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#94-972Decree No. 94-972 on Local Advertising in Radio Broadcasting

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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The decree establishes regulations for local advertising by radio broadcasters in France as outlined in the law regarding communication freedoms. It permits broadcasters who provide at least three hours of local interest programming each day to include local advertising, specifying that such ads cannot exceed 25% of the total programming duration within a 24-hour period. Local advertising is restricted to regions with populations under six million, and it must include specific local identifiers provided by the advertisers.

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Key Changes

  • Allows local radio stations to broadcast local advertising if they meet certain programming criteria.
  • Defines local advertising and its limitations, including audience size and content criteria.
  • Specifies the timeline for the adoption of these regulations by existing radio services.

Obligations

What this law requires

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Radio broadcasters must broadcast at least three hours of local interest programming daily between 6:00 AM and 10:00 PM to be eligible to diffuse local advertising

Radio broadcasters authorized under Article 29 of the Law of September 30, 1986
operational
high

Local advertising messages cannot exceed 25% of the total duration of local interest programming within a 24-hour period

Radio broadcasters diffusing local advertising
operational
high

Local advertising is restricted to broadcast zones with populations under six million inhabitants

Radio broadcasters diffusing local advertising
prohibition
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All local advertising messages must include an explicit local identifier or address provided by the advertiser

Advertisers placing local advertisements on radio
disclosure
medium

Local interest programming must be produced and broadcast locally by personnel or services directly remunerated by the broadcaster

Radio broadcasters claiming local interest programming eligibility
operational

Affected Parties

local radio broadcastersadvertisers

Tags

local advertising,radio broadcasting,public communication