文档介绍：Community Broadcasters Protection Act of 1999 Enacted November 29, 1999 New Class A TV Service Measure of primary status for qualifying LPTV licensees Statutory Qualifications Criteria for Class A Status During 90-day period before 11/29/99, the LPTV station must have: (1) operated at least 18 hours each day (2) broadcast, on average, at least 3 hours per week of programming produced within the market area served by the station (3) complied with FCC ’ s LPTV rules FCC Class A TV Report & Order in MM Docket No. 00- 10 z Adopted March 28, 2000 z Available at eaus/Mass_Media/ Orders/2000/ (.doc or .pfd) z Published in Federal Register May 10, 2000 at 65 FR 29985 Who may apply for an initial Class A authorization? Only an LPTV licensee granted a Certification of Eligibility for Class A status Who Will Be Granted a Certificate of Eligibility for Class A Status? z LPTV licensees who filed a “ Statement of Eligibility for Class A LPTV Status ” by January 28, 2000 and z Certified “ yes ” to the 3 statutory qualifications criteria or z Could not meet these qualifications due to compelling circumstances Service Area Preservation of “ Certified Class A ” LPTV Stations z From date of receipt of a certification of eligibility that is ultimately granted until final resolution of a Class A application z Service area to be preserved is LPTV protected signal contour z If LPTV operator holds both license and modified construction permit, contour of permit facilities will be preserved What is “ Locally Produced ” Programming? z Programming produced within the LPTV “ market area ”, defined as the station ’ s predicted Grade B signal contour z Or within the Grade B contours of a group of commonly controlled stations z For example, programming may be produced at the LPTV main studio within the Grade B contour or at a “ grandfathered ” studio outside the Grade B contour Class A Operating Requirements z Per st