Re: Local Political Coverage

[Scott Saloway <saloway@bu.edu>]

That's exactly what a candidate did last fall in...I believe it was North
Carolina, but that might be wrong. Either way, he was running for Congress
and demanded the public radio station run ads for him. They had no choice,
and did.  NPR, as a result, came up with a policy paper and guidelines for
its member stations to use if such a situation should happen again.

--Scott--

On Sun, 2 Sep 2001 umar@nerodia.wcrb.com wrote:

> By the way, I notice that 73.1944 ("Reasonable access") under Subpart H
> ("Rules applicable to all broadcast stations") does not exempt
> non-commercial stations from the requirement to allow access by candidates
> for Federal office. Is there something I'm missing, or could Cheryl
> Jacques walk into WGBH Tuesday morning and demand (presumably, free) time?
> 
> 
> Rob Landry
> umar@nerodia.wcrb.com
> 
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