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Equal Time Comes for Radio
FCC Chair Brendan Carr says the equal time rule isn’t just for TV. It applies to radio, too.
“We haven’t seen the same issues on the radio side,” Carr said Wednesday. “But the equal time rule applies across broadcast. And we’ll look at anything that comes up.”
This follows Stephen Colbert’s claim that CBS wouldn’t let him air an interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico as primary voting begins. In January, the FCC issued an advisory reminding broadcasters that not all entertainment programs qualify for the “news exemption” under equal time rules. Colbert says that the warning…
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