[BC] Legal ID Question

[Glen Kippel]

On 8/31/06, Rich Wood <richwood at pobox.com> wrote:
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>
> I doubt the FCC would care what you say at :49 but there's a specific
> ID format at the top of the hour. The ID rules have always been as
> close to the hour as possible and used to have a very specific window
> either side of the hour. A music format with music segments made up
> of short songs doesn't qualify as uninterruptable, however awesomely
> creative the segment is.
>
> Classical music has always been allowed a lot of leeway because of
> the length of the work. I don't even think you have to ID between
> movements. I would consider a religious service to fall under the
> same guidelines.
>
> The FCC is in serious fining mode, trying to eliminate the deficit by
> itself. I think I'd do it by the book.
>
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Yes, considering the possibility of a NAL, that's exactly how I'd do it.  As
long as the TOH ID is proper, what a station does the rest of the hour is
pretty much irrelevant.