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Comical legal station IDs

R.D.P. said:
I remember hearing:

Serving more of Alabama than the Governor, this is WKXN/WKXK. (From a few years back, when they were known as The Big Station)

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The WKXN/WKXK thing wasn't a legal id, just a liner. BUt here it is from 15 years ago:
http://www.onairdj.com/wkxn.mp3
 
ai4i said:
Again, I would be concerned that their COL is neither New Yorks nor New York's.
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I believe WAQY Springfield, Mass., uses "Rock 102, WAQY, Springfield's Classic Rock" as a legal ID, and has for many years, despite not being licensed to "Springfield's" or "Springfields." If there's no FCC precedent for considering such an ID illegal, can we safely assume that it has been legal all along. or do station owners need to be concerned that some anal-retentive type will be appointed chairman or chairwoman someday and actively seek out and heavily fine such stations?
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The legal ID is "WAQY-FM, Springfield." Anything that comes after that, even if it's just "apostrophe-s," is irrelevant.
 
CTListener said:
I believe WAQY Springfield, Mass., uses "Rock 102, WAQY, Springfield's Classic Rock" as a legal ID, and has for many years, despite not being licensed to "Springfield's" or "Springfields." If there's no FCC precedent for considering such an ID illegal, can we safely assume that it has been legal all along. or do station owners need to be concerned that some anal-retentive type will be appointed chairman or chairwoman someday and actively seek out and heavily fine such stations?
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The very few times I have heard of the FCC acting on IDs it has been in the form of a notice of violation, requiring correction and a response stating measures have been undertaken to prevent future incidents.
 
Bill1820 said:
WWYZ's Legal ID in 1983 was Waterbury, Hartford, New Haven. Notice in this jingle how they emphasized Hartford and New Haven, but not Waterbury.
http://bill1820.com/radio/yz-1983-id.mp3
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The only truly "legal" part of that ID was "WWYZ Waterbury." After that, they could have added as many other cities as they wanted, even ones out of their coverage area -- heck, even out of the country -- and not been in trouble with anyone. WWYZ Waterbury/Hartford/New Haven/New York/Los Angeles/Brussels" would have been weird, but would have violated no FCC rules.
 
From back in the early eighties, Spokane's adult contemporary station was licensed to the nearby town of Opportunity, and with the overall region being known as "The Inland Empire", there on-hour legal ID was "KKPL, Opportunity for the Inland Empire."

(And, yeah, I know that Southern California also has an area known as "The Inland Empire" -- apparently, we have a lot of empires out west)
 
Before northwest Arkansas "104.9 The X" got their KXNA call letters, one of their legal ID's was "This used to be KBRS Springdale."
 
CTListener said:
The only truly "legal" part of that ID was "WWYZ Waterbury." After that, they could have added as many other cities as they wanted, even ones out of their coverage area -- heck, even out of the country -- and not been in trouble with anyone. WWYZ Waterbury/Hartford/New Haven/New York/Los Angeles/Brussels" would have been weird, but would have violated no FCC rules.
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Prior to about 30 years ago, you couldn't just say i.e. "KRLA Pasadena-Los Angeles. You had to apply to the FCC for a dual ID. After the commission granted a gaggle of them, they decided it wasn't worth it and changed the rule to what it is now. If this were 1983 then "WWYZ Waterbury" probably was the legal ID.
 
Ask their neighbors in Pistol Wavin' New Haven or Hard Hittin' New Britain. Hartford is the Heartbeat, but you usually get that reference with Urban/Hip Hop HOT 93.7. Then again, I hear Bridgeport is nice at Christmas Time. Nah...maybe not! :D
 
>The only truly "legal" part of that ID was "WWYZ Waterbury." After that, they could have added as many other cities as they wanted

Back then you had to apply for dual-COL-IDs. I know for a fact that WKCI Hamden had to apply for WKCI Hamden New Haven in 1979. Same with WIOF Waterbury Hartford, and WWYZ Waterbury Hartford - later WWYZ Waterbury Hartford New Haven.
 
Even then, there wouldn't have been anything illegal about "Los Angeles's Hit Music Station, KRLA, Pasadena."


semoochie said:
Prior to about 30 years ago, you couldn't just say i.e. "KRLA Pasadena-Los Angeles. You had to apply to the FCC for a dual ID. After the commission granted a gaggle of them, they decided it wasn't worth it and changed the rule to what it is now. If this were 1983 then "WWYZ Waterbury" probably was the legal ID.
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At one point, then adult contemporary WKSZ Media PA (Philadelphia suburb) used something to the effect of "K-I-S-S, Philadelphia....a broadcast service of W-K-S-Z Media."
 
I remember when KF-99 in Union City, TN, first came on the air (for about the first year or so), they used the following cumbersome ID: "WENK-FM of Union City, Inc., presents WWKF, Fulton, KF-99." This was confusing because there was no such station as WENK-FM.
 
I think I mentioned this before but KKSN-FM used to quietly identify at about eight minutes before the hour and at the top of the hour, there was a jingle that literally sang, "K-I-S-N Portland"!
 
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