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Legal IDs

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dan

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THE LEGAL ID

I was listening to the Bob & Tom Show on Champaign's 105.9 this morning, and they went to a local break at 5:56.

But 105.9 missed the cue and aired the entire Indianapolis feed.

So I heard, on a Champaign radio station, an Indianapolis traffic report (fender-bender on I-465), a slew of Indy car dealer commercials (pretty good prices, too), and then the top-of-the-hour legal ID: "WFBQ, Indianapolis."

Was this a one-in-a-million mistake? Does nobody care about legal IDs anymore?

Maybe I'm exaggerating, but I feel like I've often heard illegal legal IDs ("WXXX, your more-music station, Anytown") and sometimes no ID at all at the top of the hour. Please tell me I'm just a confused old man.
 
> Maybe I'm exaggerating, but I feel like I've often heard
> illegal legal IDs ("WXXX, your more-music station, Anytown")
> and sometimes no ID at all at the top of the hour. Please
> tell me I'm just a confused old man.

It hasn't happened in quite a while, but frequently in the past I heard the "WFBQ Indianapolis" and "Q95" moniker on 103.9 WXRD Crown Point.
 
You're a confused old man but you're also correct. That had to have been a technical mistake.The station normally runs local news and, of course, a local legal ID but many B&T stations areautomated in mornings and if a problem arises it might take a little while to sort it out.
 
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