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Rimshots and FCC consideration of requiring Main Studio in Community of License

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TedL

It'll be interesting to see what happens with Rimshot stations like 105.5, 92.1, Clear Channel's move in to Pollock Pines and other stations licensed to communities outside the Sacramento market when/if the FCC adopts a rule requiring the Main Studio to be in the station's Community of License.

That would mean 105.5 would have to have facilities in Dunnigan, 92.1 in Placerville, and a host of other fringe-of-Sacramento stations would have to build studios where there are none now.

That should keep engineers employed for a while. :)

Ted.
 
At least one of the stations you mentioned already covered that issue from the beginning, designating an engineer's house/studio as the Main Studio. (That's what happens when a bunch of lawyers buy a radio station. They bend the rules to make it work.) It is my understanding, limited as that may be, that a main studio must have the ability to broadcast and have copies of all public files, EOE and FCC paperwork available to the public during regular business hours. Unless the definition of "main studio" has changed, I doubt this rule will hurt them.
 
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radiovictim said:
It is my understanding, limited as that may be, that a main studio must have the ability to broadcast and have copies of all public files, EOE and FCC paperwork available to the public during regular business hours. Unless the definition of "main studio" has changed, I doubt this rule will hurt them.
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IIRC, their must be a "siginificant management presence" is how I think it was worded at the main studio, and a non-management employee. Without looking up that section I can't be more specific about how many hours the non-management employee has to be there.

Some stations like Entravision's 99.9 (which used to be co-owned with KMYC, 1410, Marysville) paid people at KMYC to be the management and non-management type, and maintained some type of studio origination there in order to be able to be legal.

The main studio rules have changed since then to enable a more "flexible" approach, and it looks like they may change yet again.

Ted.
 
RadioStarOne said:
Have any of you ever been to Dunnigan, CA. Its just a couple of crossroads with 2 restraunts and a Pilot truck stop. Some City!
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I have. It's been a while, but it sounds from your description like nothing's changed. Salem'll hafta build something out there or rent space in a nearby barn or farmhouse. But they've also got an excellent engineer in Mr. Fortenberry so I'm not worried for them (not that I would be otherwise).
 
Re: Rimshots and FCC consideration of requiring Main Studio in Community of Lice

105.5 already has "Legal" operational & staffed studios in Yuba City that qualify for city of license (within a 25 mile radius of dunnigan)

trust me, I built it.

(Oh yeah, thanks for the props, Rick!)

df



TedL said:
It'll be interesting to see what happens with Rimshot stations like 105.5, 92.1, Clear Channel's move in to Pollock Pines and other stations licensed to communities outside the Sacramento market when/if the FCC adopts a rule requiring the Main Studio to be in the station's Community of License.

That would mean 105.5 would have to have facilities in Dunnigan, 92.1 in Placerville, and a host of other fringe-of-Sacramento stations would have to build studios where there are none now.

That should keep engineers employed for a while. :)

Ted.
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Radio Rey said:
Wait..105.5 broadcasts out of Yuba City????
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No, but it could...that's what Dave meant. 105.5 broadcasts from the Salem cluster in Sacramento (but that studio/control point isn't within the 25-mile radius required by the FCC), but has functional studios in Yuba City (which is within said radius). Therefore, Salem has their legal bases covered on that front.

You're more than welcome, Dave.
 
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jammerdave said:
105.5 already has "Legal" operational & staffed studios in Yuba City that qualify for city of license (within a 25 mile radius of dunnigan)

trust me, I built it.

(Oh yeah, thanks for the props, Rick!)

df
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It is a nice facility. Well thought out and equipped. I've used it briefly for dubbing some tape to digital files.

Would have been nice to have something that good when I worked there full-time in the late 80's/early 90's. :)

It's tied in to the Salem facilities in such a way that if the Capital City facilities became unavailable for some reason, it would be easy to switch to the Yuba City studio and pick up from there.

Used by the host station for production, primarily. Interfaced to the host's automation.

And I'd guess from Dave's use of the word "staffed" that someone at the host station is being paid to be the on-site management person, and a non-management person is being paid for that function.

Ted
 
Re: Rimshots and FCC consideration of requiring Main Studio in Community of Lice

Two "someones" as required..

df



TedL said:
jammerdave said:
105.5 already has "Legal" operational & staffed studios in Yuba City that qualify for city of license (within a 25 mile radius of dunnigan)

trust me, I built it.

(Oh yeah, thanks for the props, Rick!)

df
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It is a nice facility. Well thought out and equipped. I've used it briefly for dubbing some tape to digital files.

Would have been nice to have something that good when I worked there full-time in the late 80's/early 90's. :)

It's tied in to the Salem facilities in such a way that if the Capital City facilities became unavailable for some reason, it would be easy to switch to the Yuba City studio and pick up from there.

Used by the host station for production, primarily. Interfaced to the host's automation.

And I'd guess from Dave's use of the word "staffed" that someone at the host station is being paid to be the on-site management person, and a non-management person is being paid for that function.

Ted
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