§ 508. — Disclosure of payments to individuals connected with broadcasts.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 47USC508]
TITLE 47--TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
CHAPTER 5--WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION
SUBCHAPTER V--PENAL PROVISIONS; FORFEITURES
Sec. 508. Disclosure of payments to individuals connected with
broadcasts
(a) Payments to station employees
Subject to subsection (d) of this section, any employee of a radio
station who accepts or agrees to accept from any person (other than such
station), or any person (other than such station) who pays or agrees to
pay such employee, any money, service or other valuable consideration
for the broadcast of any matter over such station shall, in advance of
such broadcast, disclose the fact of such acceptance or agreement to
such station.
(b) Production or preparation of programs
Subject to subsection (d) of this section, any person who, in
connection with the production or preparation of any program or program
matter which is intended for broadcasting over any radio station,
accepts or agrees to accept, or pays or agrees to pay, any money,
service or other valuable consideration for the inclusion of any matter
as a part of such program or program matter, shall, in advance of such
broadcast, disclose the fact of such acceptance or payment or agreement
to the payee's employer, or to the person for whom such program or
program matter is being produced, or to the licensee of such station
over which such program is broadcast.
(c) Supplying of program or program matter
Subject to subsection (d) of this section, any person who supplies
to any other person any program or program matter which is intended for
broadcasting over any radio station shall, in advance of such broadcast,
disclose to such other person any information of which he has knowledge,
or which has been disclosed to him, as to any money, service or other
valuable consideration which any person has paid or accepted, or has
agreed to pay or accept, for the inclusion of any matter as a part of
such program or program matter.
(d) Waiver of announcements under section 317(d)
The provisions of this section requiring the disclosure of
information shall not apply in any case where, because of a waiver made
by the Commission under section 317(d) of this title, an announcement is
not required to be made under section 317 of this title.
(e) Announcement under section 317 as sufficient disclosure
The inclusion in the program of the announcement required by section
317 of this title shall constitute the disclosure required by this
section.
(f) ``Service or other valuable consideration'' defined
The term ``service or other valuable consideration'' as used in this
section shall not include any service or property furnished without
charge or at a nominal charge for use on, or in connection with, a
broadcast, or for use on a program which is intended for broadcasting
over any radio station, unless it is so furnished in consideration for
an identification in such broadcast or in such program of any person,
product, service, trademark, or brand name beyond an identification
which is reasonably related to the use of such service or property in
such broadcast or such program.
(g) Penalties
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, for
each such violation, be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not
more than one year, or both.
(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title V, Sec. 507, formerly Sec. 508, as added
Pub. L. 86-752, Sec. 8(b), Sept. 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 896; renumbered
Sec. 507, Pub. L. 96-507, Sec. 1, Dec. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 2747.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 507 of act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, was renumbered
section 506 by section 1 of Pub. L. 96-507, and is classified to section
507 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 317 of this title.
