noncommercial educational broadcast station
Defined in 2 places across 2 titles of the United States Code.
Noncommercial educational broadcast station.—The term "noncommercial educational broadcast station" means a television broadcast station that is a noncommercial educational broadcast station as defined in section 397 of the Communications Act of 1934, as in effect on the date of the enactment of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010.
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- 2010–202617 U.S.C. § 122Copyrights · Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions by satellite carriers within local markets · in this section
The term “noncommercial educational broadcast station” means a television broadcast station that is a noncommercial educational broadcast station as defined in section 397 of the Communications Act of 1934, as in effect on the date of the enactment of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010.
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- 2014–present17 U.S.C. § 122Copyrights · Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions by satellite carriers within local markets · in this section
The terms “noncommercial educational broadcast station” and “public broadcast station” mean a television or radio broadcast station which—
(A) under the rules and regulations of the Commission in effect on November 2, 1978, is eligible to be licensed by the Commission as a noncommercial educational radio or television broadcast station and which is owned and operated by a public agency or nonprofit private foundation, corporation, or association; or
(B) is owned and operated by a municipality and which transmits only noncommercial programs for education purposes.
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- 1994–present47 U.S.C. § 397Telecommunications · Definitions · for the purposes of this part