[BC] Station Rules compliance (AOL Webmail)

[Robert Meuser]

Jerry:

You are correct but I don't think that your employer would appreciate it 
if you appointed yourself to be the radio police.
It could negatively impact some other aspect of their business plans you 
are not aware of.

R


Jerry Mathis wrote:

> I cannot believe what I am reading here. What you are saying is that 
> every
> station has the right to abide by its own rules.
>
> What did they teach you in school? That morality is whatever you 
> decide it
> is? There are no rules governing society that apply to you?
>
> In order for our industry to work, there are Rules that have to be 
> obeyed by
> EVERYONE. Anything else is anarchy. It is also part of our system of
> government: No one is above the law. We have seen time and time again
> through history that when people quit abiding by the Rules, anarchy
> invariably follows. First, a few people break the Rules, and get away 
> with
> it. Then, others see that, and THEY decide to break the rules. Then 
> others
> see that, ad infinitum. We need to stop this before it gets totally 
> out of
> hand. Otherwise, our industry will self-destruct.
>
> JM
>
>
> On 2/26/07, Robert Meuser <Robertm at broadcast.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> WFIFeng at aol.com wrote:
>>
>> >In
>> >
>> >If a kleptomaniac enters a store and the Loss Prevention dept knows 
>> this
>> person and has caught them repeatedly shoplifting, are they just 
>> supposed to
>> turn their backs when so-and-so pockets an item, and tries to leave 
>> without
>> paying for it? That is tantamount to what I am hearing, here... if a 
>> station
>> is *known* to be a *repeat offender*, are we just supposed to look 
>> the other
>> way? If my neighbor walks his dog and lets it pee on the grass at the 
>> curb
>> in front of my house repeatedly (technically not my property, but 
>> right in
>> front of it), thus killing it, am I supposed to just accept that? I 
>> don't
>> think so!
>> >
>>
>> >That is twisted logic. If a store has a loss prevention program inside
>> their house, they can do what they want when they want. You're in their
>> house so it is their rules. If they demanded a full strip search of 
>> every
>> patron and felt that the business could sustain that, so be it. What you
>> propose is going into someone else's house and imposing your rules. That
>> does not play well with many people. If the FCC wanted your advice as 
>> to how
>> to run their agency, they would hire you. You would have a nice big 
>> GS rated
>> salary, fabulous benefits and almost complete immunity from termination.
>> >
>>
>> >R
>>
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