WXXX POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT POLICY

WXXX operates as a non-commercial, non-profit radio station. We do not carry political advertisements, except where required by law. WXXX also does not endorse any political candidate.

Exception

According to Federal Law, we must carry advertisements for Federal candidates. These include President, Vice President, Senator and Congressperson. No charge is made for these announcements. There may be a fee for producing the spot. Announcements must be requested by individual candidates or their representatives.

FCC Notes:

73.1941 Equal opportunities. (a) General requirements. Except as otherwise indicated in 73.1944, no station licensee is required to permit the use of its facilities by any legally qualified candidate for public office, but if any licensee shall permit any such candidate to use its facilities, it shall afford equal opportunities to all other candidates for that office to use such facilities.

73.1944 Reasonable access. (a) Section 312(a)(7) of the Communications Act provides that the Commission may revoke any station license or construction permit for willful or repeated failure to allow reasonable access to, or to permit purchase of, reasonable amounts of time for the use of a broadcasting station by a legally qualified candidate for Federal elective office on behalf of his candidacy. (b) Weekend Access. For purposes of providing reasonable access, a licensee shall make its facilities available for use by federal candidates on the weekend before the election if the licensee has provided similar access to commercial advertisers during the year preceding the relevant election period. Licensees shall not discriminate between candidates with regard to weekend access.