power television station that is acceptable for fil-
ing, award such a class A television station li-
cense to such licensee.
‘‘(D) RESOLUTION
OF
TECHNICAL
PROB-
LEMS.—The Commission shall act to preserve the
service area of each low-power television licensee
pending the final resolution of the class A appli-
cation of such licensee. If, after granting certifi-
cation of eligibility for a class A license, tech-
nical problems arise requiring an engineering so-
lution to a full-power station’s allotted param-
eters or channel assignment in the digital tele-
vision Table of Allotments, the Commission shall
make such modifications, as necessary, to ensure
replication of the full-power digital television ap-
plicant’s service area, as provided for in section
73.622 of the Commission’s regulations (47 CFR
73.622).
‘‘(2) QUALIFYING LOW-POWER TELEVISION STA-
TIONS.—For purposes of this subsection, a station is
a qualifying low-power television station if—
‘‘(A)(i) during the 90 days preceding the
date of enactment of the Community Broad-
casters Protection Act of 1999—
‘‘(I) such station broadcast a min-
imum of 18 hours per day;
‘‘(II) such station broadcast an average
of at least 3 hours per week of programming
that was produced within the market area
served by such station, or the market area
served by a group of commonly controlled
low-power stations that carry common local
programming produced within the market
area served by such group; and
‘‘(III) such station was in compliance
with the Commission’s requirements appli-
cable to low-power television stations; and
‘‘(ii) from and after the date of its applica-
tion for a class A license, the station is in com-
pliance with the Commission’s operating rules
for full-power television stations; or
‘‘(B) the Commission determines that the
public interest, convenience, and necessity would
be served by treating the station as a qualifying
low-power television station for purposes of this
section, or for other reasons determined by the
Commission.
‘‘(3) COMMON OWNERSHIP.—No low-power tele-
vision station authorized as of the date of enactment
of the Community Broadcasters Protection Act of
1999 shall be disqualified for a class A license based
on common ownership with any other medium of
mass communication.
‘‘(4) ISSUANCE
OF
LICENSES
FOR
ADVANCED
TELEVISION
SERVICES
TO
TELEVISION
TRANSLATOR
STATIONS AND QUALIFYING LOW-POWER TELEVISION
STATIONS.—The Commission is not required to issue
any additional license for advanced television services
to the licensee of a class A television station under
this subsection, or to any licensee of any television
translator station, but shall accept a license applica-
tion for such services proposing facilities that will not
cause interference to the service area of any other
broadcast facility applied for, protected, permitted, or
authorized on the date of filing of the advanced tele-
vision application. Such new license or the original
license of the applicant shall be forfeited after the end
of the digital television service transition period, as
determined by the Commission. A licensee of a low-
power television station or television translator sta-
tion may, at the option of licensee, elect to convert to
the provision of advanced television services on its
analog channel, but shall not be required to convert
to digital operation until the end of such transition
period.
‘‘(5) NO PREEMPTION OF SECTION 337.—Nothing
in this subsection preempts or otherwise affects section
337 of this Act.
‘‘(6) INTERIM QUALIFICATION.—
‘‘(A) STATIONS OPERATING WITHIN CERTAIN
BANDWIDTH.—The Commission may not grant a
class A license to a low-power television station
for operation between 698 and 806 megahertz,
but the Commission shall provide to low-power
television stations assigned to and temporarily
operating in that bandwidth the opportunity to
meet the qualification requirements for a class A
license. If such a qualified applicant for a class
A license is assigned a channel within the core
spectrum (as such term is defined in MM Docket
87–286, February 17, 1998), the Commission
shall issue a class A license simultaneously with
the assignment of such channel.
‘‘(B) CERTAIN CHANNELS OFF-LIMITS.—The
Commission may not grant under this subsection
a class A license to a low-power television station
operating on a channel within the core spectrum
that includes any of the 175 additional channels
referenced in paragraph 45 of its February 23,
1998, Memorandum Opinion and Order on Re-
consideration of the Sixth Report and Order
(MM Docket No. 87–268). Within 18 months
after the date of enactment of the Community
Broadcasters Protection Act of 1999, the Com-
mission shall identify by channel, location, and
applicable technical parameters those 175 chan-
nels.
‘‘(7) NO
INTERFERENCE
REQUIREMENT.—The
Commission may not grant a class A license, nor ap-
prove a modification of a class A license, unless the
applicant or licensee shows that the class A station
for which the license or modification is sought will
not cause—
‘‘(A) interference within—
‘‘(i) the predicted Grade B contour (as
of the date of enactment of the Community
Broadcasters Protection Act of 1999, or No-
vember 1, 1999, whichever is later, or as
proposed in a change application filed on
or before such date) of any television station
transmitting in analog format; or
‘‘(ii)(I) the digital television service
areas provided in the DTV Table of Allot-
ments, (II) the areas protected in the Com-
mission’s digital television regulations (47
CFR 73.622 (e) and (f)), or (III) the digital
television service areas of stations subse-
quently granted by the Commission prior to
the filing of a class A application;
‘‘(B) interference within the protected con-
tour of any low-power television station or low-
power television translator station that—
‘‘(i) was licensed prior to the date on
which the application for a class A license,
or for the modification of such a license,
was filed;
‘‘(ii) was authorized by construction
permit prior to such date; or
‘‘(iii) had a pending application that
was submitted prior to such date; or
‘‘(C) interference within the protected con-
tour of 80 miles from the geographic center of the
areas listed in section 22.625(b)(1) or 90.303 of
the 
Commission’s 
regulations 
(47 
CFR
22.625(b)(1) and 90.303) for frequencies in—
‘‘(i) the 470–512 megahertz band iden-
tified in section 22.621 or 90.303 of such
regulations; or
‘‘(ii) the 482–488 megahertz band in
New York.’’.