{"abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (\"Commission\") amends the portion of its rules known as the \"Contest Rule\" to permit broadcast licensees to comply with their obligation to disclose material contest terms either by broadcasting those terms or by making them available in writing on a publicly accessible Internet Web site. In particular, the Commission amends the Contest Rule to allow licensees to satisfy their disclosure obligation by posting material contest terms on the station's Web site, the licensee's Web site, or, if neither the individual station nor the licensee has its own Web site, any Internet Web site that is readily accessible to the public. The Commission also adopts requirements that define the disclosure obligation in cases where a licensee has chosen to meet its obligation through an Internet Web site.","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2015/10/23/2015-26093.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":73,"title":47}],"citation":"80 FR 64354","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"This rule contains information collection requirements that have not been approved by OMB. The Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["MB Docket No. 14-226","FCC 15-118"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2015-26093","effective_on":null,"end_page":64361,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2015/10/23/2015-26093.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/10/23/2015-26093/broadcast-licensee-conducted-contests","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2015-26093?publication_date=2015-10-23","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2015-10-23/2015-26093/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":8,"page_views":{"count":347,"last_updated":"2026-04-04 18:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-10-23/pdf/2015-26093.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2015-26093.pdf?1445517922","publication_date":"2015-10-23","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2015/10/23/2015-26093.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2015-11-12T06:00:15Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":64354,"subtype":null,"title":"Broadcast Licensee-Conducted Contests","toc_doc":"Broadcast Licensee-Conducted Contests","toc_subject":null,"topics":["Advertising","Consumer protection","Fraud"],"type":"Rule","volume":80}