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... or operator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations shall not be liable for any damages for any defamatory statement uttered over the facilities of the station or network by or on behalf of any candidate for public office if the statement is not subject to censorship or control by reason of any federal statute or any ruling or order of the federal communications commission made pursuan...

...mercial educational or commercial radio broadcasting station, or any noncommercial educational or commercial television broadcasting station, or network of such stations, for the purpose of gathering, procuring, compiling, editing, disseminating, publishing, or broadcasting news shall be required to disclose the source of any information procured or obtained by such person in the course of his employment, in any leg...

...tion 3517.10 of the Revised Code. (2) "Broadcast, cable, or satellite communication" means a communication that is publicly distributed by a television station, radio station, cable television system, or satellite system. (3) "Candidate" has the same meaning as in section 3501.01 of the Revised Code. (4) "Contribution" means any loan, gift, deposit, forgiveness of indebtedness, donation, advance, payment, or trans...

...ished and operated or controlled by the broadcast educational media commission, pursuant to this chapter. (C) "Transmission" means the sending out of television, radio, or radio reading service programs, either directly to the public, or to broadcasting stations or services for simultaneous broadcast or rebroadcast. (D) "Transmission facilities" means structures, equipment, material, and services used in the tran...

...(A) There is hereby created the broadcast educational media commission as an independent agency to advance education and accelerate the learning of the citizens of this state through public educational broadcasting services. The commission shall provide leadership and support in extending the knowledge of the citizens of this state by promoting access to and use of educational broadcasting services, including educati...

...(A) The broadcast educational media commission may perform any act necessary to carry out the functions of this chapter, including any of the following: (1) Promote accessibility through broadcasting services of educational products aligned with the statewide academic standards, adopted by the state board pursuant to section 3301.079 of the Revised Code, for school districts, community schools, and other enti...

...ay contract with any company engaged in broadcasting by radio, for the purpose of immediate broadcasting of information concerning any violent felony, when the perpetrator thereof has escaped. The sheriff and heads of police departments, immediately upon the commission of any such felony and the escape of such perpetrator, shall furnish all information concerning said crime and the perpetrator thereof, to said compan...

...mercial educational radio or television broadcasting station. (10) Sales not within the taxing power of this state under the Constitution or laws of the United States or the Constitution of this state including either of the following: (a) Sales or rentals of tangible personal property by construction contractors or subcontractors to provide temporary traffic control or temporary structures, including material ...

...e direct costs of producing or airing a broadcast, cable, or satellite communication that refers to a clearly identified candidate shall be considered to be made for the purpose of influencing the results of that election and shall be reported as an expenditure or as an independent expenditure under section 3517.10 or 3517.105 of the Revised Code, as applicable, except that the information required to be reported reg...

...ic and commercial television and radio broadcasters, and others as deemed necessary by the governor. (B) The statewide emergency alert program shall not be implemented unless all of the following activation criteria are met: (1) The local investigating law enforcement agency confirms that an abduction has occurred. (2) An abducted child is under eighteen years of age. (3) The abduction poses a credible thre...

...lic and commercial television and radio broadcasters, and others as determined necessary by the governor. No name shall be given to the program created under this division that conflicts with any alert code standards that are required by federal law and that govern the naming of emergency alert programs. (B) The statewide emergency alert program shall not be implemented unless all of the following activation crite...

...ic and commercial television and radio broadcasters, the state's cable systems, and others as considered necessary by the governor. (C) A statewide blue alert shall be activated if all of the following activation criteria are met: (1) A local law enforcement agency confirms that a law enforcement officer has been seriously injured or killed, and a suspect has not been apprehended, or that a law enforcement of...

... or is to be provided; (n) Satellite broadcasting service is or is to be provided; (o) Personal care service is or is to be provided to an individual. As used in this division, "personal care service" includes skin care, the application of cosmetics, manicuring, pedicuring, hair removal, tattooing, body piercing, tanning, massage, and other similar services. "Personal care service" does not include a service pr...

...ent that the person is engaged in radio broadcasting, a person engaged in radio broadcasting. (I) "Designated offense" means any of the following: (1) A felony violation of section 1315.53, 1315.55, 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.11, 2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.11, 2905.22, 2905.32, 2907.02, 2907.21, 2907.22, 2909.02, 2909.03, 2909.04, 2909.22, 2909.23, 2909.24, 2909.26, 2909.27, 2909.28, 2909.29, 2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, 2...

...eby created in the state treasury. The broadcast educational media commission shall deposit any money it receives for services provided to affiliates to the credit of the fund, including: (1) Reimbursements for services provided to stations; (2) Charges levied for maintenance of telecommunications, broadcasting, or transmission equipment; (3) Contract or grant payments from affiliates. (B) The commission sha...

... Utter or cause to be uttered, over the broadcasting facilities of any radio or television station within this state, any communication in support of or opposition to a candidate or a ballot issue or question or any communication that is designed to influence the voters in an election; (d) Conduct a telephone bank for the purpose of supporting or opposing a candidate or a ballot issue or question or for the purpos...

...litan statistical area in this state or broadcast by radio or television stations in more than one metropolitan statistical area in this state. (2) "National advertisement" means an advertisement published in one or more periodicals or broadcast by one or more radio or television stations in this state and also published in one or more periodicals or broadcast by one or more radio or television stations in another s...

...s service provider; (ii) A satellite broadcasting service provider; (iii) A wireless service provider as defined in section 4927.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Broadband provider" does not include a governmental or quasi-governmental entity. (D) "Eligible addresses" means residential addresses that are in an unserved area or a tier one area. (E) "Extremely high cost per location threshold area" means an ...

...hall advertise, display, distribute, or broadcast or cause or permit to be advertised, displayed, distributed, or broadcast, any false, misleading, or deceptive statement or representation with regard to the rates, terms, or conditions for loans made under those sections. The division of financial institutions shall require that charges or rates of charge, whenever stated by a licensee, be stated fully and clearly in...

...o originate telecommunications service; broadcast transmission by radio, television, or satellite broadcast stations regulated by the federal government; or cable television service. (H)(1) "Loan officer" means an individual who for compensation or gain, or in anticipation of compensation or gain, takes or offers to take a residential mortgage loan application; assists or offers to assist a buyer in obtaining or a...

...o originate telecommunications service; broadcast transmission by radio, television, or satellite broadcast stations regulated by the federal government; or cable television service. (B)(1) No supplier, in connection with a consumer transaction involving natural gas service or public telecommunications service to a consumer in this state, shall request or submit, or cause to be requested or submitted, a change in th...

... publication, distribution, display, or broadcast of the communication. An expenditure is presumed to be so made when it is any of the following: (i) Based on information about the candidate's plans, projects, or needs provided to the person making the expenditure by the candidate, or by the candidate's campaign committee or agent, with a view toward having an expenditure made; (ii) Made by or through any person wh...

...he proceeding is being conducted and be broadcast into the room in which the proceeding is being conducted to be viewed by the child who is charged with the violation or act and any other persons who are not permitted in the room in which the testimony is to be taken but who would have been present during the testimony of the child victim had it been given in the room in which the proceeding is being conducted. (b...

...he proceeding is being conducted and be broadcast into the room in which the proceeding is being conducted to be viewed by the child who is charged with the violation or act and any other persons who are not permitted in the room in which the testimony is to be taken but who would have been present during the testimony of the victim with a developmental disability had it been given in the room in which the proceeding...

...wise lawfully reproduced, exhibited, or broadcast; (3) The use of an aspect of an individual's persona in connection with the broadcast or reporting of an event or topic of general or public interest; (4) The use of the persona of an individual solely in the individual's role as a member of the public if the individual is not named or otherwise singled out as an individual; (5) A use of an individual's persona by ...