[cma-l] 2009 Elections - Guidance for community radio stations

[CMA-L]

Hi

Ofcom has published some guidelines about community radio broadcasting
in the run-up to the European elections and a number of local council
elections on Thursday 4th June.

During election periods special impartiality rules apply. They are set
out in Section Six of Ofcom's Broadcasting Code which can be accessed
via the following link:

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv/ifi/codes/bcode/elections/

Ofcom also provides Guidance Notes to explain the requirements:

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv/ifi/guidance/bguidance/guidance6.pdf

At all times there are rules which apply to broadcasters concerning
‘due impartiality’ and ‘due accuracy’ and ‘undue prominence of views
and opinions on matters of political or industrial controversy and
matters relating to current public policy’. These rules are included
in Section Five of the Broadcasting Code available via this link:

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv/ifi/codes/bcode/undue/

Guidance Notes to help explain the Section Five requirements may be found at:

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv/ifi/guidance/bguidance/guidance5.pdf

Hope this is useful.

Best regards

Bill Best
-- 
Technical Operations Manager
Communty Media Association
http://www.commedia.org.uk
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Canstream Online Multi-Media Solutions
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