Re: Simulcast question

[Aaron Read <aread@speakeasy.net>]

At 12:47 PM 2/25/2003 -0500, Aaron Read wrote:
>At 12:33 PM 2/25/2003 -0500, Garrett Wollman wrote:
>><<On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 07:07:07 -0800, "pete lee" <sunshine@angelfire.com> 
>>said:
>>
>> >  Before WBCS and WKLB merged their country formats, they ran what
>> >  Garrett then-called an "illegal simulcast" for a month or two. Is
>> >  this practice indeed illegal? I just discovered a similar situation
>> >  Sunday...
>>
>>I do not know if the rules still probihit it -- quite possibly not.
>>It did use to be the case, however, that simulcasting was prohibited
>>between two stations *in the same band* whose contours substantially
>>overlapped.
>>
>>-GAWollman
>
>
>How do/did stations like WGBH, WUMB and WBUR get around a restriction like 
>that?  Does carrying network programming but having local breaks (i.e. 
>during Morning Edition and ATC) make it "not a simulcast"?   Or is it more 
>that there's only about 20-30 hours a week of shared programming?
>
>BTW, virtually all of WVEI's contours are overlapped by WEEI's 
>**  Granted, only about 1/3 to 1/2 of WVEI's protected contour is 
>overlapped by WEEI's protected.   I could certainly see if that doesn't 
>qualify as "substantial".
>
>** According to www.Radio-locator.com, which we all know how high a regard 
>Garrett holds the info there :-)


Forgot to add...WSKO 99.7 Wakefield-Peacedale  & WKKB 100.3 Middletown have 
frequently been simulcasts of each other over the years.   Their protected 
contours also don't overlap TOO much...but the rest of the contours 
certainly do.

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