Is This Legal ID Legal? Yup, It Is!

[SomeRadioGuy]

I like bringing this one out every now and then because it stirs up debate amongst radio nerds who say the legal id at the audio link below isn't actually legal.. but.. it is

https://tophour.com/audio/Los Angeles CA/am0830_2019-10_klaa_pwalker.mp3

 

[RadioGuy1864]

I like bringing this one out every now and then because it stirs up debate amongst radio nerds who say the legal id at the audio link below isn't actually legal.. but.. it is

https://tophour.com/audio/Los Angeles CA/am0830_2019-10_klaa_pwalker.mp3

Sounds legal to me. The station is licensed to Orange, so "KLAA Orange" is all that's needed for the legal ID, everything before or after is just fluff.

 

[gr8oldies]

Sounds legal to me. The station is licensed to Orange, so "KLAA Orange" is all that's needed for the legal ID, everything before or after is just fluff.

I remember WBYR (Van Wert COL) Fort Wayne in it's early days coming out if weather with "63 degrees at Fort Wayne's The Bear Field, Van Wert 65 and (other town) 65. Now it's another of.....
++Baer Field was the former name of Fort Wayne International Airport.

 

[fybush]

It says "KLAA Orange," with a bunch of wording around it that isn't the ID.

Pretty sure we've been over this ground here plenty of times before.

 

[gr8oldies]

I remember WBYR (Van Wert COL) Fort Wayne in it's early days coming out if weather with "63 degrees at Fort Wayne's The Bear Field, Van Wert 65 and (other town) 65. Now it's another of.....
++Baer Field was the former name of Fort Wayne International Airport.

Should say "with WBYR.....Van Wert 65"

 

[KEXPSD]

I find station IDs very interesting, but don't know the legalities behind it all. I guess I, as just a listener, prefer the COL be mentioned and then the seat of the marketing area. Maybe mention IE cities, maybe not. So, maybe "KLAA Orange-Los Angeles (-Riverside-San Bernardino)". And unrelatedly, have it sound clear. Good, slightly booming voice, but with no fancy soundwork during the ID. I know there's a term for clean-sounding IDs versus those that have all the aforementioned sonic junk, but I'm blanking as to what that is.

 

[Gregg.]

Should say "with WBYR.....Van Wert 65"

How many stations got away with this wording to get the legal ID on the air, while not making it seem like it.

In Columbia SC, the AC station is licensed to Orangeburg. So at the end of a weather forecast around 7 minutes before the hour, they'd say "Here are some temperatures from around the area from WTCB. Orangeburg 53, Lexington 52 and here at B 106 Columbia, we've got 54." Having WTCB and Orangeburg adjacent to each other, that was the legal ID.

Then there's WQXA, a rock station licensed to York PA but targeting the larger Harrisburg market. "WQXA York Station for the 90s!" The DJ said it so fast, you'd think he was saying "Your Station for the 90s!"

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

When i worked on air in Central florida, I was responsible for traffic and weather reports, id do them like this " and sunny with rain in the afternoon, 80 in cocoa, 85 in orlando..... thats your brevard county traffic and weather together.. its currently 79 in melbourne, 81 in titusville and your current WTIR Cocoa Beach temperature is 80"

 

[davideduardo]

When i worked on air in Central florida, I was responsible for traffic and weather reports, id do them like this " and sunny with rain in the afternoon, 80 in cocoa, 85 in orlando..... thats your brevard county traffic and weather together.. its currently 79 in melbourne, 81 in titusville and your current WTIR Cocoa Beach temperature is 80"

That is simple and not as confusing as some COL-hiding is. It's also rather "unifying" by naming the principal cities first and inserting the calls with the final city.

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

That is simple and not as confusing as some COL-hiding is. It's also rather "unifying" by naming the principal cities first and inserting the calls with the final city.

And no one but me gave a rats carcass at the time