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Article 62
 

Right to broadcasting time


1 - Political parties and coalitions have the right of access to public and private radio and television stations for election propaganda.
2 - During the election campaign period radio and television stations shall reserve the following broadcasting times for political parties and coalitions:
a) Radiotelevisão Portuguesa, S.A., on all its channels including the international channel, and private television stations:
From Mondays to Fridays – fifteen minutes between seven p.m. and ten p.m.;
On Saturdays and Sundays – thirty minutes between seven p.m. and ten p.m.;
b) Radiodifusão Portuguesa, S.A., in medium wave and frequency modulation broadcasts linked to all its regional broadcasters and its international programming:
Sixty minutes each day, of which twenty minutes to be between seven a.m. and midday, twenty minutes between midday and seven p.m., and twenty minutes between seven p.m. and midnight.
c) Private radio stations with a national scope, in medium wave and frequency modulation broadcasts linked to all their broadcasters, when they have more than one:
Sixty minutes each day, of which twenty minutes to be between seven a.m. and midday, and forty minutes between seven p.m. and midnight;
d) Private radio stations with a regional scope:
Thirty minutes each day.
3 - Stations must indicate the planned schedule for the broadcasts to the National Electoral Commission at least ten days before the campaign begins.
4 - Radio and television stations shall record the broadcasts that correspond to the exercise of the right to broadcasting time and store the recordings for one year.