### Question
What does local commercial television station mean?


### Answer
**Local commercial television station** has the following meaning in *47 U.S.C. § 534*:

> any full power television broadcast station, other than a qualified noncommercial educational television station within the meaning of section 535(l)(1) of this title, licensed and operating on a channel regularly assigned to its community by the Commission that, with respect to a particular cable system, is within the same television market as the cable system

#### Citation:
  - *47 U.S.C. § 534*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 5-WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION > SUBCHAPTER V&ndash;A-CABLE COMMUNICATIONS > Part II-Use of Cable Channels and Cable Ownership Restrictions**

