; (iii) each qualified candidate is allotted free broadcast time that is comparable, by time of day and day of week, to the time allotted to other qualified candidates for the same office; and (iv) no broadcaster shall allot more than 4 1/2 hours per week of free broadcast time for political advertising and, if the amount of time required to be allotted by this paragraph would exceed 4 1/2 hours, the time required to be allotted each qualified candidate shall be reduced proportionately. (D) The broadcast time shall be used solely for programming consisting of unedited segments in which the candidate speaks directly to the camera. (3) A candidate shall be treated as a qualified political candidate for purposes of paragraph (2)(A) if the candidate’s party, in the most recent statewide or national election, received more than 2 percent of the total number of votes. (4) A licensee allots free broadcast time as required by this subsection by broadcasting statements without remuneration or compensation in any form, whether by public or private funds, tax deduction or credit, or otherwise. (5) Nothing in this subsection, and no use of free broadcast time allotted under this subsection, shall be construed to restrict or otherwise affect the purchase of advertising time under subsection (b) of this section. . 3. Cable broadcasting of political advertising Section 611 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 531 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g)