I'm not sure, but I think I remember the rules require a main studio presence within the following, and Tampa is too far away. The St. Pete Location is just across the Skyway and probably just squeeks in legally:
The rules say you have to maintain a main studio, full time staff, and a
person with substantial administrative presence within the:
1. City of license, or
2. The 60 dbu contour, or
3. Within 25 mile radius of the city of license.
The public file must be up to date and available for inspection by the
public at the main studio location during business hours. There must be a
telephone number which can be reach by anyone in the city of license without
incurring long distance charges, (It does not have to ring at the main
studio, it just has to be free to any one in the city of license.)
The full time staff can be one employee and a part-timer.
The substantial administrative presents means someone in management that
actually has some say so over day to day operations and programming of the
station.
The studio must be capable of originating broadcasts...it doesn't have to
unless an inspector wants to see...but it must be capable over-riding
programming provided by any other source and going on the air.
> Dunno which of you is correct, however, in an email dated
> Aug 30, 2005, Chris Gould wrote:
>
> "From : Chris Gould
> Sent : Tuesday, August 30, 2005 11:15 PM
> To :
> Subject : WLSS & WGUL Update
> I would like to invite you up to our studios here in Tampa
> for a tour and some conversation. Please let me know when
> you’ll be visiting Tampa and I will work around your
> schedule.
> Thanks again for the coverage.
> Sincerely,
> Chris
> Christopher Gould
> General Manager
> Salem Media of Tampa
> 5211 W. Laurel Street Tampa, FL 33607"
>
> In our past conversations he had mentioned that WLSS was
> running out of the brand new building in--I
> believe--Tampa....thus, the invite.
> ...But I've been wrong before!
> cheers,
> dzig
>
>
> > I checked my info, and WLSS's studio is at 1 Progress
> Place,
> > St. Petersburg. I assume they are putting all the
> stations
> > together at some point....
> >
> >
> >
> > > > The new studios are in St. Pete, and according to
> Chris
> > > > Gould, WLSS is run from there too.... Too bad, they
> cant
> >
> > > > even hear the station from their studios. Great LOCAL
>
> > > > radio, huh????
> > > >
> > >
> > > No, they are actually in Tampa:
> > > 5211 W. Laurel St. Tampa, FL 33607
> > > which is located in the area between Westshore and
> > Memorial
> > > and south of Cypress and north of 275.
> > >
> > > You can see the "5211" in the picture of the outside of
> > the
> > > building. The mic flags also indicate that at least
> some
> > of
> > > the photos are of WTBN 570/910 studios. I believe all 4
>
> > > Salem stations are being run from this address.
> > >
> >
>
