Re: You're right! Re: commercials
> > My impression is the intent was that underwriting
> > announcements parallel the tenor of underwriting
> > announcements on a non-com. Although I have heard of
> > commercials being run on the translators.
>
> I came across this by accident:
http:/> /hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-03-3864A1.pdf
>
>
> Specifically, paragraph 8 says...
>
> We further reject Great Lakes’ contention that section
> 74.1231(g) of the
> Commission’s rules allows noncommercial translator stations
> to broadcast “advertising messages” that promote their
> for-profit sponsors. The same restrictions that apply to
> messages aired by noncommercial FM stations are applicable
> to noncommercial FM translator facilities.
> Consequently, this argument is without merit.
>
> Another example that there are more rules than there are in
> the rulebook.
Exactly--that's why it's important not only to look at the statutes (Title 47, US Code), the rules and regulations (47 CFR, Sec. 73, for broadcast), but also to case law in the DC Circuit, as well as the FCC's own agency interpretations and commission rulings. THAT is our law--not just the statute or rule books, but the interpretations in the common law.