From david at kfcf.org  Mon Feb  9 17:22:58 2009
From: david at kfcf.org (david at kfcf.org)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:22:58 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [FFCF-PNA] February PNA Meeting
Message-ID: <52444.76.20.66.24.1234228978.squirrel@mail.kfcf.org>

PNA Meeting
February 11, 2009
5:00 pm at the station

1. Quorum, guests
2. Review of Valley Black Talk
3. Review of Dixieland Jazz
4. Discussion of possible programs from Rych's e-mail list
5. Update of program proposal with Sierra Foothill Conservancy, Native
American community, UFW & ICC
6. Other business
7. Next program for evaluation
8. Next meeting date
9. Adjourn


From rych at rych.org  Tue Feb 10 20:59:13 2009
From: rych at rych.org (Rychard Withers)
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:59:13 -0800
Subject: [FFCF-PNA] Foreign Language Programming
Message-ID: <5159EC6EDAA7453EB8BFE8C2A0574076@PC3>

While the article is talking about the multiple channels available with
HD-Radio, certain caveats are universal.

-Rych

 

http://www.broadcastlawblog.com/archives/digital-radio-caution-on-multicast-
streams-remember-its-still-overtheair-broadcasting.html

 

Foreign language programming has traditionally presented programming issues
for broadcasters.  In the 1970s and 1980s, there were multiple cases where
broadcasters actually lost licenses because there was illegal activity
taking place in brokered programming.  In these cases, the programming
contained illegal content and the licensee had no way to monitor the content
of the programs as the licensee had no one on staff who spoke the language
in which the programming was produced.  The FCC basically said that the
licensee had the responsibility to be able to monitor all programming
broadcast on its station - so they had abdicated their responsibility to
keep the station in compliance with FCC rules by not knowing what was being
said in the brokered programming.

And it is not just foreign language programming that can present issues.  In
some of those older cases, there were problems where one would least expect
it.  In one case, a preacher was, in his sermons, citing Bible verses to
convey information about illegal "numbers" games that were taking place in
the station's community.  As recently as last week, noncommercial
broadcasters were fined by the FCC for improper underwriting announcements
that were broadcast in programming provided by third-party programmers 

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From david at kfcf.org  Fri Feb 13 10:32:30 2009
From: david at kfcf.org (david at kfcf.org)
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:32:30 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [FFCF-PNA] Programming Committee Minutes
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Programming Committee Minutes

1. Meeting convened at 5:15pm with Rych Withers, Leni Reeves, Frank
Delgado, Barry Chambers, Marc Scalzo & David Gendron.

2. Evaluation of Valley Black Talk. Program at times lack focus. Committee
consensus was that having a program director would improve interviews with
guests and cohesiveness of the show between its different hosts. Valley
Black Talk provides a valuable contribution to the community and the
programming committee wants it to continue.

3. Evaluation of Dixieland Jazz. Lou does a good job of informing
listeners of the different nuances of Dixieland Jazz and where they are
being preformed in the valley and also back announces song titles often.

4. Leni to talk on translation costs for Cambodian show. Wants to be
certain of legal compliance.

5. Frank Delgado is going to update evaluation form and simplify in order
that programming committee can use for future evaluations.

6. Will ask programmers to do self-evaluation. Committee concensus that
the best way to improve programs is for programmers to review their own
show. Rych and Frank will review self-evaluation with programmers.

7. Next programs for review are Alternative Radio and Interstellar Lounge.

8. Next meeting March 11th at the station.

9. Meeting adjourned at 6:40pm.


