Section 8841 Of Article 6. Emergency Broadcasting Grant Program From California Government Code >> Division 1. >> Title 2. >> Chapter 10. >> Article 6.
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. For purposes of this article, "eligible television station"
means a television station that, at the time of applying for a grant
under this article, unless another time is specified, meets all of
the following requirements:
(a) It has met all of the following requirements for a period of
two years:
(1) It is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as a
noncommercial educational television 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 substantial and significant locally originated
programming in its community of license.
(5) It broadcasts not less than 2,500 hours per year.
(6) It participates in statewide public broadcasting projects.
(7) It meets the criteria for receipt of a Community Service Grant
or base grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting that were
in effect on June 30, 1994.
(8) 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.
(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.
(c) At the time of disbursement of the funds, it certifies in
writing by the station manager or an officer of the licensee that it
has in its public file a plan to address the needs of significant
linguistic minorities in its service area.