---
title: Making Racer Fields and Flags Available in Broadcast
categories: [broadcast]
summary: "Make racer fields public so Broadcast can show them, and clean up country and province values so the right flags appear."
updated: 2026-10-14
---

Broadcast can only show racer fields that are public. Set them up before building your graphics.

## Make a field public

1. Open the race in Zone4 Race Configuration.
2. Edit the field under Standard Racer Fields or Custom Racer Fields.
3. Turn on **Contains Public Data** and save. Adding the field to a public result set works too.
4. In Broadcast, run [Populate Racers](/kb/broadcast-main-control-panel/) if the change does not show.

![Race settings menu with Standard Racer Fields selected](/img/broadcast-racer-fields-and-flags/race-settings-menu.png)
*Standard Racer Fields in the race settings.*

![Standard Racer Fields and Custom Racer Fields tabs](/img/broadcast-racer-fields-and-flags/racer-fields-tabs.png)
*Pick the Standard or Custom tab, then edit the field.*

<img src="/img/broadcast-racer-fields-and-flags/contains-public-data.png" alt="Contains Public Data checkbox on a racer field" width="464"> *Contains Public Data.*

## Clean up country and province values

> **One spelling per place**
>
> “USA”, “United States” and “United States of America” can show different flags. Use one value for each place.

<img src="/img/broadcast-racer-fields-and-flags/country-values-cleanup.png" alt="Country option field containing inconsistent country values" width="415"> *Merge duplicate spellings before race day.*