no respect said:
It really doesnt really matter where you run it.
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WRONG!!!!!! this is one of those cases, where the rule usually isn't enforced...but it IS still THE rule, and could be enforced, IF you were sited by the FCC, generally in case of extreme abuse. Where a lot of leeway is given, you can still get in trouble for it...
sorta like jaywalking... nobody is going to do much...until..
you do it on the expressway...(normally Darwinism takes care of these people)...., or try jaywalking in for of the Presidential Limousine. In both cases, extreme and extraordinary, but I wouldn't try it.
Let's say, for example, there is a pirate station operating somewhere on your frequency, and the FCC has gotten enough complaints, that they are investigating. and you choose NOT to identify properly. The inspectors are not local, so they don't know you from Adam...
You will get a citation...
Sec. 73.1201 Station identification.
(a) When regularly required. Broadcast station identification announcements
shall be made:
(1) At the beginning and ending of each time of operation, and
(2) Hourly, as close to the hour as feasible, at a natural break in program
offerings. Television and Class A television broadcast stations may make
these announcements visually or aurally.