[BC] Simulcast call letters

[Mark Humphrey]

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 1:07 AM, Broadcast List USER
<Broadcast at fetrow.org> wrote:

> What you are writing about is illegal.
>
> You CANNOT "loan" out employees, and stations have been dinged for it.  "For
> a monthly fee" is NOT legal.  They must be employees as I read the rules.

OK, so the written agreement between the big corporate owner and
mom-and-pop host must use the term "employee", and each employee would
be compensated in some way by the corporate owner.   Isn't that all it
takes to make this legal?

> You really don't need to originate any programming from there, but you need
> to be able to, have EAS, and have it manned during normal business hours.

Is there any reason why EAS gear must be located at the legal main
studio in addition to the primary control point?  For that matter,
does the main studio even need to be designated as a control point?

Mark