FCC Rules for On|Air Contests

Broadcast Contests, Lotteries, and Solicitation of Funds

Broadcast television and radio stations must abide by FCC rules when conducting contests. Stations must fully and accurately disclose the ...

Broadcast - Contests | Federal Communications Commission

The statutory provision regarding contests is set forth at Section 508 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act'') (47 ...

The FCC's 'Contest Rule' and how it may affect your sweepstakes

§ 509)) applies to television and radio broadcasters and their sponsors. The Contest Rule provides that it is illegal to “predetermine or ...

Broadcast Contests, Lotteries and Solicitation of Funds

Broadcast television and radio stations must abide by FCC rules when conducting contests ... If you believe that a station has violated FCC rules regarding ...

FCC Rules for On-Air Contests | KRWG Public Media

Here are our contest rules for KRWG Public Media: A donation is not required to win. A donation will not increase the chances of winning.

47 CFR § 73.1216 - Licensee-conducted contests. - Law.Cornell.Edu

(a) A licensee that broadcasts or advertises information about a contest it conducts shall fully and accurately disclose the material terms of the contest, ...

FCC Rules | 94.3 & 95.3 The Well

The Well will conduct contests including on-air, online, application and text-based contests, and contests conducted through its social media accounts.

Understanding the New Contest Rules

The FCC requires that any on-air disclosure of contest terms be materially consistent with the contest rules that are disclosed on-line. Any ambiguity will be a ...

The FCC Has Written Good Contest Rules, Now You Should Too

The FCC's new Licensee-Conducted Contest Rule became effective this past Friday. Under the new rule, a broadcast licensee conducting a ...

Commission Updates Contest Rule to Permit Online Disclosure

Commission issues a Report and Order amending the Contest Rule to permit broadcast stations to disclose material contest terms over the air or on an ...

The FCC's contest regulations: A primer - Thompson Coburn LLP

The FCC Contest Rule requires broadcasters to accurately disclose the “material terms” of the contest.

The FCC and its regulations | Student Media - NC State

Federal law generally prohibits the broadcast of advertisements or information about lotteries. The FCC defines a lottery as “any game, contest or promotion ...

FCC Approves Placement of Contest Rules on Station Websites

The FCC has adopted a revised contest rule permitting radio and television stations to disclose on the Internet the material terms of contests they conduct.

FCC Modernizes Regulations for Broadcasters' Contest and ...

Previously, Section 73.1216 of the FCC rules (adopted almost 40 years ago) required radio and television broadcasters to disclose on air the ...

Two FCC Fines for Contests Where Prizes Not Awarded on a Timely ...

As we have written before, the FCC requires that broadcasters adopt written rules for contests disclosing all material terms of those contests ( ...

Fast Talkers Not Needed: FCC Updates "Contest Rule" - Hilfer Law

Fast Talkers Not Needed: FCC Updates “Contest Rule” · The website used for disclosure must be free with no registration requirement and available ...

Federal Communications Commission FCC 15-118

Our “Contest Rule,” Section 73.1216 of our rules, requires broadcast licensees to disclose on air the material terms of contests that they ...

FCC Proposes $8000 Fine for Failure to Award $396 Prize Within ...

We've noted on this Blog many instances where the FCC has fined broadcasters for not conducting a contest according to the rules that they set ...

FCC Modernizes Contest Rules - Wiley Rein LLP

Under the revised Contest Rule, radio and television stations will have the option to disclose material contest terms on any Internet website ...

Introducing the Internet to the FCC's Contest Rule

By their very nature, periodic broadcast announcements are not as effective as online, written disclosures…. Ultimately, requiring on-air ...