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Radio stations recording network radio newscasts
Rich, (and all)...
I would like to ask another question, along these same lines.... What are the limits/penalities, for a radio station that records and re-airs a radio network newscast hours...in some instances even *days* later? I actually know of a station that does this, much to the chagrine of anyone who respects professional broadcasting practices, responsibility and journalism. -George Carden, Minneapolis, MN airwaves-digest wrote on 4/20/2004, 5:15 AM: Date: 19 Apr 2004 21:06:28 GMT From: Rich Wood Subject: [Airwaves] What is the typical price/length of a syndicated radio news contract? |
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On 20 Apr 2004 15:14:07 GMT, "George Carden"
wrote: What are the limits/penalities, for a radio station that records and re-airs a radio network newscast hours...in some instances even *days* later? I actually know of a station that does this, much to the chagrine of anyone who respects professional broadcasting practices, responsibility and journalism. Beyond the awesome stupidity of doing such a thing they run the risk of running an out of date commercial (if they rerun the spots) and causing the advertiser much grief. The advertiser causes the agency grief. The agency caused the network grief and the network causes the station grief. This is all beyond the fact that the news is out of date. Any time you rerun a newscast you run the risk of passing on dangerous misinformation in addition to the dangerous misinformation that might have been in the newscast itself because sources weren't properly checked. Very few network advertisers run dated spots because stations are allowed to run their weekly quota of spots ROS (Run of Schedule). The places where dated spots would be run are newscasts where the embedded spot must be run as it's fed. That's why rerunning a newscast can be dangerous for a station. Those who do it simply don't care. Rich |
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What is the typical network/affiliate requirement regarding this?
What do networks do to stations who re-air old newscasts? I can't imagine they would be very happy about it. What's the usual contract regarding this? Do the biggie networks legally penalize affiliates who do this? Thanks, George Rich Wood wrote in message ... On 20 Apr 2004 15:14:07 GMT, "George Carden" wrote: What are the limits/penalities, for a radio station that records and re-airs a radio network newscast hours...in some instances even *days* later? I actually know of a station that does this, much to the chagrine of anyone who respects professional broadcasting practices, responsibility and journalism. Beyond the awesome stupidity of doing such a thing they run the risk of running an out of date commercial (if they rerun the spots) and causing the advertiser much grief. The advertiser causes the agency grief. The agency caused the network grief and the network causes the station grief. This is all beyond the fact that the news is out of date. Any time you rerun a newscast you run the risk of passing on dangerous misinformation in addition to the dangerous misinformation that might have been in the newscast itself because sources weren't properly checked. Very few network advertisers run dated spots because stations are allowed to run their weekly quota of spots ROS (Run of Schedule). The places where dated spots would be run are newscasts where the embedded spot must be run as it's fed. That's why rerunning a newscast can be dangerous for a station. Those who do it simply don't care. Rich |
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Do you mean legal penalties? If you do, the answer is "none." In theory,
a station that broadcasts old, old news might run afoul of whatever's left of the "licensed operate in the public, interest, convenience and necessity" doctrine. I dunno: Is old news better or worse than no news at all? Remember, radio stations are no longer obligated to broadcast _any_ news. In the main, I don't think that radio is taken seriously by many as a serious source for any than weather news. There are of course some stations that are major exceptions. You may care. I don't. To each his own. Cheers. Don Forsling "Iowa--Gateway to Those Big Rectangular States" "George Carden" wrote in message ... Rich, (and all)... I would like to ask another question, along these same lines.... What are the limits/penalities, for a radio station that records and re-airs a radio network newscast hours...in some instances even *days* later? I actually know of a station that does this, much to the chagrine of anyone who respects professional broadcasting practices, responsibility and journalism. -George Carden, Minneapolis, MN airwaves-digest wrote on 4/20/2004, 5:15 AM: Date: 19 Apr 2004 21:06:28 GMT From: Rich Wood Subject: [Airwaves] What is the typical price/length of a syndicated radio news contract? |
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Don Forsling wrote:
Do you mean legal penalties? If you do, the answer is "none." In theory, a station that broadcasts old, old news might run afoul of whatever's left of the "licensed operate in the public, interest, convenience and necessity" doctrine. I dunno: Is old news better or worse than no news at all? I dunno, I just tuned into the local college station to hear an annoucement about an invasion in Normandy this afternoon. I found it interesting, but I did not find it topical. Remember, radio stations are no longer obligated to broadcast _any_ news. In the main, I don't think that radio is taken seriously by many as a serious source for any than weather news. There are of course some stations that are major exceptions. You may care. I don't. To each his own. I think it's a shame, personally. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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I dunno, I just tuned into the local college station to hear an annoucement about an invasion in Normandy this afternoon. I found it interesting, but I did not find it topical. Al Kaada is invading normandy? the French are surrendering again? sorry, i've never even heard of anyone rerunning net news over a day old before this. i was involved in taping net news following 9-11 so top of the hour news played at bottom of the hour (or thereabouts) on FM stations that didn't normally air net news. we reciently had a starguide malfunction which resulted in a tape delayed program airing the some of same elements repeatedly. the contact closure "stuck" so automation never got the cue to start recording a new segment. suppose some station records a cart called "news01" then their automation is set to play news01 once an hour during dayparts. then no one updates the cart for a few days. AND the cart is set to never expire. this would result in the kind of problem that's being discussed. |
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Tim Perry wrote:
I dunno, I just tuned into the local college station to hear an annoucement about an invasion in Normandy this afternoon. I found it interesting, but I did not find it topical. Al Kaada is invading normandy? the French are surrendering again? No, just the Germans again, thanks to Scully. sorry, i've never even heard of anyone rerunning net news over a day old before this. i was involved in taping net news following 9-11 so top of the hour news played at bottom of the hour (or thereabouts) on FM stations that didn't normally air net news. I had never either, except of course in the case of historical programs like mentioned above. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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