[BC] Rules... WHAT rules? HA! HA!

[Robert Meuser]

The larger companies are generally sticklers for following the rules as 
are smaller well run companies. BUT when it comes to the FCC rules I 
think even at that point they become sticklers for following almost all 
the FCC rules, except for those few they don't like and don't think they 
will get caught.

R

Brian Urban wrote:

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>In the days of the 1st phone (I'm old enough to have one BTW and I worked
>damn hard to get it), illegal operation could cost you your license, and
>thus your job.  In the days of deregulation, operators and engineers aren't
>required to have any license (post card is not a license in my view).
>Therefore, most have nothing to lose.  As Chief Operator, you are obligated
>to inform management of any operating deficiencies but you have no power to
>enforce (47CFR73.1870 C 3).  However, at MY station, we operate by the rules
>to the best of our ability and it will stay that way as long as I am chief
>(regardless of what management may desire).
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>>I agree completely with Jerry, above. To those of you who are saying that the
>>AM band will turn into CB, that is exactly what *your* mentality is leading us
>>towards! "Rules? Who cares! Sign-on whenever you feel like it! Power? Buy a
>>500Kw box, and let 'er rip!"
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>>Yeah. CB'er mentality, all the way. It's damned shameful, that's what it is!
>>Disgusting, and shameful! >:[
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>>I fwe let them get away with it, more will jump onto that bandwagon. Daytimers
>>everywhere will begin staying on all night. Night DA's won't bother to switch.
>>PSSA's will stay on at full power... sure, jump on in, the water's fine! Go
>>ahead and pee in it, everyone else is!
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>>When the pool is a deep yellow, and stinks to high heaven, then what? What
>>will have been accomplished?
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>>I am beginning to get the impression, here that it isn't just the FCC that's
>>turning a deaf ear to AM Radio, but even some of the people to whom it's care
>>and control have been entrusted: our fellow Broadcasters. Flouting the Rules
>>is OK with you? Really? Then don't say *anything* when some pirate fires-up on
>>YOUR frequency, OK? Don't say ANYTHING when the co-channel 100 miles away
>>decides to go non-D and flood your listening area with his signal. Oh, wait...
>>now *your* ox is being gored, and you want to scream bloody murder? Well,
>>well... isn't this exactly what you WANTED, though? Blatant violation of the
>>Rules? go buy yourself a 50Kw box, then. Power it up and drown him out. Then
>>he gets one, and fights fire with fire.
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>>Goodness gracious, doesn't this sound familiar? A lot like the late 20's
>>Signal Wars? Wasn't the FCC created in fact, to stop this and prevent its
>>recurrence?
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>>Just because that station across town isn't on *my* frequency, doesn't mean I
>>shouldn't object when he violates the Rules... his operation outside licensed
>>parameters harms *everyone* as it sets a precident!
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>>What if he was on *your* frequency, (anyone taking this "wrong" side of this
>>argument) and was thus contributing significantly to the harmful interference
>>your station received every night?
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>>What about a 50Kw station that fails to shut-off it's IBUZ, and is now
>>completely obliterating stations on either side, for hundreds of miles around?
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>>I honestly cannot believe the attitudes I am seeing here! Let the scofflaws
>>get away with it?? What are you talking about?!!? Y'all actually *WANT*
>>anarchy?!? <:O Gahhhh!
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>>Go to 27Mhz... the whole lot of ya that feel this way! I am just totally
>>aghast! <:O
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>>
>>Willie...
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