[grc] Legal ID in Non-English Language

[Lauree McArdle]

Thank you!
  I'm of the mindset to have it in both languages, but wanted to check. 
We have more programs in other languages now and I want to make sure we 
have station policy in place for everyone.

Thanks again,
Lauree

On 7/27/21 12:39 PM, Michelle Bradley via grc wrote:
> There is no specific language in §73.1201 regarding the language. I 
> have commonly heard legal IDs in Spanish.  With the exception of some 
> letters (like "zeta" for z in Spanish or the letter "y" in French), 
> the pronunciations are fairly close to English.   For other non-radio 
> common languages, it would probably be better to use an English 
> identifier just at the top of the hour.  In Japanese, the romanized 
> letters (A~Z) are normally spoken using American English (using "zee" 
> instead of "zed").
>
> *Michelle A. Bradley, CBT*
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> On 7/27/2021 12:31 PM, Lauree McArdle via grc wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm under the impression that if we were to air legal IDs in a 
>> language other than English, that we would need to accompany it in 
>> English. I don't see anything definitive written about this, so I'm 
>> asking if anyone can provide additional direction on this.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Lauree
>
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