[BC] Local studio rules

[Mark Humphrey]

On 2/23/06, Bailey, Scott <SBailey at nespower.com> wrote:
>
> As long as the main studio address is listed in the phone directory,
> that's all that is required, from what I understand.


I'm not sure where to find that requirement in the rules -- does anyone know
the section?

 Also the station
> must have a local (not toll free) telephone number.


Toll free is OK according to the following:

73.1125 (e) Each AM, FM, TV and Class A TV broadcast station shall
maintain a local
   telephone number in its community of license or a toll-free number.

It doesn't matter where the progammming is coming from. All they care
> about is that useless file.


Laws that don't serve any purpose should be taken off the books.

Mark


-----Original Message-----
> From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:broadcast-
> bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Mark Humphrey
> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 10:02 AM
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> Subject: Re: [BC] Local studio rules
>
> Yes, stations need to be careful about this stuff or risk a big fine.
> Enforcement has likely been stepped up in response to complaints about
> the
> decline of "localism" in broadcasting.
>
> But this seems to me like yet another FCC rule that wasn't thought
> through
> very well.
>
> Are there any rules requiring a station to publicize its main studio
> location or toll free phone number?  The only requirement that comes to
> mind
> is the coverage area map, to be retained in the public file, showing
> transmitter and main studio locations.   But -- Catch 22 -- if the
> public
> file is kept at the main studio, nobody will have access to that map
> until
> they find the studio!
>
> 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.)
>
> Mark
>
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