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== Usage ==
{{Parameter names example | _template=Infobox radio station | above | name | callsign | logo | logo_size | logo_alt | logo_caption | image | image_size | image_alt | caption | city | area | frequency | rds | branding | slogan | language | languages | format | subchannels | network | affiliations | owner | licensee | operator | sister_stations | founded | airdate | last_airdate | former_callsigns | former_names | former_frequencies | callsign_meaning | facility_id | class | power | erp | haat | coordinates | translator | translators | repeater | repeaters | licensing_authority | webcast | website}}
<pre style="overflow: auto;"> <nowiki>{{Infobox radio station
| location = 
| city = 
| above = 
| name = 
| callsign = 
| logo = 
| logo_size = 
| logo_alt = 
| logo_caption = 
| image = 
| image_size = 
| image_alt = 
| caption = 
| area = 
| frequency =
| rds =
| branding = 
| slogan = 
| languages = 
| format = 
| subchannels = 
| network = 
| affiliations = 
| owner = 
| licensee = 
| operator = 
| sister_stations = 
| founded = 
| airdate = 
| last_airdate = 
| former_callsigns = 
| former_names = 
| former_frequencies = 
| callsign_meaning = 
| licensing_authority = 
| facility_id = 
| class = 
| power = 
| erp = 
| haat = 
| coordinates = 
| translators = 
| repeaters = 
| webcast = 
| website = 
}}</nowiki></pre>

== Parameters ==
All fields except for <code>name</code>, <code>format</code>, and <code>owner</code> are optional and will be hidden when not used; when values are entered for the relevant parameters, the fields will automatically appear.

The parameters <code>translator</code> and <code>repeater</code> should not both be used, except in unusual circumstances.

== Sub-templates ==
Where possible, use:

* {{Tl|Frequency}}
* {{Tl|Start date}}
* {{Tl|End date}}
* {{Tl|Coord}}
* {{Tl|URL}}

as above.

If the radio station streams, consider using:

* {{Tl|TuneIn}}
* {{Tl|IHeartRadio}}
* {{Tl|Radio.com}}

== Microformat ==
{{UF-hcard-geo}}

== TemplateData ==
{{TemplateData header}}
<templatedata>
{
	"description": "Infobox for radio stations",
	"params": {
		"name": {
			"label": "Name",
			"description": "Name of radio station, often the callsign",
			"type": "line",
			"suggested": true
		},
		"image": {
			"label": "Image",
			"description": "Second image",
			"type": "wiki-file-name"
		},
		"city": {
			"label": "City",
			"description": "Name of city of license",
			"type": "wiki-page-name",
			"suggested": true
		},
		"area": {
			"label": "Area",
			"description": "Name of broadcast area",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"branding": {
			"label": "Branding",
			"description": "Branding",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"slogan": {
			"label": "Slogan",
			"description": "Slogan of radio station",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"frequency": {
			"label": "Frequency",
			"description": "Frequency in Hertz, using {{Frequency|NNN|XHz}}",
			"type": "line",
			"suggested": true
		},
		"rds": {
			"label": "Radio Data System",
			"description": "[[Radio Data System]] programme service name",
			"type": "line"
		},
		"translator": {
			"label": "Translators",
			"description": "Translator(s)",
			"type": "string",
			"aliases": [
				"translators"
			]
		},
		"repeater": {
			"label": "Repeaters",
			"description": "Repeater(s)",
			"type": "string",
			"aliases": [
				"repeaters"
			]
		},
		"airdate": {
			"label": "First air date",
			"description": "First date of broadcast, using {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}}",
			"type": "string",
			"suggested": true
		},
		"format": {
			"label": "Format",
			"description": "Programming format",
			"type": "string",
			"suggested": true
		},
		"power": {
			"label": "Power",
			"description": "Power rating for AM stations, in watts",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"erp": {
			"label": "ERP",
			"description": "Effective radiated power for FM stations, in watts",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"haat": {
			"label": "HAAT",
			"description": "Height above average terrain, in meters",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"class": {
			"label": "Class",
			"description": "Class",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"facility_id": {
			"label": "Facility ID",
			"description": "Facility ID assigned by the US Federal Communications Commission (for US stations)",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"coordinates": {
			"label": "Coordinates",
			"description": "Transmitter coordinates, using {{coord|}}",
			"suggested": true,
			"type": "string"
		},
		"callsign_meaning": {
			"label": "Call sign meaning",
			"description": "Call sign meaning",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"former_callsigns": {
			"label": "Former call signs",
			"description": "Former call signs",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"former_frequencies": {
			"label": "Former frequencies",
			"description": "Former frequencies",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"former_names": {
			"label": "Former names",
			"description": "Former names of radio station. Don't use if former_callsigns is being used as well.",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"network": {
			"label": "Network",
			"description": "Network to which station belongs",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"affiliations": {
			"label": "Affiliations",
			"description": "Affiliations of radio station",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"operator": {
			"label": "Operator",
			"description": "Operator of radio station",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"owner": {
			"label": "Owner",
			"description": "Owner of radio station",
			"type": "string",
			"suggested": true
		},
		"licensee": {
			"label": "Licensee",
			"description": "Licensee of radio station",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"sister_stations": {
			"label": "Sister_stations",
			"description": "Sister stations",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"webcast": {
			"label": "Webcast",
			"description": "Live streaming URL of radio station, using [URL Listen Live]",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"website": {
			"label": "Website",
			"type": "string",
			"description": "URL for radio station, encased in {{URL|}}",
			"default": "{{URL|}}"
		},
		"country": {
			"label": "Country",
			"description": "Country of radio station",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"above": {
			"label": "Top label",
			"description": "Label field used if the station is a satellite or repeater of another station."
		},
		"callsign": {
			"label": "Call sign (secondary)",
			"description": "Call sign of a station. Use only in countries where call signs exist but are secondary, such as Argentina and Australia.",
			"example": "4TSV"
		},
		"logo": {
			"label": "Logo",
			"description": "Logo of radio station"
		},
		"logo_size": {
			"label": "Logo size",
			"description": "A width for the image. When not specified, it defaults to frameless which uses the size in each user's Preferences (ranges from 120px to 300px)."
		},
		"logo_alt": {
			"label": "Logo alternative text",
			"description": "Alternative text for logo"
		},
		"logo_caption": {
			"label": "Logo caption",
			"description": "Caption to appear under the radio station logo."
		},
		"image_size": {
			"label": "Image size",
			"description": "A width for the image. When not specified, it defaults to frameless which uses the size in each user's Preferences (ranges from 120px to 300px)."
		},
		"image_alt": {
			"aliases": [
				"alt"
			],
			"label": "Image alternative text",
			"description": "Alternative text for the image"
		},
		"caption": {
			"label": "Caption",
			"description": "Caption to appear under an image or under both a logo and an image."
		},
		"subchannels": {
			"label": "Subchannels",
			"description": "Digital subchannels of the radio station"
		},
		"founded": {
			"label": "Founded",
			"description": "Date/year in which a station was founded, such as a predecessor to the current station, but not its sign-on date.",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"last_airdate": {
			"aliases": [
				"last airdate"
			],
			"label": "Last air date",
			"description": "Last date of broadcast (for defunct stations), using {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}}",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"licensing_authority": {
			"label": "Licensing authority",
			"description": "Relevant licensing agency for the station. In the United States, using [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] triggers additional profile and license information links. Do not use on low-power FM radio stations.",
			"example": "[[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"language": {
			"aliases": [
				"languages"
			],
			"label": "Language(s)",
			"description": "Language(s) in which the station broadcasts"
		}
	},
	"format": "block",
	"paramOrder": [
		"name",
		"callsign",
		"above",
		"logo",
		"logo_size",
		"logo_alt",
		"logo_caption",
		"image",
		"image_size",
		"image_alt",
		"caption",
		"country",
		"city",
		"area",
		"frequency",
        "rds",
		"branding",
		"slogan",
		"language",
		"format",
		"subchannels",
		"network",
		"affiliations",
		"owner",
		"licensee",
		"operator",
		"sister_stations",
		"founded",
		"airdate",
		"last_airdate",
		"former_callsigns",
		"former_names",
		"former_frequencies",
		"callsign_meaning",
		"licensing_authority",
		"facility_id",
		"class",
		"power",
		"erp",
		"haat",
		"coordinates",
		"translator",
		"repeater",
		"webcast",
		"website"
	]
}
</templatedata>


== Tracking category ==
* {{Category link with count|Pages using infobox radio station with unknown parameters}}

==See also==
{{Film- and television-related infobox templates}}

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