[BC] Local studio rules

[Bailey, Scott]

Scott,
   You would be surprised of how many FM stations in this market are in
violation of the local phone number rule!

-----Original Message-----
From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Scott Fybush
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 10:13 AM
To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [BC] Local studio rules

Mark Humphrey wrote:

> So, if the public doesn't know about the "legal" main studio (usually
the
> case when the "defacto" main studio is somewhere else) what useful
purpose
> does it serve??  (Especially when there's no requirement to originate
any
> programming from that location.)

Ah...but remember, there's also the requirement that a local or 
toll-free number be listed in the local phone directory.

Knowing the situation that Mark's thinking of (an FM station serving a 
market about 40 miles distant and operated from a cluster studio in that

market, but establishing a "legal" main studio at an AM station near its

city of license, with nothing but a public file and a Gentner that can 
dial into the transmitter site to put audio on the air in an emergency),

I checked the phone book for that area. Sure enough, the station's 
listed in the phone book for the city of license, so anyone looking for 
the public file would, in that case, be able to find it.

What *useful* purpose does it serve? Keeps the lawyers employed, I 
guess, and I'm sure the owner of the AM station doesn't mind the extra 
income...

s

_______________________________________________
This is the BROADCAST mailing list
To send to the list, email: broadcast at radiolists.net
For sub changes, archives and info on this other lists:
http://www.radiolists.net/