Re: NPR New Years Special

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

On 2 Jan 2003 at 12:35, Dave Faneuf wrote:

> I have been told repeatedly by the suits at WBUR that if we are running a
> continuous news program, like a press conference or in this case a
> countdown to the new year we did NOT have to interrupt programming to do a
> legal ID.  I have not heard that GBH is automated at night, but I only
> know one person over there and she is a tech. df

I seem to recall reading the regulation on legal IDs back in the 60s, when I was involved with 
WMUA at UMass, and noticing that it made allowances for coverage of an event such as a 
sports event, a concert, or a news event, making exceptions to the standard on the hour and 
half hour (in those days) rule.

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