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FCC 1.1622
Revised as of October 1, 2006
Goto Year:2005 |
2007
Sec. 1.1622 Preferences.
(a) Any applicant desiring a perference in the random selection shall so
indicate as part of its application. Such an applicant shall list any owner
who owns all or part of a medium of mass communications or who is a member
of a minority group, together with a precise identification of the ownership
interest held in such medium of mass communications or name of the minority
group, respectively. Such an applicant shall also state whether more than
50% of the ownership interests in it are held by members of minority groups
and the number of media of mass communications more than 50% of whose
ownership interests are held by the applicant and/or its owners.
(b) Preference factors as incorporated in the percentage calculations in
Sec. 1.1623, shall be granted as follows:
(1) Applicants, more than 50% of whose ownership interests are held by
members of minority groups—2:1.
(2) Applicants whose owners in the aggregate hold more than 50% of the
ownership interests in no other media of mass communications—2:1.
(3) Applicants whose owners in the aggregate hold more than 50% of the
ownership interest in one, two or three other media of mass
communications—1.5:1.
(c) Applicants may receive preferences pursuant to Sec. 1.1622(b)(1) and either
Sec. 1.1622 (b)(2) or (b)(3).
(d) Preferences will be determined on the basis of ownership interests as of
the date of release of the latest Public Notice announcing the acceptance of
the last-filed mutually exclusive application.
(e) No preferences pursuant to Sec. 1.1622 (b)(2) or (b)(3) shall be granted to
any LPTV or MDS applicant whose owners, when aggregated, have an ownership
interest of more than 50 percent in the following media of mass
communications, if the service areas of those media as described herein
wholly encompass or are encompassed by the protected predicted contour,
computed in accordance with Sec. 74.707(a), of the low power TV or TV translator
station for which the license or permit is sought, or computed in accordance
with Sec. 21.902(d), of the MDS station for which the license or permit is
sought.
(1) AM broadcast station—predicted or measured 2 mV/m groundwave contour,
computed in accordance with Sec. 73.183 or Sec. 73.186;
(2) FM broadcast station—predicted 1 mV/m contour, computed in accordance
with Sec. 73.313;
(3) TV broadcast station—Grade A contour, computed in accordance with
Sec. 73.684;
(4) Low power TV or TV translator station—protected predicted contour,
computed in accordance with Sec. 74.707(a);
(5) Cable television system franchise area, nor will the diversity
preference be available to applicants whose proposed transmitter site is
located within the franchise area of a cable system in which its owners, in
the aggregate, have an ownership interest of more than 50 percent.
(6) Daily newspaper community of publication, nor will the diversity
preference be available to applicants whose proposed transmitter site is
located within the community of publication of a daily newspaper in which
its owners, in the aggregate, have an ownership interest of more than 50
percent.
(7) Multipoint Distribution Service—station service area, computed in
accordance with Sec. 21.902(d).
[ 48 FR 27202 , June 13, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 5992 , Feb. 13, 1985; 50 FR 11161 , Mar. 20, 1985]
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Goto Year: 2005 |
2007
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