Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 124.djvu/1255

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124 STAT. 1229 PUBLIC LAW 111–175—MAY 27, 2010 the regulations of the Commission as in effect on such date (47 C.F.R. 76.51). ‘‘(B) STATES WITH ALL NETWORK STATIONS AND NON- NETWORK STATIONS IN SAME LOCAL MARKET.—In a State in which all network stations and non-network stations licensed by the Federal Communications Commission within that State as of January 1, 1995, are assigned to the same local market and that local market does not encompass all counties of that State, the statutory license provided under this paragraph shall apply to the secondary transmission by a satellite carrier of the primary trans- missions of such station to all subscribers in the State who reside in a local market that is within the first 50 major television markets as listed in the regulations of the Commission as in effect on such date (section 76.51 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations). ‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL STATIONS.—In the case of that State in which are located 4 counties that— ‘‘(i) on January 1, 2004, were in local markets principally comprised of counties in another State, and ‘‘(ii) had a combined total of 41,340 television households, according to the U.S. Television Household Estimates by Nielsen Media Research for 2004, the statutory license provided under this paragraph shall apply to secondary transmissions by a satellite carrier to subscribers in any such county of the primary trans- missions of any network station located in that State, if the satellite carrier was making such secondary trans- missions to any subscribers in that county on January 1, 2004. ‘‘(D) CERTAIN ADDITIONAL STATIONS.—If 2 adjacent counties in a single State are in a local market comprised principally of counties located in another State, the statu- tory license provided for in this paragraph shall apply to the secondary transmission by a satellite carrier to sub- scribers in those 2 counties of the primary transmissions of any network station located in the capital of the State in which such 2 counties are located, if— ‘‘(i) the 2 counties are located in a local market that is in the top 100 markets for the year 2003 according to Nielsen Media Research; and ‘‘(ii) the total number of television households in the 2 counties combined did not exceed 10,000 for the year 2003 according to Nielsen Media Research. ‘‘(E) NETWORKS OF NONCOMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL BROADCAST STATIONS.—In the case of a system of three or more noncommercial educational broadcast stations licensed to a single State, public agency, or political, edu- cational, or special purpose subdivision of a State, the statutory license provided for in this paragraph shall apply to the secondary transmission of the primary transmission of such system to any subscriber in any county or county equivalent within such State, if such subscriber is located in a designated market area that is not otherwise eligible to receive the secondary transmission of the primary trans- mission of a noncommercial educational broadcast station located within the State pursuant to paragraph (1).