By InsideRadio.com, 10-14-26
Broadcasters will not face another court-driven change to political advertising discount rules before Election Day after the Supreme Court blocked an appeals court order that would have forced the Federal Communications Commission to immediately rule on a challenge to its lowest unit rate policy.
The decision keeps the agency’s existing guidance in place during the final weeks of the campaign, sparing radio and TV stations the prospect of having to adjust political advertising rates and contracts during the final weeks of the campaign.
In an unsigned, five-page opinion issued Oct. 14, the justices sided with the FCC in its battle with four Democratic congressional candidates…. The Court ruled that a federal appeals court went too far when it ordered the Commission to decide the case within 48 hours. » Read More