The legislation that established the Federal Communications Commission also created the equal time rule, which meant that

A) television had to provide equal amounts of free air time to candidates.
B) stations had to sell time to all legally qualified candidates on equal terms.
C) all broadcasts covering political matters had to be exactly the same.
D) radio and television had to broadcast public service messages.
E) political messages could not be broadcast during prime-time viewing.


B

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