Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - (Page 4) Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC 1401 Eye Street, N.W. Seventh Floor Washington, D.C. 20005 (202) 467-6900 (202) 467-6910 (fax) www.wcsr.com Communications law HOT-LINE: 877-4FCCLaw Copyright ©2008 by Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC This Manual is provided for general information purposes only and should not be relied upon as legal advice pertaining to any specific factual situation. Political Rules in a Nutshell (Section Numbers of this Manual are in Parentheses) (II) LEGALLY QUALIFIED political candidates for federal office are entitled to (III) REASONABLE ACCESS over most commercial radio and television stations. When any legally qualified candidate makes a (IV) USE of a broadcast facility during a (V) NON-EXEMPT PROGRAM, then an opposing candidate is entitled to make a (VI) REQUEST for (VII) EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES. Certain uses may qualify for the station’s (VIII) LOWEST UNIT CHARGE. Political candidates are entitled to receive full (IX) DISCLOSURE of the station’s selling practices. All political candidate uses must be free from station (X) CENSORSHIP or editing and must bear the proper (XI) SPONSORSHIP IDENTIFICATION. Documentation of each request for a use of the station’s facilities, together with other relevant information, must be maintained in the station’s (XII) POLITICAL FILE. The public must be afforded ACCESS TO THE POLITICAL FILE (XIII). The (XIV) FAIRNESS DOCTRINE and the rules governing (XV) POLITICAL EDITORIALS and (XVI) PERSONAL ATTACKS have been repealed. Stations are still subject to rules regarding (XVII) ISSUE ADVERTISING and (XVIII) NEWS DISTORTION. ★ ★ 4 « February 2008 http://www.wcsr.com http://www.wcsr.com http://www.cerc.net http://www.cerc.net http://www.cerc.net
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 Contents Introduction – The Scope of the Political Broadcasting Rules “Legally Qualified” Candidates Reasonable Access “Uses” of Broadcast Facilities Exempt Programs Requests for Equal Opportunities Equal Opportunities Lowest Unit Charges The Disclosure Censorship of Uses Sponsorship Identification Political File Contents Access to the Political File The Fairness Doctrine Political Editorials Personal Attacks Issue Advertising News Distortion Conclusion Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 (Page 1) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 (Page 2) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 (Page 3) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 (Page 4) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 (Page 5) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 (Page 6) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 (Page 7) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Contents (Page 8) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Contents (Page 9) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Contents (Page 10) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Contents (Page 11) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Contents (Page 12) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - “Legally Qualified” Candidates (Page 13) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Reasonable Access (Page 14) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Reasonable Access (Page 15) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - “Uses” of Broadcast Facilities (Page 16) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - “Uses” of Broadcast Facilities (Page 17) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Exempt Programs (Page 18) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Exempt Programs (Page 19) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Exempt Programs (Page 20) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Exempt Programs (Page 21) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Requests for Equal Opportunities (Page 22) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Requests for Equal Opportunities (Page 23) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Equal Opportunities (Page 24) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Equal Opportunities (Page 25) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Equal Opportunities (Page 26) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Equal Opportunities (Page 27) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Lowest Unit Charges (Page 28) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Lowest Unit Charges (Page 29) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Lowest Unit Charges (Page 30) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Lowest Unit Charges (Page 31) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Lowest Unit Charges (Page 32) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Lowest Unit Charges (Page 33) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Lowest Unit Charges (Page 34) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Lowest Unit Charges (Page 35) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - The Disclosure (Page 36) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - The Disclosure (Page 37) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Censorship of Uses (Page 38) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Sponsorship Identification (Page 39) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Sponsorship Identification (Page 40) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Sponsorship Identification (Page 41) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Political File Contents (Page 42) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Political File Contents (Page 43) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Political File Contents (Page 44) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Political File Contents (Page 45) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Political Editorials (Page 46) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Personal Attacks (Page 47) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Personal Attacks (Page 48) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Personal Attacks (Page 49) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Personal Attacks (Page 50) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - News Distortion (Page 51) Campaigns & Elections' Political Broadcast Manual - March 2008 - Conclusion (Page 52)
For optimal viewing of this digital publication, please enable JavaScript and then refresh the page. If you would like to try to load the digital publication without using Flash Player detection, please click here.