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The license he is very likely referring to is the General Radiotelphone Operators License (GROL), formerly known as a First Phone License. After July 1980, First Phones (required renewal every 5 years) was changed to the GROL. The license was at that time essentially a license for broadcasters, radar operators and aviation radio technicians. Several years later the 2nd and 3rd Phone licenses were replaced with the Radio Operators Permit and the requirement to have a GROL was removed to engineer broadcast stations. Anymore, the GROL is nice certificate to hang on your wall for broadcast engineers.
Station license applications, on the other hand, have associated fees that start at several hundred dollars (LPFM) and extend to several thousands of dollars for high power television and shortwave stations. And these applications are not for a license. They are fees for an application to “possibly” receive a construction permit for a possible future licensed station. Licensing has another fee associated with it and must be renewed.
And finally, licensing of public peformance of music and syndicated shows is done through a variety of organizations representing the writers, composers and program syndicators. Various parameters ar used to etablish the amount of the annual or monthly usage fee. This licensing now also includes the same usage over the internet under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) established by Congress and operated by the Library of Congress. Currently, no licensing fees are paid to musicians or artists. They are represented by the RIAA, renown for their present lawsuits against peer to peer music downloading on the internet.
By visiting the http://www.fcc.gov site you should be able to find the information necessary on what you need to know.
Marshall Johnson, Sr.
Senior Pastor, President
Rhema Christian Fellowship, Inc.
Rhema Radio – The Word In Worship
AM 1660 – FM 93.5
http://www.rhemaradio.org
