What measures have you taken to stay FCC “clean?”

I was wondering to what measures KTBB has taken in light of the FCC’s recent power trip.

In recent months, the FCC has been cracking down on certain shows and programs in various areas in the country. I realize that the programming on KTBB and the other stations that your company owns shouldn’t have problems with program content and shows such as “Bubba the Love Sponge” and “Howard Stern” will never make it to the Tyler market. With that said, I am sure that pressure from the FCC has affected your stations in some form or fashion.

I know that all of the Infinity stations in the Dallas market have been forced to put access to the delay system in all of the program directors and general managers’ offices. I was wondering to what measures KTBB has taken in light of the FCC’s recent power trip.

I enjoy your programming and will continue to listen while in the Tyler area.

ANSWER
Other than to remind our air staff that they must continue to keep it clean, we have taken no additional measures for the simple reason that we don’t believe any are necessary.

We have long maintained the practice, as do most talk stations, of running our live call-in programming through a digital delay in order that we maintain the ability edit objectionable material that might come from a caller. The controls for that delay remain in the studio, however.

As a lifelong broadcaster, I believe that talented people can entertain without dragging the audience into the gutter.

We appreciate your listening.

Paul L. Gleiser
President