wrote in message
ups.com...
"And per 75.1150, an ID may include the channel number between the
calls and
the city of license, so it is, if done this way, part of the legal ID:"
BETWEEN???

I thought the call letters had to be followed immediately by the city
of origin for it to be a legal id. I see you are referencing FCC rules
-- so was this changed recently?? I'm a little out of the loop.
Thanks.

73.1150. My typo. It is on the FCC website, too.

You may put the channel number, frequency and / or the licensee in the
middle between the Calls and the COL.

So, "KSSS, Channel 222, Metroland Broadcasting, Anytown" is a legal ID.
"Anytown" can be followed by any other town or towns, irrespective if the
signal gets there.

"Station Identification. Stations must make identification announcements
when they sign on and off for the day. They must also make the announcements
hourly, as close to the hour as possible, at a natural programming break. TV
stations may make these announcements on- screen or by voice only. Official
station identification includes the station's call letters followed by the
community or communities specified in its license as the station's location.
Between the call letters and its community, the station may insert the name
of the licensee, the station's channel number, and/or its frequency.
However, we do not allow any other insertion.
Station Identification. Stations must make identification announcements when
they sign on and off for the day. They must also make the announcements
hourly, as close to the hour as possible, at a natural programming break. TV
stations may make these announcements on- screen or by voice only. Official
station identification includes the station's call letters followed by the
community or communities specified in its license as the station's location.
Between the call letters and its community, the station may insert the name
of the licensee, the station's channel number, and/or its frequency.
However, we do not allow any other insertion."

This is from The Public and Broadcasting from
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/decdoc/p...adcasting.html

"Michael Black" wrote in message
...

It's a marketing too. Once upon a time, stations would try to get
specific callsigns, to match their intent or somebody's initials.
That's gotten harder, as stations have proliferated. So they
come up with some other branding process, that has nothing to do
with the legal callsign, but which so many refer to them as, one
might think someone is issuing rather odd call signs.

When I owned stations in Ecuador, I was not allowed to ID one of them only
by calls. I had to use a name. This is why HCJB is "The Voice of the Andes"
as one example. In any case, names are more memorable than calls, which are
to me an anachronistic device from the 20's and 30's.

On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:49:31 GMT, "David Eduardo"
wrote:


"David" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 02:19:25 GMT, "David Eduardo"
wrote:



Most interesting is when stations, like several Clear Channel AMs in FL
that
call themselves WFLA while those calls are only on the Tampa station they
own.

I think their use of KISS-FM is more interesting. The real one is not
even owned by Clear Channel.

They own the service mark and license use to any others.

http://kissrocks.com/common/hdradio/

"David" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:49:31 GMT, "David Eduardo"
wrote:


"David" wrote in message
. ..
On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 02:19:25 GMT, "David Eduardo"
wrote:



Most interesting is when stations, like several Clear Channel AMs in FL
that
call themselves WFLA while those calls are only on the Tampa station
they
own.

I think their use of KISS-FM is more interesting. The real one is not
even owned by Clear Channel.

They own the service mark and license use to any others.

http://kissrocks.com/common/hdradio/

Yes, that is one of the licensed uses. Just like Kiss in NY, or Kiss in
Albuquerque... owned by other companies.

How about WAPT? www.wapt.com/index.html
cuhulin