Political Ad, Personal Radio Items OK'd Pre-Meeting
The FCC early and unanimously approved an NPRM on political advertising record-keeping and a reconsideration order on the personal radio service rules, deleting them from Thursday’s meeting agenda, said a deletion notice Wednesday. The political advertising NPRM seeks comment on…
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allowing social media and campaign websites to be considered among criteria for whether a write-in candidate is eligible for lowest unit pricing and other candidate benefits. It also seeks comment on changing the language of the FCC’s rules to formalize provisions on keeping records on issue ads in station public files, which the Media Bureau already requires. The political ad proposals were considered administrative and uncontroversial, and aren’t expected to lead to practical changes in how stations handle political ads (see 2107290053). The approved NPRM didn't appear to have been changed from the draft version. Commissioners also OK’d 4-0 a docket 10-119 personal radio services order addressing three petitions for reconsideration of a May 2017 order revising the rules. The order wasn’t controversial, FCC officials said, and was approved as circulated, based on a side-by-side comparison. None of the commissioners released statements. The order acts on long-standing petitions by Cobra Electronics, Motorola Solutions and Medtronic (see 2107150066).