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Originally Posted by Jeffhs
I don't think the amateur station's audio was ever transmitted over the TV station...
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Wouldn't necessarily need to be rebroadcast to violate the rule. If they planned to routinely use hams to gather news, that would be the equivalent of a small business setting up on the 2M or 70CM ham bands for business use. A big no no.
They can use ham operators to gather up to the minute weather or emergency info, which would be shared with other stations over a local repeater or via the National Weather Service, at least that's the way they do it here in DFW. That would be public service.
Anyway I could run it by my friend who is a "VLC" volunteer legal council for ARRL, but I already know what his answer would be. 73!