RE: WTIC (AM) anniversary broadcast

["Mike Fitzpatrick" <fitzradio@map.com>]

OK you're wrong!... well sorta!

The FCC Rules Sec. 73.1201 state that a legal ID must be the call letters
FOLLOWED by the city (or cities) of which is written on the license(s). The
Only exception to this is the ONLY thing permissible between the two is the
stations frequency or channel or both. There for..  "WTIC Hartford" and
"WTIC 1080 Hartford" is legal. "Hartford, WTIC" is not legal.



>
> 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!!!!