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b Barnett 8- 2-52 ; 4:39PM Minneapolis MN- 804 971 95234 3 0 SECTION 6. SERVICE PROVISIONS. 6.01 Programming. Grantee shall initially provide programming, consisting of the Services identified in Exhibit C. 6.02 FM Stereo Service. Grantee shall offer FM stereo service as identified in Exhibit C. 6.03 Programming Decisions. All programming decisions shall be at the sole discretion of Grantee; provided, however, that any change in the mix, quality, or level of service shall require the prior approval of the City. Any such approval by the City shall not be unreasonably withheld. Such prior approval shall not be required when any change of service occurs under the following conditions: such service is no longer available to the operator or such service is available only upon the payment of a royalty required under section 801(b)(2) of Title 17, United States Code and is substantially in excess of the amount of such payment required on the date of the operator's offer to provide such service. 6.04 Emergency Alert System. Grantee shall install and thereafter maintain for use by the City an Emergency Alert System (EAS). This EAS shall be remotely activated by telephone and shall allow a representative of the City to override the audio on all Channels of the System in the event of a civil emergency or for reasonable tests. A. Commencing six (6) months following acceptance of this Franchise (or such earlier date as the City may certify the acceptance of the completion of the System Upgrade), the Grantee shall make available for use by the City, without charge, a minimum of one (1) activated Channel for non-commercial Governmental programming and shall make available, without charge, a minimum of one (1) activated Channel for non-commercial public access programming and shall make available a minimum of one (1) activated Channel for non-commercial educational programming for educational institutions within the City and the University of Virginia. H. Grantee shall also provide Channel capacity on the System available for lease in accordance with 47 U.S.C. S 532. C. The Grantee may use the public and educational access Channels required in this section 6.05A for any non-commercial programming during those hours when the anne s are not in use by the general public or local • educational authorities. Grantee shall provide a Character -generator bulletin board service with community -related announcements and messages on the government access channel during those hours when the government access channel is not in use in the City. -13- C)