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

["Mountain Wireless" <mountainwireless@skow.net>]

The CFR says that a simulcasting FM and AM owned by the same licensee and
having the same COL may ID the stations jointly, however it used to state
specifically that the FM station needed to be identified as an FM station,
even if the call letters of the station did not identify it as such.

Looking at the examples you gave, I'm thinking that the problem was probably
related to this. I see nothing wrong with "KABL-AM and FM, Oakland, San
Francisco" (assuming they both had a COL of Oakland) -- you can add any
additional communities to the ID that you want -- but "KABL, Oakland, San
Francisco" does not appear to be a legal identification for the FM station
following the above rule.

-J.

Jason Roberts
WCTB - WHQO - WSKW

----- Original Message -----
> Remember that, when AM/FM simulcasts were in vogue, the
> Cookie Company really went nuts over "illegal" legals. I
> remember that KABL (licensed to Oakland) was fined for
> IDing as "KABL Oakland-San Francisco." In fact, I think
> there even were problems with "KABL, Oakland SERVING San
> Francisco." So I suspect that stations that were
> simulcasting must have gotten the FCC's blassing to use
> IDs in the form "Wxxx AM and FM, City" or "Wxxx and Wxxx-
> FM, City."