LUC Rules Don't Apply After Election Day, Says Media Bureau
Stations “are under no obligation” to provide political advertisements the lowest unit price after Election Day, said a guidance public notice in Tuesday’s FCC Daily Digest. The Communications Act specifies that the lowest unit price is for ads in the…
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60 days preceding the date of the election, the PN said. “Although the term ‘election’ is not defined in Section 315, we interpret this term for purposes of the 2020 election to mean November 3, 2020, the election date designated by federal law.” Political ads after Election Day still must follow political ad file rules.