Re: "Inside Radio" on WBOT Fines

["Bill O'Neill" <billo@shoreham.net>]

I love this line from the finding:

"Radio One explains that it was unaware that Brockton
listeners calling the new main studio in Boston would have to make a
toll call."

That apparant lack of awareness cost Radio One five hundred bucks.
Would've been more, but they apparantly volunteered the absence of a
local toll line from its COL to Boston.

File under: (insert that poster entitled, "Bostonian's View of the
Universe."  How quickly it takes effect.)

Bill O'Neill

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael P Fitzpatrick Jr." <fitzradio@the-spa.com>
To: <lglavin@lycos.com>; <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 11:11 AM
Subject: RE: "Inside Radio" on WBOT Fines


> WBOT(??AM??)was fined $21,500 for the following violations:
>
> *Failure to have operational EAS equipment
> *Failure to establish a local or toll free number in it's community
of
> license
> *Failure to establish monitoring procedures to determine compliance
with
> 73.1560 regarding operating power
> *Failure to maintain a station log
> *Failure to maintain a public inspection file
>
> To read the full violation click here
>
> http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Enforcement/Orders/2001/da011920.txt
>
> --Mike
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> > [mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On Behalf Of
> > Laurence Glavin
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 6:43 PM
> > To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> > Subject: "Inside Radio" on WBOT Fines
> >
> >
> > "inside Radio" reported that a station identified as WBOT-AM(!)
> > received multitudinous fines for a number of infractions,
including
> > not having anyone monitor its transmissions and not even having a
> > phone number in its city of license.  Of course, the fact that IR
> > labeled it an AM station indicates that its reporting of this item
> > is therefore suspect.  Does anyone out there have any more
reliable
> > info on this?
> >
> > Laurence Glavin
> >
> >
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