RE: WTIC (AM) anniversary broadcast

[Sven Weil <sven@lily.org>]

I believe that the FCC rules specify that calls and COL be mentioned
together with nothing between them.  The order in which they are announced
doesn't matter.

Therefore, "WTIC, Hartford" and "Hartford, WTIC" would be perfectly
legal, whereas "WTIC-1080, Hartford," or "Hartford's AM 1080, WTIC" would
not be.

I think the FM part of the ID you mention is not legal.  It should
probably have been voiced as "This is Hartford, WTIC-AM & FM"

Please don't hesitate to correct me if I'm wrong!!!!

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Sven F. Weil
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On Sat, 12 Feb 2000, A. Joseph Ross wrote:
>  
> Speaking of WTIC, I seem to remember an ID on that station years ago which 
> I suspect doesn't comply with the requirements for a legal ID, at least by 
> today's regulations.  Maybe the rules were different in those days.  
> Sometime around the early 1960s, they used to ID with "This is Hartford, 
> WTIC, 1080, and WTIC-FM."