Talk:WGYV

A fact from WGYV appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 May 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that after 60 years of service to Greenville, Alabama, the FCC is allowing radio station WGYV to move to Aurora, Indiana, a suburb of Cincinnati?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/May.

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Has this station changed formats?

A non-logged-in editor recently modified the page to indicate that the station changed formats. I reverted the change.

Another non-logged-in editor (or perhaps the same one) replaced the changes and added some external links. I assume this was a good-faith attempt to show that the station had indeed changed formats. However, the links that were added in these edits from November 24, 2016 come across more as spam than useful encyclopedic content, so another long-time editor reverted the whole thing.

I did notice the reference to Alabama Broadcast Media Page. Unforatunately, that web site is, like Wikipedia, based on user contributions. It's unclear if the website owner just accepts user submissions at face value or if he does any independent verification. In any case, that web site has this to say about WGYV: More recently, the format has been a mix of conservative talk on the weekdays and black gospel/preaching on weekends, but it appears that was replaced with classic hits as of late May 2016. (emphasis added). Even if this is a reliable source, the hedge-your-bets language used is not good enough.

Some examples of what would be good enough are:

An official statement or publication by the radio station, its owner, or a relevant regulatory body.
A schedule published by a reliable source, such as a local newspaper or web site that is known for producing reliable schedules.
A claim by a recognized authority on radio station formats.

The above list is not meant to be exhaustive.

Since there seems to be some uncertainty about the station's format, I will add an appropriate "outdated" template to the page shortly. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 01:03, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]