[BC] Format control by landlords

[R A Meuser]

A contract is a contract. Unless the situation was one of a TV or FM 
station being denied the only usable site, the rest falls under 
contract law. If I own property I can prohibit almost anything done 
on it if I make part of the lease.


Rich Wood wrote:
>------ At 12:26 PM 10/7/2007, Dan Kelley wrote: -------
>
>>Said station decided to flip to country - and less than an hour into
>>the flip, its transmitter was turned off by its landlord.
>
>Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that would be a Federal 
>offense. The landlord has no authority to operate the tenant's 
>equipment and/or damage its business unless it's a demonstrable 
>emergency like a fire. The victim probably could have sued and ended 
>up owning the property. It sounds like an astoundingly stupid thing to do.