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Navigate to these FCC sites for updated information as it becomes available
The most current FCC public file rule for noncom FMs §73.3527:
The most current FCC EEO Rule, §73.2080:
The most current FCC forms related to EEO for broadcasters: http://www.fcc.gov/formpage.html (Look at forms 395-397 for those applicable and note that 395-B is presently suspended and 397 starts next year)
FCC EEO page: http://www.fcc.gov/mb/policy/eeo/
DOCUMENTING YOUR BROADCAST FACILITY TO KEEP STAFF INFORMED
One measure of the quality of documentation of the operational details of your station shows up in the number of questions the GM or CE receives from staff about them each week. The more questions—especially those that are heard repeatedly, the poorer the station documentation must be. If instructions about a practice or the solutions to recurring problems are well written and readily available to the staff, the questions will not have to arise! Here are a few ideas to reduce the number of questions.
1. Gather all broadcast equipment instruction manuals together on one shelf in the station, all computer and office manuals on another shelf nearby. Do not include any manuals for equipment which is no longer in service. If it’s gone, toss the manual. If it’s in storage, put the manual with it. If you have any equipment which has no manual, obtain one from the manufacturer or other users. Keep copies of transmitter site manuals at the transmitter and on your shelf.
2. Create an overall wire routing scheme drawing for the facility and each rack within it. Identify the cables at both ends and note the ID on the drawings. Put the drawings in a looseleaf binder on the shelf with the manuals.
3. Make notes of control presets for different modes of operation. Tricky areas are console inputs for various types of remotes or for conversion from on-air to production use. For computerized operations, note the file IDs for certain operations or program types. Document any settings or means of access of any important operation that is not commonplace. Place this information in the looseleaf binder.
4. Regularly update the information in the Control Room Volume of your BIGBOOK PROJECT regarding key phone numbers, calendar and PM instructions, transmitter site data, EAS monitoring assignments, Chief Operator memo, current licenses, operating logs, AM station daytime/nighttime info, remote control assignments, updated transmitter readings, etc., and trouble policies. Keep this volume on your shelf or prominently near the transmitter control point.
Brief all personnel on the foregoing and review it with any new hires; periodically update it. |
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