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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 508. Disclosure of payments to individuals connected with broadcasts
(a) Payments to station employees
Subject to subsection (d) of this section, any employee of a
radio station who accepts or agrees to accept from any person
(other than such station), or any person (other than such station)
who pays or agrees to pay such employee, any money, service or
other valuable consideration for the broadcast of any matter over
such station shall, in advance of such broadcast, disclose the fact
of such acceptance or agreement to such station.
(b) Production or preparation of programs
Subject to subsection (d) of this section, any person who, in
connection with the production or preparation of any program or
program matter which is intended for broadcasting over any radio
station, accepts or agrees to accept, or pays or agrees to pay, any
money, service or other valuable consideration for the inclusion of
any matter as a part of such program or program matter, shall, in
advance of such broadcast, disclose the fact of such acceptance or
payment or agreement to the payee's employer, or to the person for
whom such program or program matter is being produced, or to the
licensee of such station over which such program is broadcast.
(c) Supplying of program or program matter
Subject to subsection (d) of this section, any person who
supplies to any other person any program or program matter which is
intended for broadcasting over any radio station shall, in advance
of such broadcast, disclose to such other person any information of
which he has knowledge, or which has been disclosed to him, as to
any money, service or other valuable consideration which any person
has paid or accepted, or has agreed to pay or accept, for the
inclusion of any matter as a part of such program or program
matter.
(d) Waiver of announcements under section 317(d)
The provisions of this section requiring the disclosure of
information shall not apply in any case where, because of a waiver
made by the Commission under section 317(d) of this title, an
announcement is not required to be made under section 317 of this
title.
(e) Announcement under section 317 as sufficient disclosure
The inclusion in the program of the announcement required by
section 317 of this title shall constitute the disclosure required
by this section.
(f) "Service or other valuable consideration" defined
The term "service or other valuable consideration" as used in
this section shall not include any service or property furnished
without charge or at a nominal charge for use on, or in connection
with, a broadcast, or for use on a program which is intended for
broadcasting over any radio station, unless it is so furnished in
consideration for an identification in such broadcast or in such
program of any person, product, service, trademark, or brand name
beyond an identification which is reasonably related to the use of
such service or property in such broadcast or such program.
(g) Penalties
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, for
each such violation, be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned
not more than one year, or both.
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