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The Hit Music Network

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I stumbled across this article, which cites no sources and contains large dollops of apparent WP:OR. I tried to find some sources to back up the information presented, but couldn't find any WP:SIGCOV in the UK press, nor the specialist media press. There are a few passing mentions of the Hit Music Network on Radio Today, but no significant coverage specifically about it. The very generic name doesn't help, as there's a lot of coverage of other "hit music [radio] networks" worldwide, but I'm not sure this relatively short-lived "network" warrants an article beyond the articles for the stations contained within it. Flip Format (talk) 18:10, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Radio and United Kingdom. Flip Format (talk) 18:10, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Much of the article appears to be WP:OR or is not verified, but the article contains four references, although two are from the same publication and one is from the owner so is not independent. An alternative is to merge and redirect to Global Media & Entertainment. Peter James (talk) 23:14, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I'm not in favour of deleting articles but the issue here is the lack of independent references for what was a very brief usage of the name which I believe was never used on air? Hits Radio Network ended up being subsumed into the Capital Radio Network article so if this article does go then the salient points should be mentioned within that article and if this looks likely in a few days I'd look to do just that so the information here isn;t lost to Wikipedia. Rillington (talk) 16:28, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:32, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have 26 ProQuest hits for "Global Radio" "Hit Music Network" between 2008 and 2010, and these are I think the most instructive/useful. In my opinion, the correct call is a redirect to Capital (radio network) while adding the references indicated below. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 04:37, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wallace, Cathy (3 October 2008). "Global rejig creates comms opportunity". PR Week. pp. 18–19. ProQuest 217589779.
Global Radio is set for the biggest rebranding exercise in commercial radio history. The owner of the Heart ,Classic FM, XFM and Galaxy brands has decided to scrap its 42-station One Network. Stations such as Chiltern Radio, Power FM and Southern FM will all fall either into the Hit Music network, which will be headed up by Capital FM, the Heart network, or the Galaxy network. Four further networks based on standalone brands—Classic FM, XFM, Gold and LBC—will make up the seven pillars of Global's new structure. Stations coming under the Hit Music network will keep their current names and the amount of networked and syndicated programmes these stations carry will be minimal.
Bintliff, Esther (14 September 2010). "Capital to go national in radio shake-up". Financial Times. p. 24. ProQuest 750491962.
By January 2011, the Capital brand will replace the six Galaxy stations across the UK, as well as the Hit Music Network stations Red Dragon, Trent, RAM and Leicester Sound, bringing Capital's audience to more than 6.3m. Local breakfast and drivetime shows will remain locally produced.
Woods, Adam (18 December 2010). "The New Capitalists". Music Week. p. 15. ProQuest 818785339.
The creation of Heart was never going to be the limit of Tabor's modernising zeal. The dissolution of The One Network threw up a handful of spare stations with a pop slant that would temporarily become the Hit Music Network, as well as one - Power FM in Hampshire - that was added to the Galaxy stable.
"The other stations that were left, people would say, 'OK, I get Heart, but I don't quite get what these are.' And it got to a point where we said, 'Look, these stations are all playing the same records; they are all driving the same hits through the charts - they ought to be one network.'"

User:Sammi Brie, I'm unclear why you are presenting sources here in this discussion but are arguing for a Redirect. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:56, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Liz Because the sources back up the assertion (in support of a redirect) that the branding was never used on air, the "network" was a loose association with minimal networked programming, it was short-lived, and the stations included all went to the same place. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 05:31, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]