Talk:List of radio stations in the United Kingdom/Archive 1

Archive 1

Things That Have Been Fixed

Should this section be deleted?

What about Kerrang? Andy Mabbett 20:43, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC) I've now added a link to Kerrang! 105.2 User:KevS 11:47, 29 Aug 2005 (BST)

List of local stations

I propose turning the list of local stations into a table something like:

Name	Area	DAB
XFM	Greater London	National

But it would take a while to format, so I thought I'd put it up here first to see if anyone has any views on whether it's worth it, what should be included etc. The alternative is to put it into three columns. Joe D (t) 21:15, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

Why do we need this page?

With an automatically-updated UK radio stations category, why is there a need for this manually generated list? Smileyrepublic 22:35, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Categorization says:

...categories are not a substitute for lists, and you will find that many articles belong to both lists and categories. ➨ ❝REDVERS❞ 22:45, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

But this list doesn't exactly offer anything that the category doesn't, and Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and series boxes says that lists "May be redundant with categories if not formatted or annotated". I'm not trying to get this list removed, but I just don't see the logic in having two separate lists, one that's automatically updated and this one that easily gets out of date with all the radio station launches and relaunches we're seeing at present. It'd be good if someone could find a way of making this list more distinct from the category - I can't think of anything! Smileyrepublic 14:17, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

This page needs more info. For one thing the frequencies where possible the regions available, something to make it worthwhile coming here rather than just the category. Discordance 17:45, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

I've made a start on adding this information. ➨ ❝REDVERS❞ 21:38, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

I would suggest my recent reformatting of the date seperates this significantly from just needing a list - does anyone else agree?

Where's jazzfm.com and Yorkshire Radio gone?

Great work converting the lists to tables, but two radio stations that broadcast in England exclusively on DAB which were in the DAB Station section have gone [1]. Is there any way that jazzfm.com and Yorkshire Radio can be re-added back into the article somewhere, they are radio stations that do broadcast in the UK. --tgheretford (talk) 13:18, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Was going to go through and check the DAB only stations were all listed in the relevant section (e.g. Yorkshire Radio would fall under English local radio stations). I wasn't aware that jazzFM.com still broadcast, but that would have been found out when finishing the list - which is missing a number of changes (e.g. Touch FM taking over Centre FM, The Bear and Kix and launching in Banbury). As you may have noticed DAB frequencies aren't currently listed in England (except for those stations that broadcast in Nottinghamshire which I know off the top of my head) - I will be filling those in last. KevS 13:28, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Just to clarify, jazzfm.com is still broadcasting in South Wales and the Severn Estuary [2][3]. Ironically Yorkshire Radio took over the space used by jazzfm.com in Yorkshire! --tgheretford (talk) 13:32, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks - re-added.

I'd also like to apologise in advance if I accidentally trash anyone else's changes in the next few hours, when you've made around 50 changes it's easy to miss one addition or small correction. I'll check the edit history when I'm done to capture anything missing KevS 13:39, 10 December 2006 (UTC)