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Dr. Bob said:
Actually, Congress enacted a law, Public Law No: 116-109. It only addresses unlicensed operation and landlords. The law says nothing about licensed stations operating outside licensed parameters. Is Congress on shaky ground with this law? That is for the courts to decide but, until then, it is the “law of the land.”

But a landlord can be held liable if they knowingly allow illegal activity. To use your example, a man slaps his wife and the landlord observes it but takes no action. Latter, the same man that slapped his wife, assaults another tenant. The victim of that assault may have a valid civil case against the landlord as the landlord knew of the illegal activity and did nothing.

I am not an attorney nor do I represent myself as one…..
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The FCC wants to scare landlords into thinking they’ll get fined 2 million. The letters are a warning. They want the landlord to evict the tenant for running a pirate. They don’t want a landlord to profit by renting out their rooftop to a pirate to put up an antenna on it.
Eventually there will be a landlord who ignores the FCC letter and allows a pirate to continue broadcasting. It’ll be interesting to observe what happens
 
WellDone1 said:
A landlord is not the police nor the FCC, and thus has no business trying to regulate the activities of a paying tenant.
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Wrong. A landlord that is advised of illegal activities within his property has to remedy the situation or risk becoming complicit.
 
IngenieroPerron said:
It was a song file imported incorrectly and wasnt renamed. So the file name went to TRE and out to HD importer.
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I see file names not intended for the public’s eyes being sent to HD or RDS way too often. For those that use TRE, you set up which categories aren’t displayed, this way the public doesn’t see a bunch of gibberish.
 
The box hd off? Country legends still sounds horrible.
 
The past few days KHPT HD2 doesn’t have song info but just station branding. KGLK HD2 is fine.

KRBE HD2 shows station branding for Christmas songs
 
Engineering said:
Univision Radio used to sell their RDS as advertising to car dealerships.
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I think they still do. At least about a month ago I saw a phone number scroll by on KOVE's RDS while they were playing ads. Once they start playing music again, the RDS goes back to displaying artist and song information.
 
Engineering said:
Univision Radio used to sell their RDS as advertising to car dealerships.
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UrbanOne, too.

But, it seems like one particular ambulance chasing attorney has bought up all of the RDS advertising on just about every station in Houston. iHeart, Audacy, UrbanOne, Univision.
 
BamaTX said:
I think they still do. At least about a month ago I saw a phone number scroll by on KOVE's RDS while they were playing ads. Once they start playing music again, the RDS goes back to displaying artist and song information.
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That sounds like an improvement. Last I checked, and this was awhile back, they were using the RDS exclusively for advertising. The station I'm referring to is KQBU 93.3.
 
nd2023 said:
How about the landlords who rent to drug dealers? They don’t care as long as the rent gets paid
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From Findlaw.com:

Can landlords face legal trouble for tenants that deal drugs on the rental property?​

Yes, they can. If a landlord rents to a tenant who engages in criminal activity in their rental unit, they may face liability.
  • The landlord may face fines stemming from various federal or local laws.
  • An injured party could sue the landlord, claiming that the rental property poses a danger to the community.
  • Finally, criminal activity in or around the rental property will decrease its value.
 
Kelly A said:
From Findlaw.com:

Can landlords face legal trouble for tenants that deal drugs on the rental property?​

Yes, they can. If a landlord rents to a tenant who engages in criminal activity in their rental unit, they may face liability.
  • The landlord may face fines stemming from various federal or local laws.
  • An injured party could sue the landlord, claiming that the rental property poses a danger to the community.
  • Finally, criminal activity in or around the rental property will decrease its value.
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Tell that to one of my neighbors. Cars go in and out at all times of the day. And one day it got raided. The same people are still there. I’d much rather have a neighbor who has a pirate station.
 
Kelly A said:
You tell them. Having someone doing illegal activity as a neighbor hurts you more than me.
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Problem is in places like Porter and many parts of Houston drug use and other cartel activities are so prevalent it's safer to pretend you don't see the obvious. All a landlord cares about is the rent and not getting shot in the process of collecting it.
 
tb_ said:
UrbanOne, too.

But, it seems like one particular ambulance chasing attorney has bought up all of the RDS advertising on just about every station in Houston. iHeart, Audacy, UrbanOne, Univision.
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Do you have a link to more about this? I was not aware of the case(s) and would like to know more.
 


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