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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 ( talk) 16:30, 6 February 2018 (UTC) reply

Shasta Cascade Broadcasting Corporation

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Article is on a holding company that used to own three radio stations and now owns none. While notability is not temporary, I don't think it was probably ever notable. Chetsford ( talk) 03:23, 27 January 2018 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. ^{Baby miss fortune} 04:46, 27 January 2018 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions. ^{Baby miss fortune} 04:46, 27 January 2018 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. ^{Baby miss fortune} 04:46, 27 January 2018 (UTC) reply

• Keep: This company played a huge role in bringing radio to a small area and deserves recognition. NostalgiaBuff97501 ( talk) 09:39, 27 January 2018 (UTC) reply

We may want to look into sending them a certificate or something then. Wikipedia isn't really an outlet for giving deserving people/groups recognition. Chetsford ( talk) 20:41, 27 January 2018 (UTC) reply

• Delete. Wikipedia's inclusion criteria are not based on whether anybody thinks the topic "deserves recognition" or not (a thing which somebody could claim about absolutely anything or anyone that exists at all), but on whether the topic is the subject of enough reliable source coverage to clear a notability standard. Specifically, a company has to clear WP:CORPDEPTH as the subject of substantial coverage in media that extends beyond the purely local — but the sources here are (1) its own website about itself, (2) a mere blurb about it in a radio industry trade magazine, and (3) the local newspaper's obituary of a former employee, which is about him rather than about the company. Which means the only source here that isn't a complete non-starter in terms of establishing this company's notability is #2 — but while it's a start, it's not substantive enough to be a finish all by itself. Bearcat ( talk) 18:08, 29 January 2018 (UTC) reply
• Merge Then all other articles about small broadcast companies need to be deleted or merged with other articles like California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc. was with KOBI. NostalgiaBuff97501 ( talk) 18:25, 31 January 2018 (UTC) reply

WP:XY. It owned three radio stations, not just one, so there's no way to decide that one of them is the appropriate merge target without violating WP:NPOV in the process. Actually, on second thought, KMJC would be an appropriate redirect target, since it was the company's first station and the other two came later. Not sure there's much here to really copy over besides what's already there about it, though. Bearcat ( talk) 16:14, 1 February 2018 (UTC) reply

• Delete Literal duplicate of KMJC and KKLC outside of the final heading (which tells us they're still registered as a company, but they don't do anything). Nothing would be lost with deletion of this article. Nate • ( chatter) 18:12, 3 February 2018 (UTC) reply
• Delete -- does not meet WP:NCORP / WP:CORPDEPTH & significant RS coverage not found. There's nothing here that's worth merging to any of the stations. K.e.coffman ( talk) 05:29, 6 February 2018 (UTC) reply

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