Here’s background of the rules in plain English<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.radioink.com\/Article.asp?id=2231949<\/a><\/p>\n The basic framework of radio station licensing is that licenses are granted to “serve the public interest” in the community where they are located. There is a finite limit on how many radio stations there can be because of the limited spectrum, and the Supreme Court has agreed that this gives the FCC power to make rules about how radio stations operate.<\/p>\n A fundamental rule that this existed from the beginning is that “to serve the local community”, you must BE in the local community and the people in your community must be able to come to you and talk with you about your radio station.<\/p>\n The FCC requires that all radio stations (with the exception of a low-power FM and satellite delivered religious translators) maintain a main studio location within 25 miles of the community the station allegedly serves. This requires that during normal business hours, a manager of the radio station is present at the main studio, and that the main studio has the ability to originate programming. The studio is also required to have a phone number that is a local phone call from the community radio station serves.<\/p>\n A good place for anti-immigrant activists to start might be to complain to the FCC that the Spanish-language stations in their community are in violation of this rule. Stations are also required at the top of every hour to announce the ID of the station in English.<\/p>\n Other than political interference, I don’t understand how an FCC ownership application can show a contact address of a PO Box and be accepted.<\/p>\n The secondary issue, that is not the FCC’s rule to enforce is \u2013 is the owner of the radio station filing income tax returns with the IRS? You have to be a US Citizen to own a radio station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here’s background of the rules in plain English http:\/\/www.radioink.com\/Article.asp?id=2231949 The basic framework of radio station licensing is that licenses are granted to “serve the public interest” in the community where they are located. There is a finite limit on how … Continue reading