---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 73.6001"
title: "47"
number: "73.6001"
heading: "Eligibility and service requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/73.6001"
---

# §73.6001. Eligibility and service requirements.

- (a) Qualified low power television licensees which, during the 90-day period ending November 28, 1999, operated their stations in a manner consistent with the programming and operational standards set forth in the Community Broadcasters Protection Act of 1999, may be accorded primary status as Class A television licensees.
- (b) **Class A television broadcast stations are required to—**
  - (1) Broadcast a minimum of 18 hours per day; and
  - (2) **Broadcast an average of at least three hours per week of locally produced programming each quarter.**
- (c) Licensed Class A television broadcast stations shall be accorded primary status as a television broadcaster as long as the station continues to meet the minimum operating requirements for Class A status.
- (d) Licensees unable to continue to meet the minimum operating requirements for Class A television stations, or which elect to revert to low power television status, shall promptly notify the Commission, in writing, and request a change in status.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 65 FR 30009, May 10, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 301, 303, 307, 309, 310, 334, 336, 339.