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

["A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@attorneyross.com>]

On 27 Mar 2002 at 15:33, dan.strassberg@att.net wrote:

> 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."

Well, I remember the WBZ-WBZA ID of the early 1960s, just before WBZA was shut down.  
WBZ-FM only simulcasted the AM from 6 AM till noon, and the ID in those days went 
something like "This is Radio 1030, WBZ-WBZA, AM and FM, Westinghouse for Boston and 
Springfield."  

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