Section 8840 Of Article 6. Emergency Broadcasting Grant Program From California Government Code >> Division 1. >> Title 2. >> Chapter 10. >> Article 6.
8840
. For purposes of this article, "eligible radio station" means
a radio station that, at the time of applying for a grant under this
article, meets both of the following requirements:
(a) It has met all of the following requirements for a period of
two years unless another time is specified:
(1) It is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as a
noncommercial educational station, or is operating under program test
authority pending the grant of a license.
(2) It has its community of license and principal administrative
offices in this state and is not owned, controlled, managed, or
primarily financed by any corporation or entity outside of this
state.
(3) It provides a program service that meets the requirements for
a Community Service Grant from the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting.
(4) It provides significant locally originated programming in its
community of license.
(5) It broadcasts not less than 15 hours per day, 365 days per
year.
(6) It participates in statewide public broadcasting projects.
(7) It has provided, prior to its application for a grant under
this article, an audited financial statement for the years on which
the grant is based.
(8) It does either of the following:
(A) Meets the criteria for receipt of a Community Service Grant
from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting that were in effect on
June 30, 1995.
(B) Two months prior to applying for a grant, the station has a
full-time staff of at least one professional paid not less than the
California minimum wage, and is certified by the council as providing
a needed service to its community of license.
(b) It enters into a permanent agreement with the Office of
Emergency Services to dedicate, as necessary, a broadcast channel for
the provision of emergency information, to broadcast that
information, and to ensure that it is presented in a format that
makes it accessible to the deaf, hearing-impaired, and
non-English-speaking populations throughout its broadcast area,
including rural and isolated populations.