All sponsorship, paid government and community service announcements broadcast on 2SER-FM, will be subject to the following conditions:

1. Announcements will meet the requirements of the Broadcasting Services Act, the Community Radio Codes of Practice and any other standards or codes pursuant thereto.

2. All sponsorship announcements must acknowledge the financial support of a sponsor,
    e.g. company x is proud to sponsor Wednesday Overdrive
    Payam-E-Pars acknowledges the support of business y
    Person z is a supporter of 2SER-FM

3. Sponsorship announcements are limited to a maximum of five minutes per hour (2 ½ minutes per half hour)

4. Announcements must receive specific prior approval of written copy by the Program Manager,
 Development Manager or their nominee.

5. Announcements are to be produced and presented in a style and form consistent with the program in which they are to be placed.

6. Sponsorship Announcements will not be advertisements pre-produced for commercial media, nor will they contain identifiable jingles associated with a particular product or service.

7. Sponsorship Announcements will reflect the need to avoid and break down prejudice or discrimination.

8. Sponsorship Announcements will be factual statements about the sponsor, and will not use superlatives (e.g. fastest, cheapest, biggest range, best tasting etc.)

9. Sponsorship Announcements may mention prices where this information is essential and integral to the sponsor's service (e.g. price of tickets for a concert, rates for telephone calls to Greece for particular date etc.) but will not take the form of lists of good/services and prices.

10. Scheduling and frequency of announcements must be made with regard to the programming in which they are placed.

11. Sponsorship announcements will not be accepted from persons or groups whose policies or practices are inconsistent with the general directions of 2SER-FM as indicated by the Station Charter and Program Policies.

12. Sponsorship announcements will not be accepted from registered political parties.

13. Any sponsorship proposal, which involves special programming initiatives, must be approved by the Program Manager.

14. The station reserves the right to refuse any paid announcement.

Approved by Board of Directors 17 October, 1995.  Revised 11 June 2000
CODES OF PRACTICE

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