Don't go selling spots to pot shops just yet!

[MrJohn]

Right now I've got the new one from the Pot Shop Boys for ya, "What Have I Done To Deserve This Joint."

 

[davideduardo]

CBD also typically doesn't contain any significant amount of THC. Of course, I don’t know how you manufacture CBD oil without growing some of the illegal herb. So, that might not make advertising it legal.

Most CBD is derived from hemp, not cannibis.

If you were wondering, this is the FCC rule on gambling ads: Broadcast Contests, Lotteries, and Solicitation of Funds. When it came to alcohol ads, distilled spirits companies voluntarily agreed to stay off the airwaves, at least during prime viewing hours, until the mid-90’s. I believe a TV station in Corpus Christi, TX was the first to air a hard liquor ad for Crown Royal.

No, hard liquor has been advertised on radio and TV in Puerto Rico for over 50 years. The "regulations" on the US mainland were an industry "code" and not FCC rules. Since rum is such an important industry in Puerto Rico, broadcasters there never subscribed to the NAB Code.

Before I get yet another "what does Puerto Rico have to do with the US?" email or post: Puerto Rico is part of the US and Puerto Ricans are all born US citizens.

 

[Kelly A]

One of those states is now visible from my front door here in eastern Vermont

Can you see Russia from your front porch too?

 

[KilowattKat]

I just heard Bill Handel on KFI do a live ad for CBD, and giving it a personal endorsement. He is a lawyer, so he probably would not have done it, if he was breaking the law.

 

[Kelly A]

I just heard Bill Handel on KFI do a live ad for CBD, and giving it a personal endorsement. He is a lawyer, so he probably would not have done it, if he was breaking the law.

He wouldn't be breaking the law. He's talent, doing what he's paid to do.

 

[KilowattKat]

No, your topic is boring compared with pot sales..

Or start discussing Radio Disney, and take it down into that rabbit hole! Linking Radio Disney to pot shops might be a stretch though. 😁

 

[The New Chico]

I'm sure there are many radio stations and chains waiting eagerly for the go-ahead to accept marijuana advertising. Interstate 91 from Hartford, CT to Northampton, MA, is awash in billboards advertising various dispensaries within handy driving distance of exits -- so far, all in Massachusetts, with Connecticut (and Vermont) expected to join in the fun later this year. Alt, active rock and even AAA are still viable formats along this corridor, home to many colleges and universities, and I can definitely see them looking to add dispensaries to their client lists. The newspapers run ads for dispensaries, too.

Incidentally, not having partaken in pot in any form since the early '80s, I stopped by a dispensary in Springfield, MA, last year, just out of curiosity and wound up buying a few edibles. The most surprising thing to me was that many of my fellow customers that morning appeared to be around my age (66) or even older. I can only surmise that younger users prefer the quality (and prices) they get in the black market.

You went to a pot shop in the morning. Most of the folks younger than you are working in the morning. I guarantee if you were there at 8 in the evening you would be by far the oldest customer. Friend of mine works at a local shop- they call the opening to 3pm hours the "gray zone" LOL.

 

[frankberry]

I have removed a few political posts from this thread.

 

[ZantennaG1]

For clarification purposes, Puerto Rico is a "Special Administrative Region" of the United States. So, part of the US? Yes. A state? No. Actually, they are a lot like the city of Washington DC in terms of political rights. They get some voting, but nothing like what we have here. There's a reason why a decent chunk of Puerto Ricans want to just become a state already, but the Senate is always too "busy" to take on the case. There is also small group who wants PR to try to become independent entirely. IMO, I wish the decision would be taken up already, no matter what PR decides to do. Although, PR does have a great culture that we should tap into, and it's very strategic military wize.

 

[Kelly A]

Advertising CBD is legal. A station im on in WY has advertised it plenty.. and the owner is a smart cookie, he wouldnt do it if it wasnt

Technically it isn't. CBD is still considered a federally controlled substance. The Commission may not come down on a station per se', but if someone wanted to make a station's life difficult, file an objection to their license renewal for advertising a controlled substance.

 

[vchimpanzee]

The first part has been a problem for a long time. What's now WNOB 93.7 re-licensed itself from Elizabeth City, NC to Chesapeake, VA because it got into trouble for selling ads for Virginia Lottery. At the time, North Carolina had no state lottery or any kind of legal gambling, and advertising gambling was illegal there. Now that lotteries and casinos are ubiquitous most everywhere, you don't encounter that often, but broadcasters have been dealing with issues like that for a long time.

WMYT is a Charlotte TV station but it gets to have the SC lottery results because it is licensed to Rock Hill SC.

 

[Don CT]

Or start discussing Radio Disney, and take it down into that rabbit hole! Linking Radio Disney to pot shops might be a stretch though. 😁

They did make Alice in Wonderland.

 

[Deleted User]

I just want them to legalize it

Let people grow their own

Anytime the Gov gets involved it goes sideways

Personally I never touch the stuff, or alcohol.... I have 20 years of sitting in church basements drinking crappy coffee with other friends of Bill W and Dr Bob, and no they are not the new morning show.

But my friends in MA, which is about 3 miles from my summer home in NH are still buying their green herb from the same guy they have been buying from for 25 years.

We may not have legalized pot in NH ( or Florida) but we have menthol cigarettes which are illegal in MA.

It is always fun to read the Salem NH arrest log, all the dopes from MA that come to Salem to shoplift, and other recreational activities ( buying bottle deposit free beer, cheap wine, cheap booze) get pulled over and the sweet smell of the burning herb comes rolling out of the stopped car.... and the dopes in the car with the dope can't understand that they are in NH and it ain't legal here..... they get cuffed and stuffed within eyesight of the MA border.... see in MA cops can't pull you over if they smell pot, they can't detain you if they smell pot, but in NH.... it is open season

 

[seatownmedia]

I've seen liquor sales at relatively moderate sized drugstores, so it's not just limited to big box-type retailers. Mom and pop stores still can sell beer and wine, and many of them do. So it's not like WA is hurting for venues selling alcoholic beverages.

RE: Liberal state: WA is peculiar, in that it is a 'liberal' state with a definite puritanical streak.

For example, Seattle is like the Bible Belt when it comes to exotic dance venues and adult stores. In Seattle you can shoot up on the sidewalk, or commit all the property crimes you want, but if you want to open an exotic dance venue they'll slam the hammer down.

Meanwhile, drive south to Portland and it's exotic dance venues everywhere, comparatively.

Even adult movie houses were considered odious dens of iniquity in liberal WA state. A famous Supreme Court case was filed by a suburban city in the Seattle area because the city in question was afraid that a theatre showing adult films would turn the entire city into a horrid place of sin. Luckily for the delicate consciences of the populace, they were able to zone the offending venue completely out of existence. The city was saved.

An adult books store in another suburban city was harassed by city officials until it finally closed down. The casinos nearby were okay, though. You can gamble your entire savings away and put your family in debt, and that's okay, but adult books and vids are a no-no.

It's that way in a lot of jurisdictions in WA.

I've seen liquor sales at relatively moderate sized drugstores, so it's not just limited to big box-type retailers. Mom and pop stores still can sell beer and wine, and many of them do. So it's not like WA is hurting for venues selling alcoholic beverages.

RE: Liberal state: WA is peculiar, in that it is a 'liberal' state with a definite puritanical streak.

For example, Seattle is like the Bible Belt when it comes to exotic dance venues and adult stores. In Seattle you can shoot up on the sidewalk, or commit all the property crimes you want, but if you want to open an exotic dance venue they'll slam the hammer down.

Meanwhile, drive south to Portland and it's exotic dance venues everywhere, comparatively.

Even adult movie houses were considered odious dens of iniquity in liberal WA state. A famous Supreme Court case was filed by a suburban city in the Seattle area because the city in question was afraid that a theatre showing adult films would turn the entire city into a horrid place of sin. Luckily for the delicate consciences of the populace, they were able to zone the offending venue completely out of existence. The city was saved.

An adult books store in another suburban city was harassed by city officials until it finally closed down. The casinos nearby were okay, though. You can gamble your entire savings away and put your family in debt, and that's okay, but adult books and vids are a no-no.

It's that way in a lot of jurisdictions in WA.

Because most major drug stores are also more than 10,000 square feet. Atleast where I live, both Walgreens and RiteAid meet the criteria. That said their prices are generally higher.

 

[The New Chico]

KPND, a Spokane Class C licensed to Deer Park WA, has been running ads for pot shops for at least a couple years. They are pretty generic in terms of content- really just location, hours and "friendly, knowledgeable service." The same disclaimer in WA that is on every container of weed is read out clearly, taking up the last 30 or so of a 60 second spot. It is a pretty careful commercial.

These spots did not run when they were previously licensed to Sandpoint ID. I don't know if the two facts are related.

 

[seatownmedia]

Of course broadcast rules are FCC originated, and generally are subject to local rules, but don’t know how States can oversee them. This is a thorny area.