[BC] Format control by landlords

Mike Holderfield mikeholderfield at gmail.com
Sun Oct 7 18:20:45 CDT 2007


I have heard of a station that overcame a "format protection clause" in 
a tower lease by using "a restraint of trade" argument.

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.



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