{"id":1220,"date":"2011-06-14T06:51:16","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T10:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=1220"},"modified":"2011-06-18T15:26:07","modified_gmt":"2011-06-18T19:26:07","slug":"how-much-is-a-station-required-to-be-on-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=1220","title":{"rendered":"How much is a radio station required to be on the air?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a><\/p>\n

This came to my attention because a station filed an application because they can’t afford to buy programming after 6PM…<\/p>\n

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\u00a7\u00a073.1740\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Minimum operating schedule.<\/h5>\n

(a) All commercial broadcast stations are required to operate not less than the following minimum hours:<\/p>\n

(1) AM and FM stations. <\/em>Two-thirds of the total hours they are authorized to operate between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. local time and two-thirds of the total hours they are authorized to operate between 6 p.m. and midnight, local time, each day of the week except Sunday.<\/p>\n

(i) Class D stations which have been authorized nighttime operations need comply only with the minimum requirements for operation between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., local time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nuances to the above language:<\/p>\n