[BC] Format control by landlords

Rich Wood richwood at pobox.com
Sun Oct 7 14:39:14 CDT 2007


------ At 01:44 PM 10/7/2007, R A Meuser wrote: -------

>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.

That's up for debate since several of us recall similar restrictions 
that were reversed by the FCC. In any case, I don't believe a 
landlord has the right to shut a station down, especially a Federally 
licensed facility. He should have let his attorney handle it.

Rich 




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