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Gidney N Cloyd

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5. It's the "Reasonable Access" provision of the Communications Act.

Reply to Guy Whitey Corngood (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 19, 2012, 01:37 PM

Mar 2012

I'm real rusty on this stuff and probably oversimplifying but stations have to allow legitimate candidates (maybe just federal offices) to buy advertising time and they have to give them the rock bottom rate, too.

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If you listen to WCPT please email them to stop playing those annoying ass commercials for [View all] Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2012 OP

If they're campaign commercials the station doesn't have a lot of leeway to say no. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2012 #1

Yeah that's what they are. Why is that BTW? nt Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2012 #2

It's the "Reasonable Access" provision of the Communications Act. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2012 #5

it's all over tomorrow anyway. mopinko Mar 2012 #3

I keep forgetting that. I didn't vote early so I have to make sure to get back from my day trip Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2012 #4