The document summarizes rules for political broadcasting for federal candidates on broadcast stations. It outlines requirements for reasonable access to airtime, equal opportunities for opposing candidates, disclosure of selling practices, and record keeping of political advertising in the station's public file. Stations cannot censor political content and must identify sponsors, but are no longer subject to the fairness doctrine or personal attack rules.

1. Political Broadcasting Broadcasters Association © Womble Carlyle 2007

6. Who is a Legally Qualified Candidate?

7. What is a Candidate “Use” Why is it important?

8. Candidate Access

9. Access to Specific Programs?

10. Non-Standard Lengths

11. How do the Rules differ for State and Local Candidates

12. Deadlines and Weekend Access to Station

13. Equal Opportunities § 315 Communications Act

14. Are Any Programs or Times Exempt from Equal Opportunities?

16. Content that Conflicts with Law

17. What about Problem Ads ??

18. Censorship & Prior Review

19. Rates

20. Political Rates

21. Lowest Unit Charge WINDOWS 2008

24. Lowest Unit Charge The lowest price charged for any individual unit of time sold in the same class, in the same length and program or daypart that runs within the Lowest Unit Charge window

27. Classes of Time

28. Preemptible Time

29. Special Political Class of Time or Candidate Discount

30. Rotations

31. Package Plans

32. What to Include in the LUC ?

33. What to Exclude From the LUC ?

34. Network Exception ?

37. Rate Increases or Decreases:

38. Agency and Rep Commissions

39. Specific Programs

40. Sold Out Time ?

41. Production Facilities

42. Make Goods

43. Time Sensitive Make Goods

45. Disclosure Statement Political Advertising Disclosure Statement Preemption ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Time Categories ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Weekends ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

46. What Must Disclosure Statement Include ?

47. Sponsor Identification

48. Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act Sponsorship ID

49. Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act Lowest Unit Charge

50. Federal Candidate Certificate

51. BCRA ID - Radio

52. What’s Wrong with This Radio Ad? The Right Way !

53. BCRA ID - Television

54. What’s Wrong with This TV Ad?

55. What’s Wrong with This TV Ad?

62. Third Party Candidate Spots

63. Third Party Issues Spots

64. ADVANCE PAYMENT

65. Credit Must Be Offered If:

66. Political File

67. Contents of Political File

68. Recordkeeping Retention Period

69. Ads and Other Communications Activities of others Ideas for Enhanced Selling & NTR

70. Outside Groups

81. Politics and the Internet Pew Research Center © Womble Carlyle 2004 - 2006

92. TIME FOR YOUR QUESTIONS