Section (b)(9) specifies that the ``major studio'' must be located
``(A) in a city or town of one hundred thousand population or less
according to the latest available decennial census figures as compiled
by the Bureau of the Census, except where such city or town is part of a
standard metropolitan statistical area, as defined and designated by the
Bureau of the Budget, which has a total population in excess of one
hundred thousand or (B) in a city or town of twenty-five thousand
population or less, which is part of such an area but is at least 40
airline miles from the principal city in such area.'' These tests may be
summarized as follows:
(a) A city or town with more than 100,000 population. The exemption
does not apply to any employee of a radio or television station the
major studio of which is located in any city or town with a population
in excess of 100,000.
(b) A city or town with 100,000 population or less. The exemption
may apply if the major studio is located in a city or town of not more
than 100,000 population: Provided, That the city or town is not within a
standard metropolitan statistical area which has more than 100,000
population.
(c) A city or town with 25,000 population or less. The exemption may
apply even if the major studio is located in a city or town that is
within a standard metropolitan statistical area which has more than
100,000 population: Provided,
That such city or town has a population or not more than 25,000 and the
city or town is at least 40 airline miles from the principal city in
such area.
(d) Sources of information. The Bureau of the Budget issues
periodically a booklet entitled ``Standard Metropolitan Statistical
Areas'', which lists and describes these areas in the United States and
Puerto Rico. The booklet lists the standard metropolitan statistical
areas by name and shows their population according to the latest
available decennial census figures as compiled by the Bureau of the
Census. The booklet also lists the major cities within each standard
metropolitan statistical area and the population of these cities. From
time to time, new areas are designated as ``standard metropolitan
statistical areas'' and areas once designated as such are deleted from
the area definitions. This booklet may be purchased, for 25 cents, from
the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, DC 20402.
(e) Principal city. The term ``principal city'', as used in section
13(b)(9), means the ``central city'', or cities, of the standard
metropolitan statistical area, which are defined and designated as such
by the Bureau of the Census. The name of the ``central city'' is
incorporated in the name of the standard metropolitan statistical area.
Where two or more cities are designated by the Bureau of the Census as
the ``central cities'', the names of such cities appear in the title of
the standard metropolitan statistical area. For example, the ``Duluth-
Superior'' standard metropolitan statistical area, has two ``central''
cities, namely Duluth and Superior; both appear in the title of the
standard metropolitan statistical area, and both are regarded as
``principal'' cities for purposes of the section 13(b)(9) exemption.
Where, as in the example, more than one city is designated as the
``central'' city airline mileage will be measured from that ``central''
city which is nearest to the city or town in which the major studio of
the radio or television station is located.
(f) Determining the population. The population of a city or town, or
of a standard metropolitan statistical area, will be determined by the
latest available decennial census figures as compiled by the U.S. Bureau
of the Census.
(g) Measuring airline miles. Airline miles for purposes of the
section 13(b)(9) exemption are measured, with a straight edge on a map,
from the zero milestone, or the city hall, of the ``central'' city, to
the zero milestone, or city or town hall, of the city or town in which
the major studio of the radio or television station is located.
