Posted on 10/25/2004 5:47:12 PM PDT by SmithL
SACRAMENTO -- One of the state's biggest broadcasters has given 13 Republican county committees $325,000 worth of free air time to promote candidates on its radio and television stations that serve communities from Sacramento to San Diego.
Pappas Telecasting Cos., which calls itself the largest privately held broadcast firm in the nation, made the donations earlier this month. While it is unclear how much of the time has actually been taken, Democrats complain the offer unfairly benefits GOP candidates in violation of federal law.
An attorney representing Assemblywoman Nicole Parra, D-Hanford -- who is running in a hotly contested re-election race against Republican Dean Gardner -- sent a letter Saturday to Pappas demanding equal time.
A spokesman for Pappas, however, said the donations have been reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission and do not trigger provisions of federal law that require broadcasters to give all candidates equal broadcast time.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Lots of great Americans in Fresno.
"donations have been reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission and do not trigger provisions of federal law that require broadcasters to give all candidates equal broadcast time"
Whooooo Hoooooo!
He had a thread on Nicole Parra....
she should do a bubble bath calendar to hang up in the farm camps...
I hope Pappas' stock handles this decision better than Sinclair's.
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