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            Articles in this issue include:

Re: Class D?                        (Scott Dorsey)
Re: Newsletters    for DJs?                (NUKE )
RE: Broadcasting Illegal Recordings...            ("Joel Willer, KNLU-FM)
Re: Imus update                        (Steven    J. Sobol)
St. Louis station/ Dx (was: Re:    KSHE/St. Louis heard in    (b.j. mora)
Re: KSHE/St. Louis heard in west-central Indiana    (Rich Kulawiec)
KSHE/St. Louis heard in    west-central Indiana        (Steven    J. Sobol)
Q: Miami Ratings                    (Bert Roseberry    )
Q: Miami Ratings                    (Bert Roseberry)
Re: M Street Directory                    (Paul Anderson)
Re: Unlicensed FM fine info?                (Barr)
Teaching Radio UNETHICAL?                (David A. Kaye)
Pittsburgh summer ratings                (jbmst)
Re: Dr.    Harvey Rubin off the air?            (David A. Kaye)

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Subject: Re: Class D?
From: [e-mail] (Scott Dorsey)
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center and Reptile Farm

In article <29mvgi$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Harold Hallikainen) writes:

>    I did a little research into low power FM last weekend (for my
>series of articles in Radio World).  My notes make reference to the FCC
>decision regarding class D stations.  Actually, they did not "abolish"
>them, they just stopped accepting applications for them (see 73.511(a))
>and required existing class D stations to either increase power or move
>to a commercial channel (see 73.512).

Hmm... as of a 1990 or so, I recall some stations still operating
under class D with grandfathered licenses.  KWUR in St. Louis is the
one that comes to mind, but I may be mistaken.

>    The closest thing to low power FM currently authorized is FM
>translators.  It is interesting that the FCC allows these to operate,
>suggesting that they can operate without causing interference, then
>makes a severe "program content restriction" by prohibiting local
>origination.

Which effectively makes it very different... translator services do an
excellent job with what they are designed for... filling in small corners
of an existing FM contour.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra.  C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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Subject: Re: Newsletters for DJs?
From: NUKE <[e-mail]>
Organization: NONE

In Airwaves #411, Andy Isbell inquired about this topic...
>there are a number of newsletters ... that have information that you can use
>on the air.

I read this and I thought I'd put in my two cents worth.  I must plead
ignorance as far as "JockTalk" and other DJ newsletters go.  I can, as I'm
sure others can, relate to your endless search for on-air material.  In working
drive time shifts on a couple of stations I have found that just plain current
events out of newspapers can be great.  I usually like to take a couple local
papers in with me and maybe a national rag.  I am constantly clipping articles
from papers and magazines, which I'll confess are usually absurd (but
extremely funny) in nature.  Every paper seems to have a section, often near
the comics and horoscopes, where it highlights headlines such as "Woman
discovers zombified schnauzer in her basement".  Things like this can spur
conversation among listeners, which increases their enjoyment of the show.

I often will call local "personalities" with odd claims to fame.  For instance,
I once interviewed a woman over the phone who refused to get out of a tree in
her front yard, as authorities were threatening to chop it down to make way
for a road.  The broadcasting of her story brought supporters out of the
woodwork, leading to many more interesting on-air phone calls.

As obscenely simple as these methods are, they are not only economical, but
downright guaranteed to entertain the local audience, who can tell the
difference between a DJ's genuine interest in a community's activities and
a jock reading a national generic newsletter.  I'm probably prejudging such
publications, but I doubt anyone couldn't come up with ideas as good as those
obtained for a substantial subscription fee.  A little brainstorming on some
topics found in ordinary newspapers, and there's a stopset or two.

Just a couple thoughts ... and my first posting, so go easy on me, okay? :)

Scott Gilbert

"Scotty G." -- host of "The G-Spot"

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Subject: RE: Broadcasting Illegal Recordings...
From: "Joel Willer, KNLU-FM" <[e-mail]>
Organization: NONE

  Brian Dawon asks:

  >Can I leagally play live, in concert recordings (bootlegs) on my college
  >radio station?
  >    I'm the music director at WRPI in Troy NY, and I've just started
  >to enter the live/bootleg arena, and discoverd some recordings with
  >AMAZING sound quality. Some good enough to be released commercially!!
  >WRPI broadcasts at 10 000 watts to the Albany Capital District. We are
  >non-commercial, - and "educational", for what that's worth.

      I don't have a copy of Title 17 in front of me at the moment, but I'll
  take a stab at it off the top of my head...
      Obviously the bootleg is not legally covered under your blanket
  license(s) with ASCAP/BMI/SESAC, so you're not covered from this direction.
      Typically, copyright notices are printed on tickets, posted and/or
  announced at the venue.  Therefore, the performers, writers, are due their
  protection.
      Your broadcast of the illegal recording would be no more legal than
  the recording itself.
      The F.C.C. probably would not immediately intervene.  If action were
  taken, I would expect possible civil/_criminal_ action pertaining to the
  copyright violation to be the first to be taken.
      Assuming a finding against you and/or your station, _then_ the
  Commission might step in and review your license, based on "character"
  qualifications--your school _could_ lose its license.  The fact that yours
  is a NCE-FM has no bearing on the copyright status.

  >So, can I play them?  If not, what's the most discrete time to do so?

      If it ain't legal, no time is a good time.  No doubt, someone will
  point out that it's unlikely that you'll get caught.  I believe that line
  of thought is a rather poor defense for "stealing" someone else's property,
  though.
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Subject: Re: Imus update
From: [e-mail] (Steven J. Sobol)
Organization: The Tiny Software Company, Cleveland

[e-mail] (Chris P. Mezzolesta) writes:

> It all goes back to this: you have the power to choose.  Don't like Imus?
> Hit WERE. Don't like WERE? Watch CNN. There is frankly too much news and
> pseudo soft-news on the airwaves, in my opinion.

99% of the FM stations have news anyhow... it's just not all-news.
There shouldn't be a problem with choice at all. Especially not in
the country's 12th biggest market.


--
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Steven J. Sobol -- President and Head Hacker -- [e-mail]
Please ask about FantaStats, the one and only Fantasy Baseball league
statistics manager for Windows... Coming this winter!

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Subject: St. Louis station/ Dx (was: Re: KSHE/St. Louis heard in...Indiana)
From: [e-mail] (b.j. mora)
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)

reminds me of my favorite dx story... i was living in Albany, NY, scanning
the FM airwaves, and happened upon a rock station at 93.7.  Thing was, there was no Capital District station at 93.7.  I listened for a while, then heard the
calls 'KSD'.  I checked my FM Altas, and sure enough, it was listed!
i called the jock on-air, and she couldn't believe where i was.

btw, it was midday, about 1pm, on a partly cloudy day.  Go figure.

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Subject: Re: KSHE/St. Louis heard in west-central Indiana
From: [e-mail] (Rich Kulawiec)
Organization: Ditka Policy Institute


In article <2a0ena$[e-mail]> SEDV1.acd4.acd.com![e-mail] (jwg) writes:
>[Moderator's Note:  Of course, 100,000 watts at 1,026 feet helps a tad,
>no?  Bill]

Hmmm, it's either that or Sweetmeat the Pig. :-)   (KSHE's mascot back
in the days when I listened to them, 1970-74, was an appropriately
countercultural swine.)  But what I'm really wondering is if anyone
knows what's happened to "Radio" Rich Dalton who was at KSHE in the 70's,
or to Jack Eric Silver, a compadre of mine from WCBU-FM (Peoria, NPR)
who went to KSHE and is rumored to be producing Steve & Garry these days.

---Rsk

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Subject: KSHE/St. Louis heard in west-central Indiana
From: [e-mail] (Steven J. Sobol)
Organization: The Tiny Software Company, Cleveland

SEDV1.acd4.acd.com![e-mail] (jwg) writes a message
about St Louis and Indy stations cutting in on each other on the
same freq.

Our illustrious Moderator quips:
> [Moderator's Note:  Of course, 100,000 watts at 1,026 feet helps a tad,
> no?  Bill]

OK Bill, answer me this one. WHOT-FM Youngstown, on 101.1 FM, is sixty
miles east of Cleveland. WRIF-FM Detroit, also on 101.1 FM, is at least
two hundred miles northwest of Cleveland. But often 'RIF bleeds over
Hot 101. I don't think Hot 101 has a very strong signal, although
I don't know the exact wattage. But try this if you happen to be
in Cleveland: Park at the 7-11 at Mayfield and Belvoir Roads in South
Euclid, and turn the dial to 101.1. There's 'RIF, loud and clear, with
absolutely no interference *at all* from Hot 101!

As you drive west, towards Toledo and Detroit, you lose 'RIF very
quickly.

I don't know the strength of either station (though I imagine 'RIF is
50K) or the directionality of 'RIF's signal, so maybe I don't have all
the info I need...

[Moderator's Note:  I don't have my trusty M-Street guide with me, but
there are many reasons.  Power, directionality, terrain which acts as
a duct for one and a shield against the other.  During a recent trip
to Branson Missourri, I was parked in a fast food lot listening to
Album-progressive KTOZ FM from Marshfield Mo, about 35 miles away to
the north, a 50kw signal.   I parked and found myself listening to
country.  I listened for 40 minutes and found that the station was in
Moberly Mo., some 250 -300 miles away in the northeast corner of the
state (Branson is in the FAR S.W corner of the state.  The Moberly
station was 100,000 watts at 1000 feet, but they did block out the
50kw signal some 35 miles away IN THE SAME DIRECTION!  Go figger!  Bill]

--
The Tiny Software Co., 23707 Glenhill Dr., Cleveland, OH 44122
Steven J. Sobol -- President and Head Hacker -- [e-mail]
Please ask about FantaStats, the one and only Fantasy Baseball league
statistics manager for Windows... Coming this winter!

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Subject: Q: Miami Ratings
From: Bert Roseberry <[e-mail]>
Organization: Digital Equipment Computer Users Society

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From: [e-mail] (Bert Roseberry)

Subject: Q: Miami Ratings
Date: 19 Oct 93 12:07:17 -0400
Organization: DECUServe
News-Moderator: Approval required for posting to rec.radio.broadcasting


    Does anyone have the latest ratings for the Miami area ?

    - Bert

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Subject: Re: M Street Directory
From: @nntpd.lkg.dec.com:[e-mail] (Paul Anderson)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


M Street Corporation
304 Park Avenue South Floor 7
New York, NY 10010

voice [phone]
      [phone]
fax   [phone]

[Moderator's Note:  I swear by my handy m-street guide.  It is
smaller, easier to handle (compared to Broadcasting yearbook) and WAY
cheaper!  It costs 33.00 compared to the hundreds for B&CY.  It has
all the info I need to locate any station in USA and canada.  Wish it
had Mexico, though.  Bill]


    Paul Anderson                               [e-mail]
    Digital Equipment Corporation
    4 Technology Drive, Westford MA 01886-4196  [phone]

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Subject: Re: Unlicensed FM fine info?
From: [e-mail] (Barry x24904/ER/167B-TED)
Organization: Eastman Chemical Company

In article <2a0emt$[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>    As part of an assignment for a journalism class, I need to find out
>the legal ramifications of being a "pirate fm" station, if you will.  Where
>would i be able to find info on the fines that are levied for broadcasting
>fm w/o a license, and where the responsibility falls for paying them?  If
>you can refer me to a section of fcc rules, I would appreciate it, or if
>anyone out there knows, or has the info handy, please e-mail me with it.

Basic fines begin at $7000 per day but there is a fair degree of variability
from one occurance to the next.  The best reference to consult is:

FCC Policy Statement, "In the Matter of Standards for Assessing Forfeitures",
Adopted July 11, 1991.  (FCC 91-217)

                        Barry L. Ornitz  WA4VZQ
                             [e-mail]

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Subject: Teaching Radio UNETHICAL?
From: [e-mail] (David A. Kaye)
Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access    [phone]  [login: guest]


: First a little background info, then I'll get to my question.  I'm taking a
: Broadcast Communication class at our local community college, the main purpose
: of which is to teach you how to be a radio DJ.  It seems to be a pretty good
: class so far.  We get to do at least 10 newscasts and 20 hours on the air

Andy's comment leads me to this question:  Is it unethical for colleges
and high schools to teach radio broadcasting, considering that by the end
of the decade there will be 25% fewer jobs in the industry?

The role of high schools and colleges is to prepare people for the
future.  The future does not appear to be radio broadcasting.  It's all
but a dead industry.  Sure, people listen, but the wave of the future is
to eliminate jobs, not expand them, to replace people with technology,
not hire more DJs.

While radio stations are not going to disappear, neither have blacksmith
shops.  But, I don't know of any college (at least not on the West Coast)
teaching blacksmithing.  To direct a kid toward a future as a blacksmith
would likely be considered unethical.

How long before we realize that radio broadcasting is in the same situation?

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Subject: Pittsburgh summer ratings
From: [e-mail]
Organization: University of Pittsburgh


There was a request for Pittsburgh's radio ratings a few months
back.  Here are the summer Arbitron ratings as listed in the
Post-Gazette:

Listeners 12 and over, Monday-Sunday, 6am to midnight:
          Summer 1993                Summer 1992
1.     KDKA (AM)    13.7           KDKA      13.8
2.     WDVE         11.2           WDVE      10.3
3.     WWSW          6.6           WWSW       9.5
4.     WBZZ          6.2           WDSY       6.4
5.     WAMO          6.0           WBZZ       5.4
6.     WVTY          5.5           WTAE       5.4
7.     WSHH          5.1           WJAS       5.1
8.     WDSY          5.0           WAMO       4.8
9.     WTAE (AM)     5.0           WSHH       4.7
10.    WJAS (AM)     4.4           WLTJ       4.1

Morning drive time, 6 to 10 am:
          Summer 1993                Summer 1992
1.     KDKA         21.2           KDKA      19.8
2.     WDVE         12.4           WDVE      10.8
3.     WWSW          5.9           WWSW       8.5
4.     WBZZ          5.3           WDSY       5.6
5.     WSHH          5.2           WTAE       5.5
6.     WVTY          5.1           WSHH       5.2
7.     WTAE          4.4           WBZZ       5.1
8.     WAMO          4.3           WLTJ       4.2
9.     WDSY          3.9           WJAS       4.0
10.    WLTJ          3.7           WAMO       3.9


I'm not quailfied to describe each station's format but I hope
this satisfies the need to know.

Perry Smith

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Subject: Re: Dr. Harvey Rubin off the air?
From: [e-mail] (David A. Kaye)
Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access    [phone]  [login: guest]


Ken Steiglitz ([e-mail]) wrote:
: TalkNet in Arlington VA said that Dr. Rubin's contract wasn't
: renewed because of a lack of interest. My wife is upset.
: Is anyone else?

No, I'm not.  Send for my pamphlet on 101 reasons why Dr. Harvey Ruben
was a bore.

She might like Dr. Joy Browne, syndicated by WOR Radio Network.  I
believe she's live from 7-10pm Pacific time.  I may not be right on the
hours.  I find her very listenable, she has a larger range of interests
and is on 5 nights a week, not 2, so she asks callers to call back for
followups.  At the moment I think she's one of the hottest talk hosts in
radio.


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