On 17 May 2005 18:55:26 GMT, "fredtv" wrote:

Radio & Records reports that KXOL in Los Angeles wanted to changed it's
Spanish AC to a more pop presentation. But Emmis-- who owns their tower--
put in the lease contract they can veto programming they feel will hurt
their stations-- in this case Power 106.

Doesn't the FCC frown on one station controlling the programming of another.
Or did that go by the wayside with dereg?

Actually, the FCC is more likely to penalize KXOL for having entered
into an agreement that gave program control to someone other than the
licensee.

Emmis will probably argue that they're not forcing KXOL to remain on
their tower and are free to move and change format. If there were no
options (costs of moving aside) there might be some civil legal
remedy.

It's pretty dumb for a station to agree to anything that prevents them
from being competitive in a market.

In the 70s the FCC issued an order that stations could not enter into
a contract (in this case Shulke Radio Productions) that required the
station to take orders from the syndicator.

Rich