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The writer wrote the paragraph using reverse chronology. It's confusing. Why can't the paragraph start at the beginning of the radio station (WMAL-FM?) and then go forwards to the present (DC 107.3?)? It would be easier to read.
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I personally prefer having WSOM moved to “WRQX (AM)” and “WRQX” redirects to a disambiguation page liking to thie article and the former WRQX article (whatever it’s redirected to). Plus who knows how long those call letters are going to live on what had been WSOM? (Kinda the purpose of callsign “parking” ...) The new logo for “AM 600 WRQX” is a very telling sign. The other tricky thing is that the WSOM calls will be replaced on 107.3 Washington, likely by WLVW, in a few days or a week. What probably should happen is having “WRQX” moved to “WSOM-FM” and “WSOM” is redirected to “WRQX (AM)” ... so here’s how I would handle it.
And here's the other sticky wicket: EMF has apparently applied to change the callsign on WSOM 107.3 to WLVW, that callsign is available after EMF changed the current
WLVW in Salisbury MD to WLSW.
Nathan Obral (
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23:44, 1 June 2019 (UTC)reply
On the surface, I definitely at minimum support some sort of moves handling these call changes, per
our naming conventions for US radio stations. But I suppose labeling the WSOM in Washington as any sort of
primary topic seems a bit of a stretch, since it seems as if the call letters will simply change again (apparently to WLVW) next week. So I weakly support a move to WSOM (FM), assuming the change to WLVW doesn't happen by the time this RM closes. (In any event, "WSOM-FM" should not be the title, because this was a full-fledged call swap;
the Washington station went from WRQX to WSOM and
the "-FM" suffix is not in FCC records.) The WRQX in Ohio really isn't the primary topic either for "WRQX", particularly if someone in the end finds a way to convince Cumulus to allow the call sign's return to the Washington metropolitan area, so a move to
WRQX (AM) seems fine there. (For the record, I did revert moves to these titles that were premature because of the active RM, but that should be construed to solely be procedural.) --WCQuidditch☎✎01:56, 2 June 2019 (UTC)reply
DCRTV also reports the WSOM -> WLVW callsign change, taking effect 6/1. When CDBS updates to confirm this, problem solved. This article moves to WLVW, old WSOM moves to WRQX with a hatnote. A disambig or anything else is needlessly complicated.
Xenon54 (
talk)
17:16, 2 June 2019 (UTC)reply
Lance Venta
is saying in the comments on this Radio-Insight post that the WLVW callsign will take effect on what had been WRQX 107.3 this Friday, June 7 (why the delay until then, I don't know). Legally the station is WSOM and the "WLVW Washington, DC" legal ID is running one week prematurely, but is pretty much a moot point. Given Cumulus' attachment to the WRQX calls, they may last on what had been WSOM 600 well beyond Friday.
Nathan Obral (
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18:30, 5 June 2019 (UTC)reply
The WRQX article needs to be moved to
WLVW, because it is legally just "WLVW" with no "-FM" suffix. WRQX →
WLVW
"WRQX" needs to be redirected to WLVW after the page move takes place.
The WLVW disambiguation page needs to be moved from WLVW to
WLVW (disambiguation). The existing disambiguation page needs to exist as multiple stations have used the callsign over the past four decades. WLVW →
WLVW (disambiguation)
WSOM needs to be moved to
WRQX (AM) outright because the WSOM calls are now inactive from use for the time being, or as long as Cumulus wants to
"park" the WRQX callsign. WSOM →
WRQX (AM)
"WSOM" needs to be redirected to WRQX (AM) after the page move takes place.
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talk page or in a
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The writer wrote the paragraph using reverse chronology. It's confusing. Why can't the paragraph start at the beginning of the radio station (WMAL-FM?) and then go forwards to the present (DC 107.3?)? It would be easier to read.
Requested move 1 June 2019
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I personally prefer having WSOM moved to “WRQX (AM)” and “WRQX” redirects to a disambiguation page liking to thie article and the former WRQX article (whatever it’s redirected to). Plus who knows how long those call letters are going to live on what had been WSOM? (Kinda the purpose of callsign “parking” ...) The new logo for “AM 600 WRQX” is a very telling sign. The other tricky thing is that the WSOM calls will be replaced on 107.3 Washington, likely by WLVW, in a few days or a week. What probably should happen is having “WRQX” moved to “WSOM-FM” and “WSOM” is redirected to “WRQX (AM)” ... so here’s how I would handle it.
And here's the other sticky wicket: EMF has apparently applied to change the callsign on WSOM 107.3 to WLVW, that callsign is available after EMF changed the current
WLVW in Salisbury MD to WLSW.
Nathan Obral (
talk)
23:44, 1 June 2019 (UTC)reply
On the surface, I definitely at minimum support some sort of moves handling these call changes, per
our naming conventions for US radio stations. But I suppose labeling the WSOM in Washington as any sort of
primary topic seems a bit of a stretch, since it seems as if the call letters will simply change again (apparently to WLVW) next week. So I weakly support a move to WSOM (FM), assuming the change to WLVW doesn't happen by the time this RM closes. (In any event, "WSOM-FM" should not be the title, because this was a full-fledged call swap;
the Washington station went from WRQX to WSOM and
the "-FM" suffix is not in FCC records.) The WRQX in Ohio really isn't the primary topic either for "WRQX", particularly if someone in the end finds a way to convince Cumulus to allow the call sign's return to the Washington metropolitan area, so a move to
WRQX (AM) seems fine there. (For the record, I did revert moves to these titles that were premature because of the active RM, but that should be construed to solely be procedural.) --WCQuidditch☎✎01:56, 2 June 2019 (UTC)reply
DCRTV also reports the WSOM -> WLVW callsign change, taking effect 6/1. When CDBS updates to confirm this, problem solved. This article moves to WLVW, old WSOM moves to WRQX with a hatnote. A disambig or anything else is needlessly complicated.
Xenon54 (
talk)
17:16, 2 June 2019 (UTC)reply
Lance Venta
is saying in the comments on this Radio-Insight post that the WLVW callsign will take effect on what had been WRQX 107.3 this Friday, June 7 (why the delay until then, I don't know). Legally the station is WSOM and the "WLVW Washington, DC" legal ID is running one week prematurely, but is pretty much a moot point. Given Cumulus' attachment to the WRQX calls, they may last on what had been WSOM 600 well beyond Friday.
Nathan Obral (
talk)
18:30, 5 June 2019 (UTC)reply
The WRQX article needs to be moved to
WLVW, because it is legally just "WLVW" with no "-FM" suffix. WRQX →
WLVW
"WRQX" needs to be redirected to WLVW after the page move takes place.
The WLVW disambiguation page needs to be moved from WLVW to
WLVW (disambiguation). The existing disambiguation page needs to exist as multiple stations have used the callsign over the past four decades. WLVW →
WLVW (disambiguation)
WSOM needs to be moved to
WRQX (AM) outright because the WSOM calls are now inactive from use for the time being, or as long as Cumulus wants to
"park" the WRQX callsign. WSOM →
WRQX (AM)
"WSOM" needs to be redirected to WRQX (AM) after the page move takes place.
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a
requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this
talk page or in a
move review. No further edits should be made to this section.