Sec.  76.55  Definitions applicable to the must-carry rules.

    For purposes of the must-carry rules set forth in this subpart, the 
following definitions apply:
    (a) Qualified noncommercial educational (NCE) television station. A 
qualified NCE television station is any television broadcast station 
which
    (1)(i) Under the rules and regulations of the Commission in effect 
on March 29, 1990, is licensed by the Commission as an NCE television 
broadcast station and which is owned and operated by a public agency, 
nonprofit foundation, corporation, or association; and
    (ii) Has as its licensee an entity which is eligible to receive a 
community service grant, or any successor grant thereto, from the 
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, or any successor organization 
thereto, on the basis of the formula set forth in section 396(k)(6)(B) 
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended; or
    (2) Is owned and operated by a municipality and transmits 
noncommercial programs for educational programs for educational 
purposes, as defined in

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