FCC Media Bureau Chief of Communications and Industry Information...
FCC Media Bureau Chief of Communications and Industry Information Michael Perko responded to a handful of letters from lawmakers who previously sought clarification on the rules that govern the broadcast announcements of non-commercial educational (NCE) stations. The responses were revealed…
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in documents published by the FCC Tuesday. Perko said the commission’s rules governing commercial advertisements and enhanced underwriting are applied uniformly to all NCE broadcasters and are enforced on a case-by-case basis, according to the letters. “Commission staff cannot preview or provide advance approval of specific underwriting acknowledgments that a station intends to use. Doing so would raise serious First Amendment issues and also would place burdensome demands on limited staff resources,” Perko’s letters said. The responses were sent to Sens. Dan Coats, R-Ind., and Jim Inhofe, R-Okla.; and Reps. Andre Carson, D-Ind.; Doug Lamborn, R-Colo.; and Jim Bridenstine, R-Okla.