On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 21:27:10 GMT, robert casey wrote:

As I stated the only speech on the radio the FCC is allowed to regulate is
Obscene and indecent material.


That's commercial broadcast radio and TV.

That was a trick question which we used to spring on new agents
during their training. Actually there is more, all with required
format and time, which are applicable to broadcast statsions:

Station ID (most radio services as well)
EAS/EBS weekly and monthly tests (cable systems as well)
Renewal filing announcements
Lottery/"gaming" activities (special rules apply)
Candidates for elective public office ("equal time" requirements)
Recorded material identification
Advertiser identification

(Rule sections available for those who are real masochists.)

Unfortunately, the "Fairness Doctrine" (requiring balanced viewpoints
on "controversial issues of public importance") has gone by the
wayside. More effort was spent on determining what a "controversial
issue of public importance" was than in presenting the "balanced
viewpoint".

And we hams think that the FCC rules pose burdens...... !!!

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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane