To: palmer
The rules are different for broadcast stations than for cable networks.
73 posted on
10/08/2020 9:55:37 AM PDT by
Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
"Q: What is the "equal opportunities" rule of political cablecasting?
A: Once a cable system allows a legally qualified candidate to use its facilities (by identifiable voice or picture), it must give "equal opportunities" to all other legally qualified candidates for that office to use its facilities. The cable system can not censor the content of the candidate's material in any way, and can not discriminate between candidates in practices, regulations, facilities or services rendered pursuant to the equal opportunities rules.
Candidates must submit requests for equal opportunities to the cable system within one week after a rival candidate's first use of the cable system. If the person was not a legally qualified candidate at the time of the rival's first use, he or she may submit a request within one week of the rival's next use of the cable system after he or she becomes a legally qualified candidate.
78 posted on
10/08/2020 10:00:34 AM PDT by
palmer
(Democracy Dies Six Ways from Sunday)
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