Broadcasters are expected to rake in over $3 billion this election cycle from political advertising. But where is all that money coming from? And what can you do to help uncover this information?

All stations are required to maintain public files that include information about station ownership, educational and community affairs programming and public complaints. These files also contain information on political-ad spending. Even though this information is intended for the public, accessing it is inconvenient. The FCC wants to put the public files online to make them easier to access, but broadcasters are fighting this common-sense initiative. What are they hiding?

Inspect the public files at your local stations to find out. If you would like to join our Transparency Team, please sign up here and we will call on you to conduct an inspection of your own.