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Thierry wrote:
Up to now the U. S. Federal Communications Commission oversees the operations of U.S. private sector international broadcasters, and assigns 4 character alphabetic call signs to the international broadcasters. But what about a company like VOA's (Voice of America) and thousands others who use a trade name instead of a callsign ? Aren't they under the FCC authority ? No, stations that belong to the U.S. federal government are NOT under FCC authority. The FCC only regulates private use of radio, and use by state and local (city, county, etc.) governments. Most federal government stations do not have callsigns. The Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) is another U.S. government-operated broadcast service that doesn't have callsigns. Of course most AFRTS stations are located outside U.S. territory, but the few that are U.S. based (especially in Puerto Rico and Alaska) do not have calls. (the most prominent exception: the USA National Weather Service operates a nationwide chain of weather broadcasting stations between 162.4 and 162.55MHz. All of them have callsigns, even though almost all of them belong to the Weather Service, a federal agency.) -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com |
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