FCC to enforce sanctions for recruitment violations

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that it will begin imposing monetary sanctions on broadcast stations and other licensees that violate the “recruitment” rules of the FCC’s political advertising regulations. Under these rules, stations must give equal airtime to all legally qualified candidates for the same office when they sell or provide airtime for political ads. The FCC’s new enforcement policy means that any station that gives preferential treatment—such as allowing one candidate’s ads to run more often, at better times, or without offering the same opportunity to opponents—can be fined up to $10,000 per violation, with higher penalties... Views Nigeria