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I know I will get some flack for this because this is out of date a bit but did not seen any posts about it. Apparently GPB has cut 6 General Manager Positions during the month of April. From my understanding, the 6 general manager positions cut came from around the state. The general manager of WUWG 90.7 FM (Carrollton) in was one of the employees cut. Not only were 6 slots cut but the boss these guys reported to was also given a pink slip.

I do have two queston I want to pose to the board concerning the FCC. Here's the set up to the question: The GM of WUWG was cut loose. With no GM, the Operations Manager and Production Manager were also cut loose (they were employees of the the Universty of West Georgia and were told that no gm means they can work because no one can sign thier time sheets). Here's the 2 part question: (1) with no one running the day to day operations, can the FCC fine the station for not keeping up with daily logs, running EAS tests and making sure theEAS machine has paper (2) If there is an inffraction, who would the FCC fine :the college (who is leasing the station to GPB) or GPB?
 
If the station was owned and operated by GPB, they could seek a main studio waiver and run it all from Atlanta, sending an engineer out when needed. Readings and logs can be done remotely. But since the the station is owned by UWG, they are responsible for its operation, even if they lease out the programming. They would need to maintain a studio (could be at the tower, rather than on campus) and maintain a public file (maybe in the college library).
 
GPB, as well as PBS/NPR nationwide should be cut period. Taxpayer funds have no business supporting what equates to a private broadcast company.

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Neil, you brought up a point that I failed to mention in the main post and this may play a factor in the question. The licesnce was handed over to GPB in 1994. GPB owns the station but leases the space from the college. Maybe this is a combination of my inexperience and what i am used to but i never thought a company or group could run a staition out of Atlanta. I am used to local prodced programming.
 
Several states have established a "network of satellites" to cover their state. (I know... these stations have a STATION license, not a satellite license, but that is the METHOD under which they operate.)

I wonder if the FCC has issued some kind of policy letter for these situations that does not appear in the Regulations.
 
Goat Rodeo Cowboy said:
Several states have established a "network of satellites" to cover their state. (I know... these stations have a STATION license, not a satellite license, but that is the METHOD under which they operate.)

I wonder if the FCC has issued some kind of policy letter for these situations that does not appear in the Regulations.
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Stations may request a waiver of 73.1125, the main studio rules. See http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:RltNTRogxy8J:minnesota.publicradio.org/about/mpr/fcc/kgac/msrstack.pdf+radio+%22main+studio+waiver%22&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a for an example. (you have to scroll down a bit)

These seem to have existed for quite a while -- Wisconsin Public Radio has been operating studioless transmitters since 1947.
 
State educational networks are treated differently. No local studios needed, and the Xmitters can be run remotely. The question is, does the station license say "West Ga College" or "GPB"?
 
http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?list=0&facid=71602

WUWG is licensed to the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission (GPB's parent entity). So...it is a GPB O&O.

Unlike with the TV network...many of the radio stations break away for local content. In addition to Carrollton, WUGA/Athens, WACG/Augusta, WGPB/Rome, WPPR/Demorest, WMUM/Macon, and WSVH/WWIO Savannah all have some local content. WUGA (UGA), WGPB (Georgia Highlands), WPPR (Piedmont) and WMUM (Mercer), and WUWG (West Georgia) are operated in cooperation with local colleges, which allows for additional resources to be put into these stations.
 
The University of West Geogia had not put any money into the station before GPB took over n 94. The station was updated in 2007. The sadthing is that many college kids are not interested in "theart of radio."
 
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