§  78.13   Eligibility for license.

   A license for CARS station will be issued only:

   (a) To the owner or one who is responsible for the management and
   operation of a cable television system,

   (b) To a cooperative enterprise wholly owned by cable television owners
   or operators, or

   (c) A cable network-entity upon showing that the applicant is qualified
   under the Communications Act of 1934, that frequencies are available
   for the proposed operation, and that the public interest, convenience,
   and necessity will be served by a grant thereof.

   (d) Licensees and conditional licensees of channels in the BRS/EBS band
   as defined in § 27.5(i) of this chapter, or entities that hold an
   executed lease agreement with a BRS/EBS licensee or conditional
   licensee.

   (e) To private cable operators and other multichannel video programming
   distributors not specifically identified in this section.

   [ 52 FR 7144 , Mar. 9, 1987, as amended at  55 FR 46015 , Oct. 31, 1990;  56 FR 57601 , Nov. 13, 1991;  67 FR 43259 , June 27, 2002;  69 FR 72047 , Dec.
   10, 2004]