[BC] Format control by landlords

[dpuopolo at usa.net]

When 96.3 here in Los Angeles changed format from Spanish to churban, their
landlord (another LA station) kicked them off of Flint Peak. They had to move
to the less desirable Verdugo Peak.

-D

------ Original Message ------
Received: Sun, 07 Oct 2007 12:28:01 PM EDT
From: "Dan Kelley" <djkelley at frontier.net>


 > I believe there was a case quite a while ago where a renting station
 > was limited to certain formats. As I recall the FCC considered it
 > outside programming control of the renting station and prohibited it.

There's a story that goes back in this market - long before my time -
about a station that was renting tower space from the country station
in the market.

Said station decided to flip to country - and less than an hour into
the flip, its transmitter was turned off by its landlord.

Its my understanding that said station anticipated this - and was
able to resume broadcasting quickly from an emergency site.