The Great “-DB” Call Sign Illusion: What Internet Radio Operators Are Really Paying For
For decades, call letters have been part of the identity of American broadcasting. From legendary AM stations to the FM rock stations that shaped generations of listeners, those familiar combinations of letters represent more than a clever marketing slogan. They identify broadcast facilities operating under a federal regulatory system. In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission oversees the assignment of official broadcast call signs. But somewhere along the way, the internet radio industry developed its own imitation of that […]
