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(136) Tue 29 Oct 91 6:15 By: Rob Stampfli To: All Re: Re: Radio Station DJs Making Dubious Calls St: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @PTH 1:340/201.0@Fidonet From: colnet!res@cis.ohio-state.edu (Rob Stampfli) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Radio Station DJs Making Dubious Calls Organization: TELECOM Digest > The morning clowns on this area's top-rated rock station used to call > some unsuspecting local person every day, falsely identify themselves > and give the callee a hard time about something, hoping for humorous > reactions. > [Moderator's Note: About 30+ years ago, station WLS in Chicago had a > DJ by the name of Dick Biondi. He let some profanity go out over the > air and the FCC ordered the station to go off the air about ten > minutes later. They remained off the air for several hours, apparently > while their attorney argued with the FCC about it. And it was fairly > mild as those things go today. Times and attitudes change. PAT] As I read this, the thought came to me that, wouldn't it be delightful if someone were to call the offending station after one of these episodes, demand to speak to the manager or chief engineer, and -- pretending to be the Engineer-In-Charge from the nearest FCC field office -- quote chapter and verse from the Part-whatever broadcast rules about notifying people prior to putting them on the air, allege that a complaint was filed, slap them with a fine, and order them off the air until they waded through some excessively complex amount of government red-tape, etc. And, if they didn't buy that ruse, the caller could then claim to be from a competitor station, proclaiming that it was all a humorous joke and "You're live on the air with me right now -- tell us, how do *you* feel?" I dunno, somehow I have my doubts that the station management would find the same degree of humor in the situation with the rolls reversed. Rob Stampfli, 614-864-9377, res@kd8wk.uucp (osu-cis!kd8wk!res), kd8wk@n8jyv.oh [Moderator's Note: For obvious reasons, I cannot recommend or allow the suggestion to appear unchallenged that one impersonate a federal official over the telephone. That is another whole can of worms. PAT]