Template:Did you know nominations/FM Non-Duplication Rule


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:43, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

FM Non-Duplication Rule

 * ... that the FM Non-Duplication Rule adopted by the FCC 55 years ago today led to the creation of the album-oriented and classic rock radio formats? Source: "New Yorkers can tune in WNEW-FM for midtempo, guitar-driven rock (known in the music business as Album-Oriented Rock, or A.O.R.), ... When FM rock got started, it distinguished itself from Top-40 radio because it disdained pop-oriented singles in favor of songs from albums that music directors deemed worth hearing (like that FM staple, Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven, which was never issued as a single) ... The result of such thinking is all-oldies radio or the still-burgeoning classic rock radio, a format that plays best-selling FM rock from the late 1960's through the mid-1980's - nothing unfamiliar at all." The New York Times; "It's Time for FM Radio To Make Some Waves"; September 6, 1987; "By the early 1970s, more conventional commercial radio stations sought to capitalize on the popularity of underground radio by smoothing its more counter-cultural edges. This effort became known as the Album Oriented Radio  (A.O.R.) format" A Companion to the History of American Broadcasting, Aniko Bodrogkhozy, Wiley, 2018
 * ALT1:... that while the FM Non-Duplication Rule was adopted by the FCC 55 years ago today to help FM radio, it was repealed in 1986 because AM stations were struggling? Source: "The rule was imposed 22 years ago to help FM grow by forcing owners to run FM stations as separate operations rather than adjuncts of AM stations. The commission believed that this would foster the sale of FM radios and bring about more efficient use of the scarce radio spectrum ... FM has prospered to a point where AM stations are the ones that now need help to stay competitive.", "FCC Ends Curb on Simultaneous Programs on AM, FM Stations", Los Angeles Times; March 29, 1986
 * Reviewed: Motivation Crowding Theory
 * Comment: As the hooks suggest I am looking to get this approved and on the Main Page for July 1. I know it's tight, but requests like this have been accommodated in the past (once again, the article turned out to be longer than I expected it would be).

Created by Daniel Case (talk). Self-nominated at 16:33, 27 June 2019 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. Both hooks are verified and cited inline, but I think the first hook is going to have wider appeal. Images in article freely licensed. QPQ done. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 21:36, 27 June 2019 (UTC)