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Some interesting reads if you have some time

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Broadcast Law Blog, some interesting stuff if you have the time.

It's amazing how many stations are getting hammered for the same old violations.

Main studio, staffing, public inspection files, contests, recording phone calls, same old same old, but the fines... oops forfeitures, are big, and it doesn't matter how big or small you are, even non com's are getting hit with the big money N.A.L.'s.

Linky: http://www.broadcastlawblog.com/articles/fcc-fines/
 
Some of the "underwriting messages" on WGBH-TV seem to last a long time, and resemble the spots on commercial stations. The ones they air just before some of their primo shows: "Jim Lehrer News Hour"; "Washington Week", Greater Boston" et al seem the most objectionable.
 
"underwriting messages" are nothing more than back door commercials.

I remember back in mid 70's when I was doing air shifts at WJUL in addition to my Engineering duties, we used to get tickets from a music venue up in Nashua IIRC, and we could not plug them, but we were allowed to say "we have 2 tickets for XYZ at the ABC in Nashua, be the 5th caller to get on the guest list" then we were told because of some FCC BS we could no longer mention the name of the placce and had to be creative by saying something like " a fine rock club up in Nashua".

I think that was the beginning of the run towards "underwriting messages" because if the big boys couldn't plug who was giving money, chances are the money was going to dry up a bit. Not all donations were charitable or altruistic in nature, donations were made in exchange for pay for say, no doubt about it.

Look at something like this: http://www.kyrs.org/becomeanunderwriter.cfm

or this: http://wunc.org/support/business/business

How is that any different than what my favorite ad exec down at WATD shows her clients when selling time?
 
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