[BC] corporate silliness

[Broadcast List USER]

I STRONGLY suggest you report this to the FCC.  It is one of the few  
things they take seriously.

My cable company refused to let me see the Public File.  My problem  
was their lack of EAS compliance.  The woman who refused me access  
gave me a hand written note that she had done that.

I had no luck getting the FCC to go after them for EAS, but with the  
hand written refusal of access to the Public File the FCC got  
interested.  I was able to get them to inspect, and the EAS issues hit  
the fan.

--chip

On Jun 1, 2009, at 6:46 PM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

> Message: 18
> From: Barry Mishkind <barry at oldradio.com>
>
> Last week, I had a friend describe to me the response he had when
> calling a local cluster of a major group. He called before going to
> the stations as a courtesy because he wanted to see a Public File:
>
>         The person answering the phones said "our files are
>         all private, and we do not show them to anyone."
>
> He then asked for the name of the general manager.
>
>         "That is private personnel information."
>
> I can verify that in calling out for information, more than once I've
> also been met with that they are not allowed to give you the name of
> the GM, Chief Engineer, or other key employees.
>
> It just makes your head shake a bit.
>
> At 10:19 AM 6/1/2009, RichardBJohnson at comcast.net wrote:
>> Sure. Somebody answered and said they'd have somebody contact me.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Barry Mishkind" <barry at oldradio.com>
>>
>> Just a strange thought ... did you try calling the station on their
>> phone number?