Sec. 3. Common virtual major channel number and radio frequency channel number for certain VHF television stations
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Section 331(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 331(a) ) is amended— by striking It shall be the policy and inserting the following: It shall be the policy ; and by adding at the end the following: Not later than 45 days after the submission of a request to the Commission by the licensee of a station retaining a channel which has been reallocated and relocated to a community in a State under paragraph
(1)with main facilities in such State, the Commission shall, subject to subparagraph
(C)but notwithstanding any other provision of law and its rules, issue an order providing that the channel numbers described subparagraph
(B)shall be considered to be the same as the number of the radio frequency channel of the station as specified in the Digital Television Table of Allotments. The channel numbers described in this subparagraph are the following: The number of the very high frequency channel on which the station is broadcast over the air for purposes of section 614(b)(6) and the associated regulations of the Commission. The virtual major channel number specified in the Program and System Information Protocol of the station, as determined under the ATSC standard entitled ‘Program and System Information Protocol for Terrestrial Broadcast and Cable’ (or any successor standard) with which the rules of the Commission require the transmission of digital broadcast television signals to comply. Subparagraph
(A)shall apply with respect to a station only if the licensee of such station includes in the request submitted under such subparagraph a certification that, beginning not later than 90 days after the date of such request, such station will provide at least one hour daily of news, information, or public affairs programming focused on, or of general interest to, local audiences in the State to which the channel of such station has been reallocated under paragraph (1). Subparagraph
(A)shall cease to apply with respect to a station if the licensee of such station fails to— initiate the programming described in clause
(i)within the 90-day timeframe described in such clause; produce and air the programming described in clause
(i)on a continuing basis; or recertify on an annual basis that such station is providing the programming described in clause (i). Subparagraph
(A)shall cease to apply with respect to a station if the licensee of such station fails to— make available, on a reasonable basis, the programming described in clause
(i)to other television broadcast stations and other television distribution services (such as cable or satellite television systems), for distribution outside the Nielsen designated market area of the station the channel of which has been reallocated under paragraph
(1)but within the State to which such channel has been so reallocated; or after the programming described in clause
(i)has aired, make such programming available through streaming on the internet. .
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Common virtual major channel number and radio frequency channel number for certain VHF television stations
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