Wikipedia:WikiProject Radio/UK Radio

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The UK Radio task force is a group of WikiProject Radio and WikiProject Radio Station members who are dedicated to ensure that all UK radio articles on Wikipedia are accurate and of high quality. The scope of this task force includes all UK radio, radio industry and radio station articles. All guidance from the parent WikiProjects also apply to this task force.

• To indicate that an article falls within the scope of this task force, please add |uk=yes to the {{WikiProject Radio}} talk page template. For example, {{WikiProject Radio|uk=yes}}^[1]

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To Do

To-do list for WikiProject Radio/UK Radio: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2022-03-24 Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : History of radio in the United Kingdom Copyedit : The Scott Mills Show Expand : All primary articles for this task force. Verify : BBC 7 Other : Make sure all UK radio and radio industry talk page templates have the {{WikiProject Radio|uk=yes}} tag added, and make sure all the UK radio station talk page templates have the {{WikiProject Radio Stations}} tag added. Update the programmes in List of In Our Time programmes.

Requested articles

If you are requesting a new article, please provide a reliable third party link, which includes information on the subject you are making a request for. If this is not possible, please provide a short description of the article you are requesting.

• History of radio in the United Kingdom- see User:Tghe-retford/Sandbox 2 for references and potential template of how the sections can look.
  • There are now more than 20 UK radio timelines on Wikipedia, including timelines for individual radio stations, for BBC Local Radio and a Timeline of independent radio in the United Kingdom.
• AM broadcasting in the United Kingdom, or could be merged with FM broadcasting in the UK into something like Analogue radio broadcasting in the United Kingdom, to complement the recently created Digital radio in the United Kingdom.
• See also: Wikipedia:Requested articles/Culture and fine arts/Broadcasting (television and radio)

Recently created articles

Please feel free to expand and improve recently created articles:

• Digital radio in the United Kingdom
• Hirsty's Daily Dose

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• tgheretford (talk)
• AxG ҈ ^►talk
• ISD - Mainly comedy articles and The Archers.
• KevS
• Marbles
• Timothyda
• Barry Carlyon - Student Radio
• Jomunro (talk) 22:33, 22 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• TwentiethApril1986 (talk · contribs) - Mostly interested in BBC Radio programmes.
• Kevincoy (talk)
• GrouseyGrouse - UK ILR Stations
• jenkinslane
• TdwrighT
• Philedmondsuk (talk)
• Mongoosander
• Jamazia
• Rillington

Userbox

Feel free to add this userbox to your user page. Just copy the following code to your userpage:

This user is a participant of the UK Radio task force.

{{User:Tghe-retford/Userboxes/User UK Radio task force}}

As well as the manual of style guidelines which apply to all articles on Wikipedia, specific guidelines also apply to some articles for this task force. For all UK radio station articles, formatting and guidance from article creation for stations without call signs, article content and categories from WikiProject Radio Stations will apply.

Featured articles

Articles on UK radio-related subjects, within the scope of this Task force:

• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)

Candidates

Good articles

The following articles which are within the scope of this task force and have been recognised as good articles:

• BBC
• Dad's Army -- a British sitcom about the Home Guard in the Second World War.
• Digital radio in the United Kingdom
• The Museum of Curiosity -- a British panel game on BBC Radio 4, acting as a spinoff to the TV series QI.
• Nebulous -- post apocalyptic science fiction comedy on BBC Radio 4.
• Planet B -- Sci-fi drama which is BBC Radio 7's longest original drama commission.
• Mark Steel's in Town -- Stand-up comedy show on BBC Radio 4.
• Bigipedia -- BBC Radio 4 sketch show set on a website parodying Wikipedia.

GA candidates

The following articles are the primary articles for this task force. Assessments as per the WikiProject Radio assessment department:

Categories

Announcement

All talk pages, should still use the relevant parent WikiProject template, either {{WikiProject Radio}} for UK general radio and industry articles, or {{WikiProject Radio Stations}} for UK radio stations.

Infobox

Stubs

Please add all templates to the bottom of the page:

• Other templates can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Radio#Templates.

Parent WikiProjects

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Radio
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Radio Stations

Related WikiProjects and Task Forces

• Wikipedia:WikiProject BBC
• Wikipedia:WikiProject BBC/BBC Radio task force
• Wikipedia:WikiProject British TV/Channels

Links to other online resources

• Frequency finder - Links
• Radio and Telly - Links

UK Radio Radio