Template talk:FMARB

Update for new reporting period

Please change the "SU" portion of the link to "FA", as the Arbitron website has been updated with Fall 2008 SIPs and the current link no longer works.

Also, the similar AM template is only semi-protected - seems logical that there should be consistency in protection across both templates. Mlaffs (talk) 18:49, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Done. --- RockMFR 15:58, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Remove "Query" label

Hello, I think that the word "Query" should be removed form the link's label. --167.58.214.1 (talk) 17:11, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 1 July 2020

I'd like to request that this template support a second optional parameter allowing the link text to be overridden, just like in the related template {{FMQ}}. Here's what the code would look like:

[https://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=WI20&band=fm&callLetter={{{1}}} {{#if:{{{2|}}}|{{{2}}}|Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for {{{1}}}}}]<noinclude>
{{documentation}}
</noinclude>

I'd also like to request that the text of the template be tweaked to match the style used in many other external link templates, wherein only the page name is linked, and the site name appears after the link. This would be something like: [https://... {{{1}}}] in [[Nielsen Audio]]'s FM station database. I think this makes the link look a bit cleaner, and it also allows us to link to Nielsen Audio to provide additional context.

If both of my requests were to be accepted, the template would look something like this:

[https://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=WI20&band=fm&callLetter={{{1}}} {{{2|{{{1}}}}}}] in [[Nielsen Audio]]'s FM station database<noinclude>
{{documentation}}
</noinclude>

And here's how that would look in practice:

Code	Output
{{FMARB|WABC}}	WABC in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
{{FMARB|WABC|Custom text}}	Custom text in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

Thanks, IagoQnsi (talk) 21:36, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

 Done Izno (talk) 18:42, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

FMARB links now have no content

Every link produced by this template that I have tried (links to www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?...) shows something like "No Summer 2024 data found for WCBS-FM.", even for major stations.

Are they all no-info? Maybe "Nielsen Audio's FM station database" doesn't exist anymore (check Internet Archive for old content). Is there a Nielsen Audio (formerly Arbitron) link that provides content? How to find it? I noticed RADIO ONLINE Radio Station Database, but its data are not free.

(If none, then there should be a way to make this template return [nullstring] instead of a useless link.) Many pages transclude this template via {{FM station data}}, but some might transclude it directly.

Also: Several websites include Nielsen and Eastlan ratings. (quick example, RADIO ONLINE Ratings, which also includes 5 podcast and webcast ratings). These surveys do not cover every station. Nielsen surveys seem to be grouped by market, not station, on those websites and at their likely source, Nielsen Topline Ratings for Subscribing Radio Stations. -A876 (talk) 00:35, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

 Done Switched from Summer to Fall data, so the links now work. --Ahecht (TALK
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