Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WWVS-LP

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The result was delete. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 22:19, 2 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

WWVS-LP

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This station can't possibly have existed.

The lone reference says, correctly, that the low-power television service in the US started in 1982, when this station allegedly broadcast from 1967 to 1970. They weren't assigning four-letter call signs to LPTVs until 1994.
Further, the FCC does not allow normal broadcast stations to take call letters starting with "WWV" as those designations are reserved for the government.
There are no references to a WWVS of this type in any Connecticut newspapers or in trade publications.

Raymie (t • c) 19:48, 26 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Raymie (t • c) 19:48, 26 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Connecticut-related deletion discussions. Raymie (t • c) 19:48, 26 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This seems like more of an early local CATV channel than a physical broadcast television station. I could see it existing (and I'm sure the sources are very thin in more of a 'local curiosity' type of way), but only in that sense. Nate • (chatter) 22:40, 26 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: When an article claims a station existed before its supposed form of broadcast service was established by the FCC (and not only did LPTV begin in 1982, but "-LP" suffixes weren't issued to any station prior to 1994 — prior to then, LPTVs used the same call sign format as stations in the translator service), that generally doesn't bode well for verifiability. I'd concur that, if it existed at all, this was a CATV channel (a station that seemingly only operated to show high school sports doesn't seem to be a realistic way to run an over-the-air station to me), though no channel number is mentioned in the article. (I'll note that not all "WWV*" call signs are forbidden to FCC-licensed broadcast stations; there are a number of them that are used on such stations, such as WWVA and WWVT. At least as of 2009, though, reserved for "standard frequency" stations were "WWV, WWVB through WWVI, WWVL, WWVS." Not sure what the limitations regarding the "WWV*" call sign block were in place during the late 1960s, but WWVS definitely seems to be off-limits to today's broadcasters, so "WWVS-LP" probably wouldn't be approved. Though this didn't stop WVBX from holding the call sign WWVB-FM for a year and a half in 2008–09…) --WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 21:57, 27 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Does not meet WP:BROADCAST or WP:GNG. This seems like a very serious hobbyist found a great way to have fun and support the local high school for a few years. // Timothy :: talk 12:27, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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