2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973.
§ 143B-426.12. Public Radio Advisory Committee - policy; creation; duties; members.

§ 143B‑426.12.  Public Radio Advisory Committee – policy; creation; duties; members.

It is the policy of the State of North Carolina that at least one public radio signal shall be made available to every resident of North Carolina, that there be diversity in the kinds of public radio licensees, that there be a uniform policy for extending State financial aid to stations eligible to participate in federal funds for public radio, that State financial support shall constitute  less than one half of the operating budget of any station, that program content shall not be influenced by the State by virtue of State financial support to the stations, and that technical facilities be established and operated to achieve station interconnection.

The Public Radio Advisory Committee of the North Carolina Agency on Public Telecommunications is created. That Committee shall advise the  Board on the distribution of State funds to public radio licensees in North Carolina and on any matter which the Board may refer to it. There shall be nine members of said Committee; three of whom shall be representatives selected by the public radio broadcast licensees in the State; six of whom shall be at‑large members chosen by the Governor from the general public. The members shall choose one of the at‑large members to serve as chairman of the Committee; and that chairman shall serve ex officio as a member of the Board. The terms of the members of the Committee shall be established by the Board. (1979, c. 900, s. 1.)