Category Archives: The FCC

FCC votes 4-0 to outlaw “loud” commercials

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Fred Stiening

http://blogs.ajc.com/radio-tv-talk/2011/12/13/fcc-to-minimize-loud-tv-commercials/ Government regulation is the consequence of lack of self-regulation. Outlawing “loud” commercials compared to what? This idea has bounced around for decades. It doesn’t have an obvious way to enforce. Human hearing is not uniform – by emphasizing the … Continue reading →

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Let’s play “Find the Radio Station”

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Fred Stiening

View Larger Map Has the FCC abandoned the Main Studio Rule? I have a long standing suspicion that many licensed radio stations don’t even exist other than on paper. This is the location of WNNR-AM in Jacksonville Florida. I’m not … Continue reading →

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Calling all patriots!

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Fred Stiening

http://www.tax-freedom.com/SAVE-AMERICA.htm “Patriots” in this case meaning “we think taxes are Unconstitutional!”. This thing has been bouncing around the courts for several years. WOGF-FM is in the hands of a bankruptcy court, and officially silent. The transfer of the station to … Continue reading →

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Your Radio Station license are belong to us!

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Fred Stiening

This is what it looks like when the FCC cancels your radio station license. FCC Letter I’m glad to see them starting to lose patience with owners who play the game of bringing the station on for one day a … Continue reading →

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How to impress the FCC

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Fred Stiening

So if you own a radio station and want to transfer the license, you have to tell the FCC and get their permission first.    Part of getting that permission is letting the FCC know the details of the sale – … Continue reading →

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How much is a radio station required to be on the air?

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Fred Stiening

From http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=2fe52bbc63af261ee436da5409204aa9&rgn=div8&view=text&node=47:4.0.1.1.2.8.1.60&idno=47 This came to my attention because a station filed an application because they can’t afford to buy programming after 6PM… § 73.1740   Minimum operating schedule. (a) All commercial broadcast stations are required to operate not less than the following minimum … Continue reading →

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Worst excuse ever

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Fred Stiening

If you hold a full power radio station license, you have an obligation to keep your station on the air every day at close to full licensed power.    If you have a problem, you have to notify the FCC and … Continue reading →

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Connecting FCC’s dots

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Fred Stiening

Data wants to be free, or something like that…. Now that the FCC has made it easier to see all their data, it’s possible to construct information from the raw data that you can’t do by visiting the FCC web … Continue reading →

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Recent FCC Apps – filter by service

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Fred Stiening

An improvement to http://streamingradioguide.com/recent-apps.php Now you can filter by service, to better find what you might want to find – for instance, searching on Lower Power FM  (FL) may get very important in a few moonths

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16.7 million FCC license records

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Fred Stiening

For your viewing pleasure.   The “New” FCC wants the world to have access to its data, so here we go. If you’re using a GPS enabled Cell phone (and you let it send your location), it will show EVERY fcc … Continue reading →

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