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Equal-time rule

US broadcast requirement that a station giving airtime to one candidate for public office offer comparable opportunities to opposing candidates, subject to exceptions including bona fide news programming.

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Kimmel routes a Texas Senate candidate's interview to YouTube after FCC guidance on equal-time rule

Guidance issued in January told broadcasters that late-night and daytime talk shows are not necessarily exempt from equal time, and since then two networks have kept the same Senate candidate off air.

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