[BC] Public File proceeding

[Bailey, Scott]

I can name at least 8 stations in the Nashville Market that DO NOT have
a local telephone number in their COL, and do not serve their COL. I
know of one whose studios has not been in it's COL since 1977, and the
station went on in 1970. Some of these stations are rim shooters in to
the market and want that METRO $$$. Their public files ARE NOT in their
COL either. They are all owned by the major players in this business.
I'm sure Clear Channel, Cumulus, etc, will put in their two cents in
about this PF stuff and they have the lobbyist in DC to get some of the
PF rules relaxed.

Scott




>Yes, it really is.  As I said before, stations should be held
accountable to
certain rules.
>I still hear stations, even in big markets, that don't seem to
understand
what constitutes
a legal ID.  I observe AM stations operating at night with day power
and/or
pattern.  And
as you mentioned above, there are stations far from the city-of-license
with
no published
phone number in the COL.  Enforce THOSE rules rather than put stations
through a useless
paperwork exercise.

Larry Fuss