Re: Local Political Coverage

["Dan Billings" <dib9@gwi.net>]

Good point.  A station can get away with staying on high power all night,
but if you over charge a politician, you can bet the FCC will come down on
you.  The FCC fined a Maine station on this issue last year.  The specific
station slips my mind.  While the FCC does take the lowest unit rate
seriously, a station can stay out of trouble by obeying the (stupid) rule.
It is not necessary to offer the lowest unit rate to those not entitled to
it, though I'll certainly accept the gift if I'm buying the spots.

By the way - I'm not against political ads, I just don't like politicians
using their political power to benefit their campaigns.

-- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine



> From: "Dan Billings" <dib9@gwi.net>
>
> > When I was buying time for a PAC last fall that was supporting
candidates,
> > but not affiliated with any candidate, I was amazed at how many stations
> > gave us the lowest unit rate, even though I made it clear who I was
buying
> > the time for.  It seems that even some station operators do not
understand
> > the rules.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Pappalardo" <joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com>
To: "Dan Billings" <dib9@gwi.net>;
<boston-radio-interest@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 12:58 AM
Subject: Re: Local Political Coverage

> Or maybe....don't even want to come close to being cited, fined or
> reprimanded in any way for this.  (This is one rule that the FCC does
> consider a 'biggie'...so better safe than sorry.)