[BC] Legal ID Question

[Dale H. Cook]

While we are on the subject, Section 73.1201 (2) requires that 
station identification shall be made "Hourly, as close to the hour as 
feasible, at a natural break in program offerings." Many station put 
the ID in the last stop set of the hour, and run a jingle or liner at 
or near the top of the hour. It has always seemed to me that such a 
top-of-the-hour jingle or liner constitutes "a natural break in 
program offerings" and that the ID should be run there to satisfy the 
wording of 73.1201 (2).

Is such a top-of-the-hour jingle or liner considered part of the 
"program offerings," whereas the previous stop set would be 
considered "a natural break in program offerings?" Have there been 
any Commission rulings or opinions, or actions by the Enforcement 
Bureau, that would clarify this matter?

Dale H. Cook, Chief Engineer, Centennial Broadcasting, 
Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA - WZZI / WZZU / WLNI / WLEQ
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