(1) Eligibility for grants under this
section shall be limited to broadcast stations which are:
(a) Licensed to Washington state organizations, nonprofit
corporations, or other entities under section 73.621 of the
regulations of the federal communications commission; and
(b) Qualified to receive community service grants from the
federally chartered corporation for public broadcasting. Eligibility shall be established as of February 28th of each
year.
(2) The formula in this subsection shall be used to compute
the amount of each eligible station's grant under this section.
(a) Appropriations under this section shall be divided into
a radio fund, which shall be twenty-five percent of the total
appropriation under this section, and a television fund, which
shall be seventy-five percent of the total appropriation under
this section. Each of the two funds shall be divided into a base
grant pool, which shall be fifty percent of the fund, and an
incentive grant pool, which shall be the remaining fifty percent
of the fund.
(b) Each eligible participating public radio station shall
receive an equal share of the radio base grant pool, plus a share
of the radio incentive grant pool equal to the proportion its
nonfederal financial support bears to the sum of all
participating radio stations' nonfederal financial support as
most recently reported to the corporation for public
broadcasting.
(c) Each eligible participating public television station
shall receive an equal share of the television base grant pool,
plus a share of the television incentive grant pool equal to the
proportion its nonfederal financial support bears to the sum of
all participating television stations' nonfederal financial
support as most recently reported to the corporation for public
broadcasting.
(3) Annual financial reports to the corporation for public
broadcasting by eligible stations shall also be submitted by the
stations to the *department of community, trade, and economic
development.
[1993 c 280 § 73; 1987 c 308 § 3.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: The "department of community, trade, and economic development" was renamed the "department of commerce" by 2009 c 565.
Effective date -- Severability -- 1993 c 280: See RCW 43.330.902 and 43.330.903.
Legislative findings -- 1987 c 308: See note following RCW 43.63A.400.