[BC] Station Rules compliance (AOL Webmail)

[Robert Meuser]

Scott

I think that engineer is talking out of school. For many reasons I 
seriously doubt any company would compromise a class A station they 
owned. They could break the rules like everyone else which is not worth 
it in the end or they could do it the right way which would open a 
Pandora's box and seriously degrade the class A. Put yourself in the 
boardroom - keep a small daytimer that is probably better off being sold 
or compromise one of your major market holdings. It is a no brainer.

R


Bailey, Scott wrote:

>Clear Channel owns a daytimer on 780 in Cookeville, TN.  They sign off
>at night to protect WBBM, which is owned by CBS. If I was a betting man,
>if Clear Channel owned WBBM, you would see the daytimer on 780 in
>Cookeville, TN stay on 24/7. One of their own engineers told me that.
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>Scott
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
>[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Jerry Mathis
>Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 4:37 PM
>To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [BC] Station Rules compliance (AOL Webmail)
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>Personally, I have no plans to become the radio police. As I work for
>Clear
>Channel, if I had information about another station operating illegally,
>I
>would contact my RVPE before anyone else. If my employment situation was
>different, then I would look at protecting whatever radio station(s) I
>worked for. My point was not to become the "Radio Nazi's", but to work
>positively to prevent illegal operation, and help keep the band clean.
>Yes,
>I might even agree to work with a station that needs help to overcome
>illegal operation, assuming they ask me, and are desiring to comply. But
>I
>would not work for a station that deliberately operates illegally. Well,
>maybe only if I were starving otherwise  :)  but I would sure take steps
>to
>CMA.
>
>JM
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>On 2/26/07, Robert Meuser <Robertm at broadcast.net> wrote:
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>>Jerry:
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>>You are correct but I don't think that your employer would appreciate
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>>if you appointed yourself to be the radio police.
>>It could negatively impact some other aspect of their business plans
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>you
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>>are not aware of.
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