[BC] WBAA?

[Phil Alexander]

On 13 Jun 2006 at 15:26, Tom Taggart wrote:

> While we are on the public file issue, what heinous offense 
> did Purdue U. do to get WBAA/WBAA FM licenses cancelled? 
> (today's daily digest 13/June)

Probably a screw up. It makes no sense. I notice the same thing 
happened in 1983. They had a CP for changes, apparently withdrew it
and somehow the license itself was cancelled. Same thing happened
to the FM in 1993. Someone apparently doesn't do paperwork right.

> (BTW, I agree with Larry Fuss on this.  The big outfits can 
> create a gold-plated public file without much impact on the 
> bottom line.  If you have hundreds of stations doesn't take 
> much to hire a secretary and assign her the task of going 
> cluster to cluster to keep the records in place.  For us 
> small fry, it's a real pain in the neck. But then, that's 
> why the guvmint likes consolidation. They create new demands 
> for apperwork , the big companies produce more reams of 
> paperwork, and everyone looks busy without ever accomplishing 
> anything usefull.) -- 

Agreed, but the most onerous parts - quarterly reports, EEO and 
the political file will stay IMHO. Mishandled quarterlies are an
income generator as is the EEO file, and the politicos will never 
allow the Commish to drop the political file because that is where 
the parties get immediate info about what the opposition is 
spending and where during an election campaign.

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Phil Alexander, CSRE, AMD
Broadcast Engineering Services and Technology 
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