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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 317. Announcement of payment for broadcast
(a) Disclosure of person furnishing
(1) All matter broadcast by any radio station for which any
money, service or other valuable consideration is directly or
indirectly paid, or promised to or charged or accepted by, the
station so broadcasting, from any person, shall, at the time the
same is so broadcast, be announced as paid for or furnished, as the
case may be, by such person: Provided, That "service or other
valuable consideration" shall not include any service or property
furnished without charge or at a nominal charge for use on, or in
connection with, a broadcast unless it is so furnished in
consideration for an identification in a broadcast of any person,
product, service, trademark, or brand name beyond an identification
which is reasonably related to the use of such service or property
on the broadcast.
(2) Nothing in this section shall preclude the Commission from
requiring that an appropriate announcement shall be made at the
time of the broadcast in the case of any political program or any
program involving the discussion of any controversial issue for
which any films, records, transcriptions, talent, scripts, or other
material or service of any kind have been furnished, without charge
or at a nominal charge, directly or indirectly, as an inducement to
the broadcast of such program.
(b) Disclosure to station of payments
In any case where a report has been made to a radio station, as
required by section 508 of this title, of circumstances which would
have required an announcement under this section had the
consideration been received by such radio station, an appropriate
announcement shall be made by such radio station.
(c) Acquiring information from station employees
The licensee of each radio station shall exercise reasonable
diligence to obtain from its employees, and from other persons with
whom it deals directly in connection with any program or program
matter for broadcast, information to enable such licensee to make
the announcement required by this section.
(d) Waiver of announcement
The Commission may waive the requirement of an announcement as
provided in this section in any case or class of cases with respect
to which it determines that the public interest, convenience, or
necessity does not require the broadcasting of such announcement.
(e) Rules and regulations
The Commission shall prescribe appropriate rules and regulations
to carry out the provisions of this section.
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