47 CFR § 73.6000 - Definitions.

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chapter_name: "FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION"
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subchapter_name: "BROADCAST RADIO SERVICES"
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# 73.6000 Definitions.

For the purpose of this subpart, the following definition applies:

*Locally produced programming* is programming produced within the predicted noise-limited contour (*see* § 73.619(c)) of a Class A station broadcasting the program or within the contiguous predicted noise-limited contours of any of the Class A stations in a commonly owned group.

*See Report and Order,* In the Matter of Establishment of a Class A Television Service, MM Docket No. 00-10, released April 4, 2000; *Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration,* In the Matter of Establishment of a Class A Television Service, MM Docket No. 00-10, released April 13, 2001; *Report and Order,* In the Matter of Elimination of Main Studio Rule, MB Docket No. 17-106, released October 24, 2017.

[82 FR 57884, Dec. 8, 2017, as amended at 89 FR 7263, Feb. 1, 2024]