WKLB announcement?

[Doug Drown]

Thanks, Sid.  Interesting.  I had no idea this was the case.

I can think of instances when heritage calls in a particular city SHOULD
have been shared but one owner wouldn't give in.  I understand such was the
case with the WKBW calls in Buffalo.  It always thought it awkward when
Entercom was running the oldies format on WWKB, replete with the old
jingles, but the WKBW-TV owners wouldn't let the company have the original
call letters.

-Doug


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sid Schweiger" <sid@wrko.com>
To: <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: WKLB announcement?


> >>So how can two stations in two different communities, owned by two
> different companies, be granted the same call letters, even if one is AM
> and the other FM?  Sounds to me like an open invitation to confusion.<<
>
> FCC rules permit it, as long as the first user of the call sign gives
> written permission to the second or third proposed user.  Yes, it's
> theoretically possible for a call sign to be used in all three broadcast
> services by three different owners.
>
>
>
> Sid Schweiger
> IT Manager, Entercom New England
> WAAF - WEEI AM/FM - WKAF - WMKK - WRKO - WVEI AM/FM
> 20 Guest St / 3d Floor
> Boston MA  02135-2040
> Phone: 617-779-5369
> Fax: 617-779-5379
> E-Mail: sid@wrko.com
>