[BC] Legal ID Question

[Phil Alexander]

On 25 Aug 2006 at 17:53, Larry Fuss wrote:

> Since you can legally insert the frequency and the name of the
> licensee between the calls and the city of license, I doubt if
> any FCC inspector would fine you for saying "AM" after the
> AM calls.

True, but legally, the EB Enforcer/Collector ... er, Specialist ...
could fine you because the rules are *very* specific about what
may be placed between call letters and location, and "AM" is not
one of them. It would be different if you had a six letter call,
but AFAIK the FCC has never issued one to an AM station.

> If you can say "WXYZ AM 1560 and WXYZ FM 105.5 Possum Flats"
> as your legal ID, 

But that is the point. You cannot *legally* use that ID with
the "AM" in it because the station's call letters are not
xxxx-AM, they are xxxx, therefore, legally, you must use
"WXYZ 1560 and WXYZ FM 105.5 Possum Flats" to comply with
73.1201(c) and 73.1201(c)(3).

> then "WXYZ-AM & FM Possum Flats" would probably
> pass muster as well.

But it does NOT, because "WXYZ AM 1560, Possum Flats" does
not comply with 73.1201(b) which does not permit the 
insertion of "AM" in the legal content although it does
specifically, by exception, permit using the frequency,
ownership, or network affiliation.


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