Licensed to non-actual locations

[Dave Doherty]

Channel 5 was originally allocated to Lake Placid.

North Pole was a community that (a) met the definition of a community, (b)
met the distance separation requirements that existed at the time the
allocation was moved, and (c) was within the radius the FCC allowed at the
time to move a city of license, maybe 15 miles..

Plattsburgh did not qualify, because it was way beyond the city of license
move limitation.

-d

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Drown" <revdoug1@verizon.net>
To: "Dave Doherty" <dave@skywaves.net>; "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 10:10 PM
Subject: Re: Licensed to non-actual locations


> 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.)
>
> -Doug
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dave Doherty" <dave@skywaves.net>
> To: "Doug Drown" <revdoug1@verizon.net>; "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 9:45 PM
> Subject: Re: Licensed to non-actual locations
>
>
>> 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
>> >
>> >
>> >> 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?
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> 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.
>> >>
>> >> s
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