Re: FCC Lenient on station ID?

[Doug Bassett <dbassett@sover.net>]

Speaking of legal (or illeagal) IDs...
During much of the day, WTSA-FM uses a jingle for an ID (same one for about
ten years now) that goes "Ninety Six Point Seven...W-T-S-A...Brattleboro."
"WTSA Brattleboro" is on 1450, not on 96.7.

And WKVT-FM is still struggling on how to correctly ID its new simulcast
partner WVAY. "Ninety Two Seven WKVT FM Brattleboro, One Hundred Point Seven
WVAY FM Wilmington, and translator W284AB from the top of Stratton Mountain
at 104.7." WVAY has no -FM suffix, and W284AB is licensed to the town of
Jamaica.

That's all for now... I've gotta watch "Full House" on TV50! Looks to be a
pretty exciting episode. ;)

Doug Bassett
>From the muddy hills of Southern Vermont


At 04:48 PM 4-15-1997 -0400, barry@meol.mass.edu wrote:
>Recently, while listening to WPLM-AM, I heard the "top of the hour" station
>I.D. - It 
>was: "WPLM, AM and FM, Plymouth, Boston, Providence - jazzy 9-9-1". Not even
>a mention of the AM frequency. It should have been more like, "WPLM 1390,
>and WPLM-FM, 99.1 - Plymouth. Your Jazzy 99.1". Why doesn't the FCC pick up
>on this? A nice little fine is in order for the folks at PLM, unless they
>have changed it. Not once since the "Variety 99-1" format have I ever heard
>1390 mentioned. Also, WROR's top of the hour calls are: "1-0-5-point-7
>W-R-O-R <Framingham> Boston!", with the "Framingham" barely whispered before
>"Boston" - this is clearly to the letter, not spirit, of the law.
>  On television, I have seen "UPN-38", "WB56", "Fox 25", and "GBH 44"
>mentioned numerous times - never have I heard "WSBK-TV, Channel 38", "WLVI
>TV56", "WGBX 44" - at least 25 shows the call letters in the promo. Only in
>the fine, fine print did I ever see the COL. On WLWC, thank the Lord, there
>was even a mention of the call letters during the KIDS show - saying that
>WLWC stood for "We Love Watching Cartoons". The only problem I have seen on
>28 is the signoff message - definitely illegal! "Good morning! WJAR TV
>channel 10, Providence, will end our broadcasting day", followed by a quick
>"TV28, WLWC, New Bedford". I love the whole "Southern New England's own"
>thing. Also, if you want a Beta or VHS copy of the testing (first and last
>test) of WLWC and of the first broadcast signon/10 o'clock news, then just
>E-Mail me - I'll gladly make copies!.
>                                `                               Keith Barry
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