[BC] Sign of the times?

[Dan Walthers1@sbcglobal.net]

The rules say you have to maintain a main studio, full time staff, and a
person with substantial administrative presents within the:

1.	City of license, or
2.	The 60 dbu contour, or
3.	Within 25 mile radius of the city of license.

The public file must be up to date and available for inspection by the
public at the main studio location during business hours.  There must be a
telephone number which can be reach by anyone in the city of license without
incurring long distance charges, (It does not have to ring at the main
studio, it just has to be free to any one in the city of license.)

The full time staff can be one employee and a part-timer.
The substantial administrative presents means someone in management that
actually has some say so over day to day operations and programming of the
station.
The studio must be capable of originating broadcasts...it doesn't have to
unless an inspector wants to see...but it must be capable over-riding
programming provided by any other source and going on the air.  

There may be some more areas that I missed, but these are the basics.  If
the station does not meet the above criteria they are likely to be in
violation of the Commissions Main Studio rules.

Dan

 

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Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 11:01 AM
To: broadcast at radiolists.net
Subject: [BC] Sign of the times?

 From the DCRTV (www.dcrtv.org/mailbag.html) website:
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Is it now possible to run a radio station without any studio or offices? 
The reason I ask is because the offices for WDMV seemed to have disappeared
from Random Hills Road in Fairfax. Their phone (703) 934-6300 has been
disconnected and all of the numbers listed now are cell phone numbers. When
I tried to buy time, the person I talked to said they would come to my
office, but wouldn't meet me at the studio. 
It appears that all shows now come from remote locations (including
Greaseman from his house) and go right to the transmitter in Frederick , MD.
The sales staff seem to all have offices in their cars and are dispatched
when someone calls them to inquire about commercial rates. I wonder if any
other stations do this. (10/3/05)
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Mark D. Bulla - Chief Engineer
WNUV WB-54
2000 W 41st Street
Baltimore, MD  21211
t: 410-467-8854
f: 410-662-4886


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