Talk:Independent station

I think there should be criteria as to what stations are included on that list of notable indies...I am thinking of using the following list:

1) must have been an independent for at least five years, or 2) must have achieved notable success if less than five years.

What do you think? Gatorman 21:35, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think the article name "independent station" is too broad to concentrate discussion upon the North American classification of terrestrial television. Say, there are independent radio stations. My proposals are:

1. Evacuate Independent station for radio.

2. Take over independent television from the ITV (UK) redirection with "anotheruse".

3. In independent television discuss the definitions of the "independent television" in each country.

4. Develop sections or articles like "independent television in North America", where you are allowed to use the regional definitions.

Soredewa 13:33, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Utterly pointless. An independent television station is unusual as most local stations would be better off economically if backed by a network as a source of programming. 100% reliance on syndication leaves much to be desired. An independent radio station, by contrast, is much easier to create - one could just spin records all day to program a radio station without being at any severe competitive disadvantage in a local market. --66.102.80.212 (talk) 03:52, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Though this is over 6 years old, I'll respond. If a market is sparse in population, or, conversely, very large in population, independent TV stations make sense. In sparse areas, if a TV station can't attain affiliation with a major network, they have no choice but go it alone. In very large metropolitan areas, where the major networks already have affiliates and can't, as per the FFC, attain new ones in the same market, the independent channel makes a go of it by providing alternate programming. Oftentimes, such programming is ethnic in origin, appealing to immigrant groups in these markets. 98.221.141.21 (talk) 19:30, 3 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]