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It used to be required twice an hour ... within 5 minutes of the top and bottom
of each hour.

The requirement at the bottom of the hour was lifted, and a legal ID is now
required only once per hour, any time between :55 and :05 .

A legal ID consists of the station's call sign and location.

That's the LEGAL requirement. The reason you hear it much more than that is because
the station needs to have its listeners know what station they're listening to, so they
must drum it into you as often as possible, as if you're deaf, not listening, or stupid.

The reason the station MUST have its listeners know what station they're listening to
is in order for you to be able to give the correct answer when an audience-rating
service calls you and asks "What radio station are you listening to ?" If you're
listening but have no idea of the name of the station, then it does the station
no good. If you're listening AND you're able to name the station, then your answer
goes to pump up the station's audience rating, which goes straight and directly
into their ability to go "blah blah we're #1" and consequently charge their advertisers
higher rates for commercial time.
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