Why do they pause for station identification?

This allows local stations that are relaying their show to do their legal station ID without overriding the content of the show. That is why on AM where talk radio is king, you hear “break for station ID” more often than you do on FM where the majority of content is preprogrammed and scheduled in advance.

Why do radio stations have to do station identification?

The *reason* for requiring identification, at least in most jurisdictions, is so that if a listener hears something they believe breaches the local broadcasting standards (or more egregiously, the law) they know which station it was that broadcast it.

How often do radio stations have to identify?

1201. Here is the breakdown: A legal identification must be run once per hour of broadcasting. The traditional rule, is that the ID must be run as close to the top of the hour as possible in a natural break in the programming.

How often do radio stations have to identify themselves?

What two elements must be included in a legal station ID?

It must include (1) the station’s call letters, (2) the channel number, (3) the city of license.

Who founded K&W Cafeteria?

Grady T. Allred, Sr.
K&W Cafeterias

What do radio call letters stand for?

In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique designation for a transmitter station. In order to save time, two-letter identifiers were adopted for this purpose.