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genlock · Post by **genlock** » Fri May 11, 2007 5:40 am

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The station manager of WOWK-TV in Charleston was arrested for driving under the influence early Saturday morning.

John Michael Fawcett, 47, of Winfield, ran a red light at the intersection of U.S. 35 and the St. Albans exit of Interstate 64, said West Virginia State Trooper J.P. Murphy.

Fawcett was originally pulled over for running the red light and failed a field sobriety test, Murphy said. He was arrested for DUI and transported for an intoximeter test. He had a blood alcohol level of 0.158, nearly twice the legal limit of 0.08, Murphy said. Fawcett was transported to the Western Regional Jail, Murphy said.

1015RiverRat · Post by **1015RiverRat** » Fri May 11, 2007 7:59 am

Your "Favorite" web site had the Fawcett story days ago:

http://www.putnamlive.com/FawcettArrestedForDUI.html

Zak Tyler · Post by **Zak Tyler** » Fri May 11, 2007 8:04 am

1015RiverRat wrote:Your "Favorite" web site had the Fawcett story days ago:

http://www.putnamlive.com/FawcettArrestedForDUI.html

'MY" favorite website has it......??? there's nothing about boobies in that story, thus my "favorite" website wouldn't have it

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Fri May 11, 2007 8:05 am

I never go to that site.
It is run by some dickhead.

OldSkool · Post by **OldSkool** » Fri May 11, 2007 8:36 am

genlock wrote:I never go to that site.
It is run by some dickhead.

That website is not on my favorites, either. Wouldn't waste my time going to it.

Big Media · Post by **Big Media** » Fri May 11, 2007 9:36 am

..... never mind.

SPIKE NESMITH! · Post by **SPIKE NESMITH!** » Fri May 11, 2007 9:42 am

Still, Mark must be elated to have a friend like RiverRat who pimps his site. I bet they're the best of buds.

Lee · Post by **Lee** » Fri May 11, 2007 9:54 am

I think I figured it out!!!!

Mark is a "Hero!!!"

Mark Hallburn is like Nikki...sweet, cuddly and lovable. You could eat him with a spoon.

But like Nikki, Mark has a darkside, named 1015RiverRat. Whenever Mark looks into a mirror or has a crisis...out comes his unstoppable darkside, 1015RiverRat.

It goes something like this:

Mark looks into a mirror after someone calls him a dickhead...

Mark: I wish I was in radio. Guess I'm just not good enough, oh well, I have this awesome news site!

101RiverRat: Who are you kidding? Radio NEEDS you!! Go on WVBroadcasting.net and wreck havoc on those who either fired or would never hire you.

Mark: I can't....I....have a wife...

101RiverRat: You pussy!!! I guess I'm gonna have to take over...

Mark: You can't....no....NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

1015RiverRat: Now, let's log onto WVBroadcasting.net and show these puny little mice what REAL radio talent and news broadcasting REALLY is!!

SPIKE NESMITH! · Post by **SPIKE NESMITH!** » Fri May 11, 2007 10:14 am

/too obscure?

Lester · Post by **Lester** » Fri May 11, 2007 10:43 am

That's classic...

mr. perfect · Post by **mr. perfect** » Fri May 11, 2007 8:23 pm

No argument Hallburn is a dick. But you see Fawcett's arrest picture? He's no sunshine either. Here's the million dollar question -- was that a company car he was driving? What an ass.

fearpeddler · Post by **fearpeddler** » Sat May 12, 2007 9:58 am

mr. perfect wrote: Here's the million dollar question -- was that a company car he was driving?

nope, the real million dollar ? is "Is there a demon inside 13 that drives its management and higher staff to drinking, or is it just gettin shown up daily by the station on the other side of the parking lot?"

1015RiverRat · Post by **1015RiverRat** » Sat May 12, 2007 1:13 pm

In addition to the DUI, the "million dollar" questions are also: Why didn't he insure the car? And why didn't he register the car? And why didn't he call a cab? With his salary there is no excuse for either.

oldtvman2 · Post by **oldtvman2** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:59 pm

at WOWK the management believe they can do no wrong. just look at their id's listing Charleston first instead of Huntington. they want to be a Charleston station and have always wanted it that way. thinking if they say it often enough it will be, but the FCC dosen't look at it that way. but we have no FCC person around to check on things.

Big Media · Post by **Big Media** » Mon May 14, 2007 2:25 pm

oldtvman2 wrote:at WOWK the management believe they can do no wrong. just look at their id's listing Charleston first instead of Huntington. they want to be a Charleston station and have always wanted it that way. thinking if they say it often enough it will be, but the FCC doesn't look at it that way. but we have no FCC person around to check on things.

I am not legally inclined, but it seems to me the question is, are they identifying themselves as Charleston/Huntington on their LEGAL ID or just everywhere else? As long as they run a visible legal ID, in the lower 1/3 of the screen, that simply states calls and COL, they are legal. The rest of the time, they can say WOWK New York/Los Angeles if it fancies them.

It reminds me of WBVB. They are licensed to Coal Grove so they used to run a 2 second legal in the :50 break that simply said "WBVB Coal Grove." Then at the top of the hour, they would leave out the calls and identify with the typical Huntington/Ashland/Ironton slogan.

Again, I ain't no lawyer so I could be wrong.

SPIKE NESMITH! · Post by **SPIKE NESMITH!** » Mon May 14, 2007 4:10 pm

IIRC, and I may be wrong about this, doesn't the primary city of license have to be first, followed by whatever other places are in your TSA?

fearpeddler · Post by **fearpeddler** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:14 pm

only thing required on their 'legal' id's is "wowk-tv/dt" they could list any city of their choosing, the call letters and signal versions are all thats required by law for television..

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:31 pm

73.1201 says call letters and col.

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:33 pm

(b) Content. (1) Official station identification shall consist of

the station's call letters immediately followed by the community or

communities specified in its license as the station's location;

Provided, That the name of the licensee, the station's frequency, the

station's channel number, as stated on the station's license, and/or the

station's network affiliation may be inserted between the call letters

and station location. DTV stations choosing to include the station's

channel number in the station identification must use the station's

major channel number and may distinguish multicast program streams. For

example, a station with major channel number 26 may use 26.1 to identify

an HDTV program service and 26.2 to identify an SDTV program service. No

other insertion between the station's call letters and the community or

communities specified in its license is permissible.

Zak Tyler · Post by **Zak Tyler** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:46 pm

well that sure as hell clears things up doesn't it???

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