(10) Copies of this Manual. (Revised May 28th 2008)
Stations must keep a copy of this manual (The Public and Broadcasting) in the public file.
“This Manual is published by the Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC” or the “Commission”), the federal agency directed by Congress to regulate broadcasting. It provides a brief overview of the FCC’s regulation of broadcast radio and television licensees, describing how the FCC authorizes broadcast stations, the various rules relating to broadcast programming and operations with which stations must comply, and the essential obligation of licensees that their stations serve their local communities.”*
The Public and Broadcasting is located on the FCC’s Internet Web site at http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/decdoc/public_and_broadcasting.html.
- Adobe PDF format at
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/decdoc/public_and_broadcasting.pdf
The above links are from the FCC website at www.fcc.gov and are operational at the time of this posting.
Document in file:
public and broadcasting ver99.pdf (old version)
public_and_broadcasting (current version)
revised 09-06-2011