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[Part15rulesdude]

Just a question! Since part 15 stations cant use call letters, what do you do as far as using an i.d., and what could a station call themselves...

 

[tjthedj]

No calls. You can use something like, "relaxing radio", or "97 is country heaven" or the rock of Schlitzville, or better than wgn, this is xxxx. What commercial stations call a "positioning statement" would work well.

 

[easthill]

Many Part-15 stations ID themselves by their location, such as "Browns Point Radio" or "Auburn Community Radio".

> Just a question! Since part 15 stations cant use call
> letters, what do you do as far as using an i.d., and what
> could a station call themselves...
>
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Frank
East Hill Radio

Moderator, Community Radio USA, Seattle</P>

 

[wkbam1690]

> No calls. You can use something like, "relaxing radio", or
> "97 is country heaven" or the rock of Schlitzville, or
> better than wgn, this is xxxx. What commercial stations call
> a "positioning statement" would work well.
>
I don't think call letters are prohibited, unless thay can be confused with a licensed station.

 

[wikhradio]

> > No calls. You can use something like, "relaxing radio", or
>
> > "97 is country heaven" or the rock of Schlitzville, or
> > better than wgn, this is xxxx. What commercial stations
> call
> > a "positioning statement" would work well.
> >
> I don't think call letters are prohibited, unless thay can
> be confused with a licensed station.
>

I think that you are right, just so you don't use calls that are currently used by an AM, FM, or TV station.<P ID="signature">______________


Moderator, Community Radio board</P>

 

[Part15rulesdude]

> > > No calls. You can use something like, "relaxing radio",
> or
> >
> > > "97 is country heaven" or the rock of Schlitzville, or
> > > better than wgn, this is xxxx. What commercial stations
> > call
> > > a "positioning statement" would work well.
> > >
> > I don't think call letters are prohibited, unless thay can
>
> > be confused with a licensed station.
> >
>
> I think that you are right, just so you don't use calls that
> are currently used by an AM, FM, or TV station.
>
Thank you for all your responce. I did a search and saw that someone on this board, Rev? o.k./He wrote in another string, that as long as the calls arent the same, as a commercial station it should be o.k. I hope so, it just sounds weird,bold springs community radio.

 

[Bill-B]

You can use 4 letter calls, and yes, they can be any combination of "letters" in reality, the "call" can be anything you want. There is no rules written for "calls" in Part 15.

yes, you can use current calls from any other band... for example, lets say you wanted to use channel 6 WPVI on AM, as in "WPVI 1640" in the rules, you could, even commercial.. BUT, you can not use the same calls from another station in the same band LEGALLY FOR LICENSED STATIONS. For Part 15, yes.

But would you? probally not, confusion would be the issue... legal? yes. Some Part 15's use 5 letters... WWPVI, thats legal also.... "Georges radio Station", legal also, "It's The Little Old Lady from Philadelphia's radio station", legal also.....

Think about it..... Part 15 covers a wide spectrum of "devices", would a wireless speaker system you would use for your outdoor picnic area requirer calls? No, Would your garage door opener requirer calls, NO, "Mr. Microphone" calls? Na..... Even a 2 miles radious truly legal Part 15 radio station, NO... It's under Part 15, undefined in part 15 operating a "hobby" Part 15 station, or a wireless speaker system.... You, just have a wireless speaker system that TRULY gets better coverage, and audio quality is better.

So, in short, Calls can be anything you want it to be, legally.







> > > > No calls. You can use something like, "relaxing
> radio",
> > or
> > >
> > > > "97 is country heaven" or the rock of Schlitzville, or
>
> > > > better than wgn, this is xxxx. What commercial
> stations
> > > call
> > > > a "positioning statement" would work well.
> > > >
> > > I don't think call letters are prohibited, unless thay
> can
> >
> > > be confused with a licensed station.
> > >
> >
> > I think that you are right, just so you don't use calls
> that
> > are currently used by an AM, FM, or TV station.
> >
> Thank you for all your responce. I did a search and saw that
> someone on this board, Rev? o.k./He wrote in another string,
> that as long as the calls arent the same, as a commercial
> station it should be o.k. I hope so, it just sounds
> weird,bold springs community radio.
>

 

[Part15rulesdude]

> You can use 4 letter calls, and yes, they can be any
> combination of "letters" in reality, the "call" can be
> anything you want. There is no rules written for "calls" in
> Part 15.
>
> yes, you can use current calls from any other band... for
> example, lets say you wanted to use channel 6 WPVI on AM, as
> in "WPVI 1640" in the rules, you could, even commercial..
> BUT, you can not use the same calls from another station in
> the same band LEGALLY FOR LICENSED STATIONS. For Part 15,
> yes.
>
> But would you? probally not, confusion would be the
> issue... legal? yes. Some Part 15's use 5 letters... WWPVI,
> thats legal also.... "Georges radio Station", legal also,
> "It's The Little Old Lady from Philadelphia's radio
> station", legal also.....
>
> Think about it..... Part 15 covers a wide spectrum of
> "devices", would a wireless speaker system you would use for
> your outdoor picnic area requirer calls? No, Would your
> garage door opener requirer calls, NO, "Mr. Microphone"
> calls? Na..... Even a 2 miles radious truly legal Part 15
> radio station, NO... It's under Part 15, undefined in part
> 15 operating a "hobby" Part 15 station, or a wireless
> speaker system.... You, just have a wireless speaker system
> that TRULY gets better coverage, and audio quality is
> better.
>
> So, in short, Calls can be anything you want it to be,
> legally.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > > > > No calls. You can use something like, "relaxing
> > radio",
> > > or
> > > >
> > > > > "97 is country heaven" or the rock of Schlitzville,
> or
> >
> > > > > better than wgn, this is xxxx. What commercial
> > stations
> > > > call
> > > > > a "positioning statement" would work well.
> > > > >
> > > > I don't think call letters are prohibited, unless thay
>
> > can
> > >
> > > > be confused with a licensed station.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I think that you are right, just so you don't use calls
> > that
> > > are currently used by an AM, FM, or TV station.
> > >
> > Thank you for all your responce. I did a search and saw
> that
> > someone on this board, Rev? o.k./He wrote in another
> string,
> > that as long as the calls arent the same, as a commercial
> > station it should be o.k. I hope so, it just sounds
> > weird,bold springs community radio.
> >
>Thanks once again to all... Ive had a part 15 FMer, for a while and was using the letters, WXLR, I used those for yrs, before there was a real station of that name. Thank you for all of your posts. This weekend Im running a tribute to radio weekend, using great hits from the seventies, and intermixing old radio airchecks , of khj, wqxi , e.t.c. its a great program.. Hope you all have a great 4th of july.

 

[tjthedj]

> Just a question! Since part 15 stations cant use call
> letters, what do you do as far as using an i.d., and what
> could a station call themselves...

OOOPs - my post below was wrong. Here is the pertinent poop.


Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR73.3550]

[Page 353-355]

TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION (CONTINUED)

PART 73_RADIO BROADCAST SERVICES--Table of Contents

Subpart H_Rules Applicable to All Broadcast Stations

Sec. 73.3550 Requests for new or modified call sign assignments.

(a) All requests for new or modified call sign assignments for radio
and television broadcast stations shall be

(l) Users of nonlicensed, low-power devices operating under part 15
of this chapter may use whatever identification is currently desired, so
long as propriety is observed and no confusion results with a station
for which the FCC issues a license.

In that case...I'm changing my call letters to WLS!

 

[ajhenderson]

> Thank you for all your responce. I did a search and saw that
> someone on this board, Rev? o.k./He wrote in another string,
> that as long as the calls arent the same, as a commercial
> station it should be o.k. I hope so, it just sounds
> weird,bold springs community radio.

I know of several college and LPAM stations using calls already licensed to an FM or TV station. They are using them on AM, and, as has been stated, there's no license, so it's just "for pretend" anyway.