[grc] Guidelines for underwriting for our station volunteers

[Susan Raybuck]

We are revisiting our first guidelines for underwriting for volunteers and find a section in our own policy that puzzles us (clearly copied from another source).

Radio reserves the right to require full, up-front payment from sponsors if they are first-time sponsors; their contribution total is $200 or less; the sponsor is paying for paid promotional announcements (WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?), as opposed to underwriting spots; or the sponsor has a history of not submitting previously-pledged contributions in a timely manner.

A board member flagged the phrase in bold and I cannot make sense of it myself. In fact unless it’s from a nonprofit, it sounds like it would be illegal to me.

Could you help me understand if there are any other cases in which a sponsor can pay for a promotional announcement?



Thank you!

Susan

Susan Raybuck
KWVH Wimberley Valley Radio
Board Secretary