### Question
What does local market mean?


### Answer
**Local market** has the following meaning in *17 U.S.C. § 119*:

> the area encompassed within a network station's predicted Grade B contour as that contour is defined by the Federal Communications Commission

#### Citation:
  - *17 U.S.C. § 119*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 1-SUBJECT MATTER AND SCOPE OF COPYRIGHT**

