Yearbook of radio and television (1957)

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0<r>0 TELEVISION CODE — NARTB 0<::=>0 8. Stationary backdrops or properties in television presentations showing the sponsor's name or product, the name of his product, his trade mark or slogan may be used only incidentally. They should not obtrude on program interest or entertainment. "On Camera" shots of such materials should be fleeting, not too frequent, and mindful of the need of maintaining a proper program balance. Dramatized Appeals and Advertising Appeals to help fictitious characters in television programs by purchasing the advertiser's product or service or sending for a premium should not be permitted, and such fictitious characters should not be introduced into the advertising message for such purposes. When dramatized advertising material involves statements by doctors, dentists, nurses or other professional people, the material should be presented by members of such profession reciting actual experience or it should be made apparent from the presentation itself that the portrayal is dramatized. Sponsor Identification Identification of sponsorship must be made in all sponsored programs in accordance with the requirements of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and the Rules and Regulations of the Federal Communications Commission. • REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES The following REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES shall obtain as an integral part of the Television Code of the National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters: I Name The Name of this Code shall be the Television Code of the National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters.* n Purpose of the Code The purpose of this Code is cooperatively to maintain a level of television programming which gives full consideration to the educational, informational, cultural, economic, moral and entertainment needs of the American public to the end that more and more people will be better served. m Subscribers Section 1. Eligibility Any individual, firm or corporation which is engaged in the operation of a television broadcast station or network, or which holds a construction permit for a television broadcast station within the United States or its * "Television Board. The Television Board is hereby authorized: — (4) to enact, amend and promulgate standards of practice or codes for its Television members, and to establish such methods to secure observance thereof as it may deem advisable; — ". By-Laws of The 'National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters. Article VII Section 2, B. (4). 1358