The Impact of the Proposed DISCLOSE Campaign Reform Act on Broadcasters and...
In reaction to the Citizens United Supreme Court decision invalidating restrictions on corporate spending on advertising and other messages explicitly endorsing or attacking political candidates (about...
View ArticleRemember that Political Ads By State and Local Candidates Need to Have...
While most of the FCC’s political broadcasting rules have remain unchanged for almost 20 years, each year there are a few new wrinkles that arise, and seemingly a few misconceptions that make the...
View ArticlePolitical Broadcasting Reminder – State and Local Candidates Subject to...
In the waning days before the mid-term election, we have received many questions about the applicability of the political broadcasting rules to state and local candidates. In particular, we have seen...
View ArticleDonald Trump May Declare Presidential Candidacy on The Apprentice – FCC Legal...
This past week’s political news seemed to be all about Donald Trump and his possible run for the Presidency – and his plans to announce his intent to run on the season finale of The Apprentice. When,...
View ArticleFCC Declares Anderson Cooper’s Daytime Talk Show to Be Exempt From Equal...
The FCC issued a declaratory ruling this week finding that Anderson Cooper’s new talk show appeared to be a bona fide news interview program exempt from equal opportunities under the FCC’s political...
View ArticleGraphic Abortion Ads In Iowa By Presidential Candidate – And A Seminar on FCC...
With the Iowa primary approaching, political ads are increasing on the local Iowa TV stations. While the national press may have been focused on some of the recent Rick Perry ads about the end of...
View ArticleWhy Broadcasters Have To Air Political Attack Ads Even If They Don’t Want To
With the Florida broadcast airwaves overrun with political ads in the last few days – the great majority of them attack ads – many ask why do broadcasters keep running those ads? Of course, there are...
View ArticleFCC Decides That Randall Terry Not Entitled to Run Graphic Anti-Abortion TV...
In an 11th hour decision released at about 5 PM on the Friday before the Super Bowl,the FCC decided that TV station WMAQ-TV in Chicago was justified in denying Randall Terry’s request to buy...
View ArticleSportscaster Running for Mayor In Chicago Suburb Taken Off the Air –...
A recent article in the Chicago Tribune demonstrates that the FCC’s Equal Opportunities requirements, as embodied in Section 315 of the Communications Act, apply to candidates for state and local...
View ArticleTV Crime Watch Show is Bona Fide News Program Exempt from Equal Opportunities...
The FCC yesterday issued a Declaratory Ruling at the request of the producers of a new syndicated Crime Watch Daily TV show, a program that will give a daily rundown of crime stories including ongoing...
View ArticleTed Cruz Demands Takedown of PAC Ad Attacking His Voting Record – Issues that...
According to Politico, Ted Cruz’ campaign has demanded that TV stations pull certain PAC ads which he claims distort his voting record on immigration issues. This kind of claim from a political...
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