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Policies and Procedures

Policies and Procedures

Updated July, 2020.

Station Program Policies

In order to provide a fair and balanced public access station to all of our viewers we have a few policies and guidelines that we follow for all shows submitted by guest producers. Not only do we have content restrictions, but we also have formatting restrictions. Please review the sections below and if you have any questions, please feel free to contact the station manager.

CONTENT RESTRICTIONS

Due to content standards and internal regulations, we have specific content that we will not air on our network. All submitted shows, specials or features must be screened and meet the following criteria:

  • Programs may not contain copyright protected materials without documented licensing rights.
  • No slanderous, libelous, pornographic or obscene material.
  • Programs may not have any material in violation of FCC regulations, nor any material which violates local, state or federal laws.

In addition to the above regulations, we reserve the right to hold all submitted footage to the additional following guidelines:

  • Priority is given to locally produced programming.
  • Out-of-town productions generally must have a local presenter; someone from within the North Country region must vouch for your program.
  • Underwritten programs must show documentation of the sponsoring entity in order to present them with commercial content.

FORMAT REQUIREMENTS

Programs submitted to us for broadcasting on our television station must meet specific formatting criteria in order to be uploaded to our content server.

  • All Programs must be formatted as an h.264 .mp4 or .mov file.
  • Programs must be submitted in a digital format on a usb device, disk, or similar. All blue-ray and dvd disks should be burned as data devices, not formatted as playable disks on a player. Google drive, Dropbox, or similar cloud storage links are also acceptable.
  • Preferred program lengths are 60 minutes, 30 minutes, and 15 minutes. PSAs should be under 5 minutes in length.
  • Underwriting, sponsorship, or commercial messages included within a program should meet advertising guidelines and be no longer than 20% of a total broadcast’s length.
  • Program video standards must be of broadcast quality.
  • Programs with poor audio will not be aired.

POLITICAL PROGRAMMING

At this time, no political programming designed to endorse candidates, or political issues will be permitted onto GNTV. The one exception is programs that are designed to provide factual information on a ballot issue, warrant article, or topic of concern affecting voters or citizens.

CANDIDATES

In the interest of remaining neutral to all viewers, we choose to remove our station from political support initiatives. Any campaigning by, or on behalf of, any candidate* for public office, the use of our station by elected officials seeking reelection, or any candidate seeking election, is prohibited.

*A candidate for public office is any individual, incumbent or otherwise who:

  1. Has filed a Declaration of Candidacy, or
  2. Has qualified under County, State or Federal Law to hold the office for which he or she is a candidate, or
  3. Has qualified for a place on the ballot or has publicly committed himself or herself to seeking election by the write-in method.

If you have any questions about a message or program that you want to submit to the station, feel free to reach out to the station manager.

Press releases and news submissions

Full press releases with extended narratives are taken on a case by case basis. We do not guarantee that every submission will be listed. Submissions of this nature should be well formatted and be accompanied by at least a main image with a minimum size of 1600 x 640. Logos of your organization or event that are included with the submission may or may not be used depending on quality and size. Submission of a press release to us may require further research for supporting visuals or content to included with your release. If at any time an image is posted with your press release that you do not approve of, simply email the station manager or volunteer staff to have it removed.