[BC] 2 KYDS stations?
Cowboy
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Sat Feb 28 09:42:29 CST 2009
On Saturday 28 February 2009 08:47 am, Ron Youvan wrote:
> WWBA 1040 Pinellas Park entered into a LMA with WMGG, moving
> their popular local programming from 1040 kc/s at almost 5 kW to
> 820 kc/s with 50 kW (DA) they constantly call them self "820 WWBA"
> until the top of the hour when they identified them self as "WMGG Largo"
> This may be "illegal," but it is common in central Florida. I never
> thought this would be a problem as long as they identify them self
> properly with their "legal ID" as required.
I was doing a proof on an AM, and heard the "legal ID" as being a
completely different station, on a different frequency, considerably
down the dial.
Turned out they were simulcasting a co-owned.
Probably illegal, but the owner and management didn't seem to care.
Still doing it, years later, as far as I know.
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Cowboy
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