Title 47 — Telegraphs, Telephones, and RadiotelegraphsRelease 119-73not60

§399a Use of Business or Institutional Logograms

Title 47 › Chapter 5— WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › Subchapter III— SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO › Part IV— Assistance for Planning and Construction of Public Telecommunications Facilities; Telecommunications Demonstrations; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; General Provisions › Subpart e— general provisions › § 399a

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Public TV and radio stations may air short announcements that show or play a business or institutional logogram and say where the company or organization is located, as long as those announcements do not interrupt regular programming. A "business or institutional logogram" is a word, letters, sound, symbol, or sign used only to identify a company or organization and not to advertise its products or services. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) can make rules about how these logograms are used to identify organizations.

Full Legal Text

Title 47, §399a

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(a)For purposes of this section, the term “business or institutional logogram” means any aural or visual letters or words, or any symbol or sign, which is used for the exclusive purpose of identifying any corporation, company, or other organization, and which is not used for the purpose of promoting the products, services, or facilities of such corporation, company, or other organization.

(b)Each public television station and each public radio station shall be authorized to broadcast announcements which include the use of any business or institutional logogram and which include a reference to the location of the corporation, company, or other organization involved, except that such announcements may not interrupt regular programming.

(c)The provisions of this section shall not be construed to limit the authority of the Commission to prescribe regulations relating to the manner in which logograms may be used to identify corporations, companies, or other organizations.

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Citation

47 U.S.C. § 399a

Title 47 — Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60