[BC] NPR violation of 73.1206?

[David Lawrence]

On 11/23/05 7:30 AM, one Harold Hallikainen <harold at hallikainen.com> wrote:

> This morning's Morning Edition on NPR had a story about getting through
> telephone menu trees quickly. They gave a demo on the air where it
> appeared they made a call, worked their way through a menu, then told the
> person who answered they were being recorded for broadcast and asked if
> that was ok. It was my understanding that you had to have permission
> BEFORE recording a conversation for broadcast
> (http://sujan.hallikainen.org/FCC/FccRules/2006/73/1206/) and that getting
> permission during the recording was not adequate. Was this a violation?
> Since NPR is not a licensee, do they face any liability? Do, instead, the
> stations that broadcast the story face liability since NPR probably acted
> on their behalf?

We handle that on live on-air calls by immediately disabling the to-air feed
of the phone itself, asking for permission, and only then re-enabling the
audio to air. If you don't do that, you are indeed in violation of that rule
- so says our broadcast attorney.

It's just as good - people hear my side of the conversation, wheedling the
other party to be on the air, or failing valiantly to get them to cooperate.

David
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