Deletion of List of television stations in New York

Comment: satisfies  as an index of notable subjects sensibly subdivided by U.S. state, as longstanding consensus is that all licensed broadcast television stations merit articles. This is really one of the worst AFDs I've ever seen, stemming from the nominator's overzealous attempt to excise any mention of "channels" from Wikipedia regardless of the context or other informational merit of the subject. The origin of this zeal is a misreading of  and a complete misunderstanding of the principles underlying the recent AFDs for lists that presented channel lineups for individual cable providers (in all of which I !voted to delete, but those are quite different). Possibly even more inexplicable is the nominator's apparent belief that any Wikipedia content that incidentally has some utility, or that reproduces information available elsewhere (!), should be deleted. Doktorbuk's reference to "subscribers" above also shows that he doesn't even understand the content that he is nominating, as these are all ''broadcast'' television channels
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (WP:LISTPURP||WP:NOTDIR)

Comment: Listing US/Canadian television stations by media market was prevented by a Neilsen Media takedown notice, so the obvious choice in presenting this data is arranging it by state/territory. Interestingly, my 1952 ''Hollywood Reporter'' Production Encyclopedia lists every television station then on the air in the United States, listed by city and state, so I'm not moved by the argument that these entries violate . The idea behind DIR was that editors didn't want readers to come to Wikipedia to ''check local television program listings''... it had nothing to do with not wanting readers to be able to see a carefully-arranged, well-organized list of television stations arranged in a logical, sensible way
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOT||WP:NOTDIR)