Music piped to gas pumps

["John Bolduc" <John_Bolduc@Pictel.com>]

Greetings

It seems that more and more gasoline stations are wiring their pump area
with speakers and music. I think this is great because to seems to greatly
discourage those drivers with LOUD car radios to keep them cranked up while
pumping gas, much to the regret of many other customers.

While most stations that do this seem to play a muzak type of format, one
station I frequenct in North Andover has been playing WZID 95.7 Manchester
NH for the past year.

Is this legal / ethical?  I thought there was sort of ASCAP / BMI etc
concern over playing an actual radio station like this.

John

ps It's the Route 114 Gulf station on the No. Andover / LAwrence line, just
south of -495.

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