Licensed to non-actual locations

Scott Fybush scott@fybush.com
Thu Jan 31 22:26:01 EST 2008


Doug Drown wrote:
> Thanks, Scott and Dave.
> BTW, why WAS WPTZ licensed to North Pole, New York??  A publicity gimmick?
> ---And--- If they wished, could WPTZ, WCAX and WVNY include Montreal in
> their station ID's?  (I'm thinking of WGME in Portland, which often ID's
> itself as Portland/Lewiston --- but obviously Lewiston is still in Maine,
> and in the U.S.)

A station can say anything it wants after its legal ID. "WJIB 
Cambridge-Boston-New York-San Francisco" would be entirely legal, if 
somewhat exaggerated.

s


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