RE: FMand AM legal IDs(was: WJPZ-FM Syracuse)

["Paul Hopfgarten" <hopfgapr@sprynet.com>]

WKXL in Concord still ID's with the -AM

"WKXL-AM Concord, WKXL-FM Hillsboro-Concord-Manchester"

-Paul Hopfgarten
-Derry NH

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> [mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On Behalf Of A.
> Joseph Ross
> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 1:49 AM
> To: Garrett Wollman
> Cc: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> Subject: RE:FMand AM legal IDs(was: WJPZ-FM Syracuse)
>
>
> On 26 Mar 2002 at 14:56, Garrett Wollman wrote:
>
> > The rules say that you must identify the station with the call sign
> > ``as stated on the license''.  When a station changes call
> signs, the FCC
> > sends a piece of paper which is an amendment to the license specifying a
> > different call sign.  Whatever it says is exactly the set of letters
> > required.
>
> I've always wondered about the once-common practice of giving the
> ID as "Wxxx- AM &
> FM."  Doesn't sound to me like it's legally correct, unless the
> rules have changed since the
> days when a co-owned FM station was usually just a repeater for
> the AM ( back when I was
> Adam's age).
>
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