Goto Section: 73.1942 | 73.1944 | Table of Contents
FCC 73.1943
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 |
2016
§ 73.1943 Political file.
(a) Every licensee shall keep and permit public inspection of a complete and
orderly record (political file) of all requests for broadcast time made by
or on behalf of a candidate for public office, together with an appropriate
notation showing the disposition made by the licensee of such requests, and
the charges made, if any, if the request is granted. The “disposition”
includes the schedule of time purchased, when spots actually aired, the
rates charged, and the classes of time purchased.
(b) When free time is provided for use by or on behalf of candidates, a
record of the free time provided shall be placed in the political file.
(c) All records required by this paragraph shall be placed in the political
file as soon as possible and shall be retained for a period of two years. As
soon as possible means immediately absent unusual circumstances.
(d) Location of the file. A television station licensee or applicant must
post all of the contents added to its political file after the effective
date of this paragraph in the political file component of its public file on
the Commission's Web site. A television station must retain in its political
file maintained at the station, at the location specified in § § 73.3526(b) or
73.3527(b), all material required to be included in the political file and
added to the file prior to the effective date of this paragraph. The online
political file must be updated in the same manner as paragraph (c) of this
section.
[ 57 FR 210 , Jan. 3, 1992, as amended at 77 FR 27655 , May 11, 2012]
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Goto Section: 73.1942 | 73.1944
Goto Year: 2014 |
2016
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