[BC] Event coordination

[Ron Castro]

The NFL may be rich, but so is NBC, CBS, ABC, etc., and SBE has been 
coordinating for their O&O stations for years.  How is this different from 
the NFL?  Or for that matter, NASCAR, PGA, MLB, etc.?

Ron Castro
Chief Technical Officer
Results Radio, LLC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mario Hieb, P.E." <mario at xmission.com>
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 10:50 AM
Subject: [BC] Event coordination


> Ron,
>
> I'll say it again: event coordination is different than local station 
> coordination. The FCC sees it as a totally different animal. If the event 
> needs a license, the event sponsor (NFL in this case) holds the STA.
>
> The NFL doesn't use that many channels, but the TV networks do, and they 
> probably have the greatest chance of interfering with local broadcasters. 
> Legally, the event is responsible for any interference to incumbent 
> licencees.
>
> Assuming that broadcast engineers are professionals and that SBE is a 
> professional organization, they shouldn't be subsidizing the NFL.
>
> SBE is poor, NFL is rich. It's their event and their problem, they should 
> pay the bill, and pay the frequency coordinators appropriately (I think 
> the hot dog vendors make more.) Does this seem fair to you?
>
> Mario
>
>
>
>
> At 11:02 AM 5/23/2005, you wrote:
>
>
>>Message: 17
>>Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 08:46:00 -0700
>>From: "Ron Castro" <ronc at sonic.net>
>>Subject: Re: [BC] NFL pleading poverty
>>To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>>Message-ID: <008501c55fae$84b46410$6d01a8c0 at Ronlap>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>>         reply-type=response
>>
>>IIRC, the NFL is not a licensee, therefore has 'no dog in that fight' when
>>it comes to coordination of broadcast licensees. The licensees are
>>responsible for coordination...the NFL has nothing to do with any RF, 
>>except
>>for their own wireless field communications equipment and standard
>>'itinerate business communications frequencies.  I don't see how the SBE
>>coordinating licensed stations is any different than the standard
>>coordination they had done for years for the whole broadcast industry.
>>
>>And you still haven't told us Mario, what's your beef with the NFL?  Did 
>>you
>>lose a big bet on the Superbowl?
>>
>>Ron Castro
>>Chief Technical Officer
>>Results Radio, LLC
>
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