During the general election period you interview Tom Tillson, a Democratic candidate for governor, on Questions and Responses. You have been running Questions and Responses” as a one-hour news interview program every Sunday morning for the last seven years. The next day, Michelle Fuller, who is running as a Republican for governor, calls you and says, “Since you put my opponent on the air for free, you must do the same for me.” Is she correct? Why or why not?

What will be an ideal response?

Questions and Responses is a regularly scheduled news interview program. Therefore, it is one of the exceptions to the use rule. Tillson’s appearance will not trigger Section 315, and therefore Fuller has no grounds for insisting the station give her free time.