WLFR. WEHA "TINY TOWNS & THE PUBLIC FILE"

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How do you update a public file for a station when the city of license is so small, so broke that they have nothing going on to report about in that station's public file?

WLFR Pomona, Nj. Pomona does not even have a city hall, it's a village that the commission just willy nilly assigned to 91.7 fm. Do you just do updates and news stories on Galloway Twp., instead?

WEHA Port Republic, Nj. Nothing is happening there in what is truly a very pretty town on a river. This town should be in New England. Another town where not to much is going on either because just that is their way or they do not have the funds to get too much done.

What i am trying to say is. What the commission expects is just not do-able, There is many examples of this with hundreds of licenses across the great 48. Towns so small you need to just the city license, Yes/No?

 

[fennessy]

You are required to place into the public inspection file, a list of the significant problems and needs of your service area, and what, if any, programming aired on your radio station that addressed those needs. If your station did not specifically air programming that addressed those needs, you still need to place the quarterly report in the file. The list...and the words, During such and such a date and such and such a date, W whatever did not air any programming which specifically addressed the problems and needs of the service area.
They care about the report, not the programming.

 

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(Shruggin' My shoulders)? Ummm...ok but still it does not answer th question, which is when the town is so small...well re-read my post. Everything that is true Kevin. We would exect that from a long time broadcaster like yourself. But thanx.....I hear your working now for Mr. Paris? Take care.

 

[fybush]

The key words in Kevin's post are "service area," which is not necessarily the same thing as "city of license." To the extent that the FCC actually cares what's in your issues lists, they want to see that the programming you've run has addressed issues that affect the area your signal serves, regardless of whether or not those are specific to Pomona or Port Republic. (And in practice, all they really seem to care about is that *something* goes into the files; as long as you can certify to that, the odds are vanishingly small that anyone will bother to look at what's actually in those issues lists these days.)

 

[nd2023]

The key words in Kevin's post are "service area," which is not necessarily the same thing as "city of license." To the extent that the FCC actually cares what's in your issues lists, they want to see that the programming you've run has addressed issues that affect the area your signal serves, regardless of whether or not those are specific to Pomona or Port Republic. (And in practice, all they really seem to care about is that *something* goes into the files; as long as you can certify to that, the odds are vanishingly small that anyone will bother to look at what's actually in those issues lists these days.)

And the FCC doesn't care that you only do it once a month at 4-6 AM on a Sunday morning.

 

[ccuphl]

The key words in Kevin's post are "service area," which is not necessarily the same thing as "city of license." To the extent that the FCC actually cares what's in your issues lists, they want to see that the programming you've run has addressed issues that affect the area your signal serves, regardless of whether or not those are specific to Pomona or Port Republic. (And in practice, all they really seem to care about is that *something* goes into the files; as long as you can certify to that, the odds are vanishingly small that anyone will bother to look at what's actually in those issues lists these days.)

And the FCC doesn't care that you only do it once a month at 4-6 AM on a Sunday morning.

Just be thankful you don't have to host a Sunday morning public affairs show like "This Week in Port Republic" or "Good Morning Bass River Township!"

 

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If the FCC went in found that Vince Klepac did not keep a public file(did not serve Port Republic and surrounding area), would it stop the sale on 88-7 to buyer(WEHA)?