Sec. 73.1930  Political editorials.

    (a) Where a licensee, in an editorial,
    (1) Endorses or,
    (2) Opposes a legally qualified candidate or candidates, the 
licensee shall, with 24 hours after the editorial, transmit to, 
respectively,
    (i) The other qualified candidate or candidates for the same office 
or,
    (ii) The candidate opposed in the editorial,
    (A) Notification of the date and the time of the editorial,
    (B) A script or tape of the editorial and
    (C) An offer of reasonable opportunity for the candidate or a 
spokesman of the candidate to respond over the licensee's facilities. 
Where such editorials are broadcast on the day of the election or within 
72 hours prior to the day of the election, the licensee shall comply 
with the provisions of this paragraph sufficiently far in advance of the 
broadcast to enable the candidate or candidates to have a reasonable 
opportunity to prepare a response and to present it in a timely fashion.
    (b) Inasmuch as noncommercial educational stations may not engage in 
editorializing nor may support nor oppose any candidate for political 
office (section 399, Communications Act), the provisions of paragraph 
(a) of this section, do not apply to such stations.

[ 43 FR 45856 , Oct. 4, 1978, as amended at  47 FR 3791 , Jan. 27, 1982;  51 FR 9965 , Mar. 24, 1986]