Any amateur radio station can run an information bulletin. My pet pea
with it is that the thin line between information bulletin and
broadcasting. An Information Bulletin is a message directed to amateur
radio operators consisting of subject matter of interest to amateur
radio. Many amateur's has taken it to be "a short, to the point
newscast" and that Information bulletins cannot be opinionated. First
there is nothing in the rules that state an information bulletin cannot
be opinionated; nor any rules that state an information bulletin has to
be a newscast. If there is a rule feel free to let me know which rule.
As for short and to the point the FCC in a warning letter to K1MAN
stated that there was no time limit on information bulletins as a
matter of fact a club station that runs a information bulletin or a
code practice transmission 40 hours a week (that's 8 hr. a day) may be
compensated (47 CFR 97.113=A9). The FCC on their website has also stated
that it is up to the station transmitting the bulletin to determine if
it is amateur interest. Which brings me to the FCC, the FCC is
prohibited from controling the content of any station, they are also
prohibited from regulation or condition shall be promulgated or fixed
by the Commission which shall interfere with the right of free speech
by means of radio communication. (47 USC 326) (this however doesn't
apply to obscene and indecent material) So if one of the key points of
the NAL was the content of his transmission it has to be asked if the
FCC violated section 326 of the Communication Act. the courts has also
stated that the FCC is prohibited from making content based rules. I
also am going to bring up about the ARRL's W1AW and how it, like K1MAN
has also cause interference with on going communication and that it
should also be fined.

Todd N9OGL