Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edge Spectrum

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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 00:49, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Edge Spectrum

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Article about an American station group that is more of a shell game using the public broadcast spectrum for some unknown purpose than as a functioning broadcaster; most of their existence seems to be acquiring low-power television licenses then doing very little with them (allegedly to be ready for the ATSC 3.0 standard, though I've seen this company pull the same racket since 2019).

Although they do have stations on the air, most of them with religious networks or the lowest-tier shopping and entertainment subchannel networks to technically exist, they have many more stations that are only licensed and seem to be in a permanent state of tolling/power modifications at the FCC where they do just enough to not lose said licenses or actually have to build a tower or transmitter.

Very few sources for this company exist outside of FCC notes (and a fine for not renewing licenses in time), along with broadcasting blogs running down endless 'Edge Spectrum (calls of stations) has submitted a new tolling request/power reduction' line items to the point that it's a shock when they do put a station on the air.

The group's template was recently deleted (it was mostly redlinks for stations which have never come to the air which looked even more absurd earlier this month; a template for nothing), and this article should meet the same fate as this company has no designs on actually broadcasting or elaborating on their business model. Nathannah • 📮 00:23, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom.--Tdl1060 (talk) 00:53, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Television, Companies, and Washington. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 02:52, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom.- Iban14mxl (talk) 04:12, 23 April 2025 (UTC) Blocked sock Alpha3031 (t • c) 05:57, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Lil Happy Lil Sad ^:): 05:15, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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