Re: [IRCA] 1520 Spanish & IDs

["David Gleason" <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Puerto Rico stations were always allowed to ID in whichever language they
preferred. Since most stations (today only 2 are in English) are in Spanish,
the IDs are in Spanish. When I ran WDOY-FM licensed to Fajardo, but serving
san Juan, I did the ID in English to keep from confusing listeners as to who
we were (Y-96) and not WDOY. 

IDing in Spanish in PR goes back to 1922. 

Today, Spanish, which accounts for 10% of all listening hours in the US and
99.7% in Puerto Rico, is used to ID many Spanish stations. 

-----Original Message-----
From: irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Bruce Portzer
Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 10:54 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1520 Spanish

I was in the Caribbean about 5 years ago and noticed the Puerto Rico 
stations consistently doing legal IDs in Spanish.  At the time I thought 
it was a bit odd.  Later I wondered if Puerto Ricans had waivers 
allowing them to do that, seeing as nearly everyone there, including the 
local FCC staff, speaks Spanish.

Bruce

David Gleason wrote:

>Also, many US Spanish stations ID in Spanish now. The FCC has not changed
>the rules, but has seen fit to "allow" this to happen. 
>



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