minneapolis.^[1]

References

^ "ZIP Code: 55401, Location: MINNEAPOLIS MN". FCCdata.org. REC Networks. Retrieved October 22, 2024.

Thank you. -SusanLesch (talk) 18:36, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@SusanLesch, I would say "are licensed to" rather than "originate". A radio station may be licensed to Minneapolis but have its studios somewhere else, such as a suburb or even in the case of a noncommercial station somewhere far away. And yes, for this purpose this is fine as a replacement for the shaky Radio-Locator. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 19:12, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent. Thank you, Sammi Brie. -SusanLesch (talk) 20:24, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "ZIP Code: 55401, Location: MINNEAPOLIS MN". FCCdata.org. REC Networks. Retrieved October 22, 2024.

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