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 PUBLIC LAW 106-113—APPENDIX I 113 STAT. 1501A-597 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 television station authorized as of the date of the enactment of the Community Broadcasters Protection Act of 1999 shall be disqualified for a class A license based on common ownersliip with any other medium of mass communication. "(4) ISSUANCE OF LICENSES FOR ADVANCED TELEVISION SERV- ICES 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 application for such services proposing facilities that will not cause interference t;o the service area of any other broadcast facility applied for, protected, permitted, or authorized on the date of filing of the advanced television application. Such new license or the orig:inal 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 station may, at the option of licens€(e, 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 BAND- WIDTH. —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 No. 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 paraj^aph 45 of its February 23, 1998, Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration of the Sixth Report and Order (MM Docket No. 87-268). Within 18 months after the date of the enact- \ ment of the Community Broadcasters Protection Act of 1999, the Commission shall identify by channel, location, and applicable technical parameters those 175 channels.

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