Common use of FIRST CALL RIGHTS Clause in Contracts

FIRST CALL RIGHTS. To enable you to serve as our primary affiliate, we agree to offer you first call on the right to broadcast all Network Television Programs, in the time period established by ABC for their broadcast, in the community to which your station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission ("First Call Rights"), for reception by the general public in places to which no admission is charged. Notwithstanding the foregoing, ABC shall have the right to authorize any television broadcasting station, regardless of the community to which it is licensed by the FCC, to broadcast any network presentation of a subject we deem to be of immediate national significance including, but not limited to, a Presidential address. 1. You agree that, within 15 days of the date of our offer of a First Call Right to a regularly scheduled network program, you will advise us of your acceptance (if requested to do so by the terms of our offer) or rejection. With respect to any network program not regularly scheduled, you will advise us of your acceptance or rejection of our offer of a First Call Right within 72 hours (exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) after such offer has been received at your station. However, if the first broadcast referred to in our offer is scheduled to occur within less than 15 days after the date of our offer with respect to regularly scheduled network programs or less than 72 hours after our offer has been received at your station with respect to network programs not regularly scheduled, you shall notify us of your acceptance or rejection of such offer as promptly as possible, but in no event after the first broadcast time specified in such offer. Acceptance by you of our offer of a First Call Right shall constitute your agreement to broadcast subject network program in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and of our offer to you. As an ABC primary affiliate, you are obligated to accept the substantial majority of the ABC network programs offered to you. Your failure to do so shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement entitling ABC, in addition to all other remedies, to terminate this Agreement on fourteen (14) days written notice to you. 2. You will be offered "First Call Rights" with respect to: a. Network Sponsored Programs. "Network sponsored programs", as used in this Agreement, shall mean those Network Television Programs which contain one or more commercial announcements paid for by or on behalf of one or more ABC Network advertisers. You agree to broadcast network sponsored programs in their entirety, including but not limited to the network commercial announcements ordered for your station, network identifications, program promotional material or credit announcements contained in such programs which you accept, without interruption or deletion or addition of any kind. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may substitute other ABC Network promotional announcements in lieu of program promotional material which is inaccurate as it pertains to your station. It is also understood that no commercial announcement, promotional announcement or public service announcement will be broadcast by you during any interval within a network program designated by ABC as being for the sole purpose of making a station identification announcement.

FIRST CALL RIGHTS. To enable you to serve as our primary affiliate, we agree to offer you first call on the right to broadcast all Network Television Programs, in the time period established by ABC for their broadcast, in the community to which your station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission ("First Call Rights"), for reception by the general public in places to which no admission is charged. Notwithstanding the foregoing, ABC shall have the right to authorize any television broadcasting station, station regardless of the community to which it is licensed by the FCC, to broadcast any network presentation of a subject we deem to be of immediate national significance including, but not limited to, a Presidential address. 1. You agree that, within 15 days of the date of our offer of a First Call Right to a regularly scheduled network program, you will advise us of your acceptance (if requested to do so by the terms of our offer) or rejection. With respect to any network program not regularly scheduled, you will advise us of your acceptance or rejection of our offer of a First Call Right within 72 hours (exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) after such offer has been received at your station. However, if the first broadcast referred to in our offer is scheduled to occur within less than 15 days after the date of our offer with respect to regularly scheduled network programs or less than 72 hours after our offer has been received at your station with respect to network programs not regularly scheduled, you shall notify us of your acceptance or rejection of such offer as promptly as possible, but in no event after the first broadcast time specified in such offer. Acceptance by you of our offer of a First Call Right shall constitute your agreement to broadcast subject network program in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and of our offer to you. As an ABC primary affiliate, you are obligated to accept the substantial majority of the ABC network programs offered to you. Your failure to do so shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement entitling ABC, in addition to all other remedies, to terminate this Agreement on fourteen (14) days written notice to you. 2. You will be offered "First Call Rights" with respect to: a. Network Sponsored Programs. "Network sponsored programs", as used in this Agreement, shall mean those Network Television Programs which contain one or more commercial announcements paid for by or on behalf of one or more ABC Network advertisers. You agree to broadcast network sponsored programs in their entirety, including but not limited to the network commercial announcements ordered for your station, network identifications, program promotional material or credit announcements contained in such programs which you accept, without interruption or deletion or addition of any kind. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may substitute other ABC Network promotional announcements in lieu of program promotional material which is inaccurate as it pertains to your station. It is also understood that no commercial announcement, promotional announcement or public service announcement will be broadcast by you during any interval within a network program designated by ABC as being for the sole purpose of making a station identification announcement.

FIRST CALL RIGHTS. To enable you to serve as our primary affiliate, ----------------- we agree to offer you first call on the right to broadcast all Network Television Programs, in the time period established by ABC for their broadcast, in the community to which your station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission ("First Call Rights"), for reception by the general public in places to which no admission is charged. Notwithstanding the foregoing, ABC shall have the right to authorize any television broadcasting station, regardless of the community to which it is licensed by the FCC, to broadcast any network presentation of a subject we deem to be of immediate national significance including, but not limited to, a Presidential address. 1. You agree that, within 15 days of the date of our offer of a First Call Right to a regularly scheduled network program, you will advise us of your acceptance (if requested to do so by the terms of our offer) or rejection. With respect to any network program not regularly scheduled, you will advise us of your acceptance or rejection of our offer of a First Call Right night within 72 hours (exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) after such offer has been received at your station. However, if the first broadcast referred to in our offer is scheduled to occur within less than 15 days after the date of our offer with respect to regularly scheduled network programs or less than 72 hours after our offer has been received at your station with respect to network programs not regularly scheduled, you shall notify us of your acceptance or rejection of such offer as promptly as possible, but in no event after the first broadcast time specified in such offer. Acceptance by you of our offer of a First Call Right shall constitute your agreement to broadcast subject network program in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and of our offer to you. As an ABC primary affiliate, you are obligated to accept the substantial majority of the ABC network programs offered to you, provided, that the obligation does not apply to network programming offered to you above the level of such programming offered to ABC affiliates generally on the effective date of this Agreement. Your failure to do so shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement entitling ABC, in addition to all other remedies, to terminate this Agreement on fourteen (14) days written notice to you. 2. You will be offered "First Call Rights" with respect to: a. Network Sponsored Programs. "Network sponsored programs", as used in -------------------------- this Agreement, shall mean those Network Television Programs which contain one or more commercial announcements paid for by or on behalf of one or more ABC Network advertisers. You agree to broadcast network sponsored programs in their entirety, including but not limited to the network commercial announcements ordered for your station, network identifications, program promotional material or credit announcements contained in such programs which you accept, without interruption or deletion or addition of any kind. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may substitute other ABC Network promotional announcements in lieu of program promotional material which is inaccurate as it pertains to your station. It is also understood that no commercial announcement, promotional announcement or public service announcement will be broadcast by you during any interval within a network program designated by ABC as being for the sole purpose of making a station identification announcement.

FIRST CALL RIGHTS. To enable you to serve as our primary affiliate, we ----------------- agree to offer you first call on the right to broadcast all Network Television Programs, in the time period established by ABC for their broadcast, in the community to which your station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission ("First Call Rights"), for reception by the general public in places to which no admission is charged. Notwithstanding the foregoing, ABC shall have the right to authorize any television broadcasting station, regardless of the community to which it is licensed by the FCC, to broadcast any network presentation of a subject we deem to be of immediate national significance including, but not limited to, a Presidential address. 1. You agree that, within 15 days of the date of our offer of a First Call Right to a regularly scheduled network program, you will advise us of your acceptance (if requested to do so by the terms of our offer) or rejection. With respect to any network program not regularly scheduled, you will advise us of your acceptance or rejection of our offer of a First Call Right night within 72 hours (exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) after such offer has been received at your station. However, if the first broadcast referred to in our offer is scheduled to occur within less than 15 days after the date of our offer with respect to regularly scheduled network programs or less than 72 hours after our offer has been received at your station with respect to network programs not regularly scheduled, you shall notify us of your acceptance or rejection of such offer as promptly as possible, but in no event after the first broadcast time specified in such offer. Acceptance by you of our offer of a First Call Right shall constitute your agreement to broadcast subject network program in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and of our offer to you. As an ABC primary affiliate, you are obligated to accept the substantial majority of the ABC network programs offered to you, provided, that the obligation does not apply to network programming offered to you above the level of such programming offered to ABC affiliates generally on the effective date of this Agreement. Your failure to do so shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement entitling ABC, in addition to all other remedies, to terminate this Agreement on fourteen (14) days written notice to you. 2. You will be offered "First Call Rights" with respect to: a. Network Sponsored Programs. "Network sponsored programs", as used -------------------------- in this Agreement, shall mean those Network Television Programs which contain one or more commercial announcements paid for by or on behalf of one or more ABC Network advertisers. You agree to broadcast network sponsored programs in their entirety, including but not limited to the network commercial announcements ordered for your station, network identifications, program promotional material or credit announcements contained in such programs which you accept, without interruption or deletion or addition of any kind. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may substitute other ABC Network promotional announcements in lieu of program promotional material which is inaccurate as it pertains to your station. It is also understood that no commercial announcement, promotional announcement or public service announcement will be broadcast by you during any interval within a network program designated by ABC as being for the sole purpose of making a station identification announcement.