Licensed to non-actual locations

[Dave Doherty]

Hi Doug-

The old radio rule was that the main studio had to be located within the 
principal community contour of the station. That's what originally allowed 
WGY to be located in Niskayuna and WSRS to be located in Paxton.

On another thread, somebody mentioned WPTZ-TV, licensed to North Pole, NY, 
but with studios in Plattsburgh. Roughly the same concept applies, although 
in TV Land, the principal community is called the City of License.

The current radio rules allow for the main studio to be located within the 
principal community contour (5mv/m day for AM, 70dbu for FM) of ANY station 
licensed to the same community.  There is also a 25 mile rule that allows 
the main studio to be located that far from the community. There are several 
cases of stations that cannot be heard at their studios as a result.

There are proposals on the table right now that would require that the 
studios be located in the principal community.

-Dave Doherty
 Skywaves, Inc.
 97 Webster Street
 Worcester, MA 01603
 508-425-7176




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Drown" <revdoug1@verizon.net>
To: "Scott Fybush" <scott@fybush.com>; <kvahey@comcast.net>
Cc: "Dan.Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>; 
<boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 9:33 PM
Subject: Re: Licensed to non-actual locations


> This brings up another question in my mind, having to do with broadcasting
> stations that are ID'd in one community yet are actually located in a
> different municipality altogether.  I'll use two examples:  WTAG and WGY.
> The former used to have its studios in Worcester; they're now in Paxton.
> The latter used to have its studios in Schenectady; they were later in
> Niskayuna, then Colonie (which is in a different county), now they're back
> in Niskayuna.  And yet the two stations are still ID'd as WTAG Worcester 
> and
> WGY Schenectady, respectively.  Is this permitted only because they're
> grandfathered?    -Doug
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Scott Fybush" <scott@fybush.com>
> To: <kvahey@comcast.net>
> Cc: "Dan.Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>;
> <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 9:19 PM
> Subject: Re: Licensed to non-actual locations
>
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>> kvahey@comcast.net wrote:
>> > Has anybody in New York IDed themselves as Brooklyn or Queens and not
>> > NYC itself? Could they use a boro name istead of New York?
>> >
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>> I raised this question earlier in the thread. There is one station
>> licensed specifically to "Brooklyn," Kingsborough Community College's
>> WKRB, and one licensed to "Staten Island," Staten Island U.'s WSIA.
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