NRB is an international association of Christian communicators with over 1400 member organizations representing millions of viewers, listeners, and readers. The Association exists to represent the Christian broadcasters’ right to communicate the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a lost and dying world.
NRB serves its members, the industry and the public by protecting ACCESS while promoting communications EXCELLENCE. NRB maintains rapport with the FCC, the broadcasting industry and government bodies through its Office of General Counsel and Washington-based Office of Government Relations.
As a central source of information concerning broadcasting, NRB
strives to keep its members up to date. Releasing news to the
religious and secular press, NRB speaks for hundreds of Christian
program producers and station operators.
Functions
Maintains rapport with the FCC.
Dialogues with other media associations regarding current
industry development and keeps members informed of this
information.
Encourages growth of Christian broadcasting.
Provides services, discounts and benefits to enhance the
quality of our stations and programmers.
Fosters high professional standards through the NRB Code of Ethics and
membership in the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability
(ECFA) for tax exempt
organizations.
Gathers research data on audiences, programs and effectiveness
of Christian broadcasting.
Financial Accountability Requirements
Non-profit members of NRB whose
donated broadcast revenue equals or exceeds $500,000 annually
must join and comply with ECFA Standards of Compliance.
Non-profit members of NRB whose
donated broadcast revenue is less than $500,000 annually will meet
NRB's in-house standards established by the NRB's Ethics Committee.
Denominational and church sponsored
broadcasts are exempt from the accountability requirements.
For-profit members of NRB are exempt
but are asked to comply with membership standards as set by the
Ethics Committee.
