Isn't this illegal?

[Carmine]

Not exactly a "tv" question, more related to actual broadcasting. Aren't tv stations required to show their ID every hour? And shouldn't it be their actual ID, not their stupid made-up slogan?

One of the tv stations out here in Phoenix used to be called "WB 61", now they are "CW" (I could not possibly care less), but they are now exclusively calling themselves "6", which is appearantly their designation on whatever cable company they have out here.

They are still UHF 61 to those of us getting signals OTA. I know that many stations call themselves "Channel 43/5" or whatever the cable company assigned them, but this is the first time I've noticed them dropping the whole UHF number.

Either way, the whole line-up is just a bunch of garbage, unpopular 3rd-string sit-coms and judge shows...except at 4AM when they show Little House on the Prarie. Channel 45 (used to be UPN, now its "MY") no longer shows Streets of San Francisco at 5AM, but rather some crap infomercial about clogged colons (pun intended).

They do have two independant stations which never give a channel ID, just AZtv and "i". This also pisses me off, but since they show a fine line-up of Andy Griffith, Green Acres, Hogans Heros and Bewitched, I don't complain.

Yes, I do like to get up early