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WRKO PLAYS KERRY HEALEY CAMPAIGN COMMERCIAL FOR FREE- AN ILLEGAL MANEUVER

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Casablanca

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In what is a blatant disregard of FCC regulations on political campaign commercials WRKO/Entercom and the Howie Carr Show continue to play a Kerry Healey campaign commercial which attacks her opponent as an introductory bumper to Carr's show at the end of every break. The FCC REQUIRES that before a political campaign commercial be played it A). Must be paid for in advance and B). an exact broadcast schedule of that commercial be published in a log.

What WRKO/Entercom and the Howie Carr Show are doing is illegal.
They are giving the Kerry Healey Campaign FREE BONUS commercials which is tantamount to an unreported gift in-kind campaign contribution to her campaign.
 
Casablanca said:
What WRKO/Entercom and the Howie Carr Show are doing is illegal.
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If they are playing it in the context of a news analysis or a political analysis...then it is not illegal.
(The news or political "anaysis" discussion does not have to be "highbrow")
 
Casablanca said:
The FCC REQUIRES that before a political campaign commercial be played it A). Must be paid for in advance and B). an exact broadcast schedule of that commercial be published in a log.
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Wrong on both counts.

Look, we get it. You don't like WRKO. We understand. It's only been drilled into our heads 37,962 times on this board. But before you accuse someone of breaking the law, you ought to know what the law is. You clearly don't.
 
Don't get mad at the guy, he's been out of the game for twenty years.
 
Obviously, these posters have never had to comply with the FCC Regulations on political advertising. What Carr has done is to take a Kerry Healey political commercial and rebroadcast it as a bumper to his show so that he can attack her Democratic opponent.

It is a free ad and ILLEGAL.
 
Casablanca said:
Obviously, these posters have never had to comply with the FCC Regulations on political advertising. What Carr has done is to take a Kerry Healey political commercial and rebroadcast it as a bumper to his show so that he can attack her Democratic opponent.
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Actually the practice is fairly widespred.

I have heard entire political commercials inserted into talk shows for the purpose of dissecting them. Usually to "pick them apart", heavy on the negative comment. But I've also heard some comment on some aspect of a spot just released by a candidate they favor, run it in its entirety, and then pick out bits to emphasize

To simply run the spot as a freebie bumper should invite scrutiny but The FCC is reluctant to tread on anything vaguely political for fear of being accused of becoming political itself.

I wouldn't expect to see much come of this.
 
It's a Republican conspiracy! WRKO is eeeeeeeevil! :)

>>I have heard entire political commercials inserted into talk shows for the purpose of dissecting them.

same here, on shows like Hannity. And how about this: CHANNEL 5 DID THE SAME THING on Sunday night
on their news.
Go after them, why don't ya.
It falls under Fair Use--criticism, discussion, etc.
 
I think you might be missing the point: It seems Howie is running the ad in a bumper, while others run the ads as part of a discussion. I think if someone were to complain to the FCC, it would be a legitimate gripe.

The difference between the two (dissecting an ad for content and running the highlights of an ad unencumbered by comment) seems rather black and white… Oh shoot, now Patrick’s people are going to call me racist! ;)
 
Casablanca said:
Obviously, these posters have never had to comply with the FCC Regulations on political advertising. What Carr has done is to take a Kerry Healey political commercial and rebroadcast it as a bumper to his show so that he can attack her Democratic opponent.

It is a free ad and ILLEGAL.
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I was complying with FCC regulations before you were a gleam in someone's eye. It's not a "free ad" and it's not illegal.
 
Mr. Marconi, I didn't know they had political ads in your day ;)

dumber than a box of hair said:
Casablanca said:
Obviously, these posters have never had to comply with the FCC Regulations on political advertising. What Carr has done is to take a Kerry Healey political commercial and rebroadcast it as a bumper to his show so that he can attack her Democratic opponent.

It is a free ad and ILLEGAL.
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I was complying with FCC regulations before you were a gleam in someone's eye. It's not a "free ad" and it's not illegal.
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dumber than a box of hair said:
Casablanca said:
Obviously, these posters have never had to comply with the FCC Regulations on political advertising. What Carr has done is to take a Kerry Healey political commercial and rebroadcast it as a bumper to his show so that he can attack her Democratic opponent.

It is a free ad and ILLEGAL.
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I was complying with FCC regulations before you were a gleam in someone's eye. It's not a "free ad" and it's not illegal.
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It is promoting a person running for office hidden within a bumper of a radio show. Yes, it's a free ad. I'm not even in radio and I can tell you that.

Howard Stern was prohibited from saying the name "Sirius" in ANY context on his show before the switch. Why? Because any mention of it was considered advertising. Same as a politicial talk show mentioning a specific candidate's campaign.
 
doesn't matter... 95% of their listener base already decided to vote for Healey.. in fact, she's probably too liberal for them.

actually, are Jerry Remy's constant plugs for his website or hot dog stand considered ads? Does he pay for them?
 
That is a good question, I never thought of that. Although I do want get the Don and Jerry bobbleheads LOL
 
The standards only apply to political commercials and not to regular commerce.
( A.) Political commercials have to be paid for in advance. No credit allowed/ no billing.

(B) Those political commercial must have specific log times and NO Bonus spots allowed.

Howie Carr runs the Healey spots as a commercial - plain and simple.
 
Casablanca said:
( A.) Political commercials have to be paid for in advance. No credit allowed/ no billing.

That's not quite correct--Political candidates may be REQUIRED to pay in advance if the candidate has no account with the station. In most cases political ads are paid in advance for that reason, but it's not required.

It's not illegal to run a political ad for "free." There are at least two cases I can think of. First, the station may be making an "in kind" contribution although that's not too likely. Second, the station may run the ad for free at the risk of the competitor coming in and asking for equal time, which would also need to be provided free.
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Actually Howie has been playing "Yes We Can" clips (from the Deval Patrick moonbat gatherings) just as much as, if not more than, the Kerry Healey clips, so now who is ahead in the game?

Isn't Deval Patrick 20 points ahead in the polling? What are you worried about?
 
Actually, Infidel, it's 25 points! Patrick is up by!

http://www.boston.com/news/local/po...006/10/01/patrick_has_a_big_lead_in_new_poll/

Methinks Casablanca's point is that RKO is giving a majority of the airtime, as well as host insinuation, to
Kerry Healey. Is it a problem this cycle? Probably not for the election. The bigger issue is that there is no
"equal time" at all. 50,000 watts as a platform for Kerry Healey, tons of money from her spouse, and a kiss
from Mitt Romney with his new ads on her behalf (although that's kind of like getting an endorsement from
Cheney these days. Whose side is Mitt on, mitten...I mean, muffy...???) well...

Imagine if your business got 50,000 watts of endorsement round the clock for 30 days! Taste Of Boston indeed!

Romney Tie May Cripple Healey
http://www.boston.com/news/local/po...les/2006/10/03/romney_tie_may_cripple_healey/

What that doth reveal is that the heel cannot heal, but can cripple!
 
And to bring up Howard Stern again LOL It was either when he was in the beginnings of running for Governer, or when Alfonse D'Amto was (can't remember which one) but he couldn't mention either one, without supplementing it with equal time for the other candidates. (then again, this is NY law, does Mass have a different one?)
 
For all you know Muffy is paying Howie for the placement!

And if she isnt.. is what is being played THE WHOLE AD or just a small part of it?
 
Don't know what FCC you are talking about. All political commercials MUST be paid for IN ADVANCE.

But at least you admit that WRKO/Entercom and The Howie Carr Show has given the Kerry Healey Campaign a gift-in-kind.

Now, the real and legal question is will WRKO/Entercom and The Howie Carr Show file the appropriate donation forms with the FEC as well as the FCC.
 
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