[BC] Legal ID Question

[Jeff Allen]

Programming that should not be interrupted might be a ball game or other
live broadcast that an ID would interrupt.  The FCC seemed to leave it up to
you to decide what would qualify as programming that should not be
interrupted.  We do IDs during ball games and such anyway.

I swear I saw the same rule about doing the ID within two minutes of the top
of the hour.  It's been the standard rule at all the stations I've worked
and still is at the group I'm with now.

The idea here for adding the extra cities along with our COL was to let
listeners know they can listen to our stations from Boise to Twin Falls
which is a 120+ mile drive, not because "it sounds cool" to have them in our
ID.  I have heard many stations bury the COL then shout the nearest big city
in the ID.  I doubt that would be legal.


J Allen


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Kelley" <djkelley at frontier.net>
To: "'Broadcasters' Mailing List'" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 9:40 AM
Subject: RE: [BC] Legal ID Question


> I thought the old window was :58 to :02 also...
>
>
> >A LONG LONG time ago, I think there was a window with an exception for
> >programming that should not be interrupted. I think the window was +/- 2
> >minutes.
>
> I guess the question is defining "programming that should not be
> interrupted".....common sense dictates the right answer - but there are
> those that will stretch that out and define that on their own terms.
>
> I never quite got the concept of "burying" the COL.  In the big picture,
> if the programming on the radio station was great, the COL seems of little
> significance to the audience.
>
> -dan in lansing
>
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