[Title 47 CFR ]
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          Parts 70 to 79

                         Revised as of October 1, 2003

Telecommunication





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                            Table of Contents



                                                                    Page
  Explanation.................................................       v

  Title 47:
          Chapter I--Federal Communications Commission 
          (Continued)                                                3
  Finding Aids:
      Material Approved for Incorporation by Reference........     791
      Table of CFR Titles and Chapters........................     793
      Alphabetical List of Agencies Appearing in the CFR......     811
      Table of OMB Control Numbers............................     821
      List of CFR Sections Affected...........................     831

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                               THIS TITLE

    Title 47--Telecommunication is composed of five volumes. The parts 
in these volumes are arranged in the following order: Parts 0-19, parts 
20-39, parts 40-69, parts 70-79, and part 80 to end, chapter I--Federal 
Communications Commission. The last volume, part 80 to end, also 
includes chapter II--Office of Science and Technology Policy and 
National Security Council, and chapter III--National Telecommunications 
and Information Administration, Department of Commerce. The contents of 
these volumes represent all current regulations codified under this 
title of the CFR as of October 1, 2003.

    Part 73 contains a numerical designation of FM broadcast channels 
(Sec.  73.201) and a table of FM allotments designated for use in 
communities in the United States, its territories, and possessions 
(Sec.  73.202). Part 73 also contains a numerical designation of 
television channels (Sec.  73.603) and a table of allotments which 
contain channels designated for the listed communities in the United 
States, its territories, and possessions (Sec.  73.606).

    The OMB control numbers for the Federal Communications Commission, 
appear in Sec.  0.408 of chapter I. For the convenience of the user 
Sec.  0.408 is reprinted in the Finding Aids section of the second 
through fifth volumes.

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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION




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                 SUBCHAPTER C--BROADCAST RADIO SERVICES
Part                                                                Page
70-72           [Reserved]
73              Radio broadcast services....................           5
74              Experimental radio, auxiliary, special 
                    broadcast and other program 
                    distributional services.................         421
76              Multichannel video and cable television 
                    service.................................         562
78              Cable television relay service..............         745
79              Closed captioning and video description of 
                    video programming.......................         778

Supplemental Publications: Annual Reports of the Federal Communications 
  Commission to Congress.

  Federal Communications Commission Reports of Orders and Decision.

  Communications Act of 1934 (with amendments and index thereto), Recap. 
Version May 1989.

  Broadcast Operator Handbook, 1976 edition.

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                  SUBCHAPTER C_BROADCAST RADIO SERVICES



                         PARTS 70-72 [RESERVED]



PART 73_RADIO BROADCAST SERVICES--Table of Contents




                     Subpart A_AM Broadcast Stations

Sec.
73.1 Scope.
73.14 AM broadcast definitions.
73.21 Classes of AM broadcast channels and stations.
73.23 AM broadcast station applications affected by international 
          agreements.
73.24 Broadcast facilities; showing required.
73.25 Clear channels; Class A, Class B and Class D stations.
73.26 Regional channels; Class B and Class D stations.
73.27 Local channels; Class C stations.
73.28 Assignment of stations to channels.
73.29 Class C stations on regional channels.
73.30 Petition for authorization of an allotment in the 1605-1705 kHz 
          band.
73.31 Rounding of nominal power specified on applications.
73.33 Antenna systems; showing required.
73.35 Calculation of improvement factors.
73.37 Applications for broadcast facilities, showing required.
73.44 AM transmission system emission limitations.
73.45 AM antenna systems.
73.49 AM transmission system fencing requirements.
73.51 Determining operating power.
73.53 Requirements for authorization of antenna monitors.
73.54 Antenna resistance and reactance measurements.
73.57 Remote reading antenna and common point ammeters.
73.58 Indicating instruments.
73.61 AM directional antenna field strength measurements.
73.62 Directional antenna system tolerances.
73.68 Sampling systems for antenna monitors.
73.69 Antenna monitors.
73.72 Operating during the experimental period.
73.88 Blanketing interference.
73.99 Presunrise service authorization (PSRA) and Postsunset service 
          authorization (PSSA).
73.127 Use of multiplex transmission.
73.128 AM stereophonic broadcasting.
73.132 Territorial exclusivity.
73.150 Directional antenna systems.
73.151 Field strength measurements to establish performance of 
          directional antennas.
73.152 Modification of directional antenna data.
73.153 Field strength measurements in support of applications or 
          evidence at hearings.
73.154 AM directional antenna partial proof of performance measurements.
73.157 Antenna testing during daytime.
73.158 Directional antenna monitoring points.
73.160 Vertical plane radiation characteristics, f([thetas]).
73.182 Engineering standards of allocation.
73.183 Groundwave signals.
73.184 Groundwave field strength graphs.
73.185 Computation of interfering signal.
73.186 Establishment of effective field at one kilometer.
73.187 Limitation on daytime radiation.
73.189 Minimum antenna heights or field strength requirements.
73.190 Engineering charts and related formulas.

                     Subpart B_FM Broadcast Stations

73.201 Numerical designation of FM broadcast channels.
73.202 Table of Allotments.
73.203 Availability of channels.
73.204 International agreements and other restrictions on use of 
          channels.
73.205 Zones.
73.207 Minimum distance separation between stations.
73.208 Reference points and distance computations.
73.209 Protection from interference.
73.210 Station classes.
73.211 Power and antenna height requirements.
73.212 Administrative changes in authorizations.
73.213 Grandfathered short-spaced stations.
73.215 Contour protection for short-spaced assignments.
73.220 Restrictions on use of channels.
73.232 Territorial exclusivity.
73.239 Use of common antenna site.
73.258 Indicating instruments.
73.267 Determining operating power.
73.277 Permissible transmissions.
73.293 Use of FM multiplex subcarriers.
73.295 FM subsidiary communications services.
73.297 FM stereophonic sound broadcasting.
73.310 FM technical definitions.
73.311 Field strength contours.
73.312 Topographic data.
73.313 Prediction of coverage.

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73.314 Field strength measurements.
73.315 FM transmitter location.
73.316 FM antenna systems.
73.317 FM transmission system requirements.
73.318 FM blanketing interference.
73.319 FM multiplex subcarrier technical standards.
73.322 FM stereophonic sound transmission standards.
73.333 Engineering charts.

        Subpart C_Noncommercial Educational FM Broadcast Stations

73.501 Channels available for assignment.
73.502 [Reserved]
73.503 Licensing requirements and service.
73.504 Channel assignments in the Mexican border area.
73.505 Zones.
73.506 Classes of noncommercial educational FM stations and channels.
73.507 Minimum distance separations between stations.
73.508 Standards of good engineering practice.
73.509 Prohibited overlap.
73.510 Antenna systems.
73.511 Power and antenna height requirements.
73.512 Special procedures applicable to Class D noncommercial 
          educational stations.
73.513 Noncommercial educational FM stations operating on unreserved 
          channels.
73.514 Protection from interference.
73.515 NCE FM transmitter location.
73.525 TV Channel 6 protection.
73.558 Indicating instruments.
73.561 Operating schedule; time sharing.
73.567 Determining operating power.
73.593 Subsidiary communications services.
73.597 FM stereophonic sound broadcasting.
73.599 NCE-FM engineering charts.

Subpart D [Reserved]

                 Subpart E_Television Broadcast Stations

73.601 Scope of subpart.
73.602 Cross reference to rules in other parts.
73.603 Numerical designation of television channels.
73.606 Table of allotments.
73.607 Availability of channels.
73.609 Zones.
73.610 Minimum distance separations between stations.
73.611 Reference points and distance computations.
73.612 Protection from interference.
73.613 Protection of Class A TV stations.
73.614 Power and antenna height requirements.
73.615 Administrative changes in authorizations.
73.621 Noncommercial educational TV stations.
73.622 Digital television table of allotments.
73.623 DTV applications and changes to DTV allotments.
73.624 Digital television broadcast stations.
73.625 DTV coverage of principal community and antenna system.
73.635 Use of common antenna site.
73.641 Subscription TV definitions.
73.642 Subscription TV service.
73.643 Subscription TV operating requirements.
73.644 Subscription TV transmission systems.
73.646 Telecommunications Service on the Vertical Blanking Interval and 
          in the Visual Signal.
73.653 Operation of TV aural and visual transmitters.
73.658 Affiliation agreements and network program practices; territorial 
          exclusivity in non-network program arrangements.
73.659-73.663 [Reserved]
73.664 Determining operating power.
73.665 Use of TV aural baseband subcarriers.
73.667 TV subsidiary communications services.
73.669 TV stereophonic aural and multiplex subcarrier operation.
73.670 Commercial limits in children's programs.
73.671 Educational and informational programming for children.
73.672 [Reserved]
73.673 Public information initiatives regarding educational and 
          informational programming for children.
73.681 Definitions.
73.682 TV transmission standards.
73.683 Field strength contours and presumptive determination of field 
          strength at individual locations.
73.684 Prediction of coverage.
73.685 Transmitter location and antenna system.
73.686 Field strength measurements.
73.687 Transmission system requirements.
73.688 Indicating instruments.
73.691 Visual modulation monitoring.
73.698 Tables.
73.699 TV engineering charts.

               Subpart F_International Broadcast Stations

73.701 Definitions.
73.702 Assignment and use of frequencies.
73.703 Geographical zones and areas of reception.
73.712 Equipment tests.
73.713 Program tests.
73.731 Licensing requirements.
73.732 Authorizations.
73.733 Normal license period.
73.751 Operating power.
73.753 Antenna systems.
73.754 Frequency monitors.

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73.755 Modulation monitors.
73.756 Transmission system requirements.
73.757 Auxiliary transmitters.
73.758 Alternate main transmitters.
73.759 Modification of transmission systems.
73.761 Time of operation.
73.765 Determining operating power.
73.766 Modulation and bandwidth.
73.781 Logs.
73.782 Retention of logs.
73.787 Station identification.
73.788 Service; commercial or sponsored programs.

            Subpart G_Low Power FM Broadcast Stations (LPFM)

73.801 Broadcast regulations applicable to LPFM stations.
73.805 Availability of channels.
73.807 Minimum distance separation between stations.
73.808 Distance computations.
73.809 Interference protection to full service FM stations.
73.810 Third adjacent channel complaint and license modification 
          procedure.
73.811 LPFM power and antenna height requirements.
73.812 Rounding of power and antenna heights.
73.813 Determination of antenna height above average terrain (HAAT).
73.816 Antennas.
73.825 Protection to reception of TV channel 6.
73.827 Interference to the input signals of FM translator or FM booster 
          stations.
73.840 Operating power and mode tolerances.
73.845 Transmission system operation.
73.850 Operating schedule.
73.853 Licensing requirements and service.
73.854 Unlicensed operations.
73.855 Ownership limits.
73.858 Attribution of LPFM station interests.
73.860 Cross-ownership.
73.865 Assignment and transfer of LPFM authorizations.
73.870 Processing of LPFM broadcast station applications.
73.871 Amendment of LPFM broadcast station applications.
73.872 Selection procedure for mutually exclusive LPFM applications.
73.873 LPFM license period.
73.875 Modification of transmission systems.
73.877 Station logs for LPFM stations.
73.878 Station inspections by FCC; availability to FCC of station logs 
          and records.
73.879 Signal retransmission.
73.881 Equal employment opportunities.

          Subpart H_Rules Applicable to All Broadcast Stations

73.1001 Scope.
73.1010 Cross reference to rules in other parts.
73.1015 Truthful written statements and responses to Commission 
          inquiries and correspondence.
73.1020 Station license period.
73.1030 Notifications concerning interference to radio astronomy, 
          research and receiving installations.
73.1120 Station location.
73.1125 Station main studio location.
73.1150 Transferring a station.
73.1201 Station identification.
73.1202 Retention of letters received from the public.
73.1206 Broadcast of telephone conversations.
73.1207 Rebroadcasts.
73.1208 Broadcast of taped, filmed, or recorded material.
73.1209 References to time.
73.1210 TV/FM dual-language broadcasting in Puerto Rico.
73.1211 Broadcast of lottery information.
73.1212 Sponsorship identification; list retention; related 
          requirements.
73.1213 Antenna structure, marking and lighting.
73.1215 Specifications for indicating instruments.
73.1216 Licensee-conducted contests.
73.1217 Broadcast hoaxes.
73.1225 Station inspection by FCC.
73.1226 Availability to FCC of station logs and records.
73.1230 Posting of station license.
73.1250 Broadcasting emergency information.
73.1300 Unattended station operation.
73.1350 Transmission system operation.
73.1400 Transmission system monitoring and control.
73.1510 Experimental authorizations.
73.1515 Special field test authorizations.
73.1520 Operation for tests and maintenance.
73.1530 Portable test stations [Definition].
73.1540 Carrier frequency measurements.
73.1545 Carrier frequency departure tolerances.
73.1560 Operating power and mode tolerances.
73.1570 Modulation levels: AM, FM, TV and Class A TV aural.
73.1580 Transmission system inspections.
73.1590 Equipment performance measurements.
73.1610 Equipment tests.
73.1615 Operation during modification of facilities.
73.1620 Program tests.
73.1635 Special temporary authorizations (STA).

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73.1650 International agreements.
73.1660 Acceptability of broadcast transmitters.
73.1665 Main transmitters.
73.1670 Auxiliary transmitters.
73.1675 Auxiliary antennas.
73.1680 Emergency antennas.
73.1690 Modification of transmission systems.
73.1692 Broadcast station construction near or installation on an AM 
          broadcast tower.
73.1695 Changes in transmission standards.
73.1700 Broadcast day.
73.1705 Time of operation.
73.1710 Unlimited time.
73.1715 Share time.
73.1720 Daytime.
73.1725 Limited time.
73.1730 Specified hours.
73.1735 AM station operation pre-sunrise and post-sunset.
73.1740 Minimum operating schedule.
73.1745 Unauthorized operation.
73.1750 Discontinuance of operation.
73.1800 General requirements related to the station log.
73.1820 Station log.
73.1835 Special technical records.
73.1840 Retention of logs.
73.1870 Chief operators.
73.1910 Fairness Doctrine.
73.1940 Legally qualified candidates for public office.
73.1941 Equal opportunities.
73.1942 Candidate rates.
73.1943 Political file.
73.1944 Reasonable access.
73.2080 Equal employment opportunities (EEO).
73.3500 Application and report forms.
73.3511 Applications required.
73.3512 Where to file; number of copies.
73.3513 Signing of applications.
73.3514 Content of applications.
73.3516 Specification of facilities.
73.3517 Contingent applications.
73.3518 Inconsistent or conflicting applications.
73.3519 Repetitious applications.
73.3520 Multiple applications.
73.3521 Mutually exclusive applications for low power television, 
          television translators and television booster stations.
73.3522 Amendment of applications.
73.3523 Dismissal of applications in renewal proceedings.
73.3525 Agreements for removing application conflicts.
73.3526 Local public inspection file of commercial stations.
73.3527 Local public inspection file of noncommercial educational 
          stations.
73.3533 Application for construction permit or modification of 
          construction permit.
73.3534 Period of construction for Instructional TV Fixed station 
          construction permit and requests for extension thereof.
73.3536 Application for license to cover construction permit.
73.3537 Application for license to use former main antenna as an 
          auxiliary.
73.3538 Application to make changes in an existing station.
73.3539 Application for renewal of license.
73.3540 Application for voluntary assignment or transfer of control.
73.3541 Application for involuntary assignment of license or transfer of 
          control.
73.3542 Application for emergency authorization.
73.3543 Application for renewal or modification of special service 
          authorization.
73.3544 Application to obtain a modified station license.
73.3545 Application for permit to deliver programs to foreign stations.
73.3549 Requests for extension of time to operate without required 
          monitors, indicating instruments, and EAS encoders and 
          decoders.
73.3550 Requests for new or modified call sign assignments.
73.3555 Multiple ownership.
73.3556 Duplication of programming on commonly owned or time brokered 
          stations.
73.3561 Staff consideration of applications requiring Commission action.
73.3562 Staff consideration of applications not requiring action by the 
          Commission.
73.3564 Acceptance of applications.
73.3566 Defective applications.
73.3568 Dismissal of applications.
73.3571 Processing of AM broadcast station applications.
73.3572 Processing of TV broadcast, Class A TV broadcast, low power TV, 
          TV translators, and TV booster applications.
73.3573 Processing FM broadcast station applications.
73.3574 Processing of international broadcast station applications.
73.3578 Amendments to applications for renewal, assignment or transfer 
          of control.
73.3580 Local public notice of filing of broadcast applications.
73.3584 Procedure for filing petitions to deny.
73.3587 Procedure for filing informal objections.
73.3588 Dismissal of petitions to deny or withdrawal of informal 
          objections.
73.3589 Threats to file petitions to deny or informal objections.
73.3591 Grants without hearing.
73.3592 Conditional grant.
73.3593 Designation for hearing.
73.3594 Local public notice of designation for hearing.
73.3597 Procedures on transfer and assignment applications.
73.3598 Period of construction.

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73.3601 Simultaneous modification and renewal of license.
73.3603 Special waiver procedure relative to applications.
73.3605 Retention of applications in hearing status after designation 
          for hearing.
73.3612 Annual employment report.
73.3613 Filing of contracts.
73.3615 Ownership reports.
73.3617 Information available on the Internet.
73.3999 Enforcement of 18 U.S.C. 1464 (restrictions on the transmission 
          of obscene and indecent material).
73.4000 Listing of FCC policies.
73.4005 Advertising--refusal to sell.
73.4015 Applications for AM and FM construction permits, incomplete or 
          defective.
73.4017 Application processing: Commercial FM stations.
73.4045 Barter agreements.
73.4050 Children's TV programs.
73.4055 Cigarette advertising.
73.4060 Citizens agreements.
73.4075 Commercials, loud.
73.4082 Comparative broadcast hearings--specialized programming formats.
73.4091 Direct broadcast satellites.
73.4094 Dolby encoder.
73.4095 Drug lyrics.
73.4097 EBS (now EAS) attention signals on automated programing systems.
73.4099 Financial qualifications, certification of.
73.4100 Financial qualifications; new AM and FM stations.
73.4101 Financial qualifications, TV stations.
73.4102 FAA communications, broadcast of.
73.4104 FM assignment policies and procedures.
73.4107 FM broadcast assignments, increasing availability of.
73.4108 FM transmitter site map submissions.
73.4110 Format changes of stations.
73.4135 Interference to TV reception by FM stations.
73.4140 Minority ownership; tax certificates and distress sales.
73.4154 Network/AM, FM station affiliation agreements.
73.4157 Network signals which adversely affect affiliate broadcast 
          service.
73.4163 Noncommercial nature of educational broadcast stations.
73.4165 Obscene language.
73.4170 Obscene broadcasts.
73.4180 Payment disclosure: Payola, plugola, kickbacks.
73.4185 Political broadcasting and telecasting, the law of.
73.4190 Political candidate authorization notice and sponsorship 
          identification.
73.4195 Political advertising by UHF translators.
73.4210 Procedure Manual: ``The Public and Broadcasting''.
73.4215 Program matter: Supplier identification.
73.4242 Sponsorship identification rules, applicability of.
73.4246 Stereophonic pilot subcarrier use during monophonic programming.
73.4247 STV: Competing applications.
73.4250 Subliminal perception.
73.4255 Tax certificates: Issuance of.
73.4260 Teaser announcements.
73.4265 Telephone conversation broadcasts (network and like sources).
73.4266 Tender offer and proxy statements.
73.4267 Time brokerage.
73.4275 Tone clusters; audio attention-getting devices.
73.4280 Character evaluation of broadcast applicants.

 Subpart I_Procedures for Competitive Bidding and for Applications for 
  Noncommercial Educational Broadcast Stations on Non-Reserved Channels

73.5000 Services subject to competitive bidding.
73.5001 [Reserved]
73.5002 Application and certification procedures; return of mutually 
          exclusive applications not subject to competitive bidding 
          procedures; prohibition of collusion.
73.5003 Submission of full payments.
73.5004 [Reserved]
73.5005 Filing of long-form applications.
73.5006 Filing of petitions to deny against long-form applications.
73.5007 Designated entity provisions.
73.5008 Definitions applicable for designated entity provisions.
73.5009 Assignment or transfer of control.

             Subpart J_Class A Television Broadcast Stations

 73.6000 Definitions.
73.6001 Eligibility and service requirements.
73.6002 Licensing requirements.
73.6003-73.6005 [Reserved]
73.6006 Channel assignments.
73.6007 Power limitations.
73.6008 Distance computations.
73.6010 Class A TV station protected contour.
73.6011 Protection of TV broadcast stations.
73.6012 Protection of Class A TV, low power TV, and TV translator 
          stations.
73.6013 Protection of DTV stations.
73.6014 Protection of digital Class A TV stations.
73.6016 Digital Class A TV station protection of TV broadcast stations.
73.6017 Digital Class A TV station protection of Class A TV, low power 
          TV, and TV translator stations.

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73.6018 Digital Class A TV station protection of DTV stations.
73.6019 Digital Class A TV station protection of digital Class A TV 
          stations.
73.6020 Protection of stations in the land mobile radio service.
73.6022 Negotiated interference and relocation agreements.
73.6024 Transmission standards and system requirements.
73.6025 Antenna system and station location.
73.6026 Broadcast regulations applicable to Class A television stations.

      Subpart K_Application and Selection Procedures for Reserved 
  Noncommercial Educational Channels, and for Certain Applications for 
       Noncommercial Educational Stations on Non-Reserved Channels

73.7000 Definition of terms (as used in subpart K only).
73.7001 Services subject to evaluation by point system.
73.7002 Fair distribution of service on reserved band FM channels.
73.7003 Point system selection procedures.
73.7004 Petitions to deny tentative selectee(s).
73.7005 Holding period.

Alphabetical Index--Part 73

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334 and 336.



                     Subpart A_AM Broadcast Stations



Sec.  73.1  Scope.

    This subpart contains those rules which apply exclusively to the AM 
broadcast service and are in addition to those rules in Subpart H which 
are common to all AM, FM and TV broadcast services, commercial and 
noncommercial.

[47 FR 8587, Mar. 1, 1982]



Sec.  73.14  AM broadcast definitions.

    AM broadcast band. The band of frequencies extending from 535 to 
1705 kHz.
    AM broadcast channel. The band of frequencies occupied by the 
carrier and the upper and lower sidebands of an AM broadcast signal with 
the carrier frequency at the center. Channels are designated by their 
assigned carrier frequencies. The 117 carrier frequencies assigned to AM 
broadcast stations begin at 540 kHz and progress in 10 kHz steps to 1700 
kHz. (See Sec.  73.21 for the classification of AM broadcast channels).
    AM broadcast station. A broadcast station licensed for the 
dissemination of radio communications intended to be received by the 
public and operated on a channel in the AM broadcast band.
    Amplitude modulated stage. The radio-frequency stage to which the 
modulator is coupled and in which the carrier wave is modulated in 
accordance with the system of amplitude modulation and the 
characteristics of the modulating wave.
    Amplitude modulator stage. The last amplifier stage of the 
modulating wave amplitude modulates a radio-frequency stage.
    Antenna current. The radio-frequency current in the antenna with no 
modulation.
    Antenna input power. The product of the square of the antenna 
current and the antenna resistance at the point where the current is 
measured.
    Antenna resistance. The total resistance of the transmitting antenna 
system at the operating frequency and at the point at which the antenna 
current is measured.
    Auxiliary facility. An auxiliary facility is an AM antenna tower(s) 
separate from the main facility's antenna tower(s), permanently 
installed at the same site or at a different location, from which an AM 
station may broadcast for short periods without prior Commission 
authorization or notice to the Commission while the main facility is not 
in operation (e.g., where tower work necessitates turning off the main 
antenna or where lightning has caused damage to the main antenna or 
transmission system) (See Sec.  73.1675).
    Blanketing. The interference which is caused by the presence of an 
AM broadcast signal of one volt per meter (V/m) or greater strengths in 
the area adjacent to the antenna of the transmitting station. The 1 V/m 
contour is referred to as the blanket contour and the area within this 
contour is referred to as the blanket area.
    Carrier-amplitude regulation (Carrier shift). The change in 
amplitude of the carrier wave in an amplitude-modulated transmitter when 
modulation is applied under conditions of symmetrical modulation.

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    Combined audio harmonics. The arithmetical sum of the amplitudes of 
all the separate harmonic components. Root sum square harmonic readings 
may be accepted under conditions prescribed by the FCC.
    Critical hours. The two hour period immediately following local 
sunrise and the two hour period immediately preceding local sunset.
    Daytime. The period of time between local sunrise and local sunset.
    Effective field; Effective field strength. The root-mean-square 
(RMS) value of the inverse distance fields at a distance of 1 kilometer 
from the antenna in all directions in the horizontal plane. The term 
``field strength'' is synonymous with the term ``field intensity'' as 
contained elsewhere in this Part.
    Equipment performance measurements. The measurements performed to 
determine the overall performance characteristics of a broadcast 
transmission system from point of program origination at main studio to 
sampling of signal as radiated. (See Sec.  73.1590)
    Experimental period. the time between 12 midnight local time and 
local sunrise, used by AM stations for tests, maintenance and 
experimentation.
    Frequency departure. The amount of variation of a carrier frequency 
or center frequency from its assigned value.
    Incidental phase modulation. The peak phase deviation (in radians) 
resulting from the process of amplitude modulation.
    Input power. Means the product of the direct voltage applied to the 
last radio stage and the total direct current flowing to the last radio 
stage, measured without modulation.
    Intermittent service area. Means the area receiving service from the 
groundwave of a broadcast station but beyond the primary service area 
and subject to some interference and fading.
    Last radio stage. The radio-frequency power amplifier stage which 
supplies power to the antenna.
    Left (or right) signal. The electrical output of a microphone or 
combination of microphones placed so as to convey the intensity, time, 
and location of sounds originated predominately to the listener's left 
(or right) of the center of the performing area.
    Left (or right) stereophonic channel. The left (or right) signal as 
electrically reproduced in reception of AM stereophonic broadcasts.
    Main channel. The band of audio frequencies from 50 to 10,000 Hz 
which amplitude modulates the carrier.
    Maximum percentage of modulation. The greatest percentage of 
modulation that may be obtained by a transmitter without producing in 
its output, harmonics of the modulating frequency in excess of those 
permitted by these regulations. (See Sec.  73.1570)
    Maximum rated carrier power. The maximum power at which the 
transmitter can be operated satisfactorily and is determined by the 
design of the transmitter and the type and number of vacuum tubes or 
other amplifier devices used in the last radio stage.
    Model I facility. A station operating in the 1605-1705 kHz band 
featuring fulltime operation with stereo, competitive technical quality, 
10 kW daytime power, 1 kW nighttime power, non-directional antenna (or a 
simple directional antenna system), and separated by 400-800 km from 
other co-channel stations.
    Model II facility. A station operating in the 535-1605 kHz band 
featuring fulltime operation, competitive technical quality, wide area 
daytime coverage with nighttime coverage at least 15% of the daytime 
coverage.
    Nighttime. The period of time between local sunset and local 
sunrise.
    Nominal power. The antenna input power less any power loss through a 
dissipative network and, for directional antennas, without consideration 
of adjustments specified in paragraphs (b)(1) and (b)(2) of Sec.  73.51 
of the rules. However, for AM broadcast applications granted or filed 
before June 3, 1985, nominal power is specified in a system of 
classifications which include the following values: 50 kW, 25 kW, 10 kW, 
5 kW, 2.5 kW, 1 kW, 0.5 kW, and 0.25 kW. The specified nominal power for 
any station in this group of stations will be retained until action is 
taken on or after June 3, 1985, which involves a change in the technical 
facilities of the station.
    Percentage modulation (amplitude)
    In a positive direction:


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M = MAX-C x 100
 ----------------
 c

    In a negative direction:

M = C-MIN x 100
 ---------------
 c

Where:
    M = Modulation level in percent.
    MAX = Instantaneous maximum level of the modulated radio frequency 
envelope.
    MIN = Instantaneous minimum level of the modulated radio frequency 
envelope.
    C = (Carrier) level of radio frequency envelope without modulation.

    Plate modulation. The modulation produced by introduction of the 
modulating wave into the plate circuit of any tube in which the carrier 
frequency wave is present.
    Primary service area. Means the service area of a broadcast station 
in which the groundwave is not subject to objectionable interference or 
objectionable fading.
    Proof of performance measurements or antenna proof of performance 
measurements. The measurements of field strengths made to determine the 
radiation pattern or characteristics of an AM directional antenna 
system.
    Secondary service area. Means the service area of a broadcast 
station served by the skywave and not subject to objectionable 
interference and in which the signal is subject to intermittent 
variations in strength.
    Stereophonic channel. The band of audio frequencies from 50 to 
10,000 Hz containing the stereophonic information which modulates the 
radio frequency carrier.
    Stereophonic crosstalk. An undesired signal occurring in the main 
channel from modulation of the stereophonic channel or that occurring in 
the stereophonic channel from modulation of the main channel.
    Stereophonic pilot tone. An audio tone of fixed or variable 
frequency modulating the carrier during the transmission of stereophonic 
programs.
    Stereophonic separation. The ratio of the electrical signal caused 
in the right (or left) stereophonic channel to the electrical signal 
caused in the left (or right) stereophonic channel by the transmission 
of only a right (or left) signal.
    Sunrise and sunset. For each particular location and during any 
particular month, the time of sunrise and sunset as specified in the 
instrument of authorization (See Sec.  73.1209).
    White area. The area or population which does not receive 
interference-free primary service from an authorized AM station or does 
not receive a signal strength of at least 1 mV/m from an authorized FM 
station.

[47 FR 8587, Mar. 1, 1982, as amended at 47 FR 13164, Mar. 29, 1982; 47 
FR 13812, Apr. 1, 1982; 50 FR 18821, May 2, 1985; 50 FR 47054, Nov. 14, 
1985; 56 FR 64856, Dec. 12, 1991; 62 FR 51058, Sept. 30, 1997; 66 FR 
20755, Apr. 25, 2001]



Sec.  73.21  Classes of AM broadcast channels and stations.

    (a) Clear channel. A clear channel is one on which stations are 
assigned to serve wide areas. These stations are protected from 
objectionable interference within their primary service areas and, 
depending on the class of station, their secondary service areas. 
Stations operating on these channels are classified as follows:
    (1) Class A station. A Class A station is an unlimited time station 
that operates on a clear channel and is designed to render primary and 
secondary service over an extended area and at relatively long distances 
from its transmitter. Its primary service area is protected from 
objectionable interference from other stations on the same and adjacent 
channels, and its secondary service area is protected from interference 
from other stations on the same channel. (See Sec.  73.182). The 
operating power shall not be less than 10 kW nor more than 50 kW. (Also 
see Sec.  73.25(a)).
    (2) Class B station. A Class B station is an unlimited time station 
which is designed to render service only over a primary service area. 
Class B stations are authorized to operate with a minimum power of 0.25 
kW (or, if less than 0.25 kW, an equivalent RMS antenna field of at 
least 141 mV/m at 1 km) and a maximum power of 50 kW, or 10 kW for 
stations that are authorized to operate in the 1605-1705 kHz band.
    (3) Class D station. A Class D station operates either daytime, 
limited time or unlimited time with nighttime

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power less than 0.25 kW and an equivalent RMS antenna field of less than 
141 mV/m at one km. Class D stations shall operate with daytime powers 
not less than 0.25 kW nor more than 50 kW. Nighttime operations of Class 
D stations are not afforded protection and must protect all Class A and 
Class B operations during nighttime hours. New Class D stations that had 
not been previously licensed as Class B will not be authorized.
    (b) Regional Channel. A regional channel is one on which Class B and 
Class D stations may operate and serve primarily a principal center of 
population and the rural area contiguous thereto.

    Note: Until the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement 
(NARBA) is terminated with respect to the Bahama Islands and the 
Dominican Republic, radiation toward those countries from a Class B 
station may not exceed the level that would be produced by an 
omnidirectional antenna with a transmitted power of 5 kW, or such lower 
level as will comply with NARBA requirements for protection of stations 
in the Bahama Islands and the Dominican Republic against objectionable 
interference.

    (c) Local channel. A local channel is one on which stations operate 
unlimited time and serve primarily a community and the suburban and 
rural areas immediately contiguous thereto.
    (1) Class C station. A Class C station is a station operating on a 
local channel and is designed to render service only over a primary 
service area that may be reduced as a consequence of interference in 
accordance with Sec.  73.182. The power shall not be less than 0.25 kW, 
nor more than 1 kW. Class C stations that are licensed to operate with 
0.1 kW may continue to do so.

[56 FR 64856, Dec. 12, 1991]



Sec.  73.23  AM broadcast station applications affected by international 
agreements.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, no 
application for an AM station will be accepted for filing if 
authorization of the facilities requested would be inconsistent with 
international commitments of the United States under treaties and other 
international agreements, arrangements and understandings. (See list of 
such international instruments in Sec.  73.1650(b)). Any such 
application that is inadvertently accepted for filing will be dismissed.
    (b) AM applications that involve conflicts only with the North 
American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA), but that are in 
conformity with the remaining treaties and other international 
agreements listed in Sec.  73.1650(b) and with the other requirements of 
this part 73, will be granted subject to such modifications as the FCC 
may subsequently find appropriate, taking international considerations 
into account.
    (c) In the case of any application designated for hearing on issues 
other than those related to consistency with international relationships 
and as to which no final decision has been rendered, whenever action 
under this section becomes appropriate because of inconsistency with 
international relationships, the applicant involved shall, 
notwithstanding the provisions Sec. Sec.  73.3522 and 73.3571, be 
permitted to amend its application to achieve consistency with such 
relationships. In such cases the provisions of Sec.  73.3605(c) will 
apply.
    (d) In some circumstances, special international considerations may 
require that the FCC, in acting on applications, follow procedures 
different from those established for general use. In such cases, 
affected applicants will be informed of the procedures to be followed.

[56 FR 64856, Dec. 12, 1991]



Sec.  73.24  Broadcast facilities; showing required.

    An authorization for a new AM broadcast station or increase in 
facilities of an existing station will be issued only after a 
satisfactory showing has been made in regard to the following, among 
others:
    (a) That the proposed assignment will tend to effect a fair, 
efficient, and equitable distribution of radio service among the several 
states and communities.
    (b) That a proposed new station (or a proposed change in the 
facilities of an authorized station) complies with the pertinent 
requirements of Sec.  73.37 of this chapter.

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    (c) That the applicant is financially qualified to construct and 
operate the proposed station.
    (d) That the applicant is legally qualified. That the applicant (or 
the person or persons in control of an applicant corporation or other 
organization) is of good character and possesses other qualifications 
sufficient to provide a satisfactory public service.
    (e) That the technical equipment proposed, the location of the 
transmitter, and other technical phases of operation comply with the 
regulations governing the same, and the requirements of good engineering 
practice.
    (f) That the facilities sought are subject to assignment as 
requested under existing international agreements and the rules and 
regulations of the Commission.
    (g) That the population within the 1 V/m contour does not exceed 1.0 
percent of the population within the 25 mV/m contour: Provided, however, 
That where the number of persons within the 1 V/m contour is 300 or less 
the provisions of this paragraph are not applicable.
    (h) That, in the case of an application for a Class B or Class D 
station on a clear channel, the proposed station would radiate, during 
two hours following local sunrise and two hours preceding local sunset, 
in any direction toward the 0.1 mV/m groundwave contour of a co-channel 
United States Class A station, no more than the maximum value permitted 
under the provisions of Sec.  73.187.
    (i) That, for all stations, the daytime 5 mV/m contour encompasses 
the entire principal community to be served. That, for stations in the 
535-1605 kHz band, 80% of the principal community is encompassed by the 
nighttime 5 mV/m contour or the nighttime interference-free contour, 
whichever value is higher. That, for stations in the 1605-1705 kHz band, 
50% of the principal community is encompassed by the 5 mV/m contour or 
the nighttime interference-free contour, whichever value is higher. 
That, Class D stations with nighttime authorizations need not 
demonstrate such coverage during nighttime operation.
    (j) That the public interest, convenience, and necessity will be 
served through the operation under the proposed assignment.

[28 FR 13574, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 38 FR 5874, Mar. 5, 1973; 49 
FR 43960, Nov. 1, 1984; 50 FR 40014, Oct. 1, 1985; 52 FR 11654, Apr. 10, 
1987; 53 FR 1031, Jan. 15, 1988; 56 FR 64857, Dec. 12, 1991]



Sec.  73.25  Clear channels; Class A, Class B and Class D stations.

    The frequencies in the following tabulations are designated as clear 
channels and assigned for use by the Classes of stations given:
    (a) On each of the following channels, one Class A station may be 
assigned, operating with power of 50 kW: 640, 650, 660, 670, 700, 720, 
750, 760, 770, 780, 820, 830, 840, 870, 880, 890, 1020, 1030, 1040, 
1100, 1120, 1160, 1180, 1200, and 1210 kHz. In Alaska, these frequencies 
can be used by Class A stations subject to the conditions set forth in 
Sec.  73.182(a)(1)(ii). On the channels listed in this paragraph, Class 
B and Class D stations may be assigned.
    (b) To each of the following channels there may be assigned Class A, 
Class B and Class D stations: 680, 710, 810, 850, 940, 1000, 1060, 1070, 
1080, 1090, 1110, 1130, 1140, 1170, 1190, 1500, 1510, 1520, 1530, 1540, 
1550, and 1560 kHz.

    Note: Until superseded by a new agreement, protection of the Bahama 
Islands shall be in accordance with NARBA. Accordingly, a Class A, Class 
B or Class D station on 1540 kHz shall restrict its signal to a value no 
greater than 5 [mu]V/m groundwave or 25 [mu]V/m-10% skywave at any point 
of land in the Bahama Islands, and such stations operating nighttime 
(i.e., sunset to sunrise at the location of the U.S. station) shall be 
located not less than 650 miles from the nearest point of land in the 
Bahama Islands.

    (c) Class A, Class B and Class D stations may be assigned on 540, 
690, 730, 740, 800, 860, 900, 990, 1010, 1050, 1220, 1540, 1570, and 
1580 kHz.

[28 FR 13574, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 33 FR 4410, Mar. 12, 1968; 35 
FR 18052, Nov. 25, 1970; 47 FR 27862, June 28, 1982; 49 FR 43960, Nov. 
1, 1984; 50 FR 24520, June 11, 1985; 52 FR 47568, Dec. 15, 1987; 53 FR 
1031, Jan. 15, 1988; 54 FR 39736, Sept. 28, 1989; 56 FR 64857, Dec. 12, 
1991]



Sec.  73.26  Regional channels; Class B and Class D stations.

    (a) The following frequencies are designated as regional channels 
and are

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assigned for use by Class B and Class D stations: 550, 560, 570, 580, 
590, 600, 610, 620, 630, 790, 910, 920, 930, 950, 960, 970, 980, 1150, 
1250, 1260, 1270, 1280, 1290, 1300, 1310, 1320, 1330, 1350, 1360, 1370, 
1380, 1390, 1410, 1420, 1430, 1440, 1460, 1470, 1480, 1590, 1600, 1610, 
1620, 1630, 1640, 1650, 1660, 1670, 1680, 1690, and 1700 kHz.
    (b) Additionally, in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. 
Virgin Islands the frequencies 1230, 1240, 1340, 1400, 1450, and 1490 
kHz are designated as Regional channels, and are assigned for use by 
Class B stations. Stations formerly licensed to these channels in those 
locations as Class C stations are redesignated as Class B stations.

[56 FR 64857, Dec. 12, 1991]



Sec.  73.27  Local channels; Class C stations.

    Within the conterminous 48 states, the following frequencies are 
designated as local channels, and are assigned for use by Class C 
stations: 1230, 1240, 1340, 1400, 1450, and 1490 kHz.

[56 FR 64857, Dec. 12, 1991]



Sec.  73.28  Assignment of stations to channels.

    (a) The Commission will not make an AM station assignment that does 
not conform with international requirements and restrictions on spectrum 
use that the United States has accepted as a signatory to treaties, 
conventions, and other international agreements. See Sec.  73.1650 for a 
list of pertinent treaties, conventions and agreements, and Sec.  73.23 
for procedural provisions relating to compliance with them.
    (b) Engineering standards now in force domestically differ in some 
respects from those specified for international purposes. The 
engineering standards specified for international purposes (see Sec.  
73.1650, International Agreements) will be used to determine:
    (1) The extent to which interference might be caused by a proposed 
station in the United States to a station in another country; and
    (2) whether the United States should register an objection to any 
new or changed assignment notified by another country. The domestic 
standards in effect in the United States will be used to determine the 
extent to which interference exists or would exist from a foreign 
station where the value of such interference enters into a calculation 
of:
    (i) The service to be rendered by a proposed operation in the United 
States; or
    (ii) the permissible interfering signal from one station in the 
United States to another United States station.

[28 FR 13574, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 29 FR 9499, July 11, 1964; 49 
FR 32358, Aug. 14, 1984; 50 FR 18821, May 2, 1985; 54 FR 39736, Sept. 
28, 1989; 56 FR 64857, Dec. 12, 1991]



Sec.  73.29  Class C stations on regional channels.

    No license will be granted for the operation of a Class C station on 
a regional channel.

[ 56 FR 64857, Dec. 12, 1991]



Sec.  73.30  Petition for authorization of an allotment in the 1605-1705 kHz band.

    (a) Any party interested in operating an AM broadcast station on one 
of the ten channels in the 1605-1705 kHz band must file a petition for 
the establishment of an allotment to its community of license. Each 
petition must include the following information:
    (1) Name of community for which allotment is sought;
    (2) Frequency and call letters of the petitioner's existing AM 
operation; and
    (3) Statement as to whether or not AM stereo operation is proposed 
for the operation in the 1605-1705 kHz band.
    (b) Petitions are to be filed during a filing period to be 
determined by the Commission. For each filing period, eligible stations 
will be allotted channels based on the following steps:
    (1) Stations are ranked in descending order according to the 
calculated improvement factor.
    (2) The station with the highest improvement factor is initially 
allotted the lowest available channel.
    (3) Successively, each station with the next lowest improvement 
factor, is allotted an available channel taking into account the 
possible frequency and location combinations and relationship to 
previously selected allotments. If a channel is not available for the 
subject station, previous allotments are examined with respect to an

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alternate channel, the use of which would make a channel available for 
the subject station.
    (4) When it has been determined that, in accordance with the above 
steps, no channel is available for the subject station, that station is 
no longer considered and the process continues to the station with the 
next lowest improvement factor.
    (c) If awarded an allotment, a petitioner will have sixty (60) days 
from the date of public notice of selection to file an application for 
construction permit on FCC Form 301. (See Sec. Sec.  73.24 and 73.37(e) 
for filing requirements). Unless instructed by the Commission to do 
otherwise, the application shall specify Model I facilities. (See Sec.  
73.14). Upon grant of the application and subsequent construction of the 
authorized facility, the applicant must file a license application on 
FCC Form 302.

    Note 1: Until further notice by the Commission, the filing of these 
petitions is limited to licensees of existing AM stations (excluding 
Class C stations) operating in the 535-1605 kHz band. First priority 
will be assigned to Class D stations located within the primary service 
contours of U.S. Class A stations that are licensed to serve communities 
of 100,000 or more for which there exists no local fulltime aural 
service.
    Note 2: Selection among competing petitions will be based on 
interference reduction. Notwithstanding the exception contained in Note 
5 of this section, within each operational category, the station 
demonstrating the highest value of improvement factor will be afforded 
the highest priority for an allotment, with the next priority assigned 
to the station with next lowest value, and so on, until available 
allotments are filled.
    Note 3: The Commission will periodically evaluate the progress of 
the movement of stations from the 535-1605 kHz band to the 1605-1705 kHz 
band to determine whether the 1605-1705 kHz band should continue to be 
administered on an allotment basis or modified to an assignment method. 
If appropriate, the Commission will later develop further procedures for 
use of the 1605-1705 kHz band by existing station licensees and others.
    Note 4: Other than the exception specified in note 1 of this 
section, existing fulltime stations are considered first for selection 
as described in note 2 of this section. In the event that an allotment 
availability exists for which no fulltime station has filed a relevant 
petition, such allotment may be awarded to a licensed Class D station. 
If more than one Class D station applies for this migration opportunity, 
the following priorities will be used in the selection process: First 
priority--a Class D station located within the 0.5 mV/m-50% contour of a 
U.S. Class A station and licensed to serve a community of 100,000 or 
more, for which there exists no local fulltime aural service; Second 
priority--Class D stations ranked in order of improvement factor, from 
highest to lowest, considering only those stations with improvement 
factors greater than zero.
    Note 5: The preference for AM stereo in the expanded band will be 
administered as follows: when an allotment under consideration 
(candidate allotment) conflicts with one or more previously selected 
allotments (established allotments) and cannot be accommodated in the 
expanded band, the candidate allotment will be substituted for the 
previously established allotment provided that: the petitioner for the 
candidate allotment has made a written commitment to the use of AM 
stereo and the petitioner for the established allotment has not; the 
difference between the ranking factors associated with the candidate and 
established allotments does not exceed 10% of the ranking factor of the 
candidate allotment; the substitution will not require the displacement 
of more than one established allotment; and both the candidate allotment 
and the established allotment are within the same priority group.

[58 FR 27949, May 12, 1993]



Sec.  73.31  Rounding of nominal power specified on applications.

    (a) An application filed with the FCC for a new station or for an 
increase in power of an existing station shall specify nominal power 
rounded to two significant figures as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Rounded
                                                                down to
                      Nominal power (kW)                        nearest
                                                                 figure
                                                                  (kW)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Below 0.25...................................................      0.001
0.25 to 0.99.................................................       0.01
1 to 9.9.....................................................        0.1
10 to 50.....................................................          1
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) In rounding the nominal power in accordance with paragraph (a) 
of this section the RMS shall be adjusted accordingly. If rounding 
upward to the nearest figure would result in objectionable interference, 
the nominal power specified on the application is to be rounded downward 
to the next nearest figure and the RMS adjusted accordingly.

[50 FR 18821, May 2, 1985, as amended at 53 FR 1031, Jan. 15, 1988]

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 73.33  Antenna systems; showing required.

    (a) An application for authority to install a broadcast antenna 
shall specify a definite site and include full details of the antenna 
design and expected performance.
    (b) All data necessary to show compliance with the terms and 
conditions of the construction permit must be filed with the license 
application. If the station is using a directional antenna, a proof of 
performance must also be filed.

[28 FR 13574, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 37 FR 25840, Dec. 5, 1972]



Sec. 73.35  Calculation of improvement factors.

    A petition for an allotment (See Sec. 73.30) in the 1605-1705 kHz 
band filed by an existing fulltime AM station licensed in the 535-1605 
kHz band will be ranked according to the station's calculated 
improvement factor. (See Sec. 73.30). Improvement factors relate to both 
nighttime and daytime interference conditions and are based on two 
distinct considerations: (a) Service area lost by other stations due to 
interference caused by the subject station, and (b) service area of the 
subject station. These considerations are represented by a ratio. The 
ratio consists, where applicable, of two separate additive components, 
one for nighttime and one for daytime. For the nighttime component, to 
determine the numerator of the ratio (first consideration), calculate 
the RSS and associated service area of the stations (co- and adjacent 
channel) to which the subject station causes nighttime interference. 
Next, repeat the RSS and service area calculations excluding the subject 
station. The cumulative gain in the above service area is the numerator 
of the ratio. The denominator (second consideration) is the subject 
station's interference-free service area. For the daytime component, the 
composite amount of service lost by co-channel and adjacent channel 
stations, each taken individually, that are affected by the subject 
station, excluding the effects of other assignments during each study, 
will be used as the numerator of the daytime improvement factor. The 
denominator will consist of the actual daytime service area (0.5 mV/m 
contour) less any area lost tointerference from other assignments. The 
value of this combined ratio will constitute the petitioner's 
improvement factor. Notwithstanding the requirements of Sec. 73.153, for 
uniform comparisons and simplicity, measurement data will not be used 
for determining improvement factors and FCC figure M-3 ground 
conductivity values are to be used exclusively in accordance with the 
pertinent provisions of Sec. 73.183(c)(1).

[56 FR 64858, Dec. 12, 1991]



Sec. 73.37  Applications for broadcast facilities, showing required.

    (a) No application will be accepted for a new station if the 
proposed operation would involve overlap of signal strength contours 
with any other station as set forth below in this paragraph; and no 
application will be accepted for a change of the facilities of an 
existing station if the proposed change would involve such overlap where 
there is not already such overlap between the stations involved:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 Contour of
                                  proposed
                                   station       Contour of any other
   Frequency separation (kHz)     (classes          station (mV/m)
                                  B, C and
                                  D) (mV/m)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
0..............................       0.005  0.100 (Class A).
                                      0.025  0.500(Other classes).
                                      0.500  0.025 (All classes).
10.............................       0.250  0.500(All classes).
                                      0.500  0.250 (All classes).
20.............................           5  5 (All classes).
                                          5  5 (All classes).
30.............................          25  25 (All classes).
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) In determining overlap received, an application for a new Class 
C station with daytime power of 250 watts, or greater, shall be 
considered on the assumption that both the proposed operation and all 
existing Class C stations operate with 250 watts and utilize non-
directional antennas.
    (c) If otherwise consistent with the public interest, an application 
requesting an increase in the daytime power of an existing Class C 
station on a local channel from 250 watts to a maximum of 1kW, or from 
100 watts to a maximum of 500 watts, may be granted notwithstanding 
overlap prohibited by paragraph (a) of this section. In the

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case of a 100 watt Class C station increasing daytime power, the 
provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to permit an 
increase in power to more than 500 watts, if prohibited overlap would be 
involved, even if successive applications should be tendered.
    (d) In addition to demonstrating compliance with paragraphs (a), 
and, as appropriate, (b), and (c) of this section, an application for a 
new AM broadcast station, or for a major change (see Sec.  
73.3571(a)(1)) in an authorized AM broadcast station, as a condition for 
its acceptance, shall make a satisfactory showing, if new or modified 
nighttime operation by a Class B station is proposed, that objectionable 
interference will not result to an authorized station, as determined 
pursuant to Sec.  73.182(1).
    (e) An application for an authorization in the 1605-1705 kHz band 
which has been selected through the petition process (See Sec.  73.30) 
is not required to demonstrate compliance with paragraph (a), (b), (c), 
or (d) of this section. Instead, the applicant need only comply with the 
terms of the allotment authorization issued by the Commission in 
response to the earlier petition for establishment of a station in the 
1605-1705 kHz band. Within the allotment authorization, the Commission 
will specify the assigned frequency and the applicable technical 
requirements.
    (f) Stations on 1580, 1590 and 1600 kHz. In addition to the rules 
governing the authorization of facilities in the 535-1605 kHz band, 
stations on these frequencies seeking facilities modifications must 
protect assignments in the 1610-1700 kHz band. Such protection shall be 
afforded in a manner which considers the spacings that occur or exist 
between the subject station and a station within the range 1605-1700 
kHz. The spacings are the same as those specified for stations in the 
frequency band 1610-1700 kHz or the current separation distance, 
whichever is greater. Modifications that would result in a spacing or 
spacings that fails to meet any of the separations must include a 
showing that appropriate adjustment has been made to the radiated signal 
which effectively results in a site-to-site radiation that is equivalent 
to the radiation of a station with standard Model I facilities (10 kW-D, 
1 kW-N, non-DA, 90 degree antenna ht. & ground system) operating in 
compliance with all of the above separation distances. In those cases 
where that radiation equivalence value is already exceeded, a station 
may continue to maintain, but not increase beyond that level.

    Note 1: In the case of applications for changes in the facilities of 
AM broadcast stations covered by this section, an application will be 
accepted even though overlap of field strength contours as mentioned in 
this section would occur with another station in an area where such 
overlap does not already exist, if:
    (1) The total area of overlap with that station would not be 
increased;
    (2) There would be no net increase in the area of overlap with any 
other station; and
    (3) There would be created no area of overlap with any station with 
which overlap does not now exist.
    Note 2: The provisions of this section concerning prohibited overlap 
of field strength contours will not apply where:
    (1) The area of overlap lies entirely over sea water: or
    (2) The only overlap involved would be that caused to a foreign 
station, in which case the provisions of the applicable international 
agreement, as identified in Sec.  73.1650, will apply. When overlap 
would be received from a foreign station, the provisions of this section 
will apply, except where there would be overlap with a foreign station 
with a frequency separation of 20 kHz, in which case the provisions of 
the international agreement will apply in lieu of this section.
    Note 3: In determining the number of ``authorized'' aural 
transmission facilities in a given community, applications for that 
community in hearing or otherwise having protected status under 
specified ``cut-off'' procedures shall be considered as existing 
stations. In the event that there are two or more mutually exclusive 
protected applications seeking authorization for the proposed community 
it will be assumed that only one is ``authorized.''
    Note 4: A ``transmission facility'' for a community is a station 
licensed to the community. Such a station provides a ``transmission 
service'' for that community.

[56 FR 64858, Dec. 12, 1991; 57 FR 43290, Sept. 18, 1992]

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Sec.  73.44  AM transmission system emission limitations.

    (a) The emissions of stations in the AM service shall be attenuated 
in accordance with the requirements specified in paragraph (b) of this 
section. Emissions shall be measured using a properly operated and 
suitable swept-frequency RF spectrum analyzer using a peak hold duration 
of 10 minutes, no video filtering, and a 300 Hz resolution bandwidth, 
except that a wider resolution bandwidth may be employed above 11.5 kHz 
to detect transient emissions. Alternatively, other specialized 
receivers or monitors with appropriate characteristics may be used to 
determine compliance with the provisions of this section, provided that 
any disputes over measurement accuracy are resolved in favor of 
measurements obtained by using a calibrated spectrum analyzer adjusted 
as set forth above.
    (b) Emissions 10.2 kHz to 20 kHz removed from the carrier must be 
attenuated at least 25 dB below the unmodulated carrier level, emissions 
20 kHz to 30 kHz removed from the carrier must be attenuated at least 35 
dB below the unmodulated carrier level, emissions 30 kHz to 60 kHz 
removed from the carrier must be attenuated at least [5 + 1 dB/kHz] 
below the unmodulated carrier level, and emissions between 60 kHz and 75 
kHz of the carrier frequency must be attenuated at least 65 dB below the 
unmodulated carrier level. Emissions removed by more than 75 kHz must be 
attenuated at least 43 + 10 Log (Power in watts) or 80 dB below the 
unmodulated carrier level, whichever is the lesser attenuation, except 
for transmitters having power less than 158 watts, where the attenuation 
must be at least 65 dB below carrier level.
    (c) Should harmful interference be caused to the reception of other 
broadcast or non-broadcast stations by out of band emissions, the 
licensee may be directed to achieve a greater degree of attentuation 
than specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section.
    (d) Measurements to determine compliance with this section for 
transmitter type acceptance are to be made using signals sampled at the 
output terminals of the transmitter when operating into an artificial 
antenna of substantially zero reactance. Measurements made of the 
emissions of an operating station are to be made at ground level 
approximately 1 kilometer from the center of the antenna system. When a 
directional antenna is used, the carrier frequency reference field 
strength to be used in order of preference shall be:
    (1) The measure non-directional field strength.
    (2) The RMS field strength determined from the measured directional 
radiation pattern.
    (3) The calculated expected field strength that would be radiated by 
a non-directional antenna at the station authorized power.
    (e) Licensees of stations complying with the ANSI/EIA-549-1988, 
NRSC-1 AM Preemphasis/Deemphasis and Broadcast Transmission Bandwidth 
Specifications (NRSC-1), prior to June 30, 1990 or from the original 
commencement of operation will, until June 30, 1994, be considered to 
comply with paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, absent any reason 
for the Commission to believe otherwise. Such stations are waived from 
having to make the periodic measurements required in Sec.  73.1590(a)(6) 
until June 30, 1994. However, licensees must make measurements to 
determine compliance with paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section upon 
receipt of an Official Notice of Violation or a Notice of Apparent 
Liability alleging noncompliance with those provisions, or upon specific 
request by the Commission.

[47 FR 8588, Mar. 1, 1982, as amended at 49 FR 3999, Feb. 1, 1984]



Sec.  73.45  AM antenna systems.

    (a) All applicants for new, additional, or different AM station 
facilities and all licensees requesting authority to change the 
transmitting system site of an existing station must specify an antenna 
system, the efficiency of which complies with the requirements for the 
class and power of station. (See Sec. Sec.  73.186 and 73.189.)
    (1) An application for authority to install an AM broadcast antenna 
must specify a definite site and include full details of the antenna 
system design and expected performance.

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    (2) All data necessary to show compliance with the terms and 
conditions of the construction permit must be filed with the application 
for the station license to cover the construction. If the station has 
constructed a directional antenna, a directional proof of performance 
must be filed. See Sec. Sec.  73.150 through 73.157.
    (b) The simultaneous use of a common antenna or antenna structure by 
more than one AM station or by a station of any other type or service 
may be authorized provided:
    (1) Engineering data are submitted showing that satisfactory 
operation of each station will be obtained without adversely affecting 
the operation of the other station(s).
    (2) The minimum field strength for each AM station complies with 
Sec.  73.189(b).
    (c) Should any changes be made or otherwise occur which would 
possibly alter the resistance of the antenna system, the licensee must 
commence the determination of the operating power by a method described 
in Sec.  73.51(a)(1) or (d). (If the changes are due to the construction 
of FM or TV transmitting facilities, see Sec. Sec.  73.316, 73.685, and 
73.1692.) Upon completion of any necessary repairs or adjustments, or 
upon completion of authorized construction or modifications, the 
licensee must make a new determination of the antenna resistance using 
the procedures described in Sec.  73.54. Operating power should then be 
determined by a direct method as described in Sec.  73.51. Notification 
of the value of resistance of the antenna system must be filed with the 
FCC in Washington, DC as follows:
    (1) Whenever the measurements show that the antenna or common point 
resistance differs from that shown on the station authorization by more 
than 2%, FCC Form 302 must be filed with the information and measurement 
data specified in Sec.  73.54(d).
    (2) Whenever AM stations use direct reading power meters pursuant to 
Sec.  73.51, a letter notification to the FCC in Washington, DC, 
Attention: Audio Division, Media Bureau, must be filed in accordance 
with Sec.  73.54(e).

[43 FR 53735, Nov. 17, 1978, as amended at 45 FR 28141, Apr. 28, 1980; 
47 FR 8589, Mar. 1, 1982; 50 FR 32416, Aug. 12, 1985; 51 FR 2707; Jan. 
21, 1986; 51 FR 26250, July 22, 1986; 63 FR 33875, June 22, 1998; 67 FR 
13231, Mar. 21, 2002]



Sec.  73.49  AM transmission system fencing requirements.

    Antenna towers having radio frequency potential at the base (series 
fed, folded unipole, and insulated base antennas) must be enclosed 
within effective locked fences or other enclosures. Ready access must be 
provided to each antenna tower base for meter reading and maintenance 
purposes at all times. However, individual tower fences need not be 
installed if the towers are contained within a protective property 
fence.

[51 FR 2707, Jan. 21, 1986]



Sec.  73.51  Determining operating power.

    (a) Except in those circumstances described in paragraph (d) of this 
section, the operating power shall be determined by the direct method. 
The direct method consists of either:
    (1) using a suitable instrument for determining the antenna's input 
power directly from the RF voltage, RF current, and phase angle; or
    (2) calculating the product of the licensed antenna or common point 
resistance at the operating frequency (see Sec.  73.54), and the square 
of the indicated unmodulated antenna current at that frequency, measured 
at the point where the resistance has been determined.
    (b) The authorized antenna input power for each station shall be 
equal to the nominal power for such station, with the following 
exceptions:
    (1) For stations with nominal powers of 5 kW, or less, the 
authorized antenna input power to directional antennas shall exceed the 
nominal power by 8 percent.
    (2) For stations with nominal powers in excess of 5 kW, the 
authorized antenna input power to directional antennas shall exceed the 
nominal power by 5.3 percent.

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    (3) In specific cases, it may be necessary to limit the radiated 
field to a level below that which would result if normal power were 
delivered to the antenna. In such cases, excess power may be dissipated 
in the antenna feed circuit, the transmitter may be operated with power 
output at a level which is less than the rated carrier power, or a 
combination of the two methods may be used, subject to the conditions 
given in paragraph (c) of this section.
    (i) Where a dissipative network is employed, the authorized antenna 
current and resistance, and the authorized antenna input power shall be 
determined at the input terminals of the dissipative network.
    (ii) Where the authorized antenna input power is less than the 
nominal power, subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (c) of 
this section, the transmitter may be operated at the reduced power level 
necessary to supply the authorized antenna input power.
    (c) Applications for authority to operate with antenna input power 
which is less than nominal power and/or to employ a dissipative network 
in the antenna system shall be made on FCC Form 302. The technical 
information supplied on section II-A of this form shall be that applying 
to the proposed conditions of operation. In addition, the following 
information shall be furnished, as pertinent:
    (1) Full details of any network employed for the purpose of 
dissipating radio frequency energy otherwise delivered to the antenna 
(see Sec.  73.54).
    (2) A showing that the transmitter has been type accepted or 
notified for operation at the proposed power output level, or, in lieu 
thereof:
    (i) A full description of the means by which transmitter output 
power will be reduced.
    (ii) Where the proposed transmitter power output level(s) is less 
than 90% of the rated power of the transmitter, equipment performance 
measurements must be made to confirm that the station transmissions 
conform to the emission limitation specified in Sec.  73.44, under all 
conditions of program operation.
    (iii) A showing that, at the proposed power output level, means are 
provided for varying the transmitter output within a tolerance of +-10 
percent, to compensate for variations in line voltage or other factors 
which may affect the power output level.
    (d) When it is not possible or appropriate to use the direct method 
of power determination due to technical reasons, the indirect method of 
determining operating power (see paragraphs (e) and (f) of this section) 
may be used on a temporary basis. A notation must be made in the station 
log indicating the dates of commencement and termination of measurement 
using the indirect method of power determination.
    (e) The antenna input power is determined indirectly by applying an 
appropriate factor to the input power to the last radio-frequency power 
amplifier stage of the transmitter, using the following formula:

Where:

Antenna input power = Ep x Ip x F

Ep=DC input voltage of final radio stage.
Ip=Total DC input current of final radio stage.
F= Efficiency factor.

    (1) If the above formula is not appropriate for the design of the 
transmitter final amplifier, use a formula specified by the transmitter 
manufacturer with other appropriate operating parameters.
    (2) The value of F applicable to each mode of operation must be 
determined and a record kept thereof with a notation as to its 
derivation. This factor is to be established by one of the methods 
described in paragraph (f) of this section and retained in the station 
records.
    (f) The value of F is to be determined by one of the following 
procedures listed in order of preference:
    (1) If the station had previously been authorized and operating by 
determining the antenna input power by the direct method, the factor F 
is the ratio of the antenna input power (determined by the direct 
method) to the corresponding final radio frequency power amplifier input 
power.
    (2) If a station has not been previously in regular operation with 
the power authorized for the period of indirect power determination, if 
a new

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transmitter has been installed, or if, for any other reason, the 
determination of the factor F by the method described in paragraph 
(f)(1) of this section is impracticable:
    (i) The factor F as shown in the transmitter manufacturer's test 
report, if such a test report specifies a unique value of F for the 
power level and frequently used; or
    (ii) The value determined by reference to the following table:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Method of        Maximum rated carrier      Class of
Factor(F)       modulation               power              amplifier
------------------------------------------------------------------------
   0.70    Plate..............  1 kW or less..........  ................
    .80    Plate..............  2.5 kW and over.......  ................
    .35    Low level..........  0.25 kW and over......  B
    .65    Low level..........  0.25 kW and over......  BC\1\
    .35    Grid...............  0.25 kW and over......  ................
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ All linear amplifier operation where efficiency approaches that of
  class C operation.


(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, as amended, 1068, 1082, as 
amended; 47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 303. Interpret or apply secs. 301, 303, 
307, 48 Stat. 1081, 1082, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 301, 303, 307)

[37 FR 7516, Apr. 15, 1972, as amended at 42 FR 36827, July 18, 1977; 42 
FR 61863, Dec. 7, 1977; 44 FR 36036, June 20, 1979; 47 FR 28387, June 
30, 1982; 48 FR 38477, Aug. 24, 1983; 48 FR 44805, Sept. 30, 1983; 49 FR 
3999, Feb. 1, 1984; 49 FR 4210, Feb. 3, 1984; 49 FR 49850, Dec. 24, 
1984; 50 FR 24521, June 11, 1985; 52 FR 10570, Apr. 2, 1987]



Sec.  73.53  Requirements for authorization of antenna monitors.

    (a) Antenna monitors shall be verified for compliance with the 
technical requirements in this section. The procedure for verification 
is specified in subpart J of part 2 of the FCC's rules.
    (b) An antenna monitor shall meet the following specifications:
    (1) The monitor shall be designed to operate in the 535-1705 kHz 
band.
    (2) The monitor shall be capable of indicating any phase difference 
between two RF voltages of the same frequency over a range of from 0 to 
360[deg].
    (3) The monitor shall be capable of indicating the relative 
amplitude of two RF voltages.
    (4) The device used to indicate phase differences shall indicate in 
degrees, and shall be graduated in increments of 2[deg], or less. If a 
digital indicator is provided, the smallest increment shall be 0.5[deg], 
or less.
    (5) The device used to indicate relative amplitudes shall be 
graduated in increments which are 1 percent, or less, of the full scale 
value. If a digital indicator is provided, the smallest increment shall 
be 0.1 percent, or less, of the full scale value.
    (6) The monitor shall be equipped with means, if necessary, to 
resolve ambiguities in indication.
    (7) If the monitor is provided with more than one RF input terminal 
in addition to a reference input terminal, appropriate switching shall 
be provided in the monitor so that the signal at each of these RF inputs 
may be selected separately for comparison with the reference input 
signal.
    (8) Each RF input of the monitor shall provide a termination of such 
characteristics that, when connected to a sampling line of an impedance 
specified by the manufacturer the voltage reflection coefficient shall 
be 3 percent or less.
    (9) The monitor, if intended for use by stations operating 
directional antenna systems by remote control, shall be designed so that 
the switching functions required by paragraph (b)(7) of this section may 
be performed from a point external to the monitor, and phase and 
amplitude indications be provided by external meters. The indications of 
external meters furnished by the manufacturer shall meet the 
specifications for accuracy and repeatability of the monitor itself, and 
the connection of these meters to the monitor, or of other indicating 
instruments with electrical characteristics meeting the specifications 
of the monitor manufacturer shall not affect adversely the performance 
of the monitor in any respect.
    (10) Complete and correct schematic diagrams and operating 
instructions shall be retained by the party responsible for verification 
of the equipment and submitted to the FCC upon request. For the purpose 
of equipment authorization, these diagrams and instructions shall be 
considered as part of the monitor.
    (11) When an RF signal of an amplitude within a range specified by 
the manufacturer is applied to the reference RF input terminal of the 
monitor, and another RF signal of the same

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frequency and of equal or lower amplitude is applied to any other 
selected RF input terminal, indications shall be provided meeting the 
following specifications.
    (i) The accuracy with which any difference in the phases of the 
applied signals is indicated shall be +-1[deg], or better, for signal 
amplitude ratios of from 2:1 to 1:1, and +-2[deg], or better, for signal 
amplitude ratios in excess of 2:1 and up to 5:1.
    (ii) The repeatability of indication of any difference in the phases 
of the applied signals shall be +-1[deg], or better.
    (iii) The accuracy with which the relative amplitudes of the applied 
signals is indicated, over a range in which the ratio of these 
amplitudes is between 2:1 and 1:1, shall be +-2 percent of the amplitude 
ratio, or better, and for amplitude ratios in excess of 2:1 and up to 
5:1, +-5 percent of the ratio, or better.
    (iv) The repeatability of indication of the relative amplitudes of 
the applied signals, over a range where the ratio of these amplitudes is 
between 5:1 and 1:1, shall be +-2 percent of the amplitude ratio, or 
better.
    (v) The modulation of the RF signals by a sinusoidal wave of any 
frequency between 100 and 10,000 Hz, at any amplitude up to 90 percent 
shall cause no deviation in an indicated phase difference from its 
value, as determined without modulation, greater than +-0.5[deg].
    (12) The performance specifications set forth in paragraph (b)(11) 
of this section, shall be met when the monitor is operated and tested 
under the following conditions.
    (i) After continuous operation for 1 hour, the monitor shall be 
calibrated and adjusted in accordance with the manufacturer's 
instructions.
    (ii) The monitor shall be subjected to variations in ambient 
temperature between the limits of 10 and 40[deg]C; external meters 
furnished by the manufacturer will be subjected to variations between 15 
and 30[deg]C.
    (iii) Powerline supply voltage shall be varied over a range of from 
10 percent below to 10 percent above the rated supply voltage.
    (iv) The amplitude of the reference signal shall be varied over the 
operating range specified by the manufacturer, and in any case over a 
range of maximum to minimum values of 3 to 1.
    (v) The amplitude of the comparison signal shall be varied from a 
value which is 0.2 of the amplitude of the reference signal to a value 
which is equal in amplitude to the reference signal.
    (vi) Accuracy shall be determined for the most adverse combination 
of conditions set forth above.
    (vii) Repeatability shall be determined as that which may be 
achieved under the specified test conditions over a period of 7 days, 
during which no calibration or adjustment of the instrument, subsequent 
to the initial calibration, shall be made.
    (viii) The effects of modulation of the RF signal shall be 
separately determined, and shall not be included in establishing values 
for accuracy and repeatability.

    Note: In paragraph (b)(1) of this section, the requirement that 
monitors be capable of operation in the 535-1705 kHz band shall apply 
only to equipment manufactured after July 1, 1992. Use of a monitor in 
the 1605-1705 kHz band which is not approved for such operation will be 
permitted pending the general availability of 535-1705 kHz band monitors 
if a manufacturer can demonstrate, in the interim, that its monitor 
performs in accordance with the standards in this section on these 10 
channels.

(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 154, 
155, 303))

[38 FR 1917, Jan. 19, 1973, as amended at 49 FR 3999, Feb. 1, 1984; 49 
FR 29069, July 18, 1984; 50 FR 32416, Aug. 12, 1985; 50 FR 47054, Nov. 
14, 1985; 51 FR 2707, Jan. 21, 1986; 56 FR 64859, Dec. 12, 1991; 57 FR 
43290, Sept. 18, 1992; 60 FR 55480, Nov. 1, 1995; 63 FR 36604, July 7, 
1998; 66 FR 20755, Apr. 25, 2001]



Sec.  73.54  Antenna resistance and reactance measurements.

    (a) The resistance of an omnidirectional series fed antenna is 
measured at either the base of the antenna without intervening coupling 
or tuning networks, or at the point the transmission line connects to 
the output terminals of the transmitter. The resistance of a shunt 
excited antenna may be measured at the point the radio frequency energy 
is transferred to the feed wire circuit or at the output terminals of 
the transmitter.
    (b) The resistance and reactance of a directional antenna shall be 
measured

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at the point of common radiofrequency input to the directional antenna 
system after the antenna has been finally adjusted for the required 
radiation pattern.
    (c) A letter of notification must be filed with the FCC in 
Washington, DC, Attention: Audio Division, Media Bureau, when 
determining power by the direct method pursuant to Sec.  73.51. The 
letter must specify the antenna or common point resistance at the 
operating frequency. The following information must also be kept on file 
at the station:
    (1) A full description of the method used to make measurements.
    (2) A schematic diagram showing clearly all components of coupling 
circuits, the point of resistance measurement, the location of the 
antenna ammeter, connections to and characteristics of all tower 
lighting isolation circuits, static drains, and any other fixtures 
connected to and supported by the antenna, including other antennas and 
associated networks. Any network or circuit component used to dissipate 
radio frequency power shall be specifically identified, and the 
impedances of all components which control the level of power 
dissipation, and the effective input resistance of the network must be 
indicated.
    (d) AM stations using direct reading power meters in accordance with 
Sec.  73.51, can either submit the information required by paragraph (c) 
of this section or submit a statement indicating that such a meter is 
being used. Subsequent station licenses will indicate the use of a 
direct reading power meter in lieu of the antenna resistance value in 
such a situation.

[66 FR 20755, Apr. 25, 2001,as amended at 67 FR 13231, Mar. 21, 2002]



Sec.  73.57  Remote reading antenna and common point ammeters.

    Remote reading antenna and common point ammeters may be used without 
further authority according to the following conditions:
    (a) Remote reading antenna or common point ammeters may be provided 
by:
    (1) Inserting second radio frequency current sensing device directly 
in the antenna circuit with remote leads to the indicating instruments.
    (2) Inductive coupling to radio frequency current sensing device for 
providing direct current to indicating instrument.
    (3) Capacity coupling to radio frequency current sensing device for 
providing direct current to indicating instrument.
    (4) Current transformer connected to radio frequency current sensing 
device for providing direct current to indicating instrument.
    (5) Using transmission line current meter at transmitter as remote 
reading ammeter. See paragraph (c) of this section.
    (6) Using the indications of the antenna (phase) monitor, provided 
that when the monitor is used to obtain remote reading indication of 
non-directional antenna base current, the monitor calibration can be 
independently made and maintained for each mode of operation.
    (b) Devices used for obtaining remote reading antenna or common 
point current indications, except antenna monitor coupling elements, 
shall be located at the same point as, but below (transmitter side) the 
associated main ammeter.
    (c) In the case of shunt-excited antennas, the transmission line 
current meter at the transmitter may be considered as the remote antenna 
ammeter provided the transmission line is terminated directly into the 
excitation circuit feed line, which shall employ series tuning only (no 
shunt circuits of any type shall be employed) and insofar as 
practicable, the type and scale of the transmission line meter should be 
the same as those of the excitation circuit feed line meter (meter in 
slant wire feed line or equivalent).
    (d) Each remote reading ammeter shall be accurate to within 2 
percent of the value read on its corresponding regular ammeter.
    (e) All remote reading ammeters shall conform with the 
specifications for regular antenna ammeters.
    (f) Meters with arbitrary scale divisions may be used provided that 
calibration charts or curves are provided

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at the transmitter control point showing the relationship between the 
arbitrary scales and the reading of the main meters.
    (g) If a malfunction affects the remote reading indicators of the 
antenna or common point ammeter, the operating power may be determined 
by a method using alternative procedures as described in Sec.  73.51.

[41 FR 36817, Sept. 1, 1976, as amended at 48 FR 38477, Aug. 24, 1983; 
49 FR 49850, Dec. 24, 1984; 50 FR 32416, Aug. 12, 1985; 60 FR 55480, 
Nov. 1, 1995]



Sec.  73.58  Indicating instruments.

    (a) Each AM broadcast station must be equipped with indicating 
instruments which conform with the specifications described in Sec.  
73.1215 for determining power by the direct and indirect methods, and 
with such other instruments as are necessary for the proper adjustment, 
operation, and maintenance of the transmitting system. However, 
auxiliary transmitters with a nominal power rating of 100 watts or less 
are not required to be equipped with instruments to determine power by 
the indirect method provided that the licensee can determine the antenna 
input power at all times.
    (b) Since it is usually impractical to measure the actual antenna 
current of a shunt excited antenna system, the current measured at the 
input of the excitation circuit feed line is accepted as the antenna 
current.
    (c) The function of each instrument shall be clearly and permanently 
shown on the instrument itself or on the panel immediately adjacent 
thereto.
    (d) In the event that any one of these indicating instruments 
becomes defective when no substitute which conforms with the required 
specifications is available, the station may be operated without the 
defective instrument pending its repair or replacement for a period not 
in excess of 60 days without further authority of the Commission. If the 
defective instrument is the antenna current meter of a nondirectional 
station which does not employ a remote antenna ammeter, or if the 
defective instrument is the common point meter of a station which 
employs a directional antenna and does not employ a remote common point 
meter, the operating power shall be determined by a method described in 
Sec.  73.51(a)(1) or Sec.  73.51(d) during the entire time the station 
is operated without the antenna current meter or common point meter. 
However, if a remote meter is employed and the antenna current ammeter 
or common point meter becomes defective, the remote meter can be used to 
determine operating power pending the return to service of the regular 
meter.
    (e) If conditions beyond the control of the licensee prevent the 
restoration of the meter to service within the above allowed period, 
information requested in accordance with Sec.  73.3549 may be filed by 
letter with the FCC in Washington, DC, Attention: Audio Division, Media 
Bureau, to request additional time as may be required to complete 
repairs of the defective instrument.

[41 FR 36817, Sept. 1, 1976, as amended at 48 FR 38477, Aug. 24, 1983; 
49 FR 49850, Dec. 24, 1984; 50 FR 32416, Aug. 12, 1985; 51 FR 2707, Jan. 
21, 1986; 53 FR 2498, Jan. 28, 1988; 63 FR 33876, June 22, 1998; 66 FR 
20755, Apr. 25, 2001; 67 FR 13231, Mar. 21, 2002]



Sec.  73.61  AM directional antenna field strength measurements.

    (a) Each AM station using a directional antenna must make field 
strength measurements at the monitoring point locations specified in the 
instrument of authorization, as often as necessary to ensure that the 
field at those points does not exceed the values specified in the 
station authorization. Additionally, stations not having an approved 
sampling system must make the measurements once each calendar quarter at 
intervals not exceeding 120 days. The provision of this paragraph 
supersedes any schedule specified on a station license issued prior to 
January 1, 1986. The results of the measurements are to be entered into 
the station log pursuant to the provisions of Sec.  73.1820.
    (b) Partial proof of performance measurements using the procedures 
described in Sec.  73.154 must be made whenever the licensee has reason 
to believe that the radiated field may be exceeding the limits for which 
the station

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was most recently authorized to operate.
    (c) A station may be directed to make a partial proof of performance 
by the FCC whenever there is an indication that the antenna is not 
operating as authorized.

[50 FR 47054, Nov. 14, 1985]



Sec.  73.62  Directional antenna system tolerances.

    (a) Each AM station operating a directional antenna must maintain 
the indicated relative amplitudes of the antenna monitor currents within 
5% of the values specified therein. Directional antenna relative phase 
currents must be maintained to within +-3 deg. of the values specified 
on the instrument of authorization.
    (b) Whenever the operating parameters of a directional antenna 
cannot be maintained within the tolerances specified in paragraph (a) of 
this section, the following procedures will apply:
    (1) The licensee shall measure and log every monitoring point at 
least once for each mode of directional operation. Subsequent variations 
in operating parameters will require the remeasuring and logging of 
every monitoring point to assure that the authorized monitoring point 
limits are not being exceeded.
    (2) Provided each monitoring point is within its specified limit, 
operation may continue for a period up to 30 days before a request for 
Special Temporary Authority (STA) must be filed, pursuant to paragraph 
(b)(4) of this section, to operate with parameters at variance from the 
provisions of paragraph (a) of this section.
    (3) If any monitoring point exceeds its specified limit, the 
licensee must either terminate operation within 3 hours or reduce power 
in accordance with the applicable provisions of Sec.  73.1350(d), in 
order to eliminate any possibility of interference or excessive 
radiation in any direction.
    (4) If operation pursuant to paragraph (b)(3) of this section is 
necessary, or before the 30 day period specified in paragraph (b)(2) of 
this section expires, the licensee must request a Special Temporary 
Authority (STA) in accordance with Sec.  73.1635 to continue operation 
with parameters at variance and/or with reduced power along with a 
statement certifying that all monitoring points will be continuously 
maintained within their specified limits.
    (5) The licensee will be permitted 24 hours to accomplish the 
actions specified in paragraph (b)(1) of this section; provided that, 
the date and time of the failure to maintain proper operating parameters 
has been recorded in the station log.
    (c) In any other situation in which it might reasonably be 
anticipated that the operating parameters might vary out of tolerance 
(such as planned array repairs or adjustment and proofing procedures), 
the licensee shall, before such activity is undertaken, obtain an STA in 
accordance with Sec.  73.1635 in order to operate with parameters at 
variance and/or with reduced power as required to maintain all 
monitoring points within their specified limits.

[50 FR 30946, July 31, 1985, as amended at 60 FR 55480, Nov. 1, 1995; 66 
FR 20755, Apr. 25, 2001]



Sec.  73.68  Sampling systems for antenna monitors.

    (a) Each AM station permittee authorized to construct a new 
directional antenna system, must install the sampling system in 
accordance with the following specifications:
    (1) Devices used to extract or sample the current and the 
transmission line connecting the sampling elements to the antenna 
monitor must provide accurate and stable signals to the monitor (e.g., 
rigidly mounted and non-rotatable loops and all system components 
protected from physical and environmental disturbances).
    (2) Sampling lines for directional antennas may be of different 
lengths provided the phase difference of signals at the monitor are less 
than 0.5 degrees between the shortest and longest cable lengths due to 
temperature variations to which the system is exposed.
    (3) Other configurations of sampling systems may be used upon 
demonstration of stable operation to the FCC.
    (b) A station having an antenna sampling system constructed 
according to the specifications given in paragraph (a) of this section 
may obtain approval

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of that system by submitting an informal letter request to the FCC in 
Washington, DC, Attention: Audio Division, Media Bureau. The request for 
approval, signed by the licensee or authorized representative, must 
contain sufficient information to show that the sampling system is in 
compliance with all requirements of paragraph (a) of this section.

    Note to paragraph (b): A public notice dated December 9, 1985 giving 
additional information on approval of antenna sampling systems is 
available through the Internet at http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/decdoc/
letter/1985-12-09-sample.html.

    (c) In the event that the antenna monitor sampling system is 
temporarily out of service for repair or replacement, the station may be 
operated, pending completion of repairs or replacement, for a period not 
exceeding 120 days without further authority from the FCC if all other 
operating parameters and the field monitoring point values are within 
the limits specified on the station authorization.
    (d) If the antenna sampling system is modified or components of the 
sampling system are replaced, the following procedure shall be followed:
    (1) Special Temporary Authority (see Sec.  73.1635) shall be 
requested and obtained from the Commission's Audio Division, Media 
Bureau in Washington to operate with parameters at variance with 
licensed values pending issuance of a modified license specifying 
parameters subsequent to modification or replacement of components.
    (2) Immediately prior to modification or replacement of components 
of the sampling system, and after a verification that all monitoring 
point values and operating parameters are within the limits or 
tolerances specified in the rules, the following indications must be 
recorded for each radiation pattern: Final plate current and plate 
voltage, common point current, antenna monitor phase and current 
indications, and the field strength at each monitoring point. Subsequent 
to these modifications or changes the procedure must be repeated.
    (3) If monitoring point field strengths or antenna monitor 
parameters exceed allowable limits following the replacement or 
modification of that portion of the sampling system above the base of 
the towers, a partial proof of performance shall be executed in 
accordance with Sec.  73.154 . The partial proof of performance shall be 
accompanied by common point impedance measurements made in accordance 
with Sec.  73.54.
    (4) Request for modification of license shall be submitted to the 
FCC in Washington, DC, within 30 days of the date of sampling system 
modification or replacement. Such request shall specify the transmitter 
plate voltage and plate current, common point current, base currents and 
their ratios, antenna monitor phase and current indications, and all 
other data obtained pursuant to this paragraph.
    (e) If an existing sampling system is found to be patently of 
marginal construction, or where the performance of a directional antenna 
is found to be unsatisfactory, and this deficiency reasonably may be 
attributed, in whole or in part, to inadequacies in the antenna 
monitoring system, the FCC may require the reconstruction of the 
sampling system in accordance with requirements specified above.

[41 FR 7405, Feb. 18, 1976, as amended at 42 FR 24056, May 12, 1977; 44 
FR 58731, Oct. 11, 1979; 46 FR 35462, July 8, 1981; 48 FR 38478, Aug. 
24, 1983; 48 FR 44805, Sept. 30, 1983; 49 FR 32358, Aug. 14, 1984; 50 FR 
47054, Nov. 14, 1985; 51 FR 9965, Mar. 24, 1986; 51 FR 40435, Nov. 7, 
1986; 56 FR 64859, Dec. 12, 1991; 63 FR 33876, June 22, 1998; 66 FR 
20755, Apr. 25, 2001; 67 FR 13231, Mar. 21, 2002]



Sec.  73.69  Antenna monitors.

    (a) Each station using a directional antenna must have in operation 
at the transmitter site an FCC authorized antenna monitor.
    (b) In the event that the antenna monitor sampling system is 
temporarily out of service for repair or replacement, the station may be 
operated, pending completion of repairs or replacement, for a period not 
exceeding 120 days without further authority from the FCC if all other 
operating parameters, and the field monitoring point values are within 
the limits specified on the station authorization.
    (c) If conditions beyond the control of the licensee prevent the 
restoration of the monitor to service within the allowed period, an 
informal letter request in accordance with Sec.  73.3549 of the

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Commission's rules must be filed with the FCC, Attention: Audio 
Division, Media Bureau in Washington, DC for such additional time as may 
be required to complete repairs of the defective instrument.
    (d) If an authorized antenna monitor is replaced by another antenna 
monitor, the following procedure shall be followed:
    (1) Temporary authority shall be requested and obtained from the 
Commission in Washington to operate with parameters at variance with 
licensed values, pending issuance of a modified license specifying new 
parameters.
    (2) Immediately before the replacement of the antenna monitor, after 
a verification that all monitoring point values and the common point 
current reading are within the limits or tolerances specified in the 
rules, the following indications must be recorded for each radiation 
pattern: Final plate current and plate voltage, common point current, 
antenna monitor phase and current indications, and the field strength at 
each monitoring point.
    (3) With the new monitor substituted for the old, all indications 
specified in paragraph (d)(2) of this section, again must be read. If no 
change has occurred in the indication for any parameter other than the 
indications of the antenna monitor, the new antenna monitor indications 
must be deemed to be those reflecting correct array adjustments.
    (4) If it cannot be established by the observations required in 
paragraph (d)(2) of this section that the common point current reading 
and the monitoring point values are within the tolerances or limits 
prescribed by the rules and the instrument of authorization, or if the 
substitution of the new antenna monitor for the old results in changes 
in these parameters, a partial proof of performance shall be executed 
and analyzed in accordance with Sec.  73.154.
    (5) An informal letter request for modification of license shall be 
submitted to the FCC, Attention: Audio Division, Media Bureau in 
Washington, DC within 30 days of the date of monitor replacement. Such 
request shall specify the make, type, and serial number of the 
replacement monitor, phase and sample current indications, and other 
data obtained pursuant to this paragraph (d).
    (e) The antenna monitor must be calibrated according to the 
manufacturer's instructions as often as necessary to ensure its proper 
operation.

(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, as amended, 1082, as 
amended; 47 U.S.C. 154, 303. Interpret or apply secs. 301, 303, 307, 48 
Stat. 1081, 1082, as amended, 1083, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 301, 303, 307)

[38 FR 1918, Jan. 19, 1973, as amended at 40 FR 15884, Apr. 8, 1975; 40 
FR 25459, June 16, 1975; 40 FR 27939, July 2, 1975; 41 FR 22942, June 8, 
1976; 41 FR 32892, Aug. 6, 1976; 43 FR 4022, Jan. 31, 1978; 45 FR 26062, 
Apr. 17, 1980; 48 FR 38478, Aug. 24, 1983; 49 FR 3999, Feb. 1, 1984; 50 
FR 47054, Nov. 14, 1985; 51 FR 9965, Mar. 24, 1986; 56 FR 64859, Dec. 
12, 1991; 60 FR 55480, Nov. 1, 1995; 63 FR 33876, June 22, 1998; 66 FR 
20756, Apr. 25, 2001; 67 FR 13231, Mar. 21, 2002]



Sec.  73.72  Operating during the experimental period.

    (a) An AM station may operate during the experimental period (the 
time between midnight and sunrise, local time) on its assigned frequency 
and with its authorized power for the routine testing and maintenance of 
its transmitting system, and for conducting experimentation under an 
experimental authorization, provided no interference is caused to other 
stations maintaining a regular operating schedule within such period.
    (b) No station licensed for ``daytime'' or ``specified hours'' of 
operation may broadcast any regular or scheduled program during this 
period.
    (c) The licensee of an AM station shall operate or refrain from 
operating its station during the experimental period as directed by the 
FCC to facilitate frequency measurements or for the determination of 
interference.

[43 FR 32780, July 28, 1978, as amended at 56 FR 64859, Dec. 12, 1991]



Sec.  73.88  Blanketing interference.

    The licensee of each broadcast station is required to satisfy all 
reasonable complaints of blanketing interference within the 1 V/m 
contour.


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    Note: For more detailed instructions concerning operational 
responsibilities of licensees and permittees under this section, see 
Sec.  73.318 (b), (c) and (d).

[28 FR 13574, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 56 FR 64859, Dec. 12, 1991]



Sec.  73.99  Presunrise service authorization (PSRA) and postsunset service 
authorization (PSSA).

    (a) To provide maximum uniformity in early morning operation 
compatible with interference considerations, and to provide for 
additional service during early evening hours for Class D stations, 
provisions are made for presunrise service and postsunset service. The 
permissible power for presunrise or postsunset service authorizations 
shall not exceed 500 watts, or the authorized daytime or critical hours 
power (whichever is less). Calculation of the permissible power shall 
consider only co-channel stations for interference protection purposes.
    (b) Presunrise service authorizations (PSRA) permit:
    (1) Class D stations operating on Mexican, Bahamian, and Canadian 
priority Class A clear channels to commence PSRA operation at 6 a.m. 
local time and to continue such operation until the sunrise times 
specified in their basic instruments of authorization.
    (2) Class D stations situated outside 0.5 mV/m-50% skywave contours 
of co-channel U.S. Class A stations to commence PSRA operation at 6 a.m. 
local time and to continue such operation until sunrise times specified 
in their basic instruments of authorization.
    (3) Class D stations located within co-channel 0.5 mV/m-50% skywave 
contours of U.S. Class A stations, to commence PSRA operation either at 
6 a.m. local time, or at sunrise at the nearest Class A station located 
east of the Class D station (whichever is later), and to continue such 
operation until the sunrise times specified in their basic instruments 
of authorization.
    (4) Class B and Class D stations on regional channels to commence 
PSRA operation at 6 a.m. local time and to continue such operation until 
local sunrise times specified in their basic instruments of 
authorization.
    (c) Extended Daylight Saving Time Pre-Sunrise Authorizations:
    (1) Between the first Sunday in April and the end of the month of 
April, Class D stations will be permitted to conduct pre-sunrise 
operation beginning at 6 a.m. local time with a maximum power of 500 
watts (not to exceed the station's regular daytime or critical hours 
power), reduced as necessary to comply with the following requirements:
    (i) Full protection is to be provided as specified in applicable 
international agreements.
    (ii) Protection is to be provided to the 0.5 mV/m groundwave signals 
of co-channel U.S. Class A stations; protection to the 0.5 mV/m-50% 
skywave contours of these stations is not required.
    (iii) In determining the protection to be provided, the effect of 
each interfering signal will be evaluated separately. The presence of 
interference from other stations will not reduce or eliminate the 
required protection.
    (iv) Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph (c)(1) (ii) and 
(iii) of this section, the stations will be permitted to operate with a 
minimum power of 10 watts unless a lower power is required by 
international agreement.
    (2) The Commission will issue appropriate authorizations to Class D 
stations not previously eligible to operate during this period. Class D 
stations authorized to operate during this presunrise period may 
continue to operate under their current authorization.
    (d) Postsunset service authorizations (PSSA) permit:
    (1) Class D stations located on Mexican, Bahamian, and Canadian 
priority Class A clear channels to commence PSSA operation at sunset 
times specified in their basic instruments of authorization and to 
continue for two hours after such specified times.
    (2) Class D stations situated outside 0.5 mV/m-50% skywave contours 
of co-channel U.S. Class A stations to commence PSSA operations at 
sunset times specified in their basic instruments of authorization and 
to continue for two hours after such specified times.
    (3) Class D stations located within co-channel 0.5 mV/m-50% skywave 
contours of U.S. Class A stations to commence PSSA operation at sunset 
times

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specified in their basic instruments of authorization and to continue 
such operation until two hours past such specified times, or until 
sunset at the nearest Class A station located west of the Class D 
station, whichever is earlier. Class D stations located west of the 
Class A station do not qualify for PSSA operation.
    (4) Class D stations on regional channels to commence PSSA operation 
at sunset times specified on their basic instruments of authorization 
and to continue such operation until two hours past such specified 
times.
    (e) Procedural Matters. (1) Applications for PSRA and PSSA operation 
are not required. Instead, the FCC will calculate the periods of such 
operation and the power to be used pursuant to the provisions of this 
section and the protection requirements contained in applicable 
international agreements. Licensees will be notified of permissible 
power and times of operation. Presunrise and Postsunset service 
authority permits operation on a secondary basis and does not confer 
license rights. No request for such authority need be filed. However, 
stations intending to operate PSRA or PSSA shall submit by letter, 
signed as specified in Sec.  73.3513, the following information:
    (i) Licensee name, station call letters and station location,
    (ii) Indication as to whether PSRA operation, PSSA operation, or 
both, is intended by the station,
    (iii) A description of the method whereby any necessary power 
reduction will be achieved.
    (2) Upon submission of the required information, such operation may 
begin without further authority.
    (f) Technical criteria. Calculations to determine whether there is 
objectionable interference will be determined in accordance with the AM 
Broadcast Technical Standards, Sec. Sec.  73.182 through 73.190, and 
applicable international agreements. Calculations will be performed 
using daytime antenna systems, or critical hours antenna systems when 
specified on the license. In performing calculations to determine 
assigned power and times for commencement of PSRA and PSSA operation, 
the following standards and criteria will be used:
    (1) Class D stations operating in accordance with paragraphs (b)(1), 
(b)(2), (d)(1), and (d)(2) of this section are required to protect the 
nighttime 0.5 mV/m-50% skywave contours of co-channel Class A stations. 
Where a 0.5 mV/m-50% skywave signal from the Class A station is not 
produced, the 0.5 mV/m groundwave contour shall be protected.
    (2) Class D stations are required to fully protect foreign Class B 
and Class C stations when operating PSRA and PSSA; Class D stations 
operating PSSA are required to fully protect U.S. Class B stations. For 
purposes of determining protection, the nighttime RSS limit will be used 
in the determination of maximum permissible power.
    (3) Class D stations operating in accordance with paragraphs (d)(2) 
and (d)(3) of this section are required to restrict maximum 10% skywave 
radiation at any point on the daytime 0.1 mV/m groundwave contour of a 
co-channel Class A station to 25 [mu]V/m. The location of the 0.1 mV/m 
contour of the Class A station will be determined by use of Figure M3, 
Estimated Ground Conductivity in the United States. When the 0.1 mV/m 
contour extends beyond the national boundary, the international boundary 
shall be considered the 0.1 mV/m contour.
    (4) Class B and Class D stations on regional channels operating PSRA 
and PSSA (Class D only) are required to provide full protection to co-
channel foreign Class B and Class C stations.
    (5) Class D stations on regional channels operating PSSA beyond 6 
p.m. local time are required to fully protect U.S. Class B stations.
    (6) The protection that Class D stations on regional channels are 
required to provide when operating PSSA until 6 p.m. local time is as 
follows.
    (i) For the first half-hour of PSSA operation, protection will be 
calculated at sunset plus 30 minutes at the site of the Class D station;
    (ii) For the second half-hour of PSSA operation, protection will be 
calculated at sunset plus one hour at the site of the Class D station;
    (iii) For the second hour of PSSA operation, protection will be 
calculated

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at sunset plus two hours at the site of the Class D station;
    (iv) Minimum powers during the period until 6 p.m. local time shall 
be permitted as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Calculated power                  Adjusted minimum power
------------------------------------------------------------------------
From 1 to 45 watts....................  50 watts.
Above 45 to 70 watts..................  75 watts.
Above 70 to 100 watts.................  100 watts.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (7) For protection purposes, the nighttime 25% RSS limit will be 
used in the determination of maximum permissible power.
    (g) Calculations made under paragraph (d) of this section may not 
take outstanding PSRA or PSSA operations into account, nor will the 
grant of a PSRA or PSSA confer any degree of interference protection on 
the holder thereof.
    (h) Operation under a PSRA or PSSA is not mandatory, and will not be 
included in determining compliance with the requirements of Sec.  
73.1740. To the extent actually undertaken, however, presunrise 
operation will be considered by the FCC in determining overall 
compliance with past programming representations and station policy 
concerning commercial matter.
    (i) The PSRA or PSSA is secondary to the basic instrument of 
authorization with which it is to be associated. The PSRA or PSSA may be 
suspended, modified, or withdrawn by the FCC without prior notice or 
right to hearing, if necessary to resolve interference conflicts, to 
implement agreements with foreign governments, or in other circumstances 
warranting such action. Moreover, the PSRA or PSSA does not extend 
beyond the term of the basic authorization.
    (j) The Commission will periodically recalculate maximum permissible 
power and times for commencing PSRA and PSSA for each Class D station 
operating in accordance with paragraph (c) of this section. The 
Commission will calculate the maximum power at which each individual 
station may conduct presunrise operations during extended daylight 
saving time and shall issue conforming authorizations. These original 
notifications and subsequent notifications should be associated with the 
station's authorization. Upon notification of new power and time of 
commencing operation, affected stations shall make necessary adjustments 
within 30 days.
    (k) A PSRA and PSSA does not require compliance with Sec. Sec.  
73.45, 73.182 and 73.1560 where the operation might otherwise be 
considered as technically substandard. Further, the requirements of 
paragraphs (a)(5), (b)(2), (c)(2), and (d)(2) of Sec.  73.1215 
concerning the scale ranges of transmission system indicating 
instruments are waived for PSRA and PSSA operation except for the radio 
frequency ammeters used in determining antenna input power.
    (1) A station having an antenna monitor incapable of functioning at 
the authorized PSRA and PSSA power when using a directional antenna 
shall take the monitor reading using an unmodulated carrier at the 
authorized daytime power immediately prior to commencing PSRA or PSSA 
operations. Special conditions as the FCC may deem appropriate may be 
included for PSRA or PSSA to insure operation of the transmitter and 
associated equipment in accordance with all phases of good engineering 
practice.

[56 FR 64860, Dec. 12, 1991; 57 FR 43290, Sept. 18, 1992, as amended at 
58 FR 27950, May 12, 1993]



Sec.  73.127  Use of multiplex transmission.

    The licensee of an AM broadcast station may use its AM carrier to 
transmit signals not audible on ordinary consumer receivers, for both 
broadcast and non-broadcast purposes subject to the following 
requirements:
    (a) Such use does not disrupt or degrade the station's own programs 
or the programs of other broadcast stations.
    (b) AM carrier services that are common carrier in nature are 
subject to common carrier regulation. Licensees operating such services 
are required to apply to the FCC for the appropriate authorization and 
to comply with all policies and rules applicable to the service. 
Responsibility for making the initial determinations of whether a 
particular activity is common carriage rests with the AM station 
licensee. Initial determinations by licensees are subject to FCC 
examination and may be reviewed at the FCC's discretion. AM carrier 
services that are private

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carrier in nature must notify the Licensing Division of the Private 
Radio Bureau at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325, by letter, prior to 
initiating service certifying compliance with 47 CFR parts 90 and 94.
    (c) AM carrier services are of a secondary nature under the 
authority of the AM station authorization, and the authority to provide 
such communications services may not be retained or transferred in any 
manner separate from the station's authorization. The grant or renewal 
of an AM station permit or license is not furthered or promoted by 
proposed or past service. The permittee or licensee must establish that 
the broadcast operation is in the public interest wholly apart from the 
subsidiary communications services provided.
    (d) The station identification, delayed recording, and sponsor 
identification announcements required by Sec. Sec.  73.1201, 73.1208, 
and 73.1212 are not applicable to leased communications services 
transmitted via services that are not of a general broadcast program 
nature.
    (e) The licensee or permittee must retain control over all material 
transmitted in a broadcast mode via the station's facilities, with the 
right to reject any material that it deems inappropriate or undesirable.
    (f) Installation of the multiplex transmitting equipment must 
conform with the requirements of Sec.  73.1690(e).

[47 FR 25345, June 11, 1982, as amended at 49 FR 34015, Aug. 28, 1984; 
51 FR 41629, Nov. 18, 1986; 51 FR 44478, Dec. 10, 1986]



Sec.  73.128  AM stereophonic broadcasting.

    (a) An Am broadcast station may, without specific authority from the 
FCC, transmit stereophonic programs upon installation of type accepted 
stereophonic transmitting equipment and the necessary measuring 
equipment to determine that the stereophonic transmissions conform to 
the modulation characteristics specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of 
this section. Stations transmitting stereophonic programs prior to March 
21, 1994 may continue to do so until March 21, 1995 as long as they 
continue to comply with the rules in effect prior to March 21, 1994.
    (b) The following limitations on the transmitted wave must be met to 
insure compliance with the occupied bandwidth limitations, compatibility 
with AM receivers using envelope detectors, and any applicable 
international agreements to which the FCC is a party:
    (1) The transmitted wave must meet the occupied bandwidth 
specifications of Sec.  73.44 under all possible conditions of program 
modulation. Compliance with requirement shall be demonstrated either by 
the following specific modulation tests or other documented test 
procedures that are to be fully described in the application for type 
acceptance and the transmitting equipment instruction manual. (See Sec.  
2.983(d)(8) and (j)).
    (i) Main channel (L+R) under all conditions of amplitude modulations 
for the stereophonic system but not exceeding amplitude modulation on 
negative peaks of 100%.
    (ii) Stereophonic (L-R) modulated with audio tones of the same 
amplitude at the transmitter input terminals as in paragraph (b)(i) of 
this section but with the phase of either the L or R channel reversed.
    (iii) Left and Right Channel only, under all conditions of 
modulation for the stereophonic system in use but not exceeding 
amplitude modulation on negative peaks of 100%.
    (c) Effective on December 20, 1994, stereophonic transmissions shall 
conform to the following additional modulation characteristics:
    (1) The audio response of the main (L+R) channel shall conform to 
the requirements of the ANSI/EIA-549-1988, NRSC-1 AM Preemphasis/
Deemphasis and Broadcast Transmission Bandwidth Specifications (NRSC-1).
    (2) The left and right channel audio signals shall conform to 
frequency response limitations dictated by ANSI/EIA-549-1988.
    (3) The stereophonic difference (L-R) information shall be 
transmitted by varying the phase of the carrier in accordance with the 
following relationship:

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where:

L(t)=audio signal left channel,
R(t)=audio signal right channel,
m=modulation factor, and
mpeak(L(t)+R(t))=1 for 100% amplitude modulation,
mpeak(L(t)-R(t))=1 for 100% phase modulation.

    (4) The carrier phase shall advance in a positive direction when a 
left channel signal causes the transmitter envelope to be modulated in a 
positive direction. The carrier phase shall likewise retard (negative 
phase change) when a right channel signal causes the transmitter 
envelope to be modulated in a positive direction. The phase modulation 
shall be symmetrical for the condition of difference (L-R) channel 
information sent without the presence of envelope modulation.
    (5) Maximum angular modulation, which occurs on negative peaks of 
the left or right channel with no signal present on the opposite channel 
(L(t)=-0.75, R(t)=0, or R(t)=-0.75, L(t)=0) shall not exceed 1.25 
radians.
    (6) A peak phase modulation of +/-0.785 radians under the condition 
of difference (L-R) channel modulation and the absence of envelope (L+R) 
modulation and pilot signal shall represent 100% modulation of the 
difference channel.
    (7) The composite signal shall contain a pilot tone for indication 
of the presence of stereophonic information. The pilot tone shall 
consist of a 25 Hz tone, with 3% or less total harmonic distortion and a 
frequency tolerance of +/- 0.1 H2, which modulates the 
carrier phase +/- 0.05 radians peak, corresponding to 5% L-R modulation 
when no other modulation is present. The injection level shall be 5%, 
with a tolerance of +1, -1%.
    (8) The composite signal shall be described by the following 
expression:
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where:

A=the unmodulated carrier voltage
m=the modulation index
Csn=the magnitude of the nth term of the sum signal
Cdn=the magnitude of the nth term of the difference signal
[omega]sn=the nth order angular velocity of the sum signal
[omega]dn=the nth order angular velocity of the difference 
signal
[omega]c=the angular velocity of the carrier

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Asn and Bsn are the nth sine and cosine 
coefficients of Csn
Adn and Bdn are the nth sine and cosine 
coefficients of Cdn

[58 FR 66301, Dec. 20, 1993]



Sec.  73.132  Territorial exclusivity.

    No licensee of an AM broadcast station shall have any arrangement 
with a network organization which prevents or hinders another station 
serving substantially the same area from broadcasting the network's 
programs not taken by the former station, or which prevents or hinders 
another station serving a substantially different area from broadcasting 
any program of the network organization: Provided, however, That this 
section does not prohibit arrangements under which the station is 
granted first call within its primary service area upon the network's 
programs. The term ``network organization'' means any organization 
originating program material, with or without commercial messages, and 
furnishing the same to stations interconnected so as to permit 
simultaneous broadcast by all or some of them. However, arrangements 
involving only stations under common ownership, or only the rebroadcast 
by one station or programming from another with no compensation other 
than a lump-sum payment by the station rebroadcasting, are not 
considered arrangements with a network organization. The term 
``arrangement'' means any contract, arrangement or understanding, 
expressed or implied.

[42 FR 16422, Mar. 28, 1977]



Sec.  73.150  Directional antenna systems.

    (a) For each station employing a directional antenna, all 
determinations of service provided and interference caused shall be 
based on the inverse distance fields of the standard radiation pattern 
for that station. (As applied to nighttime operation the term ``standard 
radiation pattern'' shall include the radiation pattern in the 
horizontal plane, and radiation patterns at angles above this plane.)
    (1) Parties submitting directional antenna patterns pursuant to this 
section and Sec.  73.152 (Modified standard pattern) must submit 
patterns which are tabulated and plotted in units of millivolts per 
meter at 1 kilometer.

    Note: Applications for new stations and for changes (both minor and 
major) in existing stations must use a standard pattern.

    (b) The following data shall be submitted with an application for 
authority to install a directional antenna:
    (1) The standard radiation pattern for the proposed antenna in the 
horizontal plane, and where pertinent, tabulated values for the 
azimuthal radiation patterns for angles of elevation up to and including 
60 degrees, with a separate section for each increment of 5 degrees.
    (i) The standard radiation pattern shall be based on the theoretical 
radiation pattern. The theoretical radiation pattern shall be calculated 
in accordance with the following mathematical expression:

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where:

E([phis],[thetas])th Represents the theoretical inverse distance fields 
at one kilometer for the given azimuth and elevation.
k Represents the multiplying constant which determines the basic pattern 
size. It shall be chosen so that the effective field (RMS) of the 
theoretical pattern in the horizontal plane shall be no greater than the 
value computed on the assumption that nominal station power (see Sec.  
73.14) is delivered to the directional array, and that a lumped loss 
resistance of one ohm exists at the current loop of each element of the 
array, or at the base of each element of electrical height lower than 
0.25 wavelength, and no less than the value required by Sec.  
73.189(b)(2) of this part for a station of the class and nominal power 
for which the pattern is designed.
n Represents the number of elements (towers) in the directional array.
i Represents the i\th\ element in the array.
Fi Represents the field ratio of the i\th\ element in the array.
[thetas] Represents the vertical elevation angle measured from the 
horizontal plane.
fi ([thetas]) represents the vertical plane radiation characteristic of 
the ith antenna. This value depends on the tower height, as well as 
whether the tower is top-loaded or sectionalized. The various formulas 
for computing fi ([thetas]) are given in Sec.  73.160.
Si Represents the electrical spacing of the ith tower from the reference 
point.
[phis]i Represents the orientation (with respect to true 
north) of the ith tower.
[phis] Represents the azimuth (with respect to true north).
[psi]i Represents the electrical phase angle of the current in the ith 
tower.
    The standard radiation pattern shall be constructed in accordance 
with the following mathematical expression:
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC01MR91.063

    where:

E([phis],[thetas])std represents the inverse distance fields 
at one kilometer which are produced by the directional antenna in the 
horizontal and vertical planes. E([phis],[thetas])th 
represents the theoretical inverse distance fields at one kilometer as 
computed in accordance with Eq. 1, above.
Q is the greater of the following two quantities: 0.025g([thetas]) 
Erss or 10.0g([thetas]) [radic] PkW

where:

    g([thetas]) is the vertical plane distribution factor, f([thetas]), 
for the shortest element in the array (see Eq. 2, above; also see Sec.  
73.190, Figure 5). If the shortest element has an electrical height in 
excess of 0.5 wavelength, g([thetas]) shall be computed as follows:
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC01MR91.064

    Erss is the root sum square of the amplitudes of the 
inverse fields of the elements of the array in the horizontal plane, as 
used in the expression for E([phis],[thetas])th (see Eq. 1, 
above), and is computed as follows:
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC01MR91.065

    PkW is the nominal station power expressed in kilowatts, 
see Sec.  73.14. If the nominal power is less than one kilowatt, 
PkW=1.

    (ii) Where the orthogonal addition of the factor Q to E([phis], 
[thetas])th results in a standard pattern whose minimum fields are lower 
than those found necessary or desirable, these fields may be increased 
by appropriate adjustment of the parameters of E([phis], [thetas])th.
    (2) All patterns shall be computed for integral multiples of five 
degrees, beginning with zero degrees representing true north, and, shall 
be plotted to the largest scale possible on unglazed letter-size paper 
(main engraving approximately 7[min] x 10[min]) using only scale 
divisions and subdivisions of 1,2,2.5, or 5 times 10nth. The 
horizontal plane pattern shall be plotted on polar coordinate paper, 
with the zero degree point corresponding to true north. Patterns for 
elevation angles above the horizontal plane may be plotted in polar or 
rectangular coordinates, with the pattern for each angle of elevation on 
a separate page. Rectangular plots shall begin and end at true north, 
with all azimuths labelled in increments of not less than 20 degrees. If 
a rectangular

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plot is used, the ordinate showing the scale for radiation may be 
logarithmic. Such patterns for elevation angles above the horizontal 
plane need be submitted only upon specific request by Commission staff. 
Minor lobe and null detail occurring between successive patterns for 
specific angles of elevation need not be submitted. Values of field 
strength on any pattern less than ten percent of the maximum field 
strength plotted on that pattern shall be shown on an enlarged scale. 
Rectangular plots with a logarithmic ordinate need not utilize an 
expanded scale unless necessary to show clearly the minor lobe and null 
detail.
    (3) The effective (RMS) field strength in the horizontal plane of 
E([phis],[thetas])std, E([phis],[thetas])th and 
the root-sum-square (RSS) value of the inverse distance fields of the 
array elements at 1 kilometer, derived from the equation for 
E([phis],[thetas])th. These values shall be tabulated on the 
page on which the horizontal plane pattern is plotted, which shall be 
specifically labelled as the Standard Horizontal Plane Pattern.
    (4) Physical description of the array, showing:
    (i) Number of elements.
    (ii) Type of each element (i.e., guyed or self-supporting, uniform 
cross section or tapered (specifying base dimensions), grounded or 
insulated, etc.)
    (iii) Details of top loading, or sectionalizing, if any.
    (iv) Height of radiating portion of each element in feet (height 
above base insulator, or base, if grounded).
    (v) Overall height of each element above ground.
    (vi) Sketch of antenna site, indicating its dimensions, the location 
of the antenna elements, thereon, their spacing from each other, and 
their orientation with respect to each other and to true north, the 
number and length of the radials in the ground system about each 
element, the dimensions of ground screens, if any, and bonding between 
towers and between radial systems.
    (5) Electrical description of the array, showing:
    (i) Relative amplitudes of the fields of the array elements.
    (ii) Relative time phasing of the fields of the array elements in 
degrees leading [+] or lagging [-].
    (iii) Space phasing between elements in degrees.
    (iv) Where waiver of the content of this section is requested or 
upon request of the Commission staff, all assumptions made and the basis 
therefor, particularly with respect to the electrical height of the 
elements, current distribution along elements, efficiency of each 
element, and ground conductivity.
    (v) Where waiver of the content of this section is requested, or 
upon request of the Commission staff, those formulas used for computing 
E([phis],[thetas])th and E([phis],[thetas])std. 
Complete tabulation of final computed data used in plotting patterns, 
including data for the determination of the RMS value of the pattern, 
and the RSS field of the array.
    (6) The values used in specifying the parameters which describe the 
array must be specified to no greater precision than can be achieved 
with available monitoring equipment. Use of greater precision raises a 
rebuttable presumption of instability of the array. Following are 
acceptable values of precision; greater precision may be used only upon 
showing that the monitoring equipment to be installed gives accurate 
readings with the specified precision.
    (i) Field Ratio: 3 significant figures.
    (ii) Phasing: to the nearest 0.1 degree.
    (iii) Orientation (with respect to a common point in the array, or 
with respect to another tower): to the nearest 0.1 degree.
    (iv) Spacing (with respect to a common point in the array, or with 
respect to another tower): to the nearest 0.1 degree.
    (v) Electrical Height (for all parameters listed in Section 73.160): 
to the nearest 0.1 degree.
    (vi) Theoretical RMS (to determine pattern size): 4 significant 
figures.
    (vii) Additional requirements relating to modified standard patterns 
appear in Sec.  73.152(c)(3) and (c)(4).
    (7) Any additional information required by the application form.
    (c) Sample calculations for the theoretical and standard radiation 
follow. Assume a five kilowatt (nominal power) station with a 
theoretical RMS of 685 mV/m at one kilometer. Assume that it is an in-
line array consisting of

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three towers. Assume the following parameters for the towers:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 Field   Relative  Relative    Relative
             Tower               ratio    phasing   spacing  orientation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.............................     1.0     -128.5       0.0        0.0
2.............................     1.89       0.0     110.0      285.0
3.............................     1.0      128.5     220.0      285.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Assume that tower 1 is a typical tower with an electrical height of 
120 degrees. Assume that tower 2 is top-loaded in accordance with the 
method described in Sec.  73.160(b)(2) where A is 120 electrical degrees 
and B is 20 electrical degrees. Assume that tower 3 is sectionalized in 
accordance with the method described in Sec.  73.160(b)(3) where A is 
120 electrical degrees, B is 20 electrical degrees, C is 220 electrical 
degrees, and D is 15 electrical degrees.
    The multiplying constant will be 323.6.
    Following is a tabulation of part of the theoretical pattern:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Vertical
           Azimuth                0          30         60       angle
------------------------------------------------------------------------
0...........................      15.98      62.49      68.20
105.........................    1225.30     819.79     234.54
235.........................       0.43      18.46      34.56
247.........................      82.62      51.52      26.38
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    If we further assume that the station has a standard pattern, we 
find that Q, for [thetas]=0, is 22.36.
    Following is a tabulation of part of the standard pattern:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Vertical
           Azimuth                0          30         60       angle
------------------------------------------------------------------------
0...........................      28.86      68.05      72.06
105.........................    1286.78     860.97     246.41
235.........................      23.48      26.50      37.18
247.........................      89.87      57.03      28.87
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The RMS of the standard pattern in the horizontal plane is 719.63 
mV/m at one kilometer.

[36 FR 919, Jan. 20, 1971, as amended at 37 FR 529, Jan. 13, 1972; 41 FR 
24134, June 15, 1976; 46 FR 11991, Feb. 12, 1981; 48 FR 24384, June 1, 
1983; 51 FR 2707, Jan. 21, 1986; 52 FR 36877, Oct. 1, 1987; 56 FR 64861, 
Dec. 12, 1991; 57 FR 43290, Sept. 18, 1992]



Sec.  73.151  Field strength measurements to establish performance of 
directional antennas.

    (a) In addition to the information required by the license 
application form, the following showing must be submitted to establish, 
for each mode of directional operation, that the effective measured 
field strength (RMS) at 1 kilometer (km) is not less than 85 percent of 
the effective measured field strength (RMS) specified for the standard 
radiation pattern, or less than that specified in Sec.  73.189(b) for 
the class of station involved, whichever is the higher value, and that 
the measured field strength at 1 km in any direction does not exceed the 
field shown in that direction on the standard radiation pattern for that 
mode of directional operation:
    (1) A tabulation of inverse field strengths in the horizontal plane 
at 1 km, as determined from field strength measurements taken and 
analyzed in accordance with Sec.  73.186, and a statement of the 
effective measured field strength (RMS). Measurements shall be made in 
the following directions:
    (i) Those specified in the instrument of authorization.
    (ii) In major lobes. Generally, one radial is sufficient to 
establish a major lobe; however, additional radials may be required.
    (iii) Along additional radials to establish the shape of the 
pattern. In the case of a relatively simple directional antenna pattern, 
a total of six radials is sufficient. If two radials would be more than 
90[deg] apart, then an additional radial must be specified within that 
arc. When more complicated patterns are involved, that is, patterns 
having several or sharp lobes or nulls, measurements shall be taken 
along as many as 12 radials to definitely establish the pattern(s). 
Pattern symmetry may be assumed for complex patterns which might 
otherwise require measurements on more than 12 radials.
    (2) A tabulation of:
    (i) The phase difference of the current in each element with respect 
to the reference element, and whether the current leads (+) or lags (-) 
the current in the reference element, as indicated by the station's 
antenna monitor.
    (ii) The ratio of the amplitude of the radio frequency current in 
each element to the current in the reference element, as indicated on 
the station's antenna monitor.

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    (3) A monitoring point shall be established on each radial for which 
the construction permit specifies a limit. The following information 
shall be supplied for each monitoring point:
    (i) Measured field strength.
    (ii) An accurate and detailed description of each monitoring point. 
The description may include, but shall not be limited to, geographic 
coordinates determined with a Global Positioning System receiver.
    (iii) Clear photographs taken with the field strength meter in its 
measuring position and with the camera so located that its field of view 
takes in as many pertinent landmarks as possible.
    (b) For stations authorized to operate with simple directional 
antenna systems (e.g., two towers) in the 1605-1705 kHz band, the 
measurements to support pattern RMS compliance referred to in paragraphs 
(a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section are not required. In such 
cases, measured radials are required only in the direction of short-
spaced allotments, or in directions specifically identified by the 
Commission.

[36 FR 919, Jan. 20, 1971, as amended at 42 FR 36828, July 18, 1977; 49 
FR 23348, June 6, 1984; 50 FR 32416, Aug. 12, 1985; 56 FR 64862, Dec. 
12, 1991; 63 FR 33876, June 22, 1998; 66 FR 20756, Apr. 25, 2001]



Sec.  73.152  Modification of directional antenna data.

    (a) If, after construction and final adjustment of a directional 
antenna, a measured inverse distance field in any direction exceeds the 
field shown on the standard radiation pattern for the pertinent mode of 
directional operation, an application shall be filed, specifying a 
modified standard radiation pattern and/or such changes as may be 
required in operating parameters so that all measured effective fields 
will be contained within the modified standard radiation pattern. 
Permittees may also file an application specifying a modified standard 
radiation pattern, even when measured radiation has not exceeded the 
standard pattern, in order to allow additional tolerance for monitoring 
point limits.
    (b) If, following a partial proof of performance, a licensee 
discovers that radiation exceeds the standard pattern on one or more 
radials because of circumstances beyond the licensee's control, a 
modified standard pattern may be requested. The licensee shall submit, 
concurrently, Forms 301-AM and 302-AM. Form 301-AM shall include an 
exhibit demonstrating that no interference would result from the 
augmentation. Form 302-AM shall include the results of the partial 
proof, along with full directional and nondirectional measurements on 
the radial(s) to be augmented, including close-in points and a 
determination of the inverse distance field in accordance with Sec.  
73.186.
    (c) Normally, a modified standard pattern is not acceptable at the 
initial construction permit stage, before a proof-of-performance has 
been completed. However, in certain cases, where it can be shown that 
modification is necessary, a modified standard pattern will be 
acceptable at the initial construction permit stage. Following is a non-
inclusive list of items to be considered in determining whether a 
modification is acceptable at the initial construction permit stage:
    (1) When the proposed pattern is essentially the same as an existing 
pattern at the same antenna site. (e.g., A DA-D station proposing to 
become a DA-1 station.)
    (2) Excessive reradiating structures, which should be shown on a 
plat of the antenna site and surrounding area.
    (3) Other environmental factors; they should be fully described.
    (4) Judgment and experience of the engineer preparing the 
engineering portion of the application. This must be supported with a 
full discussion of the pertinent factors.
    (d) The following general principles shall govern the situations in 
paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) in this section:
    (1) Where a measured field in any direction will exceed the 
authorized standard pattern, the license application may specify the 
level at which the input power to the antenna shall be limited to 
maintain the measured field at a value not in excess of that shown on 
the standard pattern, and shall specify the common point current 
corresponding to this power level. This value of common point current 
will be

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specified on the license for that station.
    (2) Where any excessive field does not result in objectionable 
interference to another station, a modification of construction permit 
application may be submitted with a modified standard pattern 
encompassing all augmented fields. The modified standard pattern shall 
supersede the previously submitted standard radiation pattern for that 
station in the pertinent mode of directional operation. Following are 
the possible methods of creating a modified standard pattern:
    (i) The modified pattern may be computed by making the entire 
pattern larger than the original pattern (i.e., have a higher RMS value) 
if the measured fields systematically exceed the confines of the 
original pattern. The larger pattern shall be computed by using a larger 
multiplying constant, k, in the theoretical pattern equation (Eq. 1) in 
Sec.  73.150(b)(1).
    (ii) Where the measured field exceeds the pattern in discrete 
directions, but objectionable interference does not result, the pattern 
may be expanded over sectors including these directions. When this 
``augmentation'' is desired, it shall be achieved by application of the 
following equation:

E([phis],[thetas])aug = [radic] { E([phis],[thetas])std {time} 2+ 
    A{g([thetas]) cos (180 DA/S {time} 2

where:

E([phis],[thetas])std is the standard pattern field at some particular 
azimuth and elevation angle, before augmentation, computed pursuant to 
Eq. 2, Sec.  73.150(b)(1)(i).
E([phis],[thetas])aug. is the field in the direction specified above, 
after augmentation.
A=E([phis], O)2aug-E([phis], O)2std in which [phis] is the central 
azimuth of augmentation. E([phis], O)aug and E([phis], O)std are the 
fields in the horizontal plane at the central azimuth of augmentation.

    Note: ``A'' must be positive, except during the process of 
converting non-standard patterns to standard patterns pursuant to the 
Report and Order in Docket No. 21473, and in making minor changes to 
stations with patterns developed during the conversion. However, even 
when ``A'' is negative, ``A'' cannot be so negative that 
E([phis],[alpha])aug is less than E([phis],[thetas])th at any azimuth or 
vertical elevation angle.

g([thetas]) is defined in Sec.  73.150(b)(1)(i).
S is the angular range, or ``span'', over which augmentation is applied. 
The span is centered on the central azimuth of augmentation. At the 
limits of the span, the augmented pattern merges into the unaugmented 
pattern. Spans may overlap.
DA is the absolute horizontal angle between the azimuth at which the 
augmented pattern value is being computed and the central azimuth of 
augmentation. (DA cannot exceed 1/2 S.)


In the case where there are spans which overlap, the above formula shall 
be applied repeatedly, once for each augmentation, in ascending order of 
central azimuth of augmentation, beginning with zero degrees 
representing true North. Note that, when spans overlap, there will be, 
in effect, an augmentation of an augmentation. And, if the span of an 
earlier augmentation overlaps the central azimuth of a later 
augmentation, the value of ``A'' for the later augmentation will be 
different than the value of ``A'' without the overlap of the earlier 
span.
    (iii) A combination of paragraphs (d)(2)(i) and (d)(2)(ii), of this 
section, with (d)(2)(i) being applied before (d)(2)(ii) is applied.
    (iv) Where augmentation is allowable under the terms of this 
section, the requested amount of augmentation shall be centered upon the 
measured radial and shall not exceed the following:
    (A) The actual measured inverse distance field value, where the 
radial does not involve a required monitoring point.
    (B) 120% of the actual measured inverse field value, where the 
radial has a monitoring point required by the instrument of 
authorization.

Whereas some pattern smoothing can be accommodated, the extent of the 
requested span(s) shall be minimized and in no case shall a requested 
augmentation span extend to a radial azimuth for which the analyzed 
measurement data does not show a need for augmentation.
    (3) A Modified Standard Pattern shall be specifically labeled as 
such, and shall be plotted in accordance with the requirements of 
paragraph (b)(2) of Sec.  73.150. The effective (RMS) field strength in 
the horizontal plane of E([phis],[alpha])std, E([phis],[alpha])th, and 
the root sum square (RSS) value of the inverse fields of the array 
elements (derived from the

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equation for E([phis],[alpha])th), shall be tabulated on the page on 
which the horizontal plane pattern is plotted. Where sector augmentation 
has been employed in designing the modified pattern, the direction of 
maximum augmentation (i.e., the central azimuth of augmentation) shall 
be indicated on the horizontal plane pattern for each augmented sector, 
and the limits of each sector shall also be shown. Field values within 
an augmented sector, computed prior to augmentation, shall be depicted 
by a broken line.
    (4) There shall be submitted, for each modified standard pattern, 
complete tabulations of final computed data used in plotting the 
pattern. In addition, for each augmented sector, the central azimuth of 
augmentation, span, and radiation at the central azimuth of augmentation 
(E([phis],[alpha])aug) shall be tabulated.
    (5) The parameters used in computing the modified standard pattern 
shall be specified with realistic precision. Following is a list of the 
maximum acceptable precision:
    (i) Central Azimuth of Augmentation: to the nearest 0.1 degree.
    (ii) Span: to the nearest 0.1 degree.
    (iii) Radiation at Central Azimuth of Augmentation: 4 significant 
figures.
    (e) Sample calculations for a modified standard pattern follow. 
First, assume the existing standard pattern in Sec.  73.150(c). Then, 
assume the following augmentation parameters:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Radiation
                                             Central               at
            Augmentation number              azimuth    Span    central
                                                                azimuth
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1..........................................      110       40      1,300
2..........................................      240       50         52
3..........................................      250       10        130
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Following is a tabulation of part of the modified standard pattern:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Vertical
           Azimuth                0          30         60       angle
------------------------------------------------------------------------
0...........................      28.86      68.05      72.06  .........
105.........................   1,299.42     872.14     254.21  .........
235.........................      39.00      35.74      38.71  .........
247.........................     100.47      66.69      32.78  .........
------------------------------------------------------------------------


[46 FR 11992, Feb. 12, 1981, as amended at 56 FR 64862, Dec. 12, 1991; 
66 FR 20756, Apr. 25, 2001]



Sec.  73.153  Field strength measurements in support of applications or 
evidence at hearings.

    In the determination of interference, groundwave field strength 
measurements will take precedence over theoretical values, provided such 
measurements are properly taken and presented. When measurements of 
groundwave signal strength are presented, they shall be sufficiently 
complete in accordance with Sec.  73.186 to determine the field strength 
at 1 mile in the pertinent directions for that station. The antenna 
resistance measurements required by Sec.  73.186 need not be taken or 
submitted.

[44 FR 36037, June 20, 1979, as amended at 56 FR 64862, Dec. 12, 1991]



Sec.  73.154  AM directional antenna partial proof of performance measurements.

    (a) A partial proof of performance consists of at least 8 field 
strength measurements made on each of the radials that includes a 
monitoring point. If the directional pattern has fewer than 4 monitored 
radials, the partial proof shall include measurements on those radials 
from the latest complete proof of performance which are adjacent to the 
monitored radials.
    (b) The measurements are to be made within 3 to 15 kilometers from 
the center of the antenna array. When a monitoring point as designated 
on the station authorization lies on a particular radial, one of the 
measurements must be made at that point. One of the following methods 
shall be used for the partial proof:
    (1) Measurement points shall be selected from the points measured in 
latest full proof of performance provided that the points can be 
identified with reasonable certainty, and that land development or other 
factors have not significantly altered propagation characteristics since 
the last full proof. At each point, the licensee shall measure 
directional field strength for comparison to either the directional or 
the nondirectional field strength measured at that point in the last 
full proof.
    (2) In the event that a meaningful comparison to full proof 
measurements cannot be made, the licensee shall

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measure both directional and nondirectional field strength at eight 
points on each radial. The points need not be limited to those measured 
in the last full proof of performance.
    (c) The results of the measurements are to be analyzed as follows. 
Either the arithmetic average or the logarithmic average of the ratios 
of the field strength at each measurement point to the corresponding 
field strength in the most recent complete proof of performance shall be 
used to establish the inverse distance fields. (The logarithmic average 
for each radial is the antilogarithm of the mean of the logarithms of 
the ratios of field strength (new to old) for each measurement location 
along a given radial). When new nondirectional measurements are used as 
the reference, as described in paragraph (b)(2) of this section, either 
the arithmetic or logarithmic averages of directional to nondirectional 
field strength on each radial shall be used in conjunction with the 
measured nondirectional field from the last proof to establish the 
inverse distance field.
    (d) The result of the most recent partial proof of performance 
measurements and analysis is to be retained in the station records 
available to the FCC upon request. Maps showing new measurement points, 
i.e., points not measured in the last full proof, shall be associated 
with the partial proof in the station's records, and shall be provided 
to the FCC upon request.

[66 FR 20756, Apr. 25, 2001]



Sec.  73.157  Antenna testing during daytime.

    (a) The licensee of a station using a directional antenna during 
daytime or nighttime hours may, without further authority, operate 
during daytime hours with the licensed nighttime directional facilities 
or with a nondirectional antenna when conducting monitoring point field 
strength measurements or antenna proof of performance measurements.
    (b) Operation pursuant to this section is subject to the following 
conditions:
    (1) No harmful interference will be caused to any other station.
    (2) The FCC may notify the licensee to modify or cease such 
operation to resolve interference complaints or when such action may 
appear to be in the public interest, convenience and necessity.
    (3) Such operation shall be undertaken only for the purpose of 
taking monitoring point field strength measurements or antenna proof of 
performance measurements, and shall be restricted to the minimum time 
required to accomplish the measurements.
    (4) Operating power in the nondirectional mode shall be adjusted to 
the same power as was utilized for the most recent nondirectional proof 
of performance covering the licensed facilities.

[50 FR 30947, July 31, 1985]



Sec.  73.158  Directional antenna monitoring points.

    (a) When a licensee of a station using a directional antenna system 
finds that a field monitoring point, as specified on the station 
authorization, is no longer accessible or is unsuitable because of 
nearby construction or other disturbances to the measured field, an 
application to change the monitoring point location, including FCC Form 
302-AM, is to be promptly submitted to the FCC in Washington, DC.
    (1) If the monitoring point has become inaccessible or otherwise 
unsuitable, but there has been no significant construction or other 
change in the vicinity of the monitoring point which may affect field 
strength readings, the licensee shall select a new monitoring point from 
the points measured in the last full proof of performance. A recent 
field strength measurement at the new monitoring point shall also be 
provided.
    (2) Alternatively, if changes in the electromagnetic environment 
have affected field strength readings at the monitoring point, the 
licensee shall submit the results of a partial proof of performance, 
analyzed in accordance with Sec.  73.154, on the affected radial.
    (3) The licensee shall submit an accurate, written description of 
the new monitoring point in relation to nearby permanent landmarks.
    (4) The licensee shall submit a photograph showing the new 
monitoring

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point in relation to nearby permanent landmarks that can be used in 
locating the point accurately at all times throughout the year. Do not 
use seasonal or temporary features in either the written descriptions or 
photographs as landmarks for locating field points.
    (b) When the description of the monitoring point as shown on the 
station license is no longer correct due to road or building 
construction or other changes, the licensee must prepare and file with 
the FCC, in Washington, DC, a request for a corrected station license 
showing the new monitoring point description. The request shall include 
the information specified in paragraphs (a)(3) and (a)(4) of this 
section, and a copy of the station's current license. A copy of the 
description is to be posted with the existing station license.

[66 FR 20757, Apr. 25, 2001]



Sec.  73.160  Vertical plane radiation characteristics, f([thetas]).

    (a) The vertical plane radiation characteristics show the relative 
field being radiated at a given vertical angle, with respect to the 
horizontal plane. The vertical angle, represented as [thetas], is 0 
degrees in the horizontal plane, and 90 degrees when perpendicular to 
the horizontal plane. The vertical plane radiation characteristic is 
referred to as f([thetas]). The generic formula for f([thetas]) is:

f([thetas])=E([thetas])/E(O)

where:

E([thetas]) is the radiation from the tower at angle [thetas].
E(O) is the radiation from the tower in the horizontal plane.

    (b) Listed below are formulas for f([thetas]) for several common 
towers.
    (1) For a typical tower, which is not top-loaded or sectionalized, 
the following formula shall be used:
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC13NO91.015

where:

G is the electrical height of the tower, not including the base 
insulator and pier. (In the case of a folded unipole tower, the entire 
radiating structure's electrical height is used.)

    (2) For a top-loaded tower, the following formula shall be used:
    [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC13NO91.016
    
where:

A is the physical height of the tower, in electrical degrees, and
B is the difference, in electrical degrees, between the apparent 
electrical height (G, based on current distribution) and the actual 
physical height.
G is the apparent electrical height: the sum of A and B; A+B.

    See Figure 1 of this section.

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[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC01MR91.066

    (3) For a sectionalized tower, the following formula shall be used:

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[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC13NO91.017

where:

A is the physical height, in electrical degrees, of the lower section of 
the tower.
B is the difference between the apparent electrical height (based on 
current distribution) of the lower section of the tower and the physical 
height of the lower section of the tower.
C is the physical height of the entire tower, in electrical degrees.
D is the difference between the apparent electrical height of the tower 
(based on current distribution of the upper section) and the physical 
height of the entire tower. D will be zero if the sectionalized tower is 
not top-loaded.
G is the sum of A and B; A+B.
H is the sum of C and D; C+D.
[Delta] is the difference between H and A; H-A.

    See Figure 2 of this section.

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[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC01MR91.067

    (c) One of the above f([thetas]) formulas must be used in computing 
radiation in the vertical plane, unless the applicant submits a special 
formula for a particular type of antenna. If a special formula is 
submitted, it must be accompanied by a complete derivation and

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sample calculations. Submission of values for f([thetas]) only in a 
tabular or graphical format (i.e., without a formula) is not acceptable.
    (d) Following are sample calculations. (The number of significant 
figures shown here should not be interpreted as a limitation on the 
number of significant figures used in actual calculations.)
    (1) For a typical tower, as described in paragraph (b)(1) of this 
section, assume that G=120 electrical degrees:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          [thetas]                           f([thetas])
------------------------------------------------------------------------
0..........................................................      1.0000
30.........................................................      0.7698
60.........................................................      0.3458
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (2) For a top-loaded tower, as described in paragraph (b)(2) of this 
section, assume A=120 electrical degrees, B=20 electrical degrees, and 
G=140 electrical degrees, (120+20):

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          [thetas]                           f([thetas])
------------------------------------------------------------------------
0..........................................................      1.0000
30.........................................................      0.7364
60.........................................................      0.2960
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (3) For a sectionalized tower, as described in paragraph (b)(3) of 
this section, assume A=120 electrical degrees, B=20 electrical degrees, 
C=220 electrical degrees, D=15 electrical degrees, G=140 electrical 
degrees (120+20), H=235 electrical degrees (220+15), and [Delta]=115 
electrical degrees (235-120):

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          [thetas]                           f([thetas])
------------------------------------------------------------------------
0..........................................................      1.0000
30.........................................................      0.5930
60.........................................................      0.1423
------------------------------------------------------------------------


[46 FR 11993, Feb. 12, 1981]



Sec.  73.182  Engineering standards of allocation.

    (a) Sections 73.21 to 73.37, inclusive, govern allocation of 
facilities in the AM broadcast band 535-1705 kHz. Sec.  73.21 
establishes three classes of channels in this band, namely, clear, 
regional and local. The classes and power of AM broadcast stations which 
will be assigned to the various channels are set forth in Sec.  73.21. 
The classifications of the AM broadcast stations are as follows:
    (1) Class A stations operate on clear channels with powers no less 
than 10kW nor greater than 50 kW. These stations are designed to render 
primary and secondary service over an extended area, with their primary 
services areas protected from objectionable interference from other 
stations on the same and adjacent channels. Their secondary service 
areas are protected from objectionable interference from co-channel 
stations. For purposes of protection, Class A stations may be divided 
into two groups, those located in any of the contiguous 48 States and 
those located in Alaska in accordance with Sec.  73.25.
    (i) The mainland U.S. Class A stations are those assigned to the 
channels allocated by Sec.  73.25. The power of these stations shall be 
50 kW. The Class A stations in this group are afforded protection as 
follows:
    (A) Daytime. To the 0.1 mV/m groundwave contour from stations on the 
same channel, and to the 0.5 mV/m groundwave contour from stations on 
adjacent channels.
    (B) Nighttime. To the 0.5 mV/m-50% skywave contour from stations on 
the same channels.
    (ii) Class A stations in Alaska operate on the channels allocated by 
Sec.  73.25 with a minimum power of 10 kW, a maximum power of 50 kW, and 
an antenna efficiency of 282 mV/m/kW at 1 kilometer. Stations operating 
on these channels in Alaska which have not been designated as Class A 
stations in response to licensee request will continue to be considered 
as Class B stations. During daytime hours a Class A station in Alaska is 
protected to the 100 [mu]V/m groundwave contour from co-channel 
stations. During nighttime hours, a Class A station in Alaska is 
protected to the 100 [mu]V/m-50 percent skywave contour from co-channel 
stations. The 0.5 mV/m groundwave contour is protected both daytime and 
nighttime from stations on adjacent channels.

    Note: In the Report and Order in MM Docket No. 83-807, the 
Commission designated 15 stations operating on U.S. clear channels as 
Alaskan Class A stations. Eleven of these stations already have Alaskan 
Class A facilities and are to be protected accordingly. Permanent 
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four stations as Alaskan Class A is conditioned on their constructing 
minimum Alaskan Class A facilities no later than December 31, 1989. 
Until that date or until such facilities are obtained, these four 
stations shall be temporarily designated as Alaskan Class A stations, 
and calculations involving these stations should be based on existing 
facilities but with an assumed power of 10 kW. Thereafter, these 
stations are to beprotected based on their actual Alaskan Class A 
facilities. If any of these stations does not obtain Alaskan Class A 
facilities in the period specified, it is to be protected as a Class B 
station based on its actual facilities. These four stations may increase 
power to 10 kW without regard to the impact on co-channel Class B 
stations. However, power increases by these stations above 10 kW (or by 
existing Alaskan Class A stations beyond their current power level) are 
subject to applicable protection requirements for co-channel Class B 
stations. Other stations not on the original list but which meet 
applicable requirements may obtain Alaskan Class A status by seeking 
such designation from the Commission. If a power increase or other 
change in facilities by a station not on the original list is required 
to obtain minimum Alaskan Class A facilities, any such application shall 
meet the interference protection requirements applicable to an Alaskan 
Class A proposal on the channel.

    (2) Class B stations are stations which operate on clear and 
regional channels with powers not less than 0.25 kW nor more than 50 kW. 
These stations render primary service only, the area of which depends on 
their geographical location, power, and frequency. It is recommended 
that Class B stations be located so that the interference received from 
other stations will not limit the service area to a groundwave contour 
value greater than 2.0 mV/m nighttime and to the 0.5 mV/m groundwave 
contour daytime, which are the values for themutual protection between 
this class of stations and other stations of the same class.

    Note: See Sec. Sec.  73.21(b)(1) and 73.26(b) concerning power 
restrictions and classifications relative to Class B, Class C, and Class 
D stations in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 
Stations in the above-named places that are reclassified from Class C to 
Class B stations under Sec.  73.26(b) shall not be authorized to 
increase power to levels that would increase the nighttime interference-
free limit of co-channel Class C stations in the conterminous United 
States.

    (3) Class C stations operate on local channels, normally rendering 
primary service to a community and the suburban or rural areas 
immediately contiguous thereto, with powers not less than 0.25 kW, nor 
more than 1 kW, except as provided in Sec.  73.21(c)(1). Such stations 
are normally protected to the daytime 0.5 mV/m contour. On local 
channels the separation required for the daytime protection shall also 
determine the nighttime separation. Where directional antennas are 
employed daytime by Class C stations operating with more than 0.25 kW 
power, the separations required shall in no case be less than those 
necessary to afford protection, assuming nondirectional operation with 
0.25 kW. In no case will 0.25 kW or greater nighttime power be 
authorized to a station unable to operate nondirectionally with a power 
of 0.25 kW during daytime hours. The actual nighttime limitation will be 
calculated. Fornighttime protection purposes, Class C stations in the 48 
contiguous United States may assume that stations in Alaska, Hawaii, 
Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands operating on 1230, 1240, 1340, 
1400, 1450, and 1490 kHz are Class C stations.
    (4) Class D stations operate on clear and regional channels with 
daytime powers of not less than 0.25 kW (or equivalent RMS field of 141 
mV/m at one kilometer if less than 0.25 kW) and not more than 50 kW. 
Class D stations that have previously received nighttime authority 
operate with powers of less than 0.25 kW (or equivalent RMS fields of 
less than 141 mV/m at one kilometer) are not required to provide 
nighttime coverage in accordance with Sec.  73.24(j) and are not 
protected from interference during nighttime hours. Such nighttime 
authority is permitted on the basis of full nighttime protection being 
afforded to all Class A and Class B stations.
    (b) When a station is already limited by interference from other 
stations to a contour value greater than that normally protected for its 
class, the individual received limits shall be the established standard 
for such station with respect to interference from each other station.
    (c) The four classes of AM broadcast stations have in general three 
types of

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service areas, i.e., primary, secondary and intermittent. (See Sec.  
73.14 for the definitions of primary, secondary, and intermittent 
service areas.) Class A stations render service to all three areas. 
Class B stations render service to a primary area but the secondary and 
intermittent service areas may be materially limited or destroyed due to 
interference from other stations, depending on the station assignments 
involved. Class C and Class D stations usually have only primary service 
areas. Interference from other stations may limit intermittent service 
areas and generally prevents any secondary service to those stations 
which operate at night. Complete intermittent service may still be 
obtained in many cases depending on the station assignments involved.
    (d) The groundwave signal strength required to render primary 
service is 2 mV/m for communities with populations of 2,500 or more and 
0.5 mV/m for communities with populations of less than 2,500. See Sec.  
73.184 for curves showing distance to various groundwave field strength 
contours for different frequencies and ground conductivities, and also 
see Sec.  73.183, ``Groundwave signals.''
    (e) A Class C station may be authorized to operate with a 
directional antenna during daytime hours providing the power is at least 
0.25 kW. In computing the degrees of protection which such antenna will 
afford, the radiation produced by the directional antenna system will be 
assumed to be no less, in any direction, than that which would result 
from non-directional operation using a single element of the directional 
array, with 0.25 kW.
    (f) All classes of broadcast stations have primary service areas 
subject to limitation by fading and noise, and interference from other 
stations to the contours set out for each class of station.
    (g) Secondary service is provided during nighttime hours in areas 
where the skywave field strength, 50% or more of the time, is 0.5 mV/m 
or greater (0.1 mV/m in Alaska). Satisfactory secondary service to 
cities is not considered possible unless the field strength of the 
skywave signal approaches or exceeds the value of the groundwave field 
strength that is required for primary service. Secondary service is 
subject to some interference and extensive fading whereas the primary 
service area of a station is subject to no objectionable interference or 
fading. Only Class A stations are assigned on the basis of rendering 
secondary service.

    Note: Standards have not been established for objectionable fading 
because of the relationship to receiver characteristics. Selective 
fading causes audio distortion and signal strength reduction below the 
noise level, objectionable characteristics inherent in many modern 
receivers. The AVC circuits in the better designed receivers generally 
maintain the audio output at a sufficiently constant level to permit 
satisfactory reception during most fading conditions.

    (h) Intermittent service is rendered by the groundwave and begins at 
the outer boundary of the primary service area and extends to a distance 
where the signal strength decreases to a value that is too low to 
provide any service. This may be as low as a few [mu]V/m in certain 
areas and as high as several millivolts per meter in other areas of high 
noise level, interference from other stations, or objectionable fading 
at night. The intermittent service area may vary widely from day to 
night and generally varies over shorter intervals of time. Only Class A 
stations are protected from interference from other stations to the 
intermittent service area.
    (i) Broadcast stations are licensed to operate unlimited time, 
limited time, daytime, share time, and specified hours. (See Sec. Sec.  
73.1710, 73.1725, 73.1720, 73.1715, and 73.1730.) Applications for new 
stations shall specify unlimited time operation only.
    (j) Section 73.24 sets out the general requirements for modifying 
the facilities of a licensed station and for establishing a new station. 
Sections 73.24(b) and 73.37 include interference related provisions that 
be considered in connection with an application to modify the facilities 
of an existing station or to establish a new station. Section 73.30 
describes the procedural steps required to receive an authorization to 
operate in the 1605-1705 kHz band.
    (k) Objectionable nighttime interference from a broadcast station 
occurs

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when, at a specified field strength contour with respect to the desired 
station, the field strength of an undesired station (co-channel or first 
adjacent channel, after application of proper protection ratio) exceeds 
for 10% or more of the time the values set forth in these standards. The 
value derived from the root-sum-square of all interference contributions 
represents the extent of a station's interference-free coverage.
    (1) With respect to the root-sum-square (RSS) values of interfering 
field strengths referred to in this section, calculation of nighttime 
interference-free service is accomplished by considering the signals on 
the three channels of concern (co- and first adjacencies) in order of 
decreasing magnitude, adding the squares of the values and extracting 
the square root of the sum, excluding those signals which are less than 
50% of the RSS values of the higher signals already included.
    (2) With respect to the root-sum-square values of interfering field 
strengths referred to in this section, calculation of nighttime 
interference for non-coverage purposes is accomplished by considering 
the signals on the three channels of concern (co- and first adjacencies) 
in order of decreasing magnitude, adding the squares of the values and 
extracting the square root of the sum, excluding those signals which are 
less than 25% of the RSS values of the higher signals already included.
    (3) With respect to the root-sum-square values of interfering field 
strengths referred to in this section, calculation is accomplished by 
considering the signals on the three channels of concern (co- and first 
adjacencies) in order of decreasing magnitude, adding the squares of the 
values and extracting the square root of the sum. The 0% exclusion 
method applies only to the determination of an improvement factor value 
for evaluating a station's eligibility for migration to the band 1605-
1705 kHz.
    (4) The RSS value will not be considered to be increased when a new 
interfering signal is added which is less than the appropriate exclusion 
percentage as applied to the RSS value of the interference from existing 
stations, and which at the same time is not greater than the smallest 
signal included in the RSS value of interference from existing stations.
    (5) It is recognized that application of the above ``50% exclusion'' 
method (or any exclusion method using a per cent value greater than 
zero) of calculating the RSS interference may result in some cases in 
anomalies wherein the addition of a new interfering signal or the 
increase in value of an existing interfering signal will cause the 
exclusion of a previously included signal and may cause a decrease in 
the calculated RSS value of interference. In order to provide the 
Commission with more realistic information regarding gains and losses in 
service (as a basis for determination of the relative merits of a 
proposed operation) the following alternate method for calculating the 
proposed RSS values of interference will be employed wherever 
applicable.
    (6) In the cases where it is proposed to add a new interfering 
signal which is not less than 50% (or 25%, depending on which study is 
being performed) of the RSS value of interference from existing stations 
or which is greater that the smallest signal already included to obtain 
this RSS value, the RSS limitation after addition of the new signal 
shall be calculated without excluding any signal previously included. 
Similarly, in cases where it is proposed to increase the value of one of 
the existing interfering signals which has been included in the RSS 
value, the RSS limitation after the increase shall be calculated without 
excluding the interference from any source previously included.
    (7) If the new or increased signal proposed in such cases is 
ultimately authorized, the RSS values of interference to other stations 
affected will thereafter be calculated by the ``50% exclusion'' (or 25% 
exclusion, depending on which study is being performed) method without 
regard to this alternate method of calculation.
    (8) Examples of RSS interference calculations:
    (i) Existing interferences:

Station No. 1--1.00 mV/m.
Station No. 2--0.60 mV/m.
Station No. 3--0.59 mV/m.
Station No. 4--0.58 mV/m.


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The RSS value from Nos. 1, 2 and 3 is 1.31 mV/m; therefore interference 
from No. 4 is excluded for it is less than 50% of 1.31 mV/m.

    (ii) Station A receives interferences from:

Station No. 1--1.00 mV/m.
Station No. 2--0.60 mV/m.
Station No. 3--0.59 mV/m.

It is proposed to add a new limitation, 0.68 mV/m. This is more than 50% 
of 1.31 mV/m, the RSS value from Nos. 1, 2 and 3. The RSS value of 
Station No. 1 and of the proposed station would be 1.21 m/Vm which is 
more than twice as large as the limitation from Station No. 2 or No. 3. 
However, under the above provision the new signal and the three existing 
interferences are nevertheless calculated for purposes of comparative 
studies, resulting in an RSS value of 1.47 mV/m. However, if the 
proposed station is ultimately authorized, only No. 1 and the new signal 
are included in all subsequent calculations for the reason that Nos. 2 
and 3 are less than 50% of 1.21 mV/m, the RSS value of the new signal 
and No. 1.

    (iii) Station A receives interferences from:

Station No. 1--1.00 mV/m.
Station No. 2--0.60 mV/m.
Station No. 3--0.59 mV/m.

No. 1 proposes to increase the limitation it imposes on Station A to 
1.21 mV/m. Although the limitations from stations Nos. 2 and 3 are less 
than 50% of the 1.21 mV/m limitation, under the above provision they are 
nevertheless included for comparative studies, and the RSS limitation is 
calculated to be 1.47 mV/m. However, if the increase proposed by Station 
No. 1 is authorized, the RSS value then calculated is 1.21 mV/m because 
Stations Nos. 2 and 3 are excluded in view of the fact that the 
limitations they impose are less than 50% of 1.21 mV/m.

    Note: The principles demonstrated in the previous examples for the 
calculation of the 50% exclusion method also apply to calculations using 
the 25% exclusion method after appropriate adjustment.

    (l) Objectionable nighttime interference from a station shall be 
considered to exist to a station when, at the field strength contour 
specified in paragraph (q) of this section with respect to the class to 
which the station belongs, the field strength of an interfering station 
operating on the same channel or on a first adjacent channel after 
signal adjustment using the proper protection ratio, exceeds for 10% or 
more of the time the value of the permissible interfering signal set 
forth opposite such class in paragraph (q) of this section.
    (m) For the purpose of estimating the coverage and the interfering 
effects of stations in the absence of field strength measurements, use 
shall be made of Figure 8 of Sec.  73.190, which describes the estimated 
effective field (for 1 kW power input) of simple vertical 
omnidirectional antennas of various heights with ground systems having 
at least 120 quarter-wavelength radials. Certain approximations, based 
on the curve or other appropriate theory, may be made when other than 
such antennas and ground systems are employed, but in any event the 
effective field to be employed shall not be less than the following:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Class of station                Effective field (at 1 km)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
All Class A (except Alaskan)...............  362 mV/m.
Class A (Alaskan), B and D.................  282 mV/m.
Class C....................................  241 mV/m.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note (1): When a directional antenna is employed, the radiated signal of
  a broadcasting station will vary in strength in different directions,
  possibly being greater than the above values in certain directions and
  less in other directions depending upon the design and adjustment of
  the directional antenna system. To determine the interference in any
  direction, the measured or calculated radiated field (unattenuated
  field strength at 1 kilometer from the array) must be used in
  conjunction with the appropriate propagation curves. (See Sec.
  73.185 for further discussion and solution of a typical directional
  antenna case.)
Note (2): For Class B stations in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the
  U.S. Virgin Islands, 241 mV/m shall be used.

    (n) The existence or absence of objectionable groundwave 
interference from stations on the same or adjacent channels shall be 
determined by actual measurements made in accordance with the method 
described in Sec.  73.186, or in the absence of such measurements, by 
reference to the propagation curves of Sec.  73.184. The existence or 
absence of objectionable interference due to skywave propagation shall 
be determined by reference to Formula 2 in Sec.  73.190.
    (o) Computation of Skywave Field Strength Values:
    (1) Fifty Percent Skywave Field Strength Values (Clear Channel). In 
computing the fifty percent skywave field strength values of a Class A 
clear channel station, use shall be made of Formula 1 of Sec.  73.190, 
entitled ``Skywave Field Strength'' for 50 percent of the time.
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skywave field strength for stations on a single signal or an RSS basis, 
Formula 2 in Sec.  73.190 shall be used.
    (3) Determination of Angles of Departure. In calculating skywave 
field strength for stations on all channels, the pertinent vertical 
angle shall be determined by use of the formula in Sec.  73.190(d).
    (p) The distance to any specified groundwave field strength contour 
for any frequency may be determined from the appropriate curves in Sec.  
73.184 entitled ``Ground Wave Field Strength vs. Distance.''
    (q) Normally protected service contours and permissible interference 
signals for broadcast stations are as follows (for Class A stations, see 
also paragraph (a) of this section):

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Signal strength contour of area      Permissible interfering signal
                                              protected from objectionable                  ([mu]V/m)
  Class of station    Class of channel         interference \1\([mu]V/m)       ---------------------------------
                            used        ---------------------------------------
                                              Day \2\             Night             Day \2\         Night \3\
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A..................  Clear.............  SC 100            SC 500 50% SW        SC 5             SC 25
                                         AC 500            AC 500 GW            AC 250           AC 250
A (Alaskan)........  ......do..........  SC 100            SC 100 50% SW        SC 5             SC 5
                                         AC 500            AC 500 GW            AC 250           AC 250
B..................  Clear.............  500               2000 \2\             25               25
                     Regional..........  ................  ...................  AC 250           250
C..................  Local.............  500               No presc.\4\         SC25             Not presc.
D..................  Clear.............  500               Not presc            SC 25            Not presc.
                     Regional..........  ................  ...................  AC 250           ...............
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ When a station is already limited by interference from other stations to a contour of higher value than that
  normally protected for its class, this higher value contour shall be the established protection standard for
  such station. Changes proposed by Class A and B stations shall be required to comply with the following
  restrictions. Those interferers that contribute to another station's RSS using the 50% exclusion method are
  required to either reduce their contributions to that RSS by 10%, or to a level at which their contributions
  no longer enter into the 50% RSS value, whichever is the lesser amount of reduction. Those interferers that
  contribute to a station's RSS using the 25% exclusion method but do not contribute to that station's RSS using
  the 50% exclusion method may make changes not to exceed their present contribution. Interferers not included
  in a station's RSS using the 25% exclusion method are permitted to increase radiation as long as the 25%
  exclusion threshold is not equalled or exceeded. In no case will a reduction be required that would result in
  a contributing value that is below the pertinent value specified in the table. This note does not apply to
  Class C stations; or to the protection of Class A stations which are normally protected on a single signal,
  non-RSS basis.
\2\ Groundwave.
\3\ Skywave field strength for 10 percent or more of the time.
\4\ During nighttime hours, Class C stations in the contiguous 48 States may treat all Class B stations assigned
  to 1230, 1240, 1340, 1400, 1450 and 1490 kHz in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands as if
  they were Class C stations.
 
Note: SC=Same channel; AC=Adjacent channel; SW=Skywave; GW=Groundwave

    (r) The following table of logarithmic expressions is to be used as 
required for determining the minimum permissible ratio of the field 
strength of a desired to an undesired signal. This table shall be used 
in conjunction with the protected contours specified in paragraph (q) of 
this section.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    Desired Groundwave to:
  Frequency separation of desired to  --------------------------------------------------  Desired 50% Skywave to
       undesired signals (kHz)           Undesired groundwave    Undesired 10% Skywave    Undesired 10% Skywave
                                                 (dB)                     (dB)                     (dB)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0....................................                       26                       26                       26
10...................................                        6                        6               not presc.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (s) Two stations, one with a frequency twice of the other, should 
not be assigned in the same groundwave service area unless special 
precautions are taken to avoid interference from the second harmonic of 
the station operating on the lower frequency. Additionally, in selecting 
a frequency, consideration should be given to the fact that occasionally 
the frequency assignment of two stations in the same area may bear such 
a relation to the intermediate frequency of some broadcast receivers as 
to cause ``image'' interference, However, since this can usually be 
rectified by readjustment of the intermediate frequency of such 
receivers, the Commission, in general, will not take this kind of 
interference into consideration when authorizing stations.

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    (t) The groundwave service of two stations operating with 
synchronized carriers and broadcasting identical programs will be 
subject to some distortion in areas where the signals from the two 
stations are of comparable strength. For the purpose of estimating 
coverage of such stations, areas in which the signal ratio is between 
1:2 and 2:1 will not be considered as receiving satisfactory service.

    Note: Two stations are considered to be operated synchronously when 
the carriers are maintained within 0.2 Hz of each other and they 
transmit identical program s.

[56 FR 64862, Dec. 12, 1991; 57 FR 43290, Sept. 18, 1992, as amended at 
58 FR 27950, May 12, 1993]



Sec.  73.183  Groundwave signals.

    (a) Interference that may be caused by a proposed assignment or an 
existing assignment during daytime hours should be determined, when 
possible, by measurements on the frequency involved or on another 
frequency over the same terrain and by means for the curves in Sec.  
73.184 entitled ``Ground Wave Field Strength versus Distance.''

    Note: Groundwave field strength measurements will not be accepted or 
considered for the purpose of establishing that interference to a 
station in a foreign country other than Canada, or that the field 
strength at the border thereof, would be less than indicated by the use 
of the ground conductivity maps and engineering standards contained in 
this part and applicable international agreements. Satisfactory 
groundwave measurements offered for the purpose of demonstrating values 
of conductivity other than those shown by Figure M3 in problems 
involving protection of Canadian stations will be considered only if, 
after review thereof, the appropriate agency of the Canadian government 
notifies the Commission that they are acceptable for such purpose.

    (b)(1) In all cases where measurements taken in accordance with the 
requirements are not available, the groundwave strength must be 
determined by means of the pertinent map of ground conductivity and the 
groundwave curves of field strength versus distance. The conductivity of 
a given terrain may be determined by measurements of any broadcast 
signal traversing the terrain involved. Figure M3 (See Note 1) shows the 
conductivity throughout the United States by general areas of reasonably 
uniform conductivity. When it is clear that only one conductivity value 
is involved, Figure R3 of Sec.  73.190, may be used. It is a replica of 
Figure M3, and is contained in these standards. In all other situations 
Figure M3 must be employed. It is recognized that in areas of limited 
size or over a particular path, the conductivity may vary widely from 
the values given; therefore, these maps are to be used only when 
accurate and acceptable measurements have not been made.
    (2) For determinations of interference and service requiring a 
knowledge of ground conductivities in other countries, the ground 
conductivity maps comprising Appendix 1 to Annex 2 of each of the 
following international agreements may be used:
    (i) For Canada, the U.S.-Canada AM Agreement, 1984;
    (ii) For Mexico, the U.S.-Mexico AM Agreement, 1986; and
    (iii) For other Western Hemisphere countries, the Regional Agreement 
for the Medium Frequency Broadcasting Service in Region 2.
    Where different conductivities appear in the maps of two countries 
on opposite sides of the border, such differences are to be considered 
as real, even if they are not explained by geophysical cleavages.
    (c) Example of determining interference by the graphs in Sec.  
73.184:

    It is desired to determine whether objectionable interference exists 
between a proposed 5 kW Class B station on 990 kHz and an existing 1 kW 
Class B station on first adjacent channel, 1000 kHz. The distance 
between the two stations is 260 kilometers and both stations operate 
nondirectionally with antenna systems that produce a horizontal 
effective field of 282 in mV/m at one kilometer. (See Sec.  73.185 
regarding use of directional antennas.) The ground conductivity at the 
site of each station and along the intervening terrain is 6 mS/m. The 
protection to Class B stations during daytime is to the 500 [mu]V/m (0.5 
Vm) contour using a 6 dB protection factor. The distance to the 500 
[mu]V/m groundwave contour of the 1 kW station is determined by the use 
of the appropriate curve in Sec.  73.184. Since the curve is plotted for 
100 mV/m at a 1 kilometer, to find the distance of the 0.5 mV/m contour 
of the 1 kw station, it is necessary to determine the distance to the 
0.1773 m/Vm contour.

(100 x 0.5 / 282 = 0.1773)


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Using the 6 mS/m curve, the estimated radius of the 0.5 mV/m contour is 
62.5 kilometers. Subtracting this distance from the distance between the 
two stations leaves 197.5 kilometers. Using the same propagation curve, 
the signal from the 5 kW station at this distance is seen to be 0.059 
mV/m. Since a protection ratio of 6 dB, desired to undesired signal, 
applies to stations separated by 10 kHz, the undesired signal could have 
had a value of up to 0.25 mV/m without causing objectionable 
interference. For co-channel studies, adesired to undesired signal ratio 
of no less than 20:1 (26 dB) is required to avoid causing objectionable 
interference.

    (d) Where a signal traverses a path over which different 
conductivities exist, the distance to a particular groundwave field 
strength contour shall be determined by the use of the equivalent 
distance method. Reasonably accurate results may be expected in 
determining field strengths at a distance from the antenna by 
application of the equivalent distance method when the unattenuated 
field of the antenna, the various ground conductivities and the location 
of discontinuities are known. This method considers a wave to be 
propagated across a given conductivity according to the curve for a 
homogeneous earth of that conductivity. When the wave crosses from a 
region of one conductivity into a region of a second conductivity, the 
equivalent distance of the receiving point from the transmitter changes 
abruptly but the field strength does not. From a point just inside the 
second region the transmitter appearsto be at that distance where, on 
the curve for a homogeneous earth of the second conductivity, the field 
strength equals the value that occurred just across the boundary in the 
first region. Thus the equivalent distance from the receiving point to 
the transmitter may be either greater or less than the actual distance. 
An imaginary transmitter is considered to exist at that equivalent 
distance. This technique is not intended to be used as a means 
ofevaluating unattenuated field or ground conductivity by the analysis 
of measured data. The method to be employed for such determinations is 
set out in Sec.  73.186.
    (e) Example of the use of the equivalent distance method;

    It is desired to determine the distance to the 0.5 mV/m and 0.025 
mV/m contours of a station on a frequency of 1000 kHz with an inverse 
distance field of 100 mV/m at one kilometer being radiated over a path 
having a conductivity of 10 mS/m for a distance of 20 kilometers, 5 mS/m 
for the next 30 kilometers and 15 mS/m thereafter. Using the appropriate 
curve in Sec.  73.184, Graph 12, at a distance of 20 kilometers on the 
curve for 10 mS/m, the field strength is found to be 2.84 mV/m. On the 
5mS/m curve, the equivalent distance to this field strength is 14.92 
kilometers, which is 5.08 (20-14.92 kilometers nearer to the 
transmitter. Continuing on the propagation curve, the distance to a 
field strength of 0.5 mV/m is found to be 36.11 kilomteres.
    The actual length of the path travelled, however, is 41.19 
(36.11+5.08) kilometers. Continuing on this propagation curve to the 
conductivity change at 44.92 (50.00-5.08) kilometers, the field strength 
is found to be 0.304 mV/m. On the 15 mS/m propagation curve, the 
equivalent distance to this field strength is 82.94 kilometers, which 
changes the effective path length by 38.02(82.94-44.92) kilometers. 
Continuing on this propagation curve, the distance to a field strength 
of 0.025 mV/m is seen to be 224.4 kilometers. The actual length of the 
path travelled, however, is 191.46 (224.4+5.08-38.02) kilometers.

[28 FR 13574, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 44 FR 36037, June 20, 1979; 
48 FR 9011, Mar. 3, 1983; 50 FR 18822, May 2, 1985; 50 FR 24522, June 
11, 1985; 51 FR 9965, Mar. 24, 1986; 54 FR 39736, Sept. 28, 1989; 56 FR 
64866, Dec. 12, 1991; 57 FR 43290, Sept. 18, 1992]



Sec.  73.184  Groundwave field strength graphs.

    (a) Graphs 1 to 20 show, for each of 20 frequencies, the computed 
values of groundwave field strength as a function of groundwave 
conductivity and distance from the source of radiation. The groundwave 
field strength is considered to be that part of the vertical component 
of the electric field which has not been reflected from the ionosphere 
nor from the troposphere. These 20 families of curves are plotted on 
log-log graph paper and each is to be used for the range of frequencies 
shown thereon. Computations are based on a dielectric constant of the 
ground (referred to air as unity) equal to 15 for land and 80 for sea 
water and for the ground conductivities (expressed in mS/m) given on the 
curves. The curves show the variation of the groundwave field strength 
with distance to be expected for transmission from a vertical

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antenna at the surface of a uniformly conducting spherical earth with 
the groundwave constants shown on the curves. The curves are for an 
antenna power of such efficiency and current distribution that the 
inverse distance (unattenuated) field is 100 mV/m at 1 kilometer. The 
curves are valid for distances that are large compared to the dimensions 
of the antenna for other than short vertical antennas.
    (b) The inverse distance field (100 mV/m divided by the distance in 
kilometers) corresponds to the groundwave field intensity to be expected 
from an antenna with the same radiation efficiency when it is located 
over a perfectly conducting earth. To determine the value of the 
groundwave field intensity corresponding to a value of inverse distance 
field other than 100 mV/m at 1 kilometer, multiply the field strength as 
given on these graphs by the desired value of inverse distance field at 
1 kilometer divided by 100; for example, to determine the groundwave 
field strength for a station with an inverse distance field of 2700 mV/m 
at 1 kilometer, simply multiply the values given on the charts by 27. 
The value of the inverse distance field to be used for a particular 
antenna depends upon the power input to the antenna, the nature of the 
ground in the neighborhood of the antenna, and the geometry of the 
antenna. For methods of calculating the interrelations between these 
variables and the inverse distance field, see ``The Propagation of Radio 
Waves Over the Surface of the Earth and in the Upper Atmosphere,'' Part 
II, by Mr. K.A. Norton, Proc. I.R.E., Vol. 25, September 1937, pp. 1203-
1237.

    Note: The computed values of field strength versus distance used to 
plot Graphs 1 to 20 are available in tabular form. For information on 
obtaining copies of these tabulations call or write the Consumer Affairs 
Office, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554, (202) 
632-7000.

    (c) Provided the value of the dielectric constant is near 15, the 
ground conductivity curves of Graphs 1 to 20 may be compared with actual 
field strength measurement data to determine the appropriate values of 
the ground conductivity and the inverse distance field strength at 1 
kilometer. This is accomplished by plotting the measured field strengths 
on transparent log-log graph paper similar to that used for Graphs 1 to 
20 and superimposing the plotted graph over the Graph corresponding to 
the frequency of the station measured. The plotted graph is then shifted 
vertically until the plotted measurement data is best aligned with one 
of the conductivity curves on the Graph; the intersection of the inverse 
distance line on the Graph with the 1 kilometer abscissa on the plotted 
graph determines the inverse distance field strength at 1 kilometer. For 
other values of dielectric constant, the following procedure may be used 
to determine the dielectric constant of the ground, the ground 
conductivity and the inverse distance field strength at 1 kilometer. 
Graph 21 gives the relative values of groundwave field strength over a 
plane earth as a function of the numerical distance p and phase angle b. 
On graph paper with coordinates similar to those of Graph 21, plot the 
measured values of field strength as ordinates versus the corresponding 
distances from the antenna in kilometers as abscissae. The data should 
be plotted only for distances greater than one wavelength (or, when this 
is greater, five times the vertical height of the antenna in the case of 
a nondirectional antenna or 10 times the spacing between the elements of 
a directional antenna) and for distances less than 
80f\1\/\3\MHz kilometers (i.e., 80 kilometers at 1 MHz). 
Then, using a light box, place the plotted graph over Graph 21 and shift 
the plotted graph vertically and horizontally (making sure that the 
vertical lines on both sheets are parallel) until the best fit with the 
data is obtained with one of the curves on Graph 21. When the two sheets 
are properly lined up, the valueof the field strength corresponding to 
the intersection of the inverse distance line of Graph 21 with the 1 
kilometer abscissa on the data sheet is the inverse distance field 
strength at 1 kilometer, and the values of the numerical distance at 1 
kilometer, p1, and of b are also determined. Knowing the 
values of b and p1 (the numerical distanceat one kilometer), 
we may substitute in the following approximate values of the ground 
conductivity and dielectric constant.

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[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC13NO91.018


(R/[lambda])1= Number of wavelengths in 1 kilometer,

                                * * * * *

fMHz=frequency expressed in megahertz,
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC13NO91.019


[epsi]=dielectric constant on the ground referred to air as unity.
    First solve for [chi] by substituting the known values of 
p1, (R/[lambda])1, and cos b in equation (1). 
Equation (2) may then be solved for [delta] and equation (3) for [epsi]. 
At distances greater than 80/f1/3 MHz kilometers the curves 
of Graph 21 do not give the correct relative values of field strength 
since the curvature of the earth weakens the field more rapidly than 
these plane earth curves would indicate. Thus, no attempt should be made 
to fit experimental data to these curves at the larger distances.

    Note: For other values of dielectric constant, use can be made of 
the computer program which was employed by the FCC in generating the 
curves in Graphs 1 to 20. For information on obtaining a printout of 
this program, call or write the Consumer Affairs Office, Federal 
Communications Commission, Washington, DC 200554, (202) 632-7000.

    (d) At sufficiently short distances (less than 55 kilometers at AM 
broadcast frequencies), such that the curvature of the earth does not 
introduce an additional attenuation of the waves, the curves of Graph 21 
may be used to determine the groundwave field strength of transmitting 
and receiving antennas at the surface of the earth for any radiated 
power, frequency, or set of ground constants. First, trace the straight 
inverse distance line corresponding to the power radiated on transparent 
log-log graph paper similar to that of Graph 21, labelling the ordinates 
of the chart in terms of field strength, and the abscissae in terms of 
distance. Next, using the formulas given on Graph 21, calculate the 
value of the numerical distance, p, at 1 kilometer, and the value of b. 
Then superimpose the log-log graph paper over Graph 21, shifting it 
vertically until both inverse distance lines coincide and shifting it 
horizontally until the numerical distance at 1 kilometer on Graph 21 
coincides with 1 kilometer on the log-log graph paper. The curve of 
Graph 21 corresponding to the calculated value of b is then traced on 
the log-log graph paper giving the field strength versus distance in 
kilometers.
    (e) This paragraph consists of the following Graphs 1 to 20 and 21.

    Note: The referenced graphs are not published in the CFR, nor will 
they be included in the Commission's automated rules system. For 
information on obtaining copies of the graphs call or write the Consumer 
Affairs Office, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554, 
Telephone: (202) 632-7000.

[28 FR 13574, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 50 FR 18823, May 2, 1985; 51 
FR 45891, Dec. 23, 1986; 52 FR 36878, Oct. 1, 1987; 56 FR 64866, Dec. 
12, 1991; 57 FR 43290, Sept. 18, 1992]



Sec.  73.185  Computation of interfering signal.

    (a) Measured values of radiation are not to be used in calculating 
overlap, interference, and coverage.
    (1) In the case of an antenna which is intended to be non-
directional in the horizontal plane, an ideal non-directional radiation 
pattern shall be used in determining interference, overlap, and 
coverage, even if the antenna is not actually non-directional.
    (2) In the case of an antenna which is directional in the horizontal 
plane, the radiation which shall be used in determining interference, 
overlap, and coverage is that calculated pursuant to Sec.  73.150 or 
Sec.  73.152, depending on whether the station has a standard or 
modified standard pattern.
    (3) In the case of calculation of interference or overlap to (not 
from) a foreign station, the notified radiation shall be used, even if 
the notified radiation differs from that in paragraphs (a) (1) or (2) of 
this section.
    (b) For skywave signals from stations operating on all channels, 
interference shall be determined from the appropriate formulas and 
Figure 6a contained in Sec.  73.190.
    (c) The formulas in Sec.  73.190(d) depicted in Figure 6a of Sec.  
73.190, entitled ``Angles of Departure versus Transmission Range'' are 
to be used in determining the angles in the vertical pattern of the 
antenna of an interfering

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station to be considered as pertinent to transmission by one reflection. 
To provide for variation in the pertinent vertical angle due to 
variations of ionosphere height and ionosphere scattering, the curves 2 
and 3 indicate the upper and lower angles within which the radiated 
field is to be considered. The maximum value of field strength occurring 
between these angles shall be used to determine the multiplying factor 
to apply to the 10 percent skywave field intensity value determined from 
Formula 2 in Sec.  73.190. The multiplying factor is found by dividing 
the maximum radiation between the pertinent angles by 100 mV/m.
    (d) Example of the use of skywave curves and formulas: Assume a 
proposed new Class B station from which interference may be expected is 
located at a distance of 724 kilometers from a licensed Class B station. 
The proposed station specifies geographic coordinates of 
40[deg]00[min]00[min]N and 100[deg]00[min]00[sec]W and the station to be 
protected is located at an azimuth of 45[deg] true at geographic 
coordinates of 44[deg]26[min]05[sec]N and 93[deg]32[min]54[sec]W. The 
critical angles of radiation as determined from Figure 6a of Sec.  
73.190 for use with Class B stations are 9.6[deg] and 16.6[deg]. If the 
vertical pattern of the antenna of the proposed station in the direction 
of the existing station is such that, between the angles of 9.6[deg] and 
16.6[deg] above the horizon the maximum radiation is 260 mV/m at one 
kilometer, the value of the 50% field, as derived from Formula 1 of 
Sec.  73.190, is 0.06217 mV/m at the location of the existing station. 
To obtain the value of the 10% field, the 50% valuemust be adjusted by a 
factor derived from Formula 2 of Sec.  73.190. The value in this case is 
8.42 dB. Thus, the 10% field is 0.1616 mV/m. Using this in conjunction 
with the co-channel protection ratio of 26 dB, the resultant nighttime 
limit from the proposed station to the licensed station is 3.232 mV/m.
    (e) In the case of an antenna which is non-directional in the 
horizontal plane, the vertical distribution of the relative fields 
should be computed pursuant to Sec.  73.160. In the case of an antenna 
which is directional in the horizontal plane, the vertical pattern in 
the great circle direction toward the point of reception in question 
must first be calculated. In cases where the radiation in the vertical 
plane, at the pertinent azimuth, contains a large lobe at a higher angle 
than the pertinent angle for one reflection, the method of calculating 
interference will not be restricted to that just described; each such 
case will be considered on the basis of the best knowledge available.
    (f) In performing calculations to determine permissible radiation 
from stations operating presunrise or postsunset in accordance with 
Sec.  73.99, calculated diurnal factors will be multiplied by the values 
of skywave field strength for such stations obtained from Formula 1 or 2 
of Sec.  73.190.
    (1) The diurnal factor is determined using the time of day at the 
mid-point of path between the site of the interfering station and the 
point at which interference is being calculated. Diurnal factors are 
computed using the formula 
Df=a+bF+cF2+dF3 where:

Df represents the diurnal factor,
F is the frequency in MHz,
a,b,c, and d are constants obtained from the tables in paragraph (k)(2)


A diurnal factor greater than one will not be used in calculations and 
interpolation is to be used between calculated values where necessary. 
For reference purposes, curves for presunrise and postsunset diurnal 
factors are contained in Figures 13 and 14 of Sec.  73.190.
    (2) Constants used in calculating diurnal factors for the presunrise 
and postsunset periods are contained in paragraphs (f)(2) (i) and (ii) 
of this section respectively. The columns labeled Tmp 
represent the number of hours before and after sunrise and sunset at the 
path midpoint.

                        (i) Presunrise Constants

------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Tmp                  a          b          c          d
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-2..........................     1.3084      .0083     -.0155      .0144
-1.75.......................     1.3165     -.4919      .6011     -.1884
-1.5........................     1.0079      .0296      .1488     -.0452
-1.25.......................      .7773      .3751     -.1911      .0736
-1..........................      .6230      .1547      .2654     -.1006
-.75........................      .3718      .1178      .3632     -.1172
-.5.........................      .2151      .0737      .4167     -.1413
-.25........................      .2027     -.2560      .7269     -.2577
SR..........................      .1504     -.2325      .5374     -.1729
+.25........................      .1057     -.2092      .4148     -.1239
+5..........................      .0642     -.1295      .2583     -.0699
+.75........................      .0446     -.1002      .1754     -.0405
+1..........................      .0148      .0135      .0462      .0010
------------------------------------------------------------------------


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                        (ii) Postsunset Constants

------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Tmp                  a          b          c          d
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.75........................      .9495     -.0187      .0720     -.0290
1.5.........................      .7196      .3583     -.2280      .0611
1.25........................      .6756      .1518      .0279     -.0163
1.0.........................      .5486      .1401      .0952     -.0288
.75.........................      .3003      .4050     -.0961      .0256
.5..........................      .1186      .4281     -.0799      .0197
.25.........................      .0382      .3706     -.0673      .0171
SS..........................      .0002      .3024     -.0540      .0086
-.25........................      .0278      .0458      .1473     -.0486
-.5.........................      .0203      .0132      .1166     -.0340
-.75........................      .0152     -.0002      .0786     -.0185
-1.0........................     -.0043      .0452     -.0040      .0103
-1.25.......................      .0010      .0135      .0103      .0047
-1.5........................      .0018      .0052      .0069      .0042
-1.75.......................     -.0012      .0122     -.0076      .0076
-2.0........................     -.0024      .0141     -.0141     .0091Q
                                                               P='04'
Sec.  73.186  Establishment of effective field at one kilometer.

    (a) Section 73.189 provides that certain minimum field strengths are 
acceptable in lieu of the required minimum physical heights of the 
antennas proper. Also, in other situations, it may be necessary to 
determine the effective field. The following requirements shall govern 
the taking and submission of data on the field strength produced:
    (1) Beginning as near to the antenna as possible without including 
the induction field and to provide for the fact that a broadcast antenna 
is not a point source of radiation (not less than one wave length or 5 
times the vertical height in the case of a single element, i.e., 
nondirectional antenna or 10 times the spacing between the elements of a 
directional antenna), measurements shall be made on six or more radials, 
at intervals of approximately 0.2 kilometer up to 3 kilometers from the 
antenna, at intervals of approximately one kilometer from 3 kilometers 
to 5 kilometers from the antenna, at intervals of approximately 2 
kilometers from 5 kilometers to 15 kilometers from the antenna, and a 
few additional measurements if needed at greater distances from the 
antenna. Where the antenna is rurally located and unobstructed 
measurements can be made, there shall be at least 15 measurements on 
each radial. These shall include at least 7 measurements within 3 
kilometers of the antenna. However, where the antenna is located in a 
city where unobstructed measurements are difficult to make, measurements 
shall be made on each radial at as many unobstructed locations as 
possible, even though the intervals are considerably less than stated 
above, particularly within 3 kilometers of the antenna. In cases where 
it is not possible to obtain accurate measurements at the closer 
distances (even out to 8 or 10 kilometers due to the character of the 
intervening terrain), the measurements at greater distances should be 
made at closer intervals.
    (2) The data required by paragraph (a)(1) of this section should be 
plotted for each radial in accordance with either of the two methods set 
forth below:
    (i) Using log-log coordinate paper, plot field strengths as ordinate 
and distance as abscissa.

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    (ii) Using semi-log coordinate paper, plot field strength times 
distance as ordinate on the log scale and distance as abscissa on the 
linear scale.
    (3) However, regardless of which of the methods in paragraph (a)(2) 
of this section is employed, the proper curve to be drawn through the 
points plotted shall be determined by comparison with the curves in 
Sec.  73.184 as follows: Place the sheet on which the actual points have 
been plotted over the appropriate Graph in Sec.  73.184, hold to the 
light if necessary and adjust until the curve most closely matching the 
points is found. This curve should then be drawn on the sheet on which 
the points were plotted, together with the inverse distance curve 
corresponding to that curve. The field at 1 kilometer for the radial 
concerned shall be the ordinate on the inverse distance curve at 1 
kilometer.
    (4) When all radials have been analyzed in accordance with paragraph 
(a)(3) of this section, a curve shall be plotted on polar coordinate 
paper from the fields obtained, which gives the inverse distance field 
pattern at 1 kilometer. The radius of a circle, the area of which is 
equal to the area bounded by this pattern, is the effective field. (See 
Sec.  73.14.)
    (5) The antenna power of the station shall be maintained at the 
authorized level during all field measurements. The power determination 
will be made using the direct method as described in Sec.  73.51(a) with 
instruments of acceptable accuracy specified in Sec.  73.1215.
    (b) Complete data taken in conjunction with the field strength 
measurements shall be submitted to the Commission in affidavit form 
including the following:
    (1) Tabulation by number of each point of measurement to agree with 
the maps required in paragraph (c) of this section, the date and time of 
each measurement, the field strength (E), the distance from the antenna 
(D) and the product of the field strength and distance (ED) (if data for 
each radial are plotted on semilogarithmic paper, see paragraph 
(a)(2)(ii) of this section) for each point of measurement.
    (2) Description of method used to take field strength measurements.
    (3) The family of theoretical curves used in determining the curve 
for each radial properly identified by conductivity and dielectric 
constants.
    (4) The curves drawn for each radial and the field strength pattern.
    (5) The antenna resistance at the operating frequency.
    (6) Antenna current or currents maintained during field strength 
measurements.
    (c) Maps showing each measurement point numbered to agree with the 
required tabulation shall be retained in the station records and shall 
be available to the FCC upon request.

[28 FR 13574, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 41 FR 44178, Oct. 7, 1976; 46 
FR 11995, Feb. 12, 1981; 49 FR 49851, Dec. 24, 1984; 50 FR 18843, May 2, 
1985; 50 FR 47055, Nov. 14, 1985; 51 FR 2707, Jan. 21, 1986; 52 FR 
10570, Apr. 2, 1987; 66 FR 20757, Apr. 25, 2001]



Sec.  73.187  Limitation on daytime radiation.

    (a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (a)(2) and (3) of 
this section, no authorization will be granted for a Class B or Class D 
station on a frequency specified in Sec.  73.25 if the proposed 
operation would radiate during the period of critical hours (the two 
hours after local sunrise and the two hours before local sunset) toward 
any point on the 0.1 mV/m contour of a co-channel U.S. Class A station, 
at or below the pertinent vertical angle determined from Curve 2 of 
Figure 6a of Sec.  73.190, values in excess of those obtained as 
provided in paragraph (b) of this section.
    (2) The limitation set forth in paragraph (a)(1) of this section 
shall not apply in the following cases:
    (i) Any Class B or Class D operation authorized before November 30, 
1959; or
    (ii) For Class B and Class D stations authorized before November 30, 
1959, subsequent changes of facilities which do not involve a change in 
frequency, an increase in radiation toward any point on the 0.1 mV/m 
contour of a co-channel U.S. Class A station, or the move of transmitter 
site materially closer to the 0.1 mV/m contour of such Class A station.
    (3) A Class B or Class D station authorized before November 30, 
1959, and subsequently authorized to increase

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daytime radiation in any direction toward the 0.1 mV/m contour of a co-
channel U.S. Class A station (without a change in frequency or a move of 
transmitter site materially closer to such contour), may not, during the 
two hours after local sunrise or the two hours before local sunset, 
radiate in such directions a value exceeding the higher of:
    (i) The value radiated in such directions with facilities last 
authorized before November 30, 1959, or
    (ii) The limitation specified in paragraph (a)(1) of this section.
    (b) To obtain the maximum permissible radiation for a Class B or 
Class D station on a given frequency from 640 through 990 kHz, multiply 
the radiation value obtained for the given distance and azimuth from the 
500 kHz chart (Figure 9 of Sec.  73.190) by the appropriate 
interpolation factor shown in the K500 column of paragraph 
(c) of this section; and multiply the radiation value obtained for the 
given distance and azimuth from the 1000 kHz chart (Figure 10 of Sec.  
73.190) by the appropriate interpolation factor shown in the 
K1000 column of paragraph (c) of this section. Add the two 
products thus obtained; the result is the maximum radiation value 
applicable to the Class B or Class D station in the pertinent 
directions. For frequencies from 1010 to 1580 kHz, obtain in a similar 
manner the proper radiation values from the 1000 and 1600 kHz charts 
(Figures 10 and 11 of Sec.  73.190), multiply each of these values by 
the appropriate interpolation factors in the K[min]1000 and 
K[min]1600 columns in paragraph (c) of this section, and add 
the products.
    (c) Interpolation factors. (1) Frequencies below 1000 kHz.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        fkHz                            K500      K1000
------------------------------------------------------------------------
640.................................................     0.720     0.280
650.................................................     0.700     0.300
660.................................................     0.680     0.320
670.................................................     0.660     0.340
680.................................................     0.640     0.360
690.................................................     0.620     0.380
700.................................................     0.600     0.400
710.................................................     0.580     0.420
720.................................................     0.560     0.440
730.................................................     0.540     0.460
740.................................................     0.520     0.480
750.................................................     0.500     0.500
760.................................................     0.480     0.520
770.................................................     0.460     0.540
780.................................................     0.440     0.560
800.................................................     0.400     0.600
810.................................................     0.380     0.620
820.................................................     0.360     0.640
830.................................................     0.340     0.660
840.................................................     0.320     0.680
850.................................................     0.300     0.700
860.................................................     0.280     0.720
870.................................................     0.260     0.740
880.................................................     0.240     0.760
890.................................................     0.220     0.780
900.................................................     0.200     0.800
940.................................................     0.120     0.880
990.................................................     0.020     0.980
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (2) Frequencies above 1000 kHz.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    f[min]kHz                     K[min]1000  K[min]1600
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1010............................................      0.983       0.017
1020............................................      0.967       0.033
1030............................................      0.950       0.050
1040............................................      0.933       0.067
1050............................................      0.917       0.083
1060............................................      0.900       0.100
1070............................................      0.883       0.117
1080............................................      0.867       0.133
1090............................................      0.850       0.150
1100............................................      0.833       0.167
1110............................................      0.817       0.183
1120............................................      0.800       0.200
1130............................................      0.783       0.217
1140............................................      0.767       0.233
1160............................................      0.733       0.267
1170............................................      0.717       0.283
1180............................................      0.700       0.300
1190............................................      0.683       0.317
1200............................................      0.667       0.333
1210............................................      0.650       0.350
1220............................................      0.633       0.367
1500............................................      0.167       0.833
1510............................................      0.150       0.850
1520............................................      0.133       0.867
1530............................................      0.117       0.883
1540............................................      0.100       0.900
1550............................................      0.083       0.917
1560............................................      0.067       0.933
1570............................................      0.050       0.950
1580............................................      0.033       0.967
------------------------------------------------------------------------


[28 FR 13574, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 49 FR 43962, Nov. 1, 1984; 56 
FR 64868, Dec. 12, 1991]



Sec.  73.189  Minimum antenna heights or field strength requirements.

    (a) Section 73.45 requires that all applicants for new, additional, 
or different broadcast facilities and all licensees requesting authority 
to move 0the transmitter of an existing station, shall specify a 
radiating system, the efficiency of which complies with the requirements 
of good engineering practice for the class and power of the station.
    (b) The specifications deemed necessary to meet the requirements of 
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present state of the art are set out in detail below.
    (1) The licensee of a AM broadcast station requesting a change in 
power, time of operation, frequency, or transmitter location must also 
request authority to install a new antenna system or to make changes in 
the existing antenna system which will meet the minimum height 
requirements, or submit evidence that the present antenna system meets 
the minimum requirements with respect to field strength, before 
favorable consideration will be given thereto. (See Sec.  73.186.) In 
the event it is proposed to make substantial changes in an existing 
antenna system, the changes shall be such as to meet the minimum height 
requirements or will be permitted subject to the submission of field 
strength measurements showing that it meets the minimum requirements 
with respect to effective field strength.
    (2) These minimum actual physical vertical heights of antennas 
permitted to be installed are shown by curves A, B, and C of Figure 7 of 
Sec.  73.190 as follows:
    (i) Class C stations, and stations in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico 
and the U.S. Virgin Islands on 1230, 1240, 1340, 1400, 1450 and 1490 kHz 
that were formerly Class C and were redesignated as Class B pursuant to 
Sec.  73.26(b), 45 meters or a minimum effective field strength of 241 
mV/m for 1 kW (121 mV/m for 0.25 kW). (This height applies to a Class C 
station on a local channel only. Curve A shall apply to any Class C 
stations in the 48 conterminous States that are assigned to Regional 
channels.)
    (ii) Class A (Alaska), Class B and Class D stations other than those 
covered in Sec.  73.189(b)(2)(i), a minimum effective field strength of 
282 mV/m for 1 kW.
    (iii) Class A stations, a minimum effective field strength of 362 
mV/m for 1 kW.
    (3) The heights given on the graph for the antenna apply regardless 
of whether the antenna is located on the ground or on a building. Except 
for the reduction of shadows, locating the antenna on a building does 
not necessarily increase the efficiency and where the height of the 
building is in the order of a quarter wave the efficiency may be 
materially reduced.
    (4) At the present development of the art, it is considered that 
where a vertical radiator is employed with its base on the ground, the 
ground system should consist of buried radial wires at least one-fourth 
wave length long. There should be as many of these radials evenly spaced 
as practicable and in no event less than 90. (120 radials of 0.35 to 0.4 
of a wave length in length and spaced 3[deg] is considered an excellent 
ground system and in case of high base voltage, a base screen of 
suitable dimensions should be employed.)
    (5) In case it is contended that the required antenna efficiency can 
be obtained with an antenna of height or ground system less than the 
minimum specified, a complete field strength survey must be supplied to 
the Commission showing that the field strength at a mile without 
absorption fulfills the minimum requirements. (See Sec.  73.186.) This 
field survey must be made by a qualified engineer using equipment of 
acceptable accuracy.
    (6) The main element or elements of a directional antenna system 
shall meet the above minimum requirements with respect to height or 
effective field strength. No directional antenna system will be approved 
which is so designed that the effective field of the array is less than 
the minimum prescribed for the class of station concerned, or in case of 
a Class A station less than 90 percent of the ground wave field which 
would be obtained from a perfect antenna of the height specified by 
Figure 7 of Sec.  73.190 for operation on frequencies below 1000 kHz, 
and in the case of a Class B or Class D station less than 90 percent of 
the ground wave field which would be obtained from a perfect antenna of 
the height specified by Figure 7 of Sec.  73.190 for operation on 
frequencies below 750 kHz.

[28 FR 13574, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 31 FR 8069, June 8, 1966; 33 
FR 15420, Oct. 17, 1968; 44 FR 36038, June 20, 1979; 50 FR 18844, May 2, 
1985; 51 FR 2707, Jan. 21, 1986; 51 FR 4753, Feb. 7, 1986; 52 FR 10570, 
Apr. 2, 1987; 56 FR 64868, Dec. 12, 1991]

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Sec.  73.190  Engineering charts and related formulas.

    (a) This section consists of the following Figures: 2, r3, 5, 6a, 7, 
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13. Additionally, formulas that are directly 
related to graphs are included.
    (b) Formula 1 is used for calculation of 50% skywave field strength 
values.
    Formula 1. Skywave field strength, 50% of the time (at SS+6):
    The skywave field strength, Fc(50), for a characteristic field 
strength of 100 mV/m at 1 km is given by:
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC01MR91.068

    The slant distance, D, is given by:
    [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC13NO91.020
    
The geomagnetic latitude of the midpoint of the path, [Phi]M, 
is given by:
[Phi]M =arcsin[lsqbb]sin aM sin 78.5[deg]
+ cos aM cos 78.5[deg] cos(69 + bM)[rsqbb]
degrees (Eq. 3)
The short great-circle path distance, d, is given by:
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC13NO91.021

Where:

d[deg] = arccos[lsqbb]sin aT sin aR
+ cos aT cos aR cos(bR - bT)[rsqbb]
degrees (Eq.5)

Where:

aT is the geographic latitude of the transmitting terminal (degrees)
aR is the geographic latitude of the receiving terminal (degrees)
bT is the geographic longitude of the transmitting terminal (degrees)
bR is the geographic longitude of the receiving terminal (degrees)
aM is the geographic latitude of the midpoint of the great-circle path 
(degrees) and is given by:
bM is the geographic longitude of the midpoint of the great-circle path 
(degrees) and is given by:
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC01MR91.069

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    Note (1): If [verbar] FM[verbar] is greater than 60 degrees, 
equation (1) is evaluated for [verbar] FM[verbar] = 60 degrees.
    Note (2): North and east are considered positive; south and west 
negative.
    Note (3): In equation (7), k = -1 for west to east paths (i.e., bR 
 bT), otherwise k = 1.
    (c) Formula 2 is used for calculation of 10% skywave field strength 
values.
    Formula 2. Skywave field strength, 10% of the time (at SS+6):
    The skywave field strength, Fc(10), is given by:

Fc(10) = Fc(50) + [Delta] dB([mu]V/m)
Where:

[Delta] = 6 when [verbar] FM[verbar] < 40
[Delta] = 0.2 [verbar] FM[verbar] - 2 when 40 <= [verbar] 
FM[verbar] <= 60
[Delta] = 10 when [verbar] FM[verbar]  60

    (d) Figure 6a depicts angles of departure versus transmission range. 
These angles may also be computed using the following formulas:

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Where:

d=distance in kilometers
n=1 for 50% field strength values
n=2 or 3 for 10% field strength values
and where
K1=0.00752
K2=0.00938
K3=0.00565

    Note: Computations using these formulas should not be carried beyond 
0.1 degree.

    (e) In the event of disagreement between computed values using the 
formulas shown above and values obtained directly from the figures, the 
computed values will control.

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[28 FR 13574, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 30 FR 12720, Oct. 6, 1965; 33 
FR 15420, Oct 17, 1968; 48 FR 42959, Sept. 20, 1983; 49 FR 43963, Nov. 
1, 1984; 50 FR 18844, May 2, 1985; 51 FR 4753, Feb. 7, 1986; 52 FR 
36879, Oct. 1, 1987; 56 FR 64869, Dec. 12, 1991]



                     Subpart B_FM Broadcast Stations



Sec.  73.201  Numerical designation of FM broadcast channels.

    The FM broadcast band consists of that portion of the radio 
frequency spectrum between 88 MHz and 108 MHz. It is divided into 100 
channels of 200 kHz each. For convenience, the frequencies available for 
FM broadcasting (including those assigned to noncommercial educational 
broadcasting) are given numerical designations which are shown in the 
table below:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Channel
                      Frequency (Mc/s)                            No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
88.1........................................................         201
88.3........................................................         202

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88.5........................................................         203
88.7........................................................         204
88.9........................................................         205
89.1........................................................         206
89.3........................................................         207
89.5........................................................         208
89.7........................................................         209
89.9........................................................         210
90.1........................................................         211
90.3........................................................         212
90.5........................................................         213
90.7........................................................         214
90.9........................................................         215
91.1........................................................         216
91.3........................................................         217
91.5........................................................         218
91.7........................................................         219
91.9........................................................         220
92.1........................................................         221
92.3........................................................         222
92.5........................................................         223
92.7........................................................         224
92.9........................................................         225
93.1........................................................         226
93.3........................................................         227
93.5........................................................         228
93.7........................................................         229
93.9........................................................         230
94.1........................................................         231
94.3........................................................         232
94.5........................................................         233
94.7........................................................         234
94.9........................................................         235
95.1........................................................         236
95.3........................................................         237
95.5........................................................         238
95.7........................................................         239
95.9........................................................         240
96.1........................................................         241
96.3........................................................         242
96.5........................................................         243
96.7........................................................         244
96.9........................................................         245
97.1........................................................         246
97.3........................................................         247
97.5........................................................         248
97.7........................................................         249
97.9........................................................         250
98.1........................................................         251
98.3........................................................         252
98.5........................................................         253
98.7........................................................         254
98.9........................................................         255
99.1........................................................         256
99.3........................................................         257
99.5........................................................         258
99.7........................................................         259
99.9........................................................         260
100.1.......................................................         261
100.3.......................................................         262
100.5.......................................................         263
100.7.......................................................         264
100.9.......................................................         265
101.1.......................................................         266
101.3.......................................................         267
101.5.......................................................         268
101.7.......................................................         269
101.9.......................................................         270
102.1.......................................................         271
102.3.......................................................         272
102.5.......................................................         273
102.7.......................................................         274
102.9.......................................................         275
103.1.......................................................         276
103.3.......................................................         277
103.5.......................................................         278
103.7.......................................................         279
103.9.......................................................         280
104.1.......................................................         281
104.3.......................................................         282
104.5.......................................................         283
104.7.......................................................         284
104.9.......................................................         285
105.1.......................................................         286
105.3.......................................................         287
105.5.......................................................         288
105.7.......................................................         289
105.9.......................................................         290
106.1.......................................................         291
106.3.......................................................         292
106.5.......................................................         293
106.7.......................................................         294
106.9.......................................................         295
107.1.......................................................         296
107.3.......................................................         297
107.5.......................................................         298
107.7.......................................................         299
107.9.......................................................         300
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note: The frequency 108.0 MHz may be assigned to VOR test stations
  subject to the condition that interference is not caused to the
  reception of FM broadcasting stations, present or future.


[28 FR 13623, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 30 FR 4480, Apr. 7, 1965; 52 
FR 10570, Apr. 2, 1987]



Sec.  73.202  Table of Allotments.

    (a) General. The following Table of Allotments contains the channels 
(other than noncommercial educational Channels 201-220) designated for 
use in communities in the United States, its territories, and 
possessions. All listed channels are for Class B stations in Zones I and 
I-A and for Class C stations in Zone II unless otherwise specifically 
designated.
    (1) Channels designated with an asterisk may be used only by 
noncommercial educational broadcast stations. The rules governing the 
use of those channels are contained in part 73, subpart C of this 
chapter. An entity that would be eligible to operate a noncommercial 
educational broadcast station can, in conjunction with an initial 
petition for rulemaking filed pursuant to part 1, subpart C of this 
chapter, request that a nonreserved FM channel (channels 221 through 
300) be allotted as reserved only for noncommercial educational 
broadcasting by demonstrating the following:
    (i) No reserved channel can be used without causing prohibited 
interference to TV channel 6 stations or foreign broadcast stations; or

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    (ii) The applicant is technically precluded from using the reserved 
band by existing stations or previously filed applications and the 
proposed station would provide a first or second noncommercial 
educational radio service to 2,000 or more people who constitute 10% of 
the population within the proposed allocation's 60 dBu (1 mV/m) service 
contour.
    (2) Each channel listed in the Table of Allotments reflects the 
class of station that is authorized, or has an application filed, to use 
it based on the minimum and maximum facility requirements for each class 
contained in Sec.  73.211.

    Note: The provisions of this paragraph [(a)(2) of this section] 
become effective [3 years from the effective date of the Report and 
Order in BC Docket 80-90].

    (b) Table of FM Allotments.

                                 Alabama
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Abbeville.................................  232C3
Addison...................................  289A
Albertville...............................  286C2
Alexander City............................  291C1
Andalusia.................................  279C3
Anniston..................................  261C3
Arab......................................  224A
Ashland...................................  238A, 264A
Athens....................................  282C
Atmore....................................  290A
Auburn....................................  249A
Bay Minette...............................  288A
Birmingham................................  229C, 233C, 243C0, 258C,
                                             284C, 295C0, 299C
Brantley..................................  262A
Brewton...................................  292A
Brookwood.................................  290C3
Brundidge.................................  234A
Butler....................................  228C2
Camden....................................  272A
Carrollton................................  231C
Centre....................................  290A
Chickasaw.................................  252C2
Citronelle................................  271C3
Columbia..................................  221A
Columbiana................................  268A
Cordova...................................  237A
Cullman...................................  221A, 266C
Dadeville.................................  262A
Daphne....................................  293C2
Decatur...................................  245C, 271C1
Demopolis.................................  293C3
Dora......................................  223A
Dothan....................................  238C, 259C1, 267A, 273C3
Elba......................................  266A
Enterprise................................  245C, 294C
Eufaula...................................  224C2, 250A
Eutaw.....................................  282A
Eva.......................................  260A
Evergreen.................................  227C1
Fairhope..................................  221C3
Fayette...................................  251C1
Florence..................................  241A, 297C
Fort Mitchell.............................  252A
Fort Rucker...............................  263A
Fruithurst................................  274A
Gardendale................................  247C2
Geneva....................................  229C1
Georgiana.................................  299C2
Glencoe...................................  226A
Goodwater.................................  248A
Greensboro................................  256A
Greenville................................  232A, 240A
Grovehill.................................  291C3
Guntersville..............................  240C3
Haleyville................................  224A
Hamilton..................................  221A
Hartselle.................................  291C3
Headland..................................  287C3
Helena....................................  263C1
Homewood..................................  295C
Hoover....................................  288C2
Huntsville................................  236C2, 256C
Jackson...................................  233C2
Jasper....................................  273C
Jemison...................................  249A
Linden....................................  275C2, 253C1
Lisman....................................  299A
Luverne...................................  282C1
Meridianville.............................  231A
Millbrook.................................  246A
Mobile....................................  225C, 235C, 241C, 248C, 260C
Monroeville...............................  257C2
Montgomery................................  222C, 241A, 255C1, 255C2,
                                             270C0, 277C
Moulton...................................  276C3
Muscle Shoals.............................  288A
New Hope..................................  278A
Northport.................................  225C1
Oneonta...................................  249A
Opelika...................................  244A
Opp.......................................  272A
Orange Beach..............................  289A
Orrville..................................  300A
Oxford....................................  250A
Ozark.....................................  280C3, 285A
Phoenix City..............................  261A
Pine Hill.................................  244C2
Pine Level................................  248A
Prattville................................  236C2
Reform....................................  269C2
Repton....................................  266A
Roanoke...................................  272C3
Rogersville...............................  230A
Russellville..............................  249A
Saint Florian.............................  274A
Scottsboro................................  252A
Selma.....................................  261C2, 265C2, 287C2
Sheffield.................................  292C3
Smiths....................................  267A
Stevenson.................................  269A
Sylacauga.................................  252A
Talladega.................................  224A
Tallassee.................................  260A
Thomaston.................................  249A
Thomasville...............................  238C3
Trinity...................................  223A
Troy......................................  289C0
Trussville................................  279C1
Tuscaloosa................................  239C1
Tuscumbia.................................  262C1
Tuskegee..................................  240A
Union Springs.............................  231A
Uniontown.................................  298A

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Valley....................................  237A
Vernon....................................  293A
Warrior...................................  254C1, 254C2
Wetumpka..................................  250A
Winfield..................................  249A
York......................................  285C2
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Alaska
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Anchorage.................................  225C, 229C2, 247C1, 251C1,
                                             255C1, 263C2, 267C2, 271C3,
                                             276C1, 281C1, 289C1, 293C1,
                                             298C1
Bethel....................................  252C3, 261C3
College...................................  280C3
Cordova...................................  265A
Delta Junction............................  228A
Dillingham................................  256A
Fairbanks.................................  240C3, 245C3, 251C1, 266C2,
                                             273C1, 284C1
Haines....................................  *272A
Homer.....................................  278C
Houston...................................  221A, 234C1, 241A, 242A
Juneau....................................  264A, 274A, 282A, 286A,
                                             292C3
Kasilof...................................  295A
Kenai.....................................  261C3
Ketchikan.................................  260A, 290C3, 294A
King Salmon...............................  221A
Kodiak....................................  261A, 266A
Kotzebue..................................  280A
Naknek....................................  265A
Nikiski...................................  227C2
Nome......................................  241A, 262A
North Pole................................  262C1
Palmer....................................  238C1
Petersburg................................  *265A
Seward....................................  290A
Sitka.....................................  276C2, 284A
Soldotna..................................  243C3, 269C3
Sterling..................................  ............................
Valdez....................................  227A
Wasilla...................................  259C1, 265C2
Wrangell..................................  *269A
Yakutat...................................  280A
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Arizona
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aguila....................................  297C3
Ajo.......................................  252A
Apache junction...........................  296C2
Arizona City..............................  293A
Bagdad....................................  246C3, 276C3
Benson....................................  249A
Bisbee....................................  222A
Buckeye...................................  295A
Casa Grande...............................  288C2
Chandler..................................  300C
Chinle....................................  297C2
Chino Valley..............................  223A, 280C3
Claypool..................................  291A
Clifton...................................  271C1
Colorado City.............................  296C3
Cottonwood................................  240C1, 289C3
Dolan Springs.............................  224C, 289C
Douglas...................................  243A
Duncan....................................  264C1
Eager.....................................  223C0
Flagstaff.................................  225C, 230C, 248C, 261C2,
                                             279C3
Florence..................................  276C
Gilbert...................................  280C2
Glendale..................................  222C, 278C
Globe.....................................  247C3, 262C
Green Valley..............................  221C2, 246A
Heber.....................................  288C2
Holbrook..................................  253C1
Huachuca City.............................  232A
Kachina Village...........................  286C2
Kearny....................................  287C2
Kingman...................................  234C, 261C2
Lake Havasu City..........................  244C2, 266C0, 272C2, 283C2,
                                             286C2
Leupp.....................................  255C1
Marana....................................  252A
Mesa......................................  284C, 227C
Miami.....................................  252A
Mohave Valley.............................  240A
Munds Park................................  291A
Nogales...................................  256A
Oracle....................................  292A
Oro Valley................................  248A, 270A
Overgaard.................................  232C3
Page......................................  227C2
Paradise Valley...........................  290C2
Parker....................................  230C3, 247C3, 257C2
Patagonia.................................  251A
Paulden...................................  263C3
Payson....................................  257A, 266C1, 282C
Phoenix...................................  233C, 238C, 245C, 254C,
                                             260C, 268C, 273C
Pima......................................  296A
Pinetop...................................  294C1
Prescott..................................  256C, 271C
Prescott Valley...........................  252C2, 294C2
Quartzsite................................  232A, 275C3
Rio Rico..................................  300A
Safford...................................  231C1
Salome....................................  270A
Seligman..................................  277A
Snowflake.................................  258C2
St. Johns.................................  239C
Strasburg.................................  272A
Scottsdale................................  264C
Sedona....................................  275C, 298C
Show Low..................................  228C2, 243C
Sierra Vista..............................  265A, 269A
Somerton..................................  260C3
Springerville.............................  269C1
Sun City..................................  292C2
Sun City West.............................  236C
Taylor....................................  278C3
Teec Nos Pos..............................  237C1
Tempe.....................................  250C
Thatcher..................................  256C
Tombstone.................................  237C
Tuba City.................................  250C1
Tucson....................................  225C, 229C, 235C, 241C,
                                             258C, 281A, 298C
Tusayan...................................  221A
Vail......................................  253A
Wellton...................................  283C2, 240A
Wickenburg................................  242C, 287C2
Willcox...................................  223C3, 285C2
Williams..................................  244A
Window Rock...............................  241C1, 285C2
Yarnell...................................  258A
Yuma......................................  226C, 236C2, 265A
------------------------------------------------------------------------


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                                Arkansas
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arkadelphia...............................  228A, 265A
Ashdown...................................  227C3, 280A
Atkins....................................  257A
Augusta...................................  249C2
Bald Knob.................................  296C3
Barling...................................  233A
Batesville................................  226C, 258A
Bearden...................................  224A
Beebe.....................................  268A
Bella Vista...............................  293C2
Benton....................................  294C2
Bentonville...............................  239A, 252C1
Berryville................................  296C3
Blossom...................................  224C2
Blytheville...............................  242C1
Booneville................................  284C2
Bryant....................................  227A
Cabot.....................................  273A
Calico Rock...............................  246A
Camden....................................  246C2, 283A
Cherokee Village..........................  252A
Clarendon.................................  281A
Clarksville...............................  224A, 295A
Clinton...................................  221C3
Coalgate..................................  288C2
Colt......................................  272C2
Conway....................................  224A, 286C1
Corning...................................  228A
Cotton Plant..............................  257A
Crossett..................................  285A
Daisy.....................................  293C3
Danville..................................  288A
Dardanelle................................  272C3
De Witt...................................  247C2
DeQueen...................................  221C2
Dermott...................................  276A, 289A
Des Arc...................................  284A
Dumas.....................................  295C3
Earle.....................................  280C3
East Camden...............................  237C1
El Dorado.................................  227C3, 240A, 254C3, 268A,
                                             277C1
Elaine....................................  238A
England...................................  243C3
Eudora....................................  268A
Eureka Springs............................  265A
Fairfield Bay.............................  291C2
Fayetteville..............................  221C3, 280C1, 300C
Fordyce...................................  272A
Forrest City..............................  228C3
Fort Smith................................  229C, 256C, 260C, 264C2
Fouke.....................................  282A
Glenwood..................................  283A
Gosnell...................................  297A
Gould.....................................  273A
Greenwood.................................  268A, 292C3
Grosnell..................................  230A
Gurdon....................................  295C3
Hamburg...................................  258A
Hampton...................................  293C3
Hardy.....................................  284A
Harrisburg................................  240C3
Harrison..................................  244A, 241C2, 275C1
Hatfield..................................  281C2
Heber Springs.............................  264C2
Helena....................................  233C3, 276C3
Hope......................................  269C2, 285A
Horseshoe Bend............................  293C3
Hot Springs...............................  244A, 248C1, 290C1
Hot Springs Village.......................  225A
Hoxie.....................................  287A
Humnoke...................................  269A
Huntsville................................  258C3
Jacksonville..............................  262C1
Jonesboro.................................  263C2, 270C, 300C1
Judsonia..................................  237A
Kensett...................................  289A
Lake City.................................  285C3
Lake Village..............................  240A, 278C3
Lakeview..................................  228C3
Little Rock...............................  231C, 239C, 253C, 258A, 279C
Lonoke....................................  292C2
Lowell....................................  270C2
Malvern...................................  268A
Mammoth Spring............................  236C1
Marianna..................................  287A
Marion....................................  296A
Marked Tree...............................  229A
Marshall..................................  282C
Maumelle..................................  235C, 245A
Mena......................................  242C1, 271C3, 287C3
Monticello................................  229C2, 260C3
Morrilton.................................  269A
Mountain Home.............................  250C2, 288C2, 298C1
Mountain Pine.............................  270A
Mountain View.............................  277C
Murfreesboro..............................  258C3
Nashville.................................  245A, 288A
Newport...................................  244C2
North Crossett............................  274C3
North Little Rock.........................  266A
Ola.......................................  267A
Ozark.....................................  244A
Pangburn..................................  256A
Paragould.................................  257A, 296A
Paris.....................................  237C2
Piggott...................................  288A
Pine Bluff................................  222C1, 257A, 267C3
Pocohontas................................  281A
Prairie Grove.............................  235C2
Rison.....................................  255A
Rogers....................................  232C2
Russellville..............................  265A
Saint Paul................................  287A
Salem.....................................  265A
Searcy....................................  260C2
Sheridan..................................  275C2
Sherwood..................................  271A
Siloam Springs............................  *266A, 289C
Sparkman..................................  259A
Springdale................................  285A
Stamps....................................  263C2
Stuttgart.................................  288A
Texarkana.................................  284A, 292C2, 296A
Trumann...................................  294A
Turrell...................................  234A
Van Buren.................................  274C2
Viola.....................................  232C3
Waldo.....................................  256A
Waldron...................................  276C2
Walnut Ridge..............................  292A
Warren....................................  288A
West Helena...............................  233C3, 285A
White Hall................................  283A
Wrightsville..............................  299C1
Wynne.....................................  223C2
Yellville.................................  269A
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                               California
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adelanto..................................  224A
Alameda...................................  224A

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Alturas...................................  267C, 293C1, 297C
Anaheim...................................  240A
Anderson..................................  234C2
Apple Valley..............................  272A
Arcadia...................................  296A
Arcata....................................  226C
Arnold....................................  240A, 291B1
Arvin.....................................  223A
Atascadero................................  283B
Atwater...................................  223A
Auberry...................................  286B1
Auburn....................................  266B
Avenal....................................  289A
Baker.....................................  235B1, 268B
Bakersfield...............................  221A, 231B, 243B, 257B1,
                                             268B, 296A, 300B
Barstow...................................  232B1, 240B1
Beaumont..................................  265A
Berkeley..................................  231B, 275B
Big Bear City.............................  227A
Big Bear Lake.............................  269A
Big Pine..................................  227B
Bishop....................................  264B
Blue Lake.................................  292A
Blythe....................................  262B
Booneville................................  300A
Brawley...................................  233B, 241B
Burney....................................  225A, 291C
Buttonwillow..............................  265A
Calexico..................................  249A
California City...........................  295A
Calipatria................................  265A
Calistoga.................................  265A
Camarillo.................................  212B, 240B1
Cambria...................................  235B1, 278A
Carlsbad..................................  239B
Carmel....................................  238A, 269A
Carmel Valley.............................  290A
Carnelian Bay.............................  279C1
Carpinteria...............................  269A
Cartago...................................  275A
Cathedral City............................  253B
Central Valley............................  257C2
Chester...................................  255C
Chico.....................................  230B1, 236B, 224A
China Lake................................  274A
Chowchilla................................  227A
Cloverdale................................  274A, 296A
Clovis....................................  221B
Coachella.................................  229B
Coalinga..................................  247A, 261B
Coarsegold................................  233A
Columbia..................................  255A
Colusa....................................  276A, 298B
Compton...................................  272A
Copperopolis..............................  288A
Corcoran..................................  272B1
Corning...................................  264C1
Covelo....................................  245A
Cresent City..............................  232C3
Cresent North.............................  250C2
Davis.....................................  282A
Delano....................................  253B1, 287B
Desert Center.............................  288A
Dinuba....................................  255B
Dos Palos.................................  240A
Dunnigan..................................  288B1
Dunsmuir..................................  261C3
Earlimart.................................  228A
East Hemet................................
East Los Angeles..........................  250B
East Porterville..........................  263B1
Edwards...................................  280A
El Cajon..................................  227B
El Centro.................................  298B
El Rio....................................  279A
Ellwood...................................  233B
Encinitas.................................  271B
Escondido.................................  221A
Esparto...................................  250A
Essex.....................................  255B, 280B
Eureka....................................  222C1, 242C, 268C, 288C1
Fair Oaks.................................  234B1
Fallbrook.................................  296A
Felton....................................  229A
Ferndale..................................  257A
Firebaugh.................................  234A
Ford City.................................  271A
Fort Bragg................................  228B, 237B, 253B1
Fortuna...................................  262C1
Fountain Valley...........................  224A
Fowler....................................  244B1
Freedom...................................  298A
Fresno....................................  229B, 239B, 250B, 257A,
                                             266B, 270B, 274B, 290B
Garberville...............................  279C1, 284C
Garden Grove..............................  232A
George....................................  264A
Gilroy....................................  233B
Glendale..................................  270B
Goleta....................................  292A
Gonzales..................................  282A
Grass Valley..............................  232A, 257A, 277A
Greenacres................................  291B1
Greenfield................................  258B, 300B
Gridley...................................  268A
Grover Beach..............................  297B
Guadalupe.................................  288A
Gualala...................................  263b1
Hamilton City.............................  269A
Hanford...................................  233A, 279B, 298B
Healdsburg................................  225B, 240A, 244A
Hement....................................  273A
Hollister.................................  228A
Holtville.................................  261A
Hornbrook.................................  255A
Huron.....................................  252A
Hydesville................................  231C1
Idyllwild.................................  267A
Imperial..................................  257A
Independence..............................  223B
Indian Wells..............................  238A
Indio.....................................  224A, 272A
Inglewood.................................  280A
Jackson...................................  232A
Jenner....................................  292A
Joshua Tree...............................  221A
Julian....................................  261A
Kerman....................................  232A, 237A
Kernville.................................  273A, 289A
King City.................................  230B1, 271B
Kings Beach...............................  299C3
Kingsburg.................................  292A
La Quinta.................................  244A
Lake Arrowhead............................  280A
Lake Isabella.............................  239A, 283A
Lakeport..................................  252A, 258B
Lancaster.................................  292A
Lenwood...................................  245A, 283A
Lindsay...................................  277B1
Livermore.................................  269A
Lodi......................................  249A
Lompoc....................................  262B1, 281B1, 285A, 294B1
Long Beach................................  288A

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Los Altos.................................  249A
Los Angeles...............................  222B, 226B, 230B, 234B,
                                             238B, 242B, 246B, 254B,
                                             258B, 262B, 266B, 274B,
                                             278B, 282B, 286B, 290B,
                                             298B
Los Banos.................................  295A
Los Gatos.................................  237A
Los Molinos...............................  269A
Los Osos-Baywood Pk.......................  267B
Los Planada...............................  284B
Lost Hills................................  289A
Lucerne Valley............................  293A
Ludlow....................................  261B1, 273A
Madera....................................  296B1
Mammoth Lakes.............................  293B1
Manteca...................................  244A
Maricopa..................................  235A
Marina....................................  224B1
Mariposa..................................  242B, 280A
Marysville................................  260B
McCloud...................................  238C3
McFarland.................................  247A, 275B1
McKinleyville.............................  236C3, *277C3
Mecca.....................................  249A
Mendocino.................................  266A
Mendota...................................  263A
Merced....................................  231A, 248B, 268B, 292A
Middletown................................  254A
Modesto...................................  230A, 272A, 277B, 281B
Mojave....................................  241A, 249A
Monte Rio.................................  249B1
Montecito.................................  225A
Monterey..................................  245B
Morgan Hill...............................  241A
Morro Bay.................................  231A, 259A
Mount Bullion.............................  260B
Mount Shasta..............................  300A
Mountain Pass.............................  259B
Murrieta..................................  281A
Needles...................................  250C1, 296C1
Newberry Springs..........................  279A
Newport Beach.............................  276A
North Fork................................  300B1
Oakdale...................................  236B
Oakhurst..................................  276B1
Oildale...................................  237B1
Ojai......................................  288A
Ontario...................................  228A
Orange Cove...............................  262A
Orcutt....................................  239B1
Orland....................................  294B
Oroville..................................  249B1
Oxnard....................................  252B1, 275A, 284B
Pacific Grove.............................  286B1
Palm Dessert..............................  276A
Palm Springs..............................  263B1, 284B, 291B
Paradise..................................  244B1, 278B1
Pasadena..................................  294B
Paso Robles...............................  223B, 276A
Patterson.................................  226B, 246A
Pismo Beach...............................  237A
Placerville...............................  221A
Point Arena...............................  272B1
Porterville...............................  259B
Quincy....................................  240A, 262A
Rancho Mirage.............................  258A
Red Bluff.................................  239B, 274C2
Redding...................................  247C, 251C, 282C
Redlands..................................  244A
Redondo Beach.............................  228A
Ridgecrest................................  224A, 252A, 285B1
Rio Del...................................  297C2
Riverside.................................  248B, 256B
Rohnert Park..............................  285A
Rosamond..................................  228A, 288A
Roseville.................................  229B1
Sacramento................................  223B, 241B, 245B, 253B,
                                             263B, 278A, 286B, 293B,
                                             300B
Salinas...................................  250A, 264B, 273B, 278A
San Bernardino............................  236B, 260B
San Clemente..............................  300B
San Diego.................................  231B, 235B, 243B, 247B,
                                             251B, 264B, 268B, 275B,
                                             279B, 287B, 293B
San Fernando..............................  232A
San Francisco.............................  227B, 235B, 239B, 243B,
                                             247B, 251B, 255B, 259B,
                                             267B, 271B, 279B, 283B,
                                             287B, 291B, 295B
San Jacinto...............................  241A
San Joaquin...............................  288A
San Jose..................................  222B, 253B, 262B, 293B
San Luis Obispo...........................  227B, 241B, 246B1, 251B
San Mateo.................................  299B
San Rafael................................  264A
Santa Ana.................................  244A, 292A
Santa Barbara.............................  229B, 248B, 260B, 277B,
                                             299B1
Santa Clara...............................  289B
Santa Cruz................................  256B
Santa Margarita...........................  291B1
Santa Maria...............................  256B, 273B
Santa Paula...............................  244A
Santa Rosa................................  261B1, 269A
Santa Ynez................................  290A
Searcy....................................  260C2
Seaside...................................  280A, 296A
Sebastopol................................  229A
Shafter...................................  226A, 249A
Shasta Lake City..........................  257C3, 296C3
Shingle Springs...........................  270B
Shingletown...............................  241A, 287C2
Soledad...................................  292A
Solvang...................................  244A
Sonora....................................  224A
South Lake Tahoe..........................  230B1, 275C
South Oroville............................  285A
St. Helena................................  257A
Stockton..................................  257A, 261A, 297B
Sun City..................................  225A
Sunnyvale.................................  285A
Susanville................................  222C2, 227C, 242C3
Sutter Creek..............................  298A
Taft......................................  280A, 293A
Tahoe City................................  243C1
Tecopa....................................  291A
Tehachapi.................................  261A, 276A
Temecula..................................  233A, 277A
Templeton.................................  263A
Thousand Oaks.............................  216B, 224A, 234A
Tipton....................................  285A
Tracy.....................................  265A
Trona.....................................  255A
Truckee...................................  268A
Tulare....................................  235B, 294B
Tulelake..................................  243C
Turlock...................................  252A
Twentynine Palms..........................  242A, 299B1
Twin Harte................................  228A
Ukiah.....................................  233B, 246A, 277B, 290B
Vacaville.................................  237B1
Ventura...................................  236B, 264B, 296A
Victorville...............................  276A
Visalia...................................  255B, 241A, 246B
Walnut Creek..............................  221A

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Weaverville...............................  266A, 276C2
Weed......................................  272C1
West Covina...............................  252A
Westley...................................  238A
Westwood..................................  259A
Williams..................................  256A
Willow Creek..............................  253A
Willows...................................  292A
Windon....................................  254A
Windsor...................................  281A
Woodlake..................................  281B
Woodland..................................  281B
Yermo.....................................  251B
Yreka.....................................  280C1
Yuba City.................................  280B1
Yucca Valley..............................  295B
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Colorado
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alamosa...................................  228A
Arriba....................................  240A
Aspen.....................................  228A, 276C3, 296C3
Avon......................................  249C2
Basalt....................................  291A
Bayfield..................................  223A, 296C
Bennett...................................  296C
Boulder...................................  247C
Breckenridge..............................  272A
Broomfield................................  223C1
Brush.....................................  292A
Buena Vista...............................  281C3
Burlington................................  257C1, 281C1
Calhan....................................  284A
Canon City................................  283A
Carbondale................................  244A
Castle Rock...............................  221C2
Center....................................  287A
Cheyenne Wells............................  224C1
Colorado Springs..........................  225C, 232C, 236C, 251C, 270C
Cortez....................................  250C, 254C
Craig.....................................  229C1, 273C
Del Norte.................................  242A
Delta.....................................  236C, 277C2
Denver....................................  239C, 253C, 258C, 262C,
                                             266C, 278C, 286C, 290C,
                                             294C
Dinosaur..................................  247C1
Dolores...................................  227C2
Dove Creek................................  273C3
Durango...................................  259C2, 263C, 267C1, 287A
Eagle.....................................  268C
Eckley....................................  237C1
El Jebel..................................  263A
Estes Park................................  271C3
Evergreen.................................  243C
Flagler...................................  283C3
Fort Collins..............................  227C, 300C1
Fort Morgan...............................  269A
Fountain..................................  241C3
Frisco....................................  230A
Fruita....................................  260C
Genoa.....................................  288C3
Glenwood Springs..........................  224C, 238A, 256C3
Grand Junction............................  222C, 226C, 264C1, 282C,
                                             300C
Greeley...................................  241C1
Gunnison..................................  252C3, 272A
Hayden....................................  240C3, 297C2
Holyoke...................................  222C1
Hugo......................................  222A
Idalia....................................  231A
Julesburg.................................  243C1
Kremmling.................................  292C3
La Jara...................................  246A
La Junta..................................  221C3, 293C1,
La Veta...................................  277A
Lafayette.................................  234C
Lake City.................................  247A
Lakewood..................................  298C
Lamar.....................................  227C1, 289C1
Las Animas................................  297A
Leadville.................................  228A
Limon.....................................  229A
Longmont..................................  282C1
Loveland..................................  273C2
Manitou Springs...........................  274C
Meeker....................................  251C
Monte Vista...............................  237A
Montrose..................................  231C, 241C
New Castle................................  233A
Norwood...................................  285C1
Oak Creek.................................  281C3
Olathe....................................  270C2, 293C
Otis......................................  252C1
Ouray.....................................  289C
Pagosa Springs............................  292C3
Palisade..................................  253C3
Parker....................................  276C
Poncha Springs............................  248A
Pueblo....................................  245C, 255C, 260C, 264C,
                                             295C2, 300C1
Pueblo West...............................  280C2
Rangely...................................  257C1
Ridgway...................................  279C1
Rifle.....................................  287C
Rocky Ford................................  238C1
Rye.......................................  285A
Salida....................................  222C3, 229C3
Security..................................  288C3
Silverton.................................  238A
Snowmass Village..........................  280A
Steamboat Springs.........................  245C2, 255A
Sterling..................................  248C3, 284C1, 289C3
Strasburg.................................  *249C3, 272A
Stratton..................................  246C1
Timnath...................................  288C2
Trinidad..................................  223C1
Vail......................................  284C1
Walden....................................  231C2
Walsenburg................................  272C3, 267C3
Wellington................................  232C3
Westcliffe................................  227A
Widefield.................................  292C2
Windsor...................................  256C
Yuma......................................  233A, 265C3
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                               Connecticut
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bridgeport................................  260B
Brookfield................................  236B
Danbury...................................  252A
East Lyme.................................  254A
Enfield...................................  250A
Groton....................................  288A
Hamden....................................  267B
Hartford..................................  229B, 243B, 275B, 290B, 295B
Hartford-Meriden..........................  239B
Ledyard...................................  293A
Litchfield................................  247A
Middletown................................  285A

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New Britain...............................  263B
New Haven.................................  232A, 256B
New London................................  265A
Norwalk...................................  240A
Norwich...................................  249A
Pawcatuck.................................  299A
Salisbury.................................  251A
Sharon....................................  277A
Stamford..................................  244A
Stonington................................  272A
Waterbury.................................  223B, 281B
Westport..................................  300B
Willimantic...............................  252A
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Delaware
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bethany Beach.............................  240B1, 278A
Dover.....................................  234B
Fenwick Island............................  221A
Laurel....................................  237A
Lewes.....................................  290A
Milford...................................  249A, 267A
Millsboro.................................  228B
Ocean View................................  269A
Rehoboth Beach............................  224A
Seaford...................................  253A
Selbyville................................  251A
Smyrna....................................  225A
Wilmington................................  229B, 258B
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                          District of Columbia
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Washington................................  230B, 242B, 246B, 254B,
                                             258B, 262B, 266B, 278B,
                                             297B
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Florida
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alachua...................................  223A
Apalachicola..............................  263C3, 288C2
Apopka....................................  237A
Atlantic Beach............................  283C
Avon Park.................................  256C3
Baldwin...................................  289C3
Belle Glade...............................  228A
Big Pine Key..............................  239A, 281C1
Blountstown...............................  274C3
Boca Raton................................  260C
Bonifay...................................  249C1
Bonita Springs............................  241C
Bradenton.................................  278C
Callahan..................................  227C2
Callaway..................................  278C1
Cape Coral................................  280C, 292A
Carrabelle................................  293C1
Cedar Key.................................  274C3
Century...................................  286C3
Charlotte Harbor..........................  225C1
Chiefland.................................  300A
Clearwater................................  239C1, 250C
Clewiston.................................  258C3
Cocoa.....................................  257C2
Cocoa Beach...............................  266C, 281C
Columbia City.............................  243A
Coral Cove................................  300C2
Coral Gables..............................  286C
Crawfordville.............................  231A
Crestview.................................  284C1
Cross City................................  295C1
Crystal City..............................  253C1
Dade City.................................  241A
Daytona Beach.............................  233C, 270C1
Deland....................................  290C
Destin....................................  221C3
Dunnellon.................................  272C2
Eastpoint.................................  283A
Ebro......................................  236A
Edgewater.................................  226C3
Englewood.................................  290A
Estero....................................  223C3
Fernandina Beach..........................  287A
Five Points...............................  293A
Fort Lauderdale...........................  264C, 278C, 290C, 294C
Fort Mead.................................  252C2
Fort Myers................................  237C1, 245C, 270C
Fort Myers Beach..........................  257C2
Fort Myers Villas.........................  292C2
Fort Pierce...............................  238C1, 254C
Fort Walton Beach.........................  243C1, 258C2
Gainesville...............................  265A, 279C1, 287A
Gifford...................................  234A
Goulds....................................  252C
Graceville................................  269A
Green Cove Springs........................  224A
Gretna....................................  227A
Gulf Breeze...............................  291A
Havana....................................  285C2
Hialeah...................................  222C2
High Springs..............................  285A
Hobe Sound................................  288C2
Holiday...................................  246C2
Holly Hill................................  277A
Holmes Beach..............................  254C3
Holt......................................  251C1
Homosassa Springs.........................  237A
Horseshoe Beach...........................  234C3
Immokalee.................................  221A
Indian River Shores.......................  246C3
Indiantown................................  276C2
Inglis....................................  257A, 282A
Jacksonville..............................  236C, 241C, 245C, 256C,
                                             275C, 297C1
Jasper....................................  298A
Jensen Beach..............................  272C1
Jupiter...................................  292C3
Key Colony Beach..........................  267C2
Key Largo.................................  292C2
Key West..................................  224C1, 228C2, 244A, 254C1,
                                             258C1, 296A, 300C1
LaCrosse..................................  258A
Lafayette.................................  260C2
Lake City.................................  232C2
Lakeland..................................  231C
Lehigh Acres..............................  296C2
Live Oak..................................  251C2, 259A, 291A
Lynn Haven................................  282A
MacClenny.................................  221C3
Madison...................................  274A
Marathon..................................  232C2, 249A, 288C2
Marco.....................................  255A, 266C1
Marianna..................................  231A, 265A
Mary Esther...............................  288C3
Melbourne.................................  236A, 292C3, 296C1
Mexico Beach..............................  25C2
Miami.....................................  226C, 243C 247C, 256C1,
                                             268C1, 298C
Miami Beach...............................  230C, 235C

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Micanopy..................................  247C2
Middleburg................................  260C0
Midway....................................  264C3
Milton....................................  274C
Miramar Beach.............................  292A
Monticello................................  289C3
Mount Dora................................  299C
Murdock...................................  255A
Naples....................................  228A, 233C, 284C2
Naples Park...............................  288C2
Neptune Beach.............................  250C2
Navarre...................................  239C3
New Port Richey...........................  288C1
Newberry..................................  263C3
Niceville.................................  262A
Nocatee...................................  287A
North Miami Beach.........................  239C2
Ocala.....................................  224A, 229C
Okeechobee................................  291A
Orlando...................................  222C, 243C, 255C2, 262C,
                                             286C
Ormond-By-The-Sea.........................  239C3
Othello...................................  248C2
Otter Creek...............................  240A
Palm Beach................................  250C
Palm Coast................................  254A
Panama City...............................  223C1, 253C0, 290C2, 300C1
Panama City Beach.........................  261C3, 286C2
Parker....................................  233C
Pensacola.................................  231C, 254C1, 264C, 268C,
                                             297C
Perry.....................................  221A, 228A, 299C3
Plantation Key............................  262C1, 276C3
Pompano Beach.............................  274C
Ponte Vedra Beach.........................  227A
Port Charlotte............................  261C1
Port St. Joe..............................  228C2, 270C3
Port St. Lucie............................  267A
Punta Rassa...............................  249C3
Quincy....................................  268C1
Riviera Beach.............................  232C3
Rock Harbor...............................  271C2
Rockledge.................................  274C2
Safety Harbor.............................  223C2
San Carlos Park...........................  253C3
Santa Rosa Beach..........................  271C3
Sarasota..................................  273C, 282A, 293C2
Satellite Beach...........................  253A
Sebastian.................................  240C3
Sebring...................................  289C3
Silver Springs............................  238A
Solana....................................  285A
Spring Hill...............................  292C3
Springfield...............................  240C2, 266A
St. Augustine.............................  231C3
St. Augustine Beach.......................  288C3
St. Petersburg............................  258C, 268C1, 297C1
Starke....................................  292A
Stuart....................................  224C2
Summerland Key............................  273C2
Tallahassee...............................  235C1, 241C2, 255C1, 276C2,
                                             281C, 291A
Tampa.....................................  227C, 235C, 264C, 284C1
Tavares...................................  294C1
Tavernier.................................  245C3
Tice......................................  275C2
Titusville................................  251C1
Trenton...................................  269C3
Valparaiso................................  276C2
Venice....................................  221C3
Vero Beach................................  229C2, 259C2, 269A, 279C2
Watertown.................................  271C3, 289A
West Palm Beach...........................  221C3, 282C, 300C1
White City................................  284A
Williston.................................  267A
Wilson Creek..............................  277C3
Winter Haven..............................  248C
Winter Park...............................  276C3
Woodville.................................  250A
Yankeetown................................  242A
Zolfo Springs.............................  295A
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Georgia
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adel......................................  221A
Alamo.....................................  287C3
Albany....................................  242C1, 269A, 283C1
Alma......................................  282A
Americus..................................  234C3, 254C3
Arcade....................................  279C3
Ashburn...................................  289A
Athens....................................  238C, 284C
Atlanta...................................  225C1, 235C1, 241C, 253C,
                                             259C, 277C
Augusta...................................  272A, 276A, 282C, 289C
Bainbridge................................  247C, 270A
Baxley....................................  233C
Blackshear................................  286C2
Blakely...................................  226C2
Blue Ridge................................  280A
Bolingbroke...............................  271A
Boston....................................  292A
Bostwick..................................  222A
Bowdon....................................  288A
Broxton...................................  279A
Brunswick.................................  264C1, 268C, 281A
Buckhead..................................  274C3
Buena Vista...............................  264C3
Buford....................................  272A
Cairo.....................................  272A
Camilla...................................  288A
Canton....................................  289C2
Carrollton................................  221A
Chatsworth................................  255A
Chauncey..................................  267C2
Clarkesville..............................  275C3
Claxton...................................  297C3
Clayton...................................  281A
Cleveland.................................  270A
Cochran...................................  244A
College Park..............................  263C3
Columbus..................................  275C, 285A, 297C
Coosa.....................................  237A
Cordele...................................  252A
Cornelia..................................  257C2
Crawford..................................  271C3
Crawfordville.............................  234A
Cusseta...................................  279A
Dahlonega.................................  282A
Dalton....................................  283A
Dawson....................................  221A
Dock Junction.............................  290C3
Donalsonville.............................  292A, 298A
Douglas...................................  294C1
Dublin....................................  224C2, 240C1
East Dublin...............................  251C3
Eastman...................................  248A
Eatonton..................................  249C3
Elberton..................................  286A
Ellaville.................................  290A
Ellijay...................................  228A
Evans.....................................  222A
Fayetteville..............................  248C3

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Fitzgerald................................  245A
Folkston..................................  223A
Forsyth...................................  261A
Fort Valley...............................  250C3, 292C2
Gainesville...............................  246C
Gainsville................................  294C
Gibson....................................  232A
Glennville................................  292A
Gordon....................................  296A
Gray......................................  243A
Greensboro................................  280A
Greenville................................  239C3
Hampton...................................  300C2
Harlem....................................  236C3
Hawkinsville..............................  280C3
Hazlehurst................................  228C3
Helen.....................................  286A
Hinesville................................  222C2, 284C3
Hogansville...............................  251C3
Homerville................................  254A
Irwinton..................................  279A
Jackson...................................  221A
Jacksonville..............................  272A
Jeffersonville............................  229C1
Jesup.....................................  288C3
Kingsland.................................  292A
La Grange.................................  281C1
Lakeland..................................  290C3
Lavonia...................................  221A
Leesburg..................................  278C3
Lincolnton................................  254A
Louisville................................  221A
Lumpkin...................................  257C2
Lyons.....................................  265A
Mableton..................................  273A
Macon.....................................  222A, 256C1, 287C1
Manchester................................  227C
Marietta..................................  268C
Martinez..................................  230C3, 299C2
McRae.....................................  274A
Meigs.....................................  222A
Metter....................................  279A
Midway....................................  252C1
Milan.....................................  285C2
Milledgeville.............................  264A, 272A
Millen....................................  235C3
Montezuma.................................  236A
Moultrie..................................  230C1
Mt. Vernon................................  269A
Nashville.................................  237C3
Ocilla....................................  249A, 253A
Omega.....................................  298A
Patterson.................................  296A
Peachtree City............................  244A
Pearson...................................  270A
Pembroke..................................  257C1
Perry.....................................  265A
Pineview..................................  226A
Plainville................................  285A
Quitman...................................  287C3
Reidsville................................  281A
Reynolds..................................  *245A
Richmond Hill.............................  287C3
Rincon....................................  261C1
Ringgold..................................  229A, 270A
Rockmart..................................  296C2
Rome......................................  249C3, 272A
Rossville.................................  288A
Roswell...................................  298C3
Sandersville..............................  260A
Savannah..................................  226C1, 231C, 238C1, 243C,
                                             247C, 271C
Smithville................................  293A
Smyrna....................................  231C
Soperton..................................  291A
Springfield...............................  280A
St. Marys.................................  227C2
St. Simons Island.........................  224A
Statenville...............................  248A
Statesboro................................  275C3
Swainsboro................................  263A
Sylvania..................................  293A
Sylvester.................................  271A, 291A
Taccoa....................................  291C
Talking Rock..............................  261A
Tennille..................................  270A
Thomaston.................................  266A
Thomasville...............................  296C1
Thomson...................................  269A
Tifton....................................  223C3, 262C
Trenton...................................  274A
Trion.....................................  239A
Unadilla..................................  260A
Valdosta..................................  225C1, 239C2, 244C2, 266C1,
                                             300C2
Vidalia...................................  249A
Vienna....................................  221A
Wadley....................................  227A
Warner Robins.............................  269A, 273A
Warrenton.................................  226A
Washington................................  261A
Waycross..................................  249A, 273C1, 277C
Waynesboro................................  225A, 265A, 296C3
Westpoint.................................  265A
Willacoochee..............................  258C1
Woodbury..................................  233A
Wrens.....................................  245C3
Wrightsville..............................  298A
Young Harris..............................  236A
Zebulon...................................  223A
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Hawaii
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aiea......................................  300C
Captain Cook..............................  226C1
Haiku.....................................  293C
Hali'imaile...............................  288A
Hanapepe..................................  232C1
Hilo......................................  224C3, 234C1, 240C2, 246C2,
                                             250C1, 262C1
Holualoa..................................  221C2
Honokaa...................................  275C2
Honolulu..................................  226C, 230C1, 234C1, 238C,
                                             248C1, 253C1, 258C1, 262C1,
                                             286C, 290C
Kahalu'u..................................  291C
Kahului...................................  260C1, 223C2
Kailua....................................  242C
Kailua-Kona...............................  230C, 244A
Kalaheo...................................  260C1
Kaneohe...................................  282C
Kapaa.....................................  255C1
Kaunakakai................................  272C
Kawaihae..................................  295A
Keaau.....................................  286C2
Kealakekua................................  268C1
Kekaha....................................  277C1
Kihei.....................................  298C2
Kurtistown................................  271A
Lahaina...................................  228C, 266C1
Lanai City................................  284C

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Lihue.....................................  228C1, 245C1, 251C1
Makawao...................................  232A
Nanakuli..................................  295A
Paauilo...................................  279C
Pearl City................................  270C
Poipu.....................................  240C1
Pukalani..................................  252C2
Valparaiso................................  276C2
Volcano...................................  299C3
Wahiawa...................................  278A
Wailuku...................................  236C
Waimea....................................  256C
Waipahu...................................  222C, 274C
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                  Idaho
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aberdeen..................................  258C2
American Falls............................  281C1
Ashton....................................  243A
Blackfoot Falls...........................  247C, 268C,
Boise.....................................  222C, 250C, 282C, 286C
Bonners Ferry.............................  221A
Burley....................................  260C
Caldwell..................................  231C, 277C, 296C
Chubbuck..................................  253C2
Coeur D'Alene.............................  272A
Driggs....................................  271C3
Eagle.....................................  300C
Emmett....................................  270C
Franklin..................................  249A
Fruitland.................................  258C1
Garden City...............................  290C
Gooding...................................  264C3
Grangeville...............................  224C3
Hailey....................................  294C
Hayden....................................  233C
Hazelton..................................  232C3
Homedale..................................  292C
Idaho Falls...............................  241C, 256C1, 277C1, 288C1,
                                             296C1
Island Park...............................  275C
Jerome....................................  275C1
Ketchum...................................  284C
Kootenai..................................  294A
Lewiston..................................  243C1, 268C1, 286A, 295C
McCall....................................  252C1, 266C1
Moscow....................................  291C1
Mountain Home.............................  256C1
Nampa.....................................  235C, 245C
New Plymouth..............................  226C
Orofino...................................  237C3, 253A
Payette...................................  262C1
Pocatello.................................  221A, 229C, 235C, 273C
Post Falls................................  276C1
Preston...................................  244C1
Rexburg...................................  232C2, 251C1, 263C1
Rupert....................................  223C
Salmon....................................  224A, 233A
Sandpoint.................................  237C1, 273A
Shelley...................................  292C1
Soda Springs..............................  261A
St. Maries................................  221A
Sun Valley................................  237C1, 279C, 298A
Troy......................................  262A
Twin Falls................................  239C1, 243C1, 252C1, 269A
Victor....................................  222A, 282A
Wallace...................................  248C2
Weiser....................................  280C1
Weston....................................  240C3
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Illinois
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Abingdon..................................  252A
Aledo.....................................  272A
Alton.....................................  262B
Anna......................................  243C2
Arcola....................................  300A
Arlington Heights.........................  224A
Atlanta...................................  242A
Augusta...................................  253A
Aurora....................................  240A, 300B
Ava.......................................  280A
Bartonville...............................  260A
Beardstown................................  232A
Belvidere.................................  285A
Benton....................................  292B1
Bethalto..................................  238C3
Bloomington...............................  268B
Breese....................................  248A
Bushnell..................................  284A
Canton....................................  277A, 300B1
Carbondale................................  268C1
Carlyle...................................  244A
Carmi.....................................  247B
Carrier Mills.............................  283A
Carterville...............................  236B1
Carthage..................................  221B1, 230A
Casey.....................................  282B1
Cedarville................................  258A
Centralia.................................  237A
Champaign.................................  233B, 248B, 262B1
Charleston................................  221A
Chicago...................................  226B, 230B, 234B, 238B,
                                             242B, 246B, 250B, 254B,
                                             258B, 262B, 266B, 278B,
                                             282B, 298B
Chillicothe...............................  232A
Christopher...............................  278A
Clifton...................................  297A
Clinton...................................  240A
Coal City.................................  264A
Colchester................................  244A, 281A
Colfax....................................  255A
Columbia..................................  285C3
Crest Hill................................  252A
Crete.....................................  272A
Danville..................................  235A, 256B, 271B
Decatur...................................  226A, 236B, 275B
DeKalb....................................  223B, 235A
Des Planes................................  294B
Dixon.....................................  269A
Dundee....................................  280A
Duquoin...................................  240A
Dwight....................................  255A
Earlville.................................  275A
East Moline...............................  267B
East St. Louis............................  266C2
Effingham.................................  239B, 249A
Eldorado..................................  272A
Elgin.....................................  232A
Elmwood...................................  247B1
Elmwood Park..............................  290B
Erie......................................  288A
Eureka....................................  253A
Evanston..................................  286B
Fairbury..................................  299B1
Fairfield.................................  285A, 290A
Farmer City...............................  252A
Farmington................................  234A
Fisher....................................  273A
Flora.....................................  280A
Freeport..................................  221A, 253B, 295A
Galatia...................................  255A
Galena....................................  298A
Galesburg.................................  224A, 235B

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Galva.....................................  273A
Gibson City...............................  292A
Gilman....................................  277A
Glasford..................................  266A
Golconda..................................  232A
Granite City..............................  293C1
Greenville................................  269A
Harrisburg................................  260B
Havana....................................  257A
Henry.....................................  263A
Herrin....................................  224B1
Heyworth..................................  250A
Highland Park.............................  276A
Hillsboro.................................  259B
Hoopeston.................................  265A
Jacksonville..............................  263B
Jerseyville...............................  281B
Johnston City.............................  297B
Joliet....................................  228A, 244A
Kankakee..................................  224A, 236A
Kewanee...................................  230A
Knoxville.................................  287A
La Salle..................................  257B1
Lansing...................................  292A
Lawrenceville.............................  276A
Le Roy....................................  281B
Lena......................................  271A
Lexington.................................  258A
Litchfield................................  291B
Loves Park................................  244A
Lynnville.................................  296A
Macomb....................................  240A, 261A, 274B1
Macon.....................................  265A
Mahomet...................................  290A
Maroa.....................................  297A
Marseilles................................  243A
Marshall..................................  290A
Mattoon...................................  245B
Mendota...................................  261A
Metropolis................................  252C2, 288A
Moline....................................  245B
Monmouth..................................  249A
Monticello................................  288A
Morris....................................  276A, 284B
Morrison..................................  274A
Morton....................................  272A
Mount Carmel..............................  235B
Mount Morris..............................  ............................
Mount Vernon..............................  231B, 271B1
Mount Zion................................  257A
Murphysboro...............................  286B1
Nashville.................................  284A
Neoga.....................................  255A, 267B1
Newton....................................  278B1
Normal....................................  244A, 264A
Oak Park..................................  274B
Ogelsby...................................  271A
Olney.....................................  225B
Oregon....................................  239A
Ottawa....................................  237A
Pana......................................  232A
Paris.....................................  253B
Park Forest...............................  260B
Paxton....................................  285A
Pekin.....................................  238B1, 285A
Peoria....................................  222A, 227B, 289B, 295B
Peru......................................  265A
Petersburg................................  249A
Pinckneyville.............................  282A
Pittsfield................................  248B1
Plano.....................................  296A
Polo......................................  299A
Pontiac...................................  229B1
Princeton.................................  251A
Quincy....................................  258C1, 280A, 286B
Ramsey....................................  227A
Rantoul...................................  237A, 241A
Robinson..................................  269A
Rochelle..................................  272A
Rock Island...............................  255B
Rockford..................................  248B, 265A
Rockton...................................  276A
Rushville.................................  223A
Salem.....................................  261A
Savanna...................................  262B1
Seneca....................................  239A
Shelbyville...............................  286B1
Sherman...................................  230B1
Skokie....................................  270B
South Jacksonville........................  288A
Spring Valley.............................  277A
Springfield...............................  254B, 270B, 279B, 283B
Staunton..................................  287A
Sterling..................................  232A
Streator..................................  249A, 291A
Sullivan..................................  294B1
Taylorville...............................  224B1, 247A
Teutopolis................................  272A
Tower Hill................................  252A
Tuscola...................................  228A
Urbana....................................  223B1, 296A
Vandalia..................................  296A
Virden....................................  244A
Virginia..................................  267A
Watseka...................................  231B, 240A
Waukegan..................................  272A
West Frankfort............................  249A
Wilmington................................  288A
Winnebago.................................  237A
Woodlawn..................................  295A
Woodstock.................................  288A
Zion......................................  245B
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Indiana
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alexandria................................  224A
Anderson..................................  250B, 254A
Angola....................................  262A
Attica....................................  239A
Auburn....................................  272A
Aurora....................................  257A
Austin....................................  224A, 242A
Batesville................................  280A
Battle Ground.............................  254A
Bedford...................................  288A
Berne.....................................  224A
Bicknell..................................  289A
Bloomfield................................  266A
Bloomington...............................  222B, 224A, 279B
Bluffton..................................  261A
Booneville................................  296A
Brazil....................................  249A
Bremen....................................  245A
Brookston.................................  237A
Brownsburg................................  270A
Cannelton.................................  275C3
Chandler..................................  228A
Charlestown...............................  282A
Churubusco................................  242B1
Clarksville...............................  226A
Clinton...................................  230A

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Columbia City.............................  292A
Columbus..................................  268B, 285A
Connersville..............................  262B
Corydon...................................  243A, 299B1
Covington.................................  276A
Crawfordsville............................  280A, 292A
Crown Point...............................  280A
Culver....................................  252A
Danville..................................  296A
Decatur...................................  286B1
Delphi....................................  275A
Earl Park.................................  251B1
Edinburgh.................................  275A
Elkhart...................................  264B, 284B
Ellettsville..............................  286A
Elwood....................................  269A
Evansville................................  281B, 287B, 298A
Farmersburg...............................  242A
Ferdinand.................................  253A
Fishers...................................  230A
Fort Branch...............................  268A
Fort Wayne................................  222A, 236B, 247B, 269A, 280A
Fowler....................................  291A
Frankfort.................................  259B
Franklin..................................  240A
French Lick...............................  261A
Goshen....................................  249A
Greencastle...............................  232A
Greenfield................................  258B
Greensburg................................  297B
Greenwood.................................  294A
Hammond...................................  222B
Hardinsburg...............................  245A
Hartford City.............................  228A
Huntingburg...............................  265B1
Huntington................................  275A
Indianapolis..............................  226B, 234B, 238B, 242A,
                                             277B, 289B, 300B
Jasper....................................  284B
Jeffersonville............................  239B
Kendallville..............................  227B
Kentland..................................  269A
Knox......................................  257A
Kokomo....................................  223A, 263B
La Porte..................................  244A
Lafayette.................................  228A, 243B, 287B
Lagrange..................................  288A
Ligonier..................................  274A
Linton....................................  227B1
Logansport................................  272A
Loogootee.................................  233A
Lowell....................................  296A
Madison...................................  244A, 266A
Marion....................................  295B
Martinsville..............................  272A
Michigan City.............................  240A
Mitchell..................................  273A
Monticello................................  299A
Mount Vernon..............................  294A
Muncie....................................  221A, 281B, 285A
Nappanee..................................  239A
Nashville.................................  236A
New Albany................................  234A
New Carlisle..............................  272A
New Castle................................  273B
New Haven.................................  300A
Newburgh..................................  291A
Noblesville...............................  283B
North Vernon..............................  291B
Paoli.....................................  237A
Peru......................................  253A
Petersburg................................  272A
Plainfield................................  252A
Plymouth..................................  232B1
Portland..................................  265A
Princeton.................................  251B, 263A
Rensselaer................................  249A
Richmond..................................  241B, 267B
Roann.....................................  270A
Roanoke...................................  231A
Rochester.................................  221A
Rockville.................................  285A
Royal Center..............................  279A
Rushville.................................  232A
Salem.....................................  250A
Santa Clause..............................  277A
Scottsburg................................  287A
Seelyville................................  240A
Seymour...................................  229B
Shelbyville...............................  246B
South Bend................................  225B, 268B, 276A, 280A, 292A
South Whitley.............................  266A
Speedway..................................  265A
Spencer...................................  224A
Sullivan..................................  237A
Syracuse..................................  278A
Tell City.................................  289A
Terre Haute...............................  260B, 264B, 274B, 298B
Valparaiso................................  288A
Van Buren.................................  257A
Veedersburg...............................  225A
Versailles................................  276A
Vevay.....................................  240A
Vincennes.................................  221A, 244A
Wabash....................................  240A, 290A
Walton....................................  229A
Warsaw....................................  297B
Washington................................  293B, 300A
West Lafayette............................  *267A, 294A
West Terre Haute..........................  288A
Winamac...................................  261A
Winchester................................  252A
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                  Iowa
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Albia.....................................  244C3
Algona....................................  224C2
Alta......................................  248A
Ames......................................  281C, 286C3
Anamosa...................................  239A
Ankeny....................................  292C3
Asbury....................................  238A, 277C3
Atlantic..................................  239C3
Audubon...................................  243C1
Belle Plaine..............................  238C3
Bettendorf................................  228A
Bloomfield................................  295C3
Boone.....................................  252C2, 257A
Britt.....................................  258A
Brooklyn..................................  256C2
Burlington................................  228A, 297C1, 276C3
Carroll...................................  229C1
Castana...................................  298C3
Cedar Falls...............................  253C3
Cedar Rapids..............................  243C1, 251C1, 275C1, 283C1
Centerville...............................  254C1
Chariton..................................  287C2
Charles City..............................  240A
Cherokee..................................  221A 272A
Clarinda..................................  257C2
Clarion...................................  245C1

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Clear Lake................................  276A
Clinton...................................  241C1, 234A
Council Bluffs............................  253C
Cresco....................................  272A
Creston...................................  267C3
Davenport.................................  279C, 293C1
Decorah...................................  263C2, 284A
Denison...................................  296A
Des Moines................................  227C1, 235C, 247C1, 262C,
                                             273C0, 298C1
DeWitt....................................  285C3
Dubuque...................................  225C1, 272A, 287C2
Dunkerton.................................  280A
Dyersville................................  257A
Eagle Grove...............................  264C3
Eddyville.................................  268C2
Eldon.....................................  282C3
Eldora....................................  258A
Emmetsburg................................  252A, 261C3
Epworth...................................  247C3
Estherville...............................  240C3
Fairfield.................................  240A
Forest City...............................  297C2
Fort Dodge................................  221A, 233C1
Fort Madison..............................  269A
Garnavillo................................  261A
Glenwood..................................  279C
Grinnell..................................  294C2
Grundy Center.............................  249C3
Hampton...................................  285A
Harlan....................................  287C3
Hudson....................................  241A
Humboldt..................................  249A
Ida Grove.................................  225C3
Independence..............................  237A
Iowa City.................................  231C1, 264C1
Iowa Falls................................  237A
Jefferson.................................  255C3
Keokuk....................................  237C1
Keosauqua.................................  271C3
Knoxville.................................  221C3
Lake City.................................  294C3
Lamoni....................................  250C3
Le Mars...................................  258C1
Madrid....................................  241A
Manchester................................  234C3
Manson....................................  259A
Maquoketa.................................  236A
Marshalltown..............................  266C1
Mason City................................  230C1, 250A, 291C1
Milford...................................  271C2
Mount Pleasant............................  288C3
Moville...................................  246A
Muscatine.................................  226A, 259C1
New Hampton...............................  236A
New London................................  247A
New Sharon................................  260C3
Newell....................................  265A
Newton....................................  240A
North English.............................  246A
Northwood.................................  274C3
Oelwein...................................  222C
Onawa.....................................  272C1
Osage.....................................  254A
Osceola...................................  296C2
Oskaloosa.................................  285C2
Ottumwa...................................  224C3, 249C3
Pacific Junction..........................  299A
Parkersburg...............................  255A
Patterson.................................  290A
Pella.....................................  277C0
Perry.....................................  288A
Pleasantville.............................  242A
Red Oak...................................  237C3
Rock Valley...............................  295C3
Rockford..................................  225A
Rudd......................................  268A
Sac City..................................  284A
Sageville.................................  291A
Sanborn...................................  264A
Sheldon...................................  287C2
Sibley....................................  282A
Sioux Center..............................  230C2
Sioux City................................  238C1, 250C1, 277C1
Sioux Rapids..............................  275C2
Spencer...................................  285C3, 299C1
Spirit Lake...............................  280C2
St. Ansgar................................  238A
Storm Lake................................  269C1
Stuart....................................  300C3
Twin Lakes................................  290C3
Washington................................  291A
Waterloo..................................  270C, 289C, 300C
Waukon....................................  278C2
Waverly...................................  257A
Webster City..............................  239C3
West Des Moines...........................  223C2
Whiting...................................  267C2
Winterset.................................  258A
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Kansas
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Abilene...................................  253C1
Andover...................................  230C3
Arkansas City.............................  273A, 293C
Atkins....................................  257A
Augusta...................................  283C2, 263A
Baxter Springs............................  296A
Belle Plaine..............................  224C3
Belleville................................  221C3
Beloit....................................  288C2
Burdett...................................  228A
Burlington................................  249A
Caney.....................................  266A
Cawker City...............................  242C3
Chanute...................................  228A
Cimarron..................................  222A
Clay Center...............................  265C3
Clearwater................................  254C2
Coffeyville...............................  225A
Colby.....................................  250C1, 262C1
Columbus..................................  287C3
Concordia.................................  235C1
Copeland..................................  251C1, 256C1, *280C1
Council Grove.............................  281C3
Dearing...................................  251C3
Derby.....................................  242C2
Dodge City................................  230C1, 238C1
Downs.....................................  231C2
El Dorado.................................  256C1
Emporia...................................  241A, 269A, 285A
Eureka....................................  228A
Fort Scott................................  280A, 284C3
Fredonia..................................  281A
Galena....................................  282A
Garden City...............................  247C1
Girard....................................  256A
Goodland..................................  273C1, 299C1
Great Bend................................  282C1, 300C1
Hays......................................  258C1, 277C, 289C2
Haysville.................................  287C

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Herington.................................  289C3
Hiawatha..................................  280C2
Hill City.................................  270C
Hoisington................................  264C1
Horton....................................  229C3
Hugoton...................................  294C2
Humboldt..................................  237C3
Hutchinson................................  240A, 246C3, 271C, 275C
Independence..............................  275A
Ingalls...................................  242C1, 290C1
Iola......................................  268A
Junction City.............................  248C1
Kansas City...............................  231C, 251C
Kingman...................................  232C2, 262C2
Kiowa.....................................  252C1
Larned....................................  255C3, 295C1
Lawrence..................................  290C1
Leavenworth...............................  255C
Leoti.....................................  260C1
Liberal...................................  268C1, 274C1, 286C2, 298C1
Lindsborg.................................  269C3, 238C3
Lyons.....................................  291C1
Manhattan.................................  268C2, 284C2
Marysville................................  238C3
McPherson.................................  244A
Medicine Lodge............................  269C2
Minneapolis...............................  224C2
Ness City.................................  285A
Newton....................................  222C1
North Fort Riley..........................  273C1
Norton....................................  294A
Oberlin...................................  266C1
Ogden.....................................  278C2
Olathe....................................  222C3
Olpe......................................  276A
Osage City................................  225C2
Ottawa....................................  239C1
Parsons...................................  228A
Phillipsburg..............................  223C1, 237A
Pittsburg.................................  245C1
Plainville................................  245C1
Pleasanton................................  229C3
Pratt.....................................  226C
Riley.....................................  242C3
Rozel.....................................  273A
Russell...................................  240A
Salina....................................  229C1, 260C1, 285A
Scott City................................  223C1
Seneca....................................  221A
Silver Lake...............................  223A
St. Marys.................................  275C2
Sterling..................................  234C3
Topeka....................................  233C, 257C3, 262C, 295C,
                                             299C
Wamego....................................  237A
Wellington................................  228A
Wichita...................................  236C1, 250C, 267C, 279C1,
                                             297C1
Winfield..................................  240C3, 300C2
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Kentucky
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Albany....................................  292A
Allen.....................................  261A
Annville..................................  244A
Ashland...................................  229C1
Auburn....................................  244C2
Barbourville..............................  241C3
Beattyville...............................  271A
Benton....................................  256A
Berea.....................................  294A
Bowling Green.............................  227C3
Brandenburg...............................  228A
Brodhead..................................  270A
Brownsville...............................  264C3
Burgin....................................  290A
Burkesville...............................  300A
Burnside..................................  230C2
Calvert City..............................  239A
Campbellsville............................  281C3
Campton...................................  279A
Carlisle..................................  221C2
Carrollton................................  237A
Catlettsburg..............................  224A
Cave City.................................  279C3
Central City..............................  270C1
Clinton...................................  271C3
Coal Run..................................  276A
Columbia..................................  228A
Corbin....................................  258C2, 297C2
Cumberland................................  274A
Cynthiana.................................  272A
Danville..................................  296A
Drakesboro................................  280A
Edmonton..................................  256A
Elizabethtown.............................  252C3, 261A
Eminence..................................  289A
Erlanger..................................  265A
Falmouth..................................  298A
Flemingsburg..............................  236A
Fort Campbell.............................  300C1
Fort Knox.................................  288A
Fort Thomas...............................  247A
Frankfort.................................  279A, 285A
Fredonia..................................  221A
Fulton....................................  257A
Garrison..................................  252A
Georgetown................................  277A
Glasgow...................................  231A, 236C, 287C3
Grayson...................................  272A
Greensburg................................  276A
Greenup...................................  289C3
Greenville................................  228C3
Hardinsburg...............................  232C2, 282A
Harlan....................................  286A
Harold....................................  285A
Hartford..................................  292A
Hazard....................................  266C, 284A
Henderson.................................  258C, 276A
Hindman...................................  296A
Hodgenville...............................  292A
Hopkinsville..............................  248A, 254C1, 262C
Horse Cave................................  294A
Hyden.....................................  250C3
Irvine....................................  264C3
Jackson...................................  247C2
Jamestown.................................  285A
Jeffersontown.............................  267A
Jenkins...................................  232C2
Keene.....................................  256A
La Center.................................  282A
Lancaster.................................  286A
Lawrenceburg..............................  271A
Lebanon...................................  265C3
Lebanon Junction..........................  297A
Leitchfield...............................  285A
Lexington.................................  225C1, 233C1, 251C1
Lexington-Fayette.........................  283C2
Liberty...................................  254C3
London....................................  222C3, 280A
Louisa....................................  222A
Louisville................................  248C1, 259B, 263C2, 272A,
                                             280A, 295B

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Madisonville..............................  230C2
Manchester................................  276A, 289C3
Mannsville................................  260C3
Marion....................................  274A
Mayfield..................................  234C2
Maysville.................................  240A
McKee.....................................  300A
Middlesboro...............................  224A
Midway....................................  300A
Monticello................................  226A, 269A
Morehead..................................  242A, 291C3
Morganfield...............................  237A
Morgantown................................  256A
Mount Sterling............................  288C3, 294B1
Mount Vernon..............................  275A
Munfordville..............................  272A
Murray....................................  279C1
Nicholasville.............................  273A
Owensboro.................................  223C, 241C
Owingsville...............................  299A
Paducah...................................  227C1, 245C1
Paintsville...............................  255C1
Paris.....................................  245C2
Philpot...................................  234A
Pikeville.................................  226C2
Pineville.................................  292A
Prestonsburg..............................  238C, 287A
Princeton.................................  285A
Providence................................  249A
Radcliff..................................  278C3
Reidland..................................  294A
Richmond..................................  268C3
Russell Springs...........................  224A
Russellville..............................  266C1
Salyersville..............................  293C3
Science Hill..............................  291A
Scottsville...............................  257A
Shelbyville...............................  269A
Shepherdsville............................  286A
Smith Mills...............................  233A
Smiths Grove..............................  296C2
Somerset..................................  246C2, 272A
Springfield...............................  274A
St. Matthews..............................  276A
Stamping Ground...........................  241A
Stanford..................................  242C3
Stanton...................................  285A
Sturgis...................................  267A
Tompkinsville.............................  221A, 274A
Valley Station............................  290A
Vanceburg.................................  285A
Vancleve..................................  260A
Versailles................................  292A
Vine Grove................................  268A
Virgie....................................  298A
West Liberty..............................  275A
Westwood..................................  259A
Whitesburg................................  280A
Whitesville...............................  246A
Whitley City..............................  252A
Wickliffe.................................  240A
Williamsburg..............................  282A
Williamstown..............................  293A
Wilmore...................................  237A
Winchester................................  261C2
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Louisiana
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Abbeville.................................  286C3
Alexandria................................  226C, 230A, 245C, 262C, 295A
Amite.....................................  243A
Arcadia...................................  223A
Atlanta...................................  293C3
Baker.....................................  297A
Ball......................................  288A
Basile....................................  271C1
Bastrop...................................  230A, 247A, 261C2
Baton Rouge...............................  251C, 264C1, 268C, 273C
Bayou Vista...............................  237C3
Belle Chasse..............................  275C3
Benton....................................  221A
Berwick...................................  290A
Blanchard.................................  271C3
Bordelonville.............................  280A
Boyce.....................................  272C3
Breaux Bridge.............................  243C2
Brusly....................................  241C2
Bunkie....................................  282C3
Clayton...................................  266A
Clinton...................................  224C2
Columbia..................................  276C3
Coushatta.................................  235C3
Crowley...................................  275C
Delhi.....................................  228A
DeQuincy..................................  221C3
DeRidder..................................  250C2
Donaldsonville............................  285A
Dubach....................................  249C1
Empire....................................  283C2
Erath.....................................  300C1
Eunice....................................  288A
Farmerville...............................  224A
Ferriday..................................  296C3
Folsom....................................  285A
Franklin..................................  288A, 295C3
Franklinton...............................  255A
Galliano..................................  232C1
Gibsland..................................  283A
Golden Meadow.............................  289C2
Hammond...................................  277C, 296A
Haughton..................................  279A
Haynesville...............................  288A
Hodge.....................................  231C2
Homer.....................................  272A, 294C2
Houma.....................................  281C, 298C1
Jackson...................................  283A
Jena......................................  274A
Jennings..................................  225C2
Jonesboro.................................  285C3
Jonesville................................  286A
Kaplan....................................  247C2
Kenner....................................  287C1
Kentwood..................................  231C1
Lacombe...................................  234A
Lafayette.................................  233C, 238C2, 260C
Lake Arthur...............................  298C2
Lake Charles..............................  241C1, 258C0, 277C2
Lake Providence...........................  224A
LaPlace...................................  222C
Larose....................................  262C2
Leesville.................................  224A, 228C3, 252A, 289C3
Mamou.....................................  266C3
Mansfield.................................  224A, 284C3
Mansura...................................  240A
Many......................................  296C3
Marksville................................  249A
Maurice...................................  292A
Minden....................................  239C2
Monroe....................................  270C, 281C, 287C2, 291C
Moreauville...............................  221A
Morgan City...............................  244C3

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Moss Bluff................................  285C3
Natchitoches..............................  247C3, 264C3
New Iberia................................  229C1, 256C
New Orleans...............................  227C, 239C, 246C, 253C1,
                                             258C, 266C, 270C
New Roads.................................  293C2
North Fort Polk...........................  294A
Oak Grove.................................  244C3, 289A
Oakdale...................................  254C1
Oil City..................................  300C2
Opelousas.................................  279A, 290A, 296A
Port Sulphur..............................  294C1
Rayne.....................................  294A
Rayville..................................  222C2
Reserve...................................  235C3
Richwood..................................  265A
Ringgold..................................  253C3
Ruston....................................  257C3, 298C
Saint Joseph..............................  257C3
Shreveport................................  229C, 233C, 243C1, 259C2,
                                             266C, 275C2
Simmesport................................  287A
South Fort Polk...........................  239A
Springhill................................  225C2
Sulphur...................................  267C3
Tallulah..................................  248A, 283C3
Thibodaux.................................  292C3
Tioga.....................................  278C2
Varnado...................................  225A
Vidalia...................................  284A
Ville Platte..............................  223A
Vivian....................................  287A
Washington................................  284C3
West Monroe...............................  252C2
Winnfield.................................  221A
Winnsboro.................................  240A
Wisner....................................  300C3
Zwolle....................................  260A
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                  Maine
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Auburn....................................  260B
Augusta...................................  222B, 267B
Bangor....................................  225B, 246B
Bar Harbor................................  256B, 299B1
Bath......................................  290B
Belfast...................................  284B
Biddeford.................................  232B1
Boothbay Harbor...........................  244B1
Brewer....................................  262B, 293C
Brunswick.................................  255B
Calais....................................  224A
Camden....................................  273B
Caribou...................................  249C3
Dennysville...............................  275C1
Dexter....................................  271C2
Dover-Foxcroft............................  276A
Ellsworth.................................  233B, 239B
Fairfield.................................  228C3
Farmington................................  257A
Fort Kent.................................  *293C3
Gardiner..................................  282B
Houlton...................................  261C3
Howland...................................  280C
Islesboro.................................  288B1
Kennebunk.................................  257A
Kennebunkport.............................  284A
Kittery...................................  287A
Lewiston..................................  230B, 298B
Lincoln...................................  289C2
Machias...................................  237A, 266B
Madawaska.................................  272A
Madison...................................  248A
Mexico....................................  264A
Milbridge.................................  229B
Millinocket...............................  235C2
Monticello................................  234A
North Windham.............................  294A
Norway....................................  224A
Old Town..................................  297C2
Pittsfield................................  258A
Portland..................................  226B, 250B, 270B, 275C
Presque Isle..............................  241C, 245C, 270C2, 291C
Rockland..................................  277B
Rumford...................................  242C
Saco......................................  240A
Sanford...................................  221A
Scarborough...............................  292A
Searsport.................................  269A
Skowhegan.................................  286C, 300C3
Thomaston.................................  295, 295B
Topsham...................................  238A
Van Buren.................................  251A
Waterville................................  253C2
Westbrook.................................  265B1
Winslow...................................  237A
Winter Harbor.............................  249B
York Center...............................  237A
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Maryland
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Annapolis.................................  256B, 300B
Baltimore.................................  222B, 226B, 236B, 250B,
                                             270B, 274B, 282B, 293B
Berlin....................................  280A
Bethesda..................................  234B, 272A
Braddock Heights..........................  280A
California................................  275A
Cambridge.................................  292A
Catonsville...............................  289B
Crisfield.................................  245A
Cumberland................................  275B, 291B
Easton....................................  244B1
Federalsburg..............................  296A
Frederick.................................  260B
Frostburg.................................  *246A, 287B
Fruitland.................................  298B1
Glen Burnie...............................  240A
Grasonville...............................  276A
Hagerstown................................  284B, 295B
Halfway...................................  244A
Havre De Grace............................  279B
Hurlock...................................  265A
Lexington Park............................  249A
Mechanicsville............................  252A
Middletown................................  276A
Midland...................................  258A
Morningside...............................  238B
Mountain Lake Park........................  283A
Oakland...................................  222A
Ocean City................................  260B, 295A
Ocean City-Salisbury......................  284B
Ocean Pines...............................  246A
Pocomoke City.............................  223A, 293A
Prince Frederick..........................  224A
Princess Anne.............................  273B
Salisbury.................................  248A, 255A, 288A
Snow Hill.................................  266A

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St. Michaels..............................  232A
Waldorf...................................  281, 281B
Westernport...............................  266A
Westminster...............................  264B
Williamsport..............................  240A
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                              Massachusetts
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amherst...................................  265A
Athol.....................................  260A
Barnstable................................  260B
Boston....................................  233B, 245B, 253B, 264B,
                                             277B, 281B, 294B
Brewster..................................  232A
Brockton..................................  249A
Brookline.................................  225B
Cambridge.................................  237A
Chatham...................................  298B
Fairhaven.................................  296A
Falmouth..................................  270B
Fitchburg.................................  283B
Framingham................................  289B
Gloucester................................  285A
Great Barrington..........................  286A
Greenfield................................  237A, 252A
Harwichport...............................  228A
Haverhill.................................  223B
Hyannis...................................  275A, 291B
Lawrence..................................  229B
Lowell....................................  258B
Lynn......................................  269A
Marshfield................................  240A
Mashpee...................................  266A
Medford...................................  300B
Nantucket.................................  242B
New Bedford...............................  247B, 251B
North Adams...............................  261A
Northampton...............................  257A, 292A
Orange....................................  247A
Orleans...................................  284B
Pittsfield................................  240A, 269A, 288A
Plymouth..................................  256B
Provincetown..............................  *221A
South Yarmouth............................  280A
Southbridge...............................  261A
Springfield...............................  226B, 234B, 271B
Taunton...................................  227B
Tisbury...................................  224A
Truro.....................................  272A
Turners Falls.............................  230A
Waltham...................................  273B
Webster...................................  255A
West Tisbury..............................  282A
West Yarmouth.............................  235B
Winchendon................................  249A
Worcester.................................  241B, 297B
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Michigan
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adrian....................................  237A, 280A
Albion....................................  244A
Allegan...................................  222A
Alma......................................  285A
Alpena....................................  257C2, 289A, 299C1
Ann Arbor.................................  275B, 296A
Ashley....................................  223A
Atlanta...................................  223C
Bad Axe...................................  271C2
Baraga....................................  282C1
Battle Creek..............................  237A, 277B
Bay City..................................  241C, 273B
Bear Lake.................................  261A
Beaverton.................................  249A
Benton Harbor.............................  235A, 260B
Beulah....................................  221A
Big Rapids................................  265A, 272C3
Birmingham................................  234B
Boyne City................................  228C2
Bridgman..................................  248A
Bronson...................................  *234A
Brooklyn..................................  287A
Buchanan..................................  256A
Cadillac..................................  225C, 244C3, 296A
Carney....................................  260A
Carrollton................................  263A
Cass City.................................  221C3
Charlevoix................................  290C1, 300A
Charlotte.................................  224A
Cheboygan.................................  249C3, 286C1
Clare.....................................  237A
Coldwater.................................  253B
Coleman...................................  269A
Crystal Falls.............................  235A, 264C1
Custer....................................  236A
Dearborn..................................  262B
Detroit...................................  222B, 226B, 238B, 242B,
                                             246B, 250B, 254B, 258B,
                                             266B, 270B, 278B, 282B,
                                             286B, 290B, 294B, 298B
Dewitt....................................  243A
Dowagiac..................................  221A
East Jordan...............................  265A
East Lansing..............................  235B, 256B
Escanaba..................................  284C, 246C
Essexville................................  247A
Fife Lake.................................  240C3
Flint.....................................  224A, 236B, 288B1, 300B
Frankenmuth...............................  229A
Frankfort.................................  257C2
Frederic..................................  237A
Gaylord...................................  268C2, 294C1
Gladstone.................................  288C3
Gladwin...................................  276C3,
Glen Arbor................................  227A, 238C2, 251C2
Grand Haven...............................  221A
Grand Rapids..............................  229B, 239B, 245B, 250B,
                                             254A, 267B, 275B, 281B,
                                             289B
Grayling..................................  262C1
Greenville................................  297B
Gulliver..................................  273C1
Gwinn.....................................  262C3
Hancock...................................  228C3, 254C2
Harbor Beach..............................  279C2
Harbor Springs............................  280C2
Harrietta.................................  229A
Harrison..................................  221A
Hart......................................  287C1
Hartford..................................  279A
Hastings..................................  261A
Hemlock...................................  233C1
Hillman...................................  235C2
Hillsdale.................................  221A
Holland...................................  233B, 241B
Holton....................................  261A
Honor.....................................  264A
Houghton..................................  242C1, 249A, 272C2
Houghton Lake.............................  253C1
Howell....................................  228A

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Hubbardston...............................  279A
Hudson....................................  273A
Iron Mountain.............................  226C1, 268C1, 294A
Iron River................................  256C2
Ironwood..................................  259C1, 295C1
Ishpeming.................................  222C, 298C1
Jackson...................................  231B, 283A, 291B
Kalamazoo.................................  271B, 293B, 299B
Kalkaska..................................  248C2
Kingsford.................................  251A
Lake City.................................  *285A
Lakeview..................................  292A
L'Anse....................................  291C2
Lansing...................................  248B, 264B, 269A
Lapeer....................................  276A
Leland....................................  232C2
Lexington.................................  245A
Ludington.................................  242A, 292A
Luna Pier.................................  252A
Mackinaw City.............................  233C3
Manistee..................................  249A, 268A
Manistique................................  260A
Marlette..................................  223A
Marquette.................................  239C1, 277C1, 231A
Marshall..................................  285A
McBain....................................  300A
McMillan..................................  244C3
Menominee.................................  279C3
Midland...................................  227C2, 259C
Mio.......................................  280C2
Mount Clemens.............................  274B
Mount Pleasant............................  282A
Munising..................................  252 C2
Muskegon..................................  283B, 295B, 300B1
Muskegon Heights..........................  269B1
Negaunee..................................  258A, 270C2
Newaygo...................................  223A
Newberry..................................  229A, 250C2
Niles.....................................  237A
North Muskegon............................  252A
Norway....................................  232C3
Onaway....................................  292C2
Ontonagon.................................  266C1
Oscoda....................................  239 C2, 264C3
Otsego....................................  265A
Owosso....................................  280A
Paradise..................................  234A
Pentwater.................................  231C3, 274A, 280A
Petoskey..................................  242C1, 255C1
Pickford..................................  288C1
Pinconning................................  265A, 281A
Port Huron................................  272A, 296A
Portage...................................  243A
Powers....................................  297C3
Reed City.................................  247A
Republic..................................  244A
Rogers City...............................  244C2, 260C2
Roscommon.................................  266A
Saginaw...................................  251B, 283A, 292A, 296A
Sandusky..................................  249A
Saugatuck.................................  224A
Sault Ste. Marie..........................  252C3, 258C2, 267C1, *272C3
Scottville................................  235C3
South Haven...............................  252A
Spring Arbor..............................  295A
St. Ignace................................  275C
St. Johns.................................  221A
St. Joseph................................  296A
Standish..................................  245A
Stephenson................................  257A, 292C2
Sturgis...................................  257A
Tawas City................................  277A, 284C2, 291C3
Three Rivers..............................  240A
Traverse City.............................  270C1, 278C, 283A, 29C2
Tuscola...................................  268A
Vassar....................................  255A
Walhalla..................................  255A
Walker....................................  263A
West Branch...............................  288A
Whitehall.................................  237A, 248A
Zeeland...................................  257A
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Minnesota
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ada.......................................  292A
Aitkin....................................  232C3
Albany....................................  288A
Albert Lea................................  235A, 241A
Alexandria................................  222C3, 232C3, 257A
Anoka.....................................  300C
Atwater...................................  231A
Austin....................................  260C1
Babbitt...................................  294C2
Bagley....................................  244C3
Barnesville...............................  236C1
Belview...................................  290A
Bemidji...................................  238C1, 266C1, 279C1
Benson....................................  228A
Blackduck.................................  221A, 252C2, 283A
Blooming Prarie...........................  265C1
Blue Earth................................  251C3, 283C2
Brainerd..................................  278C3, 294C1, 298C1
Breckenridge..............................  286C1
Breezy Point..............................  282 C2
Browerville...............................  259A
Buhl......................................  *223C2
Caledonia.................................  234A
Cambridge.................................  287C3
Cloquet...................................  243C3, 263C1
Cold Spring...............................  235C2
Coleraine.................................  241C1
Coon Rapids...............................  296C2
Crookston.................................  241C1, 246C1
Crosby....................................  268C3
Dassel....................................  295C3
Deer River................................  288C1
Detroit Lakes.............................  272C2
Duluth....................................  225C1, 235C1, 239C1, *240C2,
                                             255C2, 269C2, 277C1, 286C1
East Grand Forks..........................  282C1
Eden Prairie..............................  289A
Elk River.................................  291C3
Ely.......................................  233A
Eveleth...................................  250C1
Fairbault.................................  298C2
Farimont..................................  293C1
Fergus Falls..............................  243C1, 277C1
Forest Lake...............................  240A
Fosston...................................  296C2
Glencoe...................................  242C2
Glenwood..................................  296A
Golden Valley.............................  223C
Grand Marais..............................  237C1
Grand Rapids..............................  245C1
Granite Falls.............................  230A
Hermantown................................  221C3
Hibbing...................................  230C1, 292C3
International Falls.......................  258C1, 281C3
Jackson...................................  289C3
Kelliher..................................  273A
La Crescent...............................  274C3

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Lake City.................................  235A, 273C3
Lake Crystal..............................  239A
Lakeville.................................  286A
Lanesboro.................................  280A
Little Falls..............................  221A, 231A
Luverne...................................  266C1
Madison...................................  221C3
Mahnomen..................................  268C3
Mankato...................................  256C1, 278C1
Marshall..................................  259C1, 298C3
Minneapolis...............................  229C, 246C, 253C, 258C,
                                             262C1, 275C
Montevideo................................  288A
Moorhead..................................  254C1, 260C1
Moose Lake................................  295A
Mora......................................  238C3
Morris....................................  239C1
Nashwauk..................................  275C3
New Prague................................  238A
New Ulm...................................  226C1
Nisswa....................................  227C1
North Mankato.............................  244C3
Olivia....................................  261C3
Ortonville................................  268C, 292A
Osakis....................................  280A
Owatonna..................................  285A
Park Rapids...............................  223C3, 248C1
Paynesville...............................  255C2
Pelican Rapids............................  281C2
Pequot Lakes..............................  261A, 274C2
Perham....................................  258A
Pillager..................................  240A
Pine City.................................  265A
Pipestone.................................  254C
Preston...................................  276C3
Proctor...................................  299C2
Red Lake..................................  231C1
Red Wing..................................  290A, 290C3
Redwood Falls.............................  249C1
Richfield.................................  267C
Rochester.................................  *225A, 243C2, 248C, 269C2,
                                             295C0
Roseau....................................  271C2, 278C2
Rushford..................................  257C3
Saint Joseph..............................  260A
Sartell...................................  244C2
Sauk Centre...............................  264C1
Sauk Rapids...............................  269C2
Slayton...................................  291C2
Sleepy Eye................................  297A
Spring Grove..............................  252C2
Spring Valley.............................  282C3
Springfield...............................  234C2
St. Charles...............................  299A
St. Cloud.................................  251C, 284C
St. James.................................  263C2, 268C3
St. Joseph................................  225C3
St. Louis Park............................  281C
St. Paul..................................  233C, 237A, 271C
St. Peter.................................  288C3
Staples...................................  234C2
Starbuck..................................  247C2
Stewartville..............................  287C2
Thief River Falls.........................  257C3, 262C1, 274C1
Tracy.....................................  286C2
Two Harbors...............................  282C2
Vernon Center.............................  231A
Virginia..................................  260C1
Wadena....................................  290C1
Waite Park................................  279C3
Walker....................................  256C1, 270C2, 275C3
Warroad...................................  223C1
Waseca....................................  221C3
Willmar...................................  237C2, 273C1
Windom....................................  232A
Winona....................................  237C3, 266C3
Worthington...............................  228A, 236C1
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                               Mississippi
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aberdeen..................................  287C2
Ackerman..................................  300C
Amory.....................................  237A
Artesia...................................  261A, 260C2
Baldwyn...................................  223A
Batesville................................  263C2
Bay St. Louis.............................  300C
Belzoni...................................  296C3
Biloxi....................................  229C
Booneville................................  257A
Brandon...................................  249A
Brookhaven................................  221A
Brooksville...............................  255C3
Bruce.....................................  233A
Bude......................................  282C3
Byhalia...................................  235A
Calhoun City..............................  272A
Canton....................................  269A
Carthage..................................  252C3
Centreville...............................  285A
Charleston................................  239A
Clarksdale................................  221A, 243A, 293C2
Cleveland.................................  225C2, 252C3, 280C3
Clinton...................................  228A
Coldwater.................................  237A
Collins...................................  296A
Columbia..................................  244A
Columbus..................................  235C2, 276C2
Como......................................  278C
Corinth...................................  232C3, 237A
Crenshaw..................................  295A
De Kalb...................................  289C2
Decatur...................................  277C3
D'Iberville...............................  250C2
Drew......................................  237A
Durant....................................  266A
Ellisville................................  273C2
Eupora....................................  241C2
Fayette...................................  249A
Flora.....................................  247C3
Forest....................................  223C
Friars Point..............................  254A, 268C3
Fulton....................................  270C2
Gluckstadt................................  269C2
Greenville................................  250C2, 264C1, 284C2
Greenwood.................................  230C3, 256C, 277A, 282C2
Grenada...................................  222A, 261C2, 267A
Gulfport..................................  244A, 272C3, 296A
Hattiesburg...............................  221A, 226A, 279C, 283C1
Hazlehurst................................  225A
Heidelberg................................  257C2
Holly Springs.............................  224A, 243A
Horn Lake.................................  239A
Houston...................................  227C
Indianola.................................  245C2, 288A
Iuka......................................  285C2
Jackson...................................  234C, 238C0, 242C, 259C,
                                             275C
Kosciusko.................................  286C1
Laurel....................................  251A, 262C
Leland....................................  232C2, 272A
Lexington.................................  273C3
Liberty...................................  299C3

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Long Beach................................  233A
Louisville................................  296C3
Lucedale..................................  295A
Lumberton.................................  237C1
Magee.....................................  298C
Marietta..................................  250A
Marion....................................  236C2
McComb....................................  289C1
McLain....................................  245A
Meridian..................................  246C, 267C1, 271A
Monticello................................  271C2
Moss Point................................  285C2
Mound Bayou...............................  271A
Natchez...................................  236C, 247A
New Albany................................  268A, 294C2
New Augusta...............................  269A
Newton....................................  250A
Ocean Springs.............................  223A, 276C1
Okolona...................................  280C2
Olive Branch..............................  266C1
Oxford....................................  229C3, 238A, 248C1, 286A
Pascagoula................................  256C1, 290C3
Pearl.....................................  230C3
Petal.....................................  292C3
Philadelphia..............................  272A
Picayune..................................  291C2
Pickens...................................  290C2
Pontotoc..................................  244A
Port Gibson...............................  263A
Potts Camp................................  240A
Prentiss..................................  252A
Quitman...................................  255C3
Redwood...................................  288A
Richtown..................................  243A
Ripley....................................  272A
Rosedale..................................  298C3
Saltillo..................................  275C3
Sandersville..............................  232C2
Sardis....................................  271A
Starkville................................  221A, 291C2
State College.............................  283C3
Stonewall.................................  295A
Sumrall...................................  247A
Taylorsville..............................  240C2
Tchula....................................  292C3
Tunica....................................  241C3
Tupelo....................................  253C1
Tylertown.................................  249A, 297A
Union.....................................  281C2
University................................  221A
Utica.....................................  265C2
Vardaman..................................  258A
Vicksburg.................................  254C1, 267C3, 294C
Walnut Grove..............................  244C2
Water Valley..............................  288A
Waynesboro................................  288A
West Point................................  265A
Winona....................................  236C3
Yazoo City................................  221C3, 226A
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Missouri
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alton.....................................  290A
Arcadia...................................  280A
Ash Grove.................................  281C3
Asbury....................................  278C3
Ashland...................................  791C1
Aurora....................................  263C2
Ava.......................................  221A
Bethany...................................  238C2
Birch Tree................................  296C3
Bismarck..................................  258C3
Bonne Terre...............................  282A
Boonville.................................  226A, 257C2
Bowling Green.............................  231C3
Bourbon...................................  231A
Branson...................................  292C2
Brookfield................................  245C2
Brookline.................................  271A
Buffalo...................................  260C3
Bunker....................................  292A
Butler....................................  221A
Cabool....................................  251A
California................................  232C2
Cameron...................................  261C2
Campbell..................................  298C3
Canton....................................  265C2
Cape Girardeau............................  264C, 275B
Carrollton................................  264C1
Carthage..................................  236C2
Caruthersville............................  286A
Centralia.................................  221A
Chaffee...................................  284C3
Channel...................................  223A
Charleston................................  291C2
Chillicothe...............................  253A
Clayton...................................  256C
Clinton...................................  237C3, 241C
Columbia..................................  244C1, 252C2, 268C1, 272A
Crestwood.................................  234C
Cuba......................................  271A, 297C3
De Soto...................................  261A
Deerfield.................................  264C3
Dexter....................................  272C2
Dixon.....................................  221A
Doniphan..................................  248C2
Doolittle.................................  283A
East Prairie..............................  287A
Eldon.....................................  224C2, 270A
Eldorado Springs..........................  288A
Ellington.................................  294A
Farmington................................  253C
Fayette...................................  230C3
Florissant................................  246C1
Fulton....................................  263A
Gainesville...............................  259C2
Gallatin..................................  269C3
Garden City...............................  287A
Gideon....................................  280A
Gordonville...............................  257A
Grandin...................................  283A
Halfway...................................  256C3
Hannibal..................................  225C1
Harrisonville.............................  266C0
Houston...................................  257C2
Huntsville................................  278C2
Ironton...................................  240C3
Jefferson City............................  261C2, 281A, 295C
Joplin....................................  223C0, 273C1
Kansas City...............................  227C, 235C, 243C, 259C,
                                             271C, 277C, 282C
Kennett...................................  282A
Kimberling City...........................  261C2
Kirksville................................  229C2, 233C1, 299C2, 300C1
Knob Noster...............................  289C2
La Monte..................................  249C2
Lake Ozark................................  274A
Lamar.....................................  260A
Laurie....................................  265C3
Lebanon...................................  279C, 300C2
Lee's Summit..............................  247C1

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Lexington.................................  297C
Liberty...................................  293C1
Linn......................................  276A
Louisiana.................................  269A, 271C3
Lowry City................................  285A
Lutesville................................  281A
Macon.....................................  260C3
Madison...................................  247C3
Malden....................................  225C2
Malta Bend................................  280C3
Mansfield.................................  240A
Marble Hill...............................  247A
Marceline.................................  256A
Marquand..................................  295A
Marshall..................................  275C1
Marshfield................................  284C2
Maryville.................................  246C3
Memphis...................................  263C3
Mexico....................................  239C
Miner.....................................  296A
Moberly...................................  223A, 284C, 288C2
Monett....................................  240A
Monroe City...............................  298C3
Montgomery City...........................  280A
Mount Vernon..............................  294C3
Mountain Grove............................  223A
Mountain View.............................  245C2
Naylor....................................  260A
Neosho....................................  259C3
Nevada....................................  248A
New London................................  290C3
New Madrid................................  293C2
Nixa......................................  290C2
Osage Beach...............................  228C2
Osceola...................................  262A
Otterville................................  299A
Owensville................................  237C2
Ozark.....................................  225C2
Palmyra...................................  250C2
Perryville................................  266A
Piedmont..................................  285C3
Pleasant Hope.............................  238C2
Poplar Bluff..............................  223C3, 233C, 238C1, 244A,
                                             278C2
Potosi....................................  249C3
Ravenwood.................................  291A
Republic..................................  258A
Richmond..................................  223A
Rolla.....................................  248A, 287C1
Saint Robert..............................  255A
Salem.....................................  225C3
Savannah..................................  224C2
Scott City................................  230C3
Sedalia...................................  222A
Seligman..................................  227C1
Shell Knob................................  249A
Sikeston..................................  250C2
Southwest City............................  262A
Sparta....................................  243C2
Springfield...............................  234C, 247C1, 254C1, 267C
St. Genevieve.............................  289C
St. James.................................  259C3
St. Joseph................................  288C1
St. Louis.................................  222C, 229C1, 242C1, 251C1,
                                             273C, 277C1, 299C
Steelville................................  227C2
Stockton..................................  299C3
Sullivan..................................  265A
Tarkio....................................  228C3
Thayer....................................  222C2
Trenton...................................  222C3
Troy......................................  264A
Union.....................................  269A
Vandalia..................................  282C3
Versailles................................  236C3
Warrenton.................................  260C3
Warsaw....................................  246A
Washington................................  283A
Waynesville...............................  249A, 250A, 272A
Webb City.................................  250A
West Plains...............................  230C1, 273C2
Wheatland.................................  226A
Wheeling..................................  290A
Willard...................................  286C2
Willow Springs............................  262C2
Windsor...................................  253A
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Montana
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alberton..................................  288C2
Anaconda..................................  249C3
Baker.....................................  263C3
Belgrade..................................  244C2, 256A
Belt......................................  269A
Big Sky...................................  242A, 283C1
Bigfork...................................  264C
Billings..................................  227C1, 231C1, 242C1, 246C2,
                                             253C1, 275C1, 279C1, 286A,
                                             298C1
Boulder...................................  299A
Bozeman...................................  229C1, 236C1, *240C3, 260C1,
                                             *271C2, 278C1
Browning..................................  234C2
Butte.....................................  223C1, 231C, 238C, *295A
Cascade...................................  285C
Chinook...................................  267C1
Choteau...................................  271C1
Colstrip..................................  258A
Columbia Falls............................  240C, 276C3
Conrad....................................  229C1
Cut Bank..................................  274C1
Darby.....................................  300A
Deer Lodge................................  245C1
Dillon....................................  252C3
Drummund..................................  268C
Dutton....................................  250C1
East Helena...............................  281C1
Ennis.....................................  254C2
Eureka....................................  228C3
Fairfield.................................  279C2
Florence..................................  278A
Forsyth...................................  267C
Fort Benton, 239C3........................
Glasgow...................................  228A
Glendive..................................  243C1
Great Falls...............................  225C1, 233C1, 255C1, 262C,
                                             291C1, 297C
Hamilton..................................  242C, 254C1
Hardin....................................  238C
Havre.....................................  223C, 236C
Helena....................................  258C1, 266C, *276C, 287C
Joliet....................................  292C3
Kalispell.................................  246C, 253C, 280C1, 292C
Laurel....................................  269C1
Lewistown.................................  240A, 300C1
Libby.....................................  269A
Livingston................................  248C1, 264C
Lockwood..................................  294A
Malta.....................................  261A
Manhattan.................................  289A
Miles City................................  223C
Missoula..................................  227C, 235C, 261C1, 273C1,
                                             290A

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Montana City..............................  293A
Outlook...................................  289C
Pablo.....................................  259C2
Pinesdale.................................  294C1
Plentywood................................  261A
Red Lodge.................................  257C1
Ronan.....................................  222C
Roundup...................................  248A
Saint Regis...............................  256C2
Scobey....................................  239C1
Shelby....................................  244C1
Sidney....................................  226C1, 236C1
Stevensville..............................  283A
Superior..................................  298A
Valier....................................  289C1
Victor....................................  250C3
West Yellowstone..........................  225C
Whitefish.................................  286A
Whitehall.................................  274A
Wolf Point................................  224A
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Nebraska
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ainsworth.................................  224A
Albion....................................  224C2
Allen.....................................  265A
Alliance..................................  271C1, 290C1
Arthur....................................  300C1
Auburn....................................  276C3
Aurora....................................  247C1
Beatrice..................................  225C1
Bennington................................  227C3
Blair.....................................  247C3
Bridgeport................................  267C
Broken Bow................................  252C3
Central City..............................  262C
Chadron...................................  234C1, 248C1
Columbus..................................  228C1, 266C1
Cozad.....................................  283C1
Crete.....................................  280A
Crookston.................................  241C1
Fairbury..................................  258C1
Falls City................................  267A
Firth.....................................  229A
Fremont...................................  288A
Gering....................................  239C3
Gordon....................................  238C2
Grand Island..............................  239C1, 243C1, 299C1
Hastings..................................  233C2, 268C
Hershey...................................  297C1
Holdrege..................................  249C1
Humboldt..................................  244A
Hyannis...................................  250C1
Imperial..................................  275A
Kearney...................................  255C1, 275C1, 290C
Kimball...................................  261A
Lexington.................................  226C1
Lincoln...................................  236C2, 270C, 274C1, 287A,
                                             292C1, 297C1
McCook....................................  230C2, 241C, 253C1, 271C1,
                                             280C2, 287C1
Milford...................................  251C
Minatare..................................  295A
Mitchell..................................  257A
Nebraska City.............................  249C1
Norfolk...................................  234C1, 294C
North Platte..............................  235C, 246C1, 278C1
Ogallala..................................  259C1, 293C1
Omaha.....................................  222C0, 231C, 241C, 260C,
                                             264C, 283C, 290C2
O'Neil....................................  275C1
Orchard...................................  287C1
Ord.......................................  280C3
Overton...................................  257C2
Paxton....................................  228C1
Pierce....................................  248C2
Plattsmouth...............................  295C3
Ravenna...................................  276C2
Sargent...................................  221C1
Scottsbluff...............................  225C, 231C1
Seward....................................  245C1
Sidney....................................  254C1
South Sioux City..........................  296A
Superior..................................  280A
Sutherland................................  264C1
Terrytown.................................  245C1
Wayne.....................................  285A
West Point................................  300C2
Winnebago.................................  289C2
York......................................  285C2
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Nevada
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amargosa Valley...........................  266C1
Battle Mountain...........................  253A
Beatty....................................  261C
Boulder City..............................  274C
Caliente..................................  233C1
Cal-Nev-Ari...............................  285A
Carlin....................................  244C
Carson City...............................  247C, 251C
Dayton....................................  261C1
Elko......................................  229C2, 233C3, 237C1, 248C1
Ely.......................................  224C2, 269C3
Fallon....................................  257A, 267C2, 281C
Gardnerville-Minden.......................  256A
Hawthorne.................................  254C1
Henderson.................................  231C, 238C, 263C
Incline Village...........................  295C
Indian Springs............................  257C
Las Vegas.................................  222C, 226C, 242C, 246C,
                                             253C, 270C, 278C, 286C2,
                                             293C
Laughlin..................................  228C1
Lovelock..................................  292C1
Mesquite..................................  244C, 248C
Moapa Valley..............................  284C1
North Las Vegas...........................  282C
Overton...................................  295C1
Pahrump...................................  236A, 298C
Pioche....................................  255A
Reno......................................  225C, 238C, 271C3, 283C,
                                             289C
Smith.....................................  222C3
Sparks....................................  221A, 265A
Sun Valley................................  229A, 233C3
Tonopah...................................  224A
Wells.....................................  280C1
Wendover..................................  272A
Winnemucca................................  224C3
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                              New Hampshire
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bedford...................................  243A
Belmont...................................  227A
Berlin....................................  279C
Campton...................................  289A
Claremont.................................  291B

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Concord...................................  272A, 288A
Conway....................................  228A, 283A
Dover.....................................  248B
Exeter....................................  296A
Farmington................................  293A
Franklin..................................  231A
Gorham....................................  296A
Groveton..................................  229A, 268A
Hampton...................................  271A
Hanover...................................  222A, 257A
Haverhill.................................  267A
Henniker..................................  256A
Hillsboro.................................  299A
Hinsdale..................................  285A
Jackson...................................  258A
Jefferson.................................  247A
Keene.....................................  279B
Laconia...................................  252C3
Lancaster.................................  272C3
Lebanon...................................  263C3
Lisbon....................................  244A
Littleton.................................  292A
Manchester................................  239B, 266B
Meredith..................................  268A
Moultonborough............................  295A
Mount Washington..........................  235C
Nashua....................................  292A
New London................................  259A
Newport...................................  269A
North Conway..............................  279C
Peterborough..............................  221A
Pittsburg.................................  246A
Plymouth..................................  261A
Portsmouth................................  262B
Rochester.................................  244A
Somersworth...............................  254A
Stratford.................................  254A
Walpole...................................  242A
Whitefield................................  256A
Winchester................................  254A
Wolfeboro.................................  285A
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                               New Jersey
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Asbury Park...............................  232A
Atlantic City.............................  236B, 245B, 279B, 297B1
Avalon....................................  232A
Belvidere.................................  296A
Blairstown................................  292A
Camden....................................  295B
Canton....................................  269A
Cape May..................................  272A
Cape May Court House......................  288A
Dover.....................................  288A
Eatontown.................................  292A
Egg Harbor................................  285B1
Franklin..................................  272A
Long Branch...............................  296A
Manahawkin................................  261A, 289B1
Margate City..............................  241A
Millville.................................  247B
New Brunswick.............................  252A
Newark....................................  234B, 262B, 290B1
Newton....................................  279B1
North Cape May............................  294A
Ocean Acres...............................  253A
Ocean City................................  252A, 292A
Paterson..................................  226B
Pennsauken................................  300A
Peterson..................................  274A
Pleasantville.............................  257A
Point Pleasant............................  240A
Princeton.................................  277B
Toms River................................  224A
Trenton...................................  233B, 248B, 268B
Tuckerton.................................  259A
Villas....................................  254A
Vineland..................................  221A
Wildwood..................................  264B
Wildwood Crest............................  226A
Zarephath.................................  256B
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                               New Mexico
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alamo Community...........................  298A*
Alamogordo................................  232C3, 279A, 287C3, 300A
Albuquerque...............................  222C, 227C, 231C, 242C,
                                             258C, 262C, 267A, 277C,
                                             300C
Angel Fire................................  260C2
Armijo....................................  296C2
Artesia...................................  225C
Aztec.....................................  235C1
Bayard....................................  275C1
Belen.....................................  249C1
Bloomfield................................  283C
Bosque Farms..............................  284C, 288C2
Carlsbad..................................  221A, 281C1, 291C2
Chama.....................................  240A
Clayton...................................  228A
Cloudcroft................................  244C, 250C1
Clovis....................................  256C1, 260C1, 268C1, 272C1,
                                             298C1
Corrales..................................  236C1
Deming....................................  232A
Des Moines................................  287C
Dexter....................................  241C3
Espanola..................................  225C2
Eunice....................................  265A
Farmington................................  225C1, 239C1, 245C, 271C
Gallup....................................  229C, 233C, 256C, 268C1,
                                             291C1
Grants....................................  224C2, 244C3, 279C
Hatch.....................................  266C
Hobbs.....................................  231C1, 239C3, 243A, 275C1
Hurley....................................  288C1
Jal.......................................  279C1
Kirtland..................................  275C0
La Luz....................................  224A
Las Cruces................................  258C, 276A, 280A
Las Vegas.................................  224A, 244A, 251C, 264C3,
                                             283C2
Lordsburg.................................  250C, 279C3
Los Alamos................................  253C, 294C1, 298C1
Los Lunas.................................  273C, 292C1
Lovington.................................  269C3
Magdalena.................................  240C2
Maljamar..................................  *254C1, 286C
Mesilla Park..............................  285A
Milan.....................................  264C0, 270A
Pecos.....................................  268C3, 275C3
Portales..................................  237A
Questa....................................  279C1
Raton.....................................  229C2, 243A, 248C1
Reserve...................................  283C3
Rio Rancho................................  269A
Roswell...................................  235C, 246C1, *258A, 263C1,
                                             284C2, 293C1
Ruidoso...................................  228C3, 268A
Santa Clara...............................  236C1

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Santa Fe..................................  234C1, 238C1, 247C, 281C,
                                             286C, 290C
Santa Rosa................................  240A
Shiprock..................................  299C1
Silver City...............................  225C2
Socorro...................................  225A, 271C2
Taos......................................  228A, 240A, 256C, 270C1
Tatum.....................................  296C
Texico....................................  243A
Thoreau...................................  260C
Truth or Consequences.....................  254C
Tucumcari.................................  224A
Tularosa..................................  274C3
White Rock................................  266C3
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                New York
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Albany....................................  238B, 265A, 276A, 293B, 299B
Albion....................................  271A
Alfred....................................  270A
Altamont..................................  285A
Amherst...................................  221A
Amsterdam.................................  249A
Arlington.................................  245A
Attica....................................  269A
Auburn....................................  295B
Babylon...................................  272A
Baldwinsville.............................  221B1
Ballston Spa..............................  272A
Bath......................................  252A, 276A
Bay Shore.................................  276A
Big Flats.................................  249A
Binghamton................................  251B, 256B
Boonville.................................  267A
Briarcliff Manor..........................  296A
Bridgehampton.............................  273A
Bridgeport................................  258A
Brighton..................................  231A
Brockport.................................  288A
Buffalo...................................  225B, 233B, 241B, 245B,
                                             258B, 273B, 277B, 281B,
                                             293B
Calverton-Roanoke.........................  287A
Canajoharie...............................  227A
Canandaigua...............................  272A
Canaseraga................................  246A
Canton....................................  268C2, 275C3
Cape Vincent..............................  234A, 274A
Carthage..................................  276A
Catskill..................................  253A
Center Moriches...........................  241A
Chateaugay................................  234C2
Chenango Bridge...........................  281A
Cherry Valley.............................  270B
Clifton Park..............................  244A
Clyde.....................................  229A
Conklin...................................  223A
Copenhagen................................  294C3
Corinth...................................  296A
Corning...................................  254A, 291B
Cortland..................................  260B
Dannemora.................................  250A
Dansville.................................  230A
Delhi.....................................  248A, 262A
Depew.....................................  229B
Deposit...................................  234A
Deruyter..................................  286B
Dundee....................................  240A
East Hampton..............................  244A
Ellenville................................  257A
Elmira....................................  224A, 232A
Endicott..................................  289B
Endwell...................................  298A
Essex.....................................  267A
Fairport..................................  227A
Fort Plain................................  266A
Frankfort.................................  235B
Fredonia..................................  243A
Fulton....................................  284B
Garden City...............................  224A
Geneva....................................  269A
Gouverneur................................  237A
Granby....................................  288A
Grand Gorge...............................  287A
Hammondsport..............................  252A
Hampton Bays..............................  296A
Hempstead.................................  252A
Henderson.................................  264A
Herkimer..................................  224A
Highland..................................  297A
Homer.....................................  268A
Honeoye Falls.............................  236B
Hoosick Falls.............................  248A
Hornell...................................  221A, 287B
Horseheads................................  265A
Hudson....................................  228A
Hudson Falls..............................  269A
Hyde Park.................................  249A
Indian Lake...............................  290A
Irondequoit...............................  294A
Ithaca....................................  228A, 247B, 279B
Jamestown.................................  227B, 270A
Jeffersonville............................  271A, 291A
Johnson City..............................  269A
Kingston..................................  232A
Lake George...............................  256A
Lake Luzerne..............................  234A
Lake Placid...............................  288A
Lake Success..............................  278B
Lakewood..................................  295B1
Liberty...................................  240A
Little Falls..............................  288A
Little Valley.............................  290A
Livingston Manor..........................  296A
Lowville..................................  257A
Malone....................................  243C3
Malta.....................................  289A
Manlius...................................  237A
Mechanicville.............................  283A
Mexico....................................  280A
Middletown................................  224A
Minerva...................................  264A
Minetto...................................  293A
Montauk...................................  235A, 284A
Monticello................................  252A, 259A
Montour Falls.............................  285A
Morristown................................  244C3
Mount Kisco...............................  292A
Narrowsburg...............................  275A
New Paltz.................................  277A
New Rochelle..............................  228A
New York..................................  222B, 230B, 238B, 242B,
                                             246B, 250B, 254B, 258B,
                                             266B, 270B, 274B, 282B,
                                             286B, 294B, 298B
Newburgh..................................  276A
Newport Village...........................  259A
Niagara Falls.............................  253B
North Syracuse............................  265A
Norwich...................................  237A, 230B
Norwood...................................  241C3
Ogdensburg................................  224A, 254A

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Old Forge.................................  223A, 231A
Olean.....................................  239B, 268A
Oneida....................................  292A
Oneonta...................................  276A, 280A
Oswego....................................  244A
Owego.....................................  269A
Palmyra...................................  259A
Patchogue.................................  248B, 291B
Patterson.................................  288A
Peekskill.................................  264B
Phoenix...................................  271A
Plattsburgh...............................  260C, 286C3
Port Henry................................  221C3
Port Jervis...............................  244A
Potsdam...................................  257A
Poughkeepsie..............................  221A, 241A, 268B, 284B
Pulaski...................................  269A
Queensbury................................  240A
Ravena....................................  233A
Remsen....................................  228A
Rensselaer................................  280A
Rhinebeck.................................  273A*
Riverhead.................................  280A
Rochester.................................  223B, 243B, 250B, 255B,
                                             263B, 267B, 280A, 290A
Rome......................................  240A, 273B
Rosendale.................................  255A
Rotterdam.................................  252A
Sag Harbor................................  221A
Saint Johnsville..........................  278B
Salamanca.................................  252A
Saranac Lake..............................  227A, 292C2, 296A
Saugerties................................  225A
Schenectady...............................  258B
Scotia....................................  229A
Seneca Falls..............................  257A
Sidney....................................  265A
Smithtown.................................  232A
Sodus.....................................  278A
South Bristol Twsp........................  297A
Southampton...............................  225A, 237A
Southhold.................................  269A
Southport.................................  258A
Speculator................................  243A
Star Lake.................................  290B1
Stillwater................................  267A
Sylvan Beach..............................  262A
Syracuse..................................  226B, 233B, 275B, 290A, 300B
Ticonderoga...............................  280A
Troy......................................  222B
Tupper Lake...............................  272A
Utica.....................................  245B, 254B, 264A, 282B, 297B
Vestal....................................  277B1
Walton....................................  221A
Warrensburg...............................  262B1
Waterloo..................................  253A
Watertown.................................  228A, 248C1
Waverly...................................  271A
Webster...................................  274A
Wellsville................................  228A, 278A
Westhampton...............................  253A
Westport..................................  275A
Wethersfield Township.....................  299B
White Plains..............................  280A
Whitehall.................................  231A
Whitesboro................................  250A
Willsboro.................................  244A
Windham...................................  250A
Windsor...................................  294A
Woodstock.................................  261A
Wurtsboro.................................  247A
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                             North Carolina
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ahoskie...................................  257A
Asheboro..................................  222C
Atlantic..................................  297C3
Aurora....................................  283A
Banner Elk................................  264A
Bayboro...................................  250C3
Beech Mountain............................  272A
Belhaven..................................  266C2
Biltmore Forest...........................  243A
Black Mountain............................  295C
Burgaw....................................  260C1
Burlington................................  230C, 266C
Buxton....................................  260A, 268A
Calabash..................................  285C3
Carolina Beach............................  294A
Charlotte.................................  236C, 279C, 284C, 300C
Clinton...................................  297C3
Columbia..................................  273C1, 289C1
Concord...................................  250C
Dillsboro.................................  237A
Dunn......................................  278C2
Durham....................................  286C, 296A
Eden......................................  233C1
Edenton...................................  261C2
Elizabeth City............................  244A
Elizabethtown.............................  289A
Elkin.....................................  265A
Enfield...................................  297A
Fairbluff.................................  287A
Fairmont..................................  265C2
Farmville.................................  232A
Fayetteville..............................  251C1
Fletcher..................................  282A
Forest City...............................  227C
Franklin..................................  244A
Fuquay-Varina.............................  280C3
Garysburg.................................  276A
Gaston....................................  250A
Gastonia..................................  270C
Goldsboro.................................  245C, 272A
Greensboro................................  246C, 254C
Greenville................................  300C
Grifton...................................  258C2
Hamlet....................................  282A
Harkers Island............................  262C1
Harrisburg................................  224A
Hatteras..................................  233C1, 246C1
Havelock..................................  286C3
Henderson.................................  223C
Hendersonville............................  273C1
Hertford..................................  285C2
Hickory...................................  239C, 275C1
High Point................................  238C1, 258C, 262C
Highlands.................................  283A
Hope Mills................................  283A
Indian Trail..............................  265A
Iniannapolis..............................  259C
Jacksonville..............................  222C2, 254C1, 288C2
Jefferson.................................  291C3
Kill Devil Hills..........................  281C1
Kinston...................................  236C, 249A, 275A
La Grange.................................  284C3
Laurinburg................................  243C
Leland....................................  231A
Lenoir....................................  277A
Lexington.................................  231C
Louisburg.................................  273A
Lumberton.................................  239C, 272A
Manteo....................................  252A, 256C2
Morehead City.............................  242C1
Morganton.................................  221A
Moyock....................................  221C3

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Murfreesboro..............................  252A
Murphy....................................  274A
Nags Head.................................  222C3
Nashville.................................  259A
New Bern..................................  270C1, 293C1
Newport...................................  277C1
Norlina...................................  232A
North Wilkesboro..........................  247C
Oak Island................................  252C3
Ocean Isle Beach..........................  228A
Ocracoke..................................  224C1
Old Fort..................................  260C
Oriental..................................  231C3
Pinetops..................................  238C3
Plymouth..................................  240A
Raleigh...................................  234C, 241C, 268C, 275A
Reidsville................................  271C0
Roanoke Rapids............................  272A
Robbins...................................  276A
Robbinsville..............................  240A
Rocky Mount...............................  221A, 253C3, 264C
Roxboro...................................  244A
Salisbury.................................  293C1
Sanford...................................  288A
Semora....................................  294C2
Shallottee................................  279C3, 292A
Shelby....................................  241C
Southern Pines............................  273A, 295C2
Southern Shores...........................  265C2
Southport.................................  298C2
St. Pauls.................................  297A, 299A
Statesville...............................  245C, 289C
Tarboro...................................  282C1
Thomasville...............................  252A
Topsail Beach.............................  280C3
Wadesboro.................................  228C3
Wallace...................................  232A
Wanchese..................................  237C3
Washington................................  227C, 252A
Waxhaw....................................  291C3
Waynesville...............................  285A
Whiteville................................  256C1
Williamston...............................  279C1
Wilmington................................  247C1, 267C2, 274C1, 283A
Wilson....................................  291C
Windsor...................................  249A, 255A
Winston-Salem.............................  226C, 281C, 298C
Wrightsville Beach........................  229A
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                              North Dakota
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arthur....................................  280A
Belfield..................................  230C1
Berthold..................................  264C
Beulah....................................  250A
Bismarck..................................  225C, 233C, 243C, 248C,
                                             254C, 268C
Bottineau.................................  270C1
Burlington................................  276C1
Cannon Ball...............................  298C
Carrington................................  252A
Cavalier..................................  286C1
Devils Lake...............................  244C2, 273C1, 278C1
Dickinson.................................  221C3, 256C1
Enderlin..................................  233C1
Fargo.....................................  229C, 250C, 270C1, 300C1
Flasher...................................  290C
Gackle....................................  256C
Grafton...................................  265C3
Grand Forks...............................  225C1, 234C1, 298C1
Harwood...................................  264C3
Hazelton..................................  280C
Hettinger.................................  228A
Hope......................................  284A
Jamestown.................................  227C1, 238C1
Kindred...................................  224C3
Langdon...................................  239A
Lisbon....................................  291C2
Mandan....................................  284C1
Mayville..................................  288C3
Medina....................................  222C
Minot.....................................  229C1, 246C, 260C1, 287C1,
                                             295C2
New England...............................  239C
Richardton................................  270C
Rugby.....................................  237A
Sarles....................................  290C
Tioga.....................................  281C1
Valley City...............................  266C2
Velva.....................................  235C1
Wahpeton..................................  295C2
Walhalla..................................  294C2
Williston.................................  241C1, 253C1, 266C1
Wimbledon.................................  276C1
Wishek....................................  262C1
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                  Ohio
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ada.......................................  235A
Akron.....................................  243B, 248B
Alliance..................................  223B
Archbold..................................  241A
Ashland...................................  267B
Ashtabula.................................  246B, 252A
Ashville..................................  227B
Athens....................................  240A, 288A
Barnesville...............................  228A
Beavercreek...............................  280A
Bellaire..................................  263A
Bellefontaine.............................  252A
Bellevue..................................  221A
Belpre....................................  296A
Bowling Green.............................  228A
Bryan.....................................  265A
Bucyrus...................................  224A
Byesville.................................  249A
Cadiz.....................................  292A
Caldwell..................................  285A
Cambridge.................................  244A
Canton....................................  231B, 251B, 295B
Castalia..................................  249A
Celina....................................  232A, 244A
Chillicothe...............................  232B1
Cincinnati................................  223B, 227B, 231B, 253B,
                                             270B, 274B, 286B
Circleville...............................  296A
Cleveland.................................  226B, 238B, 253B, 258B,
                                             264B, 271B, 277B, 281B,
                                             289B, 293B 300B
Cleveland Heights.........................  222B
Clyde.....................................  265A
Coal Grove................................  246A
Columbus..................................  222B, 234B, 242B, 246B,
                                             250B, 259B, 298A
Columbus Grove............................  230B1
Conneaut..................................  288A
Coshocton.................................  257A
Crestline.................................  254A
Crooksville...............................  297A

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Dayton....................................  256B, 284B, 299B
Defiance..................................  251B, 290A
Delaware..................................  300A
Delphos...................................  296A
Delta.....................................  293A
Dover.....................................  269A
East Liverpool............................  282B
Eaton.....................................  225B
Edgewood..................................  273A
Elyria....................................  297B
Englewood.................................  233A
Fairfield.................................  235B
Findlay...................................  263B
Fort Shawnee..............................  298A
Fostoria..................................  244A
Fredericktown.............................  252A
Fremont...................................  256B1
Gahanna...................................  285A
Galion....................................  272A
Gallipolis................................  268B
Geneva....................................  284A
Georgetown................................  249A
Gibsonburg................................  239A
Greenfield................................  248A
Greenville................................  293B
Grove City................................  266A
Hamilton..................................  243B, 278B
Harrison..................................  282A
Hicksville................................  294A
Hilliard..................................  289A
Hillsboro.................................  294B
Holland...................................  272A
Hubbard...................................  270A
Huron.....................................  241A
Ironton...................................  296A
Jackson...................................  249A
Johnstown.................................  276A
Kent......................................  261A
Kenton....................................  237A
Kettering.................................  260B
Lancaster.................................  238B, 278A
Lebanon...................................  243B
Lima......................................  226A, 249A, 271B, 285A
Logan.....................................  252A
London....................................  292A
Lorain....................................  285A
Loudonville...............................  299A
Manchester................................  267A
Mansfield.................................  287B, 291B
Marietta..................................  271B1
Marion....................................  232A, 295B
McArthur..................................  254A
McConnelsville............................  265A, 279A
Medina....................................  235B
Miamisburg................................  229B
Middleport................................  221A
Middletown................................  290B
Milford...................................  296A
Millersburg...............................  237A
Montpelier................................  283A
Mount Gilead..............................  236
Mount Vernon..............................  229B
Napoleon..................................  276A
Nelsonville...............................  299A
New Lexington.............................  290A
New Philadelphia..........................  240A
Newark....................................  262B, 269A
Niles.....................................  291A
North Baltimore...........................  299A
North Kingsville..........................  298A
North Madison.............................  229A
Norwalk...................................  237A
Oak Harbor................................  247A
Ottawa....................................  292A
Oxford....................................  249A
Paulding..................................  259A
Piketon...................................  261A
Piqua.....................................  239B
Pleasant City.............................  221A
Port Clinton..............................  233B
Portsmouth................................  257A, 281C, 298A
Richwood..................................  282A
Ripley....................................  258C3
Salem.....................................  286B
Sandusky..................................  274B
Shadyside.................................  239B1
Shelby....................................  261A
Sidney....................................  288A
South Webster.............................  235A
South Zanesville..........................  224B1
Springfield...............................  264B, 275B
St. Marys.................................  277A
Swanton...................................  297A
Sylvania..................................  288A
Tiffin....................................  279B
Toledo....................................  223B, 260B, 268B, 284B
Troy......................................  245A
Uhrichsville..............................  260A
Union City................................  248A
Upper Arlington...........................  255A
Upper Sandusky............................  240A
Urbana....................................  269A
Wapakoneta................................  221A
Washington Courthouse.....................  288A
Wauseon...................................  245A
Waverly...................................  265A
Wellston..................................  244B1
West Carrollton...........................  221A
West Union................................  276A
Westerville...............................  280A
Willard...................................  245A
Wilmington................................  272A
Wooster...................................  283B
Xenia.....................................  237A
Youngstown................................  227B, 255B, 266B
Zanesville................................  273B
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Oklahoma
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ada.......................................  257A
Altus.....................................  228C2, 300C3
Alva......................................  248C2, 260C1, 289C2, 296C3
Anadarko..................................  278C1
Antlers...................................  222C2, 272A
Ardmore...................................  239C1, 253A
Arnett....................................  285C2
Atoka.....................................  271A
Bartlesville..............................  261C1
Bethany...................................  285A
Bixby.....................................  287C2
Blossom...................................  224C2
Boswell...................................  282C3
Bristow...................................  285A
Broken Arrow..............................  221C2
Broken Bow................................  291C2
Buffalo...................................  224C2
Byng......................................  261C2
Chelsea...................................  264A
Chickasha.................................  288A
Clayton...................................  241A

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Clinton...................................  238C2, 294C1
Coalgate..................................  288C3
Collinsville..............................  268C3
Comanche..................................  287A
Cordell...................................  229A, 257C3
DeQueen...................................  227A
Dickson...................................  224A
Duncan....................................  246A
Durant....................................  248C2, 292C3
Edmond....................................  250A
Eldorado..................................  245A
Elk City..................................  232C3, 243C1, 253C
Enid......................................  245C, 276C2
Eufaula...................................  273C3
Frederick.................................  240A
Glenpool..................................  231C1
Granite...................................  282C3
Grove.....................................  257A
Guymon....................................  224C3, 258C1
Haileyville...............................  290A
Healdton..................................  249C3
Heavener..................................  223A
Henryetta.................................  258C1
Hobart....................................  290C
Holdenville...............................  293C3
Hollis....................................  223A, 274C2
Hugo......................................  238C2
Idabel....................................  244C3, 275A
Ketchum...................................  298C1
Kingfisher................................  287A
Kiowa.....................................  254A
Lahoma....................................  239C3
Lawton....................................  231C, 237C3, 251C1, 258C3,
                                             267C1, 297C2
Lindsay...................................  286A
Locust Grove..............................  233A
Lone Grove................................  296C3
Mangum....................................  249A
Marlow....................................  221C1
McAlester.................................  267C1, 286A
Miami.....................................  265A
Mooreland.................................  283C1, 300C2
Muldrow...................................  286A
Muskogee..................................  246C, 295C
Newcastle.................................  227C1
Norman....................................  292A
Nowata....................................  285A
Okarche...................................  294C2
Oklahoma City.............................  223C, 234C, 241C, 255C,
                                             263C, 270C, 274C, 281C,
                                             299C
Owosso....................................  291C
Pawhuska..................................  233A, 280A
Perry.....................................  286A
Ponca City................................  257A, 265A, 284C3
Poteau....................................  250C, 297C
Pryor.....................................  283C1
Rattan....................................  258A
Reydon....................................  264C2
Roland....................................  222A
Sallisaw..................................  240C2
Sand Springs..............................  272C2
Sapulpa...................................  265A
Sayre.....................................  269C2
Seminole..................................  290A
Shawnee...................................  236C
Snyder....................................  262A
Soper.....................................  243A
Spencer...................................  289A
Stillwater................................  229C2, 251A, 288A
Stuart....................................  228A
Sulphur...................................  291A
Taft......................................  262A
Tahlequah.................................  269C3
Taloga....................................  226A
Thomas....................................  288A
Tulsa.....................................  225C, 238C, 243C, 248C,
                                             253C, 277C
Tuttle....................................  259C3
Valliant..................................  234C3
Vici......................................  249A
Vinita....................................  240A, 241C2
Wapanucka.................................  298A
Warner....................................  271A
Watonga...................................  230A
Weatherford...............................  247C1, 286A
Wewoka....................................  284A
Wilburton.................................  279C1
Woodward..................................  221C3, 240A, 266C, 272A,
                                             292C1
Wynnewood.................................  283A
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Oregon
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Albany....................................  260C, 300C
Altamont..................................  249C1, 267C1
Ashland...................................  270C, 298C2
Astoria...................................  225C1
Baker.....................................  237A, 284C
Bandon....................................  243C3
Banks.....................................  298C1, 298C3
Bay City..................................  242A
Beaverton.................................  277C
Bend......................................  231C, 248C1, 253C3, 259C2,
                                             264C1, 289C1
Bonanza...................................  275C3
Brookings.................................  237C2
Brownsville...............................  272C1
Burns.....................................  224A
Butte Falls...............................  225A
Cannon Beach..............................  235C3
Canyon City...............................  233C0
Cave Junction.............................  274C
Condon....................................  228A
Coos Bay..................................  228A, 254C2, 290C2
Coquille..................................  247C1
Corvallis.................................  268C1, 292C
Cottage Grove.............................  263A
Creswell..................................  237C3
Dallas....................................  252C3
Depoe Bay.................................  264C2
Diamond Lake..............................  299A
Eagle Point...............................  292C3
Elgin.....................................  290A
Enterprise................................  221A
Eugene....................................  233C, 241C, 250C, 256C
Florence..................................  284C, 295A
Garibaldi.................................  288C3
Gleneden Beach............................  248C2
Gold Beach................................  224C1
Gold Hill.................................  262C1
Grants Pass...............................  245C
Harbeck-Fruitdale.........................  252C2
Hermiston.................................  263A
Hood River................................  288A
Keno......................................  253A
Klamath Falls.............................  223C, 258C1, 284C1, 295C1
La Grande.................................  254C2, 260C1
Lake Oswego...............................  294C
Lakeview..................................  228C2, 237C2
Lebanon...................................  279C
Lincoln City..............................  244C2
Madras....................................  251C1

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Malin.....................................  263A
Medford...................................  229C, 239C1, 278C1
Merrill...................................  289A
Milton-Freewater..........................  250C2
Mollalla..................................  286C
Monmouth..................................  236C3
Myrtle Point..............................  231A
Newport...................................  224C2, 274C1
North Bend................................  235C1, 297C1
Nyssa.....................................  254C1
Oakridge..................................  221A
Ontario...................................  241C1
Pendleton.................................  279C1, 299C
Phoenix...................................  286C1
Pilot Rock................................  221C3
Portland..................................  222C, 229C, 238C, 246C,
                                             254C1, 258C1, 262C, 266C,
                                             270C
Prineville................................  236C1, 255C3
Ranier....................................  252A
Redmond...................................  269C2, 275C1, 298C1
Reed City.................................  247A
Reedsport.................................  221A, 258C3
Rogue River...............................  234A
Roseburg..................................  276A
Scappoose.................................  281C3
Seaside...................................  251A, 272C3
Sisters...................................  281C2
Springfield-Eugene........................  226C
Stanfield.................................  241C3
Sunriver..................................  224C2
Sutherlin.................................  266C3
Sweet Home................................  296C1
The Dalles................................  224C3, 244C3, 249C2, *268C3,
                                             283C
Tillamook.................................  231C3
Tri-City..................................  282C2
Vale......................................  288C
Veneta....................................  288C3
Warm Springs..............................  243C
Weston....................................  270C2
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                              Pennsylvania
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Allentown.................................  264B, 281B
Altoona...................................  251B, 261B1
Avis......................................  260A
Barnesboro................................  228A
Beaver Falls..............................  294B
Beaver Springs............................  291A
Bedford...................................  265A, 298A
Bellefonte................................  237A
Bellwood..................................  280A
Benton....................................  240A
Berwick...................................  278A
Bethlehem.................................  236B
Blairsville...............................  292A
Bloomsburg................................  293B
Boalsburg.................................  229A
Boyertown.................................  298B
Braddock..................................  245B
Bradford..................................  261A
Brookville................................  277B1, 288B1
Burgettstown..............................  278B
Burnham...................................  244A
Butler....................................  249A
Cambridge Springs.........................  283A
Canton....................................  262B1
Carbondale................................  232A
Carlisle..................................  272A
Central City..............................  269A
Chambersburg..............................  236B
Clarendon.................................  274A, 282A
Clarion...................................  224A
Clearfield................................  226B1
Cooperstown...............................  299A
Coudersport...............................  244A
Covington.................................  268A
Cresson...................................  232A
Curwensville..............................  275A
Dallas....................................  229A
Danville..................................  244A
Dubois....................................  271B, 297B
Duquesne..................................  252A
Easton....................................  241B, 260B
Ebensburg.................................  256B
Edinboro..................................  250B1
Elizabethville............................  263A
Ellwood City..............................  221A
Emporium..................................  257A
Ephrata...................................  286B
Erie......................................  234A, 260B, 272A, 279B
Everett...................................  282A
Fairview..................................  230A
Farmington Township.......................  291A
Forest City...............................  261A
Franklin..................................  257B1
Freeland..................................  276A
Galeton...................................  264B1
Gettysburg................................  299B
Greencastle...............................  232A
Greensburg................................  296A
Greenville................................  296A
Grove City................................  236B
Harrisburg................................  235B, 247B, 257A, 281B
Hawley....................................  287A
Hazleton..................................  250B
Hershey...................................  294B
Hollidaysburg.............................  285A
Honesdale.................................  237A
Huntingdon................................  278A, 292A
Indiana...................................  223A
Jenkintown................................  280A
Jersey Shore..............................  242B1
Johnsonburg...............................  263A
Johnstown.................................  221A, 238B, 243B
Kane......................................  280A
Lancaster.................................  233B, 245B, 267B
Laporte...................................  280A
Lebanon...................................  261A
Lewisburg.................................  279A
Lewistown.................................  239A, 288A
Liberty...................................  298A
Linesville................................  269A
Lock Haven................................  221A
Mansfield.................................  222A
Martinsburg...............................  224A
Masontown.................................  295A
McConnellsburg............................  279A
Meadville.................................  262B
Mechanicsburg.............................  228A
Media.....................................  262B
Mercer....................................  244A, 280A
Mercersburg...............................  221A
Mexico....................................  223A
Meyersdale................................  227A, 253A
Mifflinburg...............................  252A
Mifflintown...............................  296A
Mill Hall.................................  249A
Millersburg...............................  255A
Milton....................................  265A
Montrose..................................  243B

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Mountaintop...............................  246A
Mount Carmel..............................  259A
Mount Union...............................  258A
Muncy.....................................  227B1
Nanticoke.................................  221A
New Kensington............................  264B
North East................................  265B1
Northumberland............................  297A
Oil City..................................  242A, 253B1
Oliver....................................  235B1
Olyphant..................................  239A
Palmyra...................................  221A
Patton....................................  234A
Philadelphia..............................  223B, 227B, 231B, 239B,
                                             243B, 251B, 255B, 266B,
                                             271B, 275B, 283B, 287B,
                                             291B
Philipsburg...............................  290A
Pittsburgh................................  225B, 229B, 233B, 241B,
                                             259B, 268B, 273B, 284B,
                                             290B, 300B
Pittston..................................  272A
Pleasant Gap..............................  254A
Pocono Pines..............................  290A
Port Allegany.............................  235A
Port Matilda..............................  300A
Portage...................................  289A
Pottsville................................  270B
Punxsutawney..............................  281A
Reading...................................  273B
Red Lion..................................  241B
Renovo....................................  295A
Reynoldsville.............................  293A
Ridgebury.................................  245A
Riverside.................................  222A
Russell...................................  276A
Saegertown................................  232A
Salladsburg...............................  238A
Scottdale.................................  280A
Scranton..................................  258, 267B, 285A, 295A
Shamokin..................................  237A
Sharon....................................  275B
Sharpsville...............................  240A
Sheffield.................................  286A
Smethport.................................  292A
Somerset..................................  249A
South Waverly.............................  241A
South Williamsport........................  257A
Spangler..................................  247A
St. Marys.................................  230B1, 248B
Starview..................................  224A
State College.............................  233A, 276A
Strattanville.............................  267A
Stroudsburg...............................  228A
Sunbury...................................  231B
Susquehanna...............................  227A, 263A
Sykesville................................  240A
Tamaqua...................................  288A
Tioga.....................................  234B1
Tobyhanna.................................  300A
Towanda...................................  237A
Tunkhannock...............................  299A
Tyrone....................................  266B
Union City................................  292A
Uniontown.................................  257A
University Park...........................  246A
Warren....................................  222B
Washington................................  237A
Waynesboro................................  268B
Waynesburg................................  276A
Wellsboro.................................  283B
Whitneyville..............................  296A
Wilkes-Barre..............................  225B, 253B
Williamsport..............................  274B, 286B, 300A
York......................................  277B, 289B
York-Hanover..............................  253B
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                              Rhode Island
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Block Island..............................  257A
Middletown................................  262A
Narragansett Pier.........................  274A
Providence................................  222B, 231B, 238B, 268B, 286B
Wakefield-Peacedale.......................  259A
Westerly..................................  279B
Woonsocket................................  292A
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                             South Carolina
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Abbeville.................................  225A
Aiken.....................................  242C2, 258C2
Allendale.................................  228A
Anderson..................................  266C, 297C
Andrews...................................  264A
Atlantic Beach............................  262A
Bamberg...................................  239A
Barnwell..................................  257C1
Batesburg.................................  226A
Beaufort..................................  254C1
Blackville................................  250A
Bluffton..................................  295C1
Bowman....................................  233A
Branchville...............................  286A
Briarcliffe Acres.........................  296C2
Bucksport.................................  300C2
Camden....................................  274A
Cayce.....................................  244C3
Charleston................................  236C, 245C, 263C3, 278C1
Cheraw....................................  277C2
Chester...................................  257C3
Chesterfield..............................  297A
Clearwater................................  252A
Clemson...................................  285A
Columbia..................................  228A, 248C1, 276A, 284C
Conway....................................  230A
Cross Hill................................  231A
Darlington................................  288C3
Dillon....................................  225C
Due West..................................  237A
Easley....................................  280A
Elloree...................................  262A, 262C3
Florence..................................  292A
Folly Beach...............................  251C2
Forest Acres..............................  232A
Gaffney...................................  287C
Garden City...............................  249C1
Georgetown................................  229A, 293C2
Goose Creek...............................  232C3
Gray Court................................  263C
Greenville................................  223C, 229C, 233C
Greenwood.................................  278C3
Greer.....................................  277A
Hampton...................................  221A
Hanahan...................................  241C1
Hardeeville...............................  266C2
Hartsville................................  253A
Hilton Head Island........................  291C2
Hollywood.................................  259C1
Honea Path................................  276A
Johnsonville..............................  286A

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Johnston..................................  224A
Kiawah Island.............................  288C2
Kingstree.................................  231A, 257C3
Ladson....................................  292A
Lake City.................................  261A
Lamar.....................................  229A
Lancaster.................................  296A
Latta.....................................  232C3
Lexington.................................  253A
Loris.....................................  235A
Marion....................................  263C3
Mauldin...................................  244A
McClellanville............................  255C2
Moncks Corner.............................  223C
Mount Pleasant............................  283C2
Mullens...................................  ............................
Murrell's Inlet...........................  233A
Myrtle Beach..............................  221C1, 269C2, 281C1
New Ellenton..............................  274A
North Charleston..........................  273C
North Myrtle Beach........................  290C3
Orangeburg................................  275A, 280C3, 294C1
Pageland..................................  272A
Pamplico..................................  271C2
Parris Island.............................  276C3
Pawley's Island...........................  253C3
Pendleton.................................  240A
Port Royal................................  300C2
Ravenel...................................  269C3
Ridgeland.................................  285C3
Ridgeville................................  265C3
Saluda....................................  221A
Scranton..................................  275A
Seneca....................................  251C
Simpsonville..............................  292C3
Socastee..................................  258C3
South Congaree............................  237A
Spartanburg...............................  255C
St. Andrews...............................  272A
St. George................................  298C
St. Matthews..............................  230A
St. Stephen...............................  291A
Summerton.................................  252A
Summerville...............................  227C2
Sumter....................................  234A, 267C
Surfside Beach............................  276C3
Walhalla..................................  242A
Walterboro................................  229A
Wedgefield................................  238A
West Columbia.............................  261A
Williston.................................  234A
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                              South Dakota
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aberdeen..................................  231C1, 235C, 294C1
Belle Fourche.............................  240C1, 271C3
Box Elder.................................  274A
Brandon...................................  261A
Brookings.................................  229C1
Burke.....................................  264A
Canton....................................  274C2
Clear Lake................................  296C3
Custer....................................  286C2
Deadwood..................................  236C
Dell Rapids...............................  239C3
Faith.....................................  246C
Flandreau.................................  300C3
Gregory...................................  268C1
Hot Springs...............................  244C2
Huron.....................................  256A, 286A
Ipswich...................................  300A
Lead......................................  232C
Lennox....................................  256C3
Lowry.....................................  264C1
Madison...................................  276C2
Martin....................................  273C1
Milbank...................................  282C1
Mission...................................  264A
Mitchell..................................  290C1, 297C1
Mobridge..................................  258C1
Murdo.....................................  285A
Newell....................................  279C2
Pierre....................................  224C1, 237C2
Pine Ridge................................  228A
Presho....................................  262A
Rapid City................................  222C1, 230C1, 250C, 254C1,
                                             262C1, 281C1, 292C
Redfield..................................  249A, 279C1
Reliance..................................  233C
Roscoe....................................  287A
Salem.....................................  263C1
Sioux Falls...............................  223C, 233A, 243C, 247C1,
                                             270C2, 279C2, 284C
Sisseton..................................  258C2, 275C1
Spearfish.................................  266C, 297C
Sturgis...................................  226C
Vermillion................................  292C2
Volga.....................................  272C3
Wall......................................  288C
Watertown.................................  225C1, 241C1, 245C
Wessington Springs........................  227C1, 252C1
Winner....................................  229C1
Yankton...................................  226C1, 281C1
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Tennessee
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alamo.....................................  226C3
Athens....................................  269C3
Atwood....................................  229C3
Baxter....................................  299C3
Belle Meade...............................  294A
Benton....................................  226A
Bolivar...................................  244A
Bristol...................................  245C
Brownsville...............................  237A
Bulls Gap.................................  264A
Byrdstown.................................  255A
Calhoun...................................  281A
Camden....................................  240A
Carthage..................................  281A
Celina....................................  268A
Centerville...............................  244A
Chattanooga...............................  222C, 243C, 293C
Cleveland.................................  237A, 264C
Clifton...................................  293A
Clinton...................................  237A
Coalmont..................................  284A
Collinwood................................  235C3
Colonial Heights..........................  240C2
Columbia..................................  269A
Cookeville................................  234C, 253C2
Covington.................................  228A
Crossville................................  257A, 273C3
Dayton....................................  285A
Dickson...................................  273C1
Dresden...................................  236A
Dyer......................................  232A
Dyersburg.................................  261C2

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East Ridge................................  300C3
Elizabethton..............................  257C3
Erwin.....................................  280A
Etowah....................................  276C2
Fayetteville..............................  288A
Franklin..................................  261A
Gallatin..................................  283C1
Gatlinburg................................  288A
Germantown................................  231C2, 298C3
Goddlettsville............................  246C2
Graysville................................  239A
Greensville...............................  235C
Harriman..................................  224A
Harrogate.................................  243A
Henderson.................................  239A, 299C2
Hendersonville............................  221A
Humboldt..................................  272A, 287A
Huntingdon................................  265C3
Jackson...................................  268A, 276C2, 281C1
Jamestown.................................  280A, 286A
Jefferson City............................  257A
Jellico...................................  274A
Johnson City..............................  268C
Karns.....................................  226A
Kingsport.................................  253C, 285A
Kingston Springs..........................  229A
Knoxville.................................  248C, 278C, 283A, 299C
Lafayette.................................  271A
La Follette...............................  285A
LaVergne..................................  275C1
Lawrenceburg..............................  240A, 248A
Lebanon...................................  255A, 298C
Lenoir City...............................  228A
Lewisburg.................................  232A
Lexington.................................  257A
Linden....................................  267A
Livingston................................  240C2
Lobelville................................  233C2
Loudon....................................  256A, 287A
Lynchburg.................................  296A
Madisonville..............................  258A
Manchester................................  259C
Maryville.................................  239A
McKenzie..................................  295C1
McKinnon..................................  268A
Memphis...................................  246C1, 259C, 274C1, 283C1,
                                             290C
Middleton.................................  264C3
Milan.....................................  222C
Millington................................  251C
Minor Hill................................  221A
Monterey..................................  226A, 284A, 295C2
Morristown................................  231A
Munford...................................  255C1
Murfreesboro..............................  242C1
Nashville.................................  225C, 238C, 250C, 277C, 290C
Newport...................................  225A
Norris....................................  294A
Oak Ridge.................................  232A, 262C
Oliver Springs............................  254C3, 291A
Oneida....................................  288A
Paris.....................................  231C3
Parsons...................................  247A
Pigeon Forge..............................  292A
Pulaski...................................  252A
Red Bank..................................  232A
Ripley....................................  235A
Rockwood..................................  289A
Rogersville...............................  293A
St. Joseph................................  268A
Savannah..................................  228A, 269A
Selmer....................................  230A, 288A
Sevierville...............................  271C1
Seymour...................................  242A
Signal Mountain...........................  251A
Smithville................................  269A
Smyrna....................................  231A
Soddy-Daisy...............................  272A
South Fulton..............................  267C3
South Pittsburg...........................  247C2
Sparta....................................  288A
Spencer...................................  297A
Spring City...............................  230C3
Springfield...............................  232A
Surgoinsville.............................  282A
Sweetwater................................  252A
Tazewell..................................  290A
Tiptonville...............................  247A
Trenton...................................  248C3
Tullahoma.................................  227C
Tusculum..................................  276A
Union City................................  285A, 289A
Walden....................................  279C3
Wartburg..................................  267C3
Waverly...................................  286C2
Woodbury..................................  285A
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                  Texas
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Abilene...................................  223C2, 263C, 286C1, 292C2,
                                             300C1
Alamo.....................................  285A
Albany....................................  255A
Alice.....................................  221A, 272A
Allen.....................................  277C
Alpine....................................  224A
Amarillo..................................  226C1, 231C, 245C1, 250C,
                                             254C1, 259A, 265C1, 270C1,
                                             275C1, 289C3
Andrews...................................  288A
Anson.....................................  251C1
Archer City...............................  248C2
Arlington.................................  235C
Asherton..................................  284A
Aspermont.................................  226C2
Atlanta...................................  261C2
Austin....................................  229C, 238C1, 251C1, 264C,
                                             272C2
Azle......................................  269C
Baird.....................................  236C3, 243C3
Ballinger.................................  238A, 276C1
Balmorhea.................................  283C
Bandera...................................  276A
Bastrop...................................  296C2
Bay City..................................  269C1, 273C1
Beaumont..................................  231C1, 236C1, 248C1, 273C2,
                                             300C
Beeville..................................  289C3, 296A
Bells.....................................  226A
Belton....................................  292C3
Benavides.................................  282A, 299C2
Benbrook..................................  296C1
Benjamin..................................  237C3
Big Lake..................................  246A, 252A, 281A
Big Spring................................  232C3, 239C2
Big Wells.................................  271A
Bishop....................................  295C3
Blanket...................................  284A
Bloomington...............................  295C3
Blossom...................................  224C2
Bonham....................................  252C3
Borger....................................  282C1, 294A
Brackettville.............................  234A
Brady.....................................  237A
Breckenridge..............................  261A, 228C2

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Brenham...................................  231C3, 291C2
Bridgeport................................  252A
Brownfield................................  282C2
Brownsville...............................  258C, 262C0
Brownwood.................................  245C1, 257C2, 267C1
Bruni.....................................  293A
Bryan.....................................  252A, 258A, 284C2
Buda......................................  268C1
Buffalo Gap...............................  227A
Burkburnett...............................  284C1
Burnet....................................  223A, 240A, 295A
Caldwell..................................  297A
Cameron...................................  232A, 280C2
Campbell..................................  296A
Camp Wood.................................  251C3, 271A
Canadian..................................  235C1
Canyon....................................  296A, 300C1
Carrizo Springs...........................  221A, 228A
Carthage..................................  255C1, 282A
Cedar Park................................  227C
Center....................................  263A
Centerville...............................  278A, 290C3
Channing..................................  284A
Charlotte.................................  272A
Childress.................................  241C2, 281C2
Clarendon.................................  257C2
Clarksville...............................  253C
Claude....................................  239C1
Cleveland.................................  246C
Clifton...................................  281C3
Coahoma...................................  288A
Coalgate..................................  288C2
Coleman...................................  272C3
College Station...........................  236C2
Colorado City.............................  257A, 296A
Columbus..................................  252A
Comanche..................................  232C2, 280A
Comfort...................................  236C1
Conroe....................................  295C
Cooper....................................  228C3
Copperas Cove.............................  276C3
Corpus Christi............................  230C1, 234C3, 238C, 243C1,
                                             256C1
Corrigan..................................  257A
Cotulla...................................  242A, 264A, 289A
Crane.....................................  267C1
Crockett..................................  224C2, 228C2
Crystal Beach.............................  268A, 287A
Crystal City..............................  232A
Dalhart...................................  241C3, 261C
Dallas....................................  223C, 250C, 254C, 262C,
                                             266C, 275C, 283C, 287C
Decatur...................................  289C
Del Rio...................................  232A, 242C1
Denton....................................  256C, 291C
Denver City...............................  248C2
DeQueen...................................  227A
Detroit...................................  282C2
Devine....................................  223C2
Diboll....................................  238C1
Dickens...................................  240A, 294A
Dilley....................................  229A, 255C2
Dimmitt...................................  263C3
Dublin....................................  226C3
Dumas.....................................  237C3
Eagle Lake................................  237C3
Eagle Pass................................  224A
Eastland..................................  249A
Eden......................................  283A
Edinburg..................................  281C0, 300C1
Edna......................................  241C3
El Campo..................................  245C1
El Paso...................................  222C, 226C, 230C, 234C,
                                             238C, 242C, 248C, 260C,
                                             271C
Electra...................................  235C2
Eldorado..................................  258C1, 285A, 293A
Elgin.....................................  223A
Elkhart...................................  265A
Encinal...................................  273A
Escobares.................................  284A
Estelline.................................  263C3
Fabens....................................  276A
Fairfield.................................  256C3
Falfurrias................................  292A
Farmersville..............................  221A
Farwell...................................  222C1, 252C2
Floresville...............................  231C2
Flower Mound..............................  244C
Floydada..................................  291C3, 255A
Fort Stockton.............................  232A, 263C
Fort Worth................................  231C, 242C, 258C, 298C1
Fort Worth-Dallas.........................  246C, 271C
Franklin..................................  270C3
Frankston.................................  244C2
Freeport..................................  277C
Freer.....................................  240A, 288A
Friona....................................  234C2
Gainesville...............................  233C, 300C1
Galveston.................................  293C
Ganado....................................  284C2
Gardendale................................  271C
Gatesville................................  252A
George West...............................  228C3, 250A, 265A, 292A
Georgetown................................  244C1, 299C3
Giddings..................................  240A
Gilmer....................................  237C3
Glen Rose.................................  221C1
Goldsmith.................................  234A
Goliad....................................  240C3, 282A
Gonzales..................................  292C3
Goree.....................................  275A
Graham....................................  234C3
Grapeland.................................  232C3
Gregory...................................  283A
Groom.....................................  223A
Groves....................................  223C2
Groveton..................................  251A
Guthrie...................................  252A
Haltom City...............................  227C2
Hamilton..................................  299A
Hamlin....................................  279C, 283C2
Harker Heights............................  288C2
Harlingen.................................  233C, 241C
Haskell...................................  246C1
Hearne....................................  276A
Hebbronville..............................  232A, 254A, 269A
Helotes...................................  266C1
Hemphill..................................  280A
Hempstead.................................  287C3
Hereford..................................  278C2, 292C2
Hewitt....................................  294A
Higland Park-Dallas.......................  279C
Highland Village..........................  264C
Hillsboro.................................  273C1
Hondo.....................................  290A
Hooks.....................................  240C3, 231A
Houston...................................  229C, 233C, 239C, 243C,
                                             250C, 256C, 262C, 266C,
                                             271C, 275C, 281C, 289C
Howe......................................  237C3
Hudson....................................  242A
Hunt......................................  260A
Huntington................................  270C2
Huntsville................................  259C3, 269A
Hutto.....................................  221A
Idalou....................................  289A, 299A

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Ingleside.................................  297C3
Inglis....................................  257A
Ingram....................................  243A
Iowa Park.................................  242A
Iraan.....................................  269C2
Jacksboro.................................  238A
Jacksonville..............................  272C2, 293C
Jasper....................................  274C2, 297C3
Jayton....................................  231C2
Jefferson.................................  283A
Johnson City..............................  300C2
Jourdanton................................  239C3
Junction..................................  228C2, 277C3, 284A, 292A,
                                             297A
Karnes City...............................  276C2
Kennedy...................................  221A
Kerens....................................  295C3
Kermit....................................  229A, 292A
Kerrville.................................  222C2, 232C2, 291A
Kilgore...................................  241C2
Killeen...................................  222A
Kingsville................................  224C2, 248C1
Knox City.................................  297A
Krum......................................  229C1
La Grange.................................  285A
La Porte..................................  279C
La Pryor..................................  278A
Lake Jackson..............................  298C
Lamesa....................................  284C1
Laredo....................................  224A, 235C1, 251C1, 291A
Leakey....................................  226A, 257A, 275A, 282A, 299A
Leander...................................  255C2
Lewisville................................  300C1
Levelland.................................  287C3
Liberty...................................  260C2
Livingston................................  222C2
Llano.....................................  242A, 275A, 293C3
Lometa....................................  270A
Longview..................................  247C2, 289C
Lorenzo...................................  251C2
Los Ybanez................................  253C2
Lovelady..................................  282C3
Lubbock...................................  229C1, 233C1, 242C1, 258C1,
                                             266C1, 273C1, 293C2
Lufkin....................................  230A, 261C2, 286C
Luling....................................  234C
Madisonville..............................  241C2, 263C3, 267A
Malakoff..................................  240A
Marble Falls..............................  285C2
Marfa.....................................  228A
Markham...................................  223A
Marlin....................................  225C2
Marshall..................................  222A, 280A
Mason.....................................  239C2, 259A, 269C3, 273C2,
                                             281C2, 289C2
Matador...................................  221C2, 227C3
McAllen...................................  245C, 253C
McCamey...................................  233C3, 237A
McLean....................................  267C3
McQueeney.................................  249C1
Memphis...................................  287C1, 292A
Menard....................................  242A, 265C2, 287C3
Mercedes..................................  292A
Meridian..................................  285A
Merkel....................................  274C1
Mertzon...................................  266A
Mexia.....................................  285A
Midland...................................  222C, 227C1, 236C3, 277C1,
                                             294C1
Mineola...................................  260A
Mineral Wells.............................  240C1
Mirando City..............................  263C2
Mission...................................  288A
Missouri City.............................  285C3
Monahans..................................  260C1
Muenster..................................  294C
Muleshoe..................................  276A
Mullin....................................  224C3
Munday....................................  270C1
Nacogdoches...............................  221A, 277C2
Navasota..................................  223A
New Boston................................  236C2, 278C2, 286A
New Braunfels.............................  221A
New Ulm...................................  222A
Nolanville................................  297A
O'Brien...................................  261A
Odem......................................  252C2
Odessa....................................  241C1, 245C1, 250C1, 256C1,
                                             300C1
Olney.....................................  282C2
Orange....................................  283C1, 291C
Ore City..................................  295C3
Overton...................................  264C3
Ozona.....................................  232C3, 275C3, 289C1
Palacios..................................  259A
Palestine.................................  252C2
Pampa.....................................  262C2, 277C2
Panhandle.................................  291C3
Paris.....................................  230C2, 270C2, 299C2
Parowan...................................  300C2
Pasadena..................................  225C
Pearsall..................................  237A, 277A, 281C1
Pecos.....................................  247C1, 252C3
Perryton..................................  241C3
Pilot Point...............................  285C1
Pineland..................................  256A
Pittsburg.................................  245C3, 276C2
Plainview.................................  247C1, 280C1, 295C2
Point Comfort.............................  231C3
Port Arthur...............................  227C, 253C
Port Isabel...............................  266A
Port Lavaca...............................  227C1
Portland..................................  288A
Post......................................  297C2
Premont...................................  264C3, 287A
Quanah....................................  265C3
Rankin....................................  229C3
Raymondville..............................  271C2, 289A
Refugio...................................  263A, 291A
Reno......................................  255A
Richland Springs..........................  252A
Rio Grande City...........................  236A, 298C2
Roaring Springs...........................  276C3
Robinson..................................  300A
Robstown..................................  260C1, 286A
Rockdale..................................  253A
Rockport..................................  272C2
Rocksprings...............................  223A, 235C3, 291A, 295C2
Roma......................................  249A
Rotan.....................................  290A
Round Rock................................  290C2
Rule......................................  239C2
Rusk......................................  249C3
Sabinal...................................  296A
San Angelo................................  225C1, 230C1, 234C1, 248C1,
                                             254C, 261C2, 270C1, 291C2,
                                             298C1
San Antonio...............................  225C, 241C1, 247C, 258C,
                                             262C, 270C1, 274Cl, 283C1,
                                             298C
San Augustine.............................  223A
San Diego.................................  290C3, 273A
San Isidro................................  247A
San Marcos................................  278C
Sanderson.................................  286C2
Sanger....................................  281C3
San Saba..................................  291A

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Santa Anna................................  282A, 288C3
Savoy.....................................  297A
Schertz...................................  253C1
Seabrook..................................  221C1
Seadrift..................................  286C2
Seguin....................................  287C
Seminole..................................  292A
Seymour...................................  222C2, 230C2, 254A
Shamrock..................................  224A, 271A
Silsbee...................................  269A
Sinton....................................  267C1, 279C1
Slaton....................................  224C1
Snyder....................................  255A, 268C1, 235C3
Sonora....................................  221A, 237C3, 272A
South Padre Island........................  224A, 237A
Spearman..................................  252A
Spur......................................  254A
Stamford..................................  233A, 295C2
Stanton...................................  290C2
Stephenville..............................  252A
Sterling City.............................  243C2
Sulphur Bluff.............................  259A
Sulphur Springs...........................  240A
Sweetwater................................  221C3, 244A
Taft......................................  293C2
Tahoka....................................  262C1, 278A
Tatum.....................................  262A
Taylor....................................  282C2
Temple....................................  269C3
Terrell Hills.............................  294C
Texarkana.................................  251C, 273C1
Thorndale.................................  257A
Three Rivers..............................  233C2
Toquerville...............................  280C
Tulia.....................................  285C3
Turkey....................................  244C2
Tye.......................................  259C1
Tyler.....................................  221C3, 226C1, 268C, 281C2
Uvalde....................................  230C3, 272A, 285C3
Van Alstyne...............................  260A
Vernon....................................  276A
Victoria..................................  222A, 236C1, 254C1, 265A,
                                             300C1
Waco......................................  233A, 239C2, 248C, 260C,
                                             277A
Wake Village..............................  223C3
Weinert...................................  266C3
Wellington................................  248A, 298C3
Wells.....................................  234C2
Westbrook.................................  272A
Wheeler...................................  280C2
White Oak.................................  257C2
Whitehouse................................  297C2
Whitesboro................................  273C2
Wichita Falls.............................  225C1, 260C1, 272C1, 280C2,
                                             292C2
Willis....................................  259C3
Winfield..................................  249C3
Winnie....................................  264C
Winnsboro.................................  284A
Winona....................................  274C3
Winters...................................  241C2
Wolfforth.................................  238C1
Yoakum....................................  223A
Yorktown..................................  242A
Zapata....................................  228A, 274A, 280A
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                  Utah
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Blanding..................................  221A
Bountiful.................................  258C
Brian Head................................  251C
Brigham City..............................  264C, 295C
Castle Dale...............................  237C3
Cedar City................................  223C, 235C1
Centerville...............................  289C
Coalville.................................  223C3
Delta.....................................  239C
Fountain Green............................  260A
Huntington................................  296C2
Huntsville................................  276C3
Hurricane.................................  275C3
Kanab.....................................  266C1
Levan.....................................  244C
Logan.....................................  225C1, 233C
Manti.....................................  286C
Midvale...................................  274C
Moab......................................  246C1
Mona......................................  225A
Monroe....................................  257C2
Monticello................................  291C1
Nephi.....................................  224A, 280C1
Oakley....................................  268C1
Ogden.....................................  238C1, 250C, 266C, 270C
Orem......................................  298C
Parowan...................................  300C2
Payson....................................  222A
Price.....................................  252C3, 265A
Provo.....................................  235C, 242C
Randolph..................................  272A
Richfield.................................  229C, 248
Roosevelt.................................  232C1, 253C2
Roy.......................................  300C
St. George................................  228C2, 240C, 260C
Salt Lake City............................  227C, 231C, 246C, 254C,
                                             262C, 278C, 282C
Smithfield................................  280A
Spanish Fork..............................  293C1
Tooele....................................  221C3
Toquerville...............................  280C
Torrey....................................  253A
Tremonton.................................  286C
Vernal....................................  290C3
Wellington................................  221C3
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                                 Vermont
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Addison...................................  229C3
Albany....................................  233A
Barre.....................................  296A
Barton....................................  262A
Bellows Falls.............................  296A
Bennington................................  232A
Berlin....................................  265C3
Brandon...................................  268A
Brattleboro...............................  224A, 244A
Brighton..................................  295A
Bristol...................................  248A
Burlington................................  225C, 255C1, 300C
Canaan....................................  231C3
Danville..................................  239A
Derby Center..............................  221C3
Hardwick..................................  290A
Hartford..................................  282A
Killington................................  287C2
Lyndon....................................  249C3
Manchester................................  274B
Marlboro..................................  268A
Montpelier................................  284C2
Randolph..................................  271C3

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Royalton..................................  276A
Rupert....................................  281A
Rutland...................................  233A, 246C2, 251C2
South Burlington..........................  238C3
Springfield...............................  228A
St. Albans................................  272A
St. Johnsbury.............................  288A
Stowe.....................................  269C3
Vergennes.................................  294C2
Warren....................................  241A
Waterbury.................................  277C2
West Rutland..............................  298A
White River Junction......................  237A
Wilmington................................  264A
Woodstock.................................  230A
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Virginia
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Abingdon..................................  224A
Accomac...................................  257B1
Alberta...................................  299A
Alta Vista................................  288A
Amherst...................................  300C1
Appomattox................................  274C1, 296A
Arlington.................................  286B
Ashland...................................  261A
Bedford...................................  295A
Berryville................................  288A
Big Stone Gap.............................  228C2
Blacksburg................................  287C3
Blackstone................................  228C3
Bluefield.................................  292A
Bowling Green.............................  245A
Bridgewater...............................  286A
Broadway..................................  238A
Buena Vista...............................  244A
Buffalo Gap...............................  238A
Cape Charles..............................  241B
Charlottesville...........................  224A, 236A, 248B, 298A
Chase City................................  260C3
Chesa-Portsm-Va Bea.......................  271A
Chesapeake................................  229C1
Chester...................................  266A
Chincoteague..............................  243A
Christiansburg............................  264A
Churchville...............................  292B1
Clarksville...............................  252C3
Clifton Forge.............................  280A
Clinchco..................................  221A
Coeburn...................................  259C3
Colonial Beach............................  240A
Colonial Heights..........................  237B1
Covington.................................  265A
Crewe.....................................  284C1
Crozet....................................  272A, 278A
Culpeper..................................  276A
Danville..................................  277C1
Deltaville................................  222A
Dillwyn...................................  287A
Elkton....................................  252A
Emporia...................................  258A
Ettrick...................................  226A
Exmore....................................  291B
Falmouth..................................  283A
Farmville.................................  225A, 239B, 267A
Fort Lee..................................  243B
Franklin..................................  269A
Fredericksburg............................  227B, 268B
Front Royal...............................  237A, 257A
Galax.....................................  251C
Glade Spring..............................  274A
Gloucester................................  256A
Goochland.................................  263A
Gretna....................................  292A
Grundy....................................  264A
Hampton...................................  267B
Harrisonburg..............................  264B, 282B
Hot Springs...............................  296A
Jonesville................................  256A
Kilmarnock................................  269A
Lawrenceville.............................  288A
Lebanon...................................  297A
Louisa....................................  288A
Luray.....................................  280A, 289A
Lynchburg.................................  250C3, 261C3, 269C3, 290A
Manassas..................................  294B
Marion....................................  230C, 263A, 278A
Martinsville..............................  242C1
Mechanicsville............................  221B1
Midlothian................................  255B1
Mount Jackson.............................  245A
Narrows...................................  267A
Newport News..............................  247B
Norfolk...................................  239B, 254B, 259B, 263B,
                                             275B, 283B, 287B
Norton....................................  292A
Onley-Onancock............................  277B
Orange....................................  244A
Pennington Gap............................  288A
Petersburg................................  257A, 262A
Pound.....................................  272A
Powhatan..................................  297A
Pulaski...................................  296C3
Radford...................................  269A
Richlands.................................  249A, 288A
Richmond..................................  233B, 251B, 271B, 279B,
                                             289A, 293B
Roanoke...................................  222C, 235C, 256C, 285C3
Ruckersville..............................  270A
Rural Retreat.............................  237A
Salem.....................................  228A
Shawsville................................  273A
Shenandoah................................  296A
South Boston..............................  237A, 248C1
South Hill................................  270A
Spotsylvania..............................  257A
Stanleytown...............................  260C3
Staunton..................................  228A, 232B1, 259B
Strasburg.................................  285A
Suffolk...................................  225B, 295C
Tappahannock..............................  288A
Tazewell..................................  261A
Vinton....................................  268A, 291A, 296A
Virginia Beach............................  235B
Warrenton.................................  232A, 299B
Warsaw....................................  265A
West Point................................  300A
White Stone...............................  285A
Winchester................................  223B, 273B
Windsor...................................  299A
Woodbridge................................  290B
Woodstock.................................  229B1
Yorktown..................................  231B
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                               Washington
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aberdeen..................................  284C2
Basin City................................  248C2

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Bellevue..................................  223C
Bellingham................................  225C, 282C
Benton City...............................  244A
Bremerton.................................  295C
Camas.....................................  234C2
Cashmere..................................  294A
Castle Rock...............................  296C3
Centralia.................................  275C
Chehalis..................................  282A
Chelan....................................  228A
Cheney....................................  266C
Chewelah..................................  *274C3
Clarkston.................................  231C, 275A
Cle Elum..................................  229A
Colfax....................................  273C3
Colville..................................  221A
Davenport.................................  247C3
Dayton....................................  223C1
Deer Park.................................  296C3
Dishman...................................  293A
East Wenatchee............................  249C3
Eatonville................................  285C3
Edmonds...................................  287C1
Ellensburg................................  237C1, 276C2
Elma......................................  257C1
Ephrata...................................  222C2, 230C3
Forks.....................................  280A
Goldendale................................  272C3
Grand Coulee..............................  253C
Grandview.................................  265C2
Hoquiam...................................  237C3
Ilwaco....................................  280C3
Kelso.....................................  233A
Kennewick.................................  287C
Leavenworth...............................  266C2
Long Beach................................  232A
Longview..................................  288A
Lynden....................................  293C
Mabton....................................  254C2
Manson....................................  234C3
McCleary..................................  245C3
Medical Lake..............................  270C2
Montesano.................................  271C2
Moses Lake................................  257A, 262C
Naches....................................  245C2, 257A
Newport...................................  283C3
Oakville..................................  249C1
Ocean Shores..............................  228A
Olympia...................................  241C
Omak......................................  224C2, 282C2
Opportunity...............................  241C
Pasco.....................................  252A, 267C3, 229A
Prosser...................................  269C3
Pullman...................................  249A, 258C, 282C1
Quincy....................................  240C2, 244A
Raymond...................................  289C2
Richland..................................  235C, 274C, 293C
Rock Island...............................  258A
Royal City................................  228A, 242C2
Seattle...................................  227C, 231C, 235C1, 239C,
                                             243C, 251C, 255C, 260C,
                                             264C, 268C, 273C, 299C
Shelton...................................  233A
South Bend................................  300A
Spokane...................................  225C, 229C, 245C2, 251C,
                                             255C, 260C, 280C2, 285C2,
                                             289C, 300C
Tacoma....................................  247C, 279C, 291C
Toppenish.................................  225C2
Vancouver.................................  290C2
Wisp......................................  292A
Walla Walla...............................  227C1, 239C, 246C, 256C1,
                                             264C3, 265A
Wenatchee.................................  271C, 284C2
Westport..................................  267A
Wilson Creek..............................  278C1
Winlock...................................  236A
Winthrop..................................  248A
Yakima....................................  233C1, 252A, 259C3, 281C1,
                                             289C1, 297C
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                              West Virginia
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arnoldsburg...............................  264A
Barrackville..............................  226A
Beckley...................................  258B, 279B
Berkeley Springs..........................  228A
Bethlehem.................................  288B1
Bluefield.................................  283C
Bridgeport................................  281A
Buckhannon................................  228B1, 267B
Burnsville................................  238A
Charles Town..............................  252A
Charleston................................  241B, 248B, 260B, 274B
Clarksburg................................  224A, 285B1, 293B
Danville..................................  223A
Dunbar....................................  233A
Elkins....................................  234B1, 255B1
Elizabeth.................................  291A
Fairmont..................................  232A, 250B
Fisher....................................  279A
Gary......................................  299C3
Glenville.................................  299A
Grafton...................................  240A
Hinton....................................  272A
Huntington................................  263B, 277B, 300B
Kenova....................................  250A
Keyser....................................  231B, 296A
Kingwood..................................  244A, 299A
Lewisburg.................................  276A
Logan.....................................  270B
Lost Creek................................  242A
Mannington................................  274A
Martinsburg...............................  248B
Matewan...................................  294C3
Miami.....................................  297B
Milton....................................  292B1
Mishicot..................................  234C3
Montgomery................................  227A
Morgantown................................  261A, 270B
Moundsville...............................  243A
Mount Gay-Shamrock........................  234A
Mount Hope................................  290B
Mullens...................................  224A
New Martinsville..........................  222A, 258A, 280A
Oak Hill..................................  231B
Parkersburg...............................  236B, 256B1, 276A
Petersburg................................  269A
Pocatalico................................  254A
Point Pleasant............................  258A
Powhatan..................................  297A
Princeton.................................  240A, 254C3, 265A
Rainelle..................................  237B1
Ravenswood................................  226A
Richwood..................................  288A
Ridgeley..................................  263A
Ripley....................................  252A
Romney....................................  261A, *281A
Ronceverte................................  249A
Salem.....................................  277A, 289A
South Charleston..........................  265A
Spencer...................................  284A

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St. Albans................................  286B
St. Marys.................................  230B1, 287A
Summersville..............................  225B
Sutton....................................  246B1
Vienna....................................  261A
Webster Springs...........................  262B
Welch.....................................  275A
Weston....................................  272B1
Westover..................................  265A
Wheeling..................................  247B, 254B, 298B
White Sulphur Springs.....................  227A
Williamson................................  243B
Williamstown..............................  245A
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Wisconsin
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adams.....................................  291A
Algoma....................................  244C3, 281A
Allouez...................................  294C3
Altoona...................................  251C3
Antigo....................................  287C1, 291C3
Appleton..................................  289C
Ashland...................................  244C2, 227C1, *275A
Augusta...................................  268C3
Balsam Lake...............................  285C3
Baradoo...................................  235B
Barron....................................  249A
Beaver Dam................................  237A
Berlin....................................  284A
Birnamwood................................  225A
Black River Falls.........................  259C3
Bloomer...................................  236C3
Boscobel..................................  244C3
Brillion..................................  298C3
Brookfield................................  295A
Chetek....................................  294C2
Chippewa Falls............................  289C3
Cleveland.................................  251A
Clintonville..............................  222A
Columbus..................................  263A
Cornell...................................  260C3
Crandon...................................  276A
De Forest.................................  226A
De Pere...................................  240C3
Denmark...................................  285C3
Dickeyville...............................  266A
Dodgeville................................  257A
Durand....................................  240A
Eagle River...............................  233C2
Eau Claire................................  231C1, 264C1, 283C
Elk Mound.................................  225A
Ephraim...................................  295A
Evansville................................  290A
Fond Du Lac...............................  296A
Forestville...............................  271A
Fort Atkinson.............................  297B
Green Bay.................................  253C1, 266C
Hallie....................................  279C1
Hartford..................................  285A
Hayward...................................  222A, 232C2, 266A
Iron River................................  297C3
Janesville................................  260B1
Kaukauna..................................  276C3
Kenosha...................................  236B
Kewaunee..................................  224A
La Crosse.................................  227C, 239C2, 285A, 292C3
Ladysmith.................................  224A, 226A
Lake Geneva...............................  241A
Lancaster.................................  249C3
Lomira....................................  249A
Madison...................................  251B, 268B, 273B, 281B
Manitowoc.................................  221A, 272A
Marathon..................................  285C3
Marinette.................................  236C1
Marshfield................................  293C1
Mauston...................................  221A
Mayville..................................  254A
Medford...................................  257C3
Menomonee Falls...........................  252A
Merrill...................................  281C3
Middleton.................................  292A
Milwaukee.................................  227B, 233B, 239B, 243B,
                                             247B, 256B, 271B, 275B,
                                             299B
Minocqua..................................  240C3
Mishicot..................................  234C3
Monomonie.................................  221C3
Monroe....................................  229B
Mosinee...................................  234C2
Mount Horeb...............................  294A
Mukwonago.................................  287A
Neehah-Menasha............................  232C3, 262C2
Neillsville...............................  224A, 298C1
Nekoosa...................................  230C3, 288A
New Holstein..............................  225A
New London................................  228C2
Oconto....................................  296A
Omro......................................  258C2
Oshkosh...................................  245A
Owen......................................  242C3
Park Falls................................  254C2
Peshtigo..................................  242C2
Platteville...............................  296A
Plymouth..................................  283A
Port Washington...........................  261A
Portage...................................  240A, 261A
Prairie Du Chien..........................  232C2
Racine....................................  221A, 264B
Reedsburg.................................  275A, 285A
Rhinelander...............................  248C1, 261C1
Rice Lake.................................  242C1, 256C2
Richland Center...........................  265A
Ripon.....................................  241A
River Falls...............................  292A
Rosholt...................................  263A
Rudolph...................................  260C3
Sauk City.................................  242B1
Seymour...................................  282A
Shawano...................................  257C3
Sheboygan.................................  229A
Sheboygan Falls...........................  293A
Shell Lake................................  237C3
Siren.....................................  289A
Sister Bay................................  286A
Soldiers Grove............................  290A
Sparta....................................  246C1
Spencer...................................  222A
Spooner...................................  292A
Sturgeon Bay..............................  230C1, 249A, 259C2
Sturtevant................................  284A
Sun Prairie...............................  221A
Superior..................................  273C1
Suring....................................  274C1
Three Lakes...............................  229C2
Tigerton..................................  295A
Tomah.....................................  241C2, 255C, 233C3
Tomahawk..................................  223C3
Trempealeau...............................  288A
Two Rivers................................  246A, 255A
Verona....................................  288A
Viroqua...................................  272A
Washburn..................................  *284A, 290C1

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Watertown.................................  231B
Waukesha..................................  291B
Waunakee..................................  286A
Waupaca...................................  224A
Wausau....................................  238C, 270C, 300C
Wautoma...................................  272A
Wauwatosa.................................  279B
West Bend.................................  223B
West Salem................................  261A
Westby....................................  280A
Whitehall.................................  272A
Whitewater................................  283A, 293A
Whiting...................................  244C2
Winneconne................................  280C3
Wisconsin Dells...........................  295A
Wisconsin Rapids..........................  277C1
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Wyoming
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Afton.....................................  254A
Albin.....................................  297C2
Baggs.....................................  277A
Bairoil...................................  281A
Basin.....................................  277C2
Buffalo...................................  225C1
Burns.....................................  270C2
Casper....................................  228C1, 233C, 238C, 244C2,
                                             273C, 279C, 284C1, 295C
Centennial................................  224A
Cheyenne..................................  229A, 250C1, 260A, 264C1,
                                             280C2, 285A, 292C3
Chugwater.................................  258A
Clearmont.................................  287A
Cody......................................  244C3, 250C
Diamondville..............................  287C1
Douglas...................................  223C1, 257A, 265A
Dubois....................................  231A
Evanston..................................  291C3, 252C2
Fort Bridger..............................  256C1
Gillette..................................  245C1, 264C1, 282A
Glendo....................................  261A
Glenrock..................................  252A
Green River...............................  221C, 259C1
Greybull..................................  262C
Guernsey..................................  281A
Hanna.....................................  271C, 277A
Hudson....................................  275C, 286A
Jackson...................................  227C, 237C, 245C1
Kayce.....................................  222C1
Kemmerer..................................  297C1
Lander....................................  248C1
Laramie...................................  236C, 244C2, 254A, 275C,
                                             283C2
Lost Cabin................................  256C
Lovell....................................  296C
Lusk......................................  242C
Manville..................................  255C1
Marbleton.................................  239A
Meeteetse.................................  273C
Midwest...................................  300C
Mills.....................................  288A
Moorcroft.................................  228A
Newcastle.................................  257A
Pine Bluffs...............................  238C3, 287A
Pine Haven................................  259A
Pinedale..................................  2266A
Powell....................................  233C, 281C
Rawlins...................................  224A
Reliance..................................  265C3
Riverton..................................  226C1, 230C1
Rock River................................  240A
Rock Springs..............................  236C, 243C, 283C
Saratoga..................................  259A
Sheridan..................................  229C, 235C
Shoshoni..................................  290C, 244A
Sinclair..................................  262C
Story.....................................  252C1
Sundance..................................  276C1
Superior..................................  293C
Ten Sleep.................................  286C3
Thayne....................................  290C1
Thermopolis...............................  252A, 269C1
Torrington................................  252C3
Upton.....................................  283A, 290C1
Wamsutter.................................  261C, 266A
Wheatland.................................  269A, 289A, 293C1
Wright....................................  224A, 268C, 287A
Worland...................................  241C2
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                             American Samoa
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fagaitua..................................  276C2
Leone.....................................  284A
Pago Pago.................................  221C3, 226C1
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                            Central Marianas
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Saipan....................................  230A
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Garapan
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Saipan....................................  250C1, 258C1, 262C2, 266C3,
                                             280C3
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                  Guam
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agana.....................................  230C2, 238C2, 248C2, 262C1,
                                             270C2, 275C
Dededo....................................  286C
Tumon.....................................  282A
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                               Puerto Rico
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aguada....................................  288A
Aguadilla.................................  225B, 262B
Arecibo...................................  293B1, 297B
Bayamon...................................  234B, 264B
Cabo Rojo.................................  272A
Caguas....................................  277B
Camuy.....................................  275B
Carolina..................................  299B
Cidra.....................................  249A
Corozal...................................  223B
Culebra...................................  254A
Fajardo...................................  243B
Guayama...................................  295B
Hormigueros...............................  221A, 291A
Isabela...................................  268B

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Lajas.....................................  279B
Las Piedras...............................  252A
Luguillo..................................  221A
Manati....................................  245B
Maricao...................................  241B
Mayaguez..................................  231B, 248B, 254B
Naguabo...................................  225A
Ponce.....................................  227B1, 266B, 270B, 286B
Quebradillas..............................  258A
Rio Grande................................  247A
Rio Piedras...............................  239B
San German................................  236B
San Juan..................................  229B, 256B, 260B, 273B,
                                             284B, 289B
Santa Isabel..............................  251A
Utuado....................................  281B
Vieques...................................  291B
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                             Virgin Islands
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Charlotte Amalie..........................  *226A, 241B1, 250B, 271B,
                                             *275A, 282B, 287B, 297A
Christiansted.............................  228B, 237B, 258B, 262B, 285A
Cruz Bay..................................  267B
Frederiksted..............................  253A, 269A, 278A
------------------------------------------------------------------------


(Sec. 316, 66 Stat. 717; 47 U.S.C. 316; sec. 5, 48 Stat., as amended, 
1068; 47 U.S.C. 154, 155; secs. 2, 3, 4, 301, 303, 307, 308, 309, 315, 
317, 48 Stat. as amended, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 
1085, 1088, 1089; (47 U.S.C. 152, 153, 301, 303, 307, 308, 309, 315, 
317); secs 1, 201-205, 208, 215, 218, 313, 314, 403, 404, 410, 602; 48 
Stat. as amended; 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1076, 1077, 1087, 1094, 1098, 
1102 (47 U.S.C. 151, 201-205, 208, 215, 218, 313, 314, 403, 404, 410, 
602))

[FR 12711, Oct. 6, 1965]

    Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec.  
73.202 see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume and on GPO Access.

    Effective Date Note: At 68 FR 54854-56, Sept. 19, 2003, Sec.  73.202 
was amended in the table in paragraph (b) under Arizona, by adding 
Channel 290C2 at Quartzsite; under Georgia, by removing Channel 261A at 
Washington and by adding Watkinsville, Channel 261A; under Georgia, by 
removing Channel 280A and by adding Channel 226C1 at Springfield, by 
removing Channel 226C1 at Savannah, and by adding Tybee Island, Channel 
280C2; and under Oklahoma, by adding Channel 285A at Broken Bow, 
effective Oct. 20, 2003.



Sec.  73.203  Availability of channels.

    (a) Except as provided for in paragraph (b) of this section, 
applications may be filed to construct FM broadcast stations only at the 
communities and on the channels contained in the Table of Allotments 
(Sec.  73.202(b)). Applications that fail to comply with this 
requirements, whether or not accompanied by a petition to amend the 
Table, will not be accepted for tender.
    (b) Applications filed on a first come, first served basis may 
propose a lower or higher class adjacent, intermediate frequency or co-
channel. Applications for the modification of an existing FM broadcast 
station may propose a lower or higher class adjacent, intermediate 
frequency or co-channel, or an same class adjacent channel. In these 
cases, the applicant need not file a petition for rule making to amend 
the Table of Allotments (Sec.  73.202(b)) to specify the modified 
channel class.

    Note: Changes in channel and/or class by application are limited to 
modifications on first, second and third adjacent channels, intermediate 
frequency (IF) channels, and co-channels which require no other changes 
to the FM Table of Allotments. Applications requesting such 
modifications must meet either the minimum spacing requirements of Sec.  
73.207 at the site specified in the application, without resort to the 
provisions of the Commission's Rules permitting short spaced stations as 
set forth in Sec. Sec.  73.213 through 73.215 or demonstrate by a 
separate exhibit attached to the application the existence of a suitable 
allotment site that fully complies with Sec. Sec.  73.207 and 73.315 
without resort to Sec. Sec.  73.213 through 73.215.

[54 FR 11954, Mar. 23, 1989, as amended at 58 FR 38535, July 19, 1993]



Sec.  73.204  International agreements and other restrictions on use of channels.

    See Sec. Sec.  73.207, 73.220 and 73.1650.

[49 FR 10264, Mar. 20, 1984]



Sec.  73.205  Zones.

    For the purpose of allotments and assignments, the United States is 
divided into three zones as follows:
    (a) Zone I consists of that portion of the United States located 
within the confines of the following lines drawn on the United States 
Albers Equal Area Projection Map (based on standard parallels 291/2[deg] 
and 451/2[deg]; North American datum): Beginning at the most easterly 
point on the State boundary line between North Carolina and Virginia; 
thence in a straight line to a point on the Virginia-West Virginia 
boundary

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line located at north latitude 37[deg]49[min] and west longitude 
80[deg]12[min]30[min]; thence westerly along the southern boundary lines 
of the States of West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois to a point 
at the junction of the Illinois, Kentucky, and Missouri State boundary 
lines; thence northerly along the western boundary line of the State of 
Illinois to a point at the junction of the Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin 
State boundary lines; thence easterly along the northern State boundary 
line of Illinois to the 90th meridian; thence north along this meridian 
to the 43.5[deg] parallel; thence east along this parallel to the United 
States-Canada border; thence southerly and following that border until 
it again intersects the 43.5[deg] parallel; thence east along this 
parallel tothe 71st meridian; thence in a straight line to the 
intersection of the 69th meridian and the 45th parallel; thence east 
along the 45th parallel to the Atlantic Ocean. When any of the above 
lines pass through a city, the city shall be considered to be located in 
Zone I. (See Figure 1 of Sec.  73.699.)
    (b) Zone I-A consists of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and that 
portion of the State of California which is located south of the 40th 
parallel.
    (c) Zone II consists of Alaska, Hawaii and the rest of the United 
States which is not located in either Zone I or Zone I-A.

[29 FR 14116, Oct. 14, 1964, and 31 FR 10125, July 27, 1966, as amended 
at 48 FR 29504, June 27, 1983]



Sec.  73.207  Minimum distance separation between stations.

    (a) Except for assignments made pursuant to Sec.  73.213 or 73.215, 
FM allotments and assignments must be separated from other allotments 
and assignments on the same channel (co-channel) and five pairs of 
adjacent channels by not less than the minimum distances specified in 
paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section. The Commission will not accept 
petitions to amend the Table of Allotments unless the reference points 
meet all of the minimum distance separation requirements of this 
section. The Commission will not accept applications for new stations, 
or applications to change the channel or location of existing 
assignments unless transmitter sites meet the minimum distance 
separation requirements of this section, or such applications conform to 
the requirements of Sec.  73.213 or 73.215. However, applications to 
modify the facilities of stations with short-spaced antenna locations 
authorized pursuant to prior waivers of the distance separation 
requirements may be accepted, provided that such applications propose to 
maintain or improve that particular spacing deficiency. Class D 
(secondary) assignments are subject only to the distance separation 
requirements contained in paragraph (b)(3) of this section. (See Sec.  
73.512 for rules governing the channel and location of Class D 
(secondary) assignments.)
    (b) The distances listed in Tables A, B, and C apply to allotments 
and assignments on the same channel and each of five pairs of adjacent 
channels. The five pairs of adjacent channels are the first (200 kHz 
above and 200 kHz below the channel under consideration), the second 
(400 kHz above and below), the third (600 kHz above and below), the 
fifty-third (10.6 MHz above and below), and the fifty-fourth (10.8 MHz 
above and below). The distances in the Tables apply regardless of 
whether the proposed station class appears first or second in the 
``Relation'' column of the table.
    (1) Domestic allotments and assignments must be separated from each 
other by not less than the distances in Table A which follows:

 Table A--Minimum Distance Separation Requirements in Kilometers (miles)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Co-               400/600    10.6/
            Relation               channel   200 kHz     kHz    10.8 MHz
------------------------------------------------------------------------
A to A..........................  115 (71)   72 (45)   31 (19)    10 (6)
A to B1.........................  143 (89)   96 (60)   48 (30)    12 (7)
A to B..........................       178  113 (70)   69 (43)    15 (9)
                                     (111)
A to C3.........................  142 (88)   89 (55)   42 (26)    12 (7)
A to C2.........................       166  106 (66)   55 (34)    15 (9)
                                     (103)
A to C1.........................       200  133 (83)   75 (47)   22 (14)
                                     (124)
A to C0.........................       215  152 (94)   86 (53)   25 (16)
                                     (134)
A to C..........................       226       165   95 (59)   29 (18)
                                     (140)     (103)
B1 to B1........................       175  114 (71)   50 (31)    14 (9)
                                     (109)
B1 to B.........................       211  145 (90)   71 (44)   17 (11)
                                     (131)

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B1 to C3........................       175  114 (71)   50 (31)    14 (9)
                                     (109)
B1 to C2........................       200  134 (83)   56 (35)   17 (11)
                                     (124)
B1 to C1........................       233       161   77 (48)   24 (15)
                                     (145)     (100)
B1 to C0........................       248       180   87 (54)   27 (17)
                                     (154)     (112)
B1 to C.........................       259       193  105 (65)   31 (19)
                                     (161)     (120)
B to B..........................       241       169   74 (46)   20 (12)
                                     (150)     (105)
B to C3.........................       211  145 (90)   71 (44)   17 (11)
                                     (131)
B to C2.........................       241       169   74 (46)   20 (12)
                                     (150)     (105)
B to C1.........................       270       195   79 (49)   27 (17)
                                     (168)     (121)
B to C0.........................       272       214   89 (55)   31 (19)
                                     (169)     (133)
B to C..........................       274       217  105 (65)   35 (22)
                                     (170)     (135)
C3 to C3........................  153 (95)   99 (62)   43 (27)    14 (9)
C3 to C2........................       177  117 (73)   56 (35)   17 (11)
                                     (110)
C3 to C1........................       211  144 (90)   76 (47)   24 (15)
                                     (131)
C3 to C0........................       226       163   87 (54)   27 (17)
                                     (140)     (101)
C3 to C.........................       237       176   96 (60)   31 (19)
                                     (147)     (109)
C2 to C2........................       190  130 (81)   58 (36)   20 (12)
                                     (118)
C2 to C1........................       224  158 (98)   79 (49)   27 (17)
                                     (139)
C2 to C0........................       239       176   89 (55)   31 (19)
                                     (148)     (109)
C2 to C.........................       249       188  105 (65)   35 (22)
                                     (155)     (117)
C1 to C1........................       245       177   82 (51)   34 (21)
                                     (152)     (110)
C1 to C0........................       259       196   94 (58)   37 (23)
                                     (161)     (122)
C1 to C.........................       270       209  105 (65)   41 (25)
                                     (168)     (130)
C0 to C0........................       270       207   96 (60)   41 (25)
                                     (168)     (129)
C0 to C.........................       281       220  105 (65)   45 (28)
                                     (175)     (137)
C to C..........................       290       241  105 (65)   48 (30)
                                     (180)     (150)
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (2) Under the Canada-United States FM Broadcasting Agreement, 
domestic U.S. allotments and assignments within 320 kilometers (199 
miles) of the common border must be separated from Canadian allotments 
and assignments by not less than the distances given in Table B, which 
follows. When applying Table B, U.S. Class C2 allotments and assignments 
are considered to be Class B; also, U.S. Class C3 allotments and 
assignments and U.S. Class A assignments operating with more than 3 kW 
ERP and 100 meters antenna HAAT (or equivalent lower ERP and higher 
antenna HAAT based on a class contour distance of 24 km) are considered 
to be Class B1.

                         Table B--Minimum Distance Separation Requirements in Kilometers
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Co-            Adjacent Channels            I.F.
                                                            Channel  -------------------------------------------
                         Relation                         -----------                                  10.6/10.8
                                                             0 kHz     200 kHz    400 kHz    600 kHz      MHz
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-A......................................................        132         85         45         37          8
A-B1.....................................................        180        113         62         54         16
A-B......................................................        206        132         76         69         16
A-C1.....................................................        239        164         98         90         32
A-C......................................................        242        177        108        100         32
B1-B1....................................................        197        131         70         57         24
B1-B.....................................................        223        149         84         71         24
B1-C1....................................................        256        181        106         92         40
B1-C.....................................................        259        195        116        103         40
B-B......................................................        237        164         94         74         24
                                                           .........  .........  .........  .........  .........
B-C1.....................................................        271        195        115         95         40
B-C......................................................        274        209        125        106         40
C1-C1....................................................        292        217        134        101         48
C1-C.....................................................        302        230        144        111         48
C-C......................................................        306        241        153        113         48
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


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    (3) Under the 1992 Mexico-United States FM Broadcasting Agreement, 
domestic U.S. assignments or allotments within 320 kilometers (199 
miles) of the common border must be separated from Mexican assignments 
or allotments by not less than the distances given in Table C in this 
paragraph (b)(3). When applying Table C--
    (i) U.S. or Mexican assignments or allotments which have been 
notified internationally as Class A are limited to a maximum of 3.0 kW 
ERP at 100 meters HAAT, or the equivalent;
    (ii) U.S. or Mexican assignments or allotments which have been 
notified internationally as Class AA are limited to a maximum of 6.0 kW 
ERP at 100 meters HAAT, or the equivalent;
    (iii) U.S. Class C3 assignments or allotments are considered Class 
B1;
    (iv) U.S. Class C2 assignments or allotments are considered Class B; 
and
    (v) Class C1 assignments or allotments assume maximum facilities of 
100 kW ERP at 300 meters HAAT. However, U.S. Class C1 stations may not, 
in any event, exceed the domestic U.S. limit of 100 kW ERP at 299 meters 
HAAT, or the equivalent.

     Table C--Minimum Distance Separation Requirements in Kilometers
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     400 kHz    10.6 or
          Relation               Co-      200 kHz     or 600    10.8 MHz
                               Channel                 kHz       (I.F.)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
A to A......................        100         61         25          8
A to AA.....................        111         68         31          9
A to B1.....................        138         88         48         11
A to B......................        163        105         65         14
A to C1.....................        196        129         74         21
A to C......................        210        161         94         28
AA to AA....................        115         72         31         10
AA to B1....................        143         96         48         12
AA to B.....................        178        125         69         15
AA to C1....................        200        133         75         22
AA to C.....................        226        165         95         29
B1 to B1....................        175        114         50         14
B1 to B.....................        211        145         71         17
B1 to C1....................        233        161         77         24
B1 to C.....................        259        193         96         31
B to B......................        237        164         65         20
B to C1.....................        270        195         79         27
B to C......................        270        215         98         35
C1 to C1....................        245        177         82         34
C1 to C.....................        270        209        102         41
C to C......................        290        228        105         48
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (c) The distances listed below apply only to allotments and 
assignments on Channel 253 (98.5 MHz). The Commission will not accept 
petitions to amend the Table of Allotments, applications for new 
stations, or applications to change the channel or location of existing 
assignments where the following minimum distances (between transmitter 
sites, in kilometers) from any TV Channel 6 allotment or assignment are 
not met:

        Minimum Distance Separation From TV Channel 6 (82-88 MHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             TV Zones II
                   FM Class                      TV Zone I      & III
------------------------------------------------------------------------
A.............................................           17           22
B1............................................           19           23
B.............................................           22           26
C3............................................           19           23
C2............................................           22           26
C1............................................           29           33
C.............................................           36           41
------------------------------------------------------------------------


[48 FR 29504, June 27, 1983, as amended at 49 FR 10264, Mar. 20, 1984; 
49 FR 19670, May 9, 1984; 49 FR 50047, Dec. 26, 1984; 51 FR 26250, July 
22, 1986; 54 FR 14963, Apr. 14, 1989; 54 FR 16366, Apr. 24, 1989; 54 FR 
19374, May 5, 1989; 54 FR 35338, Aug. 25, 1989; 56 FR 27426, June 14, 
1991; 56 FR 57293, Nov. 8, 1991; 62 FR 50256, Sept. 25, 1997; 65 FR 
79776, Dec. 20, 2000]

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Sec.  73.208  Reference points and distance computations.

    (a)(1) The following reference points must be used to determine 
distance separation requirements when petitions to amend the Table of 
Allotments (Sec.  73.202(b)) are considered:
    (i) First, transmitter sites if authorized, or if proposed in 
applications with cut-off protection pursuant to paragraph (a)(3) of 
this section;
    (ii) Second, reference coordinates designated by the FCC;
    (iii) Third, coordinates listed in the United States Department of 
Interior publication entitled Index to the National Atlas of the United 
States of America; or
    (iv) Last, coordinates of the main post office.
    (The community's reference points for which the petition is 
submitted will normally be the coordinates listed in the above 
publication.)
    (2) When the distance between communities is calculated using 
community reference points and it does not meet the minimum separation 
requirements of Sec.  73.207, the channel may still be allotted if a 
transmitter site is available that would meet the minimum separation 
requirements and still permit the proposed station to meet the minimum 
field strength requirements of Sec.  73.315. A showing indicating the 
availability of a suitable site should be sumitted with the petition. In 
cases where a station is not authorized in a community or communities 
and the proposed channel cannot meet the separation requirement a 
showing should also be made indicating adequate distance between 
suitable transmitter sites for all communities.
    (3) Petitions to amend the Table of Allotments that do not meet 
minimum distance separation requirements to transmitter sites specified 
in pending applications will not be considered unless they are filed no 
later than:
    (i) The last day of a filing window if the application is for a new 
FM facility or a major change in the non-reserved band and is filed 
during a filing window established under section 73.3564(d)(3); or
    (ii) The cut-off date established in a Commission Public Notice 
under Sec.  73.3564(d) and 73.3573(e) if the application is for a new FM 
facility or a major change in the reserved band; or
    (iii) The date of receipt of all other types of FM applications. If 
an application is amended so as to create a conflict with a petition for 
rule making filed prior to the date the amendment is filed, the amended 
application will be treated as if filed on the date of the amendment for 
purposes of this paragraph (a)(3).

    Note: If the filing of a conflicting FM application renders an 
otherwise timely filed counterproposal unacceptable, the counterproposal 
may be considered in the rulemaking proceeding if it is amended to 
protect the site of the previously filed FM application within 15 days 
after being placed on the Public Notice routinely issued by the staff 
concerning the filing of counterproposals. No proposals involving 
communities not already included in the proceeding can be introduced 
during the reply comment period as a method of resolving conflicts. The 
counterproponent is required to make a showing that, at the time it 
filed the counterproposal, it did not know, and could not have known by 
exercising due diligence, of the pendency of the conflicting FM 
application.

    (b) Station separations in licensing proceedings shall be determined 
by the distance between the coordinates of the proposed transmitter site 
in one community and
    (1) The coordinates of an authorized transmitter site for the 
pertinent channel in the other community; or, where such transmitter 
site is not available for use as a reference point,
    (2) Reference coordinates designated by the FCC; or, if none are 
designated,
    (3) The coordinates of the other community as listed in the 
publication listed in paragraph (a) of this section; or, if not 
contained therein,
    (4) The coordinates of the main post office of such other community.
    (5) In addition, where there are pending applications in other 
communities which, if granted, would have to be considered in 
determining station separations, the coordinates of the transmitter 
sites proposed in such applications must be used to determine whether 
the requirements with respect to minimum separations between the 
proposed stations in the respective cities have been met.

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    (c) The method given in this paragraph shall be used to compute the 
distance between two reference points, except that, for computation of 
distance involving stations in Canada and Mexico, the method for 
distance computation specified in the applicable international agreement 
shall be used instead. The method set forth in this paragraph is valid 
only for distances not exceeding 475 km (295 miles).
    (1) Convert the latitudes and longitudes of each reference point 
from degree-minute-second format to degree-decimal format by dividing 
minutes by 60 and seconds by 3600, then adding the results to degrees.
    (2) Calculate the middle latitude between the two reference points 
by averaging the two latitudes as follows:

ML=(LAT1dd+LAT2dd)/2

    (3) Calculate the number of kilometers per degree latitude 
difference for the middle latitude calculated in paragraph (c)(2) as 
follows:

KPDlat=111.13209-0.56605 cos(2ML)+0.00120 cos(4ML)

    (4) Calculate the number of kilometers per degree longitude 
difference for the middle latitude calculated in paragraph (c)(2) as 
follows:

KPDlon=111.41513 cos(ML)-0.09455 cos(3ML)+0.00012 cos(5ML)

    (5) Calculate the North-South distance in kilometers as follows:

NS=KPDlat(LAT1dd-LAT2dd)

    (6) Calculate the East-West distance in kilometers as follows:

EW=KPDlon(LON1dd-LON2dd)

    (7) Calculate the distance between the two reference points by 
taking the square root of the sum of the squares of the East-West and 
North-South distances as follows:

DIST=(NS2+ EW2)0.5

    (8) Round the distance to the nearest kilometer.
    (9) Terms used in this section are defined as follows:
    (i) LAT1dd and LON1dd=the coordinates of the 
first reference point in degree-decimal format.
    (ii) LAT2dd and LON2dd=the coordinates of the 
second reference point in degree-decimal format.
    (iii) ML=the middle latitude in degree-decimal format.
    (iv) KPDlat=the number of kilometers per degree of 
latitude at a given middle latitude.
    (v) KPDlon=the number of kilometers per degree of 
longitude at a given middle latitude.
    (vi) NS=the North-South distance in kilometers.
    (vii) EW=the East-West distance in kilometers.
    (viii) DIST=the distance between the two reference points, in 
kilometers.

[28 FR 13623, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 29 FR 14116, Oct. 14, 1964; 
48 FR 29505, June 27, 1983; 52 FR 37788, Oct. 9, 1987; 52 FR 39920, Oct. 
26, 1987; 54 FR 9806, Mar. 8, 1989; 57 FR 36020, Aug. 12, 1992; 58 FR 
38537, July 19, 1993]



Sec.  73.209  Protection from interference.

    (a) Permittees and licensees of FM broadcast stations are not 
protected from any interference which may be caused by the grant of a 
new station, or of authority to modify the facilities of an existing 
station, in accordance with the provisions of this subpart. However, 
they are protected from interference caused by Class D (secondary) 
noncommercial educational FM stations. See Sec.  73.509.
    (b) The nature and extent of the protection from interference 
afforded FM broadcast stations operating on Channels 221-300 is limited 
to that which results when assignments are made in accordance with the 
rules in this subpart.
    (c) Permittees and licensees of FM stations are not protected from 
interference which may be caused by the grant of a new LPFM station or 
of authority to modify an existing LPFM station, except as provided in 
subpart G of this part.

[43 FR 39715, Sept. 6, 1978 and 48 FR 29505, June 27, 1983; 54 FR 9802, 
Mar. 8, 1989; 65 FR 7640, Feb. 15, 2000; 65 FR 67299, Nov. 9, 2000]



Sec.  73.210  Station classes.

    (a) The rules applicable to a particular station, including minimum 
and maximum facilities requirements, are determined by its class. 
Possible class designations depend upon the zone in which the station's 
transmitter

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is located, or proposed to be located. The zones are defined in Sec.  
73.205. Allotted station classes are indicated in the Table of 
Allotments, Sec.  73.202. Class A, B1 and B stations may be authorized 
in Zones I and I-A. Class A, C3, C2, C1, C0 and C stations may be 
authorized in Zone II.
    (b) The power and antenna height requirements for each class are set 
forth in Sec.  73.211. If a station has an ERP and an antenna HAAT such 
that it cannot be classified using the maximum limits and minimum 
requirements in Sec.  73.211, its class shall be determined using the 
following procedure:
    (1) Determine the reference distance of the station using the 
procedure in paragraph (b)(1)(i) of Sec.  73.211. If this distance is 
less than or equal to 28 km, the station is Class A; otherwise,
    (2) For a station in Zone I or Zone I-A, except for Puerto Rico and 
the Virgin Islands:
    (i) If this distance is greater than 28 km and less than or equal to 
39 km, the station is Class B1.
    (ii) If this distance is greater than 39 km and less than or equal 
to 52 km, the station is Class B.
    (3) For a station in Zone II:
    (i) If this distance is greater than 28 km and less than or equal to 
39 km, the station is Class C3.
    (ii) If this distance is greater than 39 km and less than or equal 
to 52 km, the station is Class C2.
    (iii) If this distance is greater than 52 km and less than or equal 
to 72 km, the station is Class C1.
    (iv) If this distance is greater than 72 km and less than or equal 
to 83 km, the station is Class C0.
    (v) If this distance is greater than 83 km and less than or equal to 
92 km, the station is Class C.
    (4) For a station in Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands:
    (i) If this distance is less than or equal to 42 km, the station is 
Class A.
    (ii) If this distance is greater than 42 km and less than or equal 
to 46 km, the station is Class B1.
    (iii) If this distance is greater then 46 km and less than or equal 
to 78 km, the station is Class B.

[52 FR 37788, Oct. 9, 1987; 52 FR 39920, Oct. 26, 1987, as amended at 54 
FR 16367, Apr. 24, 1989; 54 FR 19374, May 5, 1989; 54 FR 35339, Aug. 25, 
1989; 65 FR 79777, Dec. 20, 2000]



Sec.  73.211  Power and antenna height requirements.

    (a) Minimum requirements. (1) Except as provided in paragraphs 
(a)(3) and (b)(2) of this section, FM stations must operate with a 
minimum effective radiated power (ERP) as follows:
    (i) The minimum ERP for Class A stations is 0.1 kW.
    (ii) The ERP for Class B1 stations must exceed 6 kW.
    (iii) The ERP for Class B stations must exceed 25 kW.
    (iv) The ERP for Class C3 stations must exceed 6 kW.
    (v) The ERP for Class C2 stations must exceed 25 kW.
    (vi) The ERP for Class C1 stations must exceed 50 kW.
    (vii) The minimum ERP for Class C and C0 stations is 100 kW.
    (2) Class C0 stations must have an antenna height above average 
terrain (HAAT) of at least 300 meters (984 feet). Class C stations must 
have an antenna height above average terrain (HAAT) of at least 451 
meters (1480 feet).
    (3) Stations of any class except Class A may have an ERP less than 
that specified in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, provided that the 
reference distance, determined in accordance with paragraph (b)(1)(i) of 
this section, exceeds the distance to the class contour for the next 
lower class. Class A stations may have an ERP less than 100 watts 
provided that the reference distance, determined in accordance with 
paragraph (b)(1)(i) of this section, equals or exceeds 6 kilometers.
    (b) Maximum limits. (1) Except for stations located in Puerto Rico 
or the Virgin Islands, the maximum ERP in any direction, reference HAAT, 
and distance to the class contour for each FM station class are listed 
below:

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------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                 Class
                                                  Reference     contour
   Station class             Maximum ERP           HAAT in     distance
                                                    meters        in
                                                    (ft.)     kilometers
------------------------------------------------------------------------
A..................  6 kW (7.8 dBk)............    100 (328)          28
B1.................  25 kW (14.0 dBk)..........    100 (328)          39
B..................  50 kW (17.0 dBk)..........    150 (492)          52
C3.................  25 kW (14.0 dBk)..........    100 (328)          39
C2.................  50 kW (17.0 dBk)..........    150 (492)          52
C1.................  100 kW (20.0 dBk).........    299 (981)          72
C0.................  100 kW (20.0 dBk).........   450 (1476)          83
C..................  100 kW (20.0 dBk).........   600 (1968)          92
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (i) The reference distance of a station is obtained by finding the 
predicted distance to the 1mV/m contour using Figure 1 of Sec.  73.333 
and then rounding to the nearest kilometer. Antenna HAAT is determined 
using the procedure in Sec.  73.313. If the HAAT so determined is less 
than 30 meters (100 feet), a HAAT of 30 meters must be used when finding 
the predicted distance to the 1 mV/m contour.
    (ii) If a station's ERP is equal to the maximum for its class, its 
antenna HAAT must not exceed the reference HAAT, regardless of the 
reference distance. For example, a Class A station operating with 6 kW 
ERP may have an antenna HAAT of 100 meters, but not 101 meters, even 
though the reference distance is 28 km in both cases.
    (iii) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(3) of this section, no 
station will be authorized in Zone I or I-A with an ERP equal to 50 kW 
and a HAAT exceeding 150 meters. No station will be authorized in Zone 
II with an ERP equal to 100 kW and a HAAT exceeding 600 meters.
    (2) If a station has an antenna HAAT greater than the reference HAAT 
for its class, its ERP must be lower than the class maximum such that 
the reference distance does not exceed the class contour distance. If 
the antenna HAAT is so great that the station's ERP must be lower than 
the minimum ERP for its class (specified in paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(3) 
of this section), that lower ERP will become the minimum for that 
station.
    (3) For stations located in Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands, the 
maximum ERP in any direction, reference HAAT, and distance to the class 
contour for each FM station class are listed below:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                 Class
                                                  Reference     contour
   Station class             Maximum ERP           HAAT in     distance
                                                    meters        in
                                                    (ft.)     kilometers
------------------------------------------------------------------------
A..................  6kW (7.8 dBk).............    240 (787)          42
B1.................  25kW (14.0 dBk)...........    150 (492)          46
B..................  50kW (17.0 dBk)...........   472 (1549)          78
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (c) Existing stations. Stations authorized prior to March 1, 1984 
that do not conform to the requirements of this section may continue to 
operate as authorized. Stations operating with facilities in excess of 
those specified in paragraph (b) of this section may not increase their 
effective radiated powers or extend their 1 mV/m field strength contour 
beyond the location permitted by their present authorizations. The 
provisions of this section will not apply to applications to increase 
facilities for those stations operating with less than the minimum power 
specified in paragraph (a) of this section.
    (d) Existing Class C stations below minimum antenna HAAT. Class C 
stations authorized prior to January 19, 2001 that do not meet the 
minimum antenna HAAT specified in paragraph (a)(2) of this section for 
Class C stations may continue to operate as authorized subject to the 
reclassification procedures set forth in Note 4 to Sec.  73.3573.

[53 FR 17042, May 13, 1988, as amended at 54 FR 16367, Apr. 24, 1989; 54 
FR 19374, May 5, 1989; 54 FR 35339, Aug. 25, 1989; 65 FR 79777, Dec. 20, 
2000]



Sec.  73.212  Administrative changes in authorizations.

    (a) In the issuance of FM broadcast station authorizations, the 
Commission will specify the transmitter output power and effective 
radiated power in accordance with the following tabulation:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Rounded
                                                                out to
                                                                nearest
                     Power (watts or kW)                        figure
                                                               (watts or
                                                                  kW)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 to 3......................................................         .05
3 to 10.....................................................          .1
10 to 30....................................................          .5
30 to 100...................................................           1
100 to 300..................................................           5
300 to 1,000................................................          10
------------------------------------------------------------------------


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    (b) Antenna heights above average terrain will be rounded out to the 
nearest meter.

[28 FR 13623, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 48 FR 29506, June 27, 1983]



Sec.  73.213  Grandfathered short-spaced stations.

    (a) Stations at locations authorized prior to November 16, 1964, 
that did not meet the separation distances required by Sec.  73.207 and 
have remained continuously short-spaced since that time may be modified 
or relocated with respect to such short-spaced stations, provided that 
(i) any area predicted to receive interference lies completely within 
any area currently predicted to receive co-channel or first-adjacent 
channel interference as calculated in accordance with paragraph (a)(1) 
of this section, or that (ii) a showing is provided pursuant to 
paragraph (a)(2) of this section that demonstrates that the public 
interest would be served by the proposed changes.
    (1) The F(50,50) curves in Figure 1 of Sec.  73.333 are to be used 
in conjunction with the proposed effective radiated power and antenna 
height above average terrain, as calculated pursuant to Sec.  73.313(c), 
(d)(2) and (d)(3), using data for as many radials as necessary, to 
determine the location of the desired (service) field strength. The 
F(50,10) curves in Figure 1a of Sec.  73.333 are to be used in 
conjunction with the proposed effective radiated power and antenna 
height above average terrain, as calculated pursuant to Sec.  73.313(c), 
(d)(2) and (d)(3), using data for as many radials as necessary, to 
determine the location of the undesired (interfering) field strength. 
Predicted interference is defined to exist only for locations where the 
desired (service) field strength exceeds 0.5 mV/m (54 dBu) for a Class B 
station, 0.7 mV/m (57 dBu) for a Class B1 station, and 1 mV/m (60 dBu) 
for any other class of station.
    (i) Co-channel interference is predicted to exist, for the purpose 
of this section, at all locations where the undesired (interfering 
station) F(50,10) field strength exceeds a value 20 dB below the desired 
(service) F(50,50) field strength of the station being considered (e.g., 
where the protected field strength is 60 dBu, the interfering field 
strength must be 40 dBu or more for predicted interference to exist).
    (ii) First-adjacent channel interference is predicted to exist, for 
the purpose of this section, at all locations where the undesired 
(interfering station) F(50,10) field strength exceeds a value 6 dB below 
the desired (service) F(50,50) field strength of the station being 
considered (e.g., where the protected field strength is 60 dBu, the 
interfering field strength must be 54 dBu or more for predicted 
interference to exist).
    (2) For co-channel and first-adjacent channel stations, a showing 
that the public interest would be served by the changes proposed in an 
application must include exhibits demonstrating that the total area and 
population subject to co-channel or first-adjacent channel interference, 
caused and received, would be maintained or decreased. In addition, the 
showing must include exhibits demonstrating that the area and the 
population subject to co-channel or first-adjacent channel interference 
caused by the proposed facility to each short-spaced station 
individually is not increased. In all cases, the applicant must also 
show that any area predicted to lose service as a result of new co-
channel or first-adjacent-channel interference has adequate aural 
service remaining. For the purpose of this section, adequate service is 
defined as 5 or more aural services (AM or FM).
    (3) For co-channel and first-adjacent-channel stations, a copy of 
any application proposing interference caused in any areas where 
interference is not currently caused must be served upon the licensee(s) 
of the affected short-spaced station(s).
    (4) For stations covered by this paragraph (a), there are no 
distance separation or interference protection requirements with respect 
to second-adjacent and third-adjacent channel short-spacings that have 
existed continuously since November 16, 1964.
    (b) Stations at locations authorized prior to May 17, 1989, that did 
not meet the IF separation distances required by Sec.  73.207 and have 
remained short-spaced since that time may be modified or relocated 
provided that the overlap area

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of the two stations' 36 mV/m field strength contours is not increased.
    (c) Short spacings involving at least one Class A allotment or 
authorization. Stations that became short spaced on or after November 
16, 1964 (including stations that do not meet the minimum distance 
separation requirements of paragraph (c)(1) of this section and that 
propose to maintain or increase their existing distance separations) may 
be modified or relocated in accordance with paragraph (c)(1) or (c)(2) 
of this section, except that this provision does not apply to stations 
that became short spaced by grant of applications filed after October 1, 
1989, or filed pursuant to Sec.  73.215. If the reference coordinates of 
an allotment are short spaced to an authorized facility or another 
allotment (as a result of the revision of Sec.  73.207 in the Second 
Report and Order in MM Docket No. 88-375), an application for the 
allotment may be authorized, and subsequently modified after grant, in 
accordance with paragraph (c)(1) or (c)(2) of this section only with 
respect to such short spacing. No other stations will be authorized 
pursuant to these paragraphs.
    (1) Applications for authorization under requirements equivalent to 
those of prior rules. Each application for authority to operate a Class 
A station with no more than 3000 watts ERP and 100 meters antenna HAAT 
(or equivalent lower ERP and higher antenna HAAT based on a class 
contour distance of 24 km) must specify a transmitter site that meets 
the minimum distance separation requirements in this paragraph. Each 
application for authority to operate a Class A station with more than 
3000 watts ERP (up to a maximum of 5800 watts), but with an antenna HAAT 
lower than 100 meters such that the distance to the predicted 0.05 mV/m 
(34 dB[mu] V/m) F(50,10) field strength contour does not exceed 98 km 
must specify a transmitter site that meets the minimum distance 
separation requirements in this paragraph. Each application for 
authority to operate an FM station of any class other than Class A must 
specify a transmitter site that meets the minimum distanceseparation 
requirements in this paragraph with respect to Class A stations 
operating pursuant to this paragraph or paragraph (c)(2) of this 
section, and that meets the minimum distance separation requirements of 
Sec.  73.207 with respect to all other stations.

                         Minimum Distance Separation Requirements in Kilometers (miles)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Relation                    Co-channel          200 kHz          400/600 kHz       10.6/10.8 MHz
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A to A..............................           105 (65)            64 (40)            27 (17)              8 (5)
A to B1.............................           138 (86)            88 (55)            48 (30)             11 (6)
A to B..............................          163 (101)           105 (65)            69 (43)             14 (9)
A to C3.............................           138 (86)            84 (52)            42 (26)             11 (6)
A to C2.............................          163 (101)           105 (65)            55 (34)             14 (9)
A to C1.............................          196 (122)           129 (80)            74 (46)            21 (13)
A to C..............................          222 (138)          161 (100)            94 (58)            28 (17)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (2) Applications for authorization of Class A facilities greater 
than 3,000 watts ERP and 100 meters HAAT. Each application to operate a 
Class A station with an ERP and HAAT such that the reference distance 
would exceed 24 kilometers must contain an exhibit demonstrating the 
consent of the licensee of each co-channel, first, second or third 
adjacent channel station (for which the requirements of Sec.  73.207 are 
not met) to a grant of that application. Each such application must 
specify a transmitter site that meets the applicable IF-related channel 
distance separation requirements of Sec.  73.207. Applications that 
specify a new transmitter site which is short-spaced to an FM station 
other than another Class A station which is seeking a mutual increase in 
facilities may be granted only if no alternative fully-spaced site or 
less short-spaced site is available. Licensees of Class A stations 
seeking mutual increases in facilities need not show that a fully spaced 
site or less short-spaced site is available. Applications submitted 
pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph may be granted

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only if such action is consistent with the public interest.

[52 FR 37789, Oct. 9, 1987, as amended at 54 FR 14964, Apr. 14, 1989; 54 
FR 35339, Aug. 25, 1989; 56 FR 27426, June 14, 1991; 62 FR 50521, Sept. 
26, 1997; 63 FR 33876, June 22, 1998]



Sec.  73.215  Contour protection for short-spaced assignments.

    The Commission will accept applications that specify short-spaced 
antenna locations (locations that do not meet the domestic co-channel 
and adjacent channel minimum distance separation requirements of Sec.  
73.207); Provided That, such applications propose contour protection, as 
defined in paragraph (a) of this section, with all short-spaced 
assignments, applications and allotments, and meet the other applicable 
requirements of this section. Each application to be processed pursuant 
to this section must specifically request such processing on its face, 
and must include the necessary exhibit to demonstrate that the requisite 
contour protection will be provided. Such applications may be granted 
when the Commission determines that such action would serve the public 
interest, convenience, and necessity.
    (a) Contour protection. Contour protection, for the purpose of this 
section, means that on the same channel and on the first, second and 
third adjacent channels, the predicted interfering contours of the 
proposed station do not overlap the predicted protected contours of 
other short-spaced assignments, applications and allotments, and the 
predicted interfering contours of other short-spaced assignments, 
applications and allotments do not overlap the predicted protected 
contour of the proposed station.
    (1) The protected contours, for the purpose of this section, are 
defined as follows. For all Class B and B1 stations on Channels 221 
through 300 inclusive, the F(50,50) field strengths along the protected 
contours are 0.5 mV/m (54 dB[mu]) and 0.7 mV/m (57 dB[mu]), 
respectively. For all other stations, the F(50,50) field strength along 
the protected contour is 1.0 mV/m (60 dB[mu]).
    (2) The interfering contours, for the purpose of this section, are 
defined as follows. For co-channel stations, the F(50,10) field strength 
along the interfering contour is 20 dB lower than the F(50,50) field 
strength along the protected contour for which overlap is prohibited. 
For first adjacent channel stations (+-200 kHz), the F(50,10) field 
strength along the interfering contour is 6 dB lower than the F(50,50) 
field strength along the protected contour for which overlap is 
prohibited. For both second and third adjacent channel stations (+-400 
kHz and +-600 kHz), the F(50,10) field strength along the interfering 
contour is 40 dB higher than the F(50,50) field strength along the 
protected contour for which overlap is prohibited.
    (3) The locations of the protected and interfering contours of the 
proposed station and the other short-spaced assignments, applications 
and allotments must be determined in accordance with the procedures of 
paragraphs (c), (d)(2) and (d)(3) of Sec.  73.313, using data for as 
many radials as necessary to accurately locate the contours.
    (4) Protected and interfering contours (in dBu) for stations in 
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are as follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           Station with protected contour
                                   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Station with interfering contour            Class A                  Class B1                   Class B
                                   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Interfering   Protected   Interfering   Protected   Interfering   Protected
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Co-Channel:
    Class A.......................           46           66           41           61           40           60
    Class B1......................           43           63           39           59           38           58
    Class B.......................           45           65           41           61           41           61
1st Adj. Channel:
    Class A.......................           61           67           56           62           59           65
    Class B1......................           57           63           54           60           54           60
    Class B.......................           62           68           56           62           57           63
2nd-3rd Adj. Channel:
    Class A.......................          107           67          100           60          104           64
    Class B1......................           99           59          100           60          104           64

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    Class B.......................           94           54           94           54          104          64
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Maximum permitted facilities assumed for each station pursuant to 47 CFR 73.211(b)(3):
 6 kW ERP/240 meters HAAT--Class A
 25 kW ERP/150 meters HAAT--Class B1
 50 kW ERP/472 meters HAAT--Class B

    (b) Applicants requesting short-spaced assignments pursuant to this 
section must take into account the following factors in demonstrating 
that contour protection is achieved:
    (1) The ERP and antenna HAAT of the proposed station in the 
direction of the contours of other short-spaced assignments, 
applications and allotments. If a directional antenna is proposed, the 
pattern of that antenna must be used to calculate the ERP in particular 
directions. See Sec.  73.316 for additional requirements for directional 
antennas.
    (2) The ERP and antenna HAAT of other short-spaced assignments, 
applications and allotments in the direction of the contours of the 
proposed station. The ERP and antenna HAATs in the directions of concern 
must be determined as follows:
    (i) For vacant allotments, contours are based on the presumed use, 
at the allotment's reference point, of the maximum ERP that could be 
authorized for the station class of the allotment, and antenna HAATs in 
the directions of concern that would result from a non-directional 
antenna mounted at a standard eight-radial antenna HAAT equal to the 
reference HAAT for the station class of the allotment.
    (ii) For existing stations that were not authorized pursuant to this 
section, including stations with authorized ERP that exceeds the maximum 
ERP permitted by Sec.  73.211 for the standard eight-radial antenna HAAT 
employed, and for applications not requesting authorization pursuant to 
this section, contours are based on the presumed use of the maximum ERP 
for the applicable station class (as specified in Sec.  73.211), and the 
antenna HAATs in the directions of concern that would result from a non-
directional antenna mounted at a standard eight-radial antenna HAAT 
equal to the reference HAAT for the applicable station class, without 
regard to any other restrictions that may apply (e.g. zoning laws, FAA 
constraints, application of Sec.  73.213).
    (iii) For stations authorized pursuant to this section, except 
stations with authorized ERP that exceeds the maximum ERP permitted by 
Sec.  73.211 for the standard eight-radial antenna HAAT employed, 
contours are based on the use of the authorized ERP in the directions of 
concern, and HAATs in the directions of concern derived from the 
authorized standard eight-radial antenna HAAT. For stations with 
authorized ERP that exceeds the maximum ERP permitted by Sec.  73.211 
for the standard eight-radial antenna HAAT employed, authorized under 
this section, contours are based on the presumed use of the maximum ERP 
for the applicable station class (as specified in Sec.  73.211), and 
antenna HAATs in the directions of concern that would result from a non-
directional antenna mounted at a standard eight-radial antenna HAAT 
equal to the reference HAAT for the applicable station class, without 
regard to any other restrictions that may apply.
    (iv) For applications containing a request for authorization 
pursuant to this section, except for applications to continue operation 
with authorized ERP that exceeds the maximum ERP permitted by Sec.  
73.211 for the standard eight-radial antenna HAAT employed, contours are 
based on the use of the proposed ERP in the directions of concern, and 
antenna HAATs in the directions of concern derived from the proposed 
standard eight-radial antenna HAAT. For applications to continue 
operation with an ERP that exceeds the maximum ERP permitted by Sec.  
73.211 for the standard eight-radial HAAT employed, if processing is 
requested under this section, contours

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are based on the presumed use of the maximum ERP for the applicable 
station class (as specified in Sec.  73.211), and antenna HAATs in the 
directions of concern that would result from a nondirectional antenna 
mounted at a standard eight-radial antenna HAAT equal to the reference 
HAAT for the applicable station class, without regard to any other 
restrictions that may apply.

    Note to paragraph (b): Applicants are cautioned that the antenna 
HAAT in any particular direction of concern will not usually be the same 
as the standard eight-radial antenna HAAT or the reference HAAT for the 
station class.

    (c) Applications submitted for processing pursuant to this section 
are not required to propose contour protection of any assignment, 
application or allotment for which the minimum distance separation 
requirements of Sec.  73.207 are met, and may, in the directions of 
those assignments, applications and allotments, employ the maximum ERP 
permitted by Sec.  73.211 for the standard eight-radial antenna HAAT 
employed.
    (d) Stations authorized pursuant to this section may be subsequently 
authorized on the basis of compliance with the domestic minimum 
separation distance requirements of Sec.  73.207, upon filing of an FCC 
Form 301 or FCC Form 340 (as appropriate) requesting a modification of 
authorization.
    (e) The Commission will not accept applications that specify a 
short-spaced antenna location for which the following minimum distance 
separation requirements, in kilometers (miles), are not met:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                400/600
              Relation                Co-Channel    200 kHz       kHz
------------------------------------------------------------------------
A to A..............................     92 (57)     49 (30)     25 (16)
A to B1.............................    119 (74)     72 (45)     42 (26)
A to B..............................    143 (89)     96 (60)     63 (39)
A to C3.............................    119 (74)     72 (45)     36 (22)
A to C2.............................    143 (89)     89 (55)     49 (30)
A to C1.............................   178 (111)    111 (69)     69 (43)
A to C0.............................   193 (120)    130 (81)     80 (50)
A to C..............................   203 (126)    142 (88)     89 (55)
B1 to B1............................    143 (89)     96 (60)     44 (27)
B1 to B.............................   178 (111)    114 (71)     65 (40)
B1 to C3............................    143 (89)     96 (60)     44 (27)
B1 to C2............................   175 (109)    114 (71)     50 (31)
B1 to C1............................   200 (124)    134 (83)     71 (44)
B1 to C0............................  0215 (134)    153 (95)     81 (50)
B1 to C.............................   233 (145)   165 (103)     99 (61)
B to B..............................   211 (131)    145 (90)     68 (42)
B to C3.............................   178 (111)    114 (70)     65 (40)
B to C2.............................   211 (131)    145 (90)     68 (42)
B to C1.............................   241 (150)   169 (105)     73 (45)
B to C0.............................   266 (165)   195 (121)     83 (52)
B to C..............................   268 (163)   195 (121)     99 (61)
C3 to C3............................    142 (88)     89 (55)     37 (23)
C3 to C2............................   166 (103)    106 (66)     50 (31)
C3 to C1............................   200 (124)    133 (83)     70 (43)
C3to C0.............................   215 (134)    152 (94)     81 (50)
C3 to C.............................   226 (140)   165 (103)     90 (56)
C2 to C2............................   177 (110)    117 (73)     52 (32)
C2 to C1............................   211 (131)    144 (90)     73 (45)
C2 to C0............................   227 (141)   163 (101)     83 (52)
C2 to C.............................   237 (147)   176 (109)     96 (61)
C1 to C1............................   224 (139)    158 (98)     76 (47)
C1 to C0............................   239 (148)   176 (109)     88 (55)
C1 to C.............................   249 (155)   188 (117)     99 (61)
C0 to C0............................   259 (161)   196 (122)     90 (56)
C0 to C.............................   270 (168)    207 (129     99 (61)
C to C..............................   270 (168)   209 (130)     99 (61)
------------------------------------------------------------------------


[54 FR 9802, Mar. 8, 1989, as amended at 54 FR 35340, Aug. 25, 1989; 56 
FR 57294, Nov. 8, 1991; 57 FR 46325, Oct. 8, 1992; 65 FR 79777, Dec. 20, 
2000; 66 FR 8149, Jan. 29, 2001]



Sec.  73.220  Restrictions on use of channels.

    (a) The frequency 89.1 MHz (channel 206) is revised in the New York 
City metropolitan area for the use of the United Nations with the 
equivalent of an antenna height of 150 meters (492 feet) above average 
terrain and effective radiated power of 20 kWs, and the FCC will make no 
assignments which would cause objectionable interference with such use.
    (b) In Alaska, FM broadcast stations operating on Channels 221-300 
(92.1-107.9 MHz) shall not cause harmful interference to and must accept 
interference from non-Government fixed operations authorized prior to 
January 1, 1982.

[43 FR 45845, Oct. 4, 1978, as amended at 46 FR 50376, Oct. 13, 1981, 47 
FR 30068, July 12, 1982; 48 FR 29507, June 27, 1983]



Sec.  73.232  Territorial exclusivity.

    No licensee of an FM broadcast station shall have any arrangement 
with a network organization which prevents or hinders another station 
serving substantially the same area from broadcasting the network's 
programs not taken by the former station, or which prevents or hinders 
another station serving a substantially different area from broadcasting 
any program of the network organization: Provided, however, That this 
section does not prohibit arrangements under which the

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station is granted first call within its primary service area upon the 
network's programs. The term ``network organization'' means any 
organization originating program material, with or without commercial 
messages, and furnishing the same to stations interconnected so as to 
permit simultaneous broadcast by all or some of them. However, 
arrangements involving only stations under common ownership, or only the 
rebroadcast by one station of programming from another with no 
compensation other than a lump-sum payment by the station 
rebroadcasting, are not considered arrangements with a network 
organization. The term ``arrangement`` means any contract, arrangement 
or understanding, express or implied.

[42 FR 16422, Mar. 28, 1977, as amended at 57 FR 48333, Oct. 23, 1992]



Sec.  73.239  Use of common antenna site.

    No FM broadcast station license or renewal of FM broadcast station 
license will be granted to any person who owns, leases, or controls a 
particular site which is peculiarly suitable for FM broadcasting in a 
particular area and (a) which is not available for use by other FM 
broadcast station licensees; and (b) no other comparable site is 
available in the area; and (c) where the exclusive use of such site by 
the applicant or licensee would unduly limit the number of FM broadcast 
stations that can be authorized in a particular area or would unduly 
restrict competition among FM broadcast stations.

[28 FR 13623, Dec. 14, 1963]



Sec.  73.258  Indicating instruments.

    (a) Each FM broadcast station shall be equipped with indicating 
instruments which conform with the specifications described in Sec.  
73.1215 for determining power by the indirect method; for indicating the 
relative amplitude of the transmission line radio frequency current, 
voltage, or power; and with such other instruments as are necessary for 
the proper adjustment, operation, and maintenance of the transmitting 
system.
    (b) The function of each instrument shall be clearly and permanently 
shown in the instrument itself or on the panel immediately adjacent 
thereto.
    (c) In the event that any one of these indicating instruments 
becomes defective when no substitute which conforms with the required 
specifications is available, the station may be operated without the 
defective instrument pending its repair or replacement for a period not 
in excess of 60 days without further authority of the FCC: Provided 
that, if the defective instrument is the transmission line meter of a 
station which determines the output power by the direct method, the 
operating power shall be determined by the indirect method in accordance 
with Sec.  73.267(c) during the entire time the station is operated 
without the transmission line meter.
    (d) If conditions beyond the control of the licensee prevent the 
restoration of the meter to service within the above allowed period, an 
informal letter request in accordance with Sec.  73.3549 may be filed 
with the FCC, Attention: Audio Division, Media Bureau, in Washington, DC 
for such additional time as may be required to complete repairs of the 
defective instrument.

[41 FR 36818, Sept. 1, 1976, as amended at 48 FR 44805, Sept. 30, 1983; 
50 FR 32416, Aug. 12, 1985; 63 FR 33876, June 22, 1998; 67 FR 13231, 
Mar. 21, 2002]



Sec.  73.267  Determining operating power.

    (a) The operating power of each FM station is to be determined by 
either the direct or indirect method.
    (b) Direct method. The direct method of power determination for an 
FM station uses the indications of a calibrated transmission line meter 
(responsive to relative voltage, current, or power) located at the RF 
output terminals of the transmitter. This meter must be calibrated 
whenever there is any indication that the calibration is inaccurate or 
whenever any component of the metering circuit is repaired or replaced. 
The calibration must cover, as a minimum, the range from 90% to 105% of 
authorized power. The meter calibration may be checked by measuring the 
power at the transmitter terminals while either:

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    (1) Operating the transmitter into the transmitting antenna, and 
determining actual operating power by the indirect method described in 
Sec.  73.267(c); or
    (2) Operating the transmitter into a load (of substantially zero 
reactance and a resistance equal to the transmission line characteristic 
impedance) and using an electrical device (within +-5% accuracy) or 
temperature and coolant flow indicator (within +-4% accuracy) to 
determine the power.
    (3) The calibration must cover, as a minimum, the range from 90% to 
105% of authorized power and the meter must provide clear indications 
which will permit maintaining the operating power within the prescribed 
tolerance or the meter shall be calibrated to read directly in power 
units.
    (c) Indirect method. The operating power is determined by the 
indirect method by applying an appropriate factor to the input power to 
the last radio-frequency power amplifier stage of the transmitter, using 
the following formula:

Transmitter output power=Ep x Ip x F

Where:

Ep=DC input voltage of final radio stage.
Ip=Total DC input current of final radio stage.
F=Efficiency factor.

    (1) If the above formula is not appropriate for the design of the 
transmitter final amplifier, use a formula specified by the transmitter 
manufacturer with other appropriate operating parameters.
    (2) The value of the efficiency factor, F, established for the 
authorized transmitter output power is to be used for maintaining the 
operating power, even though there may be some variation in F over the 
power operating range of the transmitter.
    (3) The value of F is to be determined and a record kept thereof by 
one of the following procedures listed in order of preference:
    (i) Using the most recent measurement data for calibration of the 
transmission line meter according to the procedures described in 
paragraph (b) of this section or the most recent measurements made by 
the licensee establishing the value of F. In the case of composite 
transmitters or those in which the final amplifier stages have been 
modified pursuant to FCC approval, the licensee must furnish the FCC and 
also retain with the station records the measurement data used as a 
basis for determining the value of F.
    (ii) Using measurement data shown on the transmitter manufacturer's 
test data supplied to the licensee; Provided, That measurements were 
made at the authorized frequency and transmitter output power.
    (iii) Using the transmitter manufacturer's measurement data 
submitted to the FCC for type acceptance and as shown in the instruction 
book supplied to the licensee.

(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 154, 
155, 303))

[44 FR 58731, Oct. 11, 1979, as amended at 45 FR 28141, Apr. 28, 1980; 
48 FR 38479, Aug. 24, 1983; 49 FR 4210, Feb. 3, 1984; 49 FR 49851, Dec. 
24, 1984]



Sec.  73.277  Permissible transmissions.

    (a) No FM broadcast licensee or permittee shall enter into any 
agreement, arrangement or understanding, oral or written, whereby it 
undertakes to supply, or receives consideration for supplying, on its 
main channel a functional music, background music, or other subscription 
service (including storecasting) for reception in the place or places of 
business of any subscriber.
    (b) The transmission (or interruption) of radio energy in the FM 
broadcast band is permissible only pursuant to a station license, 
program test authority, construction permit, or experimental 
authorization and the provisions of this part of the rules.

[29 FR 7471, June 10, 1964. Redesignated at 39 FR 38655, Nov. 1, 1974 
and amended at 48 FR 28454, June 22, 1983]



Sec.  73.293  Use of FM multiplex subcarriers.

    Licensees of FM broadcast stations may transmit, without further 
authorization, subcarrier communication services in accordance with the 
provisions of Sec. Sec.  73.319 and 73.322.

[51 FR 17028, May 8, 1986]

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Sec.  73.295  FM subsidiary communications services.

    (a) Subsidiary communication services are those transmitted on a 
subcarrier within the FM baseband signal, but do not include services 
which enhance the main program broadcast service, or exclusively relate 
to station operations (see Sec.  73.293). Subsidiary communications 
include, but are not limited to services such as functional music, 
specialized foreign language programs, radio reading services, utility 
load management, market and financial data and news, paging and calling, 
traffic control signal switching, bilingual television audio, and point 
to point or multipoint messages.
    (b) FM subsidiary communications services that are common carrier in 
nature are subject to common carrier regulation. Licensees operating 
such services are required to apply to the FCC for the appropriate 
authorization and to comply with all policies and rules applicable to 
the service. Responsibility for making the initial determinations of 
whether a particular activity is common carriage rests with the FM 
station licensee. Initial determinations by licensees are subject to FCC 
examination and may be reviewed at the FCC's discretion.
    (c) Subsidiary communications services are of a secondary nature 
under the authority of the FM station authorization, and the authority 
to provide such communications services may not be retained or 
transferred in any manner separate from the station's authorization. The 
grant or renewal of an FM station permit or license is not furthered or 
promoted by proposed or past services. The permittee or licensee must 
establish that the broadcast operation is in the public interest wholly 
apart from the subsidiary communications services provided.
    (d) The station identification, delayed recording and sponsor 
identification announcements required by Sec. Sec.  73.1201, 73.1208, 
and 73.1212 are not applicable to material transmitted under an SCA.
    (e) The licensee or permittee must retain control over all material 
transmitted in a broadcast mode via the station's facilities, with the 
right to reject any material that it deems inappropriate or undesirable.

[48 FR 28454, June 22, 1983, as amended at 48 FR 44805, Sept. 30, 1983; 
49 FR 33663, Aug. 15, 1984; 50 FR 32416, Aug. 12, 1985; 57 FR 48333, 
Oct. 23, 1992]



Sec.  73.297  FM stereophonic sound broadcasting.

    (a) An FM broadcast station may, without specific authority from the 
FCC, transmit stereophonic (biphonic, quadraphonic, etc.) sound programs 
upon installation of stereophonic sound transmitting equipment under the 
provisions of Sec. Sec.  2.1001, 73.322, and 73.1590 of the Rules. Prior 
to commencement of stereophonic sound broadcasting, equipment 
performance measurements must be made to ensure that the transmitted 
signal complies with all applicable rules and standards.
    (b) Each licensee or permittee engaging in multichannel broadcasting 
must measure the pilot subcarrier frequency as often as necessary to 
ensure that it is kept at all times within 2 Hz of the authorized 
frequency.

[48 FR 28454, June 22, 1983, and 48 FR 38479, Aug. 24, 1983]



Sec.  73.310  FM technical definitions.

    (a) Frequency modulation.
    Antenna height above average terrain (HAAT). HAAT is calculated by: 
determining the average of the antenna heights above the terrain from 3 
to 16 kilometers (2 to 10 miles) from the antenna for the eight 
directions evenly spaced for each 45[deg] of azimuth starting with True 
North (a different antenna height will be determined in each direction 
from the antenna): and computing the average of these separate heights. 
In some cases less than eight directions may be used. (See Sec.  
73.313(d).) Where circular or elliptical polarization is used, the 
antenna height above average terrain must be based upon the height of 
the radiation of the antenna that transmits the horizontal component of 
radiation.
    Antenna power gain. The square of the ratio of the root-mean-square 
(RMS) free space field strength produced at 1 kilometer in the 
horizontal plane in millivolts per meter for 1 kW antenna input power to 
221.4 mV/m. This ratio

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is expressed in decibels (dB). If specified for a particular direction, 
antenna power gain is based on that field strength in the direction 
only.
    Auxiliary facility. An auxiliary facility is an antenna separate 
from the main facility's antenna, permanently installed on the same 
tower or at a different location, from which a station may broadcast for 
short periods without prior Commission authorization or notice to the 
Commission while the main facility is not in operation (e.g., where 
tower work necessitates turning off the main antenna or where lightning 
has caused damage to the main antenna or transmission system) (See Sec.  
73.1675).
    Center frequency. The term ``center frequency'' means:
    (1) The average frequency of the emitted wave when modulated by a 
sinusoidal signal.
    (2) The frequency of the emitted wave without modulation.
    Composite antenna pattern. The composite antenna pattern is a 
relative field horizontal plane pattern for 360 degrees of azimuth, for 
which the value at a particular azimuth is the greater of the 
horizontally polarized or vertically polarized component relative field 
values. The composite antenna pattern is normalized to a maximum of 
unity (1.000) relative field.
    Composite baseband signal. A signal which is composed of all program 
and other communications signals that frequency modulates the FM 
carrier.
    Effective radiated power. The term ``effective radiated power'' 
means the product of the antenna power (transmitter output power less 
transmission line loss) times: (1) The antenna power gain, or (2) the 
antenna field gain squared. Where circular or elliptical polarization is 
employed, the term effective radiated power is applied separately to the 
horizontal and vertical components of radiation. For allocation 
purposes, the effective radiated power authorized is the horizontally 
polarized component of radiation only.
    Equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP). The term 
``equivalent isotropically radiated power (also known as ``effective 
radiated power above isotropic) means the product of the antenna input 
power and the antenna gain in a given direction relative to an isotropic 
antenna.
    FM Blanketing. Blanketing is that form of interference to the 
reception of other broadcast stations which is caused by the presence of 
an FM broadcast signal of 115 dBu (562 mV/m) or greater signal strength 
in the area adjacent to the antenna of the transmitting station. The 115 
dBu contour is referred to as the blanketing contour and the area within 
this contour is referred to as the blanketing area.
    FM broadcast band. The band of frequencies extending from 88 to 108 
MHz, which includes those assigned to noncommercial educational 
broadcasting.
    FM broadcast channel. A band of frequencies 200 kHz wide and 
designated by its center frequency. Channels for FM broadcast stations 
begin at 88.1 MHz and continue in successive steps of 200 kHz to and 
including 107.9 MHz.
    FM broadcast station. A station employing frequency modulation in 
the FM broadcast band and licensed primarily for the transmission of 
radiotelephone emissions intended to be received by the general public.
    Field strength. The electric field strength in the horizontal plane.
    Free space field strength. The field strength that would exist at a 
point in the absence of waves reflected from the earth or other 
reflecting objects.
    Frequency departure. The amount of variation of a carrier frequency 
or center frequency from its assigned value.
    Frequency deviation. The peak difference between modulated wave and 
the carrier frequency.
    Frequency modulation. A system of modulation where the instantaneous 
radio frequency varies in proportion to the instantaneous amplitude of 
the modulating signal (amplitude of modulating signal to be measured 
after pre-emphasis, if used) and the instantaneous radio frequency is 
independent of the frequency of the modulating signal.
    Frequency swing. The peak difference between the maximum and the 
minimum values of the instantaneous frequency of the carrier wave during 
modulation.
    Multiplex transmission. The term ``multiplex transmission'' means 
the simultaneous transmission of two or more signals within a single 
channel.

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Multiplex transmission as applied to FM broadcast stations means the 
transmission of facsimile or other signals in addition to the regular 
broadcast signals.
    Percentage modulation. The ratio of the actual frequency deviation 
to the frequency deviation defined as 100% modulation, expressed in 
percentage. For FM broadcast stations, a frequency deviation of +-75kHz 
is defined as 100% modulation.
    (b) Stereophonic sound broadcasting.
    Cross-talk. An undesired signal occurring in one channel caused by 
an electrical signal in another channel.
    FM stereophonic broadcast. The transmission of a stereophonic 
program by a single FM broadcast station utilizing the main channel and 
a stereophonic subchannel.
    Left (or right) signal. The electrical output of a microphone or 
combination of microphones placed so as to convey the intensity, time, 
and location of sounds originating predominately to the listener's left 
(or right) of the center of the performing area.
    Left (or right) stereophonic channel. The left (or right) signal as 
electrically reproduced in reception of FM stereophonic broadcasts.
    Main channel. The band of frequencies from 50 to 15,000 Hz which 
frequency-modulate the main carrier.
    Pilot subcarrier. A subcarrier that serves as a control signal for 
use in the reception of FM stereophonic sound broadcasts.
    Stereophonic separation. The ratio of the electrical signal caused 
in sound channel A to the signal caused in sound channel B by the 
transmission of only a channel B signal. Channels A and B may be any two 
channels of a stereophonic sound broadcast transmission system.
    Stereophonic sound. The audio information carried by plurality of 
channels arranged to afford the listener a sense of the spatial 
distribution of sound sources. Stereophonic sound broadcasting includes, 
but is not limited to, biphonic (two channel), triphonic (three channel) 
and quadrophonic (four channel) program services.
    Stereophonic sound subcarrier. A subcarrier within the FM broadcast 
baseband used for transmitting signals for stereophonic sound reception 
of the main broadcast program service.
    Stereophonic sound subchannel. The band of frequencies from 23 kHz 
to 99 kHz containing sound subcarriers and their associated sidebands.
    (c) Visual transmissions. Communications or message transmitted on a 
subcarrier intended for reception and visual presentation on a viewing 
screen, teleprinter, facsimile printer, or other form of graphic display 
or record.
    (d) Control and telemetry transmissions. Signals transmitted on a 
multiplex subcarrier intended for any form of control and switching 
functions or for equipment status data and aural or visual alarms.

[28 FR 13623, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 39 FR 10575, Mar. 21, 1974; 
44 FR 36038, June 20, 1979; 48 FR 28454, June 22, 1983; 48 FR 29507, 
June 27, 1983; 48 FR 37216, Aug. 17, 1983; 49 FR 45145, Nov. 15, 1984; 
57 FR 48333, Oct. 23, 1992; 62 FR 51058, Sept. 30, 1997]



Sec.  73.311  Field strength contours.

    (a) Applications for FM broadcast authorizations must show the field 
strength contours required by FCC Form 301 or FCC Form 340, as 
appropriate.
    (b) The field strength contours provided for in this section shall 
be considered for the following purposes only:
    (1) In the estimation of coverage resulting from the selection of a 
particular transmitter site by an applicant for an FM broadcast station.
    (2) In connection with problems of coverage arising out of 
application of Sec.  73.3555.
    (3) In determining compliance with Sec.  73.315(a) concerning the 
minimum field strength to be provided over the principal community to be 
served.
    (4) In determining compliance with Sec.  73.215 concerning contour 
protection.

[28 FR 13623, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 31 FR 10126, July 27, 1966; 
32 FR 11471, Aug. 9, 1967; 52 FR 10570, Apr. 2, 1987; 54 FR 9802, Mar. 
8, 1989]



Sec.  73.312  Topographic data.

    (a) In the preparation of the profile graphs previously described, 
and in determining the location and height above mean sea level of the 
antenna site, the elevation or contour intervals

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shall be taken from United States Geological Survey Topographic 
Quadrangle Maps, United States Army Corps of Engineers Maps or Tennessee 
Valley Authority maps, whichever is the latest, for all areas for which 
such maps are available. If such maps are not published for the area in 
question, the next best topographic information should be used. 
Topographic data may sometimes be obtained from state and municipal 
agencies. The data from the Sectional Aeronautical Charts (including 
bench marks) or railroad depot elevations and highway elevations from 
road maps may be used where no better information is available. In cases 
where limited topographic data can be obtained, use may be made of an 
altimeter in a car driven along roads extending generally radially from 
the transmitter site.
    (b) The Commission will not ordinarily require the submission of 
topographical maps for areas beyond 24 km (15 miles) from the antenna 
site, but the maps must include the principal city or cities to be 
served. If it appears necessary, additional data may be requested.
    (c) The U.S. Geological Survey Topography Quadrangle Sheets may be 
obtained from the U.S. Geological Survey Department of the Interior, 
Washington, DC 20240. The Sectional Aeronautical Charts are available 
from the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Department of Commerce, 
Washington, DC 20235. These maps may also be secured from branch offices 
and from authorized agents or dealers in most principal cities.
    (d) In lieu of maps, the average terrain elevation may be computer 
generated except in cases of dispute, using elevations from a 30 second, 
point or better topographic data file. The file must be identified and 
the data processed for intermediate points along each radial using 
linear interpolation techniques. The height above mean sea level of the 
antenna site must be obtained manually using appropriate topographic 
maps.

[28 FR 13623, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 31 FR 10126, July 27, 1966; 
49 FR 48937, Dec. 17, 1984; 58 FR 44950, Aug. 25, 1993; 63 FR 33877, 
June 22, 1998]



Sec.  73.313  Prediction of coverage.

    (a) All predictions of coverage made pursuant to this section shall 
be made without regard to interference and shall be made only on the 
basis of estimated field strengths.
    (b) Predictions of coverage shall be made only for the same purposes 
as relate to the use of field strength contours as specified in Sec.  
73.311.
    (c) In predicting the distance to the field strength contours, the 
F(50,50) field strength chart, Figure 1 of Sec.  73.333 must be used. 
The 50% field strength is defined as that value exceeded for 50% of the 
time.
    (1) The F(50,50) chart gives the estimated 50% field strengths 
exceeded at 50% of the locations in dB above 1 uV/m. The chart is based 
on an effective power radiated from a half-wave dipole antenna in free 
space, that produces an unattenuated field strength at 1 kilometer of 
about 107 dB above 1 uV/m (221.4 mV/m).
    (2) To use the chart for other ERP values, convert the ordinate 
scale by the appropriate adjustment in dB. For example, the ordinate 
scale for an ERP of 50 kW should be adjusted by 17 dB [10 log (50 kW) = 
17 dBk], and therefore a field strength of 60 dBu would correspond to 
the field strength value at (60-17 =) 44 dBu on the chart. When 
predicting the distance to field strength contours, use the maximum ERP 
of the main radiated lobe in the pertinent azimuthal direction (do not 
account for beam tilt). When predicting field strengths over areas not 
in the plane of the maximum main lobe, use the ERP in the direction of 
such areas, determined by considering the appropriate vertical radiation 
pattern.
    (d) The antenna height to be used with this chart is the height of 
the radiation center of the antenna above the average terrain along the 
radial in question. In determining the average elevation of the terrain, 
the elevations between 3 and 16 kilometers from the antenna site are 
used.
    (1) Profile graphs must be drawn for eight radials beginning at the 
antenna site and extending 16 kilometers therefrom. The radials should 
be drawn for each 45[deg] of azimuth starting with True North. At least 
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the principal community to be served even though it may be more than 16 
kilometers from the antenna site. However, in the event none of the 
evenly spaced radials include the principal community to be served, and 
one or more such radials are drawn in addition, these radials must not 
be used in computing the antenna height above average terrain.
    (2) Where the 3 to 16 kilometers portion of a radial extends in 
whole or in part over a large body of water or extends over foreign 
territory but the 50 uV/m (34 dBu) contour encompasses land area within 
the United States beyond the 16 kilometers portion of the radial, the 
entire 3 to 16 kilometers portion of the radial must be included in the 
computation of antenna height above average terrain. However, where the 
50 uV/m (34 dBu) contour does not so encompass United States land area, 
and (i) the entire 3 to 16 kilometers portion of the radial extends over 
large bodies of water or over foreign territory, such radial must be 
completely omitted from the computation of antenna height above average 
terrain, and (ii) where a part of the 3 to 16 kilometers portion of a 
radial extends over large bodies of water or foreign territory, only 
that part of the radial extending from 3 kilometers to the outermost 
portion of land in the United States covered by the radial used must be 
used in the computation of antenna height above average terrain.
    (3) The profile graph for each radial should be plotted by contour 
intervals of from 12 to 30 meters and, where the data permits, at least 
50 points of elevation (generally uniformly spaced) should be used for 
each radial. In instances of very rugged terrain where the use of 
contour intervals of 30 meters would result in several points in a short 
distance, 60 or 120 meter contour intervals may be used for such 
distances. On the other hand, where the terrain is uniform or gently 
sloping the smallest contour interval indicated on the topographic map 
should be used, although only relatively few points may be available. 
The profile graph should indicate the topography accurately for each 
radial, and the graphs should be plotted with the distance in kilometers 
as the abscissa and the elevation in meters above mean sea level as the 
ordinate. The profile graphs should indicate the source of the 
topographical data used. The graph should also show the elevation of the 
center of the radiating system. The graph may be plotted either on 
rectangular coordinate paper or on special paper that shows the 
curvature of the earth. It is not necessary to take the curvature of the 
earth into consideration in this procedure as this factor is taken care 
of in the charts showing signal strengths. The average elevation of the 
13 kilometer distance between 3 and 16 kilometers from the antenna site 
should then be determined from the profile graph for each radial. This 
may be obtained by averaging a large number of equally spaced points, by 
using a planimeter, or by obtaining the median elevation (that exceeded 
for 50% of the distance) in sectors and averaging those values.
    (4) Examples of HAAT calculations:
    (i) The heights above average terrain on the eight radials are as 
follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                 Meters
------------------------------------------------------------------------
0[deg]........................................................       120
45[deg].......................................................       255
90[deg].......................................................       185
135[deg]......................................................        90
180[deg]......................................................       -10
225[deg]......................................................       -85
270[deg]......................................................        40
315[deg]......................................................        85
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The antenna height above terrain (defined in Sec.  73.310(a)) is 
computed as follows:

(120 + 255 + 185 + 90 - 10 - 85 + 40 + 85) / 8 = 85 meters.

    (ii) Same as paragraph (d)(4)(i) of this section, except the 0[deg] 
radial is entirely over sea water. The antenna height above average 
terrain is computed as follows (note that the divisor is 7 not 8):

(255 + 185 + 90 - 10 - 85 + 40 + 85) / 7 = 80 meters.

    (iii) Same as paragraph (d)(4)(i) of this section, except that only 
the first 10 kilometers of the 90[deg] radial are in the United States; 
beyond 10 kilometers the 90[deg] radial is in a foreign country. The 
height above average terrain of the 3 to 10 kilometer portion of

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the 90[deg] radial is 105 meters. The antenna height above average 
terrain is computed as follows (note that the divisor is 8 not 7.5):

(120 + 255 + 105 + 90 - 10 - 85 + 40 + 85) / 8 = 75 meters.

    (e) In cases where the terrain in one or more directions from the 
antenna site departs widely from the average elevation of the 3 to 16 
kilometer sector, the prediction method may indicate contour distances 
that are different from what may be expected in practice. For example, a 
mountain ridge may indicate the practical limit of service although the 
prediction method may indicate otherwise. In such cases, the prediction 
method should be followed, but a supplemental showing may be made 
concerning the contour distances as determined by other means. Such 
supplemental showings should describe the procedure used and should 
include sample calculations. Maps of predicted coverage should include 
both the coverage as predicted by the regular method and as predicted by 
a supplemental method. When measurements of area are required, these 
should include the area obtained by the regular prediction method and 
the area obtained by the supplemental method. In directions where the 
terrain is such that antenna heights less than 30 meters for the 3 to 16 
kilometer sector are obtained, an assumed height of 30 meters must be 
used for the prediction of coverage. However, where the actual contour 
distances are critical factors, a supplemental showing of expected 
coverage must be included together with a description of the method used 
in predicting such coverage. In special cases, the FCC may require 
additional information as to terrain and coverage.
    (f) The effect of terrain roughness on the predicted field strength 
of a signal at points distant from an FM transmitting antenna is assumed 
to depend on the magnitude of a terrain roughness factor (h) which, for 
a specific propagation path, is determined by the characteristics of a 
segment of the terrain profile for that path 40 kilometers in length 
located between 10 and 50 kilometers from the antenna. The terrain 
roughness factor has a value equal to the distance, in meters, between 
elevations exceeded by all points on the profile for 10% and 90% 
respectively, of the length of the profile segment. (See Sec.  73.333, 
Figure 4.)
    (g) If the lowest field strength value of interest is initially 
predicted to occur over a particular propagation path at a distance that 
is less than 50 kilometers from the antenna, the terrain profile segment 
used in the determination of terrain roughness factor over that path 
must be that included between points 10 kilometers from the transmitter 
and such lesser distances. No terrain roughness correction need be 
applied when all field strength values of interest are predicted to 
occur 10 kilometers or less from the transmitting antenna.
    (h) Profile segments prepared for terrain roughness factor 
determinations are to be plotted in rectangular coordinates, with no 
less than 50 points evenly spaced within the segment using data obtained 
from topographic maps with contour intervals of approximately 15 meters 
(50 feet) or less if available.
    (i) The field strength charts (Sec.  73.333, Figs. 1-1a) were 
developed assuming a terrain roughness factor of 50 meters, which is 
considered to be representative of average terrain in the United States. 
Where the roughness factor for a particular propagation path is found to 
depart appreciably from this value, a terrain roughness correction 
([Delta]F) should be applied to field strength values along this path, 
as predicted with the use of these charts. The magnitude and sign of 
this correction, for any value of [Delta]h, may be determined from a 
chart included in Sec.  73.333 as Figure 5.
    (j) Alternatively, the terrain roughness correction may be computed 
using the following formula:

    [Delta]F=1.9-0.03([Delta]h)(1+f/300)

Where:

[Delta]F=terrain roughness correction in dB
[Delta]k=terrain roughness factor in meters

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f=frequency of signal in MHz (MHz)

(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 154, 
155, 303))

[28 FR 13623, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 40 FR 27678, July 1, 1975; 48 
FR 29507, June 27, 1983; 52 FR 11655, Apr. 10, 1987; 52 FR 37789, Oct. 
9, 1987; 57 FR 48333, Oct. 23, 1992; 63 FR 33877, June 22, 1998]

    Effective Date Note: At 42 FR 25736, May 19, 1977, the effective 
date of Sec.  73.313 paragraphs (i) and (j) was stayed indefinitely.



Sec.  73.314  Field strength measurements.

    (a) Except as provided for in Sec.  73.209, FM broadcast stations 
shall not be protected from any type of interference or propagation 
effect. Persons desiring to submit testimony, evidence or data to the 
Commission for the purpose of showing that the technical standards 
contained in this subpart do not properly reflect the levels of any 
given type of interference or propagation effect may do so only in 
appropriate rule making proceedings concerning the amendment of such 
technical standards. Persons making field strength measurements for 
formal submission to the Commission in rule making proceedings, or 
making such measurements upon the request of the Commission, shall 
follow the procedure for making and reporting such measurements outlined 
in paragraph (b) of this section. In instances where a showing of the 
measured level of a signal prevailing over a specific community is 
appropriate, the procedure for making and reporting field strength 
measurements for this purpose is set forth in paragraph (c) of this 
section.
    (b) Collection of field strength data for propagation analysis.
    (1) Preparation for measurements. (i) On large scale topographic 
maps, eight or more radials are drawn from the transmitter location to 
the maximum distance at which measurements are to be made, with the 
angles included between adjacent radials of approximately equal size. 
Radials should be oriented so as to traverse representative types of 
terrain. The specific number of radials and their orientation should be 
such as to accomplish this objective.
    (ii) Each radial is marked, at a point exactly 16 kilometers from 
the transmitter and, at greater distances, at successive 3 kilometer 
intervals. Where measurements are to be conducted over extremely rugged 
terrain, shorter intervals may be used, but all such intervals must be 
of equal length. Accessible roads intersecting each radial as nearly as 
possible at each 3 kilometer marker are selected. These intersections 
are the points on the radial at which measurements are to be made, and 
are referred to subsequently as measuring locations. The elevation of 
each measuring location should approach the elevation at the 
corresponding 3 kilometer marker as nearly as possible.
    (2) Measurement procedure. All measurements must be made utilizing a 
receiving antenna designed for reception of the horizontally polarized 
signal component, elevated 9 meters above the roadbed. At each measuring 
location, the following procedure must be used:
    (i) The instrument calibration is checked.
    (ii) The antenna is elevated to a height of 9 meters.
    (iii) The receiving antenna is rotated to determine if the strongest 
signal is arriving from the direction of the transmitter.
    (iv) The antenna is oriented so that the sector of its response 
pattern over which maximum gain is realized is in the direction of the 
transmitter.
    (v) A mobile run of at least 30 meters is made, that is centered on 
the intersection of the radial and the road, and the measured field 
strength is continuously recorded on a chart recorder over the length of 
the run.
    (vi) The actual measuring location is marked exactly on the 
topographic map, and a written record, keyed to the specific location, 
is made of all factors which may affect the recorded field, such as 
topography, height and types of vegetation, buildings, obstacles, 
weather, and other local features.
    (vii) If, during the test conducted as described in paragraph 
(b)(2)(iii) of this section, the strongest signal is found to come from 
a direction other than from the transmitter, after the mobile run 
prescribed in paragraph (b)(2)(v) of this section is concluded, 
additional measurements must be made in a ``cluster'' of at least five 
fixed points. At each

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such point, the field strengths with the antenna oriented toward the 
transmitter, and with the antenna oriented so as to receive the 
strongest field, are measured and recorded. Generally, all points should 
be within 60 meters of the center point of the mobile run.
    (viii) If overhead obstacles preclude a mobile run of at least 30 
meters, a ``cluster'' of five spot measurements may be made in lieu of 
this run. The first measurement in the cluster is identified. Generally, 
the locations for other measurements must be within 60 meters of the 
location of the first.
    (3) Method of reporting measurements. A report of measurements to 
the Commission shall be submitted in affidavit form, in triplicate, and 
should contain the following information:
    (i) Tables of field strength measurements, which, for each measuring 
location, set forth the following data:
    (A) Distance from the transmitting antenna.
    (B) Ground elevation at measuring location.
    (C) Date, time of day, and weather.
    (D) Median field in dBu for 0 dBk, for mobile run or for cluster, as 
well as maximum and minimum measured field strengths.
    (E) Notes describing each measuring location.
    (ii) U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps, on which is shown the 
exact location at which each measurement was made. The original plots 
shall be made on maps of the largest available scale. Copies may be 
reduced in size for convenient submission to the Commission, but not to 
the extent that important detail is lost. The original maps shall be 
made available, if requested. If a large number of maps is involved, an 
index map should be submitted.
    (iii) All information necessary to determine the pertinent 
characteristics of the transmitting installation, including frequency, 
geographical coordinates of antenna site, rated and actual power output 
of transmitter, measured transmission line loss, antenna power gain, 
height of antenna above ground, above mean sea level, and above average 
terrain. The effective radiated power should be computed, and horizontal 
and vertical plane patterns of the transmitting antenna should be 
submitted.
    (iv) A list of calibrated equipment used in the field strength 
survey, which, for each instrument, specifies its manufacturer, type, 
serial number and rated accuracy, and the date of its most recent 
calibration by the manufacturer, or by a laboratory. Complete details of 
any instrument not of standard manufacture shall be submitted.
    (v) A detailed description of the calibration of the measuring 
equipment, including field strength meters, measuring antenna, and 
connecting cable.
    (vi) Terrain profiles in each direction in which measurements were 
made, drawn on curved earth paper for equivalent 4/3 earth radius, of 
the largest available scale.
    (c) Collection of field strength data to determine FM broadcast 
service in specific communities.
    (1) Preparation for measurement. (i) The population (P) of the 
community, and its suburbs, if any, is determined by reference to an 
appropriate source, e.g., the 1970 U.S. Census tables of population of 
cities and urbanized areas.
    (ii) The number of locations at which measurements are to be made 
shall be at least 15, and shall be approximately equal to 0.1(P)1/2, if 
this product is a number greater than 15.
    (iii) A rectangular grid, of such size and shape as to encompass the 
boundaries of the community is drawn on an accurate map of the 
community. The number of line intersections on the grid included within 
the boundaries of the community shall be at least equal to the required 
number of measuring locations. The position of each intersection on the 
community map determines the location at which a measurement shall be 
made.
    (2) Measurement procedure. All measurements must be made using a 
receiving antenna designed for reception of the horizontally polarized 
signal component, elevated 9 meters above ground level.
    (i) Each measuring location shall be chosen as close as feasible to 
a point indicated on the map, as previously prepared, and at as nearly 
the same elevation as that point as possible.
    (ii) At each measuring location, after equipment calibration and 
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the antenna, a check is made to determine whether the strongest signal 
arrives from a direction other than from the transmitter.
    (iii) At 20 percent or more of the measuring locations, mobile runs, 
as described in paragraph (b)(2) of this section shall be made, with no 
less than three such mobile runs in any case. The points at which mobile 
measurements are made shall be well separated. Spot measurements may be 
made at other measuring points.
    (iv) Each actual measuring location is marked exactly on the map of 
the community, and suitably keyed. A written record shall be maintained, 
describing, for each location, factors which may affect the recorded 
field, such as the approximate time of measurement, weather, topography, 
overhead wiring, heights and types of vegetation, buildings and other 
structures. The orientation, with respect to the measuring location 
shall be indicated of objects of such shape and size as to be capable of 
causing shadows or reflections. If the strongest signal received was 
found to arrive from a direction other than that of the transmitter, 
this fact shall be recorded.
    (3) Method of reporting measurements. A report of measurements to 
the Commission shall be submitted in affidavit form, in triplicate, and 
should contain the following information:
    (i) A map of the community showing each actual measuring location, 
specifically identifying the points at which mobile runs were made.
    (ii) A table keyed to the above map, showing the field strength at 
each measuring point, reduced to dBu for the actual effective radiated 
power of the station. Weather, date, and time of each measurement shall 
be indicated.
    (iii) Notes describing each measuring location.
    (iv) A topographic map of the largest available scale on which are 
marked the community and the transmitter site of the station whose 
signals have been measured, which includes all areas on or near the 
direct path of signal propagation.
    (v) Computations of the mean and standard deviation of all measured 
field strengths, or a graph on which the distribution of measured field 
strength values is plotted.
    (vi) A list of calibrated equipment used for the measurements, which 
for each instrument, specifies its manufacturer, type, serial number and 
rated accuracy, and the date of its most recent calibration by the 
manufacturer, or by a laboratory. Complete details of any instrument not 
of standard manufacture shall be submitted.
    (vii) A detailed description of the procedure employed in the 
calibration of the measuring equipment, including field strength meters, 
measuring antenna, and connecting cable.

[40 FR 27682, July 1, 1975; 40 FR 28802, July 9, 1975, as amended at 48 
FR 29508, June 27, 1983]



Sec.  73.315  FM transmitter location.

    (a) The transmitter location shall be chosen so that, on the basis 
of the effective radiated power and antenna height above average terrain 
employed, a minimum field strength of 70 dB above one uV/m (dBu), or 
3.16 mV/m, will be provided over the entire principal community to be 
served.
    (b) The transmitter location should be chosen to maximize coverage 
to the city of license while minimizing interference. This is normally 
accomplished by locating in the least populated area available while 
maintaining the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section. In general, 
the transmitting antenna of a station should be located in the most 
sparsely populated area available at the highest elevation available. 
The location of the antenna should be so chosen that line-of-sight can 
be obtained from the antenna over the principle city or cities to be 
served; in no event should there be a major obstruction in this path.
    (c) The transmitting location should be selected so that the 1 mV/m 
contour encompasses the urban population within the area to be served. 
It is recognized that topography, shape of the desired service area, and 
population distribution may make the choice of a transmitter location 
difficult. In such cases consideration may be given to the use of a 
directional antenna system, although it is generally preferable to 
choose a site where a nondirectional antenna may be employed.

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    (d) In cases of questionable antenna locations it is desirable to 
conduct propagation tests to indicate the field strength expected in the 
principal city or cities to be served and in other areas, particularly 
where severe shadow problems may be expected. In considering 
applications proposing the use of such locations, the Commission may 
require site tests to be made. Such tests should include measurements 
made in accordance with the measurement procedures described in Sec.  
73.314, and full data thereon shall be supplied to the Commission. The 
test transmitter should employ an antenna having a height as close as 
possible to the proposed antenna height, using a balloon or other 
support if necessary and feasible. Information concerning the 
authorization of site tests may be obtained from the Commission upon 
request.
    (e) Cognizance must of course be taken regarding the possible hazard 
of the proposed antenna structure to aviation and the proximity of the 
proposed site to airports and airways. Procedures and standards with 
respect to the Commission's consideration of proposed antenna structures 
which will serve as a guide to persons intending to apply for radio 
station licenses are contained in Part 17 of this chapter (Construction, 
Marking, and Lighting of Antenna Structures).

[28 FR 13623, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 41 FR 22943, June 8, 1976; 49 
FR 38131, Sept. 27, 1984; 49 FR 45146, Nov. 15, 1984; 51 FR 9965, Mar. 
24, 1986; 52 FR 10570, Apr. 2, 1987; 65 FR 79778, Dec. 20, 2000]



Sec.  73.316  FM antenna systems.

    (a) It shall be standard to employ horizontal polarization; however, 
circular or elliptical polarization may be employed if desired. 
Clockwise or counterclockwise rotation may be used. The supplemental 
vertically polarized effective radiated power required for circular or 
elliptical polarization shall in no event exceed the effective radiated 
power authorized.
    (b) Directional antennas. A directional antenna is an antenna that 
is designed or altered for the purpose of obtaining a non-circular 
radiation pattern.
    (1) Applications for the use of directional antennas that propose a 
ratio of maximum to minimum radiation in the horizontal plane of more 
than 15 dB will not be accepted.
    (2) Directional antennas used to protect short-spaced stations 
pursuant to Sec.  73.213 or Sec.  73.215 of the rules, that have a 
radiation pattern which varies more than 2 dB per 10 degrees of azimuth 
will not be authorized.
    (c) Applications for directional antennas. (1) Applications for 
construction permit proposing the use of directional antenna systems 
must include a tabulation of the composite antenna pattern for the 
proposed directional antenna. A value of 1.0 must be used to correspond 
to the direction of maximum radiation. The pattern must be tabulated 
such that 0[deg] corresponds to the direction of maximum radiation or 
alternatively, in the case of an asymmetrical antenna pattern, the 
pattern must be tabulated such that 0[deg] corresponds to the actual 
azimuth with respect to true North. In the case of a composite antenna 
composed of two or more individual antennas, the pattern required is 
that for the composite antenna, not the patterns for each of the 
individual antennas. Applications must include valuations tabulated at 
intervals of not greater than ten (10) degrees. In addition, tabulated 
values of all maximas and minimas, with their corresponding azimuths, 
must be submitted.
    (2) Applications for license upon completion of antenna construction 
must include the following:
    (i) A complete description of the antenna system, including the 
manufacturer and model number of the directional antenna. It is not 
sufficient to label the antenna with only a generic term such as 
``dipole.'' In the case of individually designed antennas with no model 
number, or in the case of a composite antenna composed of two or more 
individual antennas, the antenna must be described as a ``custom'' or 
``composite'' antenna, as appropriate. A full description of the design 
of the antenna must also be submitted.
    (ii) A plot of the composite pattern of the directional antenna. A 
value of 1.0 must be used to correspond to the direction of maximum 
radiation. The plot of the pattern must be oriented

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such that 0[deg] corresponds to the direction of maximum radiation or 
alternatively, in the case of an asymmetrical antenna pattern, the plot 
must be oriented such that 0[deg] corresponds to the actual azimuth with 
respect to true North. The horizontal plane pattern must be plotted to 
the largest scale possible on unglazed letter-size polar coordinate 
paper (main engraving approximately 18 cm x 25 cm (7 inches x 10 
inches)) using only scale divisions and subdivisions of 1, 2, 2.5, or 5 
times 10-nth. Values of field strength less than 10% of the maximum 
field strength plotted on that pattern must be shown on an enlarged 
scale. In the case of a composite antenna composed of two or more 
individual antennas, the composite antenna pattern should be provided, 
and not the pattern for each of the individual antennas.
    (iii) A tabulation of the measured relative field pattern required 
in paragraph (c)(1) of this section. The tabulation must use the same 
zero degree reference as the plotted pattern, and must contain values 
for at least every 10 degrees. Sufficient vertical patterns to indicate 
clearly the radiation characteristics of the antenna above and below the 
horizontal plane. Complete information and patterns must be provided for 
angles of -10 deg. from the horizontal plane and sufficient additional 
information must be included on that portion of the pattern lying 
between +10 deg. and the zenith and -10 deg. and the nadir, to 
conclusively demonstrate the absence of undesirable lobes in these 
areas. The vertical plane pattern must be plotted on rectangular 
coordinate paper with reference to the horizontal plane. In the case of 
a composite antenna composed of two or more individual antennas, the 
composite antenna pattern should be used, and not the pattern for each 
of the individual antennas.
    (iv) A statement that the antenna is mounted on the top of an 
antenna tower recommended by the antenna manufacturer, or is side-
mounted on a particular type of antenna tower in accordance with 
specific instructions provided by the antenna manufacturer.
    (v) A statement that the directional antenna is not mounted on the 
top of an antenna tower which includes a top-mounted platform larger 
than the nominal cross-sectional area of the tower in the horizontal 
plane.
    (vi) A statement that no other antenna of any type is mounted on the 
same tower level as a directional antenna, and that no antenna of any 
type is mounted within any horizontal or vertical distance specified by 
the antenna manufacturer as being necessary for proper directional 
operation.
    (vii) A statement from an engineer listing such individual 
engineer's qualifications and certifying that the antenna has been 
installed pursuant to the manufacturer's instructions.
    (viii) A statement from a licensed surveyor that the installed 
antenna is properly oriented.
    (ix)(A) For a station authorized pursuant to Sec.  73.215 or Sec. 
Sec.  73.509, a showing that the root mean square (RMS) of the measured 
composite antenna pattern (encompassing both the horizontally and 
vertically polarized radiation components (in relative field)) is at 
least 85 percent of the RMS of the authorized composite directional 
antenna pattern (in relative field). The RMS value, for a composite 
antenna pattern specified in relative field values, may be determined 
from the following formula:
RMS=the square root of:
[(relative field value 1)\2\ + (relative field value 2)\2\ +....+ (last 
    relative field value)\2\]

total number of relative field values
    (B) where the relative field values are taken from at least 36 
evenly spaced radials for the entire 360 degrees of azimuth. The 
application for license must also demonstrate that coverage of the 
community of license by the 70 dBu contour is maintained for stations 
authorized pursuant to Sec.  73.215 on Channels 221 through 300, as 
required by Sec.  73.315(a), while noncommercial educational stations 
operating on Channels 201 through 220 must show that the 60 dBu contour 
covers at least a portion of the community of license.
    (d) Applications proposing the use of FM transmitting antennas in 
the immediate vicinity (i.e. 60 meters or less) of other FM or TV 
broadcast antennas must include a showing as to the expected effect, if 
any, of such approximate operation.

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    (e) Where an FM licensee or permittee proposes to mount its antenna 
on an AM antenna tower, or locate within 3.2 km of an AM antenna tower, 
the FM licensee or permittee must comply with Sec.  73.1692.

[28 FR 13623, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 34 FR 14222, Sept. 10, 1969; 
37 FR 25841, Dec. 5, 1972; 43 FR 53738, Nov. 17, 1978; 48 FR 29508, June 
27, 1983; 51 FR 17028, May 8, 1986; 54 FR 9804, Mar. 8, 1989; 56 FR 
57294, Nov. 8, 1991; 62 FR 51058, Sept. 30, 1997; 63 FR 70047, Dec. 18, 
1998]



Sec.  73.317  FM transmission system requirements.

    (a) FM broadcast stations employing transmitters authorized after 
January 1, 1960, must maintain the bandwidth occupied by their emissions 
in accordance with the specification detailed below. FM broadcast 
stations employing transmitters installed or type accepted before 
January 1, 1960, must achieve the highest degree of compliance with 
these specifications practicable with their existing equipment. In 
either case, should harmful interference to other authorized stations 
occur, the licensee shall correct the problem promptly or cease 
operation.
    (b) Any emission appearing on a frequency removed from the carrier 
by between 120 kHz and 240 kHz inclusive must be attenuated at least 25 
dB below the level of the unmodulated carrier. Compliance with this 
requirement will be deemed to show the occupied bandwidth to be 240 kHz 
or less.
    (c) Any emission appearing on a frequency removed from the carrier 
by more than 240 kHz and up to and including 600 kHz must be attenuated 
at least 35 dB below the level of the unmodulated carrier.
    (d) Any emission appearing on a frequency removed from the carrier 
by more than 600 kHz must be attenuated at least 43 + 10 
Log10 (Power, in watts) dB below the level of the unmodulated 
carrier, or 80 dB, whichever is the lesser attenuation.
    (e) Preemphasis shall not be greater than the impedance-frequency 
characteristics of a series inductance resistance network having a time 
constant of 75 microseconds. (See upper curve of Figure 2 of Sec.  
73.333.)

[51 FR 17028, May 8, 1986]



Sec.  73.318  FM blanketing interference.

    Areas adjacent to the transmitting antenna that receive a signal 
with a strength of 115 dBu (562 mV/m) or greater will be assumed to be 
blanketed. In determining the blanketed area, the 115 dBu contour is 
determined by calculating the inverse distance field using the effective 
radiated power of the maximum radiated lobe of the antenna without 
considering its vertical radiation pattern or height. For directional 
antennas, the effective radiated power in the pertinent bearing shall be 
used.
    (a) The distance to the 115 dBu contour is determined using the 
following equation:

D (in kilometers)=0.394[radic] P
D (in miles)=0.245[radic] P
Where P is the maximum effective radiated power (ERP), measured in 
kilowatts, of the maximum radiated lobe.

    (b) After January 1, 1985, permittees or licensees who either (1) 
commence program tests, or (2) replace their antennas, or (3) request 
facilities modifications and are issued a new construction permit must 
satisfy all complaints of blanketing interference which are received by 
the station during a one year period. The period begins with the 
commencement of program tests, or commencement of programming utilizing 
the new antenna. Resolution of complaints shall be at no cost to the 
complainant. These requirements specifically do not include interference 
complaints resulting from malfunctioning or mistuned receivers, 
improperly installed antenna systems, or the use of high gain antennas 
or antenna booster amplifiers. Mobile receivers and non-RF devices such 
as tape recorders or hi-fi amplifiers (phonographs) are also excluded.
    (c) A permittee collocating with one or more existing stations and 
beginning program tests on or after January 1, 1985, must assume full 
financial responsibility for remedying new complaints of blanketing 
interference for a period of one year. Two or more permittees that 
concurrently collocate on or after January 1, 1985, shall assume shared 
responsibility for remedying blanketing complaints within the blanketing 
area unless an offending station

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can be readily determined and then that station shall assume full 
financial responsibility.
    (d) Following the one year period of full financial obligation to 
satisfy blanketing complaints, licensees shall provide technical 
information or assistance to complainants on remedies for blanketing 
interference.

[28 FR 13623, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 52 FR 25866, July 9, 1987]



Sec.  73.319  FM multiplex subcarrier technical standards.

    (a) The technical specifications in this Section apply to all 
transmissions of FM multiplex subcarriers except those used for 
stereophonic sound broadcasts under the provisions of Sec.  73.322.
    (b) Modulation. Any form of modulation may be used for subcarrier 
operation.
    (c) Subcarrier baseband. (1) During monophonic program 
transmissions, multiplex subcarriers and their significant sidebands 
must be within the range of 20 kHz to 99 kHz.
    (2) During stereophonic sound program transmissions (see Sec.  
73.322), multiplex subcarriers and their significant sidebands must be 
within the range of 53 kHz to 99 kHz.
    (3) During periods when broadcast programs are not being 
transmitted, multiplex subcarriers and their significant sidebands must 
be within the range of 20 kHz to 99 kHz.
    (d) Subcarrier injection.
    (1) During monophonic program transmissions, modulation of the 
carrier by the arithmetic sum of all subcarriers may not exceed 30% 
referenced to 75 kHz modulation deviation. However, the modulation of 
the carrier by the arithmetic sum of all subcarriers above 75 kHz may 
not modulate the carrier by more than 10%.
    (2) During stereophonic program transmissions, modulation of the 
carrier by the arithmetic sum of all subcarriers may not exceed 20% 
referenced to 75 kHz modulation deviation. However, the modulation of 
the carrier by the arithmetic sum of all subcarriers above 75 kHz may 
not modulate the carrier by more than 10%.
    (3) During periods when no broadcast program service is transmitted, 
modulation of the carrier by the arithmetic sum of all subcarriers may 
not exceed 30% referenced to 75 kHz modulation deviation. However, the 
modulation of the carrier by the arithmetic sum of all subcarriers above 
75 kHz may not modulate the carrier by more than 10%.
    (4) Total modulation of the carrier wave during transmission of 
multiplex subcarriers used for subsidiary communications services must 
comply with the provisions Sec.  73.1570(b).
    (e) Subcarrier generators may be installed and used with a type 
accepted FM broadcast transmitter without specific authorization from 
the FCC provided the generator can be connected to the transmitter 
without requiring any mechanical or electrical modifications in the 
transmitter FM exciter circuits.
    (f) Stations installing multiplex subcarrier transmitting equipment 
must ensure the proper suppression of spurious or harmonic radiations. 
See Sec. Sec.  73.317, 73.1590 and 73.1690. If the subcarrier operation 
causes the station's transmissions not to comply with the technical 
provisions for FM broadcast stations or causes harmful interference to 
other communication services, the licensee or permittee must correct the 
problem promptly or cease operation. The licensee may be required to 
verify the corrective measures with supporting data. Such data must be 
retained at the station and be made available to the FCC upon request.

[48 FR 28455, June 22, 1983, as amended at 48 FR 37216, Aug. 17, 1983; 
49 FR 15080, Apr. 17, 1984; 49 FR 38131, Sept. 27, 1984; 50 FR 1534, 
Jan. 11, 1985; 51 FR 17029, May 8, 1986; 57 FR 48333, Oct. 23, 1992]



Sec.  73.322  FM stereophonic sound transmission standards.

    (a) An FM broadcast station shall not use 19 kHz +-20 Hz, except as 
the stereophonic pilot frequency in a transmission system meeting the 
following parameters:
    (1) The modulating signal for the main channel consists of the sum 
of the right and left signals.
    (2) The pilot subcarrier at 19 kHz +-2 Hz, must frequency modulate 
the main carrier between the limits of 8 and 10 percent.

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    (3) One stereophonic subcarrier must be the second harmonic of the 
pilot subcarrier (i.e. 38 kHz) and must cross the time axis with a 
positive slope simultaneously with each crossing of the time axis by the 
pilot subcarrier. Additional stereophomic subcarriers are not precluded.
    (4) Double sideband, suppressed-carrier, amplitude modulation of the 
stereophonic subcarrier at 38 kHz must be used.
    (5) The stereophonic subcarrier at 38 kHz must be suppressed to a 
level less than 1% modulation of the main carrier.
    (6) The modulating signal for the required stereophonic subcarrier 
must be equal to the difference of the left and right signals.
    (7) The following modulation levels apply:
    (i) When a signal exists in only one channel of a two channel 
(biphonic) sound transmission, modulation of the carrier by audio 
components within the baseband range of 50 Hz to 15 kHz shall not exceed 
45% and modulation of the carrier by the sum of the amplitude modulated 
subcarrier in the baseband range of 23 kHz to 53 kHz shall not exceed 
45%.
    (ii) When a signal exists in only one channel of a stereophonic 
sound transmission having more than one stereophonic subcarrier in the 
baseband, the modulation of the carrier by audio components within the 
audio baseband range of 23 kHz to 99 kHz shall not exceed 53% with total 
modulation not to exceed 90%.
    (b) Stations not transmitting stereo with the method described in 
(a), must limit the main carrier deviation caused by any modulating 
signals occupying the band 19 kHz +-20 Hz to 125 Hz.
    (c) All stations, regardless of the stereophonic transmission system 
used, must not exceed the maximum modulation limits specified in Sec.  
73.1570(b)(2). Stations not using the method described in (a), must 
limit the modulation of the carrier by audio components within the audio 
baseband range of 23 kHz to 99 kHz to not exceed 53%.

[51 FR 17029, May 8, 1986]



Sec.  73.333  Engineering charts.

    This section consists of the following Figures 1, 1a, 2, and slider 
4 and 5.

    Note: The figures reproduced herein, due to their small scale, are 
not to be used in connection with material submitted to the F.C.C.

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(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 154, 
155, 303))

[28 FR 13623, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 35 FR 2591, Feb. 5, 1970; 40 
FR 27679, July 1, 1975; 45 FR 28141, Apr. 28, 1980; 48 FR 29508, June 
27, 1983; 49 FR 19670, May 9, 1984]

    Effective Date Note: At 42 FR 25736, May 19, 1977, in Sec.  73.333, 
the effective date of Figures 4 and 5 was stayed indefinitely.

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        Subpart C_Noncommercial Educational FM Broadcast Stations



Sec.  73.501  Channels available for assignment.

    (a) The following frequencies, except as provided in paragraph (b) 
of this section, are available for noncommercial educational FM 
broadcasting:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Channel
                       Frequency (MHz)                            No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
87.9........................................................     \1\ 200
88.1........................................................         201
88.3........................................................         202
88.5........................................................         203
88.7........................................................         204
88.9........................................................         205
89.1........................................................     \2\ 206
89.3........................................................         207
89.5........................................................         208
89.7........................................................         209
89.9........................................................         210
90.1........................................................         211
90.3........................................................         212
90.5........................................................         213
90.7........................................................         214
90.9........................................................         215
91.1........................................................         216
91.3........................................................         217
91.5........................................................         218
91.7........................................................         219
91.9........................................................         220
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ The frequency 87.9 MHz, Channel 200, is available only for use of
  existing Class D stations required to change frequency. It is
  available only on a noninterference basis with respect to TV Channel 6
  stations and adjacent channel noncommercial educational FM stations.
  It is not available at all within 402 kilometers (250 miles) of Canada
  and 320 kilometers (199 miles) of Mexico. The specific standards
  governing its use are contained in Sec.   73.512.
\2\ The frequency 89.1 MHz, Channel 206, in the New York City
  metropolitan area, is reserved for the use of the United Nations with
  the equivalent of an antenna height of 150 meters (492 feet) above
  average terrain and effective radiated power of 20 kW and the
  Commission will make no assignments which would cause objectionable
  interference with such use.

    (b) In Alaska, FM broadcast stations operating on Channels 200-220 
(87.9-91.9 MHz) shall not cause harmful interference to and must accept 
interference from non-Government fixed operations authorized prior to 
January 1, 1982.

(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 154, 
155, 303))

[43 FR 39715, Sept. 6, 1978, as amended at 47 FR 30068, July 12, 1982; 
52 FR 43765, Nov. 16, 1987; 58 FR 44950, Aug. 25, 1993]



Sec.  73.503  Licensing requirements and service.

    The operation of, and the service furnished by noncommercial 
educational FM broadcast stations shall be governed by the following:
    (a) A noncommercial educational FM broadcast station will be 
licensed only to a nonprofit educational organization and upon showing 
that the station will be used for the advancement of an educational 
program.
    (1) In determining the eligibility of publicly supported educational 
organizations, the accreditation of their respective state departments 
of education shall be taken into consideration.
    (2) In determining the eligibility of privately controlled 
educational organizations, the accreditation of state departments of 
education and/or recognized regional and national educational 
accrediting organizations shall be taken into consideration.
    (b) Each station may transmit programs directed to specific schools 
in a system or systems for use in connection with the regular courses as 
well as routine and administrative material pertaining thereto and may 
transmit educational, cultural, and entertainment programs to the 
public.
    (c) A noncommercial educational FM broadcast station may broadcast 
programs produced by, or at the expense of, or furnished by persons 
other than the licensee, if no other consideration than the furnishing 
of the program and the costs incidental to its production and broadcast 
are received by the licensee. The payment of line charges by another 
station network, or someone other than the licensee of a noncommercial 
educational FM broadcast station, or general contributions to the 
operating costs of a station, shall not be considered as being 
prohibited by this paragraph.
    (d) Each station shall furnish a nonprofit and noncommercial 
broadcast service. Noncommercial educational FM broadcast stations are 
subject to the provisions of Sec.  73.1212 to the extent they are 
applicable to the broadcast of programs produced by, or at the expense 
of, or furnished by others. No promotional announcement on behalf of for 
profit entities shall be broadcast at any time in exchange for the 
receipt, in whole or in part, of consideration to the licensee, its 
principals, or employees. However, acknowledgements of

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contributions can be made. The scheduling of any announcements and 
acknowledgements may not interrupt regular programming.
    (e) Mutually exclusive applications for noncommercial educational 
radio stations operating on reserved channels will be resolved pursuant 
to the point system in subpart K.

    Note to Sec.  73.503: Commission interpretation on this rule, 
including the acceptable form of acknowledgements, may be found in the 
Second Report and Order in Docket No. 21136 (Commission Policy 
Concerning the Noncommercial Nature of Educational Broadcast Stations), 
86 FCC 2d 141 (1981); the Memorandum Opinion and Order in Docket No. 
21136, 90 FCC 2d 895 (1982), and the Memorandum Opinion and Order in 
Docket 21136, 97 FCC 2d 255 (1984). See also, ``Commission Policy 
Concerning the Noncommercial Nature of Educational Broadcast Stations,'' 
Public Notice, 7 FCC Rcd 827 (1992), which can be retrieved through the 
Internet at http://www.fcc.gov/mmb/asd/nature.html.

(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 154, 
155, 303))

[28 FR 13651, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 35 FR 7558, May 15, 1970; 47 
FR 36178, Aug. 19, 1982; 49 FR 29069, July 18, 1984; 63 FR 33877, June 
22, 1998; 65 FR 36378, June 8, 2000]



Sec.  73.504  Channel assignments in the Mexican border area.

    (a) NCE-FM stations within 199 miles (320 km) of the United States-
Mexican border shall comply with the separation requirements and other 
provisions of the ``Agreement between the United States of America and 
the United Mexican States Concerning Frequency Modulation Broadcasting 
in the 88 to 108 MHz Band'' as amended.
    (b) Applicants for noncommercial educational FM stations within 199 
miles (320 km) of the United States-Mexican border shall propose at 
least Class A minimum facilities (see Sec.  73.211(a)). However, 
existing Class D noncommercial educational stations may apply to change 
frequency within the educational portion of the FM band in accordance 
with the requirements set forth in Sec.  73.512.
    (c) Section 73.208 of this chapter shall be complied with as to the 
determination of reference points and distance computations used in 
applications for new or changed facilities. However, if it is necessary 
to consider a Mexican channel assignment or authorization, the 
computation of distance will be determined as follows: if a transmitter 
site has been established, on the basis of the coordinates of the site; 
if a transmitter site has not been established, on the basis of the 
reference coordinates of the community, town, or city.

[52 FR 43765, Nov. 16, 1987]



Sec.  73.505  Zones.

    For the purpose of assignment of noncommercial educational FM 
stations, the United States is divided into three zones, Zone I, Zone I-
A, and Zone II, having the boundaries specified in Sec.  73.205.

[42 FR 36828, July 18, 1977]



Sec.  73.506  Classes of noncommercial educational FM stations and channels.

    (a) Noncommercial educational stations operating on the channels 
specified in Sec.  73.501 are divided into the following classes:
    (1) A Class D educational station is one operating with no more than 
10 watts transmitter power output.
    (2) A Class D educational (secondary) station is one operating with 
no more than 10 watts transmitter power output in accordance with the 
terms of Sec.  73.512 or which has elected to follow these requirements 
before they become applicable under the terms of Sec.  73.512.
    (3) Noncommercial educational FM (NCE-FM) stations with more than 10 
watts transmitter power output are classified as Class A, B1, B, C3, C2, 
C1, or C depending on the station's effective radiated power and antenna 
height above average terrain, and on the zone in which the station's 
transmitter is located, on the same basis as set forth in Sec. Sec.  
73.210 and 73.211 for commercial stations.
    (b) Any noncommercial educational station except Class D may be 
assigned to any of the channels listed in Sec.  73.501. Class D 
noncommercial educational FM stations applied for or authorized prior to 
June 1, 1980, may continue to

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operate on their authorized channels subject to the provisions of Sec.  
73.512.

[43 FR 39715, Sept. 6, 1978, as amended at 49 FR 10264, Mar. 20, 1984; 
52 FR 47569, Dec. 15, 1987; 54 FR 16367, Apr. 24, 1989; 54 FR 19374, May 
5, 1989]



Sec.  73.507  Minimum distance separations between stations.

    (a) Minimum distance separations. No application for a new station, 
or change in channel or transmitter site or increase in facilities of an 
existing station, will be granted unless the proposed facilities will be 
located so as to meet the adjacent channel distance separations 
specified in Sec.  73.207(a) for the class of station involved with 
respect to assignment on Channels 221, 222, and 223 listed in Sec.  
73.201 (except where in the case of an existing station the proposed 
facilities fall within the provisions of Sec.  73.207(b)), or where a 
Class D station is changing frequency to comply with the requirements of 
Sec.  73.512.
    (b) Stations authorized as of September 10, 1962, which do not meet 
the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section and Sec.  73.511, may 
continue to operate as authorized; but any application to change 
facilities will be subject to the provisions of this section.
    (c)(1) Stations separated in frequency by 10.6 or 10.8 MHz (53 or 54 
channels) from allotments or assignments on non-reserved channels will 
not be authorized unless they conform to the separations in Table A 
given in Sec.  73.207.
    (2) Under the United States-Mexican FM Broadcasting Agreement, for 
stations and assignments differing in frequency by 10.6 to 10.8 MHz (53 
or 54 channels), U.S. noncommercial educational FM allotments and 
assignments must meet the separations given in Table C of Sec.  73.207 
to Mexican allotments or assignments in the border area.

(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 154, 
155, 303))

[42 FR 36828, July 18, 1977, as amended at 43 FR 39716, Sept. 6, 1978; 
44 FR 65764, Nov. 15, 1979; 49 FR 10264, Mar. 20, 1984; 49 FR 19670, May 
9, 1984]



Sec.  73.508  Standards of good engineering practice.

    (a) All noncommercial educational stations and LPFM stations 
operating with more than 10 watts transmitter power output shall be 
subject to all of the provisions of the FM Technical Standards contained 
in subpart B of this part. Class D educational stations and LPFM 
stations operating with 10 watts or less transmitter output power shall 
be subject to the definitions contained in Sec.  73.310, and also to 
those other provisions of the FM Technical Standards which are 
specifically made applicable to them by the provisions of this subpart.
    (b) The transmitter and associated transmitting equipment of each 
noncommercial educational FM station and LPFM station licensed for 
transmitter power output above 10 watts must be designed, constructed 
and operated in accordance with Sec.  73.317.
    (c) The transmitter and associated transmitting equipment of each 
noncommercial educational FM station licensed for transmitter power 
output of 10 watts or less, although not required to meet all 
requirements of Sec.  73.317, must be constructed with the safety 
provisions of the current national electrical code as approved by the 
American National Standards Institute. These stations must be operated, 
tuned, and adjusted so that emissions are not radiated outside the 
authorized band causing or which are capable of causing interference to 
the communications of other stations. The audio distortion, audio 
frequency range, carrier hum, noise level, and other essential phases of 
the operation which control the external effects, must be at all times 
capable of providing satisfactory broadcast service. Studio equipment 
properly covered by an underwriter's certificate will be considered as 
satisfying safety requirements.

[65 FR 7640, Feb. 15, 2000]



Sec.  73.509  Prohibited overlap.

    (a) An application for a new or modified NCE-FM station other than a 
Class D (secondary) station will not be accepted if the proposed 
operation would involve overlap of signal

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strength contours with any other station licensed by the Commission and 
operating in the reserved band (Channels 200-220, inclusive) as set 
forth below:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                      Contour of       Contour of other
      Frequency separation         proposed station         station
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Co-channel......................  0.1mV/m (40 dBu)..  1 mV/m (60 dBu)
                                  1 mV/m (60 dBu)...  0.1 mV/m (40 dBu)
200 kHz.........................  0.5 mV/m (54 dBu).  1 mV/m (60 dBu)
                                   1 mV/m (60 dBu)1.  0.5 mV/m (54 dBu)
400 kHz/600 kHz.................  100 mV/m (100 dBu)  1 mV/m (60 dBu)
                                  1 mV/m (60 dBu)...  100 mV/m (100 dBu)
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) An application by a Class D (secondary) station, other than an 
application to change class, will not be accepted if the proposed 
operation would involve overlap of signal strength contours with any 
other station as set forth below:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                      Contour of        Contour of any
      Frequency separation         proposed station      other station
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Co-channel......................  0.1 mV/m (40 dBu).  1 mV/m (60 dBu).
200 kHz.........................  0.5 mV/m (54 dBu).  1 mV/m (60 dBu).
400 kHz.........................  10 mV/m (80 dBu)..  1 mV/m (60 dBu).
600 kHz.........................  100 mV/m (100 dBu)  1 mV/m (60 dBu).
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (c) The following standards must be used to compute the distances to 
the pertinent contours:
    (1) The distance of the 60 dBu (1 mV/m) contours are to be computed 
using Figure 1 of Sec.  73.333 [F(50,50) curves] of this part.
    (2) The distance to the other contours are to be computed using 
Figure 1a of Sec.  73.333 [F(50,10) curves]. In the event that the 
distance to the contour is below 16 kilometers (approximately 10 miles), 
and therefore not covered by Figure 1a, curves in Figure 1 must be used.
    (3) The effective radiated power (ERP) that is the maximum ERP for 
any elevation plane on any bearing will be used.
    (d) An application for a change (other than a change in channel) in 
the facilities of a NCE-FM broadcast station will be accepted even 
though overlap of signal strength contours, as specified in paragraphs 
(a) and (b) of this section, would occur with another station in an area 
where such overlap does not already exists, if:
    (1) The total area of overlap with that station would not be 
increased;
    (2) The area of overlap with any other station would not increase;
    (3) The area of overlap does not move significantly closer to the 
station receiving the overlap; and,
    (4) No area of overlap would be created with any station with which 
the overlap does not now exist.
    (e) The provisions of this section concerning prohibited overlap 
will not apply where the area of such overlap lies entirely over water.

[50 FR 27962, July 9, 1985, as amended at 52 FR 43765, Nov. 16, 1987; 65 
FR 79778, Dec. 20, 2000]



Sec.  73.510  Antenna systems.

    (a) All noncommercial educational stations operating with more than 
10 watts transmitter output power shall be subject to the provisions of 
Sec.  73.316 concerning antenna systems contained in subpart B of this 
part.
    (b) Directional antenna. No application for a construction permit of 
a new station, or change in channel, or change in an existing facility 
on the same channel will be accepted for filing if a directional antenna 
with a maximum-to-minimum ratio of more than 15 dB is proposed.

[42 FR 36829, July 18, 1977]



Sec.  73.511  Power and antenna height requirements.

    (a) No new noncommercial educational station will be authorized with 
less power than minimum power requirements for commercial Class A 
facilities. (See Sec.  73.211.)
    (b) No new noncommercial educational FM station will be authorized 
with facilities greater than Class B in Zones I and I-A or Class C in 
Zone II, as defined in Sec.  73.211.
    (c) Stations licensed before December 31, 1984, and operating above 
50 kW in Zones I and I-A, and above 100 kW and in Zone II may continue 
to operate as authorized.

[50 FR 27963, July 9, 1985, as amended at 50 FR 31379, Aug. 2, 1985; 54 
FR 3602, Jan. 25, 1989]



Sec.  73.512  Special procedures applicable to Class D noncommercial 
educational stations.

    (a) All Class D stations seeking renewal of license for any term 
expiring June 1, 1980, or thereafter shall comply

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with the requirements set forth below and shall simultaneously file an 
application on FCC Form 340, containing full information regarding such 
compliance with the provisions set forth below.
    (1) To the extent possible, each applicant shall select a commercial 
FM channel on which it proposes to operate in lieu of the station's 
present channel. The station may select any commercial channel provided 
no objectionable interference, as set forth in Sec.  73.509(b), would be 
caused. The application shall include the same engineering information 
as is required to change the frequency of an existing station and any 
other information necessary to establish the fact that objectionable 
interference would not result. If no commerical channel is available 
where the station could operate without causing such interference, the 
application shall set forth the basis upon which this conclusion was 
reached.
    (2) If a commercial channel is unavailable, to the extent possible 
each applicant should propose operation on Channel 200 (87.9 MHz) unless 
the station would be within 402 kilometers (250 miles) of the Canadian 
border or 320 kilometers (199 miles) of the Mexican border or would 
cause interference to an FM station operating on Channels 201, 202, or 
203 or to TV Channel 6, as provided in Sec.  73.509.
    (3) If a channel is not available under either paragraph (a) (1) or 
(2) of this section, the renewal applicant shall study all 20 
noncommercial educational FM channels and shall propose operation on the 
channel which would cause the least preclusion to the establishment of 
new stations or increases in power by existing stations. Full 
information regarding the basis for the selection should be provided.
    (b) At any time before the requirements of paragraph (a) become 
effective, any existing Class D station may file a construction permit 
application on FCC Form 340 to change channel in the manner described 
above which shall be subject to the same requirements. In either case, 
any license granted shall specify that the station's license is for a 
Class D (secondary) station.
    (c) Except in Alaska, no new Class D applications nor major change 
applications by existing Class D stations are acceptable for filing 
except by existing Class D stations seeking to change frequency. Upon 
the grant of such application, the station shall become a Class D 
(secondary) station.
    (d) Class D noncommercial educational (secondary) stations (see 
Sec.  73.506(a)(2)) will be permitted to continue to operate only so 
long as no interference (as defined in Sec.  73.509) is caused to any TV 
or commercial FM broadcast stations. In the event that the Class D 
(secondary) station would cause interference to a TV or commercial FM 
broadcast station after that Class D (secondary) station is authorized, 
the Class D (secondary) station must cease operation when program tests 
for the TV or commercial FM broadcast station commence. The Class D 
(secondary) station may apply for a construction permit (see Sec.  
73.3533) to change to another frequency or antenna site where it would 
not cause interference (as defined in Sec.  73.509). If the Class D 
(secondary) station must cease operation before the construction permit 
is granted, an application for temporary authorization (pursuant to 
Sec.  73.3542) to operate with the proposed facilities may be submitted; 
where appropriate, such temporary authorization can be granted.

[43 FR 39716, Sept. 6, 1978, as amended at 44 FR 48226, Aug. 17, 1979; 
47 FR 28388, June 30, 1982; 50 FR 8326, Mar. 1, 1985]



Sec.  73.513  Noncommercial educational FM stations operating on unreserved 
channels.

    (a) Noncommercial educational FM stations other than Class D 
(secondary) which operate on Channels 221 through 300 but which comply 
with Sec.  73.503 as to licensing requirements and the nature of the 
service rendered, must comply with the provisions of the following 
sections of subpart B: Sec. Sec.  73.201 through 73.213 (Classification 
of FM Broadcast Stations and Allocations of Frequencies) and such other 
sections of subpart B as are made specially applicable by the provisions 
of this subpart C. Stations in Alaska authorized before August 11, 1982, 
using Channels 261-300 need not meet the minimum effective

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radiated power requirement specified in Sec.  73.211(a). In all other 
respects, stations operating on Channels 221 through 300 are to be 
governed by the provisions of this subpart and not subpart B.
    (b) When a noncommercial educational applicant is among mutually 
exclusive applications for an unreserved FM channel, the mutually 
exclusive applications will be considered pursuant to Subpart I--
Competitive Bidding Procedures and not Subpart K--Application and 
Selection Procedures On Reserved Noncommercial Educational Channels.

[47 FR 30068, July 12, 1982, as amended at 65 FR 36378, June 8, 2000]



Sec.  73.514  Protection from interference.

    Permittees and licensees of NCE FM stations are not protected from 
interference which may be caused by the grant of a new LPFM station or 
of authority to modify an existing LPFM station, except as provided in 
subpart G of this part.

[65 FR 67299, Nov. 9, 2000]



Sec.  73.515  NCE FM transmitter location.

    The transmitter location shall be chosen so that, on the basis of 
effective radiated power and antenna height above average terrain 
employed, a minimum field strength of l mV/m (60 dBu) will be provided 
over at least 50 percent of its community of license or reach 50 percent 
of the population within the community.

[65 FR 79779, Dec. 20, 2000]



Sec.  73.525  TV Channel 6 protection.

    The provisions of this section apply to all applications for 
construction permits for new or modified facilities for a NCE-FM station 
on Channels 200-220 unless the application is accompanied by a written 
agreement between the NCE-FM applicant and each affected TV Channel 6 
broadcast station concurring with the proposed NCE-FM facilities.
    (a) Affected TV Channel 6 Station. (1) An affected TV Channel 6 
station is a TV broadcast station which is authorized to operate on 
Channel 6 that is located within the following distances of a NCE-FM 
station operating on Channels 201-220:

                                 Table A
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      Distance                             Distance
 NCE-FM channel     (kilometers)      NCE-FM channel     (kilometers)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
         201                265               211                196
         202                257               212                195
         203                246               213                193
         204                235               214                187
         205                225               215                180
         206                211               216                177
         207                196               217                174
         208                196               218                166
         209                196               219                159
         210                196               220                154
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (2) Where a NCE-FM application has been accepted for filing or 
granted, the subsequent acceptance of an application filed by a relevant 
TV Channel 6 station will not require revision of the pending NCE-FM 
application or the FM station's authorized facilities, unless the 
provisions of paragraph (e)(3) of this section for TV translator or 
satellite stations apply.
    (b) Existing NCE-FM Stations. (1) A NCE-FM station license 
authorized to operate on channels 201-220 as of December 31, 1984, or a 
permittee, granted a construction permit for a NCE-FM station as of 
December 31, 1984, are not subject to this section unless they propose 
either:
    (i) To make changes in operating facilities or location which will 
increase predicted interference as calculated under paragraph (e) of 
this section to TV Channel 6 reception in any direction; or,
    (ii) To increase its ratio of vertically polarized to horizontally 
polarized transmissions.
    (2) Applicants must comply with the provision of paragraphs (c) or 
(d) of this section unless the application for modification demonstrates 
that, for each person predicted to receive new interference as a result 
of the change, existing predicted interference to two person will be 
eliminated. Persons predicted to receive new interference are those 
located outside the area predicted to receive interference from the 
station's currently authorized facilities (``existing predicted 
interference area'') but within the area predicted to receive 
interference from the proposed

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facilities (``proposed predicted interference area''). Persons for whom 
predicted interference will be eliminated are those located within the 
existing predicted interference area and outside the proposed predicted 
interference area.
    (i) In making this calculation, the provisions contained at 
paragraph (e) will be used except as modified by paragraph (b)(3) of 
this section.
    (ii) The following adjustment to the population calculation may be 
made: up to 1,000 persons may be subtracted from the population 
predicted to receive new interference if, for each person substracted, 
the applicant effectively installs two filters within 90 days after 
commencing program tests with the proposed facilities and, no later than 
45 days thereafter, provides the affected TV Channel 6 station (as 
defined in paragraph (a) of this section) with a certification 
containing sufficient information to permit verification of such 
installation. The required number of filters will be installed on 
television receivers located within the predicted interference area; 
provided that half of the installations are within the area predicted to 
receive new interference.
    (3) Where an NCE-FM applicant wishes to operate with facilities in 
excess of that permitted under the provisions of paragraphs (c) or (d) 
of this section, by proposing to use vertically polarized transmissions 
only, or to increase its ratio of vertically to horizontally polarized 
transmissions, the affected TV Channel 6 station must be given an option 
to pay for the required antenna and, if it takes that option, the NCE-FM 
vertically polarized component of power will be one half (-3 dB) that 
which would be allowed by the provisions of paragraph (e)(4) of this 
section.
    (4) Applications for modification will include a certification that 
the applicant has given early written notice of the proposed 
modification to all affected TV Channel 6 stations (as defined in 
paragraph (a) of this section).
    (5) Where the NCE-FM station demonstrates in its application that it 
must make an involuntary modification (e.g., due to loss of its 
transmitter site) that would not otherwise be permitted under this 
section, its application will be considered on a case-by-case basis. In 
such cases, the provisions of paragaph (b)(3) of this section do not 
apply.
    (c) New NCE-FM stations. Except as provided for by paragraph (d) of 
this section, applicants for NCE-FM stations proposing to operate on 
Channels 201-220 must submit a showing indicating that the predicted 
interference area resulting from the proposed facility contains no more 
than 3,000 persons.
    (1) In making these calculations, the provisions in paragraph (e) of 
this section will be used.
    (2) The following adjustment to population may be made: up to 1,000 
persons may be subtracted from the population within the predicted 
interference area if, for each person subtracted, the applicant 
effectively installs one filter within 90 days after commencing program 
tests and, no later than 45 days thereafter, provides the affected TV 
Channel 6 station with a certification containing sufficient information 
to permit verification of such installation. The required number of 
filters will be installed on television receivers located within the 
predicted interference area.
    (d) Collocated Stations. As an alternative to the provisions 
contained in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, an application for 
a NCE-FM station operating on Channels 201-220 and located at 0.4 
kilometer (approximately 0.25 mile) or less from a TV Channel 6 station 
will be accepted under the following requirements:
    (1) The effective radiated power cannot exceed the following values:

                                 Table B
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NCE-FM channel    Power (kilowatt)   NCE-FM channel    Power (kilowatt)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
          201               1.1                211              26.3
          202               1.9                212              31.6
          203               3.1                213              38.0
          204               5.0                214              46.8
          205               8.3                215              56.2
          206              10.0                216              67.6
          207              12.0                217              83.2
          208              14.8                218             100.0
          209              17.8                219             100.0
          210              21.4                220             100.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (2) The NCE-FM application will include a certification that the 
applicant has coordinated its antenna with the

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affected TV station by employing either: The same number of antenna bays 
with radiation centers separated by no more than 30 meters 
(approximately 100 feet) verticially; or, the FM vertical pattern not 
exceeding the TV vertical pattern by more than 2dB.
    (e) Calculation of predicted interference area and population. 
Predictions of interference required under this section and calculations 
to determine the number of persons within a predicted interference area 
for NCE-FM operation on Channels 201-220 are made as follows:
    (1) The predicted interference area will be calculated as follows:
    (i) The distances to the TV Channel 6 field strength contours will 
be predicted according to the procedures specified in Sec.  73.684, 
``Prediction of coverage,'' using the F(50,50) curves in Figure 9, Sec.  
73.699.
    (ii) For each TV Channel 6 field strength contour, there will be an 
associated F(50,10) FM interference contour, the value of which (in 
units of dBu) is defined as the sum of the TV Channel 6 field strength 
(in dBu) and the appropriate undesired-to-desired (U/D) signal ratio (in 
dB) obtained from Figures 1 and 2, Sec.  73.599, corresponding to the 
channel of the NCE-FM applicant and the appropriate F(50,50) field 
strength contour of the TV Channel 6 station.
    (iii) An adjustment of 6 dB for television receiving antenna 
directivity will be added to each NCE-FM interference contour at all 
points outside the Grade A field strength contour (Sec.  73.683) of the 
TV Channel 6 station and within an arc defined by the range of angles, 
of which the FM transmitter site is the vertex, from 110[deg] relative 
to the azimuth from the FM transmitter site to the TV Channel 6 
transmitter site, counterclockwise to 250[deg] relative to that azimuth. 
At all points at and within the Grade A field strength contour of the TV 
Channel 6 station, the 6 dB adjustment is applicable over the range of 
angles from 70[deg] clockwise to 110[deg] and from 250[deg] clockwise to 
290[deg].
    (iv) The distances to the applicable NCE-FM interference contours 
will be predicted according to the procedures specified in Sec.  73.313, 
``Prediction of Coverage,'' using the proposed antenna height and 
horizontally polarized, or the horizontal equivalent of the vertically 
polarized, effective radiated power in the pertinent direction and the 
F(50,10) field strength curves (Figure 1a, Sec.  73.333).
    (v) The predicted interference area will be defined as the area 
within the TV Channel 6 station's 47 dBu field strength contour that is 
bounded by the locus of intersections of a series of TV Channel 6 field 
strength contours and the applicable NCE-FM interference contours.
    (vi) In cases where the terrain in one or more directions departs 
widely from the surrounding terrain average (for example, an intervening 
mountain), a supplemental showing may be made. Such supplemental 
showings must describe the procedure used and should include sample 
calculations. The application must also include maps indicating the 
predicted interference area for both the regular method and the 
supplemental method.
    (vii) In cases where the predicted interference area to Channel 6 
television from a noncommercial educational FM station will be located 
within the 90 dBu F(50,50) contour of the television Channel 6 station, 
the location of the FM interfering contour must be determined using the 
assumption that the Channel 6 field strength remains constant at 90 dBu 
everywhere within the 90 dBu TV contour. The FM to Channel 6 U/D signal 
strength ratio specified in Sec.  73.599 corresponding to the Channel 6 
TV field strength of 90 dBu shall be used.
    (2) The number of persons contained within the predicted 
interference area will be based on data contained in the most recently 
published U.S. Census of Population and will be determined by plotting 
the predicted interference area on a County Subdivision Map of the state 
published for the Census, and totalling the number of persons in each 
County Subdivision (such as, Minor Civil Division (MCD), Census County 
Division (CCD), or equivalent areas) contained within the predicted 
interference area. Where only a portion of County Subdivision is 
contained within the interference area:
    (i) The population of all incorporated places or Census designated 
places will

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be subtracted from the County Subdivision population;
    (ii) Uniform distribution of the remaining population over the 
remaining area of the County Subdivision will be assumed in determining 
the number of persons within the predicted interference area in 
proportion to the share of the remaining area of the County Subdivision 
that lies within the predicted interference area; and,
    (iii) The population of the incorporated places or Census designated 
places contained within the predicted interference area will then be 
added to the total, again assuming uniform distribution of the 
population within the area of each place and adding a share of the 
population proportional to the share of the area if only a portion of 
such a place is within the predicted interference area.
    (iv) At the option of either the NCE-FM applicant or an affected TV 
Channel 6 station which provides the appropriate analysis, more detailed 
population data may be used.
    (3) Adjustments to the population calculated pursuant to paragraph 
(e)(2) of this section may be made as follows:
    (i) If any part of the predicted interference area is within the 
Grade A field strength contour (Sec.  73.683) of a TV translator station 
carrying the affected TV Channel 6 station, the number of persons within 
that overlap area will be subtracted, provided the NCE-FM construction 
permit and license will contain the following conditions:
    (A) When the TV translator station ceases to carry the affected TV 
Channel 6 station's service and the cessation is not the choice of the 
affected TV Channel 6 station, the NCE-FM station will modify its 
facilities, within a reasonable transition period, to meet the 
requirements of this section which would have applied if no adjustment 
to population for translator service had been made in its application.
    (B) The transition period may not exceed 1 year from the date the 
NCE-FM station is notified by the TV Channel 6 station that the 
translator station will cease to carry the affected TV Channel 6 
station's service or 6 months after the translator station ceases to 
carry the affected TV Channel 6 station's service, whichever is earlier.
    (ii) If any part of the interference area is within the Grade B 
field strength contour (Sec.  73.683) of a satellite station of the 
affected TV Channel 6 station, the number of persons within the overlap 
area will be subtracted, provided the NCE-FM permit and license will 
contain the following conditions:
    (A) If the satellite station ceases to carry the affected TV Channel 
6 station's service and the cessation is not the choice of the affected 
TV Channel 6 station, the NCE-FM station will modify its facilities, 
within a reasonable transition period, to meet the requirements of this 
rule which would have applied if no adjustment to population for 
satellite station service had been made in its application.
    (B) The transition period may not exceed 1 year from the date the 
NCE-FM station is notified by the TV Channel 6 station that the 
satellite station will cease to carry the affected TV Channel 6 
stations's service or 6 months after the satellite station ceases to 
carry the affected TV Channel 6 station's service, whichever is earlier.
    (iii) If any part of the predicted interference area is located 
outside the affected TV Channel 6 station's Area of Dominant Influence 
(ADI), outside the Grade A field strength contour (Sec.  73.683), and 
within the predicted city grade field strength contour (73.685(a)) of a 
TV broadcast station whose only network affiliation is the same as the 
only network affiliation of the affected TV Channel 6 station, the 
number of persons within that part will be subtracted. (For purposes of 
this provision, a network is defined as ABC, CBS, NBC, or their 
successors.) In addition, the ADI of an affected TV Channel 6 station 
and the program network affiliations of all relevant TV broadcast 
stations will be assumed to be as they were on the filing date of the 
NCE-FM application or June 1, 1985, whichever is later.
    (iv) In calculating the population within the predicted interference 
area, an exception will be permitted upon a showing (e.g., as survey of 
actual television reception) that the number of persons within the 
predicted interference area should be reduced to account for persons 
actually experiencing

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co-channel or adjacent channel interference to reception of the affected 
TV Channel 6 station. The area within which such a showing may be made 
will be limited to the area calculated as follows:
    (A) The distances to the field strength contours of the affected TV 
Channel 6 station will be predicted according to the procedures 
specified in Sec.  73.684, ``Prediction of coverage,'' using the 
F(50,50) curves in Figure 9, Sec. 73.699.
    (B) For each field strength contour of the affected TV Channel 6 
station, there will be an associated co-channel or adjacent channel TV 
broadcast station interference contour, the value of which (in units of 
dBu) is defined as the sum of the affected TV Channel 6 station's field 
strength (in dBu) and the appropriate undesired-to-desired signal ratio 
(in dB) as follows:

Co-channel, normal offset, -22 dB
Co-channel, no offset, -39 dB
Adjacent channel, +12 dB

    (C) The distances to the associated co-channel or adjacent channel 
TV broadcast station interference contour will be predicted according to 
the procedures specified in Sec.  73.684, ``Prediction of coverage,'' 
using the F(50,10) curves in Figure 9a, Sec.  73.699.
    (D) The area within which the showing of actual interference may be 
made will be the area bounded by the locus of intersections of a series 
of the affected TV Channel 6 station's field strength contours and the 
associated interference contours of the co-channel or adjacent channel 
TV broadcast station.
    (4) The maximum permissible effective radiated power (ERP) and 
antenna height may be adjusted for vertical polarity as follows:
    (i) If the applicant chooses to use vertically polarized 
transmissions only, the maximum permissible vertically polarized ERP 
will be the maximum horizontally polarized ERP permissible at the same 
proposed antenna height, calculated without the adjustment for 
television receiving antenna directivity specified in paragraph 
(e)(1)(iii) of this section, multiplied by either: 40 if the predicted 
interference area lies entirely outside the limits of a city of 50,000 
persons or more; or 10 if it does not.
    (ii) If the applicant chooses to use mixed polarity, the permissible 
ERP is as follows:

[H+(V/A)] is no greater than P

Where:

H is the horizontally polarized ERP in kilowatts for mixed polarity;
V is the vertically polarized ERP in kilowatts for mixed polarity;
A is 40 if the predicted interference area lies entirely outside the 
limits of a city of 50,000 persons or more, or 10 if it does not; and
P is the maximum permitted horizontally polarized-only power in 
kilowatts.

    (f) Channel 200 Applications. No application for use of NCE-FM 
Channel 200 will be accepted if the requested facility would cause 
objectionable interference to TV Channel 6 operations. Such 
objectionable interference will be considered to exist whenever the 15 
dBu contour based on the F(50,10) curves in Sec.  73.333 Figure 1a would 
overlap the 40 dBu contour based on the F(50,50) curves in Sec.  73.699, 
Figure 9.

[50 FR 27963, July 9, 1985; 50 FR 30187, July 24, 1985; 50 FR 31379, 
Aug. 2, 1985, as amended at 51 FR 26250, July 22, 1986; 52 FR 25867, 
July 9, 1987; 62 FR 51059, Sept. 30, 1997]



Sec.  73.558  Indicating instruments.

    The requirements for indicating instruments described in Sec.  
73.258 are applicable to all educational FM broadcast stations licensed 
with a transmitter power greater than 0.01 kw.

[51 FR 17029, May 8, 1986]



Sec.  73.561  Operating schedule; time sharing.

    (a) All noncommercial educational FM stations will be licensed for 
unlimited time operation except those stations operating under a time 
sharing arrangement. All noncommercial educational FM stations are 
required to operate at least 36 hours per week, consisting of at least 5 
hours of operation per day on at least 6 days of the week; however, 
stations licensed to educational institutions are not required to 
operate on Saturday or Sunday or to observe the minimum operating 
requirements during those days designated on the official school 
calendar as vacation or recess periods.

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    (b) All stations, including those meeting the requirements of 
paragraph (a) of this section, but which do not operate 12 hours per day 
each day of the year, will be required to share use of the frequency 
upon the grant of an appropriate application proposing such share time 
arrangement. Such applications shall set forth the intent to share time 
and shall be filed in the same manner as are applications for new 
stations. They may be filed at any time, but in cases where the parties 
are unable to agree on time sharing, action on the application will be 
taken only in connection with the renewal of application for the 
existing station. In order to be considered for this purpose, such an 
application to share time must be filed no later than the deadline for 
filing petitions to deny the renewal application of the existing 
licensee, or, in the case of renewal applications filed by the existing 
licensee on or before May 1, 1995, no later than the deadline for filing 
applications in conflict with the such renewal applications.
    (1) The licensee and the prospective licensee(s) shall endeavor to 
reach an agreement for a definite schedule of periods of time to be used 
by each. Such agreement shall be in writing and shall set forth which 
licensee is to operate on each of the hours of the day throughout the 
year. Such agreement shall not include simultaneous operation of the 
stations. Each licensee shall file the same in triplicate with each 
application to the Commission for initial construction permit or renewal 
of license. Such written agreements shall become part of the terms of 
each station's license.
    (2) The Commission desires to facilitate the reaching of agreements 
on time sharing. However, if the licensees of stations authorized to 
share time are unable to agree on a division of time, the Commission 
shall be so notified by statement to that effect filed with the 
application proposing time sharing. Thereafter the Commission will 
designate the application for hearing on any qualification issues 
arising regarding the renewal or new applicants. If no such issues 
pertain, the Commission will set the matter for expedited hearing 
limited solely to the issue of the sharing of time. In the event the 
stations have been operating under a time sharing agreement but cannot 
agree on its continuation, a hearing will be held, and pending such 
hearing, the operating schedule previously adhered to shall remain in 
full force and effect.
    (c) A departure from the regular schedule set forth in a time-
sharing agreement will be permitted only in cases where a written 
agreement to that effect is reduced to writing, is signed by the 
licensees of the stations affected thereby, and is filed in triplicate 
by each licensee with the Commission, Attention: Audio Division, Media 
Bureau, prior to the time of the proposed change. If time is of the 
essence, the actual departure in operating schedule may precede the 
actual filing of the written agreement, provided that appropriate notice 
is sent to the Commission in Washington, DC, Attention: Audio Division, 
Media Bureau.
    (d) In the event that causes beyond the control of a permittee or 
licensee make it impossible to adhere to the operating schedule in 
paragraph (a) or (b) of this section or to continue operating, the 
station may limit or discontinue operation for a period not exceeding 30 
days without further authority from the Commission provided that 
notification is sent to the Commission in Washington, DC, Attention: 
Audio Division, Media Bureau, no later than the 10th day of limited or 
discontinued operation. During such period, the permittee shall continue 
to adhere to the requirements of the station license pertaining to the 
lighting of antenna structures. In the event normal operation is 
restored prior to the expiration of the 30 day period, the permittee or 
licensee will notify the FCC, Attention: Audio Division of the date that 
normal operations resumed. If causes beyond the control of the permittee 
or licensee make it impossible to comply within the allowed period, 
Special Temporary Authority (see Sec.  73.1635) must be requested to 
remain silent for such additional time as deemed necessary. The license 
of a broadcasting station that fails to transmit broadcast signals for 
any consecutive 12 month period expires as a matter of law at the end of

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that period, notwithstanding any provision, term, or condition of 
license to the contrary.

    Note 1 to Sec.  73.561: For allocations purposes, both (all) 
stations sharing time will be treated as unlimited time stations.
    Note 2 to Sec.  73.561: See Sec. Sec.  73.1705, 73.1715, and 
73.1740.

(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 154, 
155, 303))

[43 FR 39717, Sept. 6, 1978, as amended at 43 FR 45845, Oct. 4, 1978; 44 
FR 3416, Jan. 19, 1979; 44 FR 65764, Nov. 15, 1979; 47 FR 54448, Dec. 3, 
1982; 50 FR 13974, Apr. 9, 1985; 61 FR 18291, Apr. 25, 1996; 61 FR 
28767, June 6, 1996; 63 FR 33877, June 22, 1998; 67 FR 13231, Mar. 21, 
2002]



Sec.  73.567  Determining operating power.

    The procedures for determining operating power described in Sec.  
73.267 are applicable to noncommercial education FM stations.

[44 FR 58732, Oct. 11, 1979]



Sec.  73.593  Subsidiary communications services.

    The licensee of a noncommercial educational FM station is not 
required to use its subcarrier capacity, but if it chooses to do so, it 
is governed by Sec. Sec.  73.293 through 73.295 of the Commission's 
Rules regarding the types of permissible subcarrier uses and the manner 
in which subcarrier operations shall be conducted; Provided, however, 
that remunerative use of a station's subcarrier capacity shall not be 
detrimental to the provision of existing or potential radio reading 
services for the blind or otherwise inconsistent with its public 
broadcasting responsibilities.

[48 FR 26615, June 9, 1983]



Sec.  73.597  FM stereophonic sound broadcasting.

    A noncommercial educational FM broadcast station may, without 
specific authority from the FCC, transmit stereophonic sound programs 
upon installation of stereophonic sound transmitting equipment under the 
provisions of Sec. Sec.  2.977, 2.1001, 73.322, and 73.1590 of the FCC's 
Rules.

[51 FR 17029, May 8, 1986]



Sec.  73.599  NCE-FM engineering charts.

    This section consists of the following Figures 1 and 2.

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[50 FR 27965, July 9, 1985]

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Subpart D [Reserved]



                 Subpart E_Television Broadcast Stations



Sec.  73.601  Scope of subpart.

    This subpart contains the rules and regulations (including 
engineering standards) governing TV broadcast stations, including 
noncommercial educational TV broadcast stations and, where indicated, 
low power TV and TV translator stations in the United States, its 
Territories and possessions. TV broadcast, low power TV, and TV 
translator stations are assigned channels 6 MHz wide, designated as set 
forth in Sec.  73.603(a).

[47 FR 21494, May 18, 1982]



Sec.  73.602  Cross reference to rules in other parts.

    See Sec.  73.1010.

[43 FR 32781, July 28, 1978]



Sec.  73.603  Numerical designation of television channels.

    (a)

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Frequency
                         Channel No.                          band (MHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2...........................................................       54-60
3...........................................................       60-66
4...........................................................       66-72
5...........................................................       76-82
6...........................................................       82-88
7...........................................................     174-180
8...........................................................     180-186
9...........................................................     186-192
10..........................................................     192-198
11..........................................................     198-204
12..........................................................     204-210
13..........................................................     210-216
14..........................................................     470-476
15..........................................................     476-482
16..........................................................     482-488
17..........................................................     488-494
18..........................................................     494-500
19..........................................................     500-506
20..........................................................     506-512
21..........................................................     512-518
22..........................................................     518-524
23..........................................................     524-530
24..........................................................     530-536
25..........................................................     536-542
26..........................................................     542-548
27..........................................................     548-554
28..........................................................     554-560
29..........................................................     560-566
30..........................................................     566-572
31..........................................................     572-578
32..........................................................     578-584
33..........................................................     584-590
34..........................................................     590-596
35..........................................................     596-602
36..........................................................     602-608
37..........................................................     608-614
38..........................................................     614-620
39..........................................................     620-626
40..........................................................     626-632
41..........................................................     632-638
42..........................................................     638-644
43..........................................................     644-650
44..........................................................     650-656
45..........................................................     656-662
46..........................................................     662-668
47..........................................................     668-674
48..........................................................     674-680
49..........................................................     680-686
50..........................................................     686-692
51..........................................................     692-698
52..........................................................     698-704
53..........................................................     704-710
54..........................................................     710-716
55..........................................................     716-722
56..........................................................     722-728
57..........................................................     728-734
58..........................................................     734-740
59..........................................................     740-746
60..........................................................     746-752
61..........................................................     752-758
62..........................................................     758-764
63..........................................................     764-770
64..........................................................     770-776
65..........................................................     776-782
66..........................................................     782-788
67..........................................................     788-794
68..........................................................     794-800
69..........................................................     800-806
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) In Alaska, television broadcast stations operating on Channel 5 
(76-82 MHz) and on Channel 6 (82-88 MHz) shall not cause harmful 
interference to and must accept interference from non-Government fixed 
operations authorized prior to January 1, 1982.
    (c) Channel 37, 608-614 MHz is reserved exclusively for the radio 
astronomy service.
    (d) In Hawaii, the frequency band 488-494 MHz is allocated for non-
broadcast use. This frequency band (Channel 17) will not be assigned in 
Hawaii for use by television broadcast stations.

[28 FR 13660, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 35 FR 11179, July 11, 1970; 
39 FR 10576, Mar. 21, 1974; 47 FR 16789, Apr. 20, 1982; 47 FR 30068, 
July 12, 1982; 47 FR 35989, Aug. 18, 1982; 51 FR 18450, May 20, 1986]



Sec.  73.606  Table of allotments.

    (a) General. The following table of allotments contains the channels 
designated for the listed communities in the United States, its 
Territories, and possessions. Channels designated with

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an asterisk are assigned for use by noncommercial educational broadcast 
stations only. A station on a channel identified by a plus or minus mark 
is required to operate with its carrier frequencies offset 10 kHz above 
or below, respectively, the nominal carrier frequencies.
    (b) Table of Allotments.

                                 Alabama
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Anniston..................................  40-
Arab......................................  56-
Bessemer..................................  17
Birmingham................................  6-, *10-, 13-, 21-, 42+,
                                             *62+, 68-
Decatur...................................
Demopolis.................................  *41
Dothan....................................  4, 18, *39+, 60-
Dozier....................................  *2-
Florence..................................  15, 26, *36-
Gadsden...................................  44+, 60
Gulf Shores...............................  55
Huntsville................................  19, *25+, 31+, 48-
Huntsville-Decatur........................  54
Louisville................................  *43+
Mobile....................................  5+, 10+, 15+, 21+, *31, *42,
                                             and 61
Montgomery................................  12, 20, *26+, 32, 45-, *63
Mount Cheaha..............................  *7-
Munford...................................  *16-
Opelika...................................  50, 66
Ozark.....................................  34
Selma.....................................  8, 29-
Troy......................................  67
Tuscaloosa................................  23-, 33, *39-
Tuscumbia.................................  52+
Tuskegee..................................  22-
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Alaska
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Anchorage.................................  2-, 4-, 5, *7-, *9, 11, 13-,
                                             and 33
Bethel....................................  *4
Dillingham................................  *2, 10
Fairbanks.................................  2+, 7+, *9+, 11+, 13+
Juneau....................................  *3, 8, 10
Ketchikan.................................  2, 4, *9
North Pole................................  4+
Seward....................................  3-,
Sitka.....................................  13
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Arizona
                    [See footnotes at end of tables]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ajo.......................................  *23-
Coolidge..................................  *43
Douglas...................................  3, *28
Flagstaff.................................  2, 4+, 9, 13, and *16
Globe.....................................  *14+
Green Valley..............................  46
Holbrook..................................  11+, *18+
Kingman...................................  6-, *14-
McNary....................................  *22+
Mesa......................................  12-
Nogales...................................  *16+
Page......................................  *17
Parker....................................  *17-
Phoenix...................................  3+, 5-, *8+, 10-, 15-, 21,
                                             33, *39, 45, 61
Prescott..................................  7, *19
Safford...................................  *23+
Sierra Vista..............................  58
Tolleson..................................  51
Tucson....................................  4-, *6+, 9-, 13-, 18-, *27-,
                                             40
Tucson-Nogales............................  \2\ 11
Yuma......................................  11-, 13+, *16-
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Arkansas
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arkadelphia...............................  *9+
Camden....................................  237A, 246, 49-
Cimarron..................................  23
El Dorado.................................  10-, *30+, 43-
Eureka Springs............................  34+
Fayetteville..............................  *13-, 36
Fort Smith................................  5-, 24+, 40-
Gosnell...................................  46
Harrison..................................  31+
Hot Springs...............................  *20, 26
Jonesboro.................................  8-, *19+, 48+
Little Rock...............................  *2-, 4, 7-, 11, 16-, *36,
                                             and 42
Mountain Home.............................  43+
Mountain View.............................  *6-
Newark....................................  *17
Pine Bluff................................  25-, 38-
Rogers....................................  51-
Russellville..............................  *28+
Springdale................................  57
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                               California
                    [See footnotes at end of tables]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alturas...................................  13+
Anaheim...................................  56-
Arcata....................................  23
Avalon....................................  54
Bakersfield...............................  17, 23-, 29, *39-, 45, 65+
Barstow...................................  *35+, 64
Big Bear Lake.............................  59+
Bishop....................................  *14-, 20+
Blythe....................................  *22-
Brawley...................................  *26
Calipatria................................  54
Ceres.....................................  *23+
Chico.....................................  12-, *18, 24+, *46-
Clovis....................................  43
Coalinga..................................  *27-
Concord...................................  42
Corona....................................  52
Cotati....................................  *22-
El Centro.................................  7+, 9+
Eureka....................................  3-, 6-, *13-, and 29
Fort Bragg................................  8-
Fresno....................................  *18+, 24, 30+, 47, 53,
Hanford...................................  21
Huntington Beach..........................  *50-
Indio.....................................  *19+
Long Beach................................  18-
Los Angeles...............................  2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 22,
                                             *28, 34, *58-, *68-
Merced....................................  51
Modesto...................................  19-

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Novato....................................  68
Oakland...................................  2+
Ontario...................................  46
Oroville..................................  28
Oxnard....................................  63+
Palm Springs..............................  36-, 42
Paradise..................................  30
Porterville...............................  61
Rancho Palos Verdes.......................  44+
Redding...................................  7, *9, 16
Ridgecrest................................  *25
Riverside.................................  62
Sacramento................................  3, *6, 10, 29-, 31-, 40-
Salinas-Monterey..........................  8+, 35-, 46-, *56, 67-
San Bernardino............................  *24-, 30
San Diego.................................  8, 10, *15, 39, 51, 69
San Francisco.............................  4-, 5+, 7-, *9+, 14+, 20-,
                                             26-, *32+, 38, 44-
San Jose..................................  11+, 36, 48-, *54, 65
San Luis Obispo...........................  6+, *15+, and 33
San Mateo.................................  *60
Sanger....................................  59
Santa Anna................................  40,
Santa Barbara.............................  3-, 14,1 *20,1 , 38, and *55
Santa Cruz................................  *16-
Santa Maria...............................  12+, 42+
Santa Rosa................................  50-, *62
Stockton..................................  13+, 58, 64
Susanville................................  *14
Twentynine Palms..........................  31
Vallejo-Fairfield.........................  66
Ventura...................................  57
Visalia...................................  26+, *49
Watsonville...............................  *25+
Weaverville...............................  32
Willits...................................  11-
Yosemite Valley...........................  41
Yreka City................................  *20+
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Colorado
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alamosa...................................  *16, 47
Boulder...................................  14
Broomfield................................  *12
Castle Rock...............................  53
Colorado Springs..........................  11, 13, 21
Craig.....................................  *16+
Denver....................................  2, 4-, *6-, 7, 9-, 20, 31,
                                             *41, 50, 59
Durango...................................  6+, *20-, and 33+
Fort Collins..............................  22-
Glenwood Springs..........................  3-, *19+
Grand Junction............................  5-, 8-, *18+, 4*, 11+
Gunnison..................................  *17-
La Junta..................................  *22+
Lamar.....................................  12-, *14-
Leadville.................................  *15-
Longmont..................................  25
Montrose..................................  10+, *22
Pueblo....................................  5, *8, 32-, 48
Salida....................................  *23+
Steamboat Springs.........................  24+
Sterling..................................  3, *18+
Trinidad..................................  *24
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                               Connecticut
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bridgeport................................  43-, *49-
Hartford..................................  3+, 18-, *24, 61+
New Britain...............................  30+
New Haven.................................  8, 59+, 55
New London................................  26+
Norwich...................................  *53
Waterbury.................................  20
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Delaware
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dover.....................................  *34
Seaford...................................  38, *64
Wilmington................................  *12, 61
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                          District of Columbia
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Washington................................  4-, 5-, 7+, 9, 20+, *26-,
                                             *32+, 50
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Florida
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Boca Raton................................  *63
Bradenton.................................  *19, 66
Bunnell...................................  58
Cape Coral................................  36
Clearwater................................  22
Clermont..................................  18-
Cocoa.....................................  *52, 68
Crystal River.............................  39-
Daytona Beach.............................  2-, 26
Destin....................................  48
Fort Lauderdale...........................  51
Fort Myers................................  11+, 20+, *30
Fort Pierce...............................  *21-, 34
Fort Walton Beach.........................  35, 53, 58
Gainesville...............................  *5-, 20, 61+
High Springs..............................  53+
Hollywood.................................  69
Inverness.................................  64
Islamorada................................  *9+
Jacksonville..............................  4+, *7, 12+, 17, 30+, 47-,
                                             *59
Kenansville...............................  31
Key West..................................  8, *13, and 22+
Lake City.................................  *41
Lake Worth................................  67
Lakeland..................................  32
Leesburg..................................  *45-, 55
Live Oak..................................  57-
Madison...................................  *36-
Marathon..................................  16+
Marianna..................................  *16+, 51
Melbourne.................................  43+, 56
Miami.....................................  *2, 4, 6, 7-, 10+, *17-, 23-
                                             , 33, 35, 39, and 45+
Naples....................................  26-, 46
New Smyrna Beach..........................  *15+
Ocala.....................................  *29, 51-
Orange Park...............................  25-
Orlando...................................  6-, 9, * 24-, 27, 35+, and
                                             65
Palatka...................................  *42, 63+
Palm Beach................................  61
Panama City...............................  7+, 13, 28-, *56, 46
Panama City Beach.........................  46
Pensacola.................................  3-, *23, 33+, 44
St. Petersburg............................  10-, 38, 44+

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Sarasota..................................  40
Sebring...................................  *48, 60
Stuart....................................  59
Tallahassee...............................  *11-, 24, 27+, 40+
Tampa.....................................  *3, 8-, 13-, *16, 28, and 50
Tequesta..................................  25
Tice......................................  49
Venice....................................  62
West Palm Beach...........................  5, 12, 29+, *42+,
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Georgia
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Albany....................................  10, 19-, 31-, and 52-
Ashburn...................................  *23+
Athens....................................  *8-, 34
Atlanta...................................  2, 5-, 11+, 17-, *30, 36, 46-
                                             , *57+, 69
Augusta...................................  6+, 12-, 26, 54-
Bainbridge................................  49
Baxley....................................  34
Brunswick.................................  21+
Carrollton................................  *49-
Carnesville...............................  *52
Cedartown.................................  *65-
Chatsworth................................  *18-
Cochran...................................  *29+
Columbus..................................  3, 9+, *28, 38+, *48, 54+
Cordele...................................  55+
Dalton....................................  23
Dawson....................................  *25
Draketown.................................  *27-
Elberton..................................  *60+
Flintstone................................  *41-
Lafayette.................................  *35
Macon.....................................  13+, 24+, 41+, *47+, 64-
Monroe....................................  63
Pelham....................................  *14-
Perry.....................................  58+
Rome......................................  14+
Royston...................................  *22+
Savannah..................................  3, *9-, 11, 22,
Thomasville...............................  6
Toccoa....................................  32-, *68-
Valdosta..................................  *33, 44-
Vidalia...................................  *18+
Warm Springs..............................
Warner Robbins............................  35-
Waycross..................................  *8+
Wrens.....................................  *20-
Young Harris..............................  *51-
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Hawaii
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hilo (Hawaii).............................  2, *4, 9, 11, 13, 14+, 20+,
                                             26+, *32+, *38+
Honolulu (Oahu)...........................  2+, 4-, 5, 9-, *11+, 13-,
                                             14, 20, 26, 32, *38, and
                                             *44.
Kailua....................................  50
Kailua-Kona (Hawaii)......................  6
Kaneohe...................................  66+
Lihue (Kauai).............................  3+, *8-, 10+, 12-, 15-, *21-
                                             , *27-, *67
Wailuku (Maui)............................  3, 7, *10, 12, 15, 21, *27,
                                             *33, 39
Waimanalo.................................  56
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                  Idaho
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Boise.....................................  2, *4+, 7, 39
Burley....................................  *17+
Caldwell..................................  9-
Coeur d'Alene.............................  *26+
Filer.....................................  *19-
Grangeville...............................  *15-
Idaho Falls...............................  3, 8+, 20, *33+
Lewiston..................................  3-
Moscow....................................  *12-
Nampa.....................................  6, 12+
Preston...................................  *28
Pocatello.................................  6-, *10, 15, 25+, 31-
Sandpoint.................................  *16+
Sun Valley................................  5-
Twin Falls................................  11, *13-, 35
Weiser....................................  *17
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Illinois
                    [See footnotes at end of tables]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aurora....................................  60
Bloomington...............................  43
Carbondale................................  *8
Champaign.................................  3+, 15-
Charleston................................  *51+
Chicago...................................  2-, 5, 7, 9+, *11, *20, 26,
                                             32, 38-, 44
Danville..................................  68
Decatur...................................  17, 23-
DeKalb....................................  *33, *48-
East St. Louis............................  46
Edwardsville..............................  *18-
Elgin.....................................  \4\ 66+
Freeport..................................  23, *65-
Galesburg.................................  53
Harrisburg................................  3
Jacksonville..............................  *14
Joliet....................................  \1\ 14-, 66+
Kankakee..................................  *54-
LaSalle...................................  35
Macomb....................................  *22+
Marion....................................  27
Moline....................................  8, *24-
Mount Vernon..............................  13+
Olney.....................................  *16-
Paris.....................................  46+
Peoria....................................  19, 25+, 31+, *47-, 59+
Pontiac...................................  53
Quincy....................................  10-, 16+, *27+
Rockford..................................  13, 17+, 39
Rock Island...............................  4+
Springfield...............................  20+, 49-, 55+
Streator..................................  *63
Urbana....................................  *12-, 27-
Vandalia..................................  *21
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Indiana
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Anderson..................................  67+
Angola....................................  63
Bloomington...............................  4, *30-, 42+ and 63+
Elkhart...................................  28+
Evansville................................  7, *9+, 14-, 25-, and 44
Fort Wayne................................  15+, 21+, 33-, *39-, 55
Gary......................................  50, *56+
Hammond...................................  62+
Indianapolis..............................  6, 8-, 13-, *20-, 40, 59-,
                                             *69

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Kokomo....................................  29-
Lafayette.................................  18, *24
Madison...................................  *60+
Marion....................................  23
Muncie....................................  49, *61
Richmond..................................  43+
Salem.....................................  58+
South Bend................................  16, 22, *34-, 46
Terre Haute...............................  2+, 10, *26-, 38
Vincennes.................................  *22-
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                  Iowa
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ames......................................  5, 23-, *34+
Burlington................................  26-, *57-
Carroll...................................  *18-, 30+, and 52
Cedar Rapids..............................  2, 9-, 28+, and 48-
Centerville...............................  *31-
Council Bluffs............................  *32
Davenport.................................  6+, 18+, 30-, *36+
Decorah...................................  *14+
Des Moines................................  8-, *11+, 13-, 17+, *43-, 63-
 
Dubuque...................................  16-, *29-, 40-
Estherville...............................  *49+
Fort Dodge................................  *21
Fort Madison..............................  *38+
Hampton...................................  50
High Point................................  *14-
Iowa City.................................  *12+, 20-
Keokuk....................................  *44+
Keosauqua.................................  *54+
Lansing...................................  *41+
Mason City................................  3+, *24+
Mount Ayr.................................  *25-
Newton....................................  39+
Ottumwa...................................  15+, *33-
Red Oak...................................  *36
Rock Rapids...............................  *25+
Sibley....................................  *33
Sioux City................................  4-, 9, 14, *27-, 44
Spirit Lake...............................  *38
Waterloo..................................  7+, 22-, *32-
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Kansas
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chanute...................................  *30+
Cimarron..................................  23
Colby.....................................  4
Columbus..................................  *48-
Dodge City................................  *21-
Emporia...................................  *25+
Ensign....................................  6+
Fort Scott................................  20+
Garden City...............................  11+, 13-, *18
Goodland..................................  10
Great Bend................................  2
Hays......................................  7-, *9
Hoisington................................  14
Hutchinson................................  *8, 12, 36+
Junction City.............................  31
Lakin.....................................  *3
Lawrence..................................  38
Liberal...................................  5+
Manhattan.................................  *21
Oakley....................................  *15-
Parsons...................................  *39
Phillipsburg..............................  *22-
Pittsburg.................................  7+ and 14
Pratt.....................................  *32+
Randall...................................
Salina....................................  18+, 34-, 44
Sedan.....................................  *28
Topeka....................................  *11, 13+, 22+, 27, 49
Wichita...................................  3-, 10-, *15+, 24-, 33, *42
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Kentucky
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ashland...................................  *25, 50-, 61+
Beattyville...............................  65
Blanco....................................  52+
Bowling Green.............................  13, *24-, 40+, *53-, 59+
Campbellsville............................  34
Covington.................................  *54+
Danville..................................  56
Elizabethtown.............................  *23+
Harlan....................................  44-
Hazard....................................  *35+, 57-
Hopkinsville..............................  51
Lexington.................................  18+, 27-, 36, *46, 62
Louisville................................  3-, 11, *15, 21-, 32-, 41+,
                                             *68+
Madisonville..............................  19-, *35-, and 57+
Morehead..................................  *38+, 67-
Murray....................................  *21+, 38
Newport...................................  19+
Owensboro.................................  31-, 48, 61+
Owenton...................................  *52+
Paducah...................................  6+, 29 and 49
Paintsville...............................  69+
Pikeville.................................  *22-, 51+
Somerset..................................  16, *29+
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Louisiana
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alexandria................................  5, *25+, 31+, 41+
Baton Rouge...............................  2, 9-, *27+, 33-, and 44+
Columbia..................................  11+
De Ridder.................................  *23-
Houma.....................................  11
Lafayette.................................  3+, 10, 15, *24
Lake Charles..............................  7-, *18-, 29-
Minden....................................  21+
Monroe....................................  8+, *13,
Morgan City...............................  *14+
Natchitoches..............................  *20+
New Iberia................................  50
New Orleans...............................  4+, 6, 8-, * 12, 20-, 26, *
                                             32+, 38+, and 49
Shreveport................................  3-, 12, *24-, 33, and 45+
Slidell...................................  54+
Tallulah..................................  *19
West Monroe...............................  14-, 39+
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                  Maine
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Augusta...................................  *10-
Bangor....................................  2-, 5+, 7-
Biddeford.................................  *26-
Calais....................................  *13-
Fort Kent.................................  *46+
Fryeburg..................................  *18+

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Houlton...................................  *25+
Kittery...................................  *39
Lewiston..................................  35-
Millinocket...............................  *44-
Orono.....................................  *12-
Poland Spring 8-..........................
Portland..................................  6-, 13+, 51
Presque Isle..............................  8, *10+, 47
Rumford...................................  *43+
Waterville................................  23-
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Maryland
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Annapolis.................................  *22+
Baltimore.................................  2+, 11-, 13+, 24+, 45, 54,
                                             *67-
Cumberland................................  52+, 65
Frederick.................................  *62
Hagerstown................................  25-, *31, and 68+
Oakland...................................  *36+
Salisbury.................................  16+, *28-, 47-
Waldorf...................................  *58+
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                              Massachusetts
                    [See footnotes at end of tables]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adams.....................................  19
Boston....................................  *2+, 4+, 5-, 7+, 25+, 38,
                                             *44, 68+
Cambridge.................................  56
Greenfield................................  32+
Lawrence..................................  62
Marlborough...............................  66
New Bedford...............................  6+, 28-, *34
North Adams...............................  *35
Norwell...................................  46+
Pittsfield................................  51+
Springfield...............................  22, 40, *57+
Vineyard Haven............................  58+
Worcester.................................  14, \1\ 27, *48+,
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Michigan
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alpena....................................  *6, 11
Ann Arbor.................................  31+, *58+
Bad Axe...................................  * 15-, 41-
Battle Creek..............................  41+, and 43-
Bay City..................................  5-, 61+
Cadillac..................................  9, *27, 33
Calumet...................................  5-, *22-
Cheboygan.................................  4+
Detroit...................................  2+, 4, 7-, 20+, 50-, *56, 62
East Lansing..............................  *23-, *69-
Escanaba..................................  3+
Flint.....................................  12-, *28-, 66-
Grand Rapids..............................  8+, 13+, 17-, *35+
Iron Mountain.............................  8-, *17+
Ironwood..................................  *15-, 24+
Ishpeming.................................  10
Jackson...................................  18+
Kalamazoo.................................  3-, *52+, 64
Lansing...................................  6-, 47, 53-
Manistee..................................  *21
Manistique................................  *15+
Marquette.................................  6-, *13, 19
Mount Clemens.............................  38+
Mount Pleasant............................  *14
Muskegon..................................  54+
Onondaga..................................  10-
Petoskey..................................  *23+
Port Huron................................  46+
Saginaw...................................  25-, 49-
Sault Ste. Marie..........................  8, 10+, *32-
Traverse City.............................  7+, 29-
University Center *19+....................
Vanderbilt................................  45
West Branch...............................  *24
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Minnesota
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alexandria................................  7, * 24, and 42
Appleton..................................  *10-
Austin....................................  6-, *15-
Bemidji...................................  *9, 26+
Brainerd..................................  *22
Chisholm..................................  11
Crookston.................................  *33
Duluth....................................  3, *8, 10+, 21+, 27-
Ely.......................................  *17-
Fairmont..................................  *16+
Hibbing...................................  13-
International Falls.......................  *35+
Mankato...................................  12, *26-
Marshall..................................  *30-
Minneapolis-St. Paul......................  *2-, 4, 5-, 9+, 11-, *17,
                                             23+, 29+, and 45
Redwood Falls.............................  43
Rochester.................................  10, 47-
St. Cloud.................................  19, *25-, 41
St. James.................................  32+
Thief River Falls.........................  10, *30
Wadena....................................  *20-
Walker....................................  12-, 38-
Wilmar....................................  *14-
Winona....................................  *35+, 44-
Worthington...............................  *20
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                               Mississippi
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Biloxi....................................  13+, *19+,
Booneville................................  *12-
Bude......................................  *17+
Clarksdale................................  *21
Cleveland.................................  *31-
Columbia..................................  *45
Columbus..................................  4-, *43
Greenville................................  15-, 44
Greenwood.................................  6+, *23+
Gulfport..................................  25-
Grenada...................................  22+
Hattiesburg...............................  22, *47
Holly Springs.............................  40
Houston...................................  45+
Jackson...................................  3, 12+, 16, *29+, 40+, and
                                             51
Laurel....................................  7, 18+
Magee.....................................  34+
Meridian..................................  11-, *14, 24-, 30-
Mississippi State.........................  *2+
Natchez...................................  *42+, 48
Oxford....................................  *18
Senatobia.................................  *34-

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Tupelo....................................  9-, 35+
Vicksburg.................................  35-
West Point................................  27
Wiggins...................................  43-, 46-
Yazoo City................................  *32-
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Missouri
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Birchtree.................................  *20-
Bowling Green.............................  *35+
Cape Girardeau............................  12, 23, *39-
Carrollton................................  *18
Columbia..................................  8+, 17-*23+
Flat River................................  *22
Hannibal..................................  7-
Jefferson City............................  13, 25, *36-
Joplin....................................  12+, 16, *26-
Kansas City...............................  4, 5+, 9+, *19+, 29, 41-, 50-
                                             , 62+, *68-
Kennett...................................  58+
King City.................................  *28-
Kirksville................................  3-
LaPlata...................................  *21+
Lowry City................................  *15-
Poplar Bluff..............................  15+, *26+, 55
Rolla.....................................  *28
St. Joseph................................  2-, 16-, 22
St. Louis.................................  2, 4-, 5-, *9, 11-, 24+,
                                             30+, *40-, *46
Sedalia...................................  6
Sikeston..................................  45
Springfield...............................  3+, 10, *21-, 27-, 33--
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Montana
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Anaconda..................................  2+
Billings..................................  2-, 6, 8, *11, 14, 20+
Bozeman...................................  7-, *9
Butte.....................................  *2+, 4, 6+, 18, 24
Cut Bank..................................  *14-
Dillon....................................  *14+
Glendive..................................  5+, 13+, *16-
Great Falls...............................  3+, 5+, 16, 26, *32
Hardin....................................  4+
Havre.....................................  9+, 11-, and *18-
Helena....................................  10+, 12, *15+
Joplin....................................  35-, 48, 54-
Kalispell.................................  9-, *29-
Lewistown.................................  13
Miles City................................  3-, *10
Missoula..................................  8-, *11+, 13-, 17-, and 23-
Wolf Point................................  *17+
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Nebraska
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Albion....................................  18, *21+, 24+
Alliance..................................  *13-
Bassett...................................  *7-
Beatrice..................................  23+
Falls City................................  *24
Grand Island..............................  11-, 17
Hastings..................................  5-, *29+
Hayes Center..............................  6
Hay Springs-Scottsbluff...................  4+
Kearney...................................  13
Lexington.................................  *3+
Lincoln...................................  8+, 10+, *12-, 45, 51
McCook....................................  8-, 16+, 12
Merriman..................................  *12
Norfolk...................................  *19+
North Platte..............................  235, 246, 278
Omaha.....................................  3, 6+, 7, 15, *26, 42+, *48-
                                             , and 54
Orchard...................................  16
Pawnee....................................  33+
Scottsbluff...............................  10-, 16
Superior..................................  4+
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Nevada
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Elko......................................  10-, *14+
Ely.......................................  3-, 6+
Fallon....................................  *25
Goldfield.................................  7-
Henderson.................................  5+
Las Vegas.................................  3, 8-, *10+, 13-, 15+, 21+,
                                             and 33+
Laughlin..................................  34+
McGill....................................  *13
Paradise..................................  39+
Pawnee City...............................  *33+
Reno......................................  2, 4, *5, 8, 11, 21+, and
                                             27+
Tonopah...................................  9-, *17+
Winnemucca................................  7+, *15-
Yerington.................................  *16+
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                              New Hampshire
                    [See footnotes at end of tables]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Berlin....................................  *40-
Concord...................................  21+
Derry.....................................  50-
Durham....................................  *11
Hanover...................................  *15+
Keene.....................................  *52+
Littleton.................................  *49+
Manchester................................  9-,
Merrimack.................................  60+
Portsmouth................................  \1\ 17-
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                               New Jersey
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Atlantic City.............................  *36, 53+, 62-
Burlington................................  48-
Camden....................................  *23+
Linden-Newark.............................  47+
Montclair.................................  *50+
Newark....................................  13-, 68
New Brunswick.............................  *58
Newton....................................  63
Paterson..................................  41-
Secaucus..................................  9+
Trenton...................................  *52-
Vineland..................................  59-, 65-
West Milford..............................  *66-
Wildwood..................................  40
------------------------------------------------------------------------


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                               New Mexico
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alamogordo................................  *18-
Albuquerque...............................  4+, *5+, 7+, 13+, 14-, 23-,
                                             *32+, 41, 50
Carlsbad..................................  6-, *15+, 25-
Clayton...................................  *17
Clovis....................................  12--
Deming....................................  *16
Farmington................................  3, 12+, *15+
Gallup....................................  *8-, 10
Hobbs.....................................  29+
Las Cruces................................  *22-, 48+
Lovington.................................  *19
Portales..................................  *3+
Raton.....................................  *18-
Roswell...................................  8, 10-, 21-, 27-, *33+
Santa Fe..................................  2+, *9+, 11-, 19-
Silver City...............................  6, 10+, *12
Socorro...................................  *15-
Tucumcari.................................  *15
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                New York
                    [See footnotes at end of tables]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Albany-Schenectady........................  6, 10-, 13, *17+, 23-, *29+,
                                             45
Amsterdam.................................  *39+, 55
Arcade....................................  62-
Batavia...................................  51-
Bath......................................  14-
Binghamton................................  12-, 34, 40-, *46+
Buffalo...................................  2, 4, 7+, 17, *23, 29-, 49-
Carthage..................................  7-
Corning...................................  *30, 48+
Elmira....................................  18+, 36-
Garden City...............................  *21-
Glens Falls...............................  *58-
Ilion.....................................  67-
Ithaca....................................  52, *65+
Jamestown.................................  26+, *46
Kingston..................................  62+
Lake Placid...............................  *34+
New York..................................  2, 4, 5+, 7, 11+, *25, 31-
North Pole................................  5
Norwood...................................  *18
Oneonta...................................  \1\ 15, *42
Plattsburg................................  *57
Poughkeepsie..............................  54+
Riverhead.................................  55+
Rochester.................................  8, 10+, 13-, *21, 31+, *61+
Saranac Lake..............................  61-
Smithtown.................................  67
Springville...............................  67+
Syracuse..................................  3-, 5-, 9-, *24+, 43+, 56+,
                                             68-
Utica.....................................  2-, 4-, 20+, 33, *59
Watertown.................................  *16, 50+
Waverly...................................  *57-
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                             North Carolina
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Andrews...................................  *59
Asheville.................................  13-, 21+, *33, 62+
Belmont...................................  46+
Bryson City...............................  *67
Burlington................................  16
Canton....................................  *27
Chapel Hill...............................  *4+
Charlotte.................................  3, 9+, 18, 36, *42+
Columbia..................................  *2
Concord...................................  *58
Cullowhee.................................  50+
Durham....................................  11+, 28+
Fayetteville..............................  40+, 62
Forest City...............................  66+
Franklin..................................  *56+
Goldsboro.................................  17-
Greensboro................................  2-, 48-, 61
Greenville................................  9-, 14, *25, and 38+
Hickory...................................  14-
High Point................................  8-, *32+, 67+
Jacksonville..............................  *19, 35
Kannapolis................................  64-
Laurel Hill...............................  59+
Lexington.................................  20
Linville..................................  *17
Lumberton.................................  *31
Manteo....................................  4
Morehead City.............................  8+
Morganton.................................  23-
New Bern..................................  12+
Raleigh...................................  5, 22, *34, 50+
Roanoke Rapids............................  *36-
Rockingham................................  *53
Rocky Mount...............................  47+
Washington................................  7
Waynesville...............................  59
Wilmington................................  3-, 6, 26-, *39-
Wilson....................................  30-
Winston-Salem.............................  12, *26+, 45
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                              North Dakota
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bismarck..................................  *3, 5, 12-, 17-, 26+
Devils Lake...............................  8+, *22+
Dickinson.................................  2+, *9-, 7
Ellendale.................................  *19-
Fargo.....................................  6, 11+, *13, 15-
Grand Forks...............................  *2, 14+, 27+
Jamestown.................................  7-, *23
Minot.....................................  *6+, 10-, 13-, 14-, 24
Pembina...................................  12
Valley City...............................  4-
Williston.................................  *4, 8-, 11-, *15-
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                  Ohio
                    [See footnotes at end of tables]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Akron.....................................  23+, *49+, 55-
Alliance..................................  *45+
Ashtabula.................................  \1\ 15
Athens....................................  20*, 63-
Bowling Green.............................  *27+
Cambridge.................................  *44-
Canton....................................  17-, 67
Chillicothe...............................  53
Cincinnati................................  5-, 9, 12, *48-, 64-
Cleveland.................................  3, 5+, 8, *25+, 61
Columbus..................................  4-, 6+, 10+, 28-, *34, *56-
Dayton....................................  2, 7+, *16+, 22+, 45
Defiance..................................  65+
Hillsboro.................................  *24+, 55+
Lima......................................  35-, 44+, *57+, 17
Lorain....................................  43
Mansfield.................................  *47+, 68-

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Newark....................................  *31-, 51
Oxford....................................  *14+
Portsmouth................................  30, *42-
Sandusky..................................  52
Shaker Heights 19.........................
Springfield...............................  26+, *66
Steubenville..............................  9+, *62+
Toledo....................................  11-, 13, 24-, *30+, 36-, and
                                             40-
Xenia.....................................  32
Youngstown................................  21-, 27, 33, *58
Zanesville................................  18-
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Oklahoma
                    [See footnotes at end of tables]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ada.......................................  10+, *22
Altus.....................................  *27
Ardmore...................................  *17, *28-
Bartlesville..............................  17+
Cheyenne..................................  12+
Claremore.................................  *35
Duncan....................................  40+
Elk City..................................  *15-
Enid......................................  20-, *26+
Eufaula...................................  *3
Grove.....................................  45+
Guymon....................................  9+, *16
Hugo......................................  42+, \1\ *15+, *48+
Lawton....................................  7+, *36-, 16-, 45
McAlester.................................  *32-
Miami.....................................  *18-
Muskogee..................................  19
Norman....................................  46-
Oklahoma City.............................  4-, 5, 9-, *13, 14-, 25-, 34-
                                             , 43+, 52, and 62+
Okmulgee..................................  44-
Sayre.....................................  8+
Shawnee...................................  30
Tulsa.....................................  2+, 6+ 8-, *11-, 23, 41+,
                                             47, 53, and *63
Woodward..................................  *17-, 35+
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Oregon
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Astoria...................................  *21
Bend......................................  *3+, *15, 21+
Brookings.................................  *14-
Burns.....................................  *18
Coos Bay..................................  11, 23+, 41
Corvallis.................................  *7-
Eugene....................................  9+, 13, 16+, *28-, and 34
Grants Pass...............................  *18+, 30+
Klamath Falls.............................  2-, *22+, and 31
LaGrande..................................  *13+, 16
Medford...................................  5, *8+, 10+, 12+, and 26+
North Bend................................  *17+
Pendleton.................................  11-
Portland..................................  2, 6+, 8-, *10, 12, 24+,
                                             *30, 40-
Roseburg..................................  4+, 36, 46+
Salem.....................................  22, 32
The Dalles................................  *17-
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                              Pennsylvania
                    [See footnotes at end of tables]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Allentown.................................  *39, 69
Altoona...................................  10-, 23-, 47, *57+
Bethlehem.................................  60-
Clearfield................................  *3+
Erie......................................  12, 24, 35+, *54+, 66+
Greensburg................................  40+
Harrisburg................................  21+, 27-, *33+
Hazleton..................................  56
Jeanette..................................  19+
Johnstown.................................  6, 8-, 19+, *28+
Lancaster.................................  8+, 15+
Lebanon...................................  55-
Philadelphia..............................  3, 6-, 10, 17-, 29, *35-, 57
Pittsburgh................................  2-, 4+, 11, *13-, 16, 22,
                                             53+
Reading...................................  51
Red Lion..................................  49+
Scranton..................................  16-, 22-, 38+, *44-, 64
State College.............................  29+, and *59+
Wilkes Barre..............................  28
Williamsport..............................  \1\ 20-, 53-
York......................................  43,
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                              Rhode Island
                    [See footnotes at end of tables]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Block Island..............................  69-
Providence................................  10+, 12+, \1\ 16, *36, 64+
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                             South Carolina
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aiken.....................................  *44
Allendale.................................  *14
Anderson..................................  40
Beaufort..................................  *16-
Charleston................................  2+, 4, 5+, *7-, 24, and 36+
Columbia..................................  10-, 19+, 25-, *35+, 47, 57-
Conway....................................  *23+
Florence..................................  13+, 15-, 21, *33+
Greenville................................  4-, 16+, 21, *29
Greenwood.................................  *38, 48+
Hardeeville...............................  28-
Myrtle Beach..............................  32, 43+
Rock Hill.................................  30+, 55-
Spartanburg...............................  7+, 49
Sumter....................................  *27- and 63-
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                              South Dakota
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aberdeen..................................  9-, *16-
Allen.....................................  22+
Brookings.................................  *8
Eagle Butte...............................  *13
Florence..................................  3-
Huron.....................................  12+
Lead......................................  5-, 11+
Lowry.....................................  *11-, 56, 62+, 68-
Martin....................................  *8-
Mitchell..................................  5+
Pierre....................................  4, *10+
Rapid City................................  3+, 7+, *9, 15-, 21-
Reliance..................................  6-
Seneca....................................  *2-

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Sioux Falls...............................  11, 13+, 17-, *23, 36+, 46
Vermillion................................  *2+
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Tennessee
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Athens....................................  *24
Chattanooga...............................  3+, 9, 12+, *45, 61-
Cleveland.................................  53
Cookeville................................  *22, 28+
Crossville................................  20+, *55+
Fayetteville..............................  *29-
Greeneville...............................  39-
Hendersonville............................  50
Jackson...................................  7+, 16+, *32+
Jellico...................................  54-
Johnson City..............................  11-, *41
Kingsport.................................  19
Knoxville.................................  6, 8, 10+, *15-, 26-, 43+
Lebanon...................................  66--
Lexington.................................  *11+
Livingston................................  60-
McMinnville...............................  33+
Memphis...................................  3-, 5+, *10+, 13+, *14+, 24,
                                             30, 50+, and *56
Murfreesboro..............................  39+
Nashville.................................  2-, 4+, 5, *8+, 17+, 30+,
                                             *42, and 58
Sneedville................................  *2+
Tazewell..................................  48+
Tullahoma.................................  64+
Union City................................  41
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                  Texas
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Abilene...................................  9+, 15, *26+, 32+
Alpine....................................  12-
Alvin.....................................  67
Amarillo..................................  *2+, 4, 7, 10, 14+
Austin....................................  7+, *18+, 24, 36, 42-, and
                                             54
Bay City..................................  *43+
Baytown...................................  57+
Beaumont..................................  6-, 12-, 21, *34-
Belton....................................  46-
Big Spring................................  4-, *14
Blanco....................................  17
Boquillas.................................  8-
Borger....................................  31
Brady.....................................  13
Brownsville...............................  23
Bryan.....................................  3, 28
Childress.................................  *21
College Station...........................  *15, 50-
Conroe....................................  49+ and 55+
Corpus Christi............................  3-, 6, 10-, *16, 28-, 38+
Crockett..................................  40
Dallas....................................  4+, 8, *13+, 27-, 33+, 39,
                                             and 58
Decatur...................................  29
Del Rio...................................  10, *24+
Denton....................................  *2
Eagle Pass................................  16+
El Paso...................................  4, 7, 9, *13, 14, 26+, *38--
                                             , and 65
Farwell...................................  18+
Fort Stockton.............................  5+
Fort Worth................................  5+, 11-, 21-, *31+, and 52-
Fredericksburg............................  2+
Galveston.................................  *22, 47
Garland...................................  23
Greenville................................  47+
Harlingen.................................  4+, *44, 60
Houston...................................  2-, *8, 11+, 13-, *14, 20,
                                             26, 39-, and 61
Irving....................................  49
Jacksonville..............................  56
Katy......................................  51+
Kennville.................................  35+
Killeen...................................  62
Lake Dallas...............................  55
Laredo....................................  8, 13, 27-, *39
Liano.....................................  14-
Longview..................................  16+, 51-, and 54+
Lubbock...................................  *5-,11,13-, 16+, 28, and 34-
Lufkin....................................  9
McAllen...................................  48
Marfa.....................................  3
Marshall..................................  *22-, 35+
Midland...................................  2-, 18
Mineola...................................  64+
Monahans-Odessa...........................  9-
Nacogdoches...............................  19-, *32
Odessa....................................  7-, 24-, 30, *36+, and 42
Palestine.................................  43
Paris, Texas..............................  36+, 42+
Port Arthur...............................  4-
Presidio..................................  7+
Rio Grande City...........................  40
Rosenberg.................................  45
San Angelo................................  3-, 6, 8+, *21+
San Antonio...............................  4, 5, *9-, 12+, *23-, 29+,
                                             41+, and 60+
Sherman...................................  12-, 20-, *26-
Snyder....................................  17-
Sonora....................................  11+
Sulphur Springs...........................  18
Sweetwater................................  12
Temple....................................  6+,
Texarkana.................................  6, 17-, *34
Tyler.....................................  7,14+, *38, and 60
Uvalde....................................  26-
Victoria..................................  19+, 25, 31, and *47
Waco......................................  10+, 25+, *34+, 44-
Weslaco...................................  5-
Wichita Falls.............................  3+, 6-, 18-, *24
Wolfforth.................................  22-
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                  Utah
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cedar City................................  4, *16+
Logan.....................................  12-, *22
Moab......................................  *14+
Monticello................................  *16-
Ogden.....................................  *9+, *18-, 24, 30
Price.....................................  3+, *15
Provo.....................................  *11-, 16, 32
Richfield.................................  8+, *19
Salt Lake City............................  2-, 4-, 5+, *7-, 13+, 14-,
                                             20+, *26-
St. George................................  12, *18-
Vernal....................................  6, *17+
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Vermont
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Burlington................................  3, 22+, *33-, 44+
Hartford..................................  31
Rutland...................................  *28+

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St. Johnsbury.............................  *20-
Windsor...................................  *41
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Virginia
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arlington.................................  14-
Ashland...................................  65+
Blacksburg................................  *43, 65-
Bristol...................................  5+, *28-
Bluefield.................................  *63+
Charlottesville...........................  29-, *41-, 64+
Courtland.................................  *52
Danville..................................  24-, 44+, *56
Farmville.................................  *31-
Fairfax...................................  *56-
Fredericksburg............................  69+
Front Royal...............................  *42
Goldvein..................................  *53
Grundy....................................  68
Harrisonburg..............................  3-
Lynchburg.................................  13, 21-, *54+
Manassas..................................  66+
Marion....................................  *52-
Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News-..........  3+, 10+, 13-, *15, 27, 33,
                                             49- and
Hampton...................................  *55+
Norton....................................  *47-
Onancock..................................  *25+
Petersburg................................  8
Richmond..................................  6+, 12-, *23, 35+, *57-, 63
Roanoke...................................  7-, 10, *15+, 27+, 38-, and
                                             60
Staunton..................................  *51-
Virginia Beach............................  21+, 43+
West Point................................  *46
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                               Washington
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Anacortes.................................  64
Bellevue..................................  33+, 51+
Bellingham................................  12+, 24, *34
Centralia.................................  *15+
East Wenatchee............................  249A
Everett...................................  16-
Kennewick.................................  42+
Morton....................................  39
Olympia...................................  67
Pasco.....................................  19-
Pullman...................................  *10-, 24+
Richland..................................  25, *31
Rochester.................................  26+
Seattle...................................  4, 5+, 7, *9, 22+, 45+, and
                                             *62
Spokane...................................  2-, 4-, 6-,*7+22, 28-, and
                                             34-
Tacoma....................................  11+, 13-, 20, *28, and *56
Vancouver.................................  *14, 49
Walla Walla...............................  9+
Wenatchee.................................  *18+, 27
Yakima....................................  23+, 29+, 35, *47
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                              West Virginia
                    [See footnotes at end of tables]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bluefield.................................  6-, 40-
Charleston................................  8+, 11+, 29, *49-
Clarksburg................................  12+, 46-
Fairmont..................................  66-
Grandview.................................  *9-
Huntington................................  3+, 13+, *33+
Keyser....................................  *30+
Lewisburg.................................  59
Martinsburg...............................  *44, 60+
Morgantown................................  *24-
Oak Hill..................................  4
Parkersburg...............................  15-, 39+, *57
Weirton...................................  *50+
Weston....................................  5
Wheeling..................................  7, \1\ 14, *41
Williamson................................  *31+
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Wisconsin
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Antigo....................................  46
Appleton..................................  32+
Bloomington...............................  *49
Chippewa Falls............................  48
Crandon...................................  4
Eagle River...............................  34
Eau Claire................................  13+, 18
Fond du Lac...............................  68
Green Bay.................................  2+, 5+, 11+, 26+, *38, 44+
Highland..................................  *51
Janesville................................  57+
Kenosha...................................  55-
Kieler....................................  *46+
LaCrosse..................................  8+, 19+, 25, *31
Madison...................................  3, 15, *21-, 27+, 47+
Manitowoc.................................  16+
Marshfield................................  39-
Mayville..................................  52
Menomonie.................................  *28-
Milwaukee.................................  4-, 6, *10+, 12, 18-, 24+,
                                             30, *36, and 58
Oshkosh...................................  22+and *50+
Park Falls................................  *36+
Racine....................................  49+
Rhinelander...............................  12+
Rice Lake.................................  16
Richland Center...........................  45+
Sheboygan.................................  28
Sturgeon Bay..............................  42
Superior..................................  6+, 40
Suring....................................  14-
Tomah.....................................  43
Wausau....................................  7-, 9, *20+, 33-
Wittenberg................................  55
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Wyoming
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Casper....................................  2+, *6+, 13+, 14-, 20-
Cheyenne..................................  5+, *17, 27-, 33-
Jackson...................................  2, 11+
Lander....................................  *4, 5
Laramie...................................  *8+
Rawlins...................................  11-
Riverton..................................  10+
Rock Springs..............................  13
Sheridan..................................  7, 9+, 12+
------------------------------------------------------------------------


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                    U.S. Territories and Possessions
                    [See footnotes at end of tables]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Guam:
  Agana...................................  *4, 8, 10, *12
  Tamuning................................  14, 20
Puerto Rico:
  Aguada..................................  50
  Aguadilla...............................  *32, 44
  Arecibo-Aguadilla.......................  12+
  Arecibo.................................  54, 60
  Bayamon.................................  36
  Caguas..................................  11-, *58
  Carolina................................  52
  Cayey...................................
  Fajardo.................................  13+, 34, and *40
  Guayama.................................  46
  Humacoa.................................  68
  Mayaguez................................  3+, 5-, 16, 22
  Naranjito...............................  64
  Ponce...................................  7+, 9-, 14, 20, *26, 48
  San Juan................................  2+, 4-, *6+, 18, 24, 30, and
                                             *62
  San Sebastian...........................  38
  Utuado..................................
  Yauco...................................  42
Virgin Islands:
  Charlotte Amalie........................  10-, 17, *23, 43
  Charlotte Amalie-Christiansted..........  *3, \6\ *12
  Christiansted...........................  8+, 15, *21, 39
  Frederiksted............................  66
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Footnotes to tables:
 
\1\ Following the decision in Docket No. 18261, channels so indicated
  will not be available for television use until further action by the
  Commission.
\2\ Operation on this channel is subject to the conditions, terms, and
  requirements set out in the Report and Order in Docket No. 19075, RM-
  1645, adopted January 5, 1972, released January 7, 1972, FCC 72-19.
\3\ [Reserved]
\4\ This channel is not available for use at Elgin unless and until it
  is determined by the Commission that it is not needed for use at
  Joliet, Ill.
\5\ [Reserved]
\6\ Stations using these allotments shall limit radiation toward
  stations on the same channel in Puerto Rico, to no more than the
  effective radiated power which would be radiated by an omnidirectional
  radio station using maximum permissible effective radiated power for
  antenna height above average terrain, at the minimum distances from
  such stations specified in Sec. 73.610(b). The FCC shall consider the
  status of the negotiations with the appropriate British authorities
  concerning these allotments when the applications for construction
  permits come before the FCC.


(Sec. 5, 48 Stat. 1068; 47 U.S.C. 155)

[28 FR 13660, Dec. 14, 1963]

    Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec.  
73.606, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume and on GPO Access.

    Effective Date Note: At 68 FR 51706, Aug. 28, 2003, in Sec.  
73.606(b), the Table of Television Allotments under Michigan, was 
amended by removing TV channel 61+ and adding TV channel 46+ at Bay 
City, effective Oct. 9, 2003.



Sec.  73.607  Availability of channels.

    (a) Applications may be filed to construct TV broadcast stations 
only on the channels designated in the Table of Allotments (Sec.  
73.606(b)) and only in the communities listed therein. Applications 
which fail to comply with this requirement, whether or not accompanied 
by a petition to amend the Table, will not be accepted for filing. 
However, applications specifying channels which accord with publicly 
announced FCC Orders changing the Table of Allotments will be accepted 
for filing even though such applications are tendered before the 
effective dates of such channel changes.
    (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this section, an application 
may be filed for a channel or community not listed in the TV Table of 
Allotments if it is consistent with the rules and policies established 
in the Third Report and Order in WT Docket 99-168 (FCC 01-25), adopted 
January 18, 2001. Where such a request is approved, the Media Bureau 
will change the Table of Allotments to reflect that approval.

[51 FR 44070, Dec. 8, 1986, as amended at 66 FR 10208, Feb. 14, 2001; 67 
FR 13232, Mar. 21, 2002]



Sec.  73.609  Zones.

    (a) For the purpose of allotment and assignment, the United States 
is divided into three zones as follows:
    (1) Zone I consists of that portion of the United States located 
within the confines of the following lines drawn on the U.S. Albers 
Equal Area Projection Map (based on standard parallels 29\1/2\[deg] and 
45\1/2\[deg]; North American datum): Beginning at the most easterly 
point on the State boundary line between North Carolina and Virginia; 
thence in a straight line to a point on the Virginia-West Virginia 
boundary line located at north latitude 37[deg]49[min] and west 
longitude 80[deg]12[min]30[min]; thence westerly along the southern 
boundary lines of the States of West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and 
Illinois to a point at the junction of the Illinois, Kentucky, and 
Missouri State boundary lines; thence northerly along the western 
boundary line of the State of Illinois to a point at the junction of the 
Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin State boundary lines;

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thence easterly along the northern State boundary line of Illinois to 
the 90th meridian; thence north along this meridian to the 43.5[deg] 
parallel; thence east along this parallel to the United States-Canada 
border; thence southerly and following that border until it again 
intersects the 43.5[deg] parallel; thence east along this parallel to 
the 71st meridian; thence in a straight line to the intersection of the 
69th meridian and the 45th parallel; thence east along the 45th parallel 
to the Atlantic Ocean. When any of the above lines pass through a city, 
the city shall be considered to be located in Zone I. (See Figure 1 of 
Sec.  73.699.)
    (2) Zone II consists of that portion of the United States which is 
not located in either Zone I or Zone III, and Puerto Rico, Alaska, 
Hawaiian Islands and the Virgin Islands.
    (3) Zone III consists of that portion of the United States located 
south of a line, drawn on the United States Albers Equal Area Projection 
Map (based on standard parallels 29.50 and 45.50 North American datum), 
beginning at a point on the east coast of Georgia and the 31st parallel 
and ending at the United States-Mexican border, consisting of arcs drawn 
with a 241.4 kilometer (150 mile) radius to the north from the following 
specified points:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                  North         West
                                                latitude      longitude
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(a).........................................  29[deg]40[mi  83[deg]24[mi
                                                 n]00[sec]     n]00[sec]
(b).........................................  30[deg]07[mi  84[deg]12[mi
                                                 n]00[sec]     n]00[sec]
(c).........................................  30[deg]31[mi  86[deg]30[mi
                                                 n]00[sec]     n]00[sec]
(d).........................................  30[deg]48[mi  87[deg]58[mi
                                                 n]00[sec]     n]30[sec]
(e).........................................  30[deg]00[mi  90[deg]38[mi
                                                 n]00[sec]     n]30[sec]
(f).........................................  30[deg]04[mi  93[deg]19[mi
                                                 n]30[sec]     n]00[sec]
(g).........................................  29[deg]46[mi  95[deg]05[mi
                                                 n]00[sec]     n]00[sec]
(h).........................................  28[deg]43[mi  96[deg]39[mi
                                                 n]00[sec]     n]30[sec]
(i).........................................  27[deg]52[mi  97[deg]32[mi
                                                 n]30[sec]     n]00[sec]
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    When any of the above arcs pass through a city, the city shall be 
considered to be located in Zone II. (See Figure 2 of Sec.  73.699.)

[28 FR 13660, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 33 FR 15422, Oct. 17, 1968; 
50 FR 23697, June 5, 1985; 51 FR 44070, Dec. 8, 1986]



Sec.  73.610  Minimum distance separations between stations.

    (a) The provisions of this section relate to allotment separations 
and station separations. Petitions to amend the Table of Allotments 
(Sec.  73.606(b)) (other than those also expressly requesting amendment 
of this section or Sec.  73.609) will be dismissed and all applications 
for new TV broadcast stations or for changes in the transmitter sites of 
existing stations will not be accepted for filing if they fail to comply 
with the requirements specified in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of this 
section.

    Note: Licensees and permittees of television broadcast stations 
which were operating on April 14, 1952 pursuant to one or more 
separations below those set forth in Sec.  73.610 may continue to so 
operate, but in no event may they further reduce the separations below 
the minimum. As the existing separations of such stations are increased, 
the new separations will become the required minimum separations until 
separations are reached which comply with the requirements of Sec.  
73.610. Thereafter, the provisions of said section shall be applicable.

    (b) Minimum co-channel allotment and station separations:
    (1)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                     Kilometers
                               Zone                                ---------------------------------------------
                                                                        Channels 2-13          Channels 14-69
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I.................................................................    272.7 (169.5 miles)    248.6 (154.5 miles)
II................................................................    304.9 (189.5 miles)    280.8 (174.5 miles)
III...............................................................    353.2 (219.5 miles)    329.0 (204.5 miles)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (2) The minimum co-channel distance separation between a station in 
one zone and a station in another zone shall be that of the zone 
requiring the lower separation.
    (c) Minimum allotment and station adjacent channel separations 
applicable to all zones:
    (1) Channels 2-13 95.7 kilometers (59.5 miles). Channels 14-69 87.7 
kilometers (54.5 miles).
    (2) Due to the frequency spacing which exists between Channels 4 and 
5, between Channels 6 and 7, and between Channels 13 and 14, the minimum 
adjacent channel separations specified above shall not be applicable to 
these pairs of channels (see Sec.  73.603(a)).
    (d) In addition to the requirements of paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) 
of this section, the minimum assignment and station separations between 
stations on Channels 14-69, inclusive, as set forth in Table II of Sec.  
73.698 must be met in either rule-making proceedings looking towards the 
amendment of the Table of Assignments (Sec.  73.606(b)) or in licensing

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proceedings. No channel listed in column (1) of Table II of Sec.  73.698 
will be assigned to any city, and no application for an authorization to 
operate on such a channel will be granted, unless the distance 
separations indicated at the top of columns (2) through (7), inclusive, 
are met with respect to each of the channels listed in those columns and 
parallel with the channel in column (1).
    (e) The zone in which the transmitter of a television station is 
located or proposed to be located determines the applicable rules with 
respect to co-channel distance separations where the transmitter is 
located in a different zone from that in which the channel to be 
employed is located.
    (f) The distances listed below apply only to allotments and 
assignments on Channel 6 (82-88 MHz). The Commission will not accept 
petitions to amend the Table of Allotments, applications for new 
stations, or applications to change the channel or location of existing 
assignments where the following minimum distances (between transmitter 
sites, in kilometers) from any FM Channel 253 allotment or assignment 
are not met:

       Minimum Distance Separation from FM Channel 253 (98.5 MHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             TV Zones II
                   Fm Class                      TV Zone I      & III
------------------------------------------------------------------------
A.............................................           17           22
B1............................................           19           23
B.............................................           22           26
C3............................................           19           23
C2............................................           22           26
C1............................................           29           33
C.............................................           36           41
------------------------------------------------------------------------


(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 154, 
155, 303))

[28 FR 13660, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 37 FR 25842, Dec. 5, 1972; 44 
FR 65765, Nov. 15, 1979; 47 FR 35990, Aug. 18, 1982; 50 FR 23698, June 
5, 1985; 51 FR 44070, Dec. 8, 1986; 54 FR 14964, Apr. 14, 1989; 54 FR 
16368, Apr. 24, 1989; 54 FR 35340, Aug. 25, 1989]



Sec.  73.611  Reference points and distance computations.

    (a) In considering petitions to amend the Table of Allotments (Sec.  
73.606(b)), the following reference points shall be used by the 
Commission in determining assignment separations between communities:
    (1) Where transmitter sites for the pertinent channels have been 
authorized in communities involved in a petition to amend the Table of 
Allotments, separations between such communities shall be determined by 
the distance between the coordinates of the authorized transmitter sites 
in the respective communities as set forth in the Commission's 
authorizations therefor.
    (2) Where an authorized transmitter site is available for use as a 
reference point in one community but not in the other for the pertinent 
channels, separations shall be determined by the distance between the 
coordinates of the transmitter site as set forth in the FCC's 
authorization therefor and the coordinates of the other community as set 
forth in the publication of the United States Department of the Interior 
entitled, Index to The National Atlas of the United States of America. 
If this publication does not contain the coordinates for said other 
community, the coordinates of the main post office thereof shall be 
used.
    (3) Where no authorized transmitter sites are available for use as 
reference points in both communities for the pertinent channels, the 
distance between the two communities listed in the above publication 
shall be used. If said publication does not contain such distance, the 
separation between the two communities shall be determined by the 
distance between the coordinates thereof as set forth in the 
publication. Where such coordinates are not contained in the 
publication, the coordinates of the main post offices of said 
communities shall be used.
    (4) Where the distance between the reference point in a community to 
which a channel is proposed to be assigned and the reference point in 
another community or communities does not meet the minimum separation 
requirements of Sec.  73.610, the channel may be assigned to such 
community upon a showing that a transmitter site is available that would 
meet the minimum separation requirements of Sec.  73.610 and the minimum 
field strength requirements of Sec.  73.685. In such cases, where a 
station is not authorized in the community or communities to which

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measurements from the proposed channel assignment must be made pursuant 
to Sec.  73.610 a showing should also be made that the distance between 
suitable transmitter sites in such other community or communities and 
the proposed transmitter site for the new channel meet the Commission's 
minimum spacing and coverage requirements.
    (b) Station separations in licensing proceedings shall be determined 
by the distance between the coordinates of the proposed transmitter site 
in one community and
    (1) The coordinates of an authorized transmitter site for the 
pertinent channel in the other community; or, where such transmitter 
site is not available for use as a reference point,
    (2) The coordinates of the other community as set forth in the Index 
to The National Atlas of the United States of America; or if not 
contained therein,
    (3) The coordinates of the main post office of such other community.
    (4) In addition, where there are pending applications in other 
communities which, if granted, would have to be considered in 
determining station separations, the coordinates of the transmitter 
sites proposed in such applications must be used to determine whether 
the requirements with respect to minimum separations between the 
proposed stations in the respective cities have been met.
    (c) In measuring assignment and station separations involving cities 
listed in the Table in combination, where there is no authorized 
transmitter site in any of the combination cities on the channel 
involved, separation measurements shall be made from the reference point 
which will result in the lowest separation.
    (d) To calculate the distance between two reference points see 
paragraph (c), Sec.  73.208. However, distances shall be rounded to the 
nearest tenth of a kilometer.

[52 FR 11655, Apr. 10, 1987]



Sec.  73.612  Protection from interference.

    (a) Permittees and licensees of TV broadcast stations are not 
protected from any interference which may be caused by the grant of a 
new station or of authority to modify the facilities of an existing 
station in accordance with the provisions of this subpart. The nature 
and extent of the protection from interference accorded to TV broadcast 
stations is limited solely to the protection which results from the 
minimum allotment and station separation requirements and the rules and 
regulations with respect to maximum powers and antenna heights set forth 
in this subpart.
    (b) When the Commission determines that grant of an application 
would serve the public interest, convenience, and necessity and the 
instrument of authorization specifies an antenna location in a 
designated antenna farm area which results in distance separation less 
than those specified in this subpart, TV broadcast station permittees 
and licensees shall be afforded protection from interference equivalent 
to the protection afforded under the minimum distance separations 
specified in this subpart.

    Note: The nature and extent of the protection from interference 
accorded to TV broadcast stations which were authorized prior to April 
14, 1952, and which were operating on said date is limited not only as 
specified above but is further limited by any smaller separations 
existing between such stations on said date. Where, as a result of the 
adoption of the Table of Allotments or of changes in transmitter sites 
made by such stations after said date, separations smaller than the 
required minimum are increased but still remain lower than the required 
minimum, protection accorded such stations will be limited to the new 
separations.

[28 FR 13660, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 32 FR 8814, June 21, 1967; 50 
FR 23698, June 5, 1985; 51 FR 44070, Dec. 8, 1986]



Sec.  73.613  Protection of Class A TV stations.

    (a) An application for a new TV broadcast station or for changes in 
the operating facilities of an existing TV broadcast station will not be 
accepted for filing if it fails to comply with the requirements 
specified in this section.

    Note to Sec.  73.613 (a):
    Licensees and permittees of TV broadcast stations that were 
authorized on November 29, 1999 (and applicants for new TV stations that 
had been cut-off without competing applications or that were the winning 
bidder in a TV broadcast station auction as of that date, or that were 
the proposed remaining applicant in a group of mutually exclusive 
applications for which

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a settlement agreement was on file as of that date) may continue to 
operate with facilities that do not protect Class A TV stations. 
Applications filed on or before November 29, 1999 for a change in the 
operating facilities of such stations also are not required to protect 
Class A TV stations under the provisions of this section.

    (b) Due to the frequency spacing which exists between TV channels 4 
and 5, between channels 6 and 7, and between channels 13 and 14, first-
adjacent channel protection standards shall not be applicable to these 
pairs of channels. Some interference protection requirements of this 
section only apply to stations transmitting on the UHF TV channels 14 
through 51 (See Sec.  73.603(a) of this part).
    (c) A UHF TV broadcast station application will not be accepted if 
it specifies a site less than 100 kilometers from the transmitter site 
of a UHF Class A TV station operating on a channel which is the seventh 
channel above the requested channel. Compliance with this requirement 
shall be determined based on a distance computation rounded to the 
nearest kilometer.
    (d) A UHF TV broadcast station application will not be accepted if 
it specifies a site less than 32 kilometers from the transmitter site of 
a UHF Class A TV station that is authorized an effective radiated power 
of more than 50 kilowatts and operating on a channel which is the 
second, third, or fourth channel above or below the requested channel. 
Compliance with this requirement shall be determined based on a distance 
computation rounded to the nearest kilometer.
    (e) In cases where a TV broadcast station has been authorized 
facilities that do not meet the distance separation requirements of this 
section, an application to modify such a station's facilities will not 
be accepted if it decreases that separation.
    (f) New interference must not be caused to Class A TV stations 
authorized pursuant to Subpart J of this part, within the protected 
contour defined in Sec.  73.6010 of this part. For this prediction, the 
TV broadcast station field strength is calculated from the proposed 
effective radiated power and the antenna height above average terrain in 
pertinent directions using the methods in Sec.  73.684 of this part.
    (1) For co-channel protection, the field strength is calculated 
using the appropriate F(50,10) chart from Figure 9a, 10a, or 10c of 
Sec.  73.699 of this part.
    (2) For TV broadcast stations that do not specify the same channel 
as the Class A TV station to be protected, the field strength is 
calculated using the appropriate F(50,50) chart from Figure 9, 10, or 
10b of Sec.  73.699 of this part.
    (g) A TV broadcast station application will not be accepted if the 
ratio in dB of its field strength to that of the Class A TV station at 
the Class A TV station's protected contour fails to meet the following:
    (1) -45 dB for co-channel operations where the Class A TV station 
does not specify an offset carrier frequency or where the TV broadcast 
and Class A TV stations do not specify different offset carrier 
frequencies (zero, plus or minus) or -28 dB for offset carrier frequency 
operation where the TV broadcast and Class A TV stations specify 
different offset carrier frequencies.
    (2) 6 dB when the protected Class A TV station operates on a VHF 
channel that is one channel above the requested channel.
    (3) 12 dB when the protected Class A TV station operates on a VHF 
channel that is one channel below the requested channel.
    (4) 15 dB when the protected Class A TV station operates on a UHF 
channel that is one channel above or below the requested channel.
    (5) 23 dB when the protected Class A TV station operates on a UHF 
channel that is fourteen channels below the requested channel.
    (6) 6 dB when the protected Class A TV station operates on a UHF 
channel that is fifteen channels below the requested channel.
    (h) New interference must not be caused to digital Class A TV 
stations authorized pursuant to Subpart J of this part, within the 
protected contour defined in Sec.  73.6010 of this part. A TV broadcast 
station application will not be accepted if the ratio in dB of the field 
strength of the digital Class A TV station at the digital Class A TV 
station's protected contour to the field strength resulting from the 
facilities proposed in the TV broadcast station application fails to 
meet the D/U signal

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ratios for ``analog TV-into-DTV'' specified in Sec. Sec.  73.623(c)(2) 
and 73.623(c)(3) of this part. For digital Class A TV station 
protection, the TV broadcast station field strength is calculated from 
the proposed effective radiated power and the antenna height above 
average terrain in pertinent directions using the methods in Sec.  
73.684 of this part and using the appropriate F(50,10) chart from Figure 
9a, 10a, or 10c of Sec.  73.699 of this part.
    (i) In cases where a TV broadcast station has been authorized 
facilities that do not meet the interference protection requirements of 
this section, an application to modify such a station's facilities will 
not be accepted if it is predicted to cause new interference within the 
protected contour of the Class A TV or digital Class A TV station.
    (j) In support of a request for waiver of the interference 
protection requirements of this section, an applicant for a TV broadcast 
station may make full use of terrain shielding and Longley-Rice terrain 
dependent propagation methods to demonstrate that the proposed facility 
would not be likely to cause interference to Class A TV stations. 
Guidance on using the Longely-Rice methodology is provided in OET 
Bulletin No. 69, which is available through the Internet at http://
www.fcc.gov/oet/info/documents/bulletins/69.

[65 FR 3001, May 10, 2000]



Sec.  73.614  Power and antenna height requirements.

    (a) Minimum requirements. Applications will not be accepted for 
filing if they specify less than -10 dBk (100 watts) horizontally 
polarized visual effective radiated power in any horizontal direction. 
No minimum antenna height above average terrain is specified.
    (b) Maximum power. Applications will not be accepted for filing if 
they specify a power which exceeds the maximum permitted boundaries 
specified in the following formulas:
    (1) Channels 2-6 in Zone I:

ERPMax=102.57-33.24*Log10(HAAT)

And,
-10 dBk <= ERPMax<=20 dBk

    (2) Channels 2-6 in Zones II and III:

ERPMax=67.57-17.08* Log10 (HAAT)

And,
10 dBk <= ERPMax<=20 dBk

    (3) Channels 7-13 in Zone I:

ERPMax=107.57-33.24* Log10 (HAAT)

And,
-4.0 dBk <= ERPMax <=25 dBk

    (4) Channels 7-13 in Zones II and III:

ERPMax=72.57-17.08* Log10 (HAAT)

And,
15 dBk <= ERPMax<=25 dBk

    (5) Channels 14-69 in Zones I, II, and III:

ERPMax=84.57-17.08* Log10 (HAAT)

And,
    27 dBk <= ERPMax<=37 dBk

Where:

ERPMax=Maximum Effective Radiated Power measured in decibels 
above 1 kW (dBk).
HAAT=Height Above Average Terrain measured in meters.


The boundaries specified are to be used to determine the maximum 
possible combination of antenna height and ERPdBk. When 
specifying an ERPdBk less than that permitted by the lower 
boundary, any antenna HAAT can be used. Also, for values of antenna HAAT 
greater than 2,300 meters the maximum ERP is the lower limit specified 
for each equation.
    (6) The effective radiated power in any horizontal or vertical 
direction may not exceed the maximum values permitted by this section.
    (7) The effective radiated power at any angle above the horizontal 
shall be as low as the state of the art permits, and in the same 
vertical plane may not exceed the effective radiated power in either the 
horizontal direction or below the horizontal, whichever is greater.
    (c) Determination of applicable rules. The zone in which the 
transmitter of a television station is located or proposed to be located 
determines the applicable rules with respect to maximum antenna heights 
and powers for VHF stations when the transmitter is located in Zone I 
and the channel to be employed is located in Zone II, or the transmitter 
is located in Zone II and

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the channel to be employed is located in Zone I.

[28 FR 13660, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 42 FR 20823, Apr. 22, 1977; 
42 FR 48881, Sept. 26, 1977; 47 FR 35990, Aug. 18, 1982; 50 FR 23698, 
June 5, 1985; 56 FR 49707, Oct. 1, 1991; 58 FR 51250, Oct. 1, 1993]



Sec.  73.615  Administrative changes in authorizations.

    In the issuance of television broadcast station authorizations, the 
Commission will specify the transmitter output power and effective 
radiated power to the nearest 0.1 dBk. Power specified by kWs shall be 
obtained by converting dBk to kWs to 3 significant figures. Antenna 
heights above average terrain will be specified to the nearest meter. 
Midway figures will be authorized in the lower alternative.

[50 FR 23698, June 5, 1985]



Sec.  73.621  Noncommercial educational TV stations.

    In addition to the other provisions of this subpart, the following 
shall be applicable to noncommercial educational television broadcast 
stations:
    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, 
noncommercial educational broadcast stations will be licensed only to 
nonprofit educational organizations upon a showing that the proposed 
stations will be used primarily to serve the educational needs of the 
community; for the advancement of educational programs; and to furnish a 
nonprofit and noncommercial television broadcast service.
    (1) In determining the eligibility of publicly supported educational 
organizations, the accreditation of their respective state departments 
of education shall be taken into consideration.
    (2) In determining the eligibility of privately controlled 
educational organizations, the accreditation of state departments of 
education or recognized regional and national educational accrediting 
organizations shall be taken into consideration.
    (b) Where a municipality or other political subdivision has no 
independently constituted educational organization such as, for example, 
a board of education having autonomy with respect to carrying out the 
municipality's educational program, such municipality shall be eligible 
for a noncommercial educational television broadcast station. In such 
circumstances, a full and detailed showing must be made that a grant of 
the application will be consistent with the intent and purpose of the 
Commission's rules and regulations relating to such stations.
    (c) Noncommercial educational television broadcast stations may 
transmit educational, cultural and entertainment programs, and programs 
designed for use by schools and school systems in connection with 
regular school courses, as well as routine and administrative material 
pertaining thereto.
    (d) A noncommercial educational television station may broadcast 
programs produced by or at the expense of, or furnished by persons other 
than the licensee, if no other consideration than the furnishing of the 
program and the costs incidental to its production and broadcast are 
received by the licensee. The payment of line charges by another 
station, network, or someone other than the licensee of a noncommercial 
educational television station, or general contributions to the 
operating costs of a station, shall not be considered as being 
prohibited by this paragraph.
    (e) Each station shall furnish a nonprofit and noncommercial 
broadcast service. Noncommercial educational television stations shall 
be subject to the provisions of Sec.  73.1212 to the extent that they 
are applicable to the broadcast of programs produced by, or at the 
expense of, or furnished by others. No promotional announcements on 
behalf of for profit entities shall be broadcast at any time in exchange 
for the receipt, in whole or in part, of consideration to the licensee, 
its principals, or employees. However, acknowledgements of contributions 
can be made. The scheduling of any announcements and acknowledgements 
may not interrupt regular programming.

    Note: Commission interpretation of this rule, including the 
acceptable form of acknowledgements, may be found in the Second Report 
and Order in Docket No. 21136 (Commission Policy Concerning the 
Noncommercial Nature of Educational Broadcast Stations), 86 F.C.C. 2d 
141 (1981); the Memorandum Opinion and Order in Docket No.

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21136, 90 FCC 2d 895 (1982), and the Memorandum Opinion and Order in 
Docket 21136, 49 FR 13534, April 5, 1984.

    (f) Telecommunications Service on the Vertical Blanking Interval and 
in the Visual Signal. The provisions governing VBI and visual signal 
telecommunications service in Sec.  73.646 are applicable to 
noncommercial educational TV stations.
    (g) Non-program related data signals transmitted on Line 21 pursuant 
to Sec.  73.682(a)(22)(ii) may be used for remunerative purposes.
    (h) Mutually exclusive applications for noncommercial educational TV 
stations operating on reserved channels shall be resolved pursuant to 
the point system in subpart K.
    (i) With respect to the provision of advanced television services, 
the requirements of this section will apply to the entire digital 
bitstream of noncommercial educational television stations, including 
the provision of ancillary or supplementary services.

[28 FR 13660, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 35 FR 7558, May 15, 1970; 47 
FR 36179, Aug. 19, 1982; 48 FR 27068, June 13, 1983; 49 FR 29069, July 
18, 1984; 50 FR 4664, Feb. 1, 1985; 50 FR 4684, Feb. 1, 1985; 61 FR 
36304, July 10, 1996; 65 FR 36378, June 8, 2000; 66 FR 58982, Nov. 26, 
2001]



Sec.  73.622  Digital television table of allotments.

    (a) General. The following table of allotments contains the digital 
television (DTV) channel allotments designated for the listed 
communities in the United States, its Territories, and possessions. The 
initial DTV Table of Allotments was established on April 3, 1997, to 
provide a second channel for DTV service for all eligible analog 
television broadcasters. Requests for addition of new DTV allotments, or 
requests to change the channels allotted to a community must be made in 
a petition for rule making to amend the DTV Table of Allotments. A 
request to amend the DTV table to change the channel of an allotment in 
the DTV table will be evaluated for technical acceptability using 
engineering criteria set forth in Sec.  73.623(c). A request to amend 
the DTV table to add a new allotment will be evaluated for technical 
acceptability using the geographic spacing criteria set forth in Sec.  
73.623(d). DTV allotments designated with an asterisk are assigned for 
use by non-commercial educational broadcast stations only. Stations 
operating on DTV allotments designated with a ``c'' are required to 
comply with paragraph (g) of this section. Rules governing noncommercial 
educational TV stations are contained in Sec.  73.621. Where there is 
only one technically available channel available in a community, an 
entity that would be eligible to operate a noncommercial educational 
broadcast station may, prior to application, initiate a rulemaking 
proceeding requesting that an unoccupied or new channel in the community 
be changed or added as reserved only for noncommercial educational 
broadcasting upon demonstrating that the noncommercial educational 
proponent would provide a first or second noncommercial educational TV 
service to 2,000 or more people who constitute 10% of the population 
within the proposed allocation's noise limited contour.
    (1) Petitions requesting the addition of a new allotment must 
specify a channel in the range of channels 2-51.
    (2) Petitions requesting a change in the channel of an initial 
allotment must specify a channel in the range of channels 2-58.
    (b) DTV Table of Allotments.

                                 Alabama
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Anniston..............................  58
Bessemer..............................  18c
Birmingham............................  30, 36, 50, 52, *53
Demopolis.............................  *19
Dothan................................  21, 36
Dozier................................  *11
Florence..............................  14, 20, *22
Gadsden...............................  26, 45c
Homewood..............................  28
Huntsville............................  *24, 32c, 41, 49c, 59
Louisville............................  *44c
Mobile................................  9, 20, 27, *41, 47
Montgomery............................  14, 16, *27, 46c, 51
Mount Cheaha..........................  *56
Opelika...............................  31
Ozark.................................  33
Selma.................................  55
Troy..................................  48
Tuscaloosa............................  5
Tuskegee..............................  24
------------------------------------------------------------------------


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                                 Alaska
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Anchorage.............................  6c, 18, 20, *24, *26, 28, 30, 32
Bethel................................  *3
Dillingham............................  *9
Fairbanks.............................  18, 22, *24, 26, 28
Juneau................................  *6, 11
Ketchikan.............................  *8, 13
North Pole............................  20
Sitka.................................  2
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Arizona
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Flagstaff.............................  18, 22, 27, 32
Green Valley..........................  47c
Kingman...............................  19, *46
Mesa..................................  36
Phoenix...............................  17, 20, 24, 26, *29, 31, 34c,
                                         49, 56
Prescott..............................  25
Sierra Vista..........................  44
Tolleson..............................  52c
Tucson................................  19c, 23, 25, *28c, *30, 32, 35,
                                         42
Yuma..................................  16, 41
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Arkansas
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arkadelphia...........................  *13
El Dorado.............................  27
Fayetteville..........................  15, *45
Fort Smith............................  18, 21, 27
Hot Springs...........................  14
Jonesboro.............................  9c, *20c, 49c
Little Rock...........................  *5, 12c, 22, 30, 32, 44
Mountain View.........................  *13
Newark................................  *27
Pine Bluff............................  24, 39c
Rogers................................  50
Springdale............................  39
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                               California
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Anaheim...............................  32
Arcata................................  22
Avalon................................  47c
Bakersfield...........................  10, 25, 33, 55
Barstow...............................  44
Blythe................................  *4
Calipatria............................  50
Ceres.................................  *15c
Chico.................................  36, 43
Clovis................................  44c
Coalinga..............................  *22
Concord...............................  63c
Corona................................  39
Cotati................................  *23c
El Centro.............................  22, 48
Eureka................................  *11, 16, 17, 28
Fort Bragg............................  15
Fresno................................  7, 9, 16, 34, *40
Hanford...............................  20
Huntington Beach......................  *48
Long Beach............................  61c
Los Angeles...........................  31c, 35c, 36, *41c, 42, 43, 53c,
                                         *59c, 60, 65c, 66
Merced................................  5
Modesto...............................  18
Monterey..............................  31, 32
Novato................................  47
Oakland...............................  56
Ontario...............................  29c
Oxnard................................  24
Palm Springs..........................  46, 52
Paradise..............................  20
Porterville...........................  48
Rancho Palos Verdes...................  51c
Redding...............................  *18, 34
Riverside.............................  68
Sacramento............................  21, 35, *43, 48, *53, 55, 61
Salinas...............................  10, 13
San Bernardino........................  *26, 38
San Diego.............................  18, 19, 25, *30, 40c, 55
San Francisco.........................  19, 24, 27c, 29, *30, *33c, 39c,
                                         45c, 51, 57
San Jose..............................  12c, 41, 49c, *50, 52
San Luis Obispo.......................  15, 34c
San Mateo.............................  *43
Sanger................................  36
Santa Ana.............................  23c
Santa Barbara.........................  21, 27
Santa Maria...........................  19
Santa Rosa............................  54
Stockton..............................  25, 46, 62
Twentynine Palms......................  23
Vallejo...............................  34
Ventura...............................  49
Visalia...............................  28, *50c
Watsonville...........................  *58
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Colorado
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Boulder...............................  15c
Broomfield............................  *38
Castle Rock...........................  46
Colorado Springs......................  10, 22c, 24
Craig.................................  *48
Denver................................  16, 17, *18, 19, 32c, 34, 35,
                                         *40, 43, 51c
Durango...............................  15
Fort Collins..........................  21
Glenwood Springs......................  23, *39
Grand Junction........................  2, 7, 12c, 15, *17
La Junta..............................  *30
Lamar.................................  *50
Leadville.............................  *49
Longmont..............................  29
Montrose..............................  13
Pueblo................................  *26, 42
Steamboat Springs.....................  10
Sterling..............................  23
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                               Connecticut
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bridgeport............................  42, *52
Hartford..............................  31, *32, 33, 46
New Britain...........................  35
New Haven.............................  6, 10, *39
New London............................  34
Norwich...............................  *45
Waterbury.............................  12
------------------------------------------------------------------------


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                                Delaware
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Seaford...............................  *44
Wilmington............................  31, *55
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                          District of Columbia
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Washington............................  *27c, *33c, 34, 35, 36, 39, 48,
                                         51c
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Florida
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Boca Raton............................  *40
Bradenton.............................  *5, 42
Cape Coral............................  35
Clearwater............................  21
Clermont..............................  17
Cocoa.................................  *30, 53c
Daytona Beach.........................  11, 49
Fort Lauderdale.......................  52c
Fort Myers............................  9, 15, *31c
Fort Pierce...........................  *38, 50
Fort Walton Beach.....................  25, 40, 49
Gainesville...........................  16, *36
High Springs..........................  28
Hollywood.............................  47
Jacksonville..........................  13c, 19, 32, 34, *38, 42, *44
Key West..............................  3, 12
Lake Worth............................  36
Lakeland..............................  19
Leesburg..............................  40, *46c
Live Oak..............................  48
Marathon..............................  *34
Melbourne.............................  20, 48
Miami.................................  8c, 9, *18c, 19, *20, 22, 24c,
                                         26, 31, 32, 46c
Naples................................  41, 45
New Smyrna Beach......................  *33
Ocala.................................  31
Orange Park...........................  10
Orlando...............................  14, 22, *23, 39, 41, 58
Palm Beach............................  49
Panama City...........................  8, 9, 19, *38
Panama City Beach.....................  47c
Pensacola.............................  17, *31, 34c, 45c
Sarasota..............................  52
St. Petersburg........................  24, 57, 59
Tallahassee...........................  2, 22, *32
Tampa.................................  7, 12, 29c, *34, 47, *54
Tequesta..............................  16
Tice..................................  33
Venice................................  25
West Palm Beach.......................  13c, *27, 28, 55
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Georgia
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Albany................................  12, 17
Athens................................  *12c, 48
Atlanta...............................  10, 19, 20, *21, 25, 27, 39,
                                         *41, 43
Augusta...............................  30, 31, 42, 51
Bainbridge............................  50c
Baxley................................  35c
Brunswick.............................  24
Chatsworth............................  *33
Cochran...............................  *7
Columbus..............................  15, *23, 35, 47, 9
Cordele...............................  51
Dalton................................  16
Dawson................................  *8
Macon.................................  4, 16, 40, 45
Monroe................................  44
Pelham................................  *5
Perry.................................  32
Rome..................................  51
Savannah..............................  *13, 15, 23c, 39
Thomasville...........................  46
Toccoa................................  24
Valdosta..............................  43
Waycross..............................  *9c
Wrens.................................  *2
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Hawaii
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hilo..................................  8, 18, *19, 21, 22, 23, *31,
                                         *39c
Honolulu..............................  8, *18, 19, 22, 23, 27c, 31,
                                         33c, 35, *39c, 40, *43
Kailua Kona...........................  25
Kaneohe...............................  41
Lihue.................................  *7, *12, *28c, *45
Wailuku...............................  16c, 24, *28c, 29, *30, *34c,
                                         36, 45
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                  Idaho
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Boise.................................  *21, 26, 28
Burley................................  *48
Caldwell..............................  10c
Coeur D'alene.........................  *45
Filer.................................  *18
Idaho Falls...........................  9c, 36
Lewiston..............................  32
Moscow................................  *35
Nampa.................................  24, 44
Pocaello..............................  *17, 23
Twin Falls............................  16, *22, 34
Weiser................................  *34
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Illinois
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aurora................................  59
Bloomington...........................  28
Carbondale............................  *40
Champaign.............................  41, 48
Charleston............................  *50
Chicago...............................  3c, 19, *21c, 27c, 29, 31, 43,
                                         45c, *47, 52
Decatur...............................  18c, 22
East St. Louis........................  47c
Freeport..............................  41
Harrisburg............................  34
Jacksonville..........................  *15c
Joliet................................  53
Lasalle...............................  10
Macomb................................  *21
Marion................................  17
Moline................................  *23, 38
Mount Vernon..........................  21
Olney.................................  *19
Peoria................................  30, 39, 40, *46, 57
Quincy................................  32, *34, 54
Rock Island...........................  58
Rockford..............................  16, 42, 54

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Springfield...........................  36, 42, 44, 53
Urbana................................  *9, 26
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Indiana
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Angola................................  12
Bloomington...........................  *14, 27, 53, 56
Elkhart...............................  58
Evansville............................  *12, 28, 45c, 46, 59
Fort Wayne............................  19, 24, 31, 36, *40c
Gary..................................  *17, 51c
Hammond...............................  36
Indianapolis..........................  9c, 16, *21c, 25, *44, 45, 46
Kokomo................................  54
Lafayette.............................  11
Marion................................  32
Muncie................................  52
Richmond..............................  39
Salem.................................  51
South Bend............................  30, *35c, 42, 48
Terre Haute...........................  24, 36, 39c
Vincennes.............................  *52
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                  Iowa
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ames..................................  59
Burlington............................  41
Cedar Rapids..........................  27, 47, 51, 52
Centerville...........................  *44
Council Bluffs........................  *33c
Davenport.............................  *34, 49, 56
Des Moines............................  16, 19, 26, 31, *50, 56
Dubuque...............................  43
Fort Dodge............................  *25
Iowa City.............................  25, *45
Mason City............................  *18, 42
Ottumwa...............................  14
Red Oak...............................  *35
Sioux City............................  *28c, 30, 39, 41, 49
Waterloo..............................  *35, 55
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Kansas
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Colby.................................  17
Derby.................................  46
Ensign................................  5
Fort Scott............................  40
Garden City...........................  16, 18, *42
Goodland..............................  14
Great Bend............................  22
Hays..................................  *16, 20
Hutchinson............................  19, *29, 35
Lakin.................................  *8
Lawrence..............................  36
Oakley................................  *40
Pittsburg.............................  13
Salina................................  17
Topeka................................  *23, 28c, 44, 48
Wichita...............................  21, 26, 31, 45
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Kentucky
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ashland...............................  *26c, 44
Beattyville...........................  7
Bowling Green.........................  16, *18, 33, *48
Campbellsville........................  19
Covington.............................  *24
Danville..............................  4
Elizabethtown.........................  *43
Harlan................................  51
Hazard................................  12, *16
Lexington.............................  13, 39, 40, *42
Louisville............................  8, *17, 26, *38, 47, 49, 55
Madisonville..........................  20c, *42
Morehead..............................  *15, 21
Murray................................  *36
Newport...............................  29
Owensboro.............................  30
Owenton...............................  *44
Paducah...............................  32, 41, 50c
Pikeville.............................  *24
Somerset..............................  *14
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Louisiana
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alexandria............................  *26c, 32c, 35
Baton Rouge...........................  13, *25, 34c, 45c, 46
Columbia..............................  57
Hammond...............................  42
Lafayette.............................  16c, *23, 28, 56
Lake Charles..........................  8c,*20, 30c
Monroe................................  7, *19
New Orleans...........................  *11, 15, 21c, 29, *31, 36, 40,
                                         43, 50c
Shreveport............................  17, *25c, 28, 34c, 44
Slidell...............................  24
West Monroe...........................  36, 38
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                  Maine
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Augusta...............................  *17
Bangor................................  14, 19, 25
Biddeford.............................  *45
Calais................................  *10
Lewiston..............................  28
Orono.................................  *9
Poland Spring.........................  46
Portland..............................  4, 38, 44
Presque Isle..........................  16, *20
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Maryland
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Annapolis.............................  *42
Baltimore.............................  *29, 38, 40, 41, 46c, 52, 59
Frederick.............................  *28
Hagerstown............................  16, *44, 55
Oakland...............................  *54
Salisbury.............................  21, 53, *56
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                              Massachusetts
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adams.................................  36
Boston................................  *19, 20, 30, 31, 32, 39c, 42,
                                         *43
Cambridge.............................  41

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Lawrence..............................  18
Marlborough...........................  23
New Bedford...........................  22, 49
Norwell...............................  52
Springfield...........................  11, 55, *58c
Vineyard Haven........................  40
Worcester.............................  29, *47
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Michigan
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alpena................................  13, *57
Ann Arbor.............................  33
Bad Axe...............................  *15
Battle Creek..........................  20, 44c
Bay City..............................  22
Cadillac..............................  *17, 40, 47
Calumet...............................  11
Cheboygan.............................  35
Detroit...............................  14, 21c, 41, *43, 44, 45, 58
East Lansing..........................  *55
Escanaba..............................  48
Flint.................................  16, 36, *52
Grand Rapids..........................  7, *11, 19, 39
Iron Mountain.........................  22
Jackson...............................  34
Kalamazoo.............................  2, *5, 45
Lansing...............................  38, 51, 59
Manistee..............................  *58
Marquette.............................  *33, 3
Mount Clemens.........................  39c
Mount Pleasant........................  *56
Muskegon..............................  24
Onondaga..............................  57
Saginaw...............................  30, 48
Sault Ste. Marie......................  49, 56
Traverse City.........................  *23, 31, 50
University Center.....................  *18
Vanderbilt............................  59
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Minnesota
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alexandria............................  24, 36
Appleton..............................  *31
Austin................................  *20, 33
Bemidji...............................  *18
Brainerd..............................  *28
Crookston.............................  *16
Duluth................................  17, 33, *38, 43
Hibbing...............................  *31, 36, *51
Mankato...............................  38
Minneapolis...........................  21, 22, *26, 32, 35, *44
Redwood Falls.........................  27
Rochester.............................  36, 46
St. Cloud.............................  40
St. Paul..............................  *16, *34, 50
Thief River Falls.....................  57
Walker................................  20
Worthington...........................  *15
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                               Mississippi
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Biloxi................................  *16, 39
Booneville............................  *55
Bude..................................  *18c
Columbus..............................  35
Greenville............................  17
Greenwood.............................  *25, 54
Gulfport..............................  48
Hattiesburg...........................  58
Holly Springs.........................  41c
Jackson...............................  *20, 21, 41c, 51, 52
Laurel................................  28
Meridian..............................  26, 31c, *44, 49
Mississippi State.....................  *10
Natchez...............................  49c
Oxford................................  *36
Tupelo................................  57
West Point............................  16
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Missouri
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Birch Tree............................  *7
Bowling Green.........................  *50
Cape Girardeau........................  22, 57
Columbia..............................  22, 36
Hannibal..............................  29
Jefferson City........................  12, 20
Joplin................................  *25, 43, 46
Kansas City...........................  7, *18, 24, 31, 34, 42c, 47, 51c
Kirksville............................  33
Poplar Bluff..........................  18
Sedalia...............................  15
Springfield...........................  19, *23, 28c, 44, 52
St. Joseph............................  21, 53
St. Louis.............................  14, 26, 31c, 35, *39, 43, 56
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Montana
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Billings..............................  10, 11, 18
Bozeman...............................  *8, 13
Butte.................................  15, 19c, 33
Glendive..............................  15
Great Falls...........................  7, 8, 45
Hardin................................  22
Helena................................  14, 29
Kalispell.............................  38
Miles City............................  13, *39
Missoula..............................  7, *27, 36, 40
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Nebraska
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Albion................................  23
Alliance..............................  *24
Bassett...............................  *15
Grand Island..........................  19, 32
Hastings..............................  21, *28
Hayes Center..........................  18
Kearney...............................  36
Lexington.............................  *26
Lincoln...............................  25, 31, *40
McCook................................  12
Merriman..............................  *17
Norfolk...............................  *16
North Platte..........................  *16, 22
Omaha.................................  *17, 20, 22, 38, 43c, 45
Scottsbluff...........................  7, 29
Superior..............................  34
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                                 Nevada
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Elko..................................  8, *15
Henderson.............................  9
Las Vegas.............................  2, 7, *11c, 12, 16c, 22c, 29
Laughlin..............................  32
Paradise..............................  40c
Reno..................................  7, 9c, 13, *15, 20, 22c, 26, 44
Winnemucca............................  12
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                              New Hampshire
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Berlin................................  *15
Concord...............................  33
Derry.................................  35
Durham................................  *57
Keene.................................  *49
Littleton.............................  *48
Manchester............................  59
Merrimack.............................  34
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                               New Jersey
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Atlantic City.........................  44, 49
Burlington............................  27
Camden................................  *22
Linden................................  36
Montclair.............................  *51c
New Brunswick.........................  *18
Newark................................  53c, 61
Newton................................  8c
Paterson..............................  40
Secaucus..............................  38
Trenton...............................  *43
Vineland..............................  66c
West Milford..........................  *29
Wildwood..............................  36
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                               New Mexico
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Albuquerque...........................  16, *17, 21, 24c, 26, *35, 42c,
                                         45
Carlsbad..............................  19
Clovis................................  20
Farmington............................  8, 17
Hobbs.................................  16
Las Cruces............................  *23c, 47
Portales..............................  *32
Roswell...............................  28c, 38, 41
Santa Fe..............................  10, 27, 29
Silver City...........................  12, *33
Socorro...............................  *31
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                New York
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Albany................................  4, 12, 26
Amsterdam.............................  50
Batavia...............................  53
Binghamton............................  4, 7, 8, *42
Buffalo...............................  14, *32, 33, 34, 38, 39, *43
Carthage..............................  35
Corning...............................  50
Elmira................................  2, 55
Garden City...........................  *22c
Jamestown.............................  27c
Kingston..............................  48
New York..............................  *24, 28, 30, 33, 44, 45, 56
North Pole............................  14
Norwood...............................  *23
Plattsburgh...........................  *38
Poughkeepsie..........................  27
Riverhead.............................  57
Rochester.............................  *16, 28, 45, 58, 59
Schenectady...........................  *34, 39, 43
Smithtown.............................  23
Springville...........................  46
Syracuse..............................  17, 19, *25c, 44c, 47, 54
Utica.................................  27, 29, 30
Watertown.............................  21, *41
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                             North Carolina
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Asheville.............................  *25, 45, 56, 57
Belmont...............................  47c
Burlington............................  14
Chapel Hill...........................  *59
Charlotte.............................  *11, 22, 23, 27, 34
Columbia..............................  *20
Concord...............................  *44
Durham................................  27, 52
Fayetteville..........................  36, 38
Goldsboro.............................  55
Greensboro............................  33, 43, 51
Greenville............................  10c, 21, *23
Hickory...............................  40
High Point............................  35
Jacksonville..........................  *18, 34
Kannapolis............................  50
Lexington.............................  19
Linville..............................  *54
Lumberton.............................  *25
Morehead City.........................  24
New Bern..............................  48
Raleigh...............................  49, 53, 57
Roanoke Rapids........................  *39
Rocky Mount...........................  15
Washington............................  32
Wilmington............................  *29, 30, 44, 46
Wilson................................  42
Winston-Salem.........................  29, 31, *32
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                              North Dakota
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bismarck..............................  16, *22, 23, 31
Devils Lake...........................  *25, 59
Dickinson.............................  18, 19, *20
Ellendale.............................  *20c
Fargo.................................  19, 21, *23, 58
Grand Forks...........................  *56
Jamestown.............................  14
Minot.................................  15c, *40, 45, 58
Pembina...............................  15
Valley City...........................  38
Williston.............................  14, *51, 52
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                                  Ohio
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Akron.................................  30, *50c, 59

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Alliance..............................  *46c
Athens................................  *27
Bowling Green.........................  *56
Cambridge.............................  *35
Canton................................  39, 47
Chillicothe...........................  46
Cincinnati............................  10c, 31, 33, *34, 35
Cleveland.............................  2, 15, *26c, 31, 34
Columbus..............................  13, 14, 21, 36, *38
Dayton................................  30, 41, 50, 51, *58
Lima..................................  8, 47
Lorain................................  28
Mansfield.............................  12
Newark................................  24
Oxford................................  *28
Portsmouth............................  17, *43c
Sandusky..............................  42
Shaker Heights........................  10
Springfield...........................  18
Steubenville..........................  57
Toledo................................  5, 17, 19, *29, 46, 49
Youngstown............................  20, 36, 41
Zanesville............................  40
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                                Oklahoma
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               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ada...................................  26
Bartlesville..........................  15
Cheyenne..............................  *8
Claremore.............................  *36c
Enid..................................  18
Eufaula...............................  *31
Guymon................................  *29
Lawton................................  11
Oklahoma City.........................  7, 15c, 24, 27, *32, 33, 39, 42,
                                         50, 51
Okmulgee..............................  28
Shawnee...............................  29
Tulsa.................................  10, 22, *38, 42c, 48c, 49, 55,
                                         56
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                                 Oregon
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               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bend..................................  *11, 18
Coos Bay..............................  21, 22
Corvallis.............................  *39
Eugene................................  17c, 25, *29c, 31, 44
Klamath Falls.........................  13, 29, *33,
La Grande.............................  *5
Medford...............................  15, 27c, 35, 38, *42
Pendleton.............................  8
Portland..............................  *27, 30, 40, 43, 45, 6
Roseburg..............................  18, 19, 45
Salem.................................  4, 33c
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                              Pennsylvania
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Allentown.............................  46, *62
Altoona...............................  24c, 32, 46
Bethlehem.............................  9
Clearfield............................  *15
Erie..................................  16, 22, *50, 52, 58
Greensburg............................  50
Harrisburg............................  4, 10, *36
Hazleton..............................  45
Johnstown.............................  29, 30, 34
Lancaster.............................  23, 58
Philadelphia..........................  26, 32, *34, 42, 54, 64, 67
Pittsburgh............................  25, 26, *38, 42, 43, 48, 51
Reading...............................  25
Red Lion..............................  30
Scranton..............................  13, 31, 32, *41, 49
Wilkes-Barre..........................  11
Williamsport..........................  29
York..................................  47
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                              Rhode Island
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               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Block Island..........................  17
Providence............................  13c, *21, 51, 54c
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                             South Carolina
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Allendale.............................  *33
Anderson..............................  14
Beaufort..............................  *44
Charleston............................  34, 35, 40, 47, *49, 50
Columbia..............................  8, 17, *32, 41, 48
Conway................................  *58
Florence..............................  16c, 20, *45, 56
Georgetown............................  *38
Greenville............................  *9, 35, 57, 59
Greenwood.............................  *18
Hardeeville...........................  27
Myrtle Beach..........................  18
Rock Hill.............................  15, 39
Spartanburg...........................  43, 53
Sumter................................  *28c, 39
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                              South Dakota
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aberdeen..............................  *17c, 28
Brookings.............................  *18
Eagle Butte...........................  *25
Florence..............................  2
Huron.................................  22
Lead..................................  10, 29
Lowry.................................  *15
Martin................................  *23
Mitchell..............................  26
Pierre................................  19, *21
Rapid City............................  2, 16c, 18, *26
Reliance..............................  13
Sioux Falls...........................  7, *24c, 29, 32, 47c, 51
Vermillion............................  *34
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                                Tennessee
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chattanooga...........................  13, *29, 35, 40, 47
Cleveland.............................  42
Cookeville............................  36, *52
Crossville............................  50
Greeneville...........................  38
Hendersonville........................  51c
Jackson...............................  39, 43
Jellico...............................  23

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Johnson City..........................  58
Kingsport.............................  27
Knoxville.............................  *17, 26, 30, 31, 34
Lebanon...............................  44
Lexington.............................  *47
Memphis...............................  25c, 28, *29, 31c, 51c, 52, 53
Murfreesboro..........................  38
Nashville.............................  10, 15, 21, 23, 27, *46, 56
Sneedville............................  *41
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                                  Texas
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Abilene...............................  24, 29
Alvin.................................  36
Amarillo..............................  *8c, 9, 15c, 19, 23
Arlington.............................  42
Austin................................  21, *22, 33, 43c, 49, 56
Baytown...............................  41
Beaumont..............................  21, *33, 50
Belton................................  38
Big Spring............................  33
Brownsville...........................  24c
Bryan.................................  29c, 50
College Station.......................  *12
Conroe................................  5, 42
Corpus Christi........................  18, *23, 27, 47, 50
Dallas................................  9c, *14, 32, 35, 36, 40c, 45
Decatur...............................  30c
Del Rio...............................  28
Denton................................  *43
Eagle Pass............................  18
El Paso...............................  15c, 16, 17, 18, 25, *30, *39c,
                                         51
Fort Worth............................  18, 19, 41, 51
Galveston.............................  *23c, 48c
Garland...............................  24c
Greenville............................  46
Harlingen.............................  31, *34, 38
Houston...............................  *9c, 19, *24, 27c, 31, 32, 35,
                                         38, 44
Irving................................  48
Jacksonville..........................  22
Katy..................................  52c
Kerrville.............................  32
Killeen...............................  13
Lake Dallas...........................  54
Laredo................................  14, 15, 19
Llano.................................  27
Longview..............................  31
Lubbock...............................  9, 25, 27, 35c, *39, 40
Lufkin................................  11
McAllen...............................  49
Midland...............................  26
Nacogdoches...........................  18
Odessa................................  13, 23, 31, *38, 43c
Port Arthur...........................  40
Rio Grande City.......................  20
Rosenberg.............................  46c
San Angelo............................  11, 16, 19
San Antonio...........................  *8, *16, 30c, 38, 39, 48, 55, 58
Sherman...............................  20
Snyder................................  10
Sweetwater............................  20
Temple................................  9
Texarkana.............................  15, *50
Tyler.................................  10
Victoria..............................  11, 15
Waco..................................  *20, 26c, 53, 57
Weslaco...............................  13
Wichita Falls.........................  15, 22, 28
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                                  Utah
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cedar City............................  14, 44
Monticello............................  *41
Ogden.................................  29, *34
Provo.................................  17c, *39
Salt Lake City........................  27, 28, 35, 38, 40, *42
St. George............................  9
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                                 Vermont
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Burlington............................  13, *32, 43, 53
Hartford..............................  25
Rutland...............................  *56
St. Johnsbury.........................  *18
Windsor...............................  *24
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Virginia
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arlington.............................  15c
Ashland...............................  47
Bristol...............................  28
Charlottesville.......................  32, *46
Danville..............................  41
Fairfax...............................  *57c
Front Royal...........................  *21
Goldvein..............................  *30
Grundy................................  49
Hampton...............................  41
Hampton-Norfolk.......................  *16c
Harrisonburg..........................  49
Lynchburg.............................  20, 34
Manassas..............................  43c
Marion................................  *42
Norfolk...............................  38, 40, 46,
Norton................................  *32
Petersburg............................  22
Portsmouth............................  31, 50
Richmond..............................  *24c, 25, 26, *42, *44, 54
Roanoke...............................  *3, 17, 18, 30, 36
Staunton..............................  *11
Virginia Beach........................  29
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                               Washington
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bellevue..............................  32, 50
Bellingham............................  19, 35
Centralia.............................  *19
Everett...............................  31
Kennewick.............................  44
Pasco.................................  18
Pullman...............................  *17
Richland..............................  26c, *38
Seattle...............................  25, 38, 39, *41, 44, 48
Spokane...............................  *8, 13, 15, 20, 30, 36
Tacoma................................  14, 18, *27, 36, *42
Vancouver.............................  48
Wenatchee.............................  46
Yakima................................  14, 16, *21, 33
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                              West Virginia
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bluefield.............................  14, 46

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Charleston............................  19, 39, 41, 52
Clarksburg............................  10, 52
Grandview.............................  *53
Huntington............................  23, *34c, 47
Lewisburg.............................  8
Martinsburg...........................  12
Morgantown............................  *33
Oak Hill..............................  50
Parkersburg...........................  49
Weston................................  6
Wheeling..............................  32
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                                Wisconsin
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Appleton..............................  59
Chippewa Falls........................  49c
Eagle River...........................  28
Eau Claire............................  15, 39
Fond Du Lac...........................  44
Green Bay.............................  23, 41, *42, 51, 56
Janesville............................  32
Kenosha...............................  40
La Crosse.............................  14, 17, *30, 41
Madison...............................  11, 19, *20, 26, 50
Manitowoc.............................  19
Mayville..............................  43
Menomonie.............................  *27
Milwaukee.............................  *8, 22, 25c, 28, 33, 34, *35,
                                         46, 61
Park Falls............................  *47
Racine................................  48
Rhinelander...........................  16
Superior..............................  19
Suring................................  21
Wausau................................  *24, 29, 40
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                                 Wyoming
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Casper................................  15c, 17, 18
Cheyenne..............................  11, 28c, 30
Jackson...............................  4
Lander................................  7, *8
Rawlins...............................  9
Riverton..............................  16
Rock Springs..........................  21
Sheridan..............................  13
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                                  Guam
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agana.................................  2, 4, 5
Tamuning..............................  17
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                               Puerto Rico
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aguada................................  62
Aguadilla.............................  17c, *34, 69
Arecibo...............................  53, 61c
Bayamon...............................  59c
Caguas................................  56, *57
Carolina..............................  51
Fajardo...............................  *16, 33
Guayama...............................  45
Humacao...............................  49
Mayaguez..............................  23c, 29, 35, 63
Naranjito.............................  65c
Ponce.................................  15c, 19, *25, 43c, 47, 66
San Juan..............................  21, 27c, 28, 31c, 32, *55c
San Sebastian.........................  39c
Yauco.................................  41c
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                             Virgin Islands
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Charlotte Amalie......................  *44, 48, 50
Christiansted.........................  20, 23
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (c)(1) Availability of channels. Applications may be filed to 
construct DTV broadcast stations only on the channels designated in the 
DTV Table of Allotments set forth in paragraph (b) of this section, and 
only in the communities listed therein. Applications that fail to comply 
with this requirement, whether or not accompanied by a petition to amend 
the DTV Table, will not be accepted for filing. However, applications 
specifying channels that accord with publicly announced FCC Orders 
changing the DTV Table of Allotments will be accepted for filing even if 
such applications are tendered before the effective dates of such 
channel change. An application for authority to construct a DTV station 
on an allotment in the initial DTV table may only be filed by the 
licensee or permittee of the analog TV station with which that initial 
allotment is paired, as set forth in Appendix B of the Memorandum 
Opinion and Order on Reconsideration of the Sixth Report and Order in MM 
Docket 87-268, FCC 98-24 (Memorandum Opinion and Order) adopted January 
29, 1998. Copies of the Memorandum Opinion and Order may be inspected 
during normal business hours at the: Federal Communications Commission, 
Room CY-C203, 445 12th Street, SW., Reference Information Center, 
Washington, DC, 20554. This document is also available through the 
Internet on the FCC Home Page at http://www.fcc.gov. Applications may 
also be filed to implement an exchange of channel allotments between two 
or more licensees or permittees of analog TV stations in the same 
community, the same market, or in adjacent markets provided, however, 
that

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the other requirements of this section and Sec.  73.623 are met with 
respect to each such application.
    (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (c)(1) of this section, an application 
may be filed for a channel or community not listed in the DTV Table of 
Allotments if it is consistent with the rules and policies established 
in the Third Report and Order in WT Docket 99-168 (FCC 01-25), adopted 
January 18, 2001. Where such a request is approved, the Media Bureau 
will change the DTV Table of Allotments to reflect that approval.
    (d) Reference points and distance computations. (1) The reference 
coordinates of a DTV allotment included in the initial DTV Table of 
Allotments are the coordinates of the authorized transmitting antenna 
site of the associated analog TV station, as set forth in Appendix B of 
the Memorandum Opinion and Order (referenced above). An application for 
authority to construct or modify DTV facilities on such an allotment may 
specify an alternate location for the DTV transmitting antenna that is 
within 5 kilometers of the DTV allotment reference coordinates without 
consideration of electromagnetic interference to other DTV or analog TV 
broadcast stations, allotments or applications, provided the application 
complies with paragraph (f)(2) of this section. Location of the 
transmitting antenna of such a station at a site more than 5 kilometers 
from the DTV allotment reference coordinates must comply with the 
provisions of section 73.623(c). In the case where a DTV station has 
been granted authority to construct more than 5 kilometers from its 
reference coordinates pursuant to section 73.623(c), and its authorized 
coverage area extends in any azimuthal direction beyond the DTV coverage 
area determined for the DTV allotment reference facilities, then the 
coordinates of such authorized site are to be used in addition to the 
coordinates of the DTV allotment to determine protection from new DTV 
allotments pursuant to Sec.  73.623(d) and from subsequent DTV 
applications filed pursuant to Sec.  73.623(c).
    (2) The reference coordinates of a DTV allotment not included in the 
initial DTV Table of Allotments shall be the authorized transmitter 
site, or, where such a transmitter site is not available for use as a 
reference point, the coordinates as designated in the FCC order 
modifying the DTV Table of Allotments.
    (e) DTV Service Areas. (1) The service area of a DTV station is the 
geographic area within the station's noise-limited F(50,90) contour 
where its signal strength is predicted to exceed the noise-limited 
service level. The noise-limited contour is the area in which the 
predicted F(50,90) field strength of the station's signal, in dB above 1 
microvolt per meter (dBu) as determined using the method in section 
73.625(b) exceeds the following levels (these are the levels at which 
reception of DTV service is limited by noise):

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  dBu
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Channels 2-6.................................................         28
Channels 7-13................................................         36
Channels 14-69...............................................         41
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (2) Within this contour, service is considered available at 
locations where the station's signal strength, as predicted using the 
terrain dependent Longley-Rice point-to-point propagation model, exceeds 
the levels above. Guidance for evaluating coverage areas using the 
Longley-Rice methodology is provided in OET Bulletin No. 69. Copies of 
OET Bulletin No. 69 may be inspected during normal business hours at the 
Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, S.W, Dockets Branch 
(Room CY A09257), Washington, DC 20554. This document is also available 
through the Internet on the FCC Home Page at http://www.fcc.gov.

    Note to paragraph (e)(2):
    During the transition, in cases where the assigned power of a UHF 
DTV station in the initial DTV Table is 1000 kW, the Grade B contour of 
the associated analog television station, as authorized on April 3, 
1997, shall be used instead of the noise-limited contour of the DTV 
station in determining the DTV station's service area. In such cases, 
the DTV service area is the geographic area within the station's analog 
Grade B contour where its DTV signal strength is predicted to exceed the 
noise-limited service level, i.e., 41 dB, as determined using the 
Longley-Rice methodology.

    (3) For purposes of determining whether interference is caused to a 
DTV station's service area, the maximum technical facilities, i.e., 
antenna

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height above average terrain (antenna HAAT) and effective radiated power 
(ERP), specified for the station's allotment are to be used in 
determining its service area.
    (f) DTV maximum power and antenna heights. (1) The maximum, or 
reference, effective radiated power (ERP) and antenna height above 
average terrain (antenna HAAT) for an allotment included in the initial 
DTV Table of Allotments are set forth in Appendix B of the Memorandum 
Opinion and Order (referenced in paragraph (c) of this section). In each 
azimuthal direction, the reference ERP value is based on the antenna 
HAAT of the corresponding analog TV station and achieving predicted 
coverage equal to that analog TV station's predicted Grade B contour, as 
defined in section 73.683.
    (2) An application for authority to construct or modify DTV 
facilities will not be subject to further consideration of 
electromagnetic interference to other DTV or analog TV broadcast 
stations, allotments or applications, provided that:
    (i) The proposed ERP in each azimuthal direction is equal to or less 
than the reference ERP in that direction; and
    (ii) The proposed antenna HAAT is equal to or less than the 
reference antenna HAAT or the proposed antenna HAAT exceeds the 
reference antenna HAAT by 10 meters or less and the reference ERP in 
paragraph (f)(2)(i) of this section is adjusted in accordance with 
paragraph (f)(3) of this section; and
    (iii) The application complies with the location provisions in 
paragraph (d)(1) of this section.
    (3)(i) A DTV station may increase its antenna HAAT by up to 10 
meters from that specified in Appendix B if it reduces its DTV power to 
a level at or below the level of adjusted DTV power computed in the 
following formula:

ERP adjustment in dB = 20log(H1/H2)

Where H1 = Reference antenna HAAT specified in the DTV Table, 
and H2 = Actual antenna HAAT

    (ii) Alternatively, a DTV application that specifies an antenna HAAT 
within 25 meters below that specified in Appendix B may adjust its power 
upward to a level at or below the adjusted DTV power in accordance with 
the formula in paragraph (f)(3)(i) of this section without an 
interference showing. For a proposed antenna more than 25 meters below 
the reference antenna HAAT, the DTV station may increase its ERP up to 
the level permitted for operation with an antenna that is 25 meters 
below the station's reference antenna HAAT.
    (4) UHF DTV stations may request an increase in power, up to a 
maximum of 1000 kW ERP, to enhance service within their authorized 
service area through use of antenna beam tilting in excess of 1 degree, 
as follows:
    (i) Field strengths at the outer edge of the station's service area 
shall be no greater than the levels that would exist if the station were 
operating at its assigned DTV power.
    (ii) Where a station operates at higher power under the provisions 
of this paragraph, its field strengths at the edge of its service area 
are to be calculated assuming 1 dB of additional antenna gain over the 
antenna gain pattern specified by the manufacturer.
    (iii) Where a first adjacent channel DTV station or allotment is 
located closer than 110 km or a first adjacent channel analog TV station 
is located closer than 106 km from the proposed transmitter site, the 
application must be accompanied by a technical showing that the proposed 
operation complies with the technical criteria in Sec.  73.623(c) and 
thereby will not result in new interference exceeding the de minimis 
standard for new interference set forth in that section, or statements 
from affected stations agreeing to the proposed operation in accordance 
with Sec.  73.623(f).
    (iv) A licensee desiring to operate at higher power under these 
provisions shall submit, with its initial application for a DTV 
construction permit or subsequent application to modify its DTV 
facilities, an engineering analysis demonstrating that the predicted 
field strengths and predicted interference within its service area would 
comport with the requirements of this paragraph. The licensee also must 
notify, by certified mail, all stations that could potentially be 
affected by such operation at the time the station files

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its application for a construction permit or modification of facilities. 
Potentially affected stations to be notified include stations on co-
channel and first-adjacent channel allotments that are located at 
distances less than the minimum geographic spacing requirements in Sec.  
73.623(d)(2). For example, in Zone I a co-channel DTV station within 
196.3 km or a first-adjacent channel DTV station within 110 km must be 
notified. A station that believes that its service is being affected 
beyond the de minimis standard set forth in Sec.  73.623(c) may file an 
informal objection with the Commission. Such an informal objection shall 
include an engineering analysis demonstrating that additional 
impermissible interference would occur. The Commission may condition 
grant of authority to operate at increased power pursuant to this 
provision on validation of actual performance through field 
measurements.
    (5) Licensees and permittees assigned a DTV channel in the initial 
DTV Table of Allotments may request an increase in either ERP in some 
azimuthal direction or antenna HAAT, or both, that exceed the initial 
technical facilities specified for the allotment in Appendix B of the 
Memorandum Opinion and Order (referenced in paragraph (c) of this 
section), up to the maximum permissible limits on DTV power and antenna 
height set forth in paragraph (f)(6), (f)(7), or (f)(8) of this section, 
as appropriate, or up to that needed to provide the same geographic 
coverage area as the largest station within their market, whichever 
would allow the largest service area. Such requests must be accompanied 
by a technical showing that the increase complies with the technical 
criteria in Sec.  73.623(c), and thereby will not result in new 
interference exceeding the de minimis standard set forth in that 
section, or statements agreeing to the change from any co-channel or 
adjacent channel stations that might be affected by potential new 
interference, in accordance with Sec.  73.623(f). In the case where a 
DTV station has been granted authority to construct pursuant to Sec.  
73.623(c), and its authorized coverage area extends in any azimuthal 
direction beyond the DTV coverage area determined for the DTV allotment 
reference facilities, then the authorized DTV facilities are to be used 
in addition to the assumed facilities of the initial DTV allotment to 
determine protection from new DTV allotments pursuant to Sec.  73.623(d) 
and from subsequent DTV applications filed pursuant to Sec.  73.623(c). 
The provisions of this paragraph regarding increases in the ERP or 
antenna height of DTV stations on channels in the initial DTV Table of 
Allotments shall also apply in cases where the licensee or permittee 
seeks to change the station's channel as well as alter its ERP and 
antenna HAAT. Licensees and permittees are advised that where a channel 
change is requested, it may, in fact, be necessary in specific cases for 
the station to operate with reduced power, a lower antenna, or a 
directional antenna to avoid causing new interference to another 
station.
    (6) A DTV station that operates on a channel 2-6 allotment created 
subsequent to the initial DTV Table will be allowed a maximum ERP of 10 
kW if its antenna HAAT is at or below 305 meters and it is located in 
Zone I or a maximum ERP of 45 kW if its antenna HAAT is at or below 305 
meters and it is located in Zone II or Zone III. A DTV station that 
operates on a channel 2-6 allotment included in the initial DTV Table of 
Allotments may request an increase in power and/or antenna HAAT up to 
these maximum levels, provided the increase also complies with the 
provisions of paragraph (f)(5) of this section.
    (i) At higher HAAT levels, such DTV stations will be allowed to 
operate with lower maximum ERP levels in accordance with the following 
table and formulas (the allowable maximum ERP for intermediate values of 
HAAT is determined using linear interpolation based on the units 
employed in the table):

Maximum Allowable ERP and Antenna Height for DTV Stations In Zones II or
                           III on Channels 2-6
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Antenna HAAT (meters)                       ERP (kW)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
610........................................................           10
580........................................................           11
550........................................................           12
520........................................................           14
490........................................................           16

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460........................................................           19
425........................................................           22
395........................................................           26
365........................................................           31
335........................................................           37
305........................................................           45
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (ii) For DTV stations located in Zone I that operate on channels 2-6 
with an HAAT that exceeds 305 meters, the allowable maximum ERP 
expressed in decibels above 1 kW (dBk) is determined using the following 
formula, with HAAT expressed in meters:

ERPmax=92.57-33.24*log10(HAAT)

    (iii) For DTV stations located in Zone II or III that operate on 
channels 2-6 with an HAAT that exceeds 610 meters, the allowable maximum 
ERP expressed in decibels above 1 kW (dBk) is determined using the 
following formula, with HAAT expressed in meters:

ERPmax=57.57-17.08*log10(HAAT)

    (7) A DTV station that operates on a channel 7-13 allotment created 
subsequent to the initial DTV Table will be allowed a maximum ERP of 30 
kW if its antenna HAAT is at or below 305 meters and it is located in 
Zone I or a maximum ERP of 160 kW if its antenna HAAT is at or below 305 
meters and it is located in Zone II or Zone III. A DTV station that 
operates on a channel 7-13 allotment included in the initial DTV Table 
of Allotments may request an increase in power and/or antenna HAAT up to 
these maximum levels, provided the increase also complies with the 
provisions of paragraph (f)(5) of this section.
    (i) At higher HAAT levels, such DTV stations will be allowed to 
operate with lower maximum ERP levels in accordance with the following 
table and formulas (the allowable maximum ERP for intermediate values of 
HAAT is determined using linear interpolation based on the units 
employed in the table):

Maximum Allowable ERP and Antenna Height for DTV Stations In Zones II or
                          III on Channels 7-13
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Antenna HAAT (meters)                       ERP (kW)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
610........................................................           30
580........................................................           34
550........................................................           40
520........................................................           47
490........................................................           54
460........................................................           64
425........................................................           76
395........................................................           92
365........................................................          110
335........................................................          132
305........................................................          160
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (ii) For DTV stations located in Zone I that operate on channels 7-
13 with an HAAT that exceeds 305 meters, the allowable maximum ERP 
expressed in decibels above 1 kW (dBk) is determined using the following 
formula, with HAAT expressed in meters:

ERPmax=97.35-33.24*log10(HAAT)

    (iii) For DTV stations located in Zone II or III that operate on 
channels 7-13 with an HAAT that exceeds 610 meters, the allowable 
maximum ERP expressed in decibels above 1 kW (dBk) is determined using 
the following formula, with HAAT expressed in meters:

ERPmax=62.34-17.08*log10(HAAT)

    (8) A DTV station that operates on a channel 14-59 allotment created 
subsequent to the initial DTV Table will be allowed a maximum ERP of 
1000 kW if their antenna HAAT is at or below 365 meters. A DTV station 
that operates on a channel 14-59 allotment included in the initial DTV 
Table of Allotments may request an increase in power and/or antenna HAAT 
up to these maximum levels, provided the increase also complies with the 
provisions of paragraph (f)(5) of this section.
    (i) At higher HAAT levels, such DTV stations will be allowed to 
operates with lower maximum ERP levels in accordance with the following 
table and formulas (the allowable maximum ERP for intermediate values of 
HAAT is determined using linear interpolation based on the units 
employed in the table):

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Maximum Allowable ERP and Antenna Height for DTV Stations on Channels 14-
                              59, All Zones
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Antenna HAAT (meters)                       ERP (kW)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
610........................................................          316
580........................................................          350
550........................................................          400
520........................................................          460
490........................................................          540
460........................................................          630
425........................................................          750
395........................................................          900
365........................................................         1000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (ii) For DTV stations located in Zone I, II or III that operate on 
channels 14-59 with an HAAT that exceeds 610 meters, the allowable 
maximum ERP expressed in decibels above 1 kW (dBk) is determined using 
the following formula, with HAAT expressed in meters:

ERPmax=72.57-17.08*log10(HAAT)

    (g) DTV stations operating on channels above an analog TV station. 
(1) DTV stations operating on a channel allotment designated with a 
``c'' in paragraph (b) of this section must maintain the pilot carrier 
frequency of the DTV signal 5.082138 MHz above the visual carrier 
frequency of any analog TV broadcast station that operates on the lower 
adjacent channel and is located within 88 kilometers. This frequency 
difference must be maintained within a tolerance of +-3 Hz.
    (2) Unless it conflicts with operation complying with paragraph 
(g)(1) of this section, where a low power television station or TV 
translator station is operating on the lower adjacent channel within 32 
km of the DTV station and notifies the DTV station that it intends to 
minimize interference by precisely maintaining its carrier frequencies, 
the DTV station shall cooperate in locking its carrier frequency to a 
common reference frequency and shall be responsible for any costs 
relating to its own transmission system in complying with this 
provision.
    (h)(1) The power level of emissions on frequencies outside the 
authorized channel of operation must be attenuated no less than the 
following amounts below the average transmitted power within the 
authorized channel. In the first 500 kHz from the channel edge the 
emissions must be attenuated no less than 47 dB. More than 6 MHz from 
the channel edge, emissions must be attenuated no less than 110 dB. At 
any frequency between 0.5 and 6 MHz from the channel edge, emissions 
must be attenuated no less than the value determined by the following 
formula:

Attenuation in dB = -11.5([Delta]f + 3.6);

Where: [Delta]f = frequency difference in MHz from the edge of the 
channel.

    (2) This attenuation is based on a measurement bandwidth of 500 kHz. 
Other measurement bandwidths may be used as long as appropriate 
correction factors are applied. Measurements need not be made any closer 
to the band edge than one half of the resolution bandwidth of the 
measuring instrument. Emissions include sidebands, spurious emissions 
and radio frequency harmonics. Attenuation is to be measured at the 
output terminals of the transmitter (including any filters that

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may be employed). In the event of interference caused to any service, 
greater attenuation may be required.

[62 FR 26712, May 14, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 13552, Mar. 20, 1998; 64 
FR 47702, Sept. 1, 1999; 65 FR 41012, July 3, 2000; 65 FR 36378, June 8, 
2000; 65 FR 44011, July 17, 2000; 65 FR 45720, July 25, 2000; 65 FR 
48183, 48184, Aug. 7, 2000; 65 FR 54804, 54805, Sept. 11, 2000; 65 FR 
58467, Sept. 29, 2000; 65 FR 58920, 58921, Oct. 3, 2000; 65 FR 60379, 
Oct. 11, 2000; 65 FR 70508, 70509, Nov. 24, 2000; 65 FR 76947, Dec. 8, 
2000; 66 FR 2336, Jan. 11, 2001; 66 FR 3884, Jan. 17, 2001; 66 FR 9036-
9039, Feb. 6, 2001; 66 FR 10208, Feb. 14, 2001; 66 FR 11117-11119, Feb. 
22, 2001; 66 FR 12894, 12895, Mar. 1, 2001; 66 FR 13855, 13856, Mar. 8, 
2001; 66 FR 18734, Apr. 11, 2001; 66 FR 20607, 20608, Apr. 24, 2001; 66 
FR 22448, May 4, 2001, 66 FR 28399, 28400, May 23, 2001; 66 FR 29724-
29726, June 1, 2001; 66 FR 31560, 31561, June 12, 2001; 66 FR 39452, 
July 31, 2001; 66 FR 39682, 39683, Aug. 1, 2001; 66 FR 42613, Aug. 14, 
2001; 66 FR 47897, 47898, Sept. 14, 2001; 66 FR 52547, Oct. 16, 2001; 66 
FR 53730, Oct. 24, 2001; 66 FR 55892, 55893, Nov. 5, 2001; 66 FR 56616, 
Nov. 9, 2001; 67 FR 5070, Feb. 4, 2002; 67 FR 6876, Feb. 14, 2002; 67 FR 
8906, Feb. 27, 2002; 67 FR 13232, Mar. 21, 2002; 67 FR 5513, Feb. 6, 
2002; 67 FR 10847, Mar. 11, 2002; 67 FR 11054, Mar. 12, 2002; 67 FR 
15735, Apr. 3, 2002; 67 FR 18832, 18833, Apr. 17, 2002; 67 FR 19693, 
Apr. 23, 2002; 67 FR 30819, May 8, 2002; 67 FR 34621, 34622, May 15, 
2002; 67 FR 44777, July 5, 2002; 67 FR 50603, Aug. 5, 2002; 67 FR 51116, 
Aug. 7, 2002; 67 FR 51769, 51770, Aug. 9, 2002; 67 FR 61516, Oct. 1, 
2002; 67 FR 62399, Oct. 7, 2002; 67 FR 62649, 62650, Oct. 8, 2002; 67 FR 
63852, Oct. 16, 2002; 67 FR 70018, Nov. 20, 2002; 67 FR 70177-70179, Nov 
21, 2002' 67 FR 78191-78193, Dec. 23, 2002; 68 FR 503, Jan. 6, 2003; 68 
FR 1986, Jan. 15, 2003; 68 FR 2701, Jan. 21, 2003; 68 FR 4394, Jan. 29, 
2003; 68 FR 10664, Mar. 6, 2003; 68 FR 12611, Mar. 17, 2003; 68 FR 
14166, 14167, Mar. 24, 2003; 68 FR 18135, Apr. 15, 2003; 68 FR 20082, 
Apr. 24, 2003; 68 FR 23901, May 6, 2003; 68 FR 26497, May 16, 2003; 68 
FR 27479, May 20, 2003; 68 FR 38643, June 30, 2003; 68 FR 41284, July 
11, 2003; 68 FR 46502, Aug. 6, 2003; 68 FR 51918, Aug. 29, 2003]

    Effective Date Note: At 67 FR 70018, Nov. 20, 2002, Sec.  73.622 was 
amended in the Table of Allotments in paragraph (b) under California by 
adding Avalon, DTV channel 47c. This amendment will become effective 60 
days after the concurrence of the Mexican government is obtained. The 
FCC will publish a document announcing when the concurrence has been 
obtained and giving the effective date.

    Effective Date Notes: 1. At 68 FR 51918, Aug. 29, 2003, in Sec.  
73.622(b), the Table of Digital Television Allotments under South 
Carolina was amended by removing DTV channel *58 and adding DTV channel 
*9 at Conway, effective Oct. 14, 2003.
    2. At 68 FR 53052, Sept. 9, 2003, in Sec.  73.622(b), the Table of 
Digital Television Allotments under Montana was amended by removing DTV 
channel 15 and adding DTV channel 5 at Butte, effective Oct. 20, 2003.
    3. At 68 FR 53053, Sept. 9, 2003, in Sec.  73.622(b), the Table of 
Digital Television Allotments under Arkansas was amended by removing DTV 
channel *45 and adding DTV channel *9 at Fayetteville, effective Oct. 
20, 2003.
    4. At 68 FR 53305, Sept. 10, 2003, in Sec.  73.622(b), the Table of 
Digital Television Allotments under Michigan was amended by removing DTV 
channel 56 and adding DTV channel 9c at Sault Saint Marie, effective 
Oct. 20, 2003.



Sec.  73.623  DTV applications and changes to DTV allotments.

    (a) General. This section contains the technical criteria for 
evaluating applications requesting DTV facilities that do not conform to 
the provisions of Sec.  73.622 and petitions for rule making to amend 
the DTV Table of Allotments (Sec.  73.622(b)). Petitions to amend the 
DTV Table (other than those also expressly requesting amendment of this 
section) and applications for new DTV broadcast stations or for changes 
in authorized DTV stations filed pursuant to this section will not be 
accepted for filing if they fail to comply with the requirements of this 
section.
    (b) In considering petitions to amend the DTV Table and applications 
filed pursuant to this section, the Commission will use geographic 
coordinates defined in Sec.  73.622(d) as reference points in 
determining allotment separations and evaluating interference potential.
    (c) Minimum technical criteria for modification of DTV allotments 
included in the initial DTV Table of Allotments and for applications 
filed pursuant to this section. No petition to modify a channel 
allotment included in the initial DTV Table of Allotments or application 
for authority to construct or modify a DTV station assigned to such an 
allotment, filed pursuant to this section, will be accepted unless it 
shows compliance with the requirements of this paragraph.
    (1) Requests filed pursuant to this paragraph must demonstrate 
compliance with the principal community coverage requirements of section 
73.625(a).
    (2) Requests filed pursuant to this paragraph must demonstrate that 
the requested change would not result in more than an additional 2 
percent the

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population served by another station being subject to interference; 
provided, however, that no new interference may be caused to any station 
that already experiences interference to 10 percent or more of its 
population or that would result in a station receiving interference in 
excess of 10 percent of its population. The station population values 
for existing NTSC service and DTV service contained in Appendix B of the 
Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration of the Sixth Report and 
Order in MM Docket No. 87-268, FCC 98-24, adopted January 29, 1998, 
referenced in Sec.  73.622(c), are to be used for the purposes of 
determining whether a power increase or other change is permissible 
under this de minimis standard. For evaluating compliance with this 
requirement, interference to populations served is to be predicted based 
on the procedure set forth in OET Bulletin No. 69, including population 
served within service areas determined in accordance with section 
73.622(e), consideration of whether F(50,10) undesired signals will 
exceed the following desired-to-undesired (D/U) signal ratios, assumed 
use of a directional receiving antenna, and use of the terrain dependent 
Longley-Rice point-to-point propagation model. Copies of OET Bulletin 
No. 69 may be inspected during normal business hours at the: Federal 
Communications Commission, Room CY-C203, 445 12th Street, SW., Reference 
Information Center, Washington, DC 20554. These documents are also 
available through the Internet on the FCC Home Page at http://
www.fcc.gov. The threshold levels at which interference is considered to 
occur are:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              D/U Ratio
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Co-channel:
  DTV-into-analog TV.......................................          +34
  Analog TV-into-DTV.......................................           +2
  DTV-into-DTV.............................................          +15
First Adjacent Channel:
  Lower DTV-into-analog TV.................................          -14
  Upper DTV-into-analog TV.................................          -17
  Lower analog TV-into-DTV.................................          -48
  Upper analog TV-into-DTV.................................          -49
  Lower DTV-into-DTV.......................................          -28
  Upper DTV-into-DTV.......................................          -26
 
Other Adjacent Channel (Channels 14-69 only)
 
DTV-into-analog TV, where N = analog TV channel and DTV
 Channel:
  N-2......................................................          -24
  N+2......................................................          -28
  N-3......................................................          -30
  N+3......................................................          -34
  N-4......................................................          -34
  N+4......................................................          -25
  N-7......................................................          -35
  N+7......................................................          -43
  N-8......................................................          -32
  N+8......................................................          -43
  N+14.....................................................          -33
  N+15.....................................................          -31
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (3) The values in paragraph (c)(2) of this section for co-channel 
interference to DTV service are only valid at locations where the 
signal-to-noise ratio is 28 dB or greater for interference from DTV and 
25 dB or greater for interference from analog TV service. At the edge of 
the noise-limited service area, where the signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio is 
16 dB, these values are 21 dB and 23 dB for interference from analog TV 
and DTV, respectively. At locations where the S/N ratio is greater than 
16 dB but less than 28 dB, D/U values for co-channel interference to DTV 
are as follows:
    (i) For DTV-to-DTV interference, the minimum D/U ratios are computed 
from the following formula:

D/U = 15+10log10[1.0/(1.0-10-x/10)]

Where x = S/N-15.19 (minimum signal to noise ratio)

    (ii) For analog-to-DTV interference, the minimum D/U ratios are 
found from the following Table (for values between measured values, 
linear interpolation can be used):

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Desired-to-
                 Signal-to-noise ratio (dB)                   undesired
                                                              ratio (dB)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
16.00......................................................        21.00
16.35......................................................        19.94
17.35......................................................        17.69
18.35......................................................        16.44
19.35......................................................         7.19
20.35......................................................         4.69
21.35......................................................         3.69
22.35......................................................         2.94
23.35......................................................         2.44
25.00......................................................         2.00
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (4) Due to the frequency spacing that exists between Channels 4 and 
5, between Channels 6 and 7, and between Channels 13 and 14, the minimum 
adjacent channel technical criteria specified in paragraph (c)(2) of 
this section shall not be applicable to these pairs of channels (see 
Sec.  73.603(a)).

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    (5) A DTV station application that proposes to expand the DTV 
station's allotted or authorized coverage area in any direction will not 
be accepted if it is predicted to cause interference to a Class A TV 
station or to a digital Class A TV station authorized pursuant to 
Subpart J of this part, within the protected contour defined in Sec.  
73.6010 of this part. This paragraph applies to all DTV applications 
filed after May 1, 2000, and to DTV applications filed between December 
31, 1999 and April 30, 2000 unless the DTV station licensee or permittee 
notified the Commission of its intent to ``maximize'' by December 31, 
1999.
    (i) Interference is predicted to occur if the ratio in dB of the 
field strength of a Class A TV station at its protected contour to the 
field strength resulting from the facilities proposed in the DTV 
application (calculated using the appropriate F(50,10) chart from Figure 
9a, 10a, or 10c of Sec.  73.699 of this part) fails to meet the D/U 
signal ratios for ``DTV-into-analog TV'' specified in paragraph (c)(2) 
of this section.
    (ii) Interference is predicted to occur if the ratio in dB of the 
field strength of a digital Class A TV station at its protected contour 
to the field strength resulting from the facilities proposed in the DTV 
application (calculated using the appropriate F(50,10) chart from Figure 
9a, 10a, or 10c of Sec.  73.699 of this part) fails to meet the D/U 
signal ratios for ``DTV-into-DTV'' specified in paragraphs (c)(2) and 
(c)(3) of this section.
    (iii) In support of a request for waiver of the interference 
protection requirements of this section, an applicant for a DTV 
broadcast station may make full use of terrain shielding and Longley-
Rice terrain dependent propagation methods to demonstrate that the 
proposed facility would not be likely to cause interference to Class A 
TV stations. Guidance on using the Longely-Rice methodology is provided 
in OET Bulletin No. 69, which is available through the Internet at 
http://www.fcc.gov/oet/info/documents/bulletins/69.
    (d) Minimum geographic spacing requirements for DTV allotments not 
included in the initial DTV Table of Allotments. No petition to add a 
new channel to the DTV Table of Allotments or modify an allotment not 
included in the initial DTV Table will be accepted unless it shows 
compliance with the requirements of this paragraph.
    (1) Requests filed pursuant to this paragraph must demonstrate 
compliance with the principle community coverage requirements of section 
73.625(a).
    (2) Requests filed pursuant to this paragraph must meet the 
following requirements for geographic spacing with regard to all other 
DTV stations, DTV allotments and analog TV stations:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Channel relationship                Separation requirement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
VHF Channels 2-13:
    Co-channel, DTV to DTV
                                               Zone I: 244.6 km.
                                               Zones II & III: 273.6 km.
    Co-channel, DTV to analog TV
                                               Zone I: 244.6 km.
                                               Zone II & III: 273.6 km.
Adjacent Channel:
    DTV to DTV...............................  No allotments permitted
                                                between:
                                               Zone I: 20 km and 110 km.
                                               Zones II & III: 23 km and
                                                110 km.
    DTV to analog TV.........................  No allotments permitted
                                                between:
                                               Zone I: 9 km and 125 km.
                                               Zone II & III: 11 km and
                                                125 km.
UHF Channels:
    Co-channel, DTV to DTV
                                               Zone I: 196.3 km.
                                               Zone II & III: 223.7 km.
    Co-channel, DTV to analog TV
                                               Zone I: 217.3 km.
                                               Zone II & III: 244.6 km.
Adjacent Channel:
    DTV to DTV...............................  No allotments permitted
                                                between:
                                               All Zones: 24 km and 110
                                                km.
    DTV to analog TV.........................  No allotments permitted
                                                between:
                                               All Zones: 12 km and 106
                                                km.

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    Taboo Channels, DTV to analog TV only      No allotments permitted
     (DTV channels +/-2, +/-3, +/-4, +/-7, +/-  between:
     8, and 14 or 15 channels above the        Zone I: 24.1 km and 80.5
     analog TV channel).                        km.
                                               Zone II & III: 24.1 km
                                                and 96.6 km.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (3) Zones are defined in Sec.  73.609. The minimum distance 
separation between a DTV station in one zone and an analog TV or DTV 
station in another zone shall be that of the zone requiring the lower 
separation.
    (4) Due to the frequency spacing that exists between Channels 4 and 
5, between Channels 6 and 7, and between Channels 13 and 14, the minimum 
geographic spacing requirements specified in paragraph (d)(3) of this 
section shall not be applicable to these pairs of channels (Sec.  
73.603(a)).
    (e) Protection of land mobile operations on channels 14-20. The 
Commission will not accept petitions to amend the DTV Table of 
Allotments, applications for new DTV stations, or applications to change 
the channel or location of authorized DTV stations that would use 
channels 14-20 where the distance between the DTV reference point as 
defined in section 73.622(d), would be located less than 250 km from the 
city center of a co-channel land mobile operation or 176 km from the 
city center of an adjacent channel land mobile operation. Petitions to 
amend the DTV Table, applications for new DTV stations, or requests to 
modify the DTV Table that do not meet the minimum DTV-to-land mobile 
spacing standards will, however, be considered where all affected land 
mobile licensees consent to the requested action. Land mobile operations 
are authorized on these channels in the following markets:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
              City                          Channels                      Latitude                 Longitude
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Boston, MA.....................  14, 16.......................  42[deg]21[min]24[sec]         71[deg]03[min]25[s
                                                                                               ec]
Chicago, IL....................  14, 15.......................  41[deg]52[min]28[sec]         87[deg]38[min]22[s
                                                                                               ec]
Dallas, TX.....................  16...........................  32[deg]47[min]09[sec]         96[deg]47[min]37[s
                                                                                               ec]
Houston, TX....................  17...........................  29[deg]45[min]26[sec]         95[deg]21[min]37[s
                                                                                               ec]
Los Angeles, CA................  14, 16, 20...................  34[deg]03[min]15[sec]         118[deg]14[min]28[
                                                                                               sec]
Miami, FL......................  14...........................  25[deg]46[min]37[sec]         80[deg]11[min]32[s
                                                                                               ec]
New York, NY...................  14, 15.......................  40[deg]45[min]06[sec]         73[deg]59[min]39[s
                                                                                               ec]
Philadelphia, PA...............  19, 20.......................  39[deg]56[min]58[sec]         75[deg]09[min]21[s
                                                                                               ec]
Pittsburgh, PA.................  14, 18.......................  40[deg]26[min]19[sec]         80[deg]00[min]00[s
                                                                                               ec]
San Francisco, CA..............  16, 17.......................  37[deg]46[min]39[sec]         122[deg]24[min]40[
                                                                                               sec]
Washington, DC.................  17, 18.......................  38[deg]53[min]51[sec]         77[deg]00[min]33[s
                                                                                               ec]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (f) Parties requesting new allotments on channel 6 be added to the 
DTV Table must submit an engineering study demonstrating that no 
interference would be caused to existing FM radio stations on FM 
channels 200-220.
    (g) Negotiated agreements on interference. Notwithstanding the 
minimum technical criteria for DTV allotments specified above, DTV 
stations operating on allotments that are included in the initial DTV 
Table may: operate with increased ERP and/or antenna HAAT that would 
result in additional interference to another DTV station or an analog TV 
station if that station agrees, in writing, to accept the additional 
interference; and/or implement an exchange of channel allotments between 
two or more licensees or permittees of TV stations in the same 
community, the same market, or in adjacent markets provided, however, 
that the other requirements of this section and of section 73.622 are 
met with respect to each such application. Such agreements must be 
submitted with the application for authority to construct or modify the 
affected DTV station or stations. The larger service area resulting from 
a negotiated change in ERP and/or antenna HAAT will be protected in 
accordance with the provisions of paragraph (c) of this section. 
Negotiated agreements under

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this paragraph can include the exchange of money or other considerations 
from one station to another, including payments to and from 
noncommercial television stations assigned reserved channels. 
Applications submitted pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph will 
be granted only if the Commission finds that such action is consistent 
with the public interest.
    (h) DTV application processing. (1) DTV applications for a 
construction permit or a modified construction permit pending as of 
January 18, 2001:
    (i) Shall be afforded the interference protection set forth in 
paragraph (c) or (d) of this section, as applicable:
    (A) By all NTSC minor change applications;
    (B) By NTSC new station applications, except those covered by 
paragraphs (h)(1)(ii)(G) and (h)(1)(iii)(D) of this section;
    (C) By all rulemaking petitions to amend the NTSC TV table of 
allotments;
    (D) By DTV applications filed after January 18, 2001; and
    (E) By rulemaking petitions to amend the DTV table of allotments 
filed after January 18, 2001;
    (ii) Must demonstrate the requisite interference protection set 
forth in paragraph (c) or (d) of this section, as applicable, to:
    (A) DTV licensed stations;
    (B) DTV construction permits;
    (C) Existing DTV allotments;
    (D) Rulemaking petitions to amend the DTV table of allotments for 
which a Notice of Proposed Rule Making has been released and the comment 
deadline specified therein has passed prior to the filing date of the 
DTV application;
    (E) NTSC stations with licenses covering construction permits that 
were granted before the DTV application was filed;
    (F) NTSC construction permits that were granted before the DTV 
application was filed;
    (G) Applications for new NTSC television stations that were in 
groups of mutually exclusive applications on file prior to July 1, 1997, 
regardless of whether they are the only applications that remain pending 
from their group.
    (iii) That do not provide the requisite interference protection set 
forth in paragraph (c) or (d) of this section, as applicable, to the 
following applications and petitions will be deemed mutually exclusive 
with those applications and petitions:
    (A) Other DTV applications pending as of January 18, 2001;
    (B) Rulemaking petitions to amend the DTV table of allotments filed 
on or before January 18, 2001 for which a Notice of Proposed Rule Making 
had been released and the comment deadline specified therein had not 
passed prior to the filing date of the DTV application;
    (C) Rulemaking petitions to amend the DTV table of allotments filed 
on or before January 18, 2001 for which a Notice of Proposed Rule Making 
had not been released; and
    (D) Applications for new NTSC stations that are not covered by 
paragraph (h)(1)(ii)(G) of this section and were filed and accepted for 
filing on or before January 18, 2001 that:
    (1) Were filed by post-auction winners pursuant to Sec.  73.5005.
    (2) Are part of a settlement agreement on-file with the Commission 
that would result in the grant of the NTSC application; or
    (3) Are cut-off singletons.
    (2) DTV applications for a construction permit or a modified 
construction permit filed after January 18, 2001:
    (i) Shall be afforded the interference protection set forth in 
paragraph (c) or (d) of this section, as applicable:
    (A) By all NTSC minor change applications;
    (B) By NTSC new station applications, except those covered by 
paragraph (h)(2)(ii)(H) and (I) of this section;
    (C) By all rulemaking petitions to amend the NTSC TV table of 
allotments except those filed by NTSC applicants in those groups defined 
in (h)(2)(ii)(I) of this section for which a Notice of Proposed Rule 
Making has been released and the comment deadline specified therein has 
passed prior to the filing date of the DTV application;
    (D) By later-filed DTV applications; and

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    (E) By later-filed rulemaking petitions to amend the DTV table of 
allotments;
    (ii) Must demonstrate the requisite interference protection set 
forth in paragraph (c) or (d) of this section, as applicable, to:
    (A) DTV licensed stations;
    (B) DTV construction permits;
    (C) Earlier-filed DTV applications;
    (D) Existing DTV allotments;
    (E) Rulemaking petitions to amend the DTV table of allotments for 
which a Notice of Proposed Rule Making has been released and the comment 
deadline specified therein has passed prior to the filing date of the 
DTV application;
    (F) NTSC stations with licenses covering construction permits that 
were granted before the DTV application was filed;
    (G) NTSC construction permits that were granted before the DTV 
application was filed; and
    (H) Earlier-filed and accepted for filing applications for new NTSC 
stations that are not covered by paragraph (h)(2)(ii)(I) of this 
section, and that:
    (1) Were filed by post-auction winners pursuant to Sec.  73.5005.
    (2) Are part of a settlement agreement on-file with the Commission 
that would result in the grant of the NTSC application; or
    (3) Are cut-off singletons;
    (I) Applications for new NTSC television stations that were in 
groups of mutually exclusive applications on file prior to July 1, 1997, 
regardless of whether they are the only applications that remain pending 
from their group;
    (J) Rulemaking petitions to amend the NTSC table of allotments filed 
by applicants defined in (h)(2)(ii)(I) of this section for which a 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making has been released and the comment 
deadline specified therein has passed prior to the filing of the DTV 
application.
    (iii) That do not provide the requisite interference protection set 
forth in paragraph (c) or (d) of this section, as applicable, to the 
following applications and petitions will be deemed mutually exclusive 
with those applications and petitions:
    (A) Other DTV applications filed the same day;
    (B) Rulemaking petitions to amend the DTV table of allotments for 
which a Notice of Proposed Rule Making had been released and the comment 
deadline specified therein had not passed prior to the filing date of 
the DTV application; and
    (C) Earlier-filed rulemaking petitions to amend the DTV table of 
allotments for which a Notice of Proposed Rule Making had not been 
released.
    (3) DTV applicants, DTV applicants and NTSC applicants, or DTV 
applicants and DTV rulemaking petitioners that are mutually exclusive 
pursuant to this section will be notified by Public Notice and provided 
with a 90-day period of time to resolve their mutual exclusivity via 
engineering amendment or settlement. Those applications and petitions 
that remain mutually exclusive upon conclusion of the 90-day settlement 
period will be dismissed.

[62 FR 26719, May 14, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 13560, Mar. 20, 1998; 64 
FR 4327, Jan. 28, 1999; 65 FR 30002, May 10, 2000; 65 FR 58467, Sept. 
29, 2000; 66 FR 9984, Feb. 13, 2001; 66 FR 65134, Dec. 18, 2001]



Sec.  73.624  Digital television broadcast stations.

    (a) Digital television (``DTV'') broadcast stations are assigned 
channels 6 MHz wide. Initial eligibility for licenses for DTV broadcast 
stations is limited to persons that, as of April 3, 1997, are licensed 
to operate a full power television broadcast station or hold a permit to 
construct such a station (or both).
    (b) DTV broadcast station permittees or licensees must transmit at 
least one over-the-air video program signal at no direct charge to 
viewers on the DTV channel. Until such time as a DTV station permittee 
or licensee ceases analog transmissions and returns that spectrum to the 
Commission, and except as provided in paragraph (i) of this section; at 
any time that a DTV broadcast station permittee or licensee transmits a 
video program signal on its analog television channel, it must also 
transmit at least one over-the-air video program signal on the DTV 
channel. In addition, the DTV broadcast station permittee or licensee is 
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simulcasting requirements in paragraph (f) of this section. The DTV 
service that is provided pursuant to this paragraph must be at least 
comparable in resolution to the analog television station programming 
transmitted to viewers on the analog channel.
    (1) DTV broadcast station permittees or licensees required to 
construct and operate a DTV station by May 1, 2002 or May 1, 2003 
pursuant to paragraph (d) of this section must, at a minimum, beginning 
on the date on which the DTV station is required to be constructed, 
provide a digital video program signal, of the quality described in 
paragraph (b) above, during prime time hours as defined in Sec.  
79.3(a)(6) of this chapter. These licensees and permittees must also 
comply with the simulcasting requirements in paragraph (f) of this 
section.
    (2) DTV licensees or permittees that choose to commence digital 
operation before the construction deadline set forth in paragraph (d) of 
this section are not subject to any minimum schedule for operation on 
the DTV channel.
    (c) Provided that DTV broadcast stations comply with paragraph (b) 
of this section, DTV broadcast stations are permitted to offer services 
of any nature, consistent with the public interest, convenience, and 
necessity, on an ancillary or supplementary basis. The kinds of services 
that may be provided include, but are not limited to computer software 
distribution, data transmissions, teletext, interactive materials, aural 
messages, paging services, audio signals, subscription video, and any 
other services that do not derogate DTV broadcast stations' obligations 
under paragraph (b) of this section. Such services may be provided on a 
broadcast, point-to-point or point-to-multipoint basis, provided, 
however, that any video broadcast signal provided at no direct charge to 
viewers shall not be considered ancillary or supplementary.
    (1) DTV licensees that provide ancillary or supplementary services 
that are analogous to other services subject to regulation by the 
Commission must comply with the Commission regulations that apply to 
those services, provided, however, that no ancillary or supplementary 
service shall have any rights to carriage under Sec. Sec.  614 or 615 of 
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, or be deemed a multichannel 
video programming distributor for purposes of section 628 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    (2) In all arrangements entered into with outside parties affecting 
service operation, the DTV licensee or permittee must retain control 
over all material transmitted in a broadcast mode via the station's 
facilities, with the right to reject any material in the sole judgement 
of the permitte or licensee. The license or permittee is also 
responsible for all aspects of technical operation involving such 
telecommunications services.
    (3) In any application for renewal of a broadcast license for a 
television station that provides ancillary or supplementary services, a 
licensee shall establish that all of its program services on the analog 
and the DTV spectrum are in the public interest. Any violation of the 
Commission's rules applicable to ancillary or supplementary services 
will reflect on the licensee's qualifications for renewal of its 
license.
    (d) Digital television broadcast facilities that comply with the FCC 
DTV Standard (section 73.682(d)), shall be constructed in the following 
markets by the following dates:
    (1)(i) May 1, 1999: all network-affiliated television stations in 
the top ten television markets;
    (ii) November 1, 1999: all network-affiliated television stations 
not included in category (1)(i) and in the top 30 television markets;
    (iii) May 1, 2002: all remaining commercial television stations;
    (iv) May 1, 2003: all noncommercial television stations.
    (2) For the purposes of paragraph (d)(1):
    (i) The term, ``network,'' is defined to include the ABC, CBS, NBC, 
and Fox television networks;
    (ii) The term, ``television market,'' is defined as the Designated 
Market Area or DMA as defined by Nielsen Media Research as of April 3, 
1997; and
    (iii) The terms, ``network-affiliated'' or ``network-affiliate,'' 
are defined to include those television stations affiliated with at 
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as of April 3, 1997. In those DMAs in which a network has more than one 
network affiliate, paragraphs (d)(1) (i) and (ii) of this section shall 
apply to its network affiliate with the largest audience share for the 9 
a.m. to midnight time period as measured by Nielsen Media Research in 
its Nielsen Station Index, Viewers in Profile, as of February, 1997.
    (3) Authority delegated. (i) Authority is delegated to the Chief, 
Media Bureau to grant an extension of time of up to six months beyond 
the relevant construction deadline specified in paragraph (d)(1) of this 
section upon demonstration by the DTV licensee or permittee that failure 
to meet that construction deadline is due to circumstances that are 
either unforeseeable or beyond the licensee's control where the licensee 
has taken all reasonable steps to resolve the problem expeditiously.
    (ii) Such circumstances shall include, but shall not be limited to:
    (A) Inability to construct and place in operation a facility 
necessary for transmitting digital television, such as a tower, because 
of delays in obtaining zoning or FAA approvals, or similar constraints;
    (B) the lack of equipment necessary to obtain a digital television 
signal; or
    (C) where the cost of meeting the minimum build-out requirements 
exceeds the station's financial resources.
    (iii) The Bureau may grant no more than two extension requests upon 
delegated authority. Subsequent extension requests shall be referred to 
the Commission. The Bureau may deny extension requests upon delegated 
authority.
    (iv) Applications for extension of time shall be filed no earlier 
than 90 and no later than 60 days prior to the relevant construction 
deadline, absent a showing of sufficient reasons for filing within less 
than 60 days of the relevant construction deadline.
    (e) The application for construction permit must be filed on Form 
301 (except for noncommercial stations, which must file on Form 340) on 
or before the date on which half of the construction period has elapsed. 
Thus, for example, for applicants in category (d)(1)(i), the application 
for construction period must be filed by May 1, 1998.
    (f)(i) Commencing on April 1, 2003, DTV television licensees and 
permittees must simulcast 50 percent of the video programming of the 
analog channel on the DTV channel.
    (ii) Commencing on April 1, 2004, DTV licensees and permittees must 
simulcast 75% of the video programming of the analog channel on the DTV 
channel.
    (iii) Commencing on April 1, 2005, DTV licensees and permittees must 
simulcast 100% of the video programming of the analog channel on the DTV 
channel.
    (iv) The simulcasting requirements imposed in paragraphs (f) (i)-
(iii) of this section will terminate when the analog channel terminates 
operation and a 6 MHz channel is returned by the DTV licensee or 
permittee to the Commission.
    (g) Commercial and noncommercial DTV licensees must annually remit a 
fee of five percent of the gross revenues derived from all ancillary or 
supplementary services, as defined by paragraph (b) of this section, 
which are feeable, as defined in paragraphs (g)(2)(i) through (ii) of 
this section.
    (1)(i) All ancillary or supplementary services for which payment of 
a subscription fee or charge is required in order to receive the service 
are feeable. The fee required by this provision shall be imposed on any 
and all revenues from such services, including revenues derived from 
subscription fees and from any commercial advertisements transmitted on 
the service.
    (ii) Any ancillary or supplementary service for which no payment is 
required from consumers in order to receive the service is feeable if 
the DTV licensee directly or indirectly receives compensation from a 
third party in return for the transmission of material provided by that 
third party (other than commercial advertisements used to support 
broadcasting for which a subscription fee is not required). The fee 
required by this provision shall be imposed on any and all revenues from 
such services, other than revenues received from a third party in return 
for the transmission of commercial advertisements used to support 
broadcasting for which a subscription fee is not required.

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    (2) Payment of fees. (i) Each December 1, all commercial and 
noncommercial DTV licensees will electronically report whether they 
provided ancillary or supplementary services in the twelve-month period 
ending on the preceding September 30. Licensees will further report, for 
the applicable period: (A) a brief description of the services provided; 
(B) which services were feeable ancillary or supplementary services; (C) 
whether any ancillary or supplementary services provided were not 
subject to a fee; (D) gross revenues received from all feeable ancillary 
and supplementary services provided during the applicable period; and 
(E) the amount of bitstream used to provide ancillary or supplementary 
services during the applicable period. Licensees will certify under 
penalty of perjury the accuracy of the information reported. Failure to 
file regardless of revenues from ancillary or supplementary services or 
provision of such services may result in appropriate sanctions.
    (ii) If a commercial or noncommercial DTV licensee has provided 
feeable ancillary or supplementary services at any point during a 
twelve-month period ending on September 30, the licensee must 
additionally file the FCC's standard remittance form (Form 159) on the 
subsequent December 1. Licensees will certify the amount of gross 
revenues received from feeable ancillary or supplementary services for 
the applicable twelve-month period and will remit the payment of the 
required fee.
    (iii) The Commission reserves the right to audit each licensee's 
records which support the calculation of the amount specified on line 
23A of Form 159. Each licensee, therefore, is required to retain such 
records for three years from the date of remittance of fees.

[62 FR 26989, May 16, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 15784, Apr. 1, 1998; 63 
FR 69216, Dec. 16, 1998; 64 FR 4327, Jan. 28, 1999; 66 FR 58982, Nov. 
26, 2001; 66 FR 65135, Dec. 18, 2001; 67 FR 13232, Mar. 21, 2002; 67 FR 
38423, June 4, 2002]

    Effective Date Note: At 66 FR 58982, Nov. 26, 2001, Sec.  73.624 was 
amended by revising the first sentence in paragraph (g)(2)(i). This 
amendment contains information collection requirements and will not 
become effective until approval has been given by the Office of 
Management and Budget.



Sec.  73.625   DTV coverage of principal community and antenna system.

    (a) Transmitter location. (1) The DTV transmitter location shall be 
chosen so that, on the basis of the effective radiated power and antenna 
height above average terrain employed, the following minimum F(50,90) 
field strength in dB above one uV/m will be provided over the entire 
principal community to be served:

Channels 2-6..................................................    35 dBu
Channels 7-13.................................................    43 dBu
Channels 14-69................................................    48 dBu
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Note to paragraph (a)(1): These requirements above do not become 
effective until December 31, 2004 for commercial television licensees 
and December 31, 2005 for noncommercial television licensees. Prior to 
those dates, the following minimum F(50,90) field strength in dB above 
one uV/m must be provided over the entire principal community to be 
served:

Channels 2-6..................................................    28 dBu
Channels 7-13.................................................    36 dBu
Channels 14-69................................................    41 dBu
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (2) The location of the antenna must be so chosen that there is not 
a major obstruction in the path over the principal community to be 
served.
    (3) For the purposes of this section, coverage is to be determined 
in accordance with paragraph (b) of this section. Under actual 
conditions, the true coverage may vary from these estimates because the 
terrain over any specific path is expected to be different from the 
average terrain on which the field strength charts were based. Further, 
the actual extent of service will usually be less than indicated by 
these estimates due to interference from other stations. Because of 
these factors, the predicted field strength contours give no assurance 
of service to any specific percentage of receiver locations within the 
distances indicated.
    (b) Determining coverage. (1) In predicting the distance to the 
field strength contours, the F (50,50) field strength charts (Figures 9, 
10 and 10b of Sec.  73.699 of this part) and the F (50,10) field 
strength charts (Figures 9a, 10a and 10c of Sec.  73.699 of this part) 
shall be used. To use the charts to predict the distance to a given F 
(50,90) contour, the following procedure is used: Convert the effective 
radiated power in

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kilowatts for the appropriate azimuth into decibel value referenced to 1 
kW (dBk). Subtract the power value in dBk from the contour value in dBu. 
Note that for power less than 1 kW, the difference value will be greater 
than the contour value because the power in dBk is negative. Locate the 
difference value obtained on the vertical scale at the left edge of the 
appropriate F (50,50) chart for the DTV station's channel. Follow the 
horizontal line for that value into the chart to the point of 
intersection with the vertical line above the height of the antenna 
above average terrain for the appropriate azimuth located on the scale 
at the bottom of the chart. If the point of intersection does not fall 
exactly on a distance curve, interpolate betweenthe distance curves 
below and above the intersection point. The distance values for the 
curves are located along the right edge of the chart. Using the 
appropriate F (50,10) chart for the DTV station's channel, locate the 
point where the distance coincides with the vertical line above the 
height of the antenna above average terrain for the appropriate azimuth 
located on the scale at the bottom of the chart. Follow a horizontal 
line from that point to the left edge of the chart to determine the F 
(50,10) difference value. Add the power value in dBk to this difference 
value to determine the F (50,10) contour value in dBu. Subtract the F 
(50,50) contour value in dBu from this F (50,10) contour value in dBu. 
Subtract this difference from the F (50,50) contour value in dBu to 
determine the F (50,90) contour value in dBu at the pertinent distance 
along the pertinent radial.
    (2) The effective radiated power to be used is that radiated at the 
vertical angle corresponding to the depression angle between the 
transmitting antenna center of radiation and the radio horizon as 
determined individually for each azimuthal direction concerned. In cases 
where the relative field strength at this depression angle is 90% or 
more of the maximum field strength developed in the vertical plane 
containing the pertaining radial, the maximum radiation shall be used. 
The depression angle is based on the difference in elevation of the 
antenna center of radiation above the average terrain and the radio 
horizon, assuming a smooth spherical earth with a radius of 8,495.5 
kilometers (5,280 miles) and shall be determined by the following 
equation:

A = 0.0277 square root of H

Where:

A is the depression angle in degrees.
H is the height in meters of the transmitting antenna radiation center 
above average terrain of the 3.2-16.1 kilometers (2-10 miles) sector of 
the pertinent radial.


This formula is empirically derived for the limited purpose specified 
here. Its use for any other purpose may be inappropriate.
    (3) Applicants for new DTV stations or changes in the facilities of 
existing DTV stations must submit to the FCC a showing as to the 
location of their stations' or proposed stations' contour. This showing 
is to include a map showing this contour, except where applicants have 
previously submitted material to the FCC containing such information and 
it is found upon careful examination that the contour locations 
indicated therein would not change, on any radial, when the locations 
are determined under this section. In the latter cases, a statement by a 
qualified engineer to this effect will satisfy this requirement and no 
contour maps need be submitted.
    (4) The antenna height to be used with these charts is the height of 
the radiation center of the antenna above the average terrain along the 
radial in question. In determining the average elevation of the terrain, 
the elevations between 3.2-16.1 kilometers (2-10 miles) from the antenna 
site are employed. Profile graphs shall be drawn for 8 radials beginning 
at the antenna site and extending 16.1 kilometers (10 miles) therefrom. 
The radials should be drawn for each 45 degrees of azimuth starting with 
True North. At least one radial must include the principal community to 
be served even though such community may be more than 16.1 kilometers 
(10 miles) from the antenna site. However, in the event none of the 
evenly spaced radials include the principal community to be served and 
one or more such radials are drawn in addition to the 8 evenly spaced 
radials,

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such additional radials shall not be employed in computing the antenna 
height above average terrain. Where the 3.2-16.1 kilometers (2-10 mile) 
portion of a radial extends in whole or in part over large bodies of 
water (such as ocean areas, gulfs, sounds, bays, large lakes, etc., but 
not rivers) or extends over foreign territory but the contour 
encompasses land area within the United States beyond the 16.1 
kilometers (10 mile) portion of the radial, the entire 3.2-16.1 
kilometers (2-10 mile) portion of the radial shall be included in the 
computation of antenna height above average terrain. However, where the 
contour does not so encompass United States land area and (1) the entire 
3.2-16.1 kilometers (2-10 mile) portion of the radial extends over large 
bodies of water or foreign territory, such radial shall be completely 
omitted from the computation of antenna height above average terrain, 
and (2) where a part of the 3.2-16.1 kilometers (2-10 mile) portion of a 
radial extends over large bodies of water or over foreign territory, 
only that part of the radial extending from the 3.2 kilometer (2 mile) 
sector to the outermost portion of land area within the United States 
covered by the radial shall be employed in the computation of antenna 
height above average terrain. The profile graph for each radial should 
be plotted by contour intervals of from 12.2-30.5 meters (40-100 feet) 
and, where the data permits, at least 50 points of elevation (generally 
uniformly spaced) should be used for each radial. In instances of very 
rugged terrain where the use of contour intervals of 30.5 meters (100 
feet) would result in several points in a short distance, 61.0-122.0 
meter (200-400 foot) contour intervals may be used for such distances. 
On the other hand, where the terrain is uniform or gently sloping the 
smallest contour interval indicated on the topographic map (see 
paragraph (b)(5) of this section) should be used, although only 
relatively few points may be available. The profile graphs should 
indicate the topography accurately for each radial, and the graphs 
should be plotted withthe distance in kilometers as the abscissa and the 
elevation in meters above mean sea level as the ordinate. The profile 
graphs should indicate the source of the topographical data employed. 
The graph should also show the elevation of the center of the radiating 
system. The graph may be plotted either on rectangular coordinate paper 
or on special paper which shows the curvature of the earth. It is not 
necessary to take the curvature of the earth into consideration in this 
procedure, as this factor is taken care of in the charts showing signal 
strengths. The average elevation of the 12.9 kilometer (8 miles) 
distance between 3.2-16.1 kilometers (2-10 miles) from the antenna site 
should then be determined from the profile graph for each radial. This 
may be obtained by averaging a large number of equally spaced points, by 
using a planimeter, or by obtaining the median elevation (that exceeded 
for 50% of the distance) in sectors and averaging those values. In 
directions where the terrain is such that negative antenna heights or 
heights below 30.5 meters (100 feet) for the 3.2 to 16.1 kilometers (2 
to 10 mile) sector are obtained, an assumed height of 30.5 meters (100 
feet) shall be used for the prediction of coverage. However, where the 
actual contour distances are critical factors, a supplemental showing of 
expected coverage must be included together with a description of the 
method employed in predicting such coverage. In special cases, the 
Commission may require additional information as to terrain and 
coverage.
    (5) In the preparation of the profile graph previously described, 
and in determining the location and height above sea level of the 
antenna site, the elevation or contour intervals shall be taken from the 
United States Geological Survey Topographic Quadrangle Maps, United 
States Army Corps of Engineers' maps or Tennessee Valley Authority maps, 
whichever is the latest, for all areas for which such maps are 
available. If such maps are not published for the area in question, the 
next best topographic information should be used. Topographic data may 
sometimes be obtained from State and Municipal agencies. Data from 
Sectional Aeronautical Charts (including bench marks) or railroad depot 
elevations and highway elevations from road maps

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may be used where no better information is available. In cases where 
limited topographic data is available, use may be made of an altimeter 
in a car driven along roads extending generally radially from the 
transmitter site. United States Geological Survey Topographic Quadrangle 
Maps may be obtained from the United States Geological Survey, 
Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. 20240. Sectional 
Aeronautical Charts are available from the United States Coast and 
Geodetic Survey, Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20235. In lieu 
of maps, the average terrain elevation may be computer generated, except 
in the cases of dispute, using elevations from a 30 second point or 
better topographic data file. The file must be identified and the data 
processed for intermediate points along each radial using linear 
interpolation techniques.The height above mean sea level of the antenna 
site must be obtained manually using appropriate topographic maps.
    (c) Antenna system. (1) The antenna system shall be designed so that 
the effective radiated power at any angle above the horizontal shall be 
as low as the state of the art permits, and in the same vertical plane 
may not exceed the effective radiated power in either the horizontal 
direction or below the horizontal, whichever is greater.
    (2) An antenna designed or altered to produce a noncircular 
radiation pattern in the horizontal plane is considered to be a 
directional antenna. Antennas purposely installed in such a manner as to 
result in the mechanical beam tilting of the major vertical radiation 
lobe are included in this category.
    (3) Applications proposing the use of directional antenna systems 
must be accompanied by the following:
    (i) Complete description of the proposed antenna system, including 
the manufacturer and model number of the proposed directional antenna.
    (ii) Relative field horizontal plane pattern (horizontal 
polarization only) of the proposed directional antenna. A value of 1.0 
should be used for the maximum radiation. The plot of the pattern should 
be oriented so that 0 degrees corresponds to true North. Where 
mechanical beam tilt is intended, the amount of tilt in degrees of the 
antenna vertical axis and the orientation of the downward tilt with 
respect to true North must be specified, and the horizontal plane 
pattern must reflect the use of mechanical beam tilt.
    (iii) A tabulation of the relative field pattern required in 
paragraph (c)(3)(ii) of this section. The tabulation should use the same 
zero degree reference as the plotted pattern, and be tabulated at least 
every 10 degrees. In addition, tabulated values of all maxima and 
minima, with their corresponding azimuths, should be submitted.
    (iv) Horizontal and vertical plane radiation patterns showing the 
effective radiated power, in dBk, for each direction. Sufficient 
vertical plane patterns must be included to indicate clearly the 
radiation characteristics of the antenna above and below the horizontal 
plane. In cases where the angles at which the maximum vertical radiation 
varies with azimuth, a separate vertical radiation pattern must be 
provided for each pertinent radial direction.
    (v) All horizontal plane patterns must be plotted to the largest 
scale possible on unglazed letter-size polar coordinate paper (main 
engraving approximately 18 cmx25 cm (7 inchesx10 inches)) using only 
scale divisions and subdivisions of 1, 2, 2.5. or 5 times 10-nth. All 
vertical plane patterns must be plotted on unglazed letter-size 
rectangular coordinate paper. Values of field strength on any pattern 
less than 10 percent of the maximum field strength plotted on that 
pattern must be shown on an enlarged scale.
    (vi) The horizontal and vertical plane patterns that are required 
are the patterns for the complete directional antenna system. In the 
case of a composite antenna composed of two or more individual antennas, 
this means that the patterns for the composite antenna, not the patterns 
for each of the individual antennas, must be submitted.
    (4) Where simultaneous use of antennas or antenna structures is 
proposed, the following provisions shall apply:
    (i) In cases where it is proposed to use a tower of an AM broadcast 
station as a supporting structure for a DTV

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broadcast antenna, an appropriate application for changes in the 
radiating system of the AM broadcast station must be filed by the 
licensee thereof. A formal application (FCC Form 301, or FCC Form 340 
for a noncommercial educational station) will be required if the 
proposal involves substantial change in the physical height or radiation 
characteristics of the AM broadcast antennas; otherwise an informal 
application will be acceptable. (In case of doubt, an informal 
application (letter) together with complete engineering data should be 
submitted.) An application may be required for other classes of stations 
when the tower is to be used in connection with a DTV station.
    (ii) When the proposed DTV antenna is to be mounted on a tower in 
the vicinity of an AM station directional antenna system and it appears 
that the operation of the directional antenna system may be affected, an 
engineering study must be filed with the DTV application concerning the 
effect of the DTV antenna on the AM directional radiation pattern. Field 
measurements of the AM stations may be required prior to and following 
construction of the DTV station antenna, and readjustments made as 
necessary.
    (5) Applications proposing the use of electrical beam tilt pursuant 
to section 73.622(f)(4) must be accompanied by the following:
    (i) Complete description of the proposed antenna system, including 
the manufacturer and model number. Vertical plane radiation patterns 
conforming with paragraphs (c)(3)(iv), (c)(3)(v) and (c)(3)(vi) of this 
section.
    (ii) For at least 36 evenly spaced radials, including 0 degrees 
corresponding to true North, a determination of the depression angle 
between the transmitting antenna center of radiation and the radio 
horizon using the formula in paragraph (b)(2) of this section.
    (iii) For each such radial direction, the ERP at the depression 
angle, taking into account the effect of the electrical beam tilt, 
mechanical beam tilt, if used, and directional antenna pattern if a 
directional antenna is specified.
    (iv) The maximum ERP toward the radio horizon determined by this 
process must be clearly indicated. In addition, a tabulation of the 
relative fields representing the effective radiation pattern toward the 
radio horizon in the 36 radial directions must be submitted. A value of 
1.0 should be used for the maximum radiation.

[62 FR 26990, May 16, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 13562, Mar. 20, 1998; 66 
FR 9985, Feb. 13, 2001; 66 FR 65135, Dec. 18, 2001]



Sec.  73.635  Use of common antenna site.

    No television license or renewal of a television license will be 
granted to any person who owns, leases, or controls a particular site 
which is peculiarly suitable for television broadcasting in a particular 
area and (a) which is not available for use by other television 
licensees; and (b) no other comparable site is available in the area; 
and (c) where the exclusive use of such site by the applicant or 
licensee would unduly limit the number of television stations that can 
be authorized in a particular area or would unduly restrict competition 
among television stations.

[28 FR 13660, Dec. 14, 1963]



Sec.  73.641  Subscription TV definitions.

    (a) Subscription television. A system whereby subscription 
television programs are transmitted and received.
    (b) Subscription television program. A television boadcast program 
intended to be received in intelligible form for a fee or charge.

[52 FR 6154, Mar. 2, 1987]



Sec.  73.642  Subscription TV service.

    (a) Subscription TV service may be provided by:
    (1) Licensees and permittees of commercial and noncommercial TV 
stations, and
    (2) Licensees and permittees of low power TV stations.
    (b) A licensee or permittee of a commercial or noncommercial TV 
station or a low power TV station may begin subscription TV service upon 
installation of encoding equipment having advance FCC approval. However, 
the licensee or permittee of a TV broadcast station (not applicable to 
low power

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TV stations) must send a letter to the FCC in Washington, DC, that 
subscription TV service will commence at least 30 days prior to 
commencement of such service. In that letter, to be entitled ``Notice of 
Commencement of STV Operations,'' the licensee or permittee is to state 
that it will comply with the provisions of paragraphs (e)(1) through 
(e)(3) and Sec.  73.644(c) of this chapter and identify the make and 
type of encoding system to be used. A similar notice must be submitted 
if the licensee or permittee commences using another type of encoding 
system. (See section 644(h).) A notice must also be submitted to the FCC 
in Washington, DC, if encoded subscription TV service is to be 
discontinued, at least 30 days prior to such discontinuance.
    (c) The station proof of system compliance measurement data (see 
Sec.  73.644(c)) need not be submitted to the FCC, however, the 
measurement data must be available to the FCC upon request.
    (d) The use of the visual vertical blanking interval or an aural 
subcarrier for transmitting subscriber decoder control code signals 
during periods of normal non-encoded programming may be used only upon 
specific FCC authorization. Letter requests to use either the video 
blanking intervals or aural subcarriers during periods of non-
subscription programming are to be sent to the FCC in Washington, D.C.
    (e) A licensee or permittee of a commercial or noncommercial TV 
broadcast or low power TV station may not transmit a subscription 
service if it has a contract, arrangement, or understanding expressed or 
implied, that:
    (1) Prevents or hinders it from rejecting or refusing any 
subscription TV broadcast program that it reasonably believes to be 
unsatisfactory or unsuitable or contrary to the public interests; or 
substituting a subscription or conventional program that, in its 
opinion, is of greater local or national importance; or
    (2) Delegates to any other person the right to schedule the hours of 
transmission of subscription programs. However, this rule does not 
prevent a licensee or permittee from entering into an agreement or 
arrangement whereby it agrees to schedule a specific subscription TV 
broadcast program at a specific time or to schedule a specific number of 
hours of subscription programs during the broadcast day (or segments 
thereof) or weeks; or
    (3) Deprives it of the right of ultimate decision concerning the 
maximum amount of any subscription program charge or fee.
    (4) Has provisions that do not comply with the following policies of 
the FCC:
    (i) Unless a satifactory signal is unavailable at the location where 
service is desired, subscription TV service must be provided to all 
persons desiring it within the Grade A contour of the station 
broadcasting subscription programs. Geographic or other reasonable 
patterns of installation for new subscription services is permitted and, 
for good cause, service may be terminated.
    (ii) Charges, terms and conditions of service to subscribers must be 
applied uniformly. However, subscribers may be divided into reasonable 
classifications approved by the FCC, and the impositions of different 
sets of terms and conditions may be applied to subscribers in different 
classifications. Further, for good cause, within such classification, 
deposits may be required from some subscribers and not of others; and, 
also for good cause, if a subscription system generally uses a credit-
type decoder, cash operated decoders may be installed for some 
subscribers.

[48 FR 56392, Dec. 21, 1983, as amended at 52 FR 6154, Mar. 2, 1987; 66 
FR 58982, Nov. 26, 2001]



Sec.  73.643  Subscription TV operating requirements.

    The non-technical rules and policies applicable to regular TV 
broadcast stations are applicable to subscription TV operations, except 
where specifically exempted in the provisions of those rules and 
policies.

[48 FR 56392, Dec. 21, 1983]



Sec.  73.644  Subscription TV transmission systems.

    (a) Licensees and permittees of commercial and noncommercial TV 
broadcast and low power TV stations may conduct subscription operations 
only by using an encoding system that has been approved in advance by 
the FCC.

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Such advance approval may be applied for and granted in accordance with 
the procedures given in Subpart M Part 2 of the Rules.
    (b) The criteria for advance approval of subscription TV 
transmitting systems by the FCC are as follows:
    (1) Spectral energy in the transmitted signal must not exceed the 
limitations given in Sec.  73.687(e).
    (2) No increase in width of the television broadcast channel (6 
MHz.) is permitted.
    (3) The technical system must enable stations to transmit encoded 
subscription TV programs without increasing the RMS output power from 
either the video or audio transmitters over that required to transmit 
the same program material using normal transmission standards.
    (4) Modification of a type accepted TV broadcast or low power TV 
transmitter for encoded transmissions must not render transmitter 
incapable of operating in accordance with the operating specifications 
upon which type acceptance was granted. (See Sec.  2.1001 (b), (k))
    (5) Interference to reception of conventional television either of 
co-channel or adjacent channel stations must not increase over that 
resulting from the transmission of programming with normal transmission 
standards.
    (6) Subscriber decoder devices must meet the provisions, where 
required, of Subpart H of Part 15 of the FCC Rules for TV Interface 
Devices.
    (c) Prior to commencing the transmission of encoded subscription 
programming, the licensee or permittee of a TV broadcast or low power TV 
station must perform such tests and measurements to determine that the 
transmitted encoded signal conforms to the radiated radio frequency and 
demodulated baseband and waveforms, transmitter operating power 
determination, and the occupied bandwidth limitations specified in the 
application for advance FCC approval of the system being used. A copy of 
the measurement data is to be maintained in the station files and made 
available to the FCC upon request.
    (d) The licensee of a station transmitting an encoded subscription 
service must have at the transmitter control point the technical 
specifications for the system being used of both the aural and visual 
baseband signals and the transmitted radiofrequency signals, and have 
the necessary measuring and monitoring equipment, including transmitter 
output power measuring equipment, to determine that the transmissions 
conform to the advance approval specifications on file with the FCC. 
Full operating specifications for the system must be available to 
representatives of the FCC upon request.
    (e) The operating power of the transmitters during encoded 
operations must be determined and maintained according to the procedures 
given in the application for advance approval.
    (f) A station using an encoding system in accordance with the 
specifications filed with the application for advance approval is deemed 
to be exempted from those technical regulations of this Subpart and 
Subpart H to the extent they are specifically detailed in the 
application.
    (g) No protection from interference of any kind will be afforded to 
reception of encoded subscription programming over that afforded 
reception of non-encoded signals.
    (h) A licensee or permittee may make no modifications on a 
subscription encoding system that would alter the characteristics of the 
transmitted aural or visual signal from those specified in the 
application for advance approval. A licensee or permittee of a station 
replacing its encoding system must perform the measurements required by 
paragraph (c) of this section. A TV broadcast station licensee or 
permittee must also send a letter advising the FCC of the new system 
being used as required by Sec.  73.642(b) of this chapter.
    (i) The station licensee is fully responsible for all technical 
operations of the station during transmissions of encoded subscription 
programming, regardless of the supplier of the encoding equipment or 
subscription program service.

    Note: Stations transmitting encoded subscription programming prior 
to October 1, 1983, must comply with all technical and operating 
requirements of this Section no later than April 1, 1984. Stations not 
having the information to comply with this Section

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must obtain such information from the manufacturer of the encoding 
system being used, and if necessary, by measurements of the station's 
transmission system.

    (j) Upon request by an authorized representative of the FCC, the 
licensee of a TV station transmitting encoded programming must make 
available a receiving decoder to the Commission to carry out its 
regulatory responsibilities.

[48 FR 56392, Dec. 21, 1983, as amended at 57 FR 48333, Oct. 23, 1992; 
66 FR 58982, Nov. 26, 2001]



Sec.  73.646  Telecommunications Service on the Vertical Blanking Interval 
and in the Visual Signal.

    (a) Telecommunications services permitted on the vertical blanking 
interval (VBI) and in the visual signal include the transmission of 
data, processed information, or any other communication in either a 
digital or analog mode.
    (b) Telecommunications service on the VBI and in the visual signal 
is of an ancillary nature and as such is an elective, subsidiary 
activity. No service guidelines, limitations, or performance standards 
are applied to it. The kinds of service that may be provided include, 
but are not limited to, teletext, paging, computer software and bulk 
data distribution, and aural messages. Such services may be provided on 
a broadcast, point-to-point, or point to multipoint basis.
    (c) Telecommunications services that are common carrier in nature 
are subject to common carrier regulation. Licensees operating such 
services are required to apply to the Commission for the appropriate 
authorization and to comply with all policies and rules applicable to 
the particular service.
    (d) Television licensees are authorized to lease their VBI and 
visual signal telecommunications facilities to outside parties. In all 
arrangements entered into with outside parties affecting 
telecommunications service operation, the licensee or permittee must 
retain control over all material transmitted in a broadcast mode via the 
station's facilities, with the right to reject any material that it 
deems inappropriate or undesirable. The licensee or permittee is also 
responsible for all aspects of technical operation involving such 
telecommunications services.
    (e) The grant or renewal of a TV station license or permit will not 
be furthered or promoted by proposed or past VBI or visual signal 
telecommunications service operation; the licensee must establish that 
its broadcast operation serves the public interest wholly apart from 
such telecommunications service activities. (Violation of rules 
applicable to VBI and visual signal telecommunications services could, 
of course, reflect on a licensee's qualifications to hold its license or 
permit.)
    (f) TV broadcast stations are authorized to transmit VBI and visual 
telecommunications service signals during any time period, including 
portions of the day when normal programming is not broadcast. Such 
transmissions must be in accordance with the technical provisions of 
Sec.  73.682.

[50 FR 4663, Feb. 1, 1985, as amended at 50 FR 9035, Mar. 6, 1985; 61 FR 
36304, July 10, 1996]



Sec.  73.653  Operation of TV aural and visual transmitters.

    The aural and visual transmitters may be operated independently of 
each other or, if operated simultaneously, may be used with different 
and unrelated program material.

[54 FR 9806, Mar. 8, 1989]



Sec.  73.658  Affiliation agreements and network program practices; 
territorial exclusivity in non-network program arrangements.

    (a) Exclusive affiliation of station. No license shall be granted to 
a television broadcast station having any contract, arrangement, or 
understanding, express or implied, with a network organization under 
which the station is prevented or hindered from, or penalized for, 
broadcasting the programs of any other network organization. (The term 
``network organization'' as used in this section includes national and 
regional network organizations. See ch. VII, J, of Report on Chain 
Broadcasting.)
    (b) Territorial exclusively. No license shall be granted to a 
television broadcast station having any contract, arrangement, or 
understanding, express or implied, with a network organization which 
prevents or hinders another broadcast station located in the same

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community from broadcasting the network's programs not taken by the 
former station, or which prevents or hinders another broadcast station 
located in a different community from broadcasting any program of the 
network organization. This section shall not be construed to prohibit 
any contract, arrangement, or understanding between a station and a 
network organization pursuant to which the station is granted the first 
call in its community upon the programs of the network organization. As 
employed in this paragraph, the term ``community'' is defined as the 
community specified in the instrument of authorization as the location 
of the station.
    (c) [Reserved]
    (d) Station commitment of broadcast time. No license shall be 
granted to a television broadcast station having any contract, 
arrangement, or understanding, express or implied, with any network 
organization, which provides for optioning of the station's time to the 
network organization, or which has the same restraining effect as time 
optioning. As used in this section, time optioning is any contract, 
arrangement, or understanding, express or implied, between a station and 
a network organization which prevents or hinders the station from 
scheduling programs before the network agrees to utilize the time during 
which such programs are scheduled, or which requires the station to 
clear time already scheduled when the network organization seeks to 
utilize the time.
    (e) Right to reject programs. No license shall be granted to a 
television broadcast station having any contract, arrangement, or 
understanding, express or implied, with a network organization which, 
with respect to programs offered or already contracted for pursuant to 
an affiliation contract, prevents or hinders the station from:
    (1) Rejecting or refusing network programs which the station 
reasonably believes to be unsatisfactory or unsuitable or contrary to 
the public interest, or
    (2) Substituting a program which, in the station's opinion, is of 
greater local or national importance.
    (f) [Reserved]
    (g) Dual network operation. A television broadcast station may 
affiliate with a person or entity that maintains two or more networks of 
television broadcast stations unless such dual or multiple networks are 
composed of two or more persons or entities that, on February 8, 1996, 
were ``networks'' as defined in Sec.  73.3613(a)(1) of the Commission's 
regulations (that is, ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC).
    (h) Control by networks of station rates. No license shall be 
granted to a television broadcast station having any contract, 
arrangement, or understanding, express or implied, with a network 
organization under which the station is prevented or hindered from, or 
penalized for, fixing or altering its rates for the sale of broadcast 
time for other than the network's programs.
    (i) No license shall be granted to a television broadcast station 
which is represented for the sale of non-network time by a network 
organization or by an organization directly or indirectly controlled by 
or under common control with a network organization, if the station has 
any contract, arrangement or understanding, express or implied, which 
provides for the affiliation of the station with such network 
organization: Provided, however, That this rule shall not be applicable 
to stations licensed to a network organization or to a subsidiary of a 
network organization.
    (j)-(l) [Reserved]
    (m) Territorial exclusivity in non-network arrangements. (1) No 
television station shall enter into any contract, arrangement, or 
understanding, expressed or implied; with a non-network program 
producer, distributor, or supplier, or other person; which prevents or 
hinders another television station located in a community over 56.3 
kilometers (35 miles) away, as determined by the reference points 
contained in Sec.  76.53 of this chapter, (if reference points for a 
community are not listed in Sec.  76.53, the location of the main post 
office will be used) from broadcasting any program purchased by the 
former station from such non-network program producer, distributor, 
supplier, or other person, except that a television station may secure 
exclusivity against a television station licensed to another designated 
community in a hyphenated

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market specified in the market listing as contained in Sec.  76.51 of 
this chapter for those 100 markets listed, and for markets not listed in 
Sec.  76.51 of this chapter, the listing as contained in the Nielsen 
Media Research DMA Rankings for the most recent year at the time that 
the exclusivity contract, arrangement or understanding is complete under 
practices of the industry. As used in this paragraph, the term 
``community'' is defined as the community specified in the instrument of 
authorization as the location of the station.
    (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (m)(1) of this section, a television 
station may enter into a contract, arrangement, or understanding with a 
producer, supplier, or distributor of a non-network program if that 
contract, arrangement, or understanding provides that the broadcast 
station has exclusive national rights such that no other television 
station in the United States may broadcast the program.

    Note 1: Contracts, arrangements, or understandings that are complete 
under the practices of the industry prior to August 7, 1973, will not be 
disturbed. Extensions or renewals of such agreements are not permitted 
because they would in effect be new agreements without competitive 
bidding. However, such agreements that were based on the broadcaster's 
advancing ``seed money'' for the production of a specific program or 
series that specify two time periods--a tryout period and period 
thereafter for general exhibition--may be extended or renewed as 
contemplated in the basic agreement.
    Note 2: It is intended that the top 100 major television markets 
listed in Sec.  76.51 of this chapter shall be used for the purposes of 
this rule and that the listing of the top 100 television markets 
appearing in the ARB Television Market Analysis shall not be used. The 
reference in this rule to the listing of markets in the ARB Television 
Market Analysis refers to hyphenated markets below the top-100 markets 
contained in the ARB Television Market Analysis. If a community is 
listed in a hyphenated market in Sec.  76.51 and is also listed in one 
of the markets in the ARB listing, the listing in Sec.  76.51 shall 
govern.
    Note 3: The provisions of this paragraph apply only to U.S. 
commercial television broadcast stations in the 50 states, and not to 
stations in Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands, foreign stations or 
noncommercial educational television or ``public'' television stations 
(either by way of restrictions on their exclusivity or on exclusivity 
against them).
    Note 4: New stations authorized in any community of a hyphenated 
market listed in Sec.  76.51 of this chapter or in any community of a 
hyphenated market listed in the ARB Television Market Analysis (for 
markets below the top-100 markets) are subject to the same rules as 
previously existing stations therein. New stations authorized in other 
communities are considered stations in separate markets unless and until 
Sec.  76.51 is amended by Commission action, or the ARB listing is 
changed.

(Sec. 5, 48 Stat. 1068 (47 U.S.C. 155))

[28 FR 13660, Dec. 14, 1963]

    Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec.  
73.658, see the List of CFR Sections Affected which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume and on GPO Access.



Sec. Sec.  73.659-73.663  [Reserved]



Sec.  73.664  Determining operating power.

    (a) The operating power of each TV visual transmitter shall normally 
be determined by the direct method.
    (b) Direct method, visual transmitter. The direct method of power 
determination for a TV visual transmitter uses the indications of a 
calibrated transmission line meter (responsive to peak power) located at 
the RF output terminals of the transmitter. The indications of the 
calibrated meter are used to observe and maintain the authorized 
operating power of the visual transmitter. This meter must be calibrated 
whenever any component in the metering circuit is repaired or replaced 
and as often as necessary to ensure operation in accordance with the 
provisions of Sec.  73.1560 of this part. The following calibration 
procedures are to be used:
    (1) The transmission line meter is calibrated by measuring the 
average power at the output terminals of the transmitter, including any 
vestigial sideband and harmonic filters which may be used in normal 
operation. For this determination the average power output is measured 
while operating into a dummy load of substantially zero reactance and a 
resistance equal to the transmission line characteristic impedance. 
During this measurement the transmitter is to be modulated only by a 
standard synchronizing signal with blanking level set at 75% of

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peak amplitude as observed in an output waveform monitor, and with this 
blanketing level amplitude maintained throughout the time interval 
between synchronizing pulses.
    (2) If electrical devices are used to determine the output power, 
such devices must permit determination of this power to within an 
accuracy of +-5% of the power indicated by the full scale reading of the 
electrical indicating instrument of the device. If temperature and 
coolant flow indicating devices are used to determine the power output, 
such devices must permit determination of this power to within an 
accuracy of +-4% of measured average power output. The peak power output 
is the power so measured in the dummy load multiplied by the factor 
1.68. During this measurement the input voltage and current to the final 
radio frequency amplifier stage and the transmission line meter are to 
be read and compared with similar readings taken with the dummy load 
replaced by the antenna. These readings must be in substantial 
agreement.
    (3) The meter must be calibrated with the transmitter operating at 
80%, 100%, and 110% of the authorized power as often as may be necessary 
to maintain its accuracy and ensure correct transmitter operating power. 
In cases where the transmitter is incapable of operating at 110% of the 
authorized power output, the calibration may be made at a power output 
between 100% and 110% of the authorized power output. However, where 
this is done, the output meter must be marked at the point of 
calibration of maximum power output, and the station will be deemed to 
be in violation of this rule if that power is exceeded. The upper and 
lower limits of permissible power deviation as determined by the 
prescribed calibration, must be shown upon the meter either by means of 
adjustable red markers incorporated in the meter or by red marks placed 
upon the meter scale or glass face. These markings must be checked and 
changed, if necessary, each time the meter is calibrated.
    (c) Indirect method, visual transmitter. The operating power is 
determined by the indirect method by applying an appropriate factor to 
the input power to the final radio-frequency amplifier stage of the 
transmitter using the following formula:

Transmitter output power=Ep x Ip x F

    Where:

Ep=DC input voltage of the final radio-frequency amplifier stage.
Ip=DC input current of the final radio-frequency amplifier stage.
F=Efficiency factor.

    (1) If the above formula is not appropriate for the design of the 
transmitter final amplifier, use a formula specified by the transmitter 
manufacturer with other appropriate operating parameters.
    (2) The value of the efficiency factor, F established for the 
authorized transmitter output power is to be used for maintaining the 
operating power, even though there may be some variation in F over the 
power operating range of the transmitter.
    (3) The value of F is to be determined and a record kept thereof by 
one of the following procedures listed in order of preference:
    (i) Using the most recent measurement data for calibration of the 
transmission line meter according to the procedures described in 
paragraph (b) of this section or the most recent measurements made by 
the licensee establishing the value of F. In the case of composite 
transmitters or those in which the final amplifier stages have been 
modified pursuant to FCC approval, the licensee must furnish the FCC and 
also retain with the station records the measurement data used as a 
basis for determining the value of F.
    (ii) Using measurement data shown on the transmitter manufacturer's 
test data supplied to the licensee, provided that measurements were made 
at the authorized carrier frequency and transmitter output power.
    (iii) Using the transmitter manufacturer's measurement data 
submitted to the FCC for type acceptance as shown in the instruction 
book supplied to the licensee.


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    Note: Refer to Sec.  73.1560 for aural transmitter output power 
levels.

[44 FR 58732, Oct. 11, 1979, as amended at 48 FR 44805, Sept. 30, 1983; 
49 FR 4210, Feb. 3, 1984; 49 FR 22092, May 25, 1984; 49 FR 49851, Dec. 
24, 1984; 50 FR 26568, June 27, 1985; 54 FR 9806, Mar. 8, 1989. 
Redesignated at 58 FR 62555, Nov. 29, 1993]



Sec.  73.665  Use of TV aural baseband subcarriers.

    Licensees of TV broadcast stations may transmit, without further 
authorization from the FCC, subcarriers and signals within the composite 
baseband for the following purposes:
    (a) Stereophonic (biphonic, quadraphonic, etc.) sound programs under 
the provisions of Sec. Sec.  73.667 and 73.669.
    (b) Transmission of signals relating to the operation of TV 
stations, such as relaying broadcast materials to other stations, remote 
cueing and order messages, and control and telemetry signals for the 
transmitting system.
    (c) Transmission of pilot or control signals to enhance the 
station's program service such as (but not restricted to) activation of 
noise reduction decoders in receivers, for any other receiver control 
purpose, or for program alerting and program identification.
    (d) Subsidiary communications services.

[49 FR 18105, Apr. 27, 1984]



Sec.  73.667  TV subsidiary communications services.

    (a) Subsidiary communications services are those transmitted within 
the TV aural baseband signal, but do not include services which enhance 
the main program broadcast service or exclusively relate to station 
operations (see Sec.  73.665(a), (b), and (c)). Subsidiary 
communications include, but are not limited to, services such as 
functional music, specialized foreign language programs, radio reading 
services, utility load management, market and financial data and news, 
paging and calling, traffic control signal switching, and point-to-point 
or multipoint messages.
    (b) TV subsidiary communications services that are common carrier or 
private radio in nature are subject to common carrier or private radio 
regulation. Licensees operating such services are required to apply to 
the FCC for the appropriate authorization and to comply with all 
policies and rules applicable to the service. Responsibility for making 
the initial determinations of whether a particular activity requires 
separate authority rests with the TV station licensee or permittee. 
Initial determinations by licensees or permittees are subject to FCC 
examination and may be reviewed at the FCC's discretion.
    (c) Subsidiary communications services are of a secondary nature 
under the authority of the TV station authorization, and the authority 
to provide such communications services may not be retained or 
transferred in any manner separate from the station's authorization. The 
grant or renewal of a TV station permit or license is not furthered or 
promoted by proposed or past subsidiary communications services. The 
permittee or licensee must establish that the broadcast operation is in 
the public interest wholly apart from the subsidiary communications 
services provided.
    (d) The station identification, delayed recording, and sponsor 
identification announcement required by Sec. Sec.  73.1201, 73.1208, and 
73.1212 are not applicable to leased communications services transmitted 
via services that are not of a general broadcast nature.
    (e) The licensee or permittee must retain control over all material 
transmitted in a broadcast mode via the station's facilities, with the 
right to reject any material that it deems inappropriate or undesirable.

[49 FR 18105, Apr. 27, 1984, as amended at 49 FR 27147, July 2, 1984; 56 
FR 49707, Oct. 1, 1991]



Sec.  73.669  TV stereophonic aural and multiplex subcarrier operation.

    (a) A TV broadcast station may without specific authority from the 
FCC, transmit multichannel aural programs upon installation of 
multichannel sound equipment. Prior to commencement of multichannel 
broadcasting, the equipment shall be measured in accordance with Sec.  
73.1690(e).

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    (b) Multiplex subcarriers may be used by a TV station pursuant to 
the provisions of Sec.  73.665 and may be transmitted on a secondary, 
non-interference basis to broadcast programming without specific 
authority from the FCC. Transmissions must be conducted in accordance 
with the technical standards given in Sec.  73.682(c).
    (c) In all arrangements entered into with outside parties affecting 
non-common carrier subcarrier operation, the licensee or permittee must 
retain control over all material transmitted over the station's 
facilities, with the right to reject any material which is deemed 
inappropriate or undesirable. Subchannel leasing arrangements must be 
kept in writing at the station and made available to the FCC upon 
request.

[49 FR 18106, Apr. 27, 1984]



Sec.  73.670  Commercial limits in children's programs.

    No commercial television broadcast station licensee shall air more 
than 10.5 minutes of commercial matter per hour during children's 
programming on weekends, or more than 12 minutes of commercial matter 
per hour on weekdays.

    Note 1: Commerical matter means air time sold for purposes of 
selling a product or service.
    Note 2: For purposes of this section, children's programming refers 
to programs originally produced and broadcast primarily for an audience 
of children 12 years old and younger.

[56 FR 19616, Apr. 29, 1991; 56 FR 28825, June 25, 1991]



Sec.  73.671  Educational and informational programming for children.

    (a) Each commercial and noncommercial educational television 
broadcast station licensee has an obligation to serve, over the term of 
its license, the educational and informational needs of children through 
both the licensee's overall programming and programming specifically 
designed to serve such needs.
    (b) Any special nonbroadcast efforts which enhance the value of 
children's educational and informational television programming, and any 
special effort to produce or support educational and informational 
television programming by another station in the licensee's marketplace, 
may also contribute to meeting the licensee's obligation to serve, over 
the term of its license, the educational and informational needs of 
children.
    (c) For purposes of this section, educational and informational 
television programming is any television programming that furthers the 
educational and informational needs of children 16 years of age and 
under in any respect, including the child's intellectual/cognitive or 
social/emotional needs. Programming specifically designed to serve the 
educational and informational needs of children (``Core Programming'') 
is educational and informational programming that satisfies the 
following additional criteria:
    (1) It has serving the educational and informational needs of 
children ages 16 and under as a significant purpose;
    (2) It is aired between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.;
    (3) It is a regularly scheduled weekly program;
    (4) It is at least 30 minutes in length;
    (5) The educational and informational objective and the target child 
audience are specified in writing in the licensee's Children's 
Television Programming Report, as described in Sec.  73.3526(a)(8)(iii); 
and
    (6) Instructions for listing the program as educational/
informational, including an indication of the age group for which the 
program is intended, are provided by the licensee to publishers of 
program guides, as described in Sec.  73.673(b).

    Note 1 to Sec.  73.671: For purposes of determining under this 
section whether programming has a significant purpose of serving the 
educational and informational needs of children, the Commission will 
ordinarily rely on the good faith judgments of the licensee. Commission 
review of compliance with that element of the definition will be done 
only as a last resort.
    Note 2 to Sec.  73.671: The Commission will use the following 
processing guideline in assessing whether a television broadcast 
licensee has complied with the Children's Television Act of 1990 
(``CTA''). A licensee that has aired at least three hours per week of 
Core Programming (as defined in paragraph (c) of this section and as 
averaged over a six month period) will be deemed to have satisfied its 
obligation to air such programming

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and shall have the CTA portion of its license renewal application 
approved by the Commission staff. A licensee will also be deemed to have 
satisfied this obligation and be eligible for such staff approval if the 
licensee demonstrates that it has aired a package of different types of 
educational and informational programming that, while containing 
somewhat less than three hours per week of Core Programming, 
demonstrates a level of commitment to educating and informing children 
that is at least equivalent to airing three hours per week of Core 
Programming. In this regard, specials, PSAs, short-form programs, and 
regularly scheduled non-weekly programs with a significant purpose of 
educating and informing children can count toward the three hour per 
week processing guideline. Licensees that do not meet these processing 
guidelines will be referred to the Commission, where they will have full 
opportunity to demonstrate compliance with the CTA (e.g., by relying in 
part on sponsorship of core educational/informational programs on other 
stations in the market that increases the amount of core educational and 
informational programming on the station airing the sponsored program 
and/or on special nonbroadcast efforts which enhance the value of 
children's educational and informational television programming).

[56 FR 19616, Apr. 29, 1991. Redesignated at 56 FR 28825, June 25, 1991, 
as amended at 61 FR 43997, Aug. 27, 1996]



Sec.  73.672  [Reserved]



Sec.  73.673  Public information initiatives regarding educational and 
informational programming for children.

    (a) Each commercial television broadcast licensee shall identify 
programs specifically designed to educate and inform children at the 
beginning of the program, in a form that is in the discretion of the 
licensee.
    (b) Each commercial television broadcast station licensee shall 
provide information identifying programming specifically designed to 
educate and inform children to publishers of program guides. Such 
information shall include an indication of the age group for which the 
program is intended.

[61 FR 43998, Aug. 27, 1996]

    Effective Date Note: At 61 FR 43998, Aug. 27, 1996, Sec.  73.673 was 
added, effective either Jan. 2, 1997 or after approval has been given by 
the Office of Management and Budget, whichever comes later.



Sec.  73.681  Definitions.

    Amplitude modulation (AM). A system of modulation in which the 
envelope of the transmitted wave contains a component similar to the 
wave form of the signal to be transmitted.
    Antenna electrical beam tilt. The shaping of the radiation pattern 
in the vertical plane of a transmitting antenna by electrical means so 
that maximum radiation occurs at an angle below the horizontal plane.
    Antenna height above average terrain. The average of the antenna 
heights above the terrain from approximately 3.2 (2 miles) to 16.1 
kilometers (10 miles) from the antenna for the eight directions spaced 
evenly for each 45 degrees of azimuth starting with True North. (In 
general, a different antenna height will be determined in each direction 
from the antenna. The average of these various heights is considered the 
antenna height above the average terrain. In some cases less than 8 
directions may be used. See Sec.  73.684(d)). Where circular or 
elliptical polarization is employed, the antenna height above average 
terrain shall be based upon the height of the radiation center of the 
antenna which transmits the horizontal component of radiation.
    Antenna mechanical beam tilt. The intentional installation of a 
transmitting antenna so that its axis is not vertical, in order to 
change the normal angle of maximum radiation in the vertical plane.
    Antenna power gain. The square of the ratio of the root-mean-square 
free space field strength produced at 1 kilometer in the horizontal 
plane, in millivolts per meter for one kW antenna input power to 221.4 
mV/m. This ratio should be expressed in decibels (dB). (If specified for 
a particular direction, antenna power gain is based on the field 
strength in that direction only.)
    Aspect ratio. The ratio of picture width to picture height as 
transmitted.
    Aural center frequency. (1) The average frequency of the emitted 
wave when modulated by a sinusoidal signal; (2) the frequency of the 
emitted wave without modulation.
    Aural transmitter. The radio equipment for the transmission of the 
aural signal only.

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    Auxiliary facility. An auxiliary facility is an antenna separate a 
from the main facility's antenna, permanently installed on the same 
tower or at a different location, from which a station may broadcast for 
short periods without prior Commission authorization or notice to the 
Commission while the main facility is not in operation (e.g., where 
tower work necessitates turning off the main antenna or where lightning 
has caused damage to the main antenna or transmission system) (See Sec.  
73.1675).
    BTSC. Broadcast Television systems committee recommendation for 
multichannel television sound transmission and audio processing as 
defined in FCC Bulletin OET 60.
    Baseband. Aural transmitter input signals between 0 and 120 kHz.
    Blanking level. The level of the signal during the blanking 
interval, except the interval during the scanning synchronizing pulse 
and the chrominance subcarrier synchronizing burst.
    Chrominance. The colorimetric difference between any color and a 
reference color of equal luminance, the reference color having a 
specific chromaticity.
    Chrominance subcarrier. The carrier which is modulated by the 
chrominance information.
    Color transmission. The transmission of color television signals 
which can be reproduced with different values of hue, saturation, and 
luminance.
    Effective radiated power. The product of the antenna input power and 
the antenna power gain. This product should be expressed in kW and in dB 
above 1 kW (dBk). (If specified for a particular direction, effective 
radiated power is based on the antenna power gain in that direction 
only. The licensed effective radiated power is based on the maximum 
antenna power gain. When a station is authorized to use a directional 
antenna or an antenna beam tilt, the direction of the maximum effective 
radiated power will be specified.) Where circular or elliptical 
polarization is employed, the term effective radiated power is applied 
separately to the horizontally and vertically polarized components of 
radiation. For assignment purposes, only the effective radiated power 
authorized for the horizontally polarized component will be considered.
    Equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP). The term 
``equivalent isotropically radiated power'' (also known as ``effective 
radiated power above isotropic'') means the product of the antenna input 
power and the antenna gain in a given direction relative to an isotropic 
antenna.
    Field. Scanning through the picture area once in the chosen scanning 
pattern. In the line interlaced scanning pattern of two to one, the 
scanning of the alternate lines of the picture area once.
    Frame. Scanning all of the picture area once. In the line interlaced 
scanning pattern of two to one, a frame consists of two fields.
    Free space field strength. The field strength that would exist at a 
point in the absence of waves reflected from the earth or other 
reflecting objects.
    Frequency departure. The amount of variation of a carrier frequency 
or center frequency from its assigned value.
    Frequency deviation. The peak difference between the instantaneous 
frequency of the modulated wave and the carrier frequency.
    Frequency modulation (FM). A system of modulation where the 
instantaneous radio frequency varies in proportion to the instantaneous 
amplitude of the modulating signal (amplitude of modulating signal to be 
measured after pre-emphasis, if used) and the instantaneous radio 
frequency is independent of the frequency of the modulating signal.
    Frequency swing. The peak difference between the maximum and the 
minimum values of the instantaneous frequency of the carrier wave during 
modulation.
    Interlaced scanning. A scanning process in which successively 
scanned lines are spaced an integral number of line widths, and in which 
the adjacent lines are scanned during successive cycles of the field 
frequency.
    IRE standard scale. A linear scale for measuring, in IRE units, the 
relative amplitudes of the components of a television signal from a zero 
reference at blanking level, with picture information falling in the 
positive, and synchronizing information in the negative domain.


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    Note: When a carrier is amplitude modulated by a television signal 
in accordance with Sec.  73.682, the relationship of the IRE standard 
scale to the conventional measure of modulation is as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                      IRE
                                                   standard   Modulation
                      Level                          scale    percentage
                                                    (units)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Zero carrier....................................         120           0
Reference white.................................         100        12.5
Blanking........................................           0          75
Synchronizing peaks (maximum carrier level).....         -40         100
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Luminance. Luminous flux emitted, reflected, or transmitted per unit 
solid angle per unit projected area of the source.
    Main channel. The band of frequencies from 50 to 15,000 Hertz which 
frequency modulate the main aural carrier.
    Monochrome transmission. The transmission of television signals 
which can be reproduced in gradations of a single color only.
    Multichannel Television Sound (MTS). Any system of aural 
transmission that utilizes aural baseband operation between 15 kHz and 
120 kHz to convey information or that encodes digital information in the 
video portion of the television signal that is intended to be decoded as 
audio information.
    Multiplex Transmission (Aural). A subchannel added to the regular 
aural carrier of a television broadcast station by means of frequency 
modulated subcarriers.
    Negative transmission. Where a decrease in initial light intensity 
causes an increase in the transmitted power.
    Peak power. The power over a radio frequency cycle corresponding in 
amplitude to synchronizing peaks.
    Percentage modulation. As applied to frequency modulation, the ratio 
of the actual frequency deviation to the frequency deviation defined as 
100% modulation expressed in percentage. For the aural transmitter of TV 
broadcast stations, a frequency deviation of +-25 kHz is defined as 100% 
modulation.
    Pilot subcarrier. A subcarrier used in the reception of TV 
stereophonic aural or other subchannel broadcasts.
    Polarization. The direction of the electric field as radiated from 
the transmitting antenna.
    Program related data signal. A signal, consisting of a series of 
pulses representing data, which is transmitted simultaneously with and 
directly related to the accompanying television program.
    Reference black level. The level corresponding to the specified 
maximum excursion of the luminance signal in the black direction.
    Reference white level of the luminance signal. The level 
corresponding to the specified maximum excursion of the luminance signal 
in the white direction.
    Scanning. The process of analyzing successively, according to a 
predetermined method, the light values of picture elements constituting 
the total picture area.
    Scanning line. A single continuous narrow strip of the picture area 
containing highlights, shadows, and half-tones, determined by the 
process of scanning.
    Standard television signal. A signal which conforms to the 
television transmission standards.
    Synchronization. The maintenance of one operation in step with 
another.
    Television broadcast band. The frequencies in the band extending 
from 54 to 806 megahertz which are assignable to television broadcast 
stations. These frequencies are 54 to 72 megahertz (channels 2 through 
4), 76 to 88 megahertz (channels 5 and 6), 174 to 216 megahertz 
(channels 7 through 13), and 470 to 806 megahertz (channels 14 through 
69).
    Television broadcast station. A station in the television broadcast 
band transmitting simultaneous visual and aural signals intended to be 
received by the general public.
    Television channel. A band of frequencies 6 MHz wide in the 
television broadcast band and designated either by number or by the 
extreme lower and upper frequencies.
    Television transmission standards. The standards which determine the 
characteristics of a television signal as radiated by a television 
broadcast station.
    Television transmitter. The radio transmitter or transmitters for 
the transmission of both visual and aural signals.
    Vestigial sideband transmission. A system of transmission wherein 
one of the

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generated sidebands is partially attenuated at the transmitter and 
radiated only in part.
    Visual carrier frequency. The frequency of the carrier which is 
modulated by the picture information.
    Visual transmitter. The radio equipment for the transmission of the 
visual signal only.
    Visual transmitter power. The peak power output when transmitting a 
standard television signal.

[28 FR 13660, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 35 FR 5692, Apr. 8, 1970; 36 
FR 5505, Mar. 24, 1971; 36 FR 17429, Aug. 31, 1971; 41 FR 56325, Dec. 
28, 1976; 42 FR 20823, Apr. 22, 1977; 44 FR 36039, June 20, 1979; 47 FR 
35990, Aug. 18, 1982; 49 FR 18106, Apr. 27, 1984; 49 FR 38131, Sept. 27, 
1984; 49 FR 50048, Dec. 26, 1984; 50 FR 23699, June 5, 1985; 51 FR 
12616, Apr. 14, 1986; 56 FR 49707, Oct. 1, 1991; 58 FR 44951, Aug. 25, 
1993; 62 FR 51059, Sept. 30, 1997]



Sec.  73.682  TV transmission standards.

    (a) Transmission standards. (1) The width of the television 
broadcast channel shall be 6 MHz.
    (2) The visual carrier frequency shall be nominally 1.25 MHz above 
the lower boundary of the channel.
    (3) The aural center frequency shall be 4.5 MHz higher than the 
visual carrier frequency.
    (4) The visual transmission amplitude characteristic shall be in 
accordance with the chart designated as Figure 5 of Sec.  73.699: 
Provided, however, That for stations operating on Channel 15 through 69 
and employing a transmitter with maximum peak visual power output of 1 
kW or less the visual transmission amplitude characteristic may be in 
accordance with the chart designated as Figure 5a of Sec.  73.699.
    (5) The chrominance subcarrier frequency is 63/88 times precisely 5 
MHz (3.57954545 . . . MHz). The tolerance is +- 10 Hz and the rate of 
frequency drift must not exceed 0.1 Hz per second (cycles per second 
squared).
    (6) For monochrome and color transmissions the number of scanning 
lines per frame shall be 525, interlaced two to one in successive 
fields. The horizontal scanning frequency shall be 2/455 times the 
chrominance subcarrier frequency; this corresponds nominally to 15,750 
Hz with an actual value of 15,734.264 +-0.044 Hz). The vertical scanning 
frequency is 2/525 times the horizontal scanning frequency; this 
corresponds nominally to 60 Hz (the actual value is 59.94 Hz). For 
monochrome transmissions only, the nominal values of line and field 
frequencies may be used.
    (7) The aspect ratio of the transmitted television picture shall be 
4 units horizontally to 3 units vertically.
    (8) During active scanning intervals, the scene shall be scanned 
from left to right horizontally and from top to bottom vertically, at 
uniform velocities.
    (9) A carrier shall be modulated within a single television channel 
for both picture and synchronizing signals. The two signals comprise 
different modulation ranges in amplitude in accordance with the 
following:
    (i) Monochrome transmissions shall comply with synchronizing 
waveform specifications in Figure 7 of Sec.  73.699.
    (ii) Color transmissions shall comply with the synchronizing 
waveform specifications in Figure 6 of Sec.  73.699.
    (iii) All stations operating on Channels 2 through 14 and those 
stations operating on Channels 15 through 69 licensed for a peak visual 
transmitter output power greater than one kW shall comply with the 
picture transmission amplitude characteristics shown in Figure 5 of 
Sec.  73.699.
    (iv) Stations operating on Channels 15 through 69 licensed for a 
peak visual transmitter output power of one kW or less shall comply with 
the picture transmission amplitude characteristic shown in Figure 5 or 
5a of Sec.  73.699.
    (10) A decrease in initial light intensity shall cause an increase 
in radiated power (negative transmission).
    (11) The reference black level shall be represented by a definite 
carrier level, independent of light and shade in the picture.
    (12) The blanking level shall be transmitted at 75+-2.5 percent of 
the peak carrier level.
    (13) The reference white level of the luminance signal shall be 
12.5+-2.5 percent of the peak carrier level.
    (14) It shall be standard to employ horizontal polarization. 
However, circular or elliptical polarization may be employed if desired, 
in which case clockwise (right hand) rotation, as defined in the IEEE 
Standard Definition

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42A65-3E2, and transmission of the horizontal and vertical components in 
time and space quadrature shall be used. For either omnidirectional or 
directional antennas the licensed effective radiated power of the 
vertically polarized component may not exceed the licensed effective 
radiated power of the horizontally polarized component. For directional 
antennas, the maximum effective radiated power of the vertically 
polarized component shall not exceed the maximum effective radiated 
power of the horizontally polarized component in any specified 
horizontal or vertical direction.
    (15) The effective radiated power of the aural transmitter must not 
exceed 22% of the peak radiated power of the visual transmitter.
    (16) The peak-to-peak variation of transmitter output within one 
frame of video signal due to all causes, including hum, noise, and low-
frequency response, measured at both scanning synchronizing peak and 
blanking level, shall not exceed 5 percent of the average scanning 
synchronizing peak signal amplitude. This provision is subject to change 
but is considered the best practice under the present state of the art. 
It will not be enforced pending a further determination thereof.
    (17) The reference black level shall be separated from the blanking 
level by the setup interval, which shall be 7.5+-2.5 percent of the 
video range from blanking level to the reference white level.
    (18) For monochrome transmission, the transmitter output shall vary 
in substantially inverse logarithmic relation to the brightness of the 
subject. No tolerances are set at this time. This provision is subject 
to change but is considered the best practice under the present state of 
the art. It will not be enforced pending a further determination 
thereof.
    (19) The color picture signal shall correspond to a luminance 
component transmitted as amplitude modulation of the picture carrier and 
a simultaneous pair of chrominance components transmitted as the 
amplitude modulation sidebands of a pair of suppressed subcarriers in 
quadrature.
    (20) Equation of complete color signal.
    (i) The color picture signal has the following composition:

EM=EY'+[EQ' sin ([omega]t+33[deg])+EI' cos ([omega]t+33[deg])]

Where:

EQ'=0.41(EB'-EY')+0.48(ER'-EY').
EI'=-0.27(EB'-EY')+0.74(ER'-EY').
EY'=0.30ER'+0.59EG'+0.-1EB'.


For color-difference frequencies below 500 kHz (see (iii) below), the 
signal can be represented by:

EM=EY'+[(1/1.14)[(1/1.78)(EB'-EY') sin [omega]t+(ER'-EY') cos [omega]t]]
    (ii) The symbols in paragraph (a)(20)(i) of this section have the 
following significance:

EM is the total video voltage, corresponding to the scanning of a 
particular picture element, applied to the modulator of the picture 
transmitter.
EY' is the gamma-corrected voltage of the monochrome (black-and-white) 
portion of the color picture signal, corresponding to the given picture 
element.

    Note: Forming of the high frequency portion of the monochrome signal 
in a different manner is permissible and may in fact be desirable in 
order to improve the sharpness on saturated colors.

    EQ' and EI' are the amplitudes of two orthogonal components of the 
chrominance signal corresponding respectively to narrow-band and wide-
band axes.
    ER', EG', and EB' are the gamma-corrected voltages corresponding to 
red, green, and blue signals during the scanning of the given picture 
element.
    [omega] is the angular frequency and is 2 times the frequency of the 
chrominance subcarrier.
    The portion of each expression between brackets in (i) represents 
the chrominance subcarrier signal which carries the chrominance 
information.
    The phase reference in the EM equation in (i) is the phase of the 
burst+180[deg], as shown in Figure 8 of Sec.  73.699. The burst 
corresponds to amplitude modulation of a continuous sine wave.

    (iii) The equivalent bandwidth assigned prior to modulation to the 
color difference signals EQ' and EI' are as follows:

Q-channel bandwidth:
    At 400 kHz less than 2 dB down.
    At 500 kHz less than 6 dB down.
    At 600 kHz at least 6 dB down.
I-channel bandwidth:
    At 1.3 MHz less than 2 dB down.
    At 3.6 MHz at least 20 dB down.


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    (iv) The gamma corrected voltages ER', EG', and EB' are suitable for 
a color picture tube having primary colors with the following 
chromaticities in the CIE system of specification:

 
                                                             x       y
 
Red (R).................................................    0.67    0.33
Green (G)...............................................    0.21    0.71
Blue (B)................................................    0.14    0.08
 


and having a transfer gradient (gamma exponent) of 2.2 associated with 
each primary color. The voltages ER', EG', and EB' may be respectively 
of the form ER 1/[gamma], EG 1/[gamma], and EB 1/[gamma] although other 
forms may be used with advances in the state of the art.

    Note: At the present state of the art it is considered inadvisable 
to set a tolerance on the value of gamma and correspondingly this 
portion of the specification will not be enforced.

    (v) The radiated chrominance subcarrier shall vanish on the 
reference white of the scene.

    Note: The numerical values of the signal specification assume that 
this condition will be reproduced as CIE Illuminant C (x=0.310, 
y=0.316).

    (vi) EY', EQ', EI', and the components of these signals shall match 
each other in time to 0.05 [mu] secs.
    (vii) The angles of the subcarrier measured with respect to the 
burst phase, when reproducing saturated primaries and their complements 
at 75 percent of full amplitude, shall be within +-10[deg] and their 
amplitudes shall be within +-20 percent of the values specified above. 
The ratios of the measured amplitudes of the subcarrier to the luminance 
signal for the same saturated primaries and their complements shall fall 
between the limits of 0.8 and 1.2 of the values specified for their 
ratios. Closer tolerances may prove to be practicable and desirable with 
advance in the art.
    (21) The interval beginning with line 17 and continuing through line 
20 of the vertical blanking interval of each field may be used for the 
transmission of test signals, cue and control signals, and 
identification signals, subject to the conditions and restrictions set 
forth below. Test signals may include signals designed to check the 
performance of the overall transmission system or its individual 
components. Cue and control signals shall be related to the operation of 
the TV broadcast station. Identification signals may be transmitted to 
identify the broadcast material or its source, and the date and time of 
its origination. Figures 6 and 7 of Sec.  73.699 identify the numbered 
lines referred to in this paragraph.
    (i) Modulation of the television transmitter by such signals shall 
be confined to the area between the reference white level and the 
blanking level, except where test signals include chrominance subcarrier 
frequencies, in which case positive excursions of chrominance components 
may exceed reference white, and negative excursions may extend into the 
synchronizing area. In no case may the modulation excursions produced by 
test signals extend beyond peak-of-sync, or to zero carrier level.
    (ii) The use of such signals shall not result in significant 
degradation of the program transmission of the television broadcast 
station, nor produce emission outside of the frequency band occupied for 
normal program transmissions.
    (iii) Such signals may not be transmitted during that portion of 
each line devoted to horizontal blanking.
    (iv) Regardless of other provisions of this paragraph, after June 
30, 1994, Line 19, in each field, may be used only for the transmission 
of the ghost-canceling reference signal described in OET Bulletin No. 
68, which is available from the FCC Warehouse, 9300 East Hampton Drive, 
Capitol Heights, MD 20743. Notwithstanding the modulation limits 
contained in paragraph (a)(23)(i) of this section, the vertical interval 
reference signal formerly permitted on Line 19 and described in Figure 
16 of Sec.  73.699, may be transmitted on any of lines 10 through 16 
without specific Commission authorization, subject to the conditions 
contained in paragraphs (a)(21)(ii) and (a)(22)(ii) of this section.
    (22)(i) Line 21, in each field, may be used for the transmission of 
a program-related data signal which, when decoded, provides a visual 
depiction of information simultaneously being presented on the aural 
channel (captions).

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Line 21, field 2 may be used for transmission of a program-related data 
signal which, when decoded, identifies a rating level associated with 
the current program. Such data signals shall conform to the format 
described in figure 17 of Sec.  73.699 of this chapter, and may be 
transmitted during all periods of regular operation. On a space 
available basis, line 21 field 2 may also be used for text-mode data and 
extended data service information.

    Note: The signals on Fields 1 and 2 shall be distinct data streams, 
for example, to supply captions in different languages or at different 
reading levels.

    (ii) At times when Line 21 is not being used to transmit a program 
related data signal, data signals which are not program related may be 
transmitted, Provided: the same data format is used and the information 
to be displayed is of a broadcast nature.
    (iii) The use of Line 21 for transmission of other data signals 
conforming to other formats may be used subject to prior authorization 
by the Commission.
    (iv) The data signal shall cause no significant degradation to any 
portion of the visual signal nor produce emissions outside the 
authorized television channel.
    (v) Transmission of visual emergency messages pursuant to Sec.  
73.1250 shall take precedence and shall be cause for interrupting 
transmission of data signals permitted under this paragraph.
    (23) Specific scanning lines in the vertical blanking interval may 
be used for the purpose of transmitting telecommunications signals in 
accordance with Sec.  73.646, subject to certain conditions:
    (i) Telecommunications may be transmitted on Lines 10-18 and 20, all 
of Field 2 and Field 1. Modulation level shall not exceed 70 IRE on 
lines 10, 11, and 12; and, 80 IRE on lines 13-18 and 20.
    (ii) No observable degradation may be caused to any portion of the 
visual or aural signals.
    (iii) Telecommunications signals must not produce emissions outside 
the authorized television channel bandwidth. Digital data pulses must be 
shaped to limit spectral energy to the nominal video baseband.
    (iv) Transmission of emergency visual messages pursuant to Sec.  
73.1250 must take precedence over, and shall be cause for interrupting, 
a service such as teletext that provides a visual depiction of 
information simultaneously transmitted on the aural channel.
    (v) A reference pulse for a decoder associated adaptive equalizer 
filter designed to improve the decoding of telecommunications signals 
may be inserted on any portion of the vertical blanking interval 
authorized for data service, in accordance with the signal levels set 
forth in paragraph (a)(23)(i) of this section.
    (vi) All lines authorized for telecommunications transmissions may 
be used for other purposes upon prior approval by the Commission.
    (24) Licensees and permittees of TV broadcast and low power TV 
stations may insert non-video data into the active video portion of 
their TV transmission, subject to certain conditions:
    (i) The active video portion of the visual signal begins with line 
22 and continues through the end of each field, except it does not 
include that portion of each line devoted to horizontal blanking. 
Figures 6 and 7 of Sec.  73.699 identify the numbered line referred to 
in this paragraph;
    (ii) Inserted non-video data may be used for the purpose of 
transmitting a telecommunications service in accordance with Sec.  
73.646. In addition to a telecommunications service, non-video data can 
be used to enhance the station's broadcast program service or for 
purposes related to station operations. Signals relating to the 
operation of TV stations include, but are not limited to program or 
source identification, relay of broadcast materials to other stations, 
remote cueing and order messages, and control and telemetry signals for 
the transmitting system; and
    (iii) A station may only use systems for inserting non-video 
information that have been approved in advance by the Commission. The 
criteria for advance approval of systems are as follows:
    (A) The use of such signals shall not result in significant 
degradation to any portion of the visual, aural, or program-related data 
signals of the television broadcast station;

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    (B) No increase in width of the television broadcast channel (6 MHz) 
is permitted. Emissions outside the authorized television channel must 
not exceed the limitations given in Sec.  73.687(e). Interference to 
reception of television service either of co-channel or adjacent channel 
stations must not increase over that resulting from the transmission of 
programming without inserted data; and
    (C) Where required, system receiving or decoding devices must meet 
the TV interface device provisions of Part 15, Subpart H of this 
chapter.
    (iv) No protection from interference of any kind will be afforded to 
reception of inserted non-video data.
    (v) Upon request by an authorized representative of the Commission, 
the licensee of a TV station transmitting encoded programming must make 
available a receiving decoder to the Commission to carry out its 
regulatory responsibilities.
    (b) Subscription TV technical systems. The FCC may specify, as part 
of the advance approval of the technical system for transmitting encoded 
subscription programming, deviations from the power determination 
procedures, operating power levels, aural or video baseband signals, 
modulation levels or other characteristics of the transmitted signal as 
otherwise specified in this Subpart. Any decision to approve such 
operating deviations shall be solely at the discretion of the FCC.
    (c) TV multiplex subcarrier/stereophonic aural transmission 
standards.
    (1) The modulating signal for the main channel shall consist of the 
sum of the stereophonic (biphonic, quadraphonic, etc.) input signals.
    (2) The instantaneous frequency of the baseband stereophonic 
subcarrier must at all times be within the range 15 kHz to 120 kHz. 
Either amplitude or frequency modulation of the stereophonic subcarrier 
may be used.
    (3) One or more pilot subcarriers between 16 kHz and 120 kHz may be 
used to switch a TV receiver between the stereophonic and monophonic 
reception modes or to activate a stereophonic audio indicator light, and 
one or more subcarriers between 15 kHz and 120 kHz may be used for any 
other authorized purpose; except that stations employing the BTSC system 
of stereophonic sound transmission and audio processing may transmit a 
pilot subcarrier at 15,734 Hz, +- 2 Hz. Other methods of multiplex 
subcarrier or stereophonic aural transmission systems must limit energy 
at 15,734 Hz, +- 20 Hz, to no more than +- 0.125 kHz aural carrier 
deviation.
    (4) Aural baseband information above 120 kHz must be attenuated 40 
dB referenced to 25 kHz main channel deviation of the aural carrier.
    (5) For required transmitter performance, all of the requirements of 
Sec.  73.687(b) shall apply to the main channel, with the transmitter in 
the multiplex subcarrier or stereophonic aural mode.
    (6) For electrical performance standards of the transmitter, the 
requirements of Sec.  73.687(b) apply to the main channel.
    (7) Multiplex subcarrier or stereophonic aural transmission systems 
must be capable of producing and must not exceed +- 25 kHz main channel 
deviation of the aural carrier.
    (8) The arithmetic sum of non-multiphonic baseband signals between 
15 kHz and 120 kHz must not exceed +-50 kHz deviation of the aural 
carrier.
    (9) Total modulation of the aural carrier must not exceed +- 75 kHz.
    (d) Digital broadcast television transmission standard. Transmission 
of digital broadcast television (DTV) signals shall comply with the 
standards for such transmissions set forth in Advanced Television 
Systems Committee (ATSC) Doc. A/52, ATSC Standard Digital Audio 
Compression (AC-3), December 20, 1995 and ATSC Doc. A/53B, Revision B, 
with Amendment 1, ATSC Digital Television Standard, August 7, 2001, 
except for Section 5.1.2 (``Compression format constraints'') of Annex A 
(``Video Systems Characteristics'') and the phrase ``see Table 3'' in 
Section 5.1.1 Table 2 and Section 5.1.2 Table 4. This incorporation by 
reference was approved by the Director of the Federal Register in 
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. Copies may be 
inspected at the Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th St., SW, 
Washington, DC 20554 or at the Office of the Federal Register, 800 N. 
Capitol St., NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC.

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Copies of ATSC A/52, A/53, A/54, and A/65 can be obtained from the 
Commission's contract copier or from the Advanced Television Systems 
Committee, 1750 K St., NW, Washington, DC 20006. They are also available 
in their entirety on the Internet at http://www.atsc.org. Although not 
incorporated by reference, licensees may also consult ATSC Doc. A/54, 
Guide to Use of the ATSC Digital Television Standard, October 4, 1995, 
and ATSC Doc. A/65A, Program System and Information Protocol (PSIP) for 
Terrestrial Broadcast and Cable, December 23, 1997 for guidance.

(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 154, 
155, 303))

[28 FR 13660, Dec. 14, 1963]

    Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec.  
73.682, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume and on GPO Access.



Sec.  73.683  Field strength contours and presumptive determination of field 
strength at individual locations.

    (a) In the authorization of TV stations, two field strength contours 
are considered. These are specified as Grade A and Grade B and indicate 
the approximate extent of coverage over average terrain in the absence 
of interference from other television stations. Under actual conditions, 
the true coverage may vary greatly from these estimates because the 
terrain over any specific path is expected to be different from the 
average terrain on which the field strength charts were based. The 
required field strength, F (50,50), in dB above one micro-volt per meter 
(dBu) for the Grade A and Grade B contours are as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    Grade A     Grade B
                                                     (dBu)       (dBu)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Channels 2-6....................................          68          47
Channels 7-13...................................          71          56
Channels 14-69..................................          74          64
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) It should be realized that the F (50,50) curves when used for 
Channels 14-69 are not based on measured data at distances beyond about 
48.3 kilometers (30 miles). Theory would indicate that the field 
strengths for Channels 14-69 should decrease more rapidly with distance 
beyond the horizon than for Channels 2-6, and modification of the curves 
for Channels 14-69 may be expected as a result of measurements to be 
made at a later date. For these reasons, the curves should be used with 
appreciation of their limitations in estimating levels of field 
strength. Further, the actual extent of service will usually be less 
than indicated by these estimates due to interference from other 
stations. Because of these factors, the predicted field strength 
contours give no assurance of service to any specific percentage of 
receiver locations within the distances indicated. In licensing 
proceedings these variations will not be considered.
    (c) The field strength contours will be considered for the following 
purposes only:
    (1) In the estimation of coverage resulting from the selection of a 
particular transmitter site by an applicant for a TV station.
    (2) In connection with problems of coverage arising out of 
application of Sec.  73.3555.
    (3) In determining compliance with Sec.  73.685(a) concerning the 
minimum field strength to be provided over the principal community to be 
served.
    (d) For purposes of determining the eligibility of individual 
households for satellite retransmission of distant network signals under 
the copyright law provisions of 17 U.S.C. 119(d)(10)(A), field strength 
shall be determined by the Individual Location Longley-Rice (ILLR) 
propagation prediction model. Guidance for use of the ILLR model for 
these purposes is provided in OET Bulletin No. 72. This document is 
available through the Internet on the FCC Home Page at http://
www.fcc.gov.
    (e) In the case of measurements to determine the eligibility of 
individual households to receive satellite retransmission of distant 
network signals under the copyright law provisions of 17 U.S.C. 
119(d)(10), if a satellite carrier and the network station or stations 
asserting that the retransmission of a signal of a distant network 
station is prohibited are unable to agree on a person to conduct the 
test, the American Radio Relay League, Inc., 225 Main Street, Newington, 
CT 06111-1494, shall designate the person or organization to conduct 
measurements based on the

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technical qualifications and independence of proposed testers. The 
satellite carrier and network station shall propose testers and provide 
their qualifications in writing to the American Radio Relay League 
(ARRL). Individuals may also volunteer themselves as testers by 
submitting their qualifications to the ARRL. The ARRL can be reached by 
telephone at 860-594-0200, or email at [email protected].

[44 FR 36039, June 20, 1979, as amended at 47 FR 35990, Aug. 18, 1982; 
50 FR 23699, June 5, 1985; 50 FR 32416, Aug. 12, 1985; 65 FR 36641, June 
9, 2000]



Sec.  73.684  Prediction of coverage.

    (a) All predictions of coverage made pursuant to this section shall 
be made without regard to interference and shall be made only on the 
basis of estimated field strengths. The peak power of the visual signal 
is used in making predictions of coverage.
    (b) Predictions of coverage shall be made only for the same purposes 
as relate to the use of field strength contours as specified in Sec.  
73.683(c).
    (c) In predicting the distance to the field strength contours, the F 
(50,50) field strength charts (Figures 9 and 10 of Sec.  73.699) shall 
be used. If the 50% field strength is defined as that value exceeded for 
50% of the time, these F (50,50) charts give the estimated 50% field 
strengths exceeded at 50% of the locations in dB above 1 uV/m. The 
charts are based on an effective power of 1 kW radiated form a half-wave 
dipole in free space, which produces an unattenuated field strength at 
1.61 kilometers (1 mile) of about 103 dB above 1 uV/m. To use the charts 
to predict the distance to a given contour, the following procedure is 
used: Convert the effective radiated power in kilowatts for the 
appropriate azimuth into decibel value referenced to 1 kW (dBu). If 
necessary, convert the selected contour to the decibel value (dBu) above 
1 microvolt per meter (1 uV/m). Subtract the power value in dBk from the 
contour value in dBu. Note that for power less than 1 kW, the difference 
value will be greater than the contour value because the power in dBk is 
negative. Locate the difference value obtained on the vertical scale at 
the left edge of the chart. Follow the horizontal line for that value 
into the chart to the point of intersection with the vertical line above 
the height of the antenna above average terrain for the appropriate 
azimuth located on the scale at the bottom of the chart. If the point of 
intersection does not fall exactly on a distance curve, interpolate 
between the distance curves below and above the intersection point. The 
distance values for the curves are located along the right edge of the 
chart.
    (1) In predicting the distance to the Grade A and Grade B field 
strength contours, the effective radiated power to be used is that 
radiated at the vertical angle corresponding to the depression angle 
between the transmitting antenna center of radiation and the radio 
horizon as determined individually for each azimuthal direction 
concerned. The depression angle is based on the difference in elevation 
of the antenna center of radiation above the average terrain and the 
radio horizon, assuming a smooth sperical earth with a radius of 8,495.5 
kilometers (5,280 miles) and shall be determined by the following 
equation:

A = 0.0277[radic] H

Where:

A is the depression angle in degrees.
H is the height in meters of the transmitting antenna radiation center 
above average terrain of the 3.2--16.1 kilometers (2-10 miles) sector of 
the pertinent radial.


This formula is empirically derived for the limited purpose specified 
here. Its use for any other purpose may be inappropriate.
    (2) In case where the relative field strength at the depression 
angle determined by the above formula is 90% or more of the maximum 
field strength developed in the vertical plane containing the pertaining 
radial, the maximum radiation shall be used.
    (3) In predicting field strengths for other than the Grade A and 
Grade B contours, the effective radiated power to be used is to be based 
on the appropriate antenna vertical plane radiation pattern for the 
azimuthal direction concerned.
    (4) Applicants for new TV stations or changes in the facilities of 
existing TV stations must submit to the FCC a

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showing as to the location of their stations' or proposed stations' 
predicted Grade A and Grade B contours, determined in accordance with 
Sec.  73.684. This showing is to include maps showing these contours, 
except where applicants have previously submitted material to the FCC 
containing such information and it is found upon careful examination 
that the contour locations indicated therein would not change, on any 
radial, when the locations are determined under this Section. In the 
latter cases, a statement by a qualified engineer to this effect will 
satisfy this requirement and no contour maps need be submitted.
    (d) The antenna height to be used with these charts is the height of 
the radiation center of the antenna above the average terrain along the 
radial in question. In determining the average elevation of the terrain, 
the elevations between 3.2-16.1 kilometers (2-10 miles) from the antenna 
site are employed. Profile graphs shall be drawn for 8 radials beginning 
at the antenna site and extending 16.1 kilometers (10 miles) therefrom. 
The radials should be drawn for each 45 degrees of azimuth starting with 
the True North. At least one radial must include the principal community 
to be served even though such community may be more than 16.1 kilometers 
(10 miles) from the antenna site. However, in the event none of the 
evenly spaced radials include the principal community to be served and 
one or more such radials are drawn in addition to the 8 evenly spaced 
radials, such additional radials shall not be employed in computing the 
antenna height above average terrain. Where the 3.2-16.1 kilometers (2-
10 mile) portion of a radial extends in whole or in part over large 
bodies of water as specified in paragraph (e) of this section or extends 
over foreign territory but the Grade B strength contour encompasses land 
area within the United States beyond the 16.1 kilometers (10 mile) 
portion of the radial, the entire 3.2-16.1 kilometers (2-10 mile) 
portion of the radial shall be included in the computation of antenna 
height above average terrian. However, where the Grade B contour does 
not so encompass United States land area and (1) the entire 3.2-16.1 
kilometers (2-10 mile) portion of the radial extends over large bodies 
of water of foreign territory, such radial shall be completely omitted 
from the computation of antenna height above average terrain, and (2) 
where a part of the 3.2-16.1 kilometers (2-10 mile) portion of a radial 
extends over large bodies of water or over foreign territory, only that 
part of the radial extending from the 3.2 kilometer (2 mile) sector to 
the outermost portion of land area within the United States covered by 
the radial shall be employed in the computation of antenna height above 
average terrian. The profile graph for each radial should be plotted by 
contour intervals of from 12.2-30.5 meters (40-100 feet) and, where the 
data permits, at least 50 points of elevation (generally uniformly 
spaced) should be used for each radial. In instances of very rugged 
terrain where the use of contour intervals of 30.5 meters (100 feet) 
would result in several points in a short distance, 61.0-122.0 meter 
(200-400 foot) contour intervals may be used for such distances. On the 
other hand, where the terrain is uniform or gently sloping the smallest 
contour interval indicated on the topograhic may (see paragraph (g) of 
this section) should be used, although only relatively few points may be 
available. The profile graphs should indicate the topography accurately 
for each radial, and the graphs should be plotted with the distance in 
kilometers as the abscissa and the elevation in meters above mean sea 
level as the ordinate. The profile graphs should indicate the source of 
the topographical data employed. The graph should also show the 
elevation of the center of the radiating system. The graph may be 
plotted either on rectangular coordinate paper or on special paper which 
shows the curvature of the earth. It is not necessary to take the 
curvature of the earth into consideration in this procedure, as this 
factor is taken care of in the charts showing signal strengths. The 
average elevation of the 12.9 kilometer (8 miles) distance between 3.2-
16.1 kilometers (2-10 miles) from the antenna site should then be 
determined from the profile graph for each radial. This may be obtained 
by averaging a large number of equally spaced points, by using a 
planimeter, or by obtaining the median elevation

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(that exceeded for 50% of the distance) in sectors and averaging those 
values.

    Note: The Commission will, upon a proper showing by an existing 
station that the application of this rule will result in an unreasonable 
power reduction in relation to other stations in close proximity, 
consider requests for adjustment in power on the basis of a common 
average terrain figure for the stations in question as determined by the 
FCC.

    (e) In instance where it is desired to determine the area in square 
kilometers within the Grade A and Grade B field strength contours, the 
area may be determined from the coverage map by planimeter or other 
approximate means; in computing such areas, exclued (1) areas beyond the 
borders of the United States, and (2) large bodies of water, such as 
ocean areas, gulfs sounds, bays, large lakes, etc., but not rivers.
    (f) In cases where terrain in one or more directions from the 
antenna site departs widely from the average elevation of the 3.2 to 
16.1 kilometers (2 to 10 mile) sector, the prediction method may 
indicate contour distances that are different from what may be expected 
in practice. For example, a mountain ridge may indicate the practical 
limit of service although the prediction method may indicate otherwise. 
In such case the prediction method should be followed, but a 
supplemental showing may be made concerning the contour distances as 
determined by other means. Such supplemental showing should describe the 
procedure employed and should include sample calculations. Maps of 
predicted coverage should include both the coverage as predicted by the 
regular method and as predicted by a supplemental method. When 
measurements of area are required, these should include the area 
obtained by the regular predicted method and the area obtained by the 
supplemental method. In directions where the terrain is such that 
negative antenna heights or heights below 30.5 meters (100 feet) for the 
3.2 to 16.1 kilometers (2 to 10 mile) sector are obtained, an assumed 
height of 30.5 meters (100 feet) shall be used for the prediction of 
coverage. However, where the actual contour distances are critical 
factors, a supplemental showing of expected coverage must be included 
together with a description of the method employed in predicting such 
coverage. In special cases, the Commission may require additional 
information as to terrain and coverage.
    (g) In the preparation of the profile graph previously described, 
and in determining the location and height above sea level of the 
antenna site, the elevation or contour intervals shall be taken from the 
United States Geological Survey Topographic Quadrangle Maps, United 
States Army Corps of Engineers' maps or Tennessee Valley Authority maps, 
whichever is the latest, for all areas for which such maps are 
available. If such maps are not published for the area in question, the 
next best topographic information should be used. Topographic data may 
sometimes be obtained from State and Municipal agencies. Data from 
Sectional Aeronautical Charts (including bench marks) or railroad depot 
elevations and highway elevations from road maps may be used where no 
better information is available. In cases where limited topographic data 
is available, use may be made of an altimeter in a car driven along 
roads extending generally radially from the transmitter site. Ordinarily 
the Commission will not require the submission of topographical maps for 
areas beyond 24.1 kilometers (15 miles) from the antenna site, but the 
maps must include the principal community to be served. If it appears 
necessary, additional data may be requested. United States Geological 
Survey Topographic Quadrangle Maps may be obtained from the United 
States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, Washington, DC 
20240. Sectional Aeronautical Charts are available from the United 
States Coast and Geodetic Survey, Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 
20235. In lieu of maps, the average terrain elevation may be computer 
generated, except in the cases of dispute, using elevations from a 30 
second point or better topographic data file. The file must be 
identified and the data processed for intermediate points along each 
radial using linear interpolation techniques. The height above mean sea 
level of the antenna site must be obtained manually using appropriate 
topographic maps.

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    (h) The effect of terrain roughness on the predicted field strength 
of a signal at points distant from a television broadcast station is 
assumed to depend on the magnitude of a terrain roughness factor 
([Delta] h) which, for a specific propagation path, is determined by the 
characteristics of a segment of the terrain profile for that path 40.2 
kilometers (25 miles) in length, located between 9.7 and 49.9 kilometers 
(6 and 31 miles) from the transmitter. The terrain roughness factor has 
a value equal to the difference, in meters, between elevations exceeded 
by all points on the profile for 10 percent and 90 percent, 
respectively, of the length of the profile segment (see Sec.  73.699, 
Fig. 10d).
    (i) If the lowest field strength value of interest is initially 
predicted to occur over a particular propagation path at a distance 
which is less than 49.9 kilometers (31 miles) from the transmitter, the 
terrain profile segment used in the determination of the terrain 
roughness factor over that path shall be that included between points 
9.7 kilometers (6 miles) from the transmitter and such lesser distance. 
No terrain roughness correction need be applied when all field strength 
values of interest are predicted to occur 9.7 kilometers (6 miles) or 
less from the transmitter.
    (j) Profile segments prepared for terrain roughness factor 
determinations should be plotted in rectangular coordinates, with no 
less than 50 points evenly spaced within the segment, using data 
obtained from topographic maps, if available, with contour intervals of 
15.2 meters (50 feet), or less.
    (k) The field strength charts (Sec.  73.699, Figs. 9-10c) were 
developed assuming a terrain roughness factor of 50 meters, which is 
considered to be representative of average terrain in the United States. 
Where the roughness factor for a particular propagation path is found to 
depart appreciably from this value, a terrain roughness correction 
([Delta]F) should be applied to field strength values along this path as 
predicted with the use of these charts. The magnitude and sign of this 
correction, for any value of [Delta]h, may be determined from a chart 
included in Sec.  73.699 as Figure 10e, with linear interpolation as 
necessary, for the frequency of the UHF signal under consideration.
    (l) Alternatively, the terrain roughness correction may be computed 
using the following formula:

    [Delta]F=C-0.03([Delta]h)(1+f/300)

Where:

[Delta]F=terrain roughness correction in dB
C=a constant having a specific value for use with each set of field 
strength charts:
    1.9 for TV Channels 2-6
    2.5 for TV Channels 7-13
    4.8 for TV Channels 14-69
[Delta]h=terrain roughness factor in meters
f=frequency of signal in megahertz (MHz)

[28 FR 13660, Dec. 13, 1963, as amended at 40 FR 27683, July 1, 1975; 44 
FR 36039, June 20, 1979; 48 FR 44807, Sept. 30, 1983; 50 FR 23699, June 
5, 1985; 51 FR 26251, July 22, 1986; 52 FR 36879, Oct. 1, 1987]

    Effective Date Note: At 42 FR 25736, May 19, 1977, in Sec.  73.684, 
(k) and (l) are stayed indefinitely.



Sec.  73.685  Transmitter location and antenna system.

    (a) The transmitter location shall be chosen so that, on the basis 
of the effective radiated power and antenna height above average terrain 
employed, the following minimum field strength in dB above one uV/m will 
be provided over the entire principal community to be served:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Channels 2-6            Channels 7-13           Channels 14-69
------------------------------------------------------------------------
           74 dBu                   77 dBu                  80 dBu
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) Location of the antenna at a point of high elevation is 
necessary to reduce to a minimum the shadow effect on propagation due to 
hills and buildings which may reduce materially the strength of the 
station's signals. In general, the transmitting antenna of a station 
should be located at the most central point at the highest elevation 
available. To provide the best degree of service to an area, it is 
usually preferable to use a high antenna rather than a low antenna with 
increased transmitter power. The location should be so chosen that line-
of-sight can be obtained from the antenna over the principal community 
to be served; in no event should there be a major obstruction in this 
path. The antenna must be constructed so that it is as

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clear as possible of surrounding buildings or objects that would cause 
shadow problems. It is recognized that topography, shape of the desired 
service area, and population distribution may make the choice of a 
transmitter location difficult. In such cases, consideration may be 
given to the use of a directional antenna system, although it is 
generally preferable to choose a site where a nondirectional antenna may 
be employed.
    (c) In cases of questionable antenna locations it is desirable to 
conduct propagation tests to indicate the field strength expected in the 
principal community to be served and in other areas, particularly where 
severe shadow problems may be expected. In considering applications 
proposing the use of such locations, the Commission may require site 
tests to be made. Such tests should be made in accordance with the 
measurement procedure in Sec.  73.686, and full data thereon must be 
supplied to the Commission. Test transmitters should employ an antenna 
having a height as close as possible to the proposed antenna height, 
using a balloon or other support if necessary and feasible. Information 
concerning the authorization of site tests may be obtained from the 
Commission upon request.
    (d) Present information is not sufficiently complete to establish 
``blanket areas'' of television broadcast stations. A ``blanket area'' 
is that area adjacent to a transmitter in which the reception of other 
stations is subject to interference due to the strong signal from this 
station. The authorization of station construction in areas where 
blanketing is found to be excessive will be on the basis that the 
applicant will assume full responsibility for the adjustment of 
reasonable complaints arising from excessively strong signals of the 
applicant's station or take other corrective action.
    (e) An antenna designed or altered to produce a noncircular 
radiation pattern in the horizontal plane is considered to be a 
directional antenna. Antennas purposely installed in such a manner as to 
result in the mechanical beam tilting of the major vertical radiation 
lobe are included in this category. Directional antennas may be employed 
for the purpose of improving service upon an appropriate showing of 
need. Stations operating on Channels 2-13 will not be permitted to 
employ a directional antenna having a ratio of maximum to minimum 
radiation in the horizontal plane in excess of 10 dB. Stations operating 
on Channels 14-69 with transmitters delivering a peak visual power 
output of more than 1 kW may employ directive transmitting antennas with 
a maximum to minimum radiation in the horizontal plane of not more than 
15 dB. Stations operating on Channels 14-69 and employing transmitters 
delivering a peak visual power output of 1 kW or less are not limited as 
to the ratio of maximum to minimum radiation.
    (f) Applications proposing the use of directional antenna systems 
must be accompanied by the following:
    (1) Complete description of the proposed antenna system, including 
the manufacturer and model number of the proposed directional antenna.
    (2) Relative field horizontal plane pattern (horizontal polarization 
only) of the proposed directional antenna. A value of 1.0 should be used 
for the maximum radiation. The plot of the pattern should be oriented so 
that 0[deg] corresponds to true North. Where mechanical beam tilt is 
intended, the amount of tilt in degrees of the antenna vertical axis and 
the orientation of the downward tilt with respect to true North must be 
specified, and the horizontal plane pattern must reflect the use of 
mechanical beam tilt.
    (3) A tabulation of the relative field pattern required in paragraph 
(b)(2), of this section. The tabulation should use the same zero degree 
reference as the plotted pattern, and be tabulated at least every 
10[deg]. In addition, tabulated values of all maxima and minima, with 
their corresponding azimuths, should be submitted.
    (4) Horizontal and vertical plane radiation patterns showing the 
effective radiated power, in dBk, for each direction. Sufficient 
vertical plane patterns must be included to indicate clearly the 
radiation characteristics of the antenna above and below the horizontal 
plane. In cases where the angles at which the maximum vertical radiation 
varies with azimuth, a separate

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vertical radiation pattern must be provided for each pertinent radial 
direction.
    (5) All horizontal plane patterns must be plotted to the largest 
scale possible on unglazed letter-size polar coordinate paper (main 
engraving approximately 18 cm x 25 cm (7 inches x 10 inches)) using only 
scale divisions and subdivisions of 1, 2, 2.5 or 5 times 10-nth. All 
vertical plane patterns must be plotted on unglazed letter-size 
rectangular coordinate paper. Values of field strength on any pattern 
less than 10% of the maximum field strength plotted on that pattern must 
be shown on an enlarged scale.
    (6) The horizontal and vertical plane patterns that are required are 
the patterns for the complete directional antenna system. In the case of 
a composite antenna composed of two or more individual antennas, this 
means that the patterns for the composite antenna, not the patterns for 
each of the individual antennas, must be submitted.
    (g) Applications proposing the use of television broadcast antennas 
within 61.0 meters (200 feet) of other television broadcast antennas 
operating on a channel within 20 percent in frequency of the proposed 
channel, or proposing the use of television broadcast antennas on 
Channels 5 or 6 within 61.0 meters (200 feet) of FM broadcast antennas, 
must include a showing as to the expected effect, if any, of such 
proximate operation.
    (h) Where a TV licensee or permittee proposes to mount an antenna on 
an AM antenna tower, or locate within 3.2 km of an AM antenna tower, the 
TV licensee or permittee must comply with Sec.  73.1692.

(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 154, 
155, 303))

[28 FR 13660, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 35 FR 5693, Apr. 8, 1970; 40 
FR 25461, June 16, 1975; 43 FR 53740, Nov. 17, 1978; 44 FR 22740, Apr. 
17, 1979; 45 FR 26065, Apr. 17, 1980; 47 FR 35990, Aug. 18, 1982; 48 FR 
21486, May 12, 1983; 50 FR 23701, June 5, 1985; 58 FR 44951, Aug. 25, 
1993; 62 FR 51059, Sept. 30, 1997]



Sec.  73.686  Field strength measurements.

    (a) Except as provided for in Sec.  73.612, television broadcast 
stations shall not be protected from any type of interference or 
propagation effect. Persons desiring to submit testimony, evidence or 
data to the Commission for the purpose of showing that the technical 
standards contained in this subpart do not properly reflect the levels 
of any given type of interference or propagation effect may do so only 
in appropriate rulemaking proceedings concerning the amendment of such 
technical standards. Persons making field strength measurements for 
formal submission to the Commission in rulemaking proceedings, or making 
such measurements upon the request of the Commission, shall follow the 
procedure for making and reporting such measurements outlined in 
paragraph (b) of this section. In instances where a showing of the 
measured level of a signal prevailing over a specific community is 
appropriate, the procedure for making and reporting field strength 
measurements for this purpose is set forth in paragraph (c) of this 
section.
    (b) Collection of field strength data for propagation analysis.
    (1) Preparation for measurements. (i) On large scale topographic 
maps, eight or more radials are drawn from the transmitter location to 
the maximum distance at which measurements are to be made, with the 
angles included between adjacent radials of approximately equal size. 
Radials should be oriented so as to traverse representative types of 
terrain. The specific number of radials and their orientation should be 
such as to accomplish this objective.
    (ii) At a point exactly 16.1 kilometers (10 miles) from the 
transmitter, each radial is marked, and at greater distances at 
successive 3.2 kilometer (2 mile) intervals. Where measurements are to 
be conducted at UHF, or over extremely rugged terrain, shorter intervals 
may be employed, but all such intervals shall be of equal length. 
Accessible roads intersecting each radial as nearly as possible at each 
3.2 kilometer (2 mile) marker are selected. These intersections are the 
points on the radial at which measurements are to be made, and are 
referred to subsequently as measuring locations. The elevation

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of each measuring location should approach the elevation at the 
corresponding 3.2 kilometer (2 mile) marker as nearly as possible.
    (2) Measurement procedure. The field strength of the visual carrier 
shall be measured with a voltmeter capable of indicating accurately the 
peak amplitude of the synchronizing signal. All measurements shall be 
made utilizing a receiving antenna designed for reception of the 
horizontally polarized signal component, elevated 9.1 meters (30 feet) 
above the roadbed. At each measuring location, the following procedure 
shall be employed.
    (i) The instrument calibration is checked.
    (ii) The antenna is elevated to a height of 30 feet.
    (iii) The receiving antenna is rotated to determine if the strongest 
signal is arriving from the direction of the transmitter.
    (iv) The antenna is oriented so that the sector of its response 
pattern over which maximum gain is realized is in the direction of the 
transmitter.
    (v) A mobile run of at least 30.5 meters (100 feet) is made, which 
is centered on the intersection of the radial and the road, and the 
measured field strength is continuously recorded on a chart recorder 
over the length of the run.
    (vi) The actual measuring location is marked exactly on the 
topographic map, and a written record, keyed to the specific location, 
is made of all factors which may affect the recorded field, such as 
topography, height and types of vegetation, buildings, obstacles, 
weather, and other local features.
    (vii) If, during the test conducted as described in paragraph 
(b)(2)(iii) of this section, the strongest signal is found to come from 
a direction other than from the transmitter, after the mobile run 
prescribed in paragraph (b)(2)(v) of this section is concluded, 
additional measurements shall be made in a ``cluster'' of at least five 
fixed points. At each such point, the field strengths with the antenna 
oriented toward the transmitter, and with the antenna oriented so as to 
receive the strongest field, are measured and recorded. Generally, all 
points should be within 61.0 meters (200 feet) of the center point of 
the mobile run.
    (viii) If overhead obstacles preclude a mobile run of at leat 30.5 
meters (100 feet), a ``cluster'' of five spot measurements may be made 
in lieu of this run. The first measurement in the cluster is identified. 
Generally, the locations for other measurements shall be within 61.0 
meters (200 feet) of the location of the first.
    (3) Method of reporting measurements. A report of measurements to 
the Commission shall be submitted in affidavit form, in triplicate, and 
should contain the following information:
    (i) Tables of field strength measurements, which, for each measuring 
location, set forth the following data:
    (A) Distance from the transmitting antenna.
    (B) Ground elevation at measuring location.
    (C) Date, time of day, and weather.
    (D) Median field in dBu for 0 dBk, for mobile run or for cluster, as 
well as maximum and minimum measured field strengths.
    (E) Notes describing each measuring location.
    (ii) U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps, on which is shown the 
exact location at which each measurement was made. The original plots 
shall be made on maps of the largest available scale. Copies may be 
reduced in size for convenient submission to the Commission, but not to 
the extent that important detail is lost. The original maps shall be 
made available, if requested. If a large number of maps is involved, an 
index map should be submitted.
    (iii) All information necessary to determine the pertinent 
characteristics of the transmitting installation, including frequency, 
geographical coordinates of antenna site, rated and actual power output 
of transmitter, measured transmission line loss, antenna power gain, 
height of antenna above ground, above mean sea level, and above average 
terrain. The effective radiated power should be computed, and horizontal 
and vertical plane patterns of the transmitting antenna should be 
submitted.
    (iv) A list of calibrated equipment used in the field strength 
survey,

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which, for each instrument, specifies its manufacturer, type, serial 
number and rated accuracy, and the date of its most recent calibration 
by the manufacturer, or by a laboratory. Complete details of any 
instrument not of standard manufacture shall be submitted.
    (v) A detailed description of the calibration of the measuring 
equipment, including field strength meters, measuring antenna, and 
connecting cable.
    (vi) Terrain profiles in each direction in which measurements were 
made, drawn on curved earth paper for equivalent 4/3 earth radius, of 
the largest available scale.
    (c) Collection of field strength data to determine television 
service in specific communities.
    (1) Preparation for measurement. (i) The population (P) of the 
community, and its suburbs, if any, is determined by reference to an 
appropriate source, e.g., the 1970 U.S. Census tables of population of 
cities and urbanized areas.
    (ii) The number of locations at which measurements are to be made 
shall be at least 15, and shall be approximately equal to 0.1 (P) \1/2\, 
if this product is a number greater than 15.
    (iii) A rectangular grid, of such size and shape as to encompass the 
boundaries of the community is drawn on an accurate map of the 
community. The number of line intersections on the grid included within 
the boundaries of the community shall be at least equal to the required 
number of measuring locations. The position of each intersection on the 
community map determines the location at which a measurement shall be 
made.
    (2) Measurement procedure. The field strength of the visual carrier 
shall be measured, with a voltmeter capable of indicating accurately the 
peak amplitude of the synchronizing signal. All measurements shall be 
made utilizing a receiving antenna designed for reception of the 
horizontally polarized signal component, elevated 9.1 meter (30 feet) 
above street level.
    (i) Each measuring location shall be chosen as close as feasible to 
a point indicated on the map, as previously prepared, and at as nearly 
the same elevation as that point as possible.
    (ii) At each measuring location, after equipment calibration and 
elevation of the antenna, a check is made to determine whether the 
strongest signal arrives from a direction other than from the 
transmitter.
    (iii) At 20 percent or more of the measuring locations, mobile runs, 
as described in paragraph (b)(2) of this section shall be made, with no 
less than three such mobile runs in any case. The points at which mobile 
measurements are made shall be well separated. Spot measurements may be 
made at other measuring points.
    (iv) Each actual measuring location is marked exactly on the map of 
the community, and suitably keyed. A written record shall be maintained, 
describing, for each location, factors which may affect the recorded 
field, such as the approximate time of measurement, weather, topography, 
overhead wiring, heights and types of vegetation, buildings and other 
structures. The orientation, with respect to the measuring location 
shall be indicated of objects of such shape and size as to be capable of 
causing shadows or reflections. If the strongest signal received was 
found to arrive from a direction other than that of the transmitter, 
this fact shall be recorded.
    (3) Method of reporting measurements. A report of measurements to 
the Commission shall be submitted in affidavit form, in triplicate, and 
should contain the following information:
    (i) A map of the community showing each actual measuring location, 
specifically identifying the points at which mobile runs were made.
    (ii) A table keyed to the above map, showing the field strength at 
each measuring point, reduced to dBu for the actual effective radiated 
power of the station. Weather, date, and time of each measurement shall 
be indicated.
    (iii) Notes describing each measuring location.
    (iv) A topographic map of the largest available scale on which are 
marked the community and the transmitter site of the station whose 
signals have been measured, which includes all areas on or near the 
direct path of signal propagation.
    (v) Computations of the mean and standard deviation of all measured 
field strengths, or a graph on which the

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distribution of measured field strength values is plotted.
    (vi) A list of calibrated equipment used for the measurements, which 
for each instrument, specifies its manufacturer, type, serial number and 
rated accuracy, and the date of its most recent calibration by the 
manufacturer, or by a laboratory. Complete details of any instrument not 
of standard manufacture shall be submitted.
    (vii) A detailed description of the procedure employed in the 
calibration of the measuring equipment, including field strength meters 
measuring antenna, and connecting cable.
    (d) Collection of field strength data to determine television signal 
intensity at an individual location--cluster measurements.
    (1) Preparation for measurements--(i) Testing antenna. The test 
antenna shall be either a standard half-wave dipole tuned to the visual 
carrier frequency of the channel being measured or a gain antenna, 
provided its antenna factor for the channel(s) under test has been 
determined. Use the antenna factor supplied by the antenna manufacturer 
as determined on an antenna range.
    (ii) Testing locations. At the location, choose a minimum of five 
locations as close as possible to the specific site where the site's 
receiving antenna is located. If there is no receiving antenna at the 
site, choose the minimum of five locations as close as possible to a 
reasonable and likely spot for the antenna. The locations shall be at 
least three meters apart, enough so that the testing is practical. If 
possible, the first testing point should be chosen as the center point 
of a square whose corners are the four other locations. Calculate the 
median of the five measurements (in units of dBu) and report it as the 
measurement result.
    (iii) Multiple signals. If more than one signal is being measured 
(i.e., signals from different transmitters), use the same locations to 
measure each signal.
    (2) Measurement procedure. Measurements shall be made in accordance 
with good engineering practice and in accordance with this section of 
the Rules. At each measuring location, the following procedure shall be 
employed:
    (i) Testing equipment. Measure the field strength of the visual 
carrier with a calibrated instrument with an i.f. bandwidth of at least 
200 kHz, but no greater than one megahertz (1,000 kHz). Perform an on-
site calibration of the instrument in accordance with the manufacturer's 
specifications. The instrument must accurately indicate the peak 
amplitude of the synchronizing signal. Take all measurements with a 
horizontally polarized antenna. Use a shielded transmission line between 
the testing antenna and the field strength meter. Match the antenna 
impedance to the transmission line at all frequencies measured, and, if 
using an unbalanced line, employ a suitable balun. Take account of the 
transmission line loss for each frequency being measured.
    (ii) Weather. Do not take measurements in inclement weather or when 
major weather fronts are moving through the measurement area.
    (iii) Antenna elevation. When field strength is being measured for a 
one-story building, elevate the testing antenna to 6.1 meters (20 feet) 
above the ground. In situations where the field strength is being 
measured for a building taller than one-story, elevate the testing 
antenna 9.1 meters (30 feet) above the ground.
    (iv) Antenna orientation. Orient the testing antenna in the 
direction which maximizes the value of field strength for the signal 
being measured. If more than one station's signal is being measured, 
orient the testing antenna separately for each station.
    (3) Written record shall be made and shall include at least the 
following:
    (i) A list of calibrated equipment used in the field strength 
survey, which for each instrument, specifies the manufacturer, type, 
serial number and rated accuracy, and the date of the most recent 
calibration by the manufacturer or by a laboratory. Include complete 
details of any instrument not of standard manufacture.
    (ii) A detailed description of the calibration of the measuring 
equipment, including field strength meters, measuring antenna, and 
connecting cable.
    (iii) For each spot at the measuring site, all factors which may 
affect the recorded field, such as topography, height and types of 
vegetation, buildings, obstacles, weather, and other local features.

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    (iv) A description of where the cluster measurements were made.
    (v) Time and date of the measurements and signature of the person 
making the measurements.
    (vi) For each channel being measured, a list of the measured value 
of field strength (in units of dBu and after adjustment for line loss 
and antenna factor) of the five readings made during the cluster 
measurement process, with the median value highlighted.

[40 FR 27683, July 1, 1975, as amended at 50 FR 23701, June 5, 1985; 64 
FR 7127, Feb. 12, 1999; 64 FR 73433, Dec. 30, 1999]



Sec.  73.687  Transmission system requirements.

    (a) Visual transmitter. (1) The field strength or voltage of the 
lower sideband, as radiated or dissipated and measured as described in 
paragraph (a)(2) of this section, shall not be greater than -20 dB for a 
modulating frequency of 1.25 MHz or greater and in addition, for color, 
shall not be greater than -42 dB for a modulating frequency of 3.579545 
MHz (the color subcarrier frequency). For both monochrome and color, the 
field strength or voltage of the upper sideband as radiated or 
dissipated and measured as described in paragraph (a)(2) of this section 
shall not be greater than -20 dB for a modulating frequency of 4.75 MHz 
or greater. For stations operating on Channels 15-69 and employing a 
transmitter delivering maximum peak visual power output of 1 kW or less, 
the field strength or voltage of the upper and lower sidebands, as 
radiated or dissipated and measured as described in paragraph (a)(2) of 
this section, shall depart from the visual amplitude characteristic 
(Figure 5a of Sec.  73.699) by no more than the following amounts:

-2 dB at 0.5 MHz below visual carrier frequency;
-2 dB at 0.5 MHz above visual carrier frequency;
-2 dB at 1.25 MHz above visual carrier frequency;
-3 dB at 2.0 MHz above visual carrier frequency;
-6 dB at 3.0 MHz above visual carrier frequency;
-12 dB at 3.5 MHz above visual carrier frequency;
-8 dB at 3.58 MHz above visual carrier frequency (for color transmission 
only).


The field strength or voltage of the upper and lower sidebands, as 
radiated or dissipated and measured as described in paragraph (a)(2) of 
this section, shall not exceed a level of -20 dB for a modulating 
frequency of 4.75 MHz or greater. If interference to the reception of 
other stations is caused by out-of-channel lower sideband emission, the 
technical requirements applicable to stations operating on Channels 2-13 
shall be met.
    (2) The attenuation characteristics of a visual transmitter shall be 
measured by application of a modulating signal to the transmitter input 
terminals in place of the normal composite television video signal. The 
signal applied shall be a composite signal composed of a synchronizing 
signal to establish peak output voltage plus a variable frequency sine 
wave voltage occupying the interval between synchronizing pulses. (The 
``synchronizing signal'' referred to in this section means either a 
standard synchronizing wave form or any pulse that will properly set the 
peak.) The axis of the sine wave in the composite signal observed in the 
output monitor shall be maintained at an amplitude 0.5 of the voltage at 
synchronizing peaks. The amplitude of the sine wave input shall be held 
at a constant value. This constant value should be such that at no 
modulating frequency does the maximum excursion of the sine wave, 
observed in the composite output signal monitor, exceed the value 0.75 
of peak output voltage. The amplitude of the 200 kHz sideband shall be 
measured and designated zero dB as a basis for comparison. The 
modulation signal frequency shall then be varied over the desired range 
and the field strength or signal voltage of the corresponding sidebands 
measured. As an alternate method of measuring, in those cases in which 
the automatic d-c insertion can be replaced by manual control, the above 
characteristic may be taken by the use of a video sweep generator and 
without the use of pedestal synchronizing pulses. The d-c level shall be 
set for midcharacteristic operation.
    (3) A sine wave, introduced at those terminals of the transmitter 
which are normally fed the composite color picture signal, shall produce 
a radiated

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signal having an envelope delay, relative to the average envelope delay 
between 0.05 and 0.20 MHz, of zero microseconds up to a frequency of 3.0 
MHz; and then linearly decreasing to 4.18 MHz so as to be equal to -0.17 
[mu] secs at 3.58 MHz. The tolerance on the envelope delay shall be +-
0.05 [mu] secs at 3.58 MHz. The tolerance shall increase linearly to +-
0.1 [mu] sec down to 2.1 MHz, and remain at +-0.1 [mu] sec down to 0.2 
MHz. (Tolerances for the interval of 0.0 to 0.2 MHz are not specified at 
the present time.) The tolerance shall also increase linearly to +-0.1 
[mu] sec at 4.18 MHz.
    (4) The radio frequency signal, as radiated, shall have an envelope 
as would be produced by a modulating signal in conformity with Sec.  
73.682 and Figure 6 or 7 of Sec.  73.699, as modified by vestigial 
sideband operation specified in Figure 5 of Sec.  73.699. For stations 
operating on Channels 15-69 the radio frequency signal as radiated, 
shall have an envelope as would be produced by a modulating signal in 
conformity with Sec.  73.682 and Figure 6 or 7 of Sec.  73.699.
    (5) The time interval between the leading edges of successive 
horizontal pulses shall vary less than one half of one percent of the 
average interval. However, for color transmissions, Sec.  73.682(a) (5) 
and (6) shall be controlling.
    (6) The rate of change of the frequency of recurrence of the leading 
edges of the horizontal synchronizing signals shall be not greater than 
0.15 percent per second, the frequency to be determined by an averaging 
process carried out over a period of not less than 20, nor more than 100 
lines, such lines not to include any portion of the blanking interval. 
However, for color transmissions, Sec.  73.682(a) (5) and (6) shall be 
controlling.
    (b) Aural transmitter. (1) Pre-emphasis shall be employed as closely 
as practicable in accordance with the impedance-frequency characteristic 
of a series inductance-resistance network having a time constant of 75 
microseconds. (See upper curve of Figure 12 Sec.  73.699.)
    (2) If a limiting or compression amplifier is employed, precaution 
should be maintained in its connection in the circuit due to the use of 
pre-emphasis in the transmitting system.
    (3) Aural modulation levels are specified in Sec.  73.1570.
    (c) Requirements applicable to both visual and aural transmitters. 
(1) Automatic means shall be provided in the visual transmitter to 
maintain the carrier frequency within +-1 kHz of the authorized 
frequency; automatic means shall be provided in the aural transmitter to 
maintain the carrier frequency 4.5 MHz above the actual visual carrier 
frequency within +-1 kHz.
    (2) The transmitters shall be equipped with suitable indicating 
instruments for the determination of operating power and with other 
instruments necessary for proper adjustment, operation, and maintenance 
of the equipment.
    (3) Adequate provision shall be made for varying the output power of 
the transmitters to compensate for excessive variations in line voltage 
or for other factors affecting the output power.
    (4) Adequate provisions shall be provided in all component parts to 
avoid overheating at the rated maximum output powers.
    (d) The construction, installation, and operation of broadcast 
equipment is expected to conform with all applicable local, state, and 
federally imposed safety regulations and standards, enforcement of which 
is the responsibility of the issuing regulatory agency.
    (e) Operation. (1) Spurious emissions, including radio frequency 
harmonics, shall be maintained at as low a level as the state of the art 
permits. As measured at the output terminals of the transmitter 
(including harmonic filters, if required) all emissions removed in 
frequency in excess of 3 MHz above or below the respective channel edge 
shall be attenuated no less than 60 dB. below the visual transmitted 
power. (The 60 dB. value for television transmitters specified in this 
rule should be considered as a temporary requirement which may be 
increased at a later date, especially when more higher-powered equipment 
is utilized. Stations should, therefore, give consideration to the 
installation of equipment with greater attenuation than 60 dB.) In the 
event of interference caused to any service greater attenuation will be 
required.

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    (2) If a limiting or compression amplifier is used in conjunction 
with the aural transmitter, due operating precautions should be 
maintained because of pre-emphasis in the transmitting system.
    (3) TV broadcast stations operating on Channel 14 and Channel 69 
must take special precautions to avoid interference to adjacent spectrum 
land mobile radio service facilities. Where a TV station is authorized 
and operating prior to the authorization and operation of the land 
mobile facility, a Channel 14 station must attenuate its emissions 
within the frequency range 467 to 470 MHz and a Channel 69 station must 
attentuate its emissions within the frequency range 806 to 809 MHz if 
necessary to permit reasonable use of the adjacent frequencies by land 
mobile licensees.
    (4) The requirements listed below apply to permittees authorized to 
construct a new station on TV Channel 14 or TV Channel 69, and to 
licensees authorized to change the channel of an existing station to 
Channel 14 or to Channel 69, to increase effective radiated power (ERP) 
(including any change in directional antenna characteristics that 
results in an increase in ERP in any direction), or to change the 
transmitting location of an existing station.
    (i) For the purposes of this paragraph, a protected land mobile 
facility is a receiver that is intended to receive transmissions from 
licensed land mobile stations within the frequency band below 470 MHz 
(as relates to Channel 14) or above 806 MHz (as relates to Channel 69), 
and is associated with one or more land mobile stations for which a 
license has been issued by the Commission, or a proper application has 
been received by the Commission prior to the date of the filing of the 
TV construction permit application. However, a land mobile facility will 
not be protected if it is proposed in an application that is denied or 
dismissed and that action is no longer subject to Commission review. 
Further, if the land mobile station is not operating when the TV 
facility commences operation and it does not commence operation within 
the time permitted by its authorization in accordance with part 90 of 
this chapter, it will not be protected.
    (ii) A TV permittee must take steps before construction to identify 
potential interference to normal land mobile operation that could be 
caused by TV emissions outside the authorized channel, land mobile 
receiver desensitization or intermodulation. It must install filters and 
take other precautions as necessary, and submit evidence that no 
interference is being caused before it will be permitted to transmit 
programming on the new facilities pursuant to the provisions of Sec.  
73.1615 or Sec.  73.1620 of this part. A TV permittee must reduce its 
emissions within the land mobile channel of a protected land mobile 
facility that is receiving interference caused by the TV emission 
producing a vertically polarized signal and a field strength in excess 
of 17 dBu at the land mobile receiver site on the land mobile frequency. 
The TV emission should be measured with equipment set to a 30 kHz 
measurement bandwidth including the entire applicable land mobile 
channel. A TV permittee must correct a desensitization problem if its 
occurrence can be directly linked to the start of the TVoperation and 
the land mobile station is using facilities with typical desensitization 
rejection characteristics. A TV permittee must identify the source of an 
intermodulation product that is generated when the TV operation 
commences. If the intermodulation source is under its control, the TV 
permittee must correct the problem. If the intermodulation source is 
beyond the TV permittee's control, it must cooperate in the resolution 
of the problem and should provide whatever technical assistance it can.

(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 154, 
155, 303))

[28 FR 13660, Dec. 14, 1963]

    Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec.  
73.687, see the List of CFR Sections Affected which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume and on GPO Access.

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Sec.  73.688  Indicating instruments.

    (a) Each TV broadcast station shall be equipped with indicating 
instruments which conform with the specifications described in Sec.  
73.1215 for measuring the operating parameters of the last radio stage 
of the visual transmitter, and with such other instruments as are 
necessary for the proper adjustment, operation, and maintenance of the 
visual transmitting system.
    (b) The function of each instrument shall be clearly and permanently 
shown on the instrument itself or on the panel immediately adjacent 
thereto.
    (c) In the event that any one of these indicating instruments 
becomes defective, when no substitute which conforms with the required 
specifications is available, the station may be operated without the 
defective instrument pending its repair or replacement for a period not 
in excess of 60 days without further authority of the FCC, provided 
that:
    (1) If the defective instrument is the transmission line meter used 
for determining the output power by the direct method, the operating 
power shall be determined or maintained by the indirect method whenever 
possible or by using the operating parameters of the last radio stage of 
the transmitter during the time the station is operated without the 
transmission line meter.
    (2) If conditions beyond the control of the licensee prevent the 
restoration of the meter to service within the above allowed period, 
informal request in accordance with Sec.  73.3549 may be filed with the 
Engineer in Charge of the radio district in which the station is located 
for such additional time as may be required to complete repairs of the 
defective instrument.

[41 FR 36818, Sept. 1, 1976, as amended at 48 FR 38480, Aug. 24, 1983; 
49 FR 50048, Dec. 26, 1984; 50 FR 26568, June 27, 1985]



Sec.  73.691  Visual modulation monitoring.

    (a) Each TV station must have measuring equipment for determining 
that the transmitted visual signal conforms to the provisions of this 
subpart. The licensee shall decide the monitoring and measurement 
methods or procedures for indicating and controlling the visual signal.
    (b) In the event technical problems make it impossible to operate in 
accordance with the timing and carrier level tolerance requirements of 
Sec.  73.682 (a)(9)(i), (a)(9)(ii), (a)(12), (a)(13), and (a)(17), a TV 
broadcast station may operate at variance for a period of not more than 
30 days without specific authority from the FCC: provided that, the date 
and time of the initial out-of-tolerance condition has been entered in 
the station log. If the operation at variance will exceed 10 consecutive 
days, a notification must be sent to the FCC in Washington, D.C., not 
later than the 10th day of such operation. In the event normal operation 
is resumed prior to the end of the 30 day period, the licensee must 
notify the FCC upon restoration of normal operation. If causes beyond 
the control of the licensee prevent restoration of normal operation 
within 30 days, a written request must be made to the FCC in Washington, 
D.C., no later than the 30th day for such additional time as may be 
necessary.

[60 FR 55480, Nov. 1, 1995]



Sec.  73.698  Tables.

    Table I [Reserved]

                                                    Table II
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                                                                   (4)--87.7               (6)--95.7  (7)--119.9
                                      (2)--31.4     (3)--31.4     kilometers   (5)--95.7  kilometers  kilometers
                                     kilometers     kilometers       (54.5    kilometers     (59.5       (74.5
            (1)--Channel                (19.5      (19.5 miles)     miles)       (59.5      miles)      miles)
                                      miles) If  intermodulation   adjacent     miles)       sound      picture
                                        beat                        channel   oscillator     image       image
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14.................................          22            16-19          15          21          28          29
15.................................          23            17-20      14, 16          22          29          30
16.................................          24        14, 18-21      15, 17          23          30          31

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17.................................          25     14-15, 19-22      16, 18          24          31          32
18.................................          26     14-16, 20-23      17, 19          25          32          33
19.................................          27     14-17, 21-24      18, 20          26          33          34
20.................................          28     15-18, 22-25      19, 21          27          34          35
21.................................          29     16-19, 23-26      20, 22      28, 14          35          36
22.................................      30, 14     17-20, 24-27      21, 23      29, 15          36          37
23.................................      31, 15     18-21, 25-28      22, 24      30, 16          37          38
24.................................      32, 16     19-22, 26-29      23, 25      31, 17          38          39
25.................................      33, 17     20-23, 27-30      24, 26      32, 18          39          40
26.................................      34, 18     21-24, 28-31      25, 27      33, 19          40          41
27.................................      35, 19     22-25, 29-32      26, 28      34, 20          41          42
28.................................      36, 20     23-26, 30-33      27, 29      35, 21      42, 14          43
29.................................      37, 21     24-27, 31-34      28, 30      36, 22      43, 15      44, 14
30.................................      38, 22     25-28, 32-35      29, 31      37, 23      44, 16      45, 15
31.................................      39, 23     26-29, 33-36      30, 32      38, 24      45, 17      46, 16
32.................................      40, 24     27-30, 34-37      31, 33      39, 25      46, 18      47, 17
33.................................      41, 25     28-31, 35-38      32, 34      40, 26      47, 19      48, 18
34.................................      42, 26     29-32, 36-39      33, 35      41, 27      48, 20      49, 19
35.................................      43, 27     30-33, 37-40      34, 36      42, 28      49, 21      50, 20
36.................................      44, 28     31-34, 38-41      35, 37      43, 29      50, 22      51, 21
37.................................      45, 29     32-35, 39-42      36, 38      44, 30      51, 23      52, 22
38.................................      46, 30     33-36, 40-43      37, 39      45, 31      52, 24      53, 23
39.................................      47, 31     34-37, 41-44      38, 40      46, 32      53, 25      54, 24
40.................................      48, 32     35-38, 42-45      39, 41      47, 33      54, 26      55, 25
41.................................      49, 33     36-39, 43-46      40, 42      48, 34      55, 27      56, 26
42.................................      50, 34     37-40, 44-47      41, 43      49, 35      56, 28      57, 27
43.................................      51, 35     38-41, 45-48      42, 44      50, 36      57, 29      58, 28
44.................................      52, 36     39-42, 46-49      43, 45      51, 37      58, 30      59, 29
45.................................      53, 37     40-43, 47-50      44, 46      52, 38      59, 31      60, 30
46.................................      54, 38     41-44, 48-51      45, 47      53, 39      60, 32      61, 31
47.................................      55, 39     42-45, 49-52      46, 48      54, 40      61, 33      62, 32
48.................................      56, 40     43-46, 50-53      47, 49      55, 41      62, 34      63, 33
49.................................      57, 41     44-47, 51-54      48, 50      56, 42      63, 35      64, 34
50.................................      58, 42     45-48, 52-55      49, 51      57, 43      64, 36      65, 35
51.................................      59, 43     46-49, 53-56      50, 52      58, 44      65, 37      66, 36
52.................................      60, 44     47-50, 54-57      51, 53      59, 45      66, 38      67, 37
53.................................      61, 45     48-51, 55-58      52, 54      60, 46      67, 39      68, 38
54.................................      62, 46     49-52, 56-59      53, 55      61, 47      68, 40      69, 39
55.................................      63, 47     50-53, 57-60      54, 56      62, 48      69, 41      70, 40
56.................................      64, 48     51-54, 58-61      55, 57      63, 49      70, 42      71, 41
57.................................      65, 49     52-55, 59-62      56, 58      64, 50      71, 43      72, 42
58.................................      66, 50     53-56, 60-63      57, 59      65, 51      72, 44      73, 43
59.................................      67, 51     54-57, 61-64      58, 60      66, 52      73, 45      74, 44
60.................................      68, 52     55-58, 62-65      59, 61      67, 53      74, 46      75, 45
61.................................      69, 53     56-59, 63-66      60, 62      68, 54      75, 47      76, 46
62.................................      70, 54     57-60, 64-67      61, 63      69, 55      76, 48      77, 47
63.................................      71, 55     58-61, 65-68      62, 64      70, 56      77, 49      78, 48
64.................................      72, 56     59-62, 66-69      63, 65      71, 57      78, 50      79, 49
65.................................      73, 57     60-63, 67-70      64, 66      72, 58      79, 51      80, 50
66.................................      74, 58     61-64, 68-71      65, 67      73, 59      80, 52      81, 51
67.................................      75, 59     62-65, 69-72      66, 68      74, 60      81, 53      82, 52
68.................................      76, 60     63-66, 70-73      67, 69      75, 61      82, 54      83, 53
69.................................      77, 61     64-67, 71-74      68, 70      76, 62      83, 55          54
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note: The parenthetical reference beneath the mileage figures in columns 2 through 7, inclusive, indicate, in
  abbreviated form, the bases for the required mileage separations. For a discussion of these bases, see the
  ``Sixth Report and Order'' of the Commission (FCC 52-294; 17 FR 3905, May 2, 1952). The hyphenated numbers
  listed in column (3) are both inclusive.


[28 FR 13660, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 39 FR 20377, June 10, 1974; 
47 FR 35990, Aug. 18, 1982; 50 FR 23701, June 5, 1985; 54 FR 9807, Mar. 
8, 1989]



Sec.  73.699  TV engineering charts.

    This section consists of the following Figures 1-5, 5a, 6-10, 10a-
10e, 11-12, 13-16.

    Note: The charts as reproduced herein, due to their small scale, are 
not to be used in connection with material submitted to the F.C.C.

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[28 FR 13660, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 36 FR 17429, Aug. 31, 1971; 
39 FR 40957, Nov. 22, 1974; 40 FR 27684, July 1, 1975; 41 FR 56326, Dec. 
28, 1976; 44 FR 36040, June 20, 1979; 47 FR 3790, Jan. 27, 1982; 47 FR 
35990, Aug. 18, 1982; 50 FR 13972, Apr. 9, 1985; 50 FR 23701, June 5, 
1985; 50 FR 32205, Aug. 9, 1985; 52 FR 11656, Apr. 10, 1987; 54 FR 9807, 
Mar. 8, 1989; 58 FR 29983, May 25, 1993]

    Effective Date Note: At 42 FR 25736, May 19, 1977, the effective 
date of Sec.  73.699 Figure 10e was stayed indefinitely.



               Subpart F_International Broadcast Stations



Sec.  73.701  Definitions.

    The following definitions apply to terminology employed in this 
subpart:
    (a) International broadcast stations. A broadcasting station 
employing frequencies allocated to the broadcasting service between 5900 
and 26100 kHz, the transmissions of which are intended to be received 
directly by the general public in foreign countries. (A station may be 
authorized more than one transmitter.) There are both Federal and non-
Federal Government international broadcast stations; only the latter are 
licensed by the Commission and are subject to the rules of this subpart.
    (b) Transmitter-hour. One frequency used on one transmitter for one 
hour.
    (c) Frequency-hour. One frequency used for one hour regardless of 
the number of transmitters over which it is simultaneously broadcast by 
a station during that hour.
    (d) Multiple operation. Broadcasting by a station on one frequency 
over two or more transmitters simultaneously. If a station uses the same 
frequency simultaneously on each of two (three, etc.) transmitters for 
an hour, it uses one frequency-hour and two (three, etc.) transmitter-
hours.
    (e) Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Time scale, based on the 
second (SI), as defined in Recommendation ITU-R TF.460-5. UTC is 
equivalent to mean solar time at the prime median (0[deg] longitude), 
formerly expressed as GMT.
    (f) Sunspot number. The 12-month running average of the number of 
sunspots for any month as indicated in the

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U.S. Department of Commerce Telecommunications Research and Engineering 
Report No. 13--available from the Superintendent of Documents, 
Washington, DC 20402. The sunspot number varies in an approximate 11-
year cycle.
    (g) Day. Any twenty-four hour period beginning 0100 UTC and ending 
0100 UTC.
    (h) Schedule A. That portion of any year commencing at 0100 UTC on 
the last Sunday in March and ending at 0100 UTC on the last Sunday in 
October.
    (i) Schedule B. That portion of any year commencing at 0100 UTC on 
the last Sunday in October and ending at 0100 UTC on the last Sunday in 
March.
    (j) [Reserved]
    (k) Seasonal schedule. An assignment, for a season, of a frequency 
or frequencies, and other technical parameters, to be used by a station 
for transmission to particular zones or areas of reception during 
specified hours.
    (l) Reference month. That month of a season which is used for 
determining predicted propagation characteristics for the season. The 
reference month for Schedule A is July and the reference month for 
Schedule B is December.
    (m) Maximum usable frequency (MUF). The highest frequency which is 
returned by ionospheric radio propagation to the surface of the earth 
for a particular path and time of day for 50 percent of the days of the 
reference month.
    (n) Optimum working frequency (FOT). The highest frequency which is 
returned by ionospheric radio propagation to the surface of the earth 
for a particular path and time of day for 90 percent of the days of the 
reference month.

    Note: The international abbreviation for optimum working frequency, 
FOT, is formed with the initial letters of the French words for 
``optimum working frequency'' which are ``frequence optimum de 
travail.''

    (o) Zone of reception. Any geographic zone indicated in Sec.  73.703 
in which the reception of particular programs is specifically intended 
and in which broadcast coverage is contemplated.
    (p) Area of reception. Any geographic area smaller than a zone of 
reception in which the reception of particular programs is specifically 
intended and in which broadcast coverage is contemplated, such areas 
being indicated by countries or parts of countries.
    (q) Delivered median field strength, or field strength. The field 
strength incident upon the zone or area of reception expressed in 
microvolts per meter, or decibels above one microvolt per meter, which 
is exceeded by the hourly median value for 50 percent of the days of the 
reference month.
    (r) Carrier power. The average power supplied to the antenna 
transmission line by a transmitter during one radio frequency cycle 
under conditions of no modulation.

[38 FR 18892, July 16, 1973, as amended at 68 FR 25538, May 13, 2003]



Sec.  73.702  Assignment and use of frequencies.

    (a) Frequencies will be assigned by the Commission prior to the 
start of each season to authorized international broadcasting stations 
for use during the season at specified hours and for transmission to 
specified zones or areas of reception, with specified power and antenna 
bearing. Six months prior to the start of each season, licensees and 
permittees shall by informal written request, submitted to the 
Commission in triplicate, indicate for the season the frequency or 
frequencies desired for transmission to each zone or area of reception 
specified in the license or permit, the specific hours during which it 
desires to transmit to such zones or areas on each frequency, and the 
power, antenna gain, and antenna bearing it desires to use. Requests 
will be honored to the extent that interference and propagation 
conditions permit and that they are otherwise in accordance with the 
provisions of this section.
    (b) After necessary processing of the requests required by paragraph 
(a) of this section, the Commission will notify each licensee and 
permittee of the frequencies, hours of use thereof to specified zones or 
areas of reception, power, and antenna bearing which it intends to 
authorize for the season in question. After receipt of such 
notification, the licensee or permittee shall, in writing, not later 
than two months before the start of the season in question,

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inform the Commission either that it plans to operate in accordance with 
the authorization which the Commission intends to issue, or that it 
plans to operate in another manner. If the licensee or permittee 
indicates that it plans to operate in another manner, it shall furnish 
explanatory details.
    (c) If after submitting the request required under the provisions of 
paragraph (a) of this section, but before receipt of the Commission's 
notification referred to in paragraph (b) of this section, the licensee 
or permittee submits a request for changes of its original request, such 
requests will be accepted for consideration only if accompanied by 
statements showing good cause therefor and will be honored only if 
conditions permit. If the information required to be submitted by the 
licensee or permittee under the provisions of paragraph (b) of this 
section indicates that operation in another manner is contemplated, and 
the explanatory details contain a request for change in the originally 
proposed manner of operation, such requests will be accepted for 
consideration only if accompanied by statements showing good cause 
therefor and will be honored only if conditions permit. If after the 
licensee or permittee submits the information required under the 
provisions of paragraph (b) of this section, but before the start of the 
season in question, the licensee or permittee submits a request for 
changes in its manner of operation for the season in question, the 
request will be accepted for consideration only if accompanied by 
statements showing good cause therefor and will be honored only if 
conditions permit. If after the start of a season the licensee or 
permittee submits a request for changes in the manner of operation as 
authorized, the request will be considered only if accompanied by 
statements showing good cause therefor, and will be honored only if 
conditions permit.
    (d) The provisions of paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of the section 
shall apply to licensees, to permittees operating under program test 
authority, and to permittees who anticipate applying for and receiving 
program test authority for operation during the specified season.

    Note: Permittees who during the process of construction wish to 
engage in equipment tests shall by informal written request, submitted 
to the Commission in triplicate not less than 30 days before they desire 
to begin such testing, indicate the frequencies they desire to use for 
testing and the hours they desire to use those frequencies. No equipment 
testing shall occur until the Commission has authorized frequencies and 
hours for such testing. Such authorizations shall be only for one 
season, and if it is desired to continue equipment testing in a 
following season, new requests for frequencies and hours must be 
submitted at least 30 days before it is desired to begin testing in the 
following season.

    (e) Within 14 days after the end of each season, a report shall be 
filed with the Commission by each licensee or permittee operating under 
program test authority who has been issued a seasonal schedule for that 
season. The report shall state whether the licensee or permittee has 
operated the number of frequency-hours authorized by the seasonal 
schedule to each of the zones or areas of reception specified in the 
schedule. If such operation has not occurred, a detailed explanation of 
that fact shall also be submitted which includes specific dates, 
frequency-hours not used, and reasons for the failure to operate as 
authorized. The report shall also contain information that has been 
received by the licensee or permittee as to reception or interference, 
and conclusions with regard to propagation characteristics of 
frequencies that were assigned for the season in question.
    (f) Assigned frequencies shall be within the following bands, which 
are allocated on an exclusive basis to the broadcasting service:
    (1) 5950-6200 kHz, 9500-9900 kHz, 11650-12050 kHz, 13600-13800 kHz, 
15100-15600 kHz, 17550-17900 kHz, 21450-21850 kHz, and 25670-26100 kHz.
    (2) In addition, the band 7100-7300 kHz is allocated on an exclusive 
basis to the broadcasting service in International Telecommunication 
Union (ITU) Regions 1 and 3 as defined in 47 CFR. 2.104(b). Assignments 
in the band 7100-7300 kHz shall be limited to international broadcast 
stations located in ITU Region 3 insular areas (as defined in 47 CFR. 
2.105(a), note 4) that transmit to zones and areas of reception in ITU 
Region 1 or 3. In addition, during

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the hours of 0800-1600 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) antenna gain 
with reference to an isotropic radiator in any easterly direction that 
would intersect any area in Region 2 shall not exceed 2.15 dBi, except 
in the case where a transmitter power of less than 100 kW is used. In 
this case, antenna gain on restricted azimuths shall not exceed that 
which is determined in accordance with equation below. Stations desiring 
to operate in this band must submit sufficient antenna performance 
information to ensure compliance with these restrictions. Permitted Gain 
for Transmitter powers less than 100 kW:
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Where:

Gi=maximum gain permitted with reference to an isotropic radiator.
Pa=Transmitter power employed in kW.

    (3) In addition, frequencies within the following bands are 
assignable to the broadcasting service on an exclusive basis after April 
1, 2007: 5900-5950 kHz, 7300-7350 kHz, 9400-9500 kHz, 11600-11650 kHz, 
12050-12100 kHz, 13570-13600 kHz, 13800-13870 kHz, 15600-15800 kHz, 
17480-17550 kHz, and 18900-19020 kHz (WARC-92 HFBC bands).
    (g) Frequencies requested for assignment must be as near as 
practicable to the optimum working frequency (unless otherwise 
justified) for the zone or area of reception for the period and path of 
transmission, and should be chosen so that a given frequency will 
provide the largest period of reliable transmission to the selected zone 
or area of reception. Moreover, at the zone or area of reception 
frequencies shall provide protection to the transmissions of other 
broadcasting stations which, in the opinion of the Commission, have 
priority of assignment.

    Note 1: Requests for frequency-hours shall be accompanied by all 
pertinent technical data with reference to the frequencies and hours of 
operation, including calculated field strengths delivered to the zones 
or areas of reception.
    Note 2: It is preferable that calculated field strengths delivered 
to zones or areas of reception be equal to or greater than those 
required by I.F.R.B. Technical Standards, Series A (and supplements 
thereto), in order for the I.F.R.B. to afford the notified assignment 
protection from interference. Nevertheless, calculated field strengths 
less than those required by the I.F.R.B. standards for protection will 
be acceptable to the Commission. However, licensees should note that if 
such lesser field strengths are submitted no protection from 
interference will be provided by the I.F.R.B. if their technical 
examination of such notifications show incompatibilities with other 
notified assignments fully complying with I.F.R.B. technical standards.
    Note 3: Licensees are permitted to engage in multiple operation as 
defined in Sec.  73.701(d).
    Note 4: Seasonal requests for frequency-hours will be only for 
transmissions to zones or areas of reception specified in the basic 
instrument of authorization. Changes in such zones or areas will be made 
only on separate application for modification of such instruments.

    (h) Not more than one frequency will be assigned for use at any one 
time for any one program transmission except in instances where a 
program is intended for reception in more than one zone or area of 
reception and the intended zones or areas cannot be served by a single 
frequency: Provided, however, That on a showing of good cause a licensee 
may be authorized to operate on more than one frequency at any one time 
to transmit any one program to a single zone or area of reception.
    (i) Any frequency assigned to a licensee or permittee shall also be 
available for assignment to other licensees or permittees.
    (j) All assignments of frequencies and the hours during which they 
will be used will be made with the express understanding that they are 
subject to immediate cancellation or change without hearing whenever the 
Commission determines that interference or propagation conditions so 
require and that each frequency-hour assignment for a given seasonal 
schedule is unique unto itself and not necessarily available for use 
during a subsequent season.
    (k) The total maximum number of frequency-hours which will be 
authorized to all licensees of international broadcasting stations 
during any one day for any season is 100. The number of frequency-hours 
allocated to any licensee will depend on past usage, availability, and 
need. If for a forthcoming season the total of the requests for daily 
frequency-hours of all licensees

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exceeds 100, all licensees will be notified and each licensee that makes 
an adequate showing that good cause exists for not having its requested 
number of frequency-hours reduced and that operation of its station 
without such reduction would be consistent with the public interest may 
be authorized the frequency-hours requested.

    Note: The provisions of this paragraph are not to be construed to 
mean that a total of 100 (or more) frequency-hours per day is assured 
licensees. Frequency-hours will only be assigned to the extent that they 
are available. It is the responsibility of each licensee to make all 
technical studies to show that frequency-hours requested by it are 
available and suitable for use as proposed.

[38 FR 18892, July 16, 1973, as amended at 51 FR 9965, Mar. 24, 1986; 68 
FR 25538, May 13, 2003]



Sec.  73.703  Geographical zones and areas of reception.

    The zones or areas of reception to be served by international 
broadcasting stations shall be based on the following map, and directive 
antennas shall be employed to direct transmissions thereto:

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Sec.  73.712  Equipment tests.

    (a) During the process of construction of an international 
broadcasting station, the permittee, having obtained authorization for 
frequencies and hours as set forth in the Note to Sec.  73.702(d) may, 
without further authority of the FCC, conduct equipment tests for the 
purpose of such adjustments and measurements as may be necessary to 
assure compliance with the terms of the construction permit, the 
technical provisions of the application therefor and the rules and 
regulations. Such tests shall use voice identification and test tones 
only. No programming shall be conducted during equipment tests.
    (b) The Commission may notify the permittee to conduct no tests or 
may cancel, suspend, or change the date for the beginning of equipment 
tests when and if such action may appear to be in the public interest, 
convenience, and necessity.
    (c) Equipment tests may be continued so long as the construction 
permit shall remain valid: Provided, however, That the procedure set 
forth in paragraph (a) of this section must be repeated prior to the 
conducting of such tests in each season after the season in which the 
testing began.
    (d) The authorization for tests embodied in this section shall not 
be construed as constituting a license to operate but as a necessary 
part of construction.

[28 FR 13696, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 37 FR 25842, Dec. 5, 1972. 
Redesignated and amended at 38 FR 18894, July 16, 1973; 47 FR 40174, 
Sept. 13, 1982]



Sec.  73.713  Program tests.

    (a) Upon completion of construction of an international broadcasting 
station in accordance with the terms of the construction permit, the 
technical provisions of the application therefor, and the rules and 
regulations and the applicable engineering standards, and when an 
application for station license has been filed showing the station to be 
in satisfactory operating condition, the permittee may request authority 
to conduct program tests. Such request shall be filed with the FCC at 
least 10 days prior to the date on which it is desired to begin such 
operation. All data necessary to show compliance with the terms and 
conditions of the construction permit must be filed with the license 
application.
    (b) Program tests shall not commence until specific Commission 
authority is received. The Commission reserves the right to change the 
date of the beginning of such tests or to suspend or revoke the 
authority for program tests as and when such action may appear to be in 
the public interest, convenience, and necessity.
    (c) Unless sooner suspended or revoked, program test authority 
continues valid during Commission consideration of the application for 
license and during this period further extension of the construction 
permit is not required. Program test authority shall be automatically 
terminated by final determination upon the application for station 
license.
    (d) All operation under program test authority shall be in strict 
compliance with the rules governing international broadcasting stations 
and in strict accordance with representations made in the application 
for license pursuant to which the tests were authorized.
    (e) The granting of program test authority shall not be construed as 
approval by the Commission of the application for station license.

[38 FR 18894, July 16, 1973, as amended at 47 FR 40174, Sept. 13, 1982]



Sec.  73.731  Licensing requirements.

    (a) A license for an international broadcasting station will be 
issued only after a satisfactory showing has been made in regard to the 
following, among others:
    (1) That there is a need for the international broadcasting service 
proposed to be rendered.
    (2) That the necessary program sources are available to the 
applicant to render the international service proposed.
    (3) That the production of the program service and the technical 
operation of the proposed station will be conducted by qualified 
persons.
    (4) That the applicant is legally, technically and financially 
qualified and possesses adequate technical facilities to carry forward 
the service proposed.

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    (5) That the public interest, convenience and necessity will be 
served through the operation of the proposed station.

[38 FR 18895, July 16, 1973]



Sec.  73.732  Authorizations.

    Authorizations issued to international broadcasting stations by the 
Commission will be authorizations to permit the construction or use of a 
particular transmitting equipment combination and related antenna 
systems for international broadcasting, and to permit broadcasting to 
zones or areas of reception specified on the instrument of 
authorization. The authorizations will not specify the frequencies to be 
used or the hours of use. Requests for frequencies and hours of use will 
be made as provided in Sec.  73.702. Seasonal schedules, when issued 
pursuant to the provisions of Sec.  73.702, will become attachments to 
and part of the instrument of authorization, replacing any such prior 
attachments.

[38 FR 18895, July 16, 1973]



Sec.  73.733  Normal license period.

    All international broadcast station licenses will be issued so as to 
expire at the hour of 3 a.m. local time and will be issued for a normal 
period of 8 years expiring November 1.

[62 FR 5347, Feb. 5, 1997]



Sec.  73.751  Operating power.

    No international broadcasting station will be authorized to install, 
or be licensed for operation of, transmitter equipment with a rated 
carrier power of less than 50 kilowatts.

(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 154, 
155, 303))

[38 FR 18895, July 16, 1973, as amended at 44 FR 65765, Nov. 15, 1979]



Sec.  73.753  Antenna systems.

    All international broadcasting stations shall operate with 
directional antennas. Such antennas shall be designed and operated so 
that the radiated power in the maximum lobe toward the specific zone or 
area of reception intended to be served shall be at least 10 times the 
average power from the antenna in the horizontal plane. Radiation in all 
other directions shall be suppressed to the maximum extent technically 
feasible. In order to eliminate or mitigate harmful interference, the 
direction of the maximum lobe may be adjusted upon approval of the 
Commission.

(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 154, 
155, 303))

[38 FR 18895, July 16, 1973, as amended at 44 FR 65765, Nov. 15, 1979]



Sec.  73.754  Frequency monitors.

    (a) The licensee of each international broadcast station shall 
operate a frequency monitor at the transmitter independent of the 
frequency control of the transmitter.
    (b) The frequency monitor shall be designed and constructed in 
accordance with good engineering practice. It shall have an accuracy 
sufficient to determine that the operating frequency is within one-half 
of the allowed tolerance.

[37 FR 25842, Dec. 5, 1972]



Sec.  73.755  Modulation monitors.

    The licensee of each international broadcast station shall have a 
modulation monitor in operation at the transmitter.

[37 FR 25842, Dec. 5, 1972]



Sec.  73.756  Transmission system requirements.

    (a) Design. The construction, installation, operation, and 
performance of the international broadcasting transmitter system shall 
be in accordance with good engineering practice.
    (b) Spurious emission. (1) Any emission appearing on a frequency 
removed from the carrier frequency by between 6.4 kHz and 10 kHz, 
inclusive, shall be attenuated at least 25 dB below the level of the 
unmodulated carrier. Compliance with the specification will be deemed to 
show the occupied bandwidth to be 10 kHz or less.
    (2) Any emission appearing on a frequency removed from the carrier 
frequency by more than 10 kHz and up to and including 25 kHz shall be 
attenuated at least 35 dB below the level of the unmodulated carrier.

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    (3) Any emission appearing on a frequency removed from the carrier 
frequency by more than 25 kHz shall be attenuated at least 80 dB below 
the level of the unmodulated carrier.
    (4) In the event spurious emissions cause harmful interference to 
other stations or services, such additional steps as may be necessary to 
eliminate the interference must be taken immediately by the licensee.
    (c) Frequency tolerance. The transmitter shall maintain the 
operating frequency within 10 Hz of the assigned frequency.

(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 154, 
155, 303))

[38 FR 18895, July 16, 1973, as amended at 44 FR 65765, Nov. 15, 1979; 
68 FR 25540, May 13, 2003]



Sec.  73.757  Auxiliary transmitters.

    Upon showing that a need exists for the use of auxiliary 
transmitters, a license may be issued provided that:
    (a) Auxiliary transmitters may be installed either at the same 
location as the main transmitters or at another location.
    (b) [Reserved]
    (c) The auxiliary transmitters shall be maintained so that they may 
be put into immediate operation at any time for the following purposes:
    (1) The transmission of the regular programs upon the failure of the 
main transmitters.
    (2) The transmission of regular programs during maintenance or 
modification work on the main transmitter, necessitating discontinuance 
of its operation for a period not to exceed 5 days. (This includes the 
equipment changes which may be made without authority as set forth 
elsewhere in the rules and regulations or as authorized by the 
Commission by letter or by construction permit. Where such operation is 
required for periods in excess of 5 days, request therefor shall be in 
accordance with Sec.  73.3542 of this chapter.)
    (3) Upon request by a duly authorized representative of the 
Commission.
    (d) The auxiliary transmitters shall be tested at least once each 
week to determine that they are in proper operating condition and that 
they are adjusted to the proper frequency except that in the case of 
operation in accordance with paragraph (c) of this section during any 
week, the test in that week may be omitted provided the operation under 
paragraph (c) of this section is satisfactory. A record shall be kept of 
the time and result of each test. Such records shall be retained for a 
period of two years.
    (e) The auxiliary transmitters shall be equipped with satisfactory 
control equipment which will enable the maintenance of the frequency 
emitted by the station within the limits prescribed by the regulations 
in this part.
    (f) The operating power of an auxiliary transmitter may be less but 
not greater than the authorized power of the main transmitters.

[28 FR 13696, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 37 FR 25843, Dec. 5, 1972; 60 
FR 55480, Nov. 1, 1995]



Sec.  73.758  Alternate main transmitters.

    The licensee of an international broadcast station may be licensed 
for alternate main transmitters provided that a technical need for such 
alternate transmitters is shown and that the following conditions are 
met: Both transmitters:
    (a) Are located at the same place;
    (b) Shall have the same power rating; and
    (c) Shall meet the construction, installation, operation, and 
performance requirements of good engineering practice.

[37 FR 25843, Dec. 5, 1972]



Sec.  73.759  Modification of transmission systems.

    Specific authority, upon filing formal application (FCC Form 309) 
therefor, is required for any of the following changes:
    (a) Change involving an increase or decrease in the power rating of 
the transmitters.
    (b) A replacement of the transmitters as a whole.
    (c) Change in the location of the transmitting antenna.
    (d) Change in location of main studio, if it is proposed to move the 
main studio to a different city from that specified in the license.
    (e) Change in the power delivered to the antenna.

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    (f) Change in frequency control and/or modulation system.
    (g) Change in direction or gain of antenna system.

Other changes, not specified above in this section, may be made at any 
time without the authority of the Commission: Provided, That the 
Commission shall be immediately notified thereof and such changes shall 
be shown in the next application for renewal of license.

(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 154, 
155, 303))

[38 FR 18895, July 16, 1973, as amended at 44 FR 65765, Nov. 15, 1979]



Sec.  73.761  Time of operation.

    (a) All international broadcasting stations shall operate in 
accordance with the times indicated on their seasonal schedules.
    (b) In the event that causes beyond a licensee's control make it 
impossible to adhere to the seasonal schedule or to continue operating, 
the station may limit or discontinue operation for a period of not more 
than 10 days, without further authority from the FCC. However, in such 
cases, the FCC shall be immediately notified in writing of such 
limitation or discontinuance of operation and shall subsequently be 
notified when the station resumes regular operation.
    (c) In the event that causes beyond a licensee's control make it 
impossible to adhere to the seasonal schedule or to continue operating 
for a temporary period of more than 10 days, the station may not limit 
or discontinue operation until it requests and receives specific 
authority to do so from the FCC. When the station subsequently resumes 
regular operation after such limited operation or discontinuance of 
operation, it shall notify the FCC in Washington, DC. The license of a 
broadcasting station that fails to transmit broadcast signals for any 
consecutive 12-month period expires as a matter of law at the end of 
that period, notwithstanding any provision, term, or condition of the 
license to the contrary.

[38 FR 18895, July 16, 1973, as amended at 47 FR 40174, Sept. 13, 1982; 
61 FR 28767, June 6, 1996]



Sec.  73.765  Determining operating power.

    The operating power specified in Sec.  73.751 shall be determined by 
use of a calibrated dummy load or by any other method specified by the 
licensee and accepted by the Commission. Such method may subsequently be 
used by the licensee to maintain the authorized operating power.

(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 154, 
155, 303))

[38 FR 18895, July 16, 1973, as amended at 44 FR 65765, Nov. 15, 1979]



Sec.  73.766  Modulation and bandwidth.

    The percentage of modulation shall be maintained as high as possible 
consistent with good quality of transmission and good broadcast 
practice. In no case shall it exceed 100 percent on positive or negative 
peaks of frequent recurrence. It should not be less than 85 percent on 
peaks of frequent recurrence. The range of modulation frequencies shall 
be so controlled that the authorized bandwidth of the emission shall not 
be exceeded under all conditions of modulation. The highest modulating 
frequency shall not exceed 4.5 kHz.

[68 FR 25540, May 13, 2003]



Sec.  73.781  Logs.

    The licensee or permittee of each international broadcast station 
must maintain the station log in the following manner:
    (a) In the program log:
    (1) An entry of the time each station identification announcement 
(call letters and location) is made.
    (2) An entry briefly describing each program broadcast, such as 
``music'', ``drama'', ``speech'', etc., together with the name or title 
thereof, language, and the sponsor's name, with the time of the 
beginning and ending of the complete program.
    (3) For each program of network origin, an entry showing the name of 
the network originating the program.

[28 FR 13696, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 37 FR 25843, Dec. 5, 1972; 48 
FR 38480, Aug. 24, 1983]

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Sec.  73.782  Retention of logs.

    Logs of international broadcast stations shall be retained by the 
licensee or permittee for a period of two years: Provided, however, That 
logs involving communications incident to a disaster or which include 
communications incident to or involved in an investigation by the 
Commission and concerning which the licensee or permittee has been 
notified, shall be retained by the licensee or permittee until he is 
specifically authorized in writing by the Commission to destroy them: 
Provided, further, That logs incident to or involved in any claim or 
complaint of which the licensee or permittee has notice shall be 
retained by the licensee or permittee until such claim or complaint has 
been fully satisfied or until the same has been barred by statute 
limiting the time for the filing of suits upon such claims.

[28 FR 13696, Dec. 14, 1963]



Sec.  73.787  Station identification.

    (a) A licensee of an international broadcast station shall make 
station identification announcement (call letters and location), at the 
beginning and ending of each time of operation and during the operation 
on the hour.
    (b) Station identification, program announcements, and oral 
continuity shall be made with international significance (language 
particularly) which is designed for the foreign country or countries for 
which the service is primarily intended.

[28 FR 13696, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 34 FR 19762, Dec. 17, 1969; 
38 FR 18896, July 16, 1973]



Sec.  73.788  Service; commercial or sponsored programs.

    (a) A licensee of an international broadcast station shall render 
only an international broadcast service which will reflect the culture 
of this country and which will promote international goodwill, 
understanding, and cooperation. Any program solely intended for and 
directed to an audience in the continental United States does not meet 
the requirements for this service.
    (b) Such international broadcast service may include commercial or 
sponsored programs: Provided, That:
    (1) Commercial program continuities give no more than the name of 
the sponsor of the program and the name and general character of the 
commodity, utility or service, or attraction advertised.
    (2) In case of advertising a commodity, the commodity is regularly 
sold or is being promoted for sale on the open market in the foreign 
country or countries to which the program is directed in accordance with 
paragraph (c) of this section.
    (3) In case of advertising an American utility or service to 
prospective tourists or visitors to the United States, the advertisement 
continuity is particularly directed to such persons in the foreign 
country or countries where they reside and to which the program is 
directed in accordance with paragraph (c) of this section.
    (4) In case of advertising an international attraction (such as a 
world fair, resort, spa, etc.) to prospective tourists or visitors to 
the United States, the oral continuity concerning such attraction is 
consistent with the purpose and intent of this section.
    (5) In case of any other type of advertising, such advertising is 
directed to the foreign country or countries to which the program is 
directed and is consistent with the purpose and intent of this section.
    (c) The geographic areas to be served by international broadcasting 
stations are the zones and areas of reception shown in Sec.  73.703.
    (d) An international broadcast station may transmit the program of a 
AM broadcast station or network system: Provided, That the conditions in 
paragraph (b) of this section as to any commercial continuities are 
observed and when station identifications are made, only the call letter 
designation of the international station is given and its assigned 
frequency: And provided further, That in the case of chain broadcasting 
the program is not carried simultaneously by another international 
station (except another station owned by the same licensee operated on a 
frequency in a different group to obtain continuity of signal service), 
the signals from which are directed to the same area. (See section 3(p) 
of the

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Communications Act of 1934 for the definition of ``chain 
broadcasting.'')

[28 FR 13696, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 37 FR 25843, Dec. 5, 1972; 38 
FR 18896, July 16, 1973]



            Subpart G_Low Power FM Broadcast Stations (LPFM)

    Source: 65 FR 7640, Feb. 15, 2000, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  73.801  Broadcast regulations applicable to LPFM stations.

    The following rules are applicable to LPFM stations:

Section 73.201 Numerical definition of FM broadcast channels.
Section 73.220 Restrictions on use of channels.
Section 73.267 Determining operating power.
Section 73.277 Permissible transmissions.
Section 73.297 FM stereophonic sound broadcasting.
Section 73.310 FM technical definitions.
Section 73.312 Topographic data.
Section 73.318 FM blanketing interference.
Section 73.322 FM stereophonic sound transmission standards.
Section 73.333 Engineering charts.
Section 73.503 Licensing requirements and service.
Section 73.508 Standards of good engineering practice.
Section 73.593 Subsidiary communications services.
Section 73.1015 Truthful written statements and responses to Commission 
inquiries and correspondence.
Section 73.1030 Notifications concerning interference to radio 
astronomy, research and receiving installations.
Section 73.1201 Station identification.
Section 73.1206 Broadcast of telephone conversations.
Section 73.1207 Rebroadcasts.
Section 73.1208 Broadcast of taped, filmed, or recorded material.
Section 73.1210 TV/FM dual-language broadcasting in Puerto Rico.
Section 73.1211 Broadcast of lottery information.
Section 73.1212 Sponsorship identification; list retention; related 
requirements.
Section 73.1213 Antenna structure, marking and lighting.
Section 73.1216 Licensee-conducted contests.
Section 73.1217 Broadcast hoaxes.
Section 73.1230 Posting of station license.
Section 73.1250 Broadcasting emergency information.
Section 73.1300 Unattended station operation.
Section 73.1400 Transmission system monitoring and control.
Section 73.1520 Operation for tests and maintenance.
Section 73.1540 Carrier frequency measurements.
Section 73.1545 Carrier frequency departure tolerances.
Section 73.1570 Modulation levels: AM, FM, and TV aural.
Section 73.1580 Transmission system inspections.
Section 73.1610 Equipment tests.
Section 73.1620 Program tests.
Section 73.1650 International agreements.
Section 73.1660 Acceptability of broadcast transmitters.
Section 73.1665 Main transmitters.
Section 73.1692 Broadcast station construction near or installation on 
an AM broadcast tower.
Section 73.1745 Unauthorized operation.
Section 73.1750 Discontinuance of operation.
Section 73.1920 Personal attacks.
Section 73.1940 Legally qualified candidates for public office.
Section 73.1941 Equal opportunities.
Section 73.1943 Political file.
Section 73.1944 Reasonable access.
Section 73.3511 Applications required.
Section 73.3512 Where to file; number of copies.
Section 73.3513 Signing of applications.
Section 73.3514 Content of applications.
Section 73.3516 Specification of facilities.
Section 73.3517 Contingent applications.
Section 73.3518 Inconsistent or conflicting applications.
Section 73.3519 Repetitious applications.
Section 73.3520 Multiple applications.
Section 73.3525 Agreements for removing application conflicts.
Section 73.3539 Application for renewal of license.
Section 73.3542 Application for emergency authorization.
Section 73.3545 Application for permit to deliver programs to foreign 
stations.
Section 73.3550 Requests for new or modified call sign assignments.
Section 73.3561 Staff consideration of applications requiring Commission 
consideration.
Section 73.3562 Staff consideration of applications not requiring action 
by the Commission.
Section 73.3566 Defective applications.
Section 73.3568 Dismissal of applications.
Section 73.3584 Procedure for filing petitions to deny.
Section 73.3587 Procedure for filing informal objections.
Section 73.3588 Dismissal of petitions to deny or withdrawal of informal 
objections.

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Section 73.3589 Threats to file petitions to deny or informal 
objections.
Section 73.3591 Grants without hearing.
Section 73.3593 Designation for hearing.
Section 73.3598 Period of construction.
Section 73.3599 Forfeiture of construction permit.
Section 73.3999 Enforcement of 18 U.S.C. 1464--restrictions on the 
transmission of obscene and indecent material.



Sec.  73.805  Availability of channels.

    Except as provided in Sec.  73.220 of this chapter, all of the 
frequencies listed in Sec.  73.201 of this chapter are available for 
LPFM stations.



Sec.  73.807  Minimum distance separation between stations.

    Minimum separation requirements for LP100 and LP10 stations, as 
defined in Sec. Sec.  73.811 and 73.853, are listed in the following 
paragraphs. An LPFM station will not be authorized unless these 
separations are met. Minimum distances for co-channel and first-adjacent 
channel are separated into two columns. The left-hand column lists the 
required minimum separation to protect other stations and the right-hand 
column lists (for informational purposes only) the minimum distance 
necessary for the LPFM station to receive no interference from other 
stations assumed to operating at the maximum permitted facilities for 
the station class. For second- and third-adjacent channels and IF 
channels, the required minimum distance separation is sufficient to 
avoid interference received from other stations.
    (a)(1) An LP100 station will not be authorized initially unless the 
minimum distance separations in the following table are met with respect 
to authorized FM stations, applications for new and existing FM stations 
filed prior to the release of the public notice announcing an LPFM 
window period for LP100 stations, authorized LP100 stations, LP100 
station applications that were timely-filed within a previous window, 
and vacant FM allotments. LP100 stations are not required to protect 
LP10 stations. LPFM modification applications must either meet the 
distance separations in the following table or, if short-spaced, not 
lessen the spacing to subsequently authorized stations.

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                                      Co-channel minimum       First-adjacent channel   Second- and      I.F.
                                       separation (km)        minimum separation (km)      third-      channel
                                 ------------------------------------------------------   adjacent     minimum
                                                  For no                     For no       channel    separations
Station class protected by LP100               interference               interference    minimum   ------------
                                                 received                   received     separation
                                    Required     from max.     Required     from max.       (km)       10.6 or
                                                   class                      class    -------------   10.8 MHz
                                                 facility                   facility      Required
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LP100...........................           24            24           14            14         None         None
D...............................           24            24           13            13            6            3
A...............................           67            92           56            56           29            6
B1..............................           87           119           74            74           46            9
B...............................          112           143           97            97           67           12
C3..............................           78           119           67            67           40            9
C2..............................           91           143           80            84           53           12
C1..............................          111           178          100           111           73           20
C0..............................          122           193          111           130           84           22
C...............................          130           203          120           142           93           28
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    (2) LP100 stations must satisfy the second-adjacent channel minimum 
distance separation requirements of paragraph (a)(1) of this section 
with respect to any third-adjacent channel FM station that, as of 
September 20, 2000 (the adoption date of this MO&O) broadcasts a radio 
reading service via a subcarrier frequency.
    (b)(1) An LP10 station will not be authorized unless the minimum 
distance separations in the following table are met with respect to 
authorized FM stations, applications for new and existing FM stations 
filed prior to the release of the public notice announcing an LPFM 
window period for LP10 stations, vacant FM allotments, or LPFM stations.

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                                      Co-channel minimum       First-adjacent channel   Second- and      I.F.
                                       separation (km)        minimum separation  (km)     third-      Channel
                                 ------------------------------------------------------   adjacent     minimum
                                                  For no                     For no       channel    separations
 Station class protected by LP10               interference               interference    minimum   ------------
                                                 received                   received     separation
                                    Required     from max.     Required     from max.       (km)       10.6 or
                                                   class                      class    -------------   10.8 MHz
                                                 facility                   facility      Required
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LP100...........................           16            22           10            11         None         None
LP10............................           13            13            8             8         None         None
D...............................           16            21           10            11            6            2
A...............................           59            90           53            53           29            5
B1..............................           77           117           70            70           45            8
B...............................           99           141           91            91           66           11
C3..............................           69           117           64            64           39            8
C2..............................           82           141           77            81           52           11
C1..............................          103           175           97           108           73           18
C0..............................          114           190           99           127           84           21
C...............................          122           201          116           140           92           26
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    (2) LP10 stations must satisfy the second-adjacent channel minimum 
distance separation requirements of paragraph (b)(1) of this section 
with respect to any third-adjacent channel FM station that, as of 
September 20, 2000 (the adoption date of this MO&O) broadcasts a radio 
reading service via a subcarrier frequency.
    (c) In addition to meeting or exceeding the minimum separations for 
Class LP100 and Class LP10 stations in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this 
section, new LP100 and LP10 stations will not be authorized in Puerto 
Rico or the Virgin Islands unless the minimum distance separations in 
the following tables are met with respect to authorized or proposed FM 
stations:
    (1) LP100 stations in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands:

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                                                                     Co-channel minimum       First-adjacent channel
                                                                      separation (km)        minimum separation (km)
                                                                ------------------------------------------------------   Second- and
                                                                                 For no                     For no     third-adjacent     I.F. channel
                Station class protected by LP100                              interference               interference      channel          minimum
                                                                                received                   received        minimum     separations--10.6
                                                                   Required     from max.     Required     from max.     separation       or 10.8 MHz
                                                                                  class                      class     (km)--required
                                                                                facility                   facility
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A..............................................................           80           111           70            70             42                9
B1.............................................................           95           128           82            82             53               11
B..............................................................          138           179          123           123             92               19
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (2) LP10 stations in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands:

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                                                                     Co-channel minimum       First-adjacent channel
                                                                      separation (km)        minimum separation (km)
                                                                ------------------------------------------------------   Second- and
                                                                                 For no                     For no     third-adjacent     I.F. channel
                Station class protected by LP100                              interference               interference      channel          minimum
                                                                                received                   received        minimum     separations--10.6
                                                                   Required     from max.     Required     from max.     separation       or 10.8 MHz
                                                                                  class                      class     (km)--required
                                                                                facility                   facility
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A..............................................................           72           108           66            66             42                8
B1.............................................................           84           125           78            78             53                9
B..............................................................          126           177          118           118             92               18
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Note to paragraphs (a), (b), and (c):
    Minimum distance separations towards ``grandfathered'' superpowered 
Reserved Band stations are as specified.
    Full service FM stations operating within the reserved band 
(Channels 201-220) with facilities in excess of those permitted in Sec.  
73.211(b)(1) or Sec.  73.211(b)(3) shall be protected by LPFM stations 
in accordance with the

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minimum distance separations for the nearest class as determined under 
Sec.  73.211. For example, a Class B1 station operating with facilities 
that result in a 60 dBu contour that exceeds 39 kilometers but is less 
than 52 kilometers would be protected by the Class B minimum distance 
separations. Class D stations with 60 dBu contours that exceed 5 
kilometers will be protected by the Class A minimum distance 
separations. Class B stations with 60 dBu contours that exceed 52 
kilometers will be protected as Class C1 or Class C stations depending 
upon the distance to the 60 dBu contour. No stations will be protected 
beyond Class C separations.
    (d) In addition to meeting the separations (a) through (c), LPFM 
applications must meet the minimum separation requirements with respect 
to authorized FM translator stations, cutoff FM translator applications, 
and FM translator applications filed prior to the release of the Public 
Notice announcing the LPFM window period:
    (1) LP100 stations:

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                                                                     Co-channel minimum         First-adjacent channel      Second- and
                                                                      separation (km)          minimum  separation (km)   third-adjacent   I.F . Channel
                                                               ----------------------------------------------------------     channel         minimum
           Distance to FM translator 60 dBu contour                              For no                       For no          minimum       separation
                                                                  Required    interference     Required    interference     separation     (km)  10.6 or
                                                                                received                     received     (km)  required     10.8 MHz
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13.3 km or greater............................................           39              67           28              35              21               5
Greater than 7.3 km, but less than 13.3 km....................           32              51           21              26              14               5
7.3 km or less................................................           26              30           15              16               8               5
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (2) LP10 Stations:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                     Co-channel minimum         First-adjacent channel      Second- and
                                                                      separation (km)          minimum  separation (km)   third-adjacent   I.F . Channel
                                                               ----------------------------------------------------------     channel         minimum
           Distance to FM translator 60 dBu contour                              For no                       For no          minimum       separation
                                                                  Required    interference     Required    interference     separation     (km)  10.6 or
                                                                                received                     received     (km)  required     10.8 MHz
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13.3 km or greater............................................           30              65           25              33              20               3
Greater than 7.3 km, but less than 13.3 km....................           24              49           18              23              14               3
7.3 km or less................................................           18              28           12              14               8               3
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    (e) Existing Class LP100 and LP10 stations which do not meet the 
separations in paragraphs (a) through (e) of this section may be 
relocated provided that the separation to any short-spaced station is 
not reduced.
    (f) Commercial and noncommercial educational stations authorized 
under subparts B and C of this part, as well as new or modified 
commercial FM allotments, are not required to adhere to the separations 
specified in this rule section, even where new or increased interference 
would be created.
    (g) International considerations within the border zones. (1) Within 
320 km of the Canadian border, LP100 stations must meet the following 
minimum separations with respect to any Canadian stations:

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                                                                First-      Second-       Third-    Intermediate
                                                 Co-channel    adjacent     adjacent     adjacent     frequency
            Canadian station class                  (km)       channel      channel      channel    (IF) channel
                                                                 (km)         (km)         (km)         (km)
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A1 & Low Power................................           45           30           21           20             4
A.............................................           66           50           41           40             7
B1............................................           78           62           53           52             9
B.............................................           92           76           68           66            12
C1............................................          113           98           89           88            19
C.............................................          124          108           99           98            28
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    (2) Within 320 km of the Mexican border, LP100 stations must meet 
the following separations with respect to any Mexican stations:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                         Second-
                                                                             First-       third     Intermediate
                   Mexican station class                      Co-channel    adjacent     adjacent     frequency
                                                                 (km)       channel      channel    (IF) channel
                                                                              (km)         (km)         (km)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Low Power..................................................           27           17            9             3
A..........................................................           43           32           25             5
AA.........................................................           47           36           29             6
B1.........................................................           67           54           45             8
B..........................................................           91           76           66            11
C1.........................................................           91           80           73            19
C..........................................................          110          100           92            27
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (3) Within 320 km of the Canadian border, LP10 stations must meet 
the following minimum separations with respect to any Canadian stations:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                First-      Second-       Third-    Intermediate
                                                 Co-channel    adjacent     adjacent     adjacent     frequency
            Canadian station class                  (km)       channel      channel      channel    (IF) channel
                                                                 (km)         (km)         (km)         (km)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A1 & Low Power................................           33           25           20           19             3
A.............................................           53           45           40           39             5
B1............................................           65           57           52           51             8
B.............................................           79           71           67           66            11
C1............................................          101           93           88           87            18
C.............................................          111          103           98           97            26
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (4) Within 320 km of the Mexican border, LP10 stations must meet the 
following separations with respect to any Mexican stations:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                         Second-
                                                                             First-       third     Intermediate
                   Mexican station class                      Co-channel    adjacent     adjacent     frequency
                                                                 (km)       channel      channel    (IF) channel
                                                                              (km)         (km)         (km)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Low Power..................................................           19           13            9             2
A..........................................................           34           29           24             5
AA.........................................................           39           33           29             5
B1.........................................................           57           50           45             8
B..........................................................           79           71           66            11
C1.........................................................           83           77           73            18
C..........................................................          102           96           92            26
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (5) The Commission will notify the International Telecommunications 
Union (ITU) of any LPFM authorizations in the US Virgin Islands. Any 
authorization issued for a US Virgin Islands LPFM station will include a 
condition that permits the Commission to modify, suspend or terminate 
without right to a hearing if found by the Commission to be necessary to 
conform to any international regulations or agreements.
    (6) The Commission will initiate international coordination of a 
LPFM proposal even where the above Canadian and Mexican spacing tables 
are met, if it appears that such coordination is necessary to maintain 
compliance with international agreements.

[65 FR 7640, Feb. 15, 2000, as amended at 65 FR 67299, Nov. 9, 2000; 65 
FR 79779, Dec. 20, 2000; 66 FR 23863, May 10, 2001]



Sec.  73.808  Distance computations.

    For the purposes of determining compliance with any LPFM distance 
requirements, distances shall be calculated in accordance with Sec.  
73.208(c) of this part.

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Sec.  73.809  Interference protection to full service FM stations.

    (a) It shall be the responsibility of the licensee of an LPFM 
station to correct at its expense any condition of interference to the 
direct reception of the signal of any subsequently authorized commercial 
or NCE FM station that operates on the same channel, first-adjacent 
channel, second-adjacent channel or intermediate frequency (IF) channels 
as the LPFM station, where interference is predicted to occur and 
actually occurs within:
    (1) The 3.16 mV/m (70 dBu) contour of such stations;
    (2) The community of license of a commercial FM station; or
    (3) Any area of the community of license of an NCE FM station that 
is predicted to receive at least a 1 mV/m (60 dBu) signal. Predicted 
interference shall be calculated in accordance with the ratios set forth 
in Sec. Sec.  73.215(a)(1) and 73.215(a)(2). Intermediate Frequency (IF) 
channel interference overlap will be determined based upon overlap of 
the 91 dBu F(50,50) contours of the FM and LPFM stations. Actual 
interference will be considered to occur whenever reception of a 
regularly used signal is impaired by the signals radiated by the LPFM 
station.
    (b) An LPFM station will be provided an opportunity to demonstrate 
in connection with the processing of the commercial or NCE FM 
application that interference as described in paragraph (a) of this 
section is unlikely. If the LPFM station fails to so demonstrate, it 
will be required to cease operations upon the commencement of program 
tests by the commercial of NCE FM station.
    (c) Complaints of actual interference by an LPFM station subject to 
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section must be served on the LPFM 
licensee and the Federal Communications Commission, attention Audio 
Services Division. The LPFM station must suspend operations within 
twenty-four hours of the receipt of such complaint unless the 
interference has been resolved to the satisfaction of the complainant on 
the basis of suitable techniques. An LPFM station may only resume 
operations at the direction of the Federal Communications Commission. If 
the Commission determines that the complainant has refused to permit the 
LPFM station to apply remedial techniques that demonstrably will 
eliminate the interference without impairment of the original reception, 
the licensee of the LPFM station is absolved of further responsibility 
for the complaint.
    (d) It shall be the responsibility of the licensee of an LPFM 
station to correct any condition of interference that results from the 
radiation of radio frequency energy outside its assigned channel. Upon 
notice by the FCC to the station licensee or operator that such 
interference is caused by spurious emissions of the station, operation 
of the station shall be immediately suspended and not resumed until the 
interference has been eliminated. However, short test transmissions may 
be made during the period of suspended operation to check the efficacy 
of remedial measures.
    (e) In each instance where suspension of operation is required, the 
licensee shall submit a full report to the FCC in Washington, DC, after 
operation is resumed, containing details of the nature of the 
interference, the source of the interfering signals, and the remedial 
steps taken to eliminate the interference.

[65 FR 7640, Feb. 15, 2000, as amended at 65 FR 67302, Nov. 9, 2000]



Sec.  73.810  Third adjacent channel complaint and license modification procedure.

    (a) An LPFM station is required to provide copies of all complaints 
alleging that the signal of such LPFM station is interfering with or 
impairing the reception of the signal of a full power station to such 
affected full power station.
    (b) A full power station shall review all complaints it receives, 
either directly or indirectly, from listeners regarding alleged 
interference caused by the operations of an LPFM station. Such full 
power station shall also identify those that qualify as bona fide 
complaints under this section and promptly provide such LPFM station 
with copies of all bona fide complaints. A bona fide complaint:
    (1) Is a complaint alleging third adjacent channel interference 
caused by an

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LPFM station that has its transmitter site located within the predicted 
60 dBu contour of the affected full power station as such contour 
existed as of the date the LPFM station construction permit was granted;
    (2) Must be in the form of an affidavit, and state the nature and 
location of the alleged interference;
    (3) Must involve a fixed receiver located within the 60 dBu contour 
of the affected full power station and not more than one kilometer from 
the LPFM transmitter site; and
    (4) Must be received by either the LPFM or full power station within 
one year of the date on which the LPFM station commenced broadcasts with 
its currently authorized facilities.
    (c) An LPFM station will be given a reasonable opportunity to 
resolve all interference complaints. A complaint will be considered 
resolved where the complainant does not reasonably cooperate with an 
LPFM station's remedial efforts.
    (d) In the event that the number of unresolved complaints plus the 
number of complaints for which the source of interference remains in 
dispute equals at least one percent of the households within one 
kilometer of the LPFM transmitter site or thirty households, whichever 
is less, the LPFM and full power stations must cooperate in an ``on-
off'' test to determine whether the interference is traceable to the 
LPFM station.
    (e) If the number of unresolved and disputed complaints exceeds the 
numeric threshold specified in subsection (d) following an ``on-off'' 
test, the full power station may request that the Commission initiate a 
proceeding to consider whether the LPFM station license should be 
modified or cancelled, which will be completed by the Commission within 
90 days. Parties may seek extensions of the 90 day deadline consistent 
with Commission rules.
    (f) An LPFM station may stay any procedures initiated pursuant to 
paragraph (e) of this section by voluntarily ceasing operations and 
filing an application for facility modification within twenty days of 
the commencement of such procedures.

[65 FR 67302, Nov. 9, 2000; 65 FR 69458, Nov. 17, 2000]



Sec.  73.811  LPFM power and antenna height requirements.

    (a) LP100 stations: (1) Maximum facilities. LP100 stations will be 
authorized to operate with maximum facilities of 100 watts effective 
radiated power (ERP) at 30 meters antenna height above average terrain 
(HAAT). An LP100 station with a HAAT that exceeds 30 meters will not be 
permitted to operate with an ERP greater than that which would result in 
a 60 dBu contour of 5.6 kilometers. In no event will an ERP less than 
one watt be authorized. No facility will be authorized in excess of one 
watt ERP at 450 meters HAAT.
    (2) Minimum facilities. LP100 stations may not operate with 
facilities less than 50 watts ERP at 30 meters HAAT or the equivalent 
necessary to produce a 60 dBu contour that extends at least 4.7 
kilometers.
    (b) LP10 stations: (1) Maximum Facilities. LP10 stations will be 
authorized to operate with maximum facilities of 10 watts ERP at 30 
meters HAAT. An LP10 station with a HAAT that exceeds 30 meters will not 
be permitted to operate with an ERP greater than that which would result 
in a 60 dBu contour of 3.2 kilometers. In no event will an ERP less than 
one watt be authorized. No facility will be authorized in excess of one 
watt ERP at 100 meters HAAT.
    (2) Minimum Facilities. LP10 stations may not operate with less than 
one watt ERP.



Sec.  73.812  Rounding of power and antenna heights.

    (a) Effective radiated power (ERP) will be rounded to the nearest 
watt on LPFM authorizations.
    (b) Antenna radiation center, antenna height above average terrain 
(HAAT), and antenna supporting structure height will all be rounded to 
the nearest meter on LPFM authorizations.



Sec.  73.813  Determination of antenna height above average terrain (HAAT).

    HAAT determinations for LPFM stations will be made in accordance 
with the procedure detailed in Sec.  73.313(d) of this part.

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Sec.  73.816  Antennas.

    (a) Permittees and licensees may employ nondirectional antennas with 
horizontal only polarization, vertical only polarization, circular 
polarization or elliptical polarization.
    (b) Directional antennas will not be authorized and may not be 
utilized in the LPFM service, except as provided in paragraph (c) of 
this section.
    (c) Public safety and transportation permittees and licensees, 
eligible pursuant to Sec.  73.853(a)(ii), may utilize directional 
antennas in connection with the operation of a Travelers' Information 
Service (TIS) provided each LPFM TIS station utilizes only a single 
antenna with standard pattern characteristics that are predetermined by 
the manufacturer. In no event may composite antennas (i.e. antennas that 
consist of multiple stacked and/or phased discrete transmitting 
antennas) and/or transmitters be employed.
    (d) LPFM TIS stations will be authorized as nondirectional stations. 
The use of a directional antenna as provided for in paragraph (c) of 
this section will not be considered in the determination of compliance 
with any requirements of this part.

[65 FR 67303, Nov. 9, 2000]



Sec.  73.825  Protection to reception of TV channel 6.

    (a) LPFM stations will be authorized on Channels 201 through 220 
only if the pertinent minimum separation distances in the following 
table are met with respect to all full power TV Channel 6 stations.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         Class LP100 LP100 to TV     Class LP10 to TV
   FM channel number          channel 6 (km)          channel 6 (km)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
             201                      140                     136
             202                      138                     134
             203                      137                     133
             204                      136                     133
             205                      135                     132
             206                      133                     131
             207                      133                     131
             208                      133                     131
             209                      133                     131
             210                      133                     131
             211                      133                     131
             212                      132                     131
             213                      132                     131
             214                      132                     130
             215                      131                     130
             216                      131                     130
             217                      131                     130
             218                      131                     130
             219                      130                     130
             220                      130                     130
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) LPFM stations will be authorized on Channels 201 through 220 
only if the pertinent minimum separation distances in the following 
table are met with respect to all low power TV, TV translator, and Class 
A TV stations authorized on TV Channel 6.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           Class LP100 to LPTV      Class PL10 to LPTV
   FM channel number          channel 6 (km)          channel 6 (km)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
             201                       98                      93
             202                       97                      92
             203                       95                      91
             204                       94                      91
             205                       93                      90
             206                       91                      90
             207                       91                      89
             208                       91                      89
             209                       91                      89
             210                       91                      89
             211                       91                      89
             212                       90                      89
             213                       90                      89
             214                       90                      89
             215                       90                      89
             216                       89                      89
             217                       89                      89
             218                       89                      89
             219                       89                      89
             220                       89                      88
------------------------------------------------------------------------


[65 FR 67303, Nov. 9, 2000]



Sec.  73.827  Interference to the input signals of FM translator or FM 
booster stations.

    (a) An authorized LPFM station will not be permitted to continue to 
operate if an FM translator or FM booster station demonstrates that the 
LPFM station is causing actual interference to the FM translator or FM 
booster station's input signal, provided that the same input signal was 
in use at the time the LPFM station was authorized.
    (b) Complaints of actual interference by an LPFM station subject to 
paragraph (a) of this section must be served on the LPFM licensee and 
the Federal Communications Commission, attention Audio Services 
Division. The LPFM station must suspend operations upon the receipt of 
such complaint unless the interference has been resolved to the 
satisfaction of the complainant on the basis of suitable techniques. 
Short test transmissions may be made

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during the period of suspended operation to check the efficacy of 
remedial measures. An LPFM station may only resume full operation at the 
direction of the Federal Communications Commission. If the Commission 
determines that the complainant has refused to permit the LPFM station 
to apply remedial techniques that demonstrably will eliminate the 
interference without impairment of the original reception, the licensee 
of the LPFM station is absolved of further responsibility for the 
complaint.

[65 FR 67303, Nov. 9, 2000]



Sec.  73.840  Operating power and mode tolerances.

    The transmitter power output (TPO) of an LPFM station must be 
determined by the procedures set forth in Sec.  73.267 of this part. The 
operating TPO of an LPFM station with an authorized TPO of more than ten 
watts must be maintained as near as practicable to its authorized TPO 
and may not be less than 90% of the minimum TPO nor greater than 105% of 
the maximum authorized TPO. An LPFM station with an authorized TPO of 
ten watts or less may operate with less than the authorized power, but 
not more than 105% of the authorized power.



Sec.  73.845  Transmission system operation.

    Each LPFM licensee is responsible for maintaining and operating its 
broadcast station in a manner that complies with the technical rules set 
forth elsewhere in this part and in accordance with the terms of the 
station authorization. In the event that an LPFM station is operating in 
a manner that is not in compliance with the technical rules set forth 
elsewhere in this part or the terms of the station authorization, 
broadcast operation must be terminated within three hours.



Sec.  73.850  Operating schedule.

    (a) All LPFM stations will be licensed for unlimited time operation, 
except those stations operating under a time sharing agreement pursuant 
to Sec.  73.872.
    (b) All LPFM stations are required to operate at least 36 hours per 
week, consisting of at least 5 hours of operation per day on at least 6 
days of the week; however, stations licensed to educational institutions 
are not required to operate on Saturday or Sunday or to observe the 
minimum operating requirements during those days designated on the 
official school calendar as vacation or recess periods.



Sec.  73.853  Licensing requirements and service.

    (a) An LPFM station may be licensed only to:
    (1) Nonprofit educational organizations and upon a showing that the 
proposed station will be used for the advancement of an educational 
program; and
    (2) State and local governments and non-government entities that 
will provide non-commercial public safety radio services.
    (b) Only local applicants will be permitted to submit applications 
for a period of two years from the date that LP100 and LP10 stations, 
respectively, are first made available for application. For the purposes 
of this paragraph, an applicant will be deemed local if it can certify 
that:
    (1) The applicant, its local chapter or branch is physically 
headquartered or has a campus within 16.1 km (10 miles) of the proposed 
site for the transmitting antenna;
    (2) It has 75% of its board members residing within 16.1 km (10 
miles) of the proposed site for the transmitting antenna; or
    (3) In the case of any applicant proposing a public safety radio 
service, the applicant has jurisdiction within the service area of the 
proposed LPFM station.



Sec.  73.854  Unlicensed operations.

    No application for an LPFM station may be granted unless the 
applicant certifies, under penalty of perjury, that neither the 
applicant, nor any party to the application, has engaged in any manner 
including individually or with persons, groups, organizations or other 
entities, in the unlicensed operation of any station in violation of 
Section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 
301.

[66 FR 23863, May 10, 2001]

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Sec.  73.855  Ownership limits.

    (a) No authorization for an LPFM station shall be granted to any 
party if the grant of that authorization will result in any such party 
holding an attributable interest in two LPFM stations separated by less 
than 12 km (7 miles).
    (b) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(4) of this section, 
nationwide ownership limits will be phased in according to the following 
schedule:
    (1) For a period of two years from the date that the LPFM stations 
are first made available for application, a party may hold an 
attributable interest in no more than one LPFM station.
    (2) For the period between two and three years from the date that 
the initial filing window opens for LPFM applications, a party may hold 
an attributable interest in no more than five LPFM stations.
    (3) After three years from the date that the initial filing window 
opens for LPFM stations, a party may hold an attributable interest in no 
more than ten stations.
    (4) Not-for-profit organizations and governmental entities with a 
public safety purpose may be granted multiple licenses only if:
    (i) One of the multiple applications is submitted as a priority 
application, and;
    (ii) The remaining non-priority applications do not face a mutually 
exclusive challenge.

[65 FR 7640, Feb. 15, 2000, as amended at 65 FR 67303, Nov. 9, 2000]



Sec.  73.858  Attribution of LPFM station interests.

    Ownership and other interests in LPFM station permittees and 
licensees will be attributed to their holders and deemed cognizable for 
the purposes of Sec. Sec.  73.855 and 73.860, in accordance with the 
provisions of Sec.  73.3555, subject to the following exceptions:
    (a) A director of an entity that holds an LPFM license will not have 
such interest treated as attributable if such director also holds an 
attributable interest in a broadcast licensee or other media entity but 
recuses himself or herself from any matters affecting the LPFM station.
    (b) A local chapter of a national or other large organization shall 
not have the attributable interests of the national organization 
attributed to it provided that the local chapter is separately 
incorporated and has a distinct local presence and mission.
    (c) A parent or subsidiary of a LPFM licensee or permittee that is a 
non-stock corporation will be treated as having an attributable interest 
in such corporation. The officers, directors, and members of a non-stock 
corporation's governing body and of any parent or subsidiary entity will 
have such positional interests attributed to them.



Sec.  73.860  Cross-ownership.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, no license 
for an LPFM station shall be granted to any party if the grant of such 
authorization will result in the same party holding an attributable 
interest in any other non-LPFM broadcast station, including any FM 
translator or low power television station, or any other media subject 
to our broadcast ownership restrictions.
    (b) A party with an attributable interest in a broadcast radio 
station must divest such interest prior to the commencement of 
operations of an LPFM station in which the party also holds an interest 
unless such party is a college or university that can certify that the 
existing broadcast radio station is not student run. This exception 
applies only to parties that;
    (1) Are accredited educational institutions, and;
    (2) Own attributable interest in non-student run broadcast stations;
    (3) Apply for an authorization for an LPFM station that will be 
managed and operated on a day-to-day basis by students of the accredited 
educational institution; and
    (4) Do not face competing applications for the LPFM authorization.
    (c) No LPFM licensee may enter into an operating agreement of any 
type, including a time brokerage or management agreement, with either a 
full power broadcast station or another LPFM station.

[65 FR 7640, Feb. 15, 2000, as amended at 65 FR 67303, Nov. 9, 2000; 65 
FR 69458, Nov. 17, 2000]

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Sec.  73.865  Assignment and transfer of LPFM authorizations.

    (a) An LPFM authorization may not be transferred or assigned except 
for a transfer or assignment that involves:
    (1) Less than a substantial change in ownership and control; or
    (2) An involuntary assignment of license or transfer of control.
    (b) A change in the name of an LPFM licensee where no change in 
ownership or control is involved may be accomplished by written 
notification by the licensee to the Commission.



Sec.  73.870  Processing of LPFM broadcast station applications.

    (a) A minor change for an LP100 station authorized under this 
subpart is limited to transmitter relocations of less than two 
kilometers. A minor change for an LP10 station authorized under this 
subpart cannot is limited to transmitter site relocations of less than 
one kilometer. Minor changes of LPFM stations may include changes in 
frequency to adjacent or IF frequencies, or, upon a technical showing of 
reduced interference, to any frequency.
    (b) The Commission will specify by Public Notice a window filing 
period for applications for new LPFM stations and major modifications in 
the facilities of authorized LPFM stations. LPFM applications for new 
facilities and for major modifications in authorized LPFM stations will 
be accepted only during the appropriate window. Applications submitted 
prior to the window opening date identified in the Public Notice will be 
returned as premature. Applications submitted after the deadline will be 
dismissed with prejudice as untimely.
    (c) Applications subject to paragraph (b) of this section that fail 
to meet the Sec.  73.807 minimum distance separations with respect to 
all applications and facilities in existence as the date of the 
pertinent public notice in paragraph (b) of this section other than to 
LPFM station facilities proposed in applications filed in the same 
window, will be dismissed without any opportunity to amend such 
applications.
    (d) Following the close of the window, the Commission will issue a 
Public Notice of acceptance for filing of applications submitted 
pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section that meet technical and legal 
requirements and that are not in conflict with any other application 
filed during the window. Following the close of the window, the 
Commission also will issue a Public Notice of the acceptance for filing 
of all applications tentatively selected pursuant to the procedures for 
mutually exclusive LPFM applications set forth at Sec.  73.872. 
Petitions to deny such applications may be filed within 30 days of such 
public notice and in accordance with the procedures set forth at Sec.  
73.3584. A copy of any petition to deny must be served on the applicant.
    (e) Minor change LPFM applications may be filed at any time, unless 
restricted by the staff, and generally, will be processed in the order 
in which they are tendered. Such applications must meet all technical 
and legal requirements applicable to new LPFM station applications.

[65 FR 7640, Feb. 15, 2000, as amended at 65 FR 67304, Nov. 9, 2000]



Sec.  73.871  Amendment of LPFM broadcast station applications.

    (a) New and major change applications may be amended without 
limitation during the pertinent filing window.
    (b) Amendments that would improve the comparative position of new 
and major change applications will not be accepted after the close of 
the pertinent filing window.
    (c) Only minor amendments to new and major change applications will 
be accepted after the close of the pertinent filing window. Subject to 
the provisions of this section, such amendments may be filed as a matter 
of right by the date specified in the FCC's Public Notice announcing the 
acceptance of such applications. For the purposes of this section, minor 
amendments are limited to:
    (1) Site relocations of less than one kilometer for LP10 stations;
    (2) Site relocations of less than two kilometers for LP100 stations;
    (3) Changes in ownership where the original party or parties to an 
application retain more than a 50 percent ownership interest in the 
application as originally filed; and

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    (4) Other changes in general and/or legal information.
    (d) Unauthorized or untimely amendments are subject to return by the 
FCC's staff without consideration.

[66 FR 23863, May 10, 2001]



Sec.  73.872  Selection procedure for mutually exclusive LPFM applications.

    (a) Following the close of each window for new LPFM stations and for 
modifications in the facilities of authorized LPFM stations, the 
Commission will issue a public notice identifying all groups of mutually 
exclusive applications. Such applications will be awarded points to 
determine the tentative selectee. Unless resolved by settlement pursuant 
to paragraph (e) of this section, the tentative selectee will be the 
applicant within each group with the highest point total under the 
procedure set forth in this section, except as provided in paragraphs 
(c) and (d) of this section .
    (b) Each mutually exclusive application will be awarded one point 
for each of the following criteria, based on application certification 
that the qualifying conditions are met:
    (1) Established community presence. An applicant must, for a period 
of at least two years prior to application, have been physically 
headquartered, have had a campus, or have had seventy-five percent of 
its board members residing within 10 miles of the coordinates of the 
proposed transmitting antenna. Applicants claiming a point for this 
criterion must submit the documentation set forth in the application 
form at the time of filing their applications.
    (2) Proposed operating hours. The applicant must pledge to operate 
at least 12 hours per day.
    (3) Local program origination. The applicant must pledge to 
originate locally at least eight hours of programming per day. For 
purposes of this criterion, local origination is the production of 
programming, by the licensee, within ten miles of the coordinates of the 
proposed transmitting antenna.
    (c) Voluntary time-sharing. If mutually exclusive applications have 
the same point total, any two or more of the tied applicants may propose 
to share use of the frequency by submitting, within 30 days of the 
release of a public notice announcing the tie, a time-share proposal. 
Such proposals shall be treated as amendments to the time-share 
proponents' applications, and shall become part of the terms of the 
station license. Where such proposals include all of the tied 
applications, all of the tied applications will be treated as tentative 
selectees; otherwise, time-share proponents' points will be aggregated 
to determine the tentative selectees.
    (1) Time-share proposals shall be in writing and signed by each 
time-share proponent, and shall satisfy the following requirements:
    (i) The proposal must specify the proposed hours of operation of 
each time-share proponent;
    (ii) The proposal must not include simultaneous operation of the 
time-share proponents; and (iii) Each time-share proponent must propose 
to operate for at least 10 hours per week.
    (2) Where a station is licensed pursuant to a time-sharing proposal, 
a change of the regular schedule set forth therein will be permitted 
only where a written agreement signed by each time-sharing licensee and 
complying with requirements in paragraphs (c)(1)(i) through (iii) of 
this section is filed with the Commission, Attention: Audio Division, 
Media Bureau, prior to the date of the change.
    (d) Successive license terms. (1) If a tie among mutually exclusive 
applications is not resolved through time-sharing in accordance with 
paragraph (c) of this section, the tied applications will be reviewed 
for acceptability and applicants with tied, grantable applications will 
be eligible for equal, successive, non-renewable license terms of no 
less than one year each for a total combined term of eight years, in 
accordance with Sec.  73.873. Eligible applications will be granted 
simultaneously, and the sequence of the applicants' license terms will 
be determined by the sequence in which they file applications for 
licenses to cover their construction permits based on the day of filing, 
except that eligible applicants proposing same-site facilities will be 
required, within 30 days of written notification by the Commission 
staff, to submit a written settlement agreement as to

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construction and license term sequence. Failure to submit such an 
agreement will result in the dismissal of the applications proposing 
same-site facilities and the grant of the remaining, eligible 
applications.
    (2) Groups of more than eight tied, grantable applications will not 
be eligible for successive license terms under this section. Where such 
groups exist, the staff will dismiss all but the applications of the 
eight entities with the longest established community presences, as 
provided in paragraph (b)(1) of this section. If more than eight tied, 
grantable applications remain, the applicants must submit, within 30 
days of written notification by the Commission staff, a written 
settlement agreement limiting the group to eight. Failure to do so will 
result in dismissal of the entire application group.
    (e) Mutually exclusive applicants may propose a settlement at any 
time during the selection process after the release of a public notice 
announcing the mutually exclusive groups. Settlement proposals must 
include all of the applicants in a group and must comply with the 
Commission's rules and policies regarding settlements, including the 
requirements of Sec. Sec.  73.3525, 73.3588, and 73.3589. Settlement 
proposals may include time-share agreements that comply with the 
requirements of paragraph (c) of this section, provided that such 
agreements may not be filed for the purpose of point aggregation outside 
of the thirty-day period set forth in paragraph (c) of this section.

[65 FR 7640, Feb.15, 2000, as amended at 65 FR 67304, Nov. 9, 2000; 67 
FR 13232, Mar. 21, 2002]



Sec.  73.873  LPFM license period.

    (a) Initial licenses for LPFM stations not subject to successive 
license terms will be issued for a period running until the date 
specified in Sec.  73.1020 for full service stations operating in the 
LPFM station's state or territory, or if issued after such date, 
determined in accordance with Sec.  73.1020.
    (b) The station license period issued under the successive license 
term tiebreaker procedures will be determined pursuant to Sec.  
73.872(d) and shall be for the period specified in the station license.
    (c) The license of an LPFM station that fails to transmit broadcast 
signals for any consecutive 12-month period expires as a matter of law 
at the end of that period, notwithstanding any provision, term, or 
condition of the license to the contrary.



Sec.  73.875  Modification of transmission systems.

    The following procedures and restrictions apply to licensee 
modifications of authorized broadcast transmission system facilities.
    (a) The following changes are prohibited:
    (1) Those that would result in the emission of signals outside of 
the authorized channel exceeding limits prescribed for the class of 
service.
    (2) Those that would cause the transmission system to exceed the 
equipment performance measurements prescribed in Sec.  73.508.
    (b) The following changes may be made only after the grant of a 
construction permit application on FCC Form 318.
    (1) Any construction of a new tower structure for broadcast 
purposes, except for replacement of an existing tower with a new tower 
of identical height and geographic coordinates.
    (2) Any change in station geographic coordinates, including 
coordinate corrections and any move of the antenna to another tower 
structure located at the same coordinates.
    (3) Any change in antenna height more than 2 meters above or 4 
meters below the authorized value.
    (4) Any change in channel.
    (c) The following LPFM modifications may be made without prior 
authorization from the Commission. A modification of license application 
(FCC Form 319) must be submitted to the Commission within 10 days of 
commencing program test operations pursuant to Sec.  73.1620. For 
applications filed pursuant to paragraph (c)(1) of this section, the 
modification of license application must contain an exhibit 
demonstrating compliance with the Commission's radiofrequency radiation 
guidelines. In addition, applications solely filed pursuant to 
paragraphs (c)(1) or (c)(2) of this section, where the installation is 
located within 3.2 km of

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an AM tower or is located on an AM tower, an exhibit demonstrating 
compliance with Sec.  73.1692 is also required.
    (1) Replacement of an antenna with one of the same or different 
number of antenna bays, provided that the height of the antenna 
radiation center is not more than 2 meters above or 4 meters below the 
authorized values. Program test operations at the full authorized ERP 
may commence immediately upon installation pursuant to Sec.  
73.1620(a)(1).
    (2) Replacement of a transmission line with one of a different type 
or length which changes the transmitter operating power (TPO) from the 
authorized value, but not the ERP, must be reported in a license 
modification application to the Commission.
    (3) Changes in the hours of operation of stations authorized 
pursuant to time-share agreements in accordance with Sec.  73.872.



Sec.  73.877  Station logs for LPFM stations.

    The licensee of each LPFM station must maintain a station log. Each 
log entry must include the time and date of observation and the name of 
the person making the entry. The following information must be entered 
in the station log:
    (a) Any extinguishment or malfunction of the antenna structure 
obstruction lighting, adjustments, repairs, or replacement to the 
lighting system, or related notification to the FAA. See Sec. Sec.  
17.48 and 73.49 of this chapter.
    (b) Brief explanation of station outages due to equipment 
malfunction, servicing, or replacement;
    (c) Operations not in accordance with the station license; and
    (d) EAS weekly log requirements set forth in Sec.  11.61(a)(1)(v) of 
this chapter.

[65 FR 67304, Nov. 9, 2000]



Sec.  73.878  Station inspections by FCC; availability to FCC of station 
logs and records.

    (a) The licensee of a broadcast station shall make the station 
available for inspection by representatives of the FCC during the 
station's business hours, and at any time it is in operation. In the 
course of an inspection or investigation, an FCC representative may 
require special equipment or program tests.
    (b) Station records and logs shall be made available for inspection 
or duplication at the request of the FCC or its representatives. Such 
logs or records may be removed from the licensee's possession by an FCC 
representative or, upon request, shall be mailed by the licensee to the 
FCC by either registered mail, return receipt requested, or certified 
mail, return receipt requested. The return receipt shall be retained by 
the licensee as part of the station records until such records or logs 
are returned to the licensee. A receipt shall be furnished when the logs 
or records are removed from the licensee's possession by an FCC 
representative and this receipt shall be retained by the licensee as 
part of the station records until such records or logs are returned to 
the licensee. When the FCC has no further need for such records or logs, 
they shall be returned to the licensee. The provisions of this rule 
shall apply solely to those station logs and records that are required 
to be maintained by the provisions of this part.
    (1) Where records or logs are maintained as the official records of 
a recognized law enforcement agency and the removal of the records from 
the possession of the law enforcement agency will hinder its law 
enforcement activities, such records will not be removed pursuant to 
this section if the chief of the law enforcement agency promptly 
certifies in writing to the FCC that removal of the logs or records will 
hinder law enforcement activities of the agency, stating insofar as 
feasible the basis for his decision and the date when it can reasonably 
be expected that such records will be released to the FCC.



Sec.  73.879  Signal retransmission.

    An LPFM licensee may not retransmit, either terrestrially or via 
satellite, the signal of a full-power radio broadcast station.



Sec.  73.881  Equal employment opportunities.

    General EEO policy. Equal employment opportunity shall be afforded 
by all LPFM licensees and permittees to all qualified persons, and no 
person

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shall be discriminated against because of race, color , religion, 
national origin, or sex.



          Subpart H_Rules Applicable to All Broadcast Stations



Sec.  73.1001  Scope.

    (a) The rules in this subpart are common to all AM, FM, TV and Class 
A TV broadcast services, commercial and noncommercial.
    (b) Rules in part 73 applying exclusively to a particular broadcast 
service are contained in the following: AM, subpart A; FM, subpart B; 
Noncommercial Educational FM, subpart C; TV, subpart E; LPFM, subpart G; 
and Class A TV, subpart J.
    (c) Certain provisions of this subpart apply to International 
Broadcast Stations (subpart F, part 73), LPFM (subpart G, part 73), and 
Low Power TV, TV Translator and TV Booster Stations (subpart G, part 74) 
where the rules for those services so provide.
    (d) The provisions of this part applying to licensees also apply to 
holders of construction permits (permittees).

[43 FR 32781, July 28, 1978, as amended at 52 FR 31399, Aug. 20, 1987; 
65 FR 7648, Feb. 15, 2000; 65 FR 30003, May 10, 2000]



Sec.  73.1010  Cross reference to rules in other parts.

    Certain rules applicable to broadcast services, some of which are 
also applicable to other services, are set forth in the following Parts 
of the FCC Rules and Regulations.
    (a) Part 1, ``Practice and Procedure.''
    (1) Subpart A, ``General Rules of Practice and Procedure''. 
(Sec. Sec.  1.1 to 1.120).
    (2) Subpart B, ``Hearing Proceedings''. (Sec. Sec.  1.201 to 1.364)
    (3) Subpart C, ``Rulemaking Proceedings''. (Sec. Sec.  1.399 to 
1.430).
    (4) Subpart G, ``Schedule of Statutory Charges and Procedures for 
Payment''. (Sec. Sec.  1.1101 to 1.1117.)
    (5) Subpart H, ``Ex Parte Communications''. (Sec. Sec. 1.1200 to 
1.1216).
    (6) Subpart I, ``Procedures Implementing the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969''. (Sec. Sec.  1.1301 to 1.1319).
    (7) Subpart P, ``Implementation of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 
1988''. (Sec. Sec.  1.2001-1.2003.)
    (8) Subpart Q, ``Competitive Bidding Proceedings'' (Sec. Sec.  
1.2101-1.2112).
    (9) Part 1, Subpart W of this chapter, ``FCC Registration Number''. 
(Sec. Sec.  1.8001-1.8005.)
    (b) Part 2, ``Frequency Allocations and Radio Treaty Matters, 
General Rules and Regulations'', including Subparts A, ``Terminology''; 
B, ``Allocation, Assignments and Use of Radio Frequencies''; C, 
``Emissions''; D, ``Call Signs and Other Forms of Identifying Radio 
Transmissions''; and J, ``Equipment Authorization Procedures''.
    (c) [Reserved]
    (d) Part 17, ``Construction, Marking and Lighting of Antenna 
Structures''.
    (e) Part 74, ``Experimental, Auxiliary and Special Broadcast and 
Other Program Distributional Services'' including:
    (1) Subpart A, ``Experimental Broadcast Stations'';
    (2) Subpart D, ``Remote Pickup Broadcast Stations'';
    (3) Subpart E, ``Aural Broadcast Auxiliary Stations'';
    (4) Subpart F, ``Television Broadcast Auxiliary Stations'';
    (5) Subpart G, ``Low Power TV, TV Translator and TV Booster 
Stations'';
    (6) Subpart H, ``Low Power Auxiliary Stations'';
    (7) Subpart I, ``Instructional TV Fixed Service''; and
    (8) Subpart L, ``FM Broadcast Translator Stations and FM Broadcast 
Booster Stations''.

[53 FR 2498, Jan. 28, 1988, as amended at 57 FR 48333, Oct. 23, 1992; 60 
FR 55480, Nov. 1, 1995; 63 FR 48622, Sept. 11, 1998; 66 FR 47896, Sept. 
14, 2001]



Sec.  73.1015  Truthful written statements and responses to Commission 
inquiries and correspondence.

    The Commission or its representatives may, in writing, require from 
any applicant, permittee, or licensee written statements of fact 
relevant to a determination whether an application should be granted or 
denied, or to a determination whether a license should be revoked, or to 
any other matter within the jurisdiction of the Commission, or, in the 
case of a proceeding to amend the FM or Television Table of Allotments, 
require from any person filing an expression of interest, written

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statements of fact relevant to that allotment proceeding. Any such 
statements of fact are subject to the provisions of Sec.  1.17 of this 
chapter.

[68 FR 15098, Mar. 28, 2003]



Sec.  73.1020  Station license period.

    (a) Initial licenses for broadcast stations will ordinarily be 
issued for a period running until the date specified in this section for 
the State or Territory in which the station is located. If issued after 
such date, it will run to the next renewal date determined in accordance 
with this section. Both radio and TV broadcasting stations will 
ordinarily be renewed for 8 years. However, if the FCC finds that the 
public interest, convenience and necessity will be served thereby, it 
may issue either an initial license or a renewal thereof for a lesser 
term. The time of expiration of normally issued initial and renewal 
licenses will be 3 a.m., local time, on the following dates and 
thereafter at 8-year intervals for radio and TV broadcast stations 
located in:
    (1) Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia and West Virginia:
    (i) Radio stations, October 1, 1995.
    (ii) Television stations, October 1, 1996.
    (2) North Carolina and South Carolina:
    (i) Radio stations, December 1, 1995.
    (ii) Television stations, December 1, 1996.
    (3) Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands:
    (i) Radio stations, February 1, 1996.
    (ii) Television stations, February 1, 1997.
    (4) Alabama and Georgia:
    (i) Radio stations, April 1, 1996.
    (ii) Television stations, April 1, 1997.
    (5) Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi:
    (i) Radio stations, June 1, 1996.
    (ii) Television stations, June 1, 1997.
    (6) Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana:
    (i) Radio stations, August 1, 1996.
    (ii) Television stations, August 1, 1997.
    (7) Ohio and Michigan:
    (i) Radio stations, October 1, 1996.
    (ii) Television stations, October 1, 1997.
    (8) Illinois and Wisconsin:
    (i) Radio stations, December 1, 1996.
    (ii) Television stations, December 1, 1997.
    (9) Iowa and Missouri:
    (i) Radio stations, February 1, 1997.
    (ii) Television stations, February 1, 1998.
    (10) Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Colorado:
    (i) Radio stations, April 1, 1997.
    (ii) Television stations, April 1, 1998.
    (11) Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska:
    (i) Radio stations, June 1, 1997.
    (ii) Television stations, June 1, 1998.
    (12) Texas:
    (i) Radio stations, August 1, 1997.
    (ii) Television stations, August 1, 1998.
    (13) Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and Idaho:
    (i) Radio stations, October 1, 1997.
    (ii) Television stations, October 1, 1998.
    (14) California:
    (i) Radio stations, December 1, 1997.
    (ii) Television stations, December 1, 1998.
    (15) Alaska, American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Mariana Islands, Oregon 
and Washington:
    (i) Radio stations, February 1, 1998.
    (ii) Television stations, February 1, 1999.
    (16) Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island 
and Vermont:
    (i) Radio stations, April 1, 1998.
    (ii) Television stations, April 1, 1999.
    (17) New Jersey and New York:
    (i) Radio stations, June 1, 1998.
    (ii) Television stations, June 1, 1999.
    (18) Delaware and Pennsylvania:
    (i) Radio stations, August 1, 1998.
    (ii) Television stations, August 1, 1999.
    (b) For the cutoff date for the filing of applications mutually 
exclusive with renewal applications that are filed on or before May 1, 
1995 and for the deadline for filing petitions to deny renewal 
applications, see Sec.  73.3516(e).
    (c) The license of a broadcasting station that fails to transmit 
broadcast signals for any consecutive 12-month period expires as a 
matter of law at the end of that period, notwithstanding

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any provision, term, or condition of the license to the contrary.

(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 154, 
155, 303))

[49 FR 4382, Feb. 6, 1984, as amended at 52 FR 25604, July 8, 1987; 59 
FR 63051, Dec. 7, 1994; 61 FR 18291, Apr. 25, 1996; 61 FR 28767, June 6, 
1996; 62 FR 5347, Feb. 5, 1997]



Sec.  73.1030  Notifications concerning interference to radio astronomy, 
research and receiving installations.

    (a)(1) Radio astronomy and radio research installations. In order to 
minimize harmful interference at the National Radio Astronomy 
Observatory site located at Green, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, and 
at the Naval Radio Research Observatory at Sugar Grove, Pendleton 
County, West Virginia, a licensee proposing to operate a short-term 
broadcast auxiliary station pursuant to Sec.  74.24, and any applicant 
for authority to construct a new broadcast station, or for authority to 
make changes in the frequency, power, antenna height, or antenna 
directivity of an existing station within the area bounded by 
39[deg]15[min] N on the north, 78[deg]30[min] W on the east, 
37[deg]30[min] N on the south, and 80[deg]30[min] W on the west, shall 
notify the Interference Office, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 
P.O. Box 2, Green Bank, West Virginia 24944. Telephone: (304) 456-2011. 
The notification shall be in writing and set forth the particulars of 
the proposed station, including the geographical coordinates of the 
antenna, antenna height, antenna directivity if any, proposed frequency, 
type of emission and power. The notification shall be made prior to, or 
simultaneously with, the filing of the application with the Commission. 
After receipt of such applications, the FCC will allow a period of 20 
days for comments or objections in response to the notifications 
indicated. If an objection to the proposed operation is received during 
the 20-day period from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory for 
itself, or on behalf of the Naval Radio Research Observatory, the FCC 
will consider all aspects of the problem and take whatever action is 
deemed appropriate.
    (2) Any applicant for a new permanent base or fixed station 
authorization to be located on the islands of Puerto Rico, Desecheo, 
Mona, Vieques, and Culebra, or for a modification of an existing 
authorization to change the frequency, power, antenna height, 
directivity, or location of a station on these islands shall notify the 
Interference Office, Arecibo Observatory, Post Office Box 995, Arecibo, 
Puerto Rico 00613, in writing or electronically, of the technical 
parameters of the proposal. Applicants shall consult interference 
guidelines, which will be provided by Cornell University. Applicants who 
choose to transmit information electronically should e-mail to: 
[email protected]
    (i) The notification to the Interference Office, Arecibo Observatory 
shall be made prior to, or simultaneously with, the filing of the 
application with the Commission. The notification shall state the 
geographical coordinates of the antenna (NAD-83 datum), antenna height 
above ground, ground elevation at the antenna, antenna directivity and 
gain, proposed frequency and FCC Rule Part, type of emission, and 
effective radiated power.
    (ii) After receipt of such applications, the Commission will allow 
the Arecibo Observatory a period of 20 days for comments or objections 
in response to the notification indicated. The applicant will be 
required to make reasonable efforts to resolve or mitigate any potential 
interference problem with the Arecibo Observatory and to file either an 
amendment to the application or a modification application, as 
appropriate. The Commission shall determine whether an applicant has 
satisfied its responsibility to make reasonable efforts to protect the 
Observatory from interference.
    (b) Radio receiving installations. Protection for Table Mountain 
Radio Receiving Zone, Boulder County, Colorado: Applicants for a station 
authorization to operate in the vicinity of Boulder County, Colorado 
under this Part are advised to give due consideration, prior to filing 
applications, to the need to protect the Table Mountain Radio Receiving 
Zone from harmful interference. These are the research laboratories of 
the Department of Commerce, Boulder County, Colorado. To prevent 
degradation of the present ambient radio signal level at the site, the

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Department of Commerce seeks to ensure that the field strengths of any 
radiated signals (excluding reflected signals) received on this 1800 
acre site (within the area bounded by 40[deg]09[min]10[sec] N 
Latitude on the north, 105[deg]13[min]31[sec] W Longitude on 
the east, 40[deg]07[min]05[sec] N Latitude on the south, and 
105[deg]15[min]13[sec] W Longitude on the west) resulting 
from new assignments (other than mobile stations) or from the 
modification of relocation of existing facilities do not exceed the 
following values:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Power flux
                                                   Field      density in
                                                strength in   authorized
                Frequency range                  authorized   bandwidth
                                                 bandwidth    of service
                                                 of service   (dBW/m\2\)
                                                   (mV/m)        \1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Below 540 kHz.................................           10        -65.8
540 to 1700 kHz...............................           20        -59.8
1.7 to 470 MHz................................           10     \2\-65.8
470 to 890 MHz................................           30     \2\-56.2
Above 890 MHz.................................            1     \2\-85.8
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Equivalent values of power flux density are calculated assuming free
  space characteristic impedance of 376.7=120 ohms.
\2\ Space stations shall conform to the power flux density limits at the
  earth's surface specified in appropriate parts of the FCC rules, but
  in no case should exceed the above levels in any 4 kHz band for all
  angles of arrival.

    (1) Advance consultation is recommended particularly for those 
applicants who have no reliable data which indicates whether the field 
strength or power flux density figures in the above table would be 
exceeded by their proposed radio facilities (except mobile stations). In 
such instances, the following is a suggested guide for determining 
whether coordination is recommended:
    (i) All stations within 2.4 km (1.5 statute miles);
    (ii) Stations within 4.8 km (3 statute miles) with 50 watts or more 
effective radiated power (ERP) in the primary plane polarization in the 
azimuthal direction of the Table Mountain Radio Receiving Zone;
    (iii) Stations within 16 km (10 statute miles) with 1 kW or more ERP 
in the primary plane of polarization in the azimuthal direction of Table 
Mountain Receiving Zone;
    (iv) Stations within 80 km (50 statute miles) with 25 kW or more ERP 
in the primary plane polarization in the azimuthal direction of Table 
Mountain Receiving Zone.
    (2) Applicants concerned are urged to communicate with the Radio 
Frequency Management Coordinator, Department of Commerce, Research 
Support Services, NOAA R/E5X2, Boulder Laboratories, Boulder, CO 80303; 
telephone (303) 497-6548, in advance of filing their applications with 
the Commission.
    (3) The Commission will not screen applications to determine whether 
advance consultation has taken place. However, applicants are advised 
that such consultation can avoid objectimns from the Department of 
Commerce or proceedings to modify any authorization which may be granted 
which, in fact, delivers a signal at the site in excess of the field 
strength specified herein.
    (c) Protection for Federal Communications Commission monitoring 
stations. (1) Applicants in the vicinity of a FCC monitoring station for 
a radio station authorization to operate new transmitting facilities or 
changed transmitting facilities which would increase the field strength 
produced over the monitoring station in excess of that previously 
authorized are advised to give consideration, prior to filing 
applications, to the possible need to protect the FCC stations from 
harmful interference. Geographical coordinates of the facilities which 
require protection are listed in Sec.  0.121(c) of the FCC rules. 
Applications for stations (except mobile stations) which will produce on 
any frequency a direct wave fundamental field strength of greater than 
10 mV/m in the authorized bandwidth of service (-65.8 dBW/m\2\ power 
flux density assuming a free space characteristic impedance of 120 [pi] 
ohms) at the referenced coordinates, may be examined to determine extent 
of possible interference. Depending on the theoretical field strength 
value and existing root-sum-square or other ambient radio field signal 
levels at the indicated coordinates, a clause protecting the monitoring 
station may be added to the station authorization.
    (2) In the event that calculated value of expected field exceeds 10 
mV/m (-65.8 dBW/m\2\) at the reference coordinates, or if there is any 
question whether field strength levels might exceed the threshold value, 
advance consultation with the FCC to discuss any

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protection necessary should be considered. Prospective applicants may 
communicate with: Chief, Compliance and Information Bureau, Federal 
Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554, Telephone (202) 632-
6980.
    (3) Advance consultation is suggested particularly for those 
applicants who have no reliable data which indicates whether the field 
strength or power flux density figure indicated would be exceeded by 
their proposed radio facilities (except mobile stations). In such 
instances, the following is a suggested guide for determining whether an 
applicant should coordinate:
    (i) All stations within 2.4 kilometers (1.5 statute miles);
    (ii) Stations within 4.8 kilometers (3 statute miles) with 50 watts 
or more average effective radiated power (ERP) in the primary plane of 
polarization in the azimuthal direction of the Monitoring Stations.
    (iii) Stations within 16 kilometers (10 statute miles) with 1 kW or 
more average ERP in the primary plane of polarization in the azimuthal 
direction of the Monitoring Station;
    (iv) Stations within 80 kilometers (50 statute miles) with 25 kW or 
more average ERP in the primary plane of polarization in the azimuthal 
direction of the Monitoring Station;
    (4) Advance coordination for stations operating above 1000 MHz is 
recommended only where the proposed station is in the vicinity of a 
monitoring station designated as a satellite monitoring facility in 
Sec.  0.121(c) of the Commission's Rules and also meets the criteria 
outlined in paragraphs (b) (2) and (3) of this section.
    (5) The Commission will not screen applications to determine whether 
advance consultation has taken place. However, applicants are advised 
that such consultation can avoid objections from the Federal 
Communications Commission or modification of any authorization which 
will cause harmful interference.

[43 FR 32782, July 28, 1978, as amended at 44 FR 77167, Dec. 31, 1979; 
47 FR 9221, Mar. 4, 1982; 50 FR 39003, Sept. 26, 1985; 52 FR 25867, July 
9, 1987; 52 FR 36879, Oct. 1, 1987; 52 FR 37789, Oct. 9, 1987; 56 FR 
64872, Dec. 12, 1991; 61 FR 8477, Mar. 5, 1996; 62 FR 55532, Oct. 27, 
1997; 63 FR 70048, Dec. 18, 1998]



Sec.  73.1120  Station location.

    Each AM, FM, TV and Class A TV broadcast station will be licensed to 
the principal community or other political subdivision which it 
primarily serves. This principal community (city, town or other 
political subdivision) will be considered to be the geographical station 
location.

[65 FR 30003, May 10, 2000]



Sec.  73.1125  Station main studio location.

    (a) Except for those stations described in paragraph (b) of this 
section, each AM, FM, and TV broadcast station shall maintain a main 
studio at one of the following locations:
    (1) Within the station's community of license;
    (2) At any location within the principal community contour of any 
AM, FM, or TV broadcast station licensed to the station's community of 
license; or
    (3) Within twenty-five miles from the reference coordinates of the 
center of its community of license as described in Sec.  73.208(a)(1).

    Note to paragraph (a): The principal community contour of AM 
stations that simulcast on a frequency in the 535-1605 kHz band and on a 
frequency in the 1605-1705 kHz band shall be the 5 mV/m contour of the 
lower band operation during the term of the simultaneous operating 
authority. Upon termination of the 535-1605 kHz band portion of the dual 
frequency operation, the principal community contour shall become the 5 
mV/m of the remaining operation in the 1605-1705 kHz band.

    (b) The following stations are not required to maintain their main 
studio at the locations described in paragraph (a) of this section.
    (1) AM stations licensed as synchronous amplifier transmitters (``AM 
boosters'') or,
    (2) AM, FM, or TV stations, when good cause exists for locating the 
main studio at a location other than that described in paragraph (a) of 
this section, and when so doing would be consistent with the operation 
of the station in the public interest.
    (c) Each Class A television station shall maintain a main studio at 
a location within the station's predicted Grade B contour, as defined in 
Sec.  73.683

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and calculated using the method specified in Sec.  73.684. With respect 
to a group of commonly controlled stations, Class A stations whose 
predicted Grade B contours are physically contiguous to each other may 
locate their main studio within any of these contours. If a Class A 
station is one of a group of commonly controlled Class A stations, but 
its predicted Grade B contour is not physically contiguous to that of 
another Class A station in the commonly owned group, its main studio 
shall be located within its own predicted Grade B contour. 
Alternatively, a Class A television station shall maintain a main studio 
at the site used by the station as of November 29, 1999.
    (d) Relocation of the main studio may be made:
    (1) From one point to another within the locations described in 
paragraph (a) or (c) of this section, or from a point outside the 
locations specified in paragraph (a) or (c) to one within those 
locations, without specific FCC authority, but notification to the FCC 
in Washington shall be made promptly.
    (2) Written authority to locate a main studio outside the locations 
specified in paragraph (a) or (c) of this section for the first time 
must be obtained from the Audio Division, Media Bureau for AM and FM 
stations, or the Video Division for TV and Class A television stations 
before the studio may be moved to that location. Where the main studio 
is already authorized at a location outside those specified in paragraph 
(a) or (c) of this section, and the licensee or permittee desires to 
specify a new location also located outside those locations, written 
authority must also be received from the Commission prior to the 
relocation of the main studio. Authority for these changes may be 
requested by filing a letter with an explanation of the proposed changes 
with the appropriate division. Licensees or permittees should also be 
aware that the filing of such a letter request does not imply approval 
of the relocation request, because each request is addressed on a case-
by-case basis. A filing fee is required for commercial AM, FM, TV or 
Class A TV licensees or permittees filing a letter request under the 
section (see Sec.  1.1104 of this chapter).
    (e) Each AM, FM, TV and Class A TV broadcast station shall maintain 
a local telephone number in its community of license or a toll-free 
number.

[63 FR 49497, Sept. 16, 1998, as amended at 65 FR 30003, May 10, 2000; 
66 FR 21690, May 1, 2001; 67 FR 13232, Mar. 21, 2002]



Sec.  73.1150  Transferring a station.

    (a) In transferring a broadcast station, the licensee may retain no 
right of reversion of the license, no right to reassignment of the 
license in the future, and may not reserve the right to use the 
facilities of the station for any period whatsoever.
    (b) No license, renewal of license, assignment of license or 
transfer of control of a corporate licensee will be granted or 
authorized if there is a contract, arrangement or understanding, express 
or implied, pursuant to which, as consideration or partial consideration 
for the assignment or transfer, such rights, as stated in paragraph (a) 
of this section, are retained.
    (c) Licensees and/or permittees authorized to operate in the 535-
1605 kHz and in the 1605-1705 kHz band pursuant to the Report and Order 
in MM Docket No. 87-267 will not be permitted to assign or transfer 
control of the license or permit for a single frequency during the 
period that joint operation is authorized.
    (d) Authorizations awarded pursuant to the noncommercial educational 
point system in subpart K are subject to the holding period in Sec.  
73.7005. Applications for an assignment or transfer filed prior to the 
end of the holding period must demonstrate the factors enumerated 
therein.

[44 FR 58720, Oct. 11, 1979, as amended at 56 FR 64872, Dec. 12, 1991; 
65 FR 36378, June 8, 2000]



Sec.  73.1201  Station identification.

    (a) When regularly required. Broadcast station identification 
announcements shall be made:
    (1) At the beginning and ending of each time of operation, and
    (2) Hourly, as close to the hour as feasible, at a natural break in 
program offerings. Television and Class A television broadcast stations 
may make these announcements visually or aurally.

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    (b) Content. (1) Official station identification shall consist of 
the station's call letters immediately followed by the community or 
communities specified in its license as the station's location: 
Provided, That the name of the licensee or the station's frequency or 
channel number, or both, as stated on the station's license may be 
inserted between the call letters and station location. No other 
insertion is permissible.
    (2) A station may include in its official station identification the 
name of any additional community or communities, but the community to 
which the station is licensed must be named first.
    (c) Channel--(1) General. Except as otherwise provided in this 
paragraph, in making the identification announcement the call letters 
shall be given only on the channel identified thereby.
    (2) Simultaneous AM (535-1605 kHz) and AM (1605-1705 kHz broadcasts. 
If the same licensee operates an AM broadcast station in the 535-1605 
kHz band and an AM broadcast station in the 1605-1705 kHz band with both 
stations licensed to the same community and simultaneously broadcasts 
the same programs over the facilities of both such stations, station 
identification announcements may be made jointly for both stations for 
periods of such simultaneous operations.
    (3) Satellite operation. When programming of a broadcast station is 
rebroadcast simultaneously over the facilities of a satellite station, 
the originating station may make identification announcements for the 
satellite station for periods of such simultaneous operation.
    (i) In the case of a television broadcast station, such 
announcements, in addition to the information required by paragraph 
(b)(1) of this section, shall include the number of the channel on which 
each station is operating.
    (ii) In the case of aural broadcast stations, such announcements, in 
addition to the information required by paragraph (b)(1) of this 
section, shall include the frequency on which each station is operating.
    (d) Subscription television stations (STV). The requirements for 
official station identification applicable to TV stations will apply to 
Subscription TV stations except, during STV-encoded programming such 
station identification is not required. However, a station 
identification announcement will be made immediately prior to and 
following the encoded Subscription TV program period.

[34 FR 19762, Dec. 17, 1969, as amended at 37 FR 23726, Nov. 8, 1972; 39 
FR 6707, Feb. 22, 1974; 39 FR 9442, Mar. 11, 1974; 41 FR 29394, July 16, 
1976; 47 FR 3791, Jan. 27, 1982; 48 FR 51308, Nov. 8, 1983; 56 FR 64872, 
Dec. 12, 1991; 65 FR 30003, May 10, 2000]



Sec.  73.1202  Retention of letters received from the public.

    All written comments and suggestions received from the public by 
licensees of commercial AM, FM, TV and Class A TV broadcast stations 
regarding operation of their station shall be maintained in the local 
public inspection file, unless the letter writer has requested that the 
letter not be made public or when the licensee feels that it should be 
excluded from the public inspection file because of the nature of its 
content, such as a defamatory or obscene letter.
    (a) Letters shall be retained in the local public inspection file 
for three years from the date on which they are received by the 
licensee.
    (b) Letters received by TV and Class A TV licensees shall be placed 
in one of the following separated subject categories: programming or 
non-programming. If comments in a letter relate to both categories, the 
licensee shall file it under the category to which the writer has given 
greater attention.

[65 FR 30003, May 10, 2000]



Sec.  73.1206  Broadcast of telephone conversations.

    Before recording a telephone conversation for broadcast, or 
broadcasting such a conversation simultaneously with its occurrence, a 
licensee shall inform any party to the call of the licensee's intention 
to broadcast the conversation, except where such party is aware, or may 
be presumed to be aware from the circumstances of the conversation, that 
it is being or likely will be broadcast. Such awareness is presumed to 
exist only when the other party to the call is associated with the 
station (such as as employee or part-

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time reporter), or where the other party originates the call and it is 
obvious that it is in connection with a program in which the station 
customarily broadcasts telephone conversations.

[35 FR 7733, May 20, 1970]



Sec.  73.1207  Rebroadcasts.

    (a) The term rebroadcast means reception by radio of the programs or 
other transmissions of a broadcast or any other type of radio station, 
and the simultaneous or subsequent retransmission of such programs or 
transmissions by a broadcast station.
    (1) As used in this section, ``program'' includes any complete 
programs or part thereof.
    (2) The transmission of a program from its point of origin to a 
broadcast station entirely by common carrier facilities, whether by wire 
line or radio, is not considered a rebroadcast.
    (3) The broadcasting of a program relayed by a remote pickup 
broadcast station is not considered a rebroadcast.
    (b) No broadcast station may retransmit the program, or any part 
thereof, of another U.S. broadcast station without the express authority 
of the originating station. A copy of the written consent of the 
licensee originating the program must be kept by the licensee of the 
station retransmitting such program and made available to the FCC upon 
request.
    (1) Stations originating emergency communications under a State EAS 
plan are considered to have conferred rebroadcast authority to other 
participating stations.
    (2) Permission must be obtained from the originating station to 
rebroadcast any subsidiary communications transmitted by means of a 
multiplex subcarrier or telecommunications service on the vertical 
blanking interval or in the visual signal of a television signal.
    (3) Programs originated by the Voice of America (VOA) and the Armed 
Forces Radio and Television Services (AFRTS) cannot, in general, be 
cleared for domestic rebroadcast, and may therefore be retransmitted 
only by special arrangements among the parties concerned.
    (4) Except as otherwise provided by international agreement, 
programs originated by foreign broadcast stations may be retransmitted 
without the consent of the originating station.
    (c) The transmissions of non-broadcast stations may be rebroadcast 
under the following conditions:
    (1) Messages originated by privately-owned non-broadcast stations 
other than those in the Amateur and Citizens Band (CB) Radio Services 
may be broadcast only upon receipt of prior permission from the non-
broadcast licensee. Additionally, messages transmitted by common carrier 
stations may be rebroadcast only upon prior permission of the originator 
of the message as well as the station licensee.
    (2) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, messages 
originated entirely by non-broadcast stations owned and operated by the 
Federal Government may be rebroadcast only upon receipt of prior 
permission from the government agency originating the messages.
    (3) Messages originated by stations in the amateur and Citizens Band 
(CB) radio services may be rebroadcast at the discretion of broadcast 
station licensees.
    (4) Emergency communications originated under a State EAS plan.
    (d) The rebroadcasting of time signals originated by the Naval 
Observatory and the National Bureau of Standards and messages from the 
National Weather Service stations is permitted without specific 
authorization under the following procedures:
    (1) Naval Observatory Time Signals. (i) The time signals rebroadcast 
must be obtained by direct radio reception from a naval radio station, 
or by land line circuits.
    (ii) Announcement of the time signal must be made without reference 
to any commercial activity.
    (iii) Identification of the Naval Observatory as the source of the 
time signal must be made by an announcement, substantially as follows: 
``With the signal, the time will be . . . courtesy of the U.S. Naval 
Observatory.''
    (iv) Schedules of time signal broadcasts may be obtained upon 
request from the Superintendent, U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, DC 
20390.
    (2) National Bureau of Standards Time Signals. (i) Time signals for 
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must be obtained by direct radio reception from a National Bureau of 
Standards (NBS) station.
    (ii) Use of receiving and rebroadcasting equipment must not delay 
the signals by more than 0.05 second.
    (iii) Signals must be rebroadcast live, not from tape or other 
recording.
    (iv) Voice or code announcements of the call signs of NBS stations 
are not to be rebroadcast.
    (v) Identification of the origin of the service and the source of 
the signals must be made by an announcement substantially as follows: 
``At the tone, 11 hours 25 minutes Coordinated Universal Time. This is a 
rebroadcast of a continous service furnished by the National Bureau of 
Standards, Ft. Collins, Colo.'' No commercial sponsorship of this 
announcement is permitted and none may be implied.
    (vi) Schedules of time signal broadcasts may be obtained from, and 
notice of use of NBS time signals for rebroadcast must be forwarded 
semiannually to:

National Bureau of Standards, Radio Stations WWV/WWVB, 2000 East County 
Road 58, Ft. Collins, Colorado 80524.

    (vii) In the rebroadcasting of NBS time signals, announcements will 
not state that they are standard frequency transmissions. Voice 
announcements of Coordinated Universal Time are given in voice every 
minute. Each minute, except the first of the hour, begins with an 0.8 
second long tone of 1000 hertz at WWV and 1200 hertz tone at WWVH. The 
first minute of every hour begins with an 0.8 second long tone of 1500 
hertz at both stations. This tone is followed by a 3-second pause, than 
the announcement, ``National Bureau of Standards Time.'' This is 
followed by another 3-second pause before station identification. This 
arrangement allows broadcast stations sufficient time to retransmit the 
hour time tone and the words ``National Bureau of Standards Time'' 
either by manual or automatic switching.
    (viii) Time signals or scales made up from integration of standard 
frequency signals broadcast from NBS stations may not be designated as 
national standard scales of time or attributed to the NBS as originator. 
For example, if a broadcasting station transmits time signals obtained 
from a studio clock which is periodically calibrated against the NBS 
time signals from WWV or WWVH, such signals may not be announced as NBS 
standard time or as having been originated by the NBS.
    (3) National Weather Service Messages. (i) Messages of the National 
Weather Service must be rebroadcast within 1 hour of receipt.
    (ii) If advertisements are given in connection with weather 
rebroadcast, these advertisements must not directly or indirectly convey 
an endorsement by the U.S. Government of the products or services so 
advertised.
    (iii) Credit must be given to indicate that the rebroadcast message 
originates with the National Weather Service.

[44 FR 36040, June 20, 1979, as amended at 45 FR 26065, Apr. 17, 1980; 
48 FR 28456, June 22, 1983; 50 FR 25246, June 18, 1985; 59 FR 67102, 
Dec. 28, 1994; 61 FR 36305, July 10, 1996]



Sec.  73.1208  Broadcast of taped, filmed, or recorded material.

    (a) Any taped, filmed or recorded program material in which time is 
of special significance, or by which an affirmative attempt is made to 
create the impression that it is occurring simultaneously with the 
broadcast, shall be announced at the beginning as taped, filmed or 
recorded. The language of the announcement shall be clear and in terms 
commonly understood by the public. For television stations, the 
announcement may be made visually or aurally.
    (b) Taped, filmed, or recorded announcements which are of a 
commercial, promotional or public service nature need not be identified 
as taped, filmed or recorded.

[37 FR 23726, Nov. 8, 1972]



Sec.  73.1209  References to time.

    Unless specifically designated as ``standard (non-advanced)'' or 
``advanced,'' all references to time contained in this part, and in 
license documents and other authorizations issued thereunder shall be 
understood to mean local time; i.e., the time legally observed in the 
community.

[39 FR 26736, July 23, 1974]

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Sec.  73.1210  TV/FM dual-language broadcasting in Puerto Rico.

    (a) For the purpose of this section, dual-language broadcasting 
shall be understood to mean the telecasting of a program in one language 
with the simultaneous transmission, on the main channel of a 
participating FM broadcast station, of companion sound track information 
in a different language.
    (b) Television and Class A television licensees in Puerto Rico may 
enter into dual-language time purchase agreements with FM broadcast 
licensees, subject to the following conditions:
    (1) All such agreements shall be reduced to writing and retained by 
the licensee for possible Commission inspection, in accordance with 
Sec.  73.3613 of this chapter.
    (2) All such agreements shall specify that the FM licensee will 
monitor sound track material with a view to rejecting any material 
deemed to be inappropriate or objectionable for broadcast exposure.
    (3) No television, Class A television, or FM broadcast station may 
devote more than 15 hours per week to dual-language broadcasting, nor 
may more than three (3) hours of such programming be presented on any 
given day.
    (4) Noncommercial educational television broadcast stations shall 
take all necessary precautions to assure that the entire operation is 
conducted on a noncommercial basis and otherwise in accordance with 
Sec.  73.621 of this part.

[40 FR 17259, Apr. 18, 1975, as amended at 49 FR 33663, Aug. 24, 1984; 
50 FR 40016, Oct. 1, 1985; 65 FR 30003, May 10, 2000]



Sec.  73.1211  Broadcast of lottery information.

    (a) No licensee of an AM, FM, television, or Class A television 
broadcast station, except as in paragraph (c) of this section, shall 
broadcast any advertisement of or information concerning any lottery, 
gift enterprise, or similar scheme, offering prizes dependent in whole 
or in part upon lot or chance, or any list of the prizes drawn or 
awarded by means of any such lottery, gift enterprise or scheme, whether 
said list contains any part or all of such prizes. (18 U.S.C. 1304, 62 
Stat. 763).
    (b) The determination whether a particular program comes within the 
provisions of paragraph (a) of this section depends on the facts of each 
case. However, the Commission will in any event consider that a program 
comes within the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section if in 
connection with such program a prize consisting of money or other thing 
of value is awarded to any person whose selection is dependent in whole 
or in part upon lot or chance, if as a condition of winning or competing 
for such prize, such winner or winners are required to furnish any money 
or other thing of value or are required to have in their possession any 
product sold, manufactured, furnished or distributed by a sponsor of a 
program broadcast on the station in question. (See 21 FCC 2d 846).
    (c) The provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section shall 
not apply to an advertisement, list of prizes or other information 
concerning:
    (1) A lottery conducted by a State acting under the authority of 
State law which is broadcast by a radio or television station licensed 
to a location in that State or any other State which conducts such a 
lottery. (18 U.S.C. 1307(a); 102 Stat. 3205).
    (2) Fishing contests exempted under 18 U.S. Code 1305 (not conducted 
for profit, i.e., all receipts fully consumed in defraying the actual 
costs of operation).
    (3) Any gaming conducted by an Indian Tribe pursuant to the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.)
    (4) A lottery, gift enterprise or similar scheme, other than one 
described in paragraph (c)(1) of this section, that is authorized or not 
otherwise prohibited by the State in which it is conducted and which is:
    (i) Conducted by a not-for-profit organization or a governmental 
organization (18 U.S.C. 1307(a); 102 Stat. 3205); or
    (ii) Conducted as a promotional activity by a commercial 
organization and is clearly occasional and ancillary to the primary 
business of that organization. (18 U.S.C. 1307(a); 102 Stat. 3205).
    (d)(1) For purposes of paragraph (c) of this section, ``lottery'' 
means the pooling of proceeds derived from the sale of tickets or 
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proceeds or parts thereof by chance to one or more chance takers or 
ticket purchasers. It does not include the placing or accepting of bets 
or wagers on sporting events or contests.
    (2) For purposes of paragraph (c)(4)(i) of this section, the term 
``not-for-profit organization'' means any organization that would 
qualify as tax exempt under section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986.

[40 FR 6210, Feb. 10, 1975, as amended at 45 FR 6401, Jan. 28, 1980; 54 
FR 20856, May 15, 1989; 55 FR 18888, May 7, 1990; 65 FR 30003, May 10, 
2000]



Sec.  73.1212  Sponsorship identification; list retention; related requirements.

    (a) When a broadcast station transmits any matter for which money, 
service, or other valuable consideration is either directly or 
indirectly paid or promised to, or charged or accepted by such station, 
the station, at the time of the broadcast, shall announce:
    (1) That such matter is sponsored, paid for, or furnished, either in 
whole or in part, and
    (2) By whom or on whose behalf such consideration was supplied: 
Provided, however, That ``service or other valuable consideration'' 
shall not include any service or property furnished either without or at 
a nominal charge for use on, or in connection with, a broadcast unless 
it is so furnished in consideration for an identification of any person, 
product, service, trademark, or brand name beyond an identification 
reasonably related to the use of such service or property on the 
broadcast.
    (i) For the purposes of this section, the term ``sponsored'' shall 
be deemed to have the same meaning as ``paid for.''
    (ii) In the case of any television political advertisement 
concerning candidates for public office, the sponsor shall be identified 
with letters equal to or greater than four percent of the vertical 
picture height that air for not less than four seconds.
    (b) The licensee of each broadcast station shall exercise reasonable 
diligence to obtain from its employees, and from other persons with whom 
it deals directly in connection with any matter for broadcast, 
information to enable such licensee to make the announcement required by 
this section.
    (c) In any case where a report has been made to a broadcast station 
as required by section 507 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, of circumstances which would have required an announcement 
under this section had the consideration been received by such broadcast 
station, an appropriate announcement shall be made by such station.
    (d) In the case of any political broadcast matter or any broadcast 
matter involving the discussion of a controversial issue of public 
importance for which any film, record, transcription, talent, script, or 
other material or service of any kind is furnished, either directly or 
indirectly, to a station as an inducement for broadcasting such matter, 
an announcement shall be made both at the beginning and conclusion of 
such broadcast on which such material or service is used that such film, 
record, transcription, talent, script, or other material or service has 
been furnished to such station in connection with the transmission of 
such broadcast matter: Provided, however, That in the case of any 
broadcast of 5 minutes' duration or less, only one such announcement 
need be made either at the beginning or conclusion of the broadcast.
    (e) The announcement required by this section shall, in addition to 
stating the fact that the broadcast matter was sponsored, paid for or 
furnished, fully and fairly disclose the true identity of the person or 
persons, or corporation, committee, association or other unincorporated 
group, or other entity by whom or on whose behalf such payment is made 
or promised, or from whom or on whose behalf such services or other 
valuable consideration is received, or by whom the material or services 
referred to in paragraph (d) of this section are furnished. Where an 
agent or other person or entity contracts or otherwise makes 
arrangements with a station on behalf of another, and such fact is known 
or by the exercise of reasonable diligence, as specified in paragraph 
(b) of this section, could be known to the station, the announcement 
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identity of the person or persons or entity on whose behalf such agent 
is acting instead of the name of such agent. Where the material 
broadcast is political matter or matter involving the discussion of a 
controversial issue of public importance and a corporation, committee, 
association or other unincorporated group, or other entity is paying for 
or furnishing the broadcast matter, the station shall, in addition to 
making the announcement required by this section, require that a list of 
the chief executive officers or members of the executive committee or of 
the board of directors of the corporation, committee, association or 
other unincorporated group, or other entity shall be made available for 
public inspection at the location specified by the licensee under Sec.  
73.3526 of this chapter. If the broadcast is originated by a network, 
the list may, instead, be retained at the headquarters office of the 
network or at the location where the originating station maintains its 
public inspection file under Sec.  73.3526 of this chapter. Such lists 
shall be kept and made available for a period of two years.
    (f) In the case of broadcast matter advertising commercial products 
or services, an announcement stating the sponsor's corporate or trade 
name, or the name of the sponsor's product, when it is clear that the 
mention of the name of the product constitutes a sponsorship 
identification, shall be deemed sufficient for the purpose of this 
section and only one such announcement need be made at any time during 
the course of the broadcast.
    (g) The announcement otherwise required by section 317 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, is waived with respect to the 
broadcast of ``want ad'' or classified advertisements sponsored by an 
individual. The waiver granted in this paragraph shall not extend to a 
classified advertisement or want ad sponsorship by any form of business 
enterprise, corporate or otherwise. Whenever sponsorship announcements 
are omitted pursuant to this paragraph, the licensee shall observe the 
following conditions:
    (1) Maintain a list showing the name, address, and (where available) 
the telephone number of each advertiser;
    (2) Make this list available to members of the public who have a 
legitimate interest in obtaining the information contained in the list. 
Such list must be retained for a period of two years after broadcast.
    (h) Any announcement required by section 317(b) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, is waived with respect to 
feature motion picture film produced initially and primarily for theatre 
exhibition.

    Note: The waiver heretofore granted by the Commission in its Report 
and Order adopted November 16, 1960 (FCC 60-1369; 40 F.C.C. 95), 
continues to apply to programs filmed or recorded on or before June 20, 
1963, when Sec.  73.654, the predecessor television rule, went into 
effect.

    (i) Commission interpretations in connection with the provisions of 
the sponsorship identification rules are contained in the Commission's 
Public Notice, entitled ``Applicability of Sponsorship Identification 
Rules,'' dated May 6, 1963 (40 F.C.C. 141), as modified by Public 
Notice, dated April 21, 1975 (FCC 75-418). Further interpretations are 
printed in full in various volumes of the Federal Communications 
Commission Reports.

[40 FR 18400, Apr. 28, 1975, as amended at 46 FR 13907, Feb. 24, 1981; 
49 FR 4211, Feb. 3, 1984; 49 FR 33663, Aug. 24, 1984; 50 FR 32417, Aug. 
12, 1985; 57 FR 8279, Mar. 9, 1992]



Sec.  73.1213  Antenna structure, marking and lighting.

    (a) The provisions of part 17 of this chapter (Construction, 
Marking, and Lighting of Antenna Structures), requires certain antenna 
structures to be painted and/or lighted in accordance with part 17.
    (b) The owner of each antenna structure is responsible for ensuring 
that the structure, if required, is painted and/or illuminated in 
accordance with part 17 of this chapter. In the event of default by the 
owner, each licensee or permittee shall be responsible for ensuring that 
the structure complies with applicable painting and lighting 
requirements.

[61 FR 4367, Feb. 6, 1996]

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Sec.  73.1215  Specifications for indicating instruments.

    The following requirements and specifications shall apply to 
indicating instruments used by broadcast stations:
    (a) Linear scale instruments:
    (1) Length of scale shall not be less than 2.3 inches (5.8 cm).
    (2) Accuracy shall be at least 2 percent of the full scale reading.
    (3) The maximum rating of the meter shall be such that it does not 
read off scale during modulation or normal operation.
    (4) Scale shall have at least 40 divisions.
    (5) Full scale reading shall not be greater than five times the 
minimum normal indication.
    (b) Instruments having square-law scales:
    (1) Meet the requirements of paragraphs (a) (1), (2), and (3) of 
this section for linear scale instruments.
    (2) Full scale reading shall not be greater than three times the 
minimum normal indication.
    (3) No scale division above one-third full scale reading shall be 
greater than one-thirtieth of the full scale reading. (Example: An 
ammeter meeting requirement (1) having full scale reading of 6 amperes 
is acceptable for reading currents from 2 to 6 amperes, provided no 
scale division between 2 and 6 amperes is greater than one-thirtieth of 
6 amperes, 0.2 ampere.)
    (c) Instruments having logarithmic scales:
    (1) Meet the requirements of paragraphs (a) (1), (2), and (3) of 
this section for linear scale instruments.
    (2) Full scale reading shall not be greater than five times the 
minimum normal indication.
    (3) No scale division above one-fifth full scale reading (in watts) 
shall be greater than one-thirtieth of the full scale reading. (Example: 
A wattmeter meeting requirement (3) having full scale reading of 1,500 
watts is acceptable for reading power from 300 to 1,500 watts, provided 
no scale division between 300 and 1,500 watts is greater than one-
thirtieth of 1,500 watts or 50 watts.)
    (d) Instruments having expanded scales:
    (1) Shall meet the requirements of paragraphs (a) (1), (2), and (3) 
of this section for linear scale instruments.
    (2) Full scale reading shall not be greater than five times the 
minimum normal indication.
    (3) No scale division above one-fifth full scale reading shall be 
greater than one-fiftieth of the full scale reading. (Example: An 
ammeter meeting the requirement (1) is acceptable for indicating current 
from 1 to 5 amperes, provided no division between 1 and 5 amperes is 
greater than one-fiftieth of 5 amperes, 0.1 ampere.)
    (e) Digital meters, printers, or other numerical readout devices may 
be used in addition to or in lieu of indicating instruments meeting the 
specifications of paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this section. The 
readout of the device must include at least three digits and must 
indicate the value of the parameter being read to an accuracy of 2%. The 
multiplier, if any, to be applied to the reading of each parameter must 
be indicated at the operating position.
    (f) No instrument which has been broken or appears to be damaged or 
defective, or the accuracy of which is questionable shall be used, until 
it has been checked, and if necessary repaired and recalibrated by the 
manufacturer or qualified instrument repair service. Repaired 
instruments shall not be used unless a certificate of calibration has 
been provided showing that the instrument conforms to the manufacturer's 
specifications for accuracy.

[41 FR 36818, Sept. 1, 1976; 41 FR 43152, Sept. 30, 1976, as amended at 
51 FR 2707, Jan. 21, 1986]



Sec.  73.1216  Licensee-conducted contests.

    A licensee that broadcasts or advertises information about a contest 
it conducts shall fully and accurately disclose the material terms of 
the contest, and shall conduct the contest substantially as announced or 
advertised. No contest description shall be false, misleading or 
deceptive with respect to any material term.

    Note 1: For the purposes of this rule:
    (a) A contest is a scheme in which a prize is offered or awarded, 
based upon chance, diligence, knowledge or skill, to members of the 
public.

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    (b) Material terms include those factors which define the operation 
of the contest and which affect participation therein. Although the 
material terms may vary widely depending upon the exact nature of the 
contest, they will generally include: how to enter or participate; 
eligibility restrictions; entry deadline dates; whether prizes can be 
won; when prizes can be won; the extent, nature and value of prizes; 
basis for valuation of prizes; time and means of selection of winners; 
and/or tie-breaking procedures.
    Note 2: In general, the time and manner of disclosure of the 
material terms of a contest are within the licensee's discretion. 
However, the obligation to disclose the material terms arises at the 
time the audience is first told how to enter or participate and 
continues thereafter. The material terms should be disclosed 
periodically by announcements broadcast on the station conducting the 
contest, but need not be enumerated each time an announcement promoting 
the contest is broadcast. Disclosure of material terms in a reasonable 
number of announcements is sufficient. In addition to the required 
broadcast announcements, disclosure of the material terms may be made in 
a non-broadcast manner.
    Note 3: This rule is not applicable to licensee-conducted contests 
not broadcast or advertised to the general public or to a substantial 
segment thereof, to contests in which the general public is not 
requested or permitted to participate, to the commercial advertisement 
of non-licensee-conducted contests, or to a contest conducted by a non-
broadcast division of the licensee or by a non-broadcast company related 
to the licensee.

[41 FR 43152, Sept. 30, 1976]



Sec.  73.1217  Broadcast hoaxes.

    No licensee or permittee of any broadcast station shall broadcast 
false information concerning a crime or a catastrophe if:
    (a) The licensee knows this information is false;
    (b) It is forseeable that broadcast of the information will cause 
substantial public harm, and
    (c) Broadcast of the information does in fact directly cause 
substantial public harm.


Any programming accompanied by a disclaimer will be presumed not to pose 
foreseeable harm if the disclaimer clearly characterizes the program as 
a fiction and is presented in a way that is reasonable under the 
circumstances.

    Note: For purposes of this rule, ``public harm'' must begin 
immediately, and cause direct and actual damage to property or to the 
health or safety of the general public, or diversion of law enforcement 
or other public health and safety authorities from their duties. The 
public harm will be deemed foreseeable if the licensee could expect with 
a significant degree of certainty that public harm would occur. A 
``crime'' is any act or omission that makes the offender subject to 
criminal punishment by law. A ``catastrophe'' is a disaster or imminent 
disaster involving violent or sudden event affecting the public.

[57 FR 28640, June 26, 1992]



Sec.  73.1225  Station inspections by FCC.

    (a) The licensee of a broadcast station shall make the station 
available for inspection by representatives of the FCC during the 
station's business hours, or at any time it is in operation.
    (b) In the course of an inspection or investigation, an FCC 
representative may require special equipment tests, program tests or 
operation with nighttime or presunrise facilities during daytime hours 
pursuant to Sec.  0.314, part 0, of the FCC rules.
    (c) The following records shall be made available by all broadcast 
stations upon request by representatives of the FCC.
    (1) Equipment performance measurements required by Sec. Sec.  
73.1590 and 73.1690.
    (2) The written designations for chief operators and, when 
applicable, the contracts for chief operators engaged on a contract 
basis.
    (3) Application for modification of the transmission system made 
pursuant to Sec.  73.1690(c).
    (4) Informal statements or drawings depicting any transmitter 
modification made pursuant to Sec.  73.1690(e).
    (5) Station logs and special technical records.
    (d) Commercial and noncommercial AM stations must make the following 
information also available upon request by representatives of the FCC.
    (1) Copy of the most recent antenna or common-point impedance 
measurements.
    (2) Copy of the most recent field strength measurements made to 
establish performance of directional antennas required by Sec.  73.151.
    (3) Copy of the partial directional antenna proofs of performance 
made in

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accordance with Sec.  73.154 and made pursuant to the following 
requirements:
    (i) Section 73.68, Sampling systems for antenna monitors.
    (ii) Section 73.69, Antenna monitors.
    (iii) Section 73.61, AM direction antenna field strength 
measurements.

[43 FR 45846, Oct. 4, 1978; 43 FR 50683, Oct. 31, 1978, as amended at 51 
FR 41629, Nov. 18, 1986; 51 FR 44478, Dec. 10, 1986; 57 FR 48333, Oct. 
23, 1992]



Sec.  73.1226  Availability to FCC of station logs and records.

    The following shall be made available to any authorized 
representative of the FCC upon request:
    (a) Station records and logs shall be made available for inspection 
or duplication at the request of the FCC or its representative. Such 
logs or records may be removed from the licensee's possession by an FCC 
representative or, upon request, shall be mailed by the licensee to the 
FCC by either registered mail, return receipt requested, or certified 
mail, return receipt requested. The return receipt shall be retained by 
the licensee as part of the station records until such records or logs 
are returned to the licensee. A receipt shall be furnished when the logs 
or records are removed from the licensee's possession by an FCC 
representative and this receipt shall be retained by the licensee as 
part of the station records until such records or logs are returned to 
the licensee. When the FCC has no further need for such records or logs, 
they shall be returned to the licensee. The provisions of this rule 
shall apply solely to those station logs and records which are required 
to be maintained by the provisions of this chapter.
    (1) Logs and records stored on microfilm, microfiche or other data-
storage systems are subject to the requirements pertaining thereto found 
in Sec.  73.1840(b).
    (b) Where records or logs are maintained as the official records of 
a recognized law enforcement agency and the removal of the records from 
the possession of the law enforcement agency will hinder its law 
enforcement activities, such records will not be removed pursuant to 
this section if the chief of the law enforcement agency promptly 
certifies in writing to the FCC that removal of the logs or records will 
hinder law enforcement activities of the agency, stating insofar as 
feasible the basis for his decision and the date when it can reasonably 
be expected that such records will be released to the FCC.
    (c) The following contracts, agreements, or understandings, which 
need not be filed with the FCC (per Sec.  73.3613, Filing of contracts), 
must be kept at the station and made available for inspection by any 
authorized representative of the FCC upon request:
    (1) Contracts relating to the sale of broadcast time to ``time 
brokers'' for resale.
    (2) FM subchannel leasing agreements for subsidiary communications.
    (3) Time sales contracts with the same sponsor for 4 or more hours 
per day, except where the length of the events (such as athletic 
contests, musical programs, and special events) broadcast pursuant to 
the contract is not under control of the station.
    (4) Contracts with chief operators or other engineering personnel.

[43 FR 45847, Oct. 4, 1978; 43 FR 50683, Oct. 31, 1978, as amended at 45 
FR 41151, June 18, 1980; 48 FR 28457, June 22, 1983]



Sec.  73.1230  Posting of station license.

    (a) The station license and any other instrument of station 
authorization shall be posted in a conspicuous place and in such a 
manner that all terms are visible at the place the licensee considers to 
be the principal control point of the transmitter.
    (b) Posting of the station license and any other instruments of 
authorization shall be done by affixing them to the wall at thee posting 
location, or by enclosing them in a binder or folder which is retained 
at the posting location so that the documents will be readily available 
and easily accessible.

[60 FR 55480, Nov. 1, 1995]



Sec.  73.1250  Broadcasting emergency information.

    (a) Emergency situations in which the broadcasting of information is 
considered as furthering the safety of life

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and property include, but are not limited to the following: Tornadoes, 
hurricanes, floods, tidal waves, earthquakes, icing conditions, heavy 
snows, widespread fires, discharge of toxic gasses, widspread power 
failures, industrial explosions, civil disorders and school closing and 
changes in school bus schedules resulting from such conditions. See also 
Sec.  73.3542, Application for Emergency Authorization, for requirements 
involving emergency situations not covered by this section for which 
prior operating authority must be requested.
    (b) If requested by responsible public officials, a station may, at 
its discretion, and without further FCC authority, transmit emergency 
point-to-point messages for the purpose of requesting or dispatching aid 
and assisting in rescue operations.
    (c) If the Emergency Alert System (EAS) is activated for a national 
emergency while a Local Area or State emergency operation is in 
progress, the national level EAS operation must take precedence. If, 
during the broadcasting of Local Area or State emergency information, 
the EAS codes or Attention Signal described in Sec.  11.12 of this 
chapter are used, the broadcasts are considered as being carried out 
under a Local Area or State EAS plan.
    (d) Any emergency operation undertaken in accordance with this 
section may be terminated by the FCC if required in the public interest.
    (e) Immediately upon cessation of an emergency during which 
broadcast facilities were used for the transmission of point-to-point 
messages under paragraph (b) of this section, or when daytime facilities 
were used during nighttime hours by an AM station in accordance with 
paragraph (f) of this section, a report in letter form shall be 
forwarded to the FCC in Washington, DC, setting forth the nature of the 
emergency, the dates and hours of the broadcasting of emergency 
information, and a brief description of the material carried during the 
emergency. A certification of compliance with the noncommercialization 
provision of paragraph (f) of this section must accompany the report 
where daytime facilities are used during nighttime hours by an AM 
station, together with a detailed showing, under the provisisons of that 
paragraph, that no other broadcast service existed or was adequate.
    (f) AM stations may, without further FCC authority, use their full 
daytime facilities during nighttime hours to broadcast emergency 
information (examples listed in paragraph (a) of this section), when 
necessary to the safety of life and property, in dangerous conditions of 
a general nature and when adequate advance warning cannot be given with 
the facilities authorized. Because of skywave interference impact on 
other stations assigned to the same channel, such operation may be 
undertaken only if regular, unlimited-time service, is non-existent, 
inadequate from the standpoint of coverage, or not serving the public 
need. All operation under this paragraph must be conducted on a 
noncommercial basis. Recorded music may be used to the extent necessary 
to provide program continuity.
    (g) Broadcasting of emergency information shall be confined to the 
hours, frequencies, powers and modes of operation specified in the 
station license, except as otherwise provided for AM stations in 
paragraph (f) of this section.
    (h) Any emergency information transmitted by a TV or Class A TV 
station in accordance with this section shall be transmitted both 
aurally and visually or only visually. TV and Class A TV stations may 
use any method of visual presentation which results in a legible message 
conveying the essential emergency information. Methods which may be used 
include, but are not necessarily limited to, slides, electronic 
captioning, manual methods (e.g., hand printing) or mechanical printing 
processes. However, when an emergency operation is being conducted under 
a national, State or Local Area Emergency Alert System (EAS) plan, 
emergency information shall be transmitted both aurally and visually 
unless only the EAS codes are transmitted as specified in Sec.  11.51(b) 
of this chapter.

[43 FR 45847, Oct. 4, 1978, as amended at 50 FR 30947, July 31, 1985; 59 
FR 67102, Dec. 28, 1994; 60 FR 56000, Nov. 6, 1995; 65 FR 30003, May 10, 
2000]

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Sec.  73.1300  Unattended station operation.

    Broadcast stations may be operated as either attended (where a 
designated person is responsible for the proper operation of the 
transmitting apparatus either at the transmitter site, a remote control 
point or an ATS control point) or unattended (where highly stable 
equipment or automated monitoring of station operating parameters is 
employed). No prior FCC approval is required to operate a station in the 
unattended mode. Regardless of which method of station operation is 
employed, licensees must employ procedures which will ensure compliance 
with Part 11 of this chapter, the rules governing the Emergency Alert 
System (EAS).

[60 FR 55481, Nov. 1, 1995]



Sec.  73.1350  Transmission system operation.

    (a) Each licensee is responsible for maintaining and operating its 
broadcast station in a manner which complies with the technical rules 
set forth elsewhere in this part and in accordance with the terms of the 
station authorization.
    (b) The licensee must designate a chief operator in accordance with 
Sec.  73.1870. The licensee may designate one or more technically 
competent persons to adjust the transmitter operating parameters for 
compliance with the technical rules and the station authorization.
    (1) Persons so authorized by the licensee may make such adjustments 
directly at the transmitter site or by using control equipment at an 
off-site location.
    (2) The transmitter control personnel must have the capability to 
turn the transmitter off at all times. If the personnel are at a remote 
location, the control system must provide this capability continuously 
or must include an alternate method of acquiring control that can 
satisfy the requirement of paragraph (d) of this section that operation 
be terminated within 3 minutes.
    (c) The licensee must establish monitoring procedures and schedules 
for the station and the indicating instruments employed must comply with 
Sec.  73.1215.
    (1) Monitoring procedures and schedules must enable the licensee to 
determine compliance with Sec.  73.1560 regarding operating power and AM 
station mode of operation, Sec.  73.1570 regarding modulation levels, 
and, where applicable, Sec.  73.1213 regarding antenna tower lighting, 
and Sec.  73.69 regarding the parameters of an AM directional antenna 
system.
    (2) Monitoring equipment must be periodically calibrated so as to 
provide reliable indications of transmitter operating parameters with a 
known degree of accuracy. Errors inherent in monitoring equipment and 
the calibration procedure must be taken into account when adjusting 
operating parameters to ensure that the limits imposed by the technical 
rules and the station authorization are not exceeded.
    (d) In the event that a broadcast station is operating in a manner 
that is not in compliance with the technical rules set forth elsewhere 
in this part or the terms of the station authorization, and the 
condition is not listed in paragraph (e) of this section, broadcast 
operation must be terminated within three hours.
    (1) Examples of conditions that require termination of operation 
include excessive power or excessive modulation.
    (2) Additional examples for AM stations are any mode of operation 
not specified by the station license for the pertinent time of day or 
hours of operation and any condition of antenna parameters or monitoring 
points out of the tolerances specified elsewhere in this part or by the 
station's instrument of authorization. For these conditions, operation 
must be terminated within three minutes unless antenna input power is 
reduced sufficiently to eliminate any excess radiation.
    (3) For AM stations using directional arrays, additional procedures 
apply when array operating parameters are at variance, monitoring points 
exceed specified limits, or authorized directional mode capability is 
lost. See Sec.  73.62, Directional antenna system tolerances; Sec.  
73.158, Directional antenna monitoring points; and Sec.  73.1680(b), 
Emergency antennas.
    (e) If a broadcast station is operating in a manner that is not in 
compliance

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with one of the following technical rules, operation may continue if the 
station complies with relevant alternative provisions in the specified 
rule section.
    (1) AM directional antenna system tolerances, see Sec.  73.62;
    (2) AM directional antenna monitoring points, see Sec.  73.158;
    (3) TV visual waveform, see Sec.  73.691(b);
    (4) Reduced power operation, see Sec.  73.1560(d);
    (5) Reduced modulation level, see Sec.  73.1570(a);
    (6) Emergency antennas, see Sec.  73.1680.
    (f) The transmission system must be maintained and inspected in 
accordance with Sec.  73.1580.
    (g) Whenever a transmission system control point is established at a 
location other than the main studio or transmitter, a letter of 
notification of that location must be sent to the FCC in Washington, DC, 
Attention: Audio Division (radio) or Video Division (television), Media 
Bureau, within 3 days of the initial use of that point. The letter 
should include a list of all control points in use, for clarity. This 
notification is not required if responsible station personnel can be 
contacted at the transmitter or studio site during hours of operation.
    (h) The licensee must ensure that the station is operated in 
compliance with Part 11 of this chapter, the rules governing the 
Emergency Alert System (EAS).

[60 FR 55481, Nov. 1, 1995, as amended at 63 FR 33877, June 22, 1998; 67 
FR 13232, Mar. 21, 2002]



Sec.  73.1400  Transmission system monitoring and control.

    The licensee of an AM, FM, TV or Class A TV station is responsible 
for assuring that at all times the station operates within tolerances 
specified by applicable technical rules contained in this part and in 
accordance with the terms of the station authorization. Any method of 
complying with applicable tolerances is permissible. The following are 
typical methods of transmission system operation:
    (a) Attended operation. (1) Attended operation consists of ongoing 
supervision of the transmission facilities by a station employee or 
other person designated by the licensee. Such supervision may be 
accomplished by either:
    (i) Direct supervision and control of transmission system parameters 
by a person at the transmitter site; or
    (ii) Remote control of the transmission system by a person at the 
main studio or other location. The remote control system must provide 
sufficient transmission system monitoring and control capability so as 
to ensure compliance with Sec.  73.1350.
    (2) A station may also be monitored and controlled by an automatic 
transmission system (ATS) that is configured to contact a person 
designated by the licensee in the event of a technical malfunction. An 
automatic transmission system consists of monitoring devices, control 
and alarm circuitry, arranged so that they interact automatically to 
operate the station's transmitter and maintain technical parameters 
within licensed values.
    (3) A hybrid system containing some remote control and some ATS 
features is also permissible.
    (4) In the case of remote control or ATS operation, not every 
station parameter need be monitored or controlled if the licensee has 
good reason to believe that its stability is so great that its 
monitoring and control are unnecessary.
    (b) Unattended operation. Unattended operation is either the absence 
of human supervision or the substitution of automated supervision of a 
station's transmission system for human supervision. In the former case, 
equipment is employed which is expected to operate within assigned 
tolerances for extended periods of time. The latter consists of the use 
of a self-monitoring or ATS-monitored and controlled transmission system 
that, in lieu of contacting a person designated by the licensee, 
automatically takes the station off the air within three hours of any 
technical malfunction which is capable of causing interference.

[60 FR 55481, Nov. 1, 1995, as amended at 65 FR 30003, May 10, 2000]



Sec.  73.1510  Experimental authorizations.

    (a) Licensees of broadcast stations may obtain experimental 
authorizations to conduct technical experimentation directed toward 
improvement of

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the technical phases of operation and service, and for such purposes may 
use a signal other than the normal broadcast program signal.
    (b) Experimental authorizations may be requested by filing an 
informal application with the FCC in Washington, DC, describing the 
nature and purpose of the experimentation to be conducted, the nature of 
the experimental signal to be transmitted, and the proposed schedule of 
hours and duration of the experimentation. Experimental authorizations 
shall be posted with the station license.
    (c) Experimental operations are subject to the following conditions:
    (1) The authorized power of the station may not be exceeded, except 
as specifically authorized for the experimental operations.
    (2) Emissions outside the authorized bandwidth must be attenuated to 
the degree required for the particular type of station.
    (3) The experimental operations may be conducted at any time the 
station is authorized to operate, but the minimum required schedule of 
programming for the class and type of station must be met. AM stations 
also may conduct experimental operations during the experimental period 
(12 midnight local time to local sunrise) and at additional hours if 
permitted by the experimental authorization provided no interference is 
caused to other stations maintaining a regular operating schedule within 
such period(s).
    (4) If an experimental authorization permits the use of additional 
facilities or hours of operation for experimental purposes, no sponsored 
programs or commercial announcements may be transmitted during such 
experimentation.
    (5) The licensee may transmit regularly scheduled programming 
concurrently with the experimental transmission if there is no 
significant impairment of service.
    (6) No charges may be made, either directly or indirectly, for the 
experimentation; however, normal charges may be made for regularly 
scheduled programming transmitted concurrently with the experimental 
transmissions.
    (d) The FCC may request a report of the research, experimentation 
and results at the conclusion of the experimental operation.

[43 FR 32783, July 28, 1978]



Sec.  73.1515  Special field test authorizations.

    (a) A special field test authorization may be issued to conduct 
field strength surveys to aid in the selection of suitable sites for 
broadcast transmission facilities, determine coverage areas, or to study 
other factors influencing broadcast signal propagation. The applicant 
for the authorization must be qualified to hold a license under section 
303(1)(l) of the Communications Act.
    (b) Requests for authorizations to operate a transmitter under a 
Special field test authorization must be in writing using an informal 
application in letter form, signed by the applicant and including the 
following information:
    (1) Purpose, duration and need for the survey.
    (2) Frequency, transmitter output powers and time of operation.
    (3) A brief description of the test antenna system, its estimated 
effective radiated field and height above ground or average terrain, and 
the geographic coordinates of its proposed location(s).
    (c) Operation under a special field test authorization is subject to 
the following conditions:
    (1) No objectionable interference will result to the operation of 
other authorized radio services; in this connection, the power requested 
shall not exceed that necessary for the purposes of the test.
    (2) The carriers will be unmodulated except for the transmission of 
a test-pattern on a visual TV transmitter, and for hourly voice station 
identification on aural AM, FM and TV transmitters.
    (3) The transmitter output power or antenna input power may not 
exceed those specified in the test authorization and the operating power 
must be maintained at a constant value for each phase of the tests.

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    (4) The input power to the final amplifier stage, and the AM antenna 
current or the FM or TV transmitter output power must be observed and 
recorded at half hour intervals and at any time that the power is 
adjusted or changed. Copies of these records must be submitted to the 
FCC with the required report.
    (5) The test equipment may not be permanently installed, unless such 
installation has been separately authorized. Mobile units are not deemed 
permanent installations.
    (6) Test transmitters must be operated by or under the immediate 
direction of an operator holding a commercial radio operator license 
(any class, unless otherwise endorsed).
    (7) A report, containing the measurements, their analysis and other 
results of the survey shall be filed with the FCC in Washington, DC 
within sixty (60) days following the termination of the test 
authorization.
    (8) The test transmission equipment, installation and operation 
thereof need not comply with the requirements of FCC rules and standards 
except as specified in this section if the equipment, installation and 
operation are consistent with good engineering principles and practices.
    (d) A special field test authorization may be modified or terminated 
by notification from the FCC if in its judgment such action will promote 
the public interest, convenience and necessity.

[44 FR 58734, Oct. 11, 1979, as amended at 46 FR 35463, July 8, 1981; 49 
FR 4211, Feb. 3, 1984; 49 FR 20670, May 16, 1984]



Sec.  73.1520  Operation for tests and maintenance.

    (a) Broadcast stations may be operated for tests and maintenance of 
their transmitting systems on their assigned frequencies using their 
licensed operating power and antennas during their authorized hours of 
operation without specific authorization from the FCC.
    (b) Licensees of AM stations may operate for tests and maintenance 
during the hours from 12 midnight local time to local sunrise, if no 
interference is caused to other stations maintaining a regular operating 
schedule within such period. No AM station licensed for ``daytime'' or 
``specified hours'' of operation may broadcast any regular or scheduled 
programs during this period of test and maintenance operation.
    (c) Licensees of AM stations may obtain special antenna test 
authorizations, and operate under the provisions described in Sec.  
73.157, to operate with nighttime facilities during daytime hours in 
conducting directional antenna field strength and antenna proof of 
performance measurements.

[43 FR 32783, July 28, 1978, as amended at 45 FR 6401, Jan. 28, 1980]



Sec.  73.1530  Portable test stations [Definition].

    A portable test station is one that is moved from place to place for 
making field strength and ground conductivity measurements, for 
selecting station transmitter sites, and conducting other specialized 
propagation tests. Portable test stations are not normally used while in 
motion, and may not be used for the transmission of programs intended to 
be received by the public.

[43 FR 32783, July 28, 1978]



Sec.  73.1540  Carrier frequency measurements.

    (a) The carrier frequency of each AM and FM station and the visual 
carrier frequency and the difference between the visual carrier and the 
aural carrier or center frequency of each TV and Class A TV station 
shall be measured or determined as often as necessary to ensure that 
they are maintained within the prescribed tolerances.
    (b) In measuring the carrier frequency, the licensee may use any 
method or procedure that has sufficient precision to establish that the 
carrier frequency is within the prescribed departure limits.
    (c) The primary standard of frequency for radio frequency 
measurements is the standard frequency maintained by the National Bureau 
of Standards or the standard signals of Stations WWV, WWVB, and WWVH of 
the National Bureau of Standards.

[43 FR 32783, July 28, 1978, as amended at 48 FR 44805, Sept. 30, 1983; 
65 FR 30004, May 10, 2000]

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Sec.  73.1545  Carrier frequency departure tolerances.

    (a) AM stations. The departure of the carrier frequency for 
monophonic transmissions or center frequency for stereophonic 
transmissions may not exceed +- 20 Hz from the assigned frequency.
    (b) FM stations. (1) The departure of the carrier or center 
frequency of an FM station with an authorized transmitter output power 
more than 10 watts may not exceed +-2000 Hz from the assigned frequency.
    (2) The departure of the carrier or center frequency of an FM 
station with an authorized transmitter output power of 10 watts or less 
may not exceed +-3000 Hz from the assigned frequency.
    (c) TV stations. (1) The departure of the visual carrier frequency 
of a TV station may not exceed +-1000 Hz from the assigned visual 
carrier frequency.
    (2) The departure of the aural carrier frequency of a TV station may 
not exceed +-1000 Hz from the actual visual carrier frequency plus 
exactly 4.5 MHz.
    (d) International broadcast stations. The departure of the carrier 
frequency of an International broadcast station may not exceed 0.0015% 
of the assigned frequency on which the station is transmitting.
    (e) Class A TV stations. The departure of the carrier frequency of 
Class A TV stations may not exceed the values specified in Sec.  74.761 
of this chapter. Provided, however, that Class A TV stations licensed to 
operate with a carrier offset, including those stations licensed with a 
maximum effective radiated power and/or antenna height greater than the 
values specified in their initial Class A TV station authorization, must 
comply with paragraph (c) of this section.

    Note to paragraph (e): At a date not later than nine months after 
release of the Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration in MM 
Docket No. 00-10 (the proceeding that established the Class A TV 
service), all licensed Class A stations must operate with a carrier 
frequency offset. See Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration, 
In the Matter of Establishment of a Class A Television Service, MM 
Docket No. 00-10, released April 13, 2001.

[44 FR 58734, Oct. 11, 1979; 44 FR 64408, Nov. 7, 1979, as amended at 47 
FR 13165, Mar. 29, 1982; 65 FR 30004, May 10, 2000; 67 FR 21691, May 1, 
2001]

    Effective Date Note: At 66 FR 21691, May 1, 2001, Sec.  73.1545 was 
amended by revising and adding a note to paragraph (e). This paragraph 
contains information and recordkeeping requirements and will not become 
effective until approval has been given by the Office of Management and 
Budget.



Sec.  73.1560  Operating power and mode tolerances.

    (a) AM stations. (1) Except as provided for in paragraph (d) of this 
section, the antenna input power of an AM station as determined by the 
procedures specified in Sec.  73.51 must be maintained as near as is 
practicable to the authorized antenna input power and may not be less 
than 90% nor more than 105% of the authorized power.
    (2) Whenever the transmitter of an AM station cannot be placed into 
the specified operating mode at the time required, transmissions of the 
station must be immediately terminated. However, if the radiated field 
at any bearing or elevation does not exceed that permitted for that time 
of day, operation in the mode with the lesser radiated field may 
continue under the notification procedures of paragraph (d) of this 
section.
    (b) FM stations. Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this 
section, the transmitter output power of an FM station, with power 
output as determined by the procedures specified in Sec.  73.267, which 
is authorized for output power more than 10 watts must be maintained as 
near as practicable to the authorized transmitter output power and may 
not be less than 90% nor more than 105% of the authorized power. FM 
stations operating with authorized transmitter output power of 10 watts 
or less, may operate at less than the authorized power, but not more 
than 105% of the authorized power.
    (c) TV stations. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this 
section, the visual output power of a TV or Class A TV transmitter, as 
determined by the procedures specified in Sec. 73.664, must be 
maintained as near as is practicable to the authorized transmitter 
output

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power and may not be less than 80% nor more than 110% of the authorized 
power.
    (2) The output power of the aural transmitter shall be maintained to 
provide an aural carrier ERP not to exceed 22% of the peak authorized 
visual ERP.
    (3) The FCC may specify deviation from the power of tolerance 
requirements for subscription television operations to the extent it 
deems necessary to permit proper operation.
    (d) Reduced power operation. In the event it becomes technically 
impossible to operate at authorized power, a broadcast station may 
operate at reduced power for a period of not more than 30 days without 
specific authority from the FCC. If operation at reduced power will 
exceed 10 consecutive days, notification must be made to the FCC in 
Washington, DC, Attention: Audio Division (radio) or Video Division 
(television), Media Bureau, not later than the 10th day of the lower 
power operation. In the event that normal power is restored within the 
30 day period, the licensee must notify the FCC of the date that normal 
operation was restored. If causes beyond the control of the licensee 
prevent restoration of the authorized power within 30 days, a request 
for Special Temporary Authority (see Sec.  73.1635) must be made to the 
FCC in Washington, DC for additional time as may be necessary.

[44 FR 58734, Oct. 11, 1979, as amended at 49 FR 22093, May 25, 1984; 49 
FR 29069, July 18, 1984; 49 FR 47610, Dec. 6, 1984; 50 FR 26568, June 
27, 1985; 50 FR 40015, Oct. 1, 1985; 63 FR 33877, June 22, 1998; 65 FR 
30004, May 10, 2000; 67 FR 13232, Mar. 21, 2002]



Sec.  73.1570  Modulation levels: AM, FM, TV and Class A TV aural.

    (a) The percentage of modulation is to be maintained at as high a 
level as is consistent with good quality of transmission and good 
broadcast service, with maximum levels not to exceed the values 
specified in paragraph (b). Generally, the modulation should not be less 
than 85% on peaks of frequent recurrence, but where lower modulation 
levels may be required to avoid objectionable loudness or to maintain 
the dynamic range of the program material, the degree of modulation may 
be reduced to whatever level is necessary for this purpose, even though 
under such circumstances, the level may be substantially less than that 
which produces peaks of frequent recurrence at a level of 85%.
    (b) Maximum modulation levels must meet the following limitations:
    (1) AM stations. In no case shall the amplitude modulation of the 
carrier wave exceed 100% on negative peaks of frequent recurrence, or 
125% on positive peaks at any time.
    (i) AM stations transmitting stereophonic programs not exceed the AM 
maximum stereophonic transmission signal modulation specifications of 
stereophonic system in use.
    (ii) For AM stations transmitting telemetry signals for remote 
control or automatic transmission system operation, the amplitude of 
modulation of the carrier by the use of subaudible tones must not be 
higher than necessary to effect reliable and accurate data transmission 
and may not, in any case, exceed 6%.
    (2) FM stations. The total modulation must not exceed 100 percent on 
peaks of frequent reoccurrence referenced to 75 kHz deviation. However, 
stations providing subsidiary communications services using subcarriers 
under provisions of Sec.  73.319 concurrently with the broadcasting of 
stereophonic or monophonic programs may increase the peak modulation 
deviation as follows:
    (i) The total peak modulation may be increased 0.5 percent for each 
1.0 percent subcarrier injection modulation.
    (ii) In no event may the modulation of the carrier exceed 110 
percent (82.5 kHz peak deviation).
    (3) TV and Class A TV stations. In no case shall the total 
modulation of the aural carrier exceed 100% on peaks of frequent 
recurrence, unless some other peak modulation level is specified in an 
instrument of authorization. For monophonic transmissions, 100% 
modulation is defined as +/-25 kHz.
    (c) If a limiting or compression amplifier is employed to maintain 
modulation levels, precaution must be taken

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so as not to substantially alter the dynamic characteristics of 
programs.

[44 FR 58735, Oct. 11, 1979, as amended at 47 FR 13165, Mar. 29, 1982; 
49 FR 14508, Apr. 12, 1984; 49 FR 15081, Apr. 17, 1984; 49 FR 27147, 
July 2, 1984; 49 FR 47610, Dec. 6, 1984; 49 FR 48312, Dec. 12, 1984; 51 
FR 26251, July 22, 1986; 56 FR 64872, Dec. 12, 1991; 65 FR 30004, May 
10, 2000]



Sec.  73.1580  Transmission system inspections.

    Each AM, FM, TV and Class A TV station licensee or permittee must 
conduct periodic complete inspections of the transmitting system and all 
required monitors to ensure proper station operation.

[65 FR 30004, May 10, 2000]



Sec.  73.1590  Equipment performance measurements.

    (a) The licensee of each AM, FM, TV and Class A TV station, except 
licensees of Class D non-commercial educational FM stations authorized 
to operate with 10 watts or less output power, must make equipment 
performance measurements for each main transmitter as follows:
    (1) Upon initial installation of a new or replacement main 
transmitter.
    (2) Upon modification of an existing transmitter made under the 
provisions of Sec.  73.1690, Modification of transmission systems, and 
specified therein.
    (3) Installation of AM stereophonic transmission equipment pursuant 
to Sec.  73.128.
    (4) Installation of FM subcarrier or stereophonic transmission 
equipment pursuant to Sec.  73.295, Sec.  73.297, Sec.  73.593 or Sec.  
73.597.
    (5) Installation of TV stereophonic or subcarrier transmission 
equipment pursuant to Sec. Sec.  73.669 and 73.1690.
    (6) Annually, for AM stations, with not more than 14 months between 
measurements.
    (7) When required by other provisions of the rules or the station 
license.
    (b) Measurements for spurious and harmonic emissions must be made to 
show compliance with the transmission system requirements of Sec.  73.44 
for AM stations; Sec.  73.317 for FM stations and Sec.  73.687 for TV 
stations. Measurements must be made under all conditions of modulation 
expected to be encountered by the station whether transmitting 
monophonic or stereophonic programs and providing subsidiary 
communications services.
    (c) TV visual equipment performance measurements must be made with 
the equipment adjusted for normal program operation at the transmitter 
antenna sampling port to yield the following information:
    (1) Field strength or voltage of the lower side-band for a 
modulating frequency of 1.25 MHz or greater, (including 3.58 MHz for 
color), and of the upper side-band for a modulating frequency of 4.75 
MHz or greater.
    (2) Data showing that the waveform of the transmitted signal 
conforms to that specified by the standards for TV transmissions.
    (3) Photographs of a test pattern taken from a receiver or monitor 
connected to the transmitter output.
    (4) Data showing envelope delay characteristics of the radiated 
signal.
    (5) Data showing the attenuation of spurious and harmonic radiation, 
if, after type acceptance, any changes have been made in the transmitter 
or associated equipment (filters, multiplexer, etc.) which could cause 
changes in its radiation products.
    (d) The data required by paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, 
together with a description of the equipment and procedure used in 
making the measurements, signed and dated by the qualified person(s) 
making the measurements, must be kept on file at the transmitter or 
remote control point for a period of 2 years, and on request must be 
made available during that time to duly authorized representatives of 
the FCC.

[47 FR 8589, Mar. 1, 1982, as amended at 51 FR 18450, May 20, 1986; 65 
FR 30004, May 10, 2000]



Sec.  73.1610  Equipment tests.

    (a) During the process of construction of a new broadcast station, 
the permittee, after notifying the FCC in Washington, D.C. may, without 
further authority from the FCC, conduct equipment tests for the purpose 
of making such adjustments and measurements as may be necessary to 
assure compliance with the terms of the construction permit, the 
technical provisions of the application therefore, the

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rules and regulations and the applicable engineering standards. For AM 
stations, equipment tests, including either a directional or 
nondirectional proof of performance required by the construction permit, 
may be conducted during daytime hours provided that the antenna system 
is first substantially tuned during the experimental period. The 
nondirectional proof shall be conducted with power adjusted to 25% of 
that specified in the permit for the authorized directional facilities 
or, if applicable, to such higher power as is specified in the same 
permit for authorized nondirectional facilities. For licensed stations, 
see Sec.  73.1615, Operation During Modification of Facilities; and 
Sec.  73.157, Antenna Testing During Daytime.
    (b) The FCC may notify the permittee not to conduct equipment tests 
or may modify, cancel, suspend, or change the modes of testing or the 
dates and times for such tests in order to resolve interference 
complaints or when such action may appear to be in the public interest, 
convenience, and necessity.
    (c) Equipment tests may be continued so long as the construction 
permit shall remain valid.
    (d) The authorization for tests embodied in this section shall not 
be construed as constituting a license to operate but as a necessary 
part of construction.

[43 FR 32783, July 28, 1978, as amended at 47 FR 40174, Sept. 13, 1982; 
50 FR 30947, July 31, 1985]



Sec.  73.1615  Operation during modification of facilities.

    When the licensee of an existing AM, FM, TV or Class A TV station is 
in the process of modifying existing facilities as authorized by a 
construction permit and determines it is necessary to either discontinue 
operation or to operate with temporary facilities to continue program 
service, the following procedures apply:
    (a) Licensees holding a construction permit for modification of 
directional or nondirectional FM, TV or Class A TV or nondirectional AM 
station facilities may, without specific FCC authority, for a period not 
exceeding 30 days:
    (1) Discontinue operation, or
    (2) Operate with temporary facilities to maintain, as nearly as 
possible, but not exceed, the size of the presently licensed coverage 
area.
    (b) Licensees of an AM station holding a construction permit which 
involves directional facilities and which does not involve a change in 
operating frequency may, without specific FCC authority, for a period 
not exceeding 30 days:
    (1) Discontinue operation, or
    (2) Operate with reduced power or with parameters at variance from 
licensed tolerances while maintaining monitoring point field strengths 
within licensed limits during the period subsequent to the commencement 
of modifications authorized by the construction permit, or
    (3) Operate in a nondirectional mode during the presently licensed 
hours of directional operation with power reduced to 25% or less of the 
nominal licensed power, or whatever higher power, not exceeding licensed 
power, will insure that the radiated field strength specified by the 
license is not exceeded at any given asimuth for the corresponding hours 
of directional operation, or
    (4) Operate in a nondirectional mode during daytime hours, if not 
already so licensed, only as necessary to conduct a required 
nondirectional proof of performance with a power not to exceed 25% of 
the maximum power authorized by the construction permit for directional 
operation, or
    (5) Operate during daytime hours with either the daytime or 
nighttime directional pattern and with the power authorized by the 
construction permit only as necessary to take proof of performance 
measurements. Operating power shall be promptly reduced to presently 
licensed level during any significant period of time that these 
measurements are not being taken. No daytime operation of construction 
permit directional patterns authorized by this paragraph shall be 
conducted before such patterns have been substantially tuned during the 
experimental period.
    (6) In the event the directional pattern authorized by the 
construction permit replaces a licensed directional pattern, the 
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the substantially adjusted construction permit pattern during the 
corresponding licensed hours of directional operation with power not 
exceeding that specified for the licensed pattern.
    (c) Such operation or discontinuance of operation in accordance with 
the provisions of paragraph (a) or (b) of this section may begin upon 
notification to the FCC in Washington, DC.
    (1) Should it be necessary to continue the procedures in either 
paragraph (a) or (b) of this section beyond 30 days, an informal letter 
request signed by the licensee or the licensee's representative must be 
sent to the FCC in Washington, DC. prior to the 30th day.
    (2) The license of a broadcasting station that fails to transmit 
broadcast signals for any consecutive 12-month period expires as a 
matter of law at the end of that period, notwithstanding any provision, 
term, or condition of the license or construction permit to the 
contrary.
    (d) Licensees of an AM station holding a construction permit which 
authorizes both a change in frequency and directional facilities must 
request and obtain authority from the FCC in Washington, DC. prior to 
using any new installation authorized by the permit, or using temporary 
facilities.
    (1) The request is to be made at least 10 days prior to the date on 
which the temporary operation is to commence. The request is to be made 
by letter which shall describe the operating modes and facilities to be 
used. Such letter requests shall be signed by the licensee or the 
licensee's representative.
    (2) Discontinuance of operation is permitted upon notification to 
the FCC In Washington, DC. Should it be necessary to discontinue 
operation longer than 30 days, an informal letter request, signed by the 
licensee or the licensee's representatives, must be sent to the FCC in 
Washington, DC prior to the 30th day.
    (e) The FCC may modify or cancel the temporary operation permitted 
under the provisions of paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this section 
without prior notice or right to hearing.

[50 FR 30947, July 31, 1985, as amended at 61 FR 28767, June 6, 1996; 65 
FR 30004, May 10, 2000]



Sec.  73.1620  Program tests.

    (a) Upon completion of construction of an AM, FM, TV or Class A TV 
station in accordance with the terms of the construction permit, the 
technical provisions of the application, the rules and regulations and 
the applicable engineering standards, program tests may be conducted in 
accordance with the following:
    (1) The permittee of a nondirectional AM or FM station, or a 
nondirectional or directional TV or Class A TV station, may begin 
program tests upon notification to the FCC in Washington, DC provided 
that within 10 days thereafter, an application for a license is filed 
with the FCC in Washington, DC.
    (2) The permittee of an FM station with a directional antenna system 
must file an application for license on FCC Form 302-FM requesting 
authority to commence program test operations at full power with the FCC 
in Washington, D.C. This license application must be filed at least 10 
days prior to the date on which full power operations are desired to 
commence. The application for license must contain any exhibits called 
for by conditions on the construction permit. The staff will review the 
license application and the request for program test authority and issue 
a letter notifying the applicant whether full power operation has been 
approved. Upon filing of the license application and related exhibits, 
and while awaiting approval of full power operation, the FM permittee 
may operate the directional antenna at one half (50%) of the authorized 
effective radiated power. Alternatively, the permittee may continue 
operation with its existing licensed facilities pending the issuance of 
program test authority at the full effective radiated power by the 
staff.
    (3) FM licensees replacing a directional antenna pursuant to Sec.  
73.1690 (c)(2) without changes which require a construction permit (see 
Sec.  73.1690(b)) may immediately commence program

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test operations with the new antenna at one half (50%) of the authorized 
ERP upon installation. If the directional antenna replacement is an 
EXACT duplicate of the antenna being replaced (i.e., same manufacturer, 
antenna model number, and measured composite pattern), program tests may 
commence with the new antenna at the full authorized power upon 
installation. The licensee must file a modification of license 
application on FCC Form 302-FM within 10 days of commencing operations 
with the newly installed antenna, and the license application must 
contain all of the exhibits required by Sec.  73.1690(c)(2). After 
review of the modification-of-license application to cover the antenna 
change, the Commission will issue a letter notifying the applicant 
whether program test operation at the full authorized power has been 
approved for the replacement directional antenna.
    (4) The permittee of an AM station with a directional antenna system 
must file an application for license on FCC Form 302-AM requesting 
program test authority with the FCC in Washington, DC at least ten (10) 
days prior to the date on which it desires to commence program test 
operations. The application must provide an AM directional antenna proof 
of performance, containing the exhibits required by Sec.  73.186. After 
review of the application to cover the construction permit, the 
Commission will issue a letter notifying the applicant whether program 
test operations may commence. Program test operations may not commence 
prior to issuance of staff approval.
    (5) Except for permits subject to successive license terms, the 
permittee of an LPFM station may begin program tests upon notification 
to the FCC in Washington, DC, provided that within 10 days thereafter, 
an application for license is filed. Program tests may be conducted by a 
licensee subject to mandatory license terms only during the term 
specified on such licensee's authorization.
    (b) The Commission reserves the right to revoke, suspend, or modify 
program tests by any station without right of hearing for failure to 
comply adequately with all terms of the construction permit or the 
provisions of Sec.  73.1690(c) for a modification of license 
application, or in order to resolve instances of interference. The 
Commission may, at its discretion, also require the filing of a 
construction permit application to bring the station into compliance the 
Commission's rules and policies.
    (c) Unless sooner suspended or revoked, the program test authority 
continues valid during FCC consideration of the application for license, 
and during this period further extension of the construction permit is 
not required. Program test authority shall be automatically terminated 
by final determination upon the application for station license.
    (d) All operation under program test authority shall be in strict 
compliance with the rules governing broadcast stations and in strict 
accordance with representations made in the application for license 
pursuant to which the tests were authorized.
    (e) Acceptance by the FCC of notification of the station of program 
tests, or the granting of program test authority by the FCC, is not to 
be construed by the permittee as approval by the FCC of the application 
for station license.
    (f) The licensee of a UHF TV station which is not in operation on, 
but assigned to, the same allocated channel which a 1000 watt UHF 
translator station is authorized to use (see Sec.  73.3516, 
``Specification of facilities''), shall notify the licensee of the 
translator station, in writing, at least 10 days prior to commencing or 
resuming operation. The TV station licensee shall also certify to the 
FCC in Washington, DC that such advance notice has been given to the 
translator station licensee.
    (g) Reports required. In their application for a license to cover a 
construction permit and on the first anniversary of the commencement of 
program tests, applicants for new broadcast facilities that were granted 
after designation for a comparative hearing as a result of a post 
designation settlement or a decision favoring them after comparative 
consideration must report.
    (1) Any deviations from comparative proposals relating to 
integration of

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ownership and management and diversification of the media of mass 
communciation contained in their application for a construction permit 
at the time such application was granted; and
    (2) Any deviations from an active/passive ownership structure 
proposed in their application for a construction permit at the time such 
application was granted.
    (3) The reports referred to in paragraphs (g)(1) and (2) of this 
section shall not be required in any case in which the order granting 
the application relieved the applicant of the obligation to adhere to 
such proposals.

[43 FR 32784, July 28, 1978, as amended at 45 FR 6401, Jan. 28, 1980; 47 
FR 28388, June 30, 1982; 49 FR 38132, Sept. 27, 1984; 56 FR 795, Jan. 9, 
1991; 56 FR 25639, June 5, 1991; 57 FR 48333, Oct. 23, 1992; 62 FR 
51059, Sept. 30, 1997; 65 FR 7648, Feb. 15, 2000; 65 FR 30004, May 10, 
2000]



Sec.  73.1635  Special temporary authorizations (STA).

    (a) A special temporary authorization (STA) is the authority granted 
to a permittee or licensee to permit the operation of a broadcast 
facility for a limited period at a specified variance from the terms of 
the station authorization or requirements of the FCC rules applicable to 
the particular class of station.
    (1) A request for a STA should be filed with FCC in Washington, DC 
at least 10 days prior to the date of the proposed operation.
    (2) The request is to be made by letter and shall fully describe the 
proposed operation and the necessity for the requested STA. Such letter 
requests shall be signed by the licensee or the licensee's 
representative.
    (3) A request for a STA necessitated by unforeseen equipment damage 
or failure may be made without regard to the procedural requirements of 
this section (e.g. via telegram or telephone). Any request made pursuant 
to this paragraph shall be followed by a written confirmation request 
conforming to the requirements of paragraph (a)(2) of this section. 
Confirmation requests shall be submitted within 24 hours. (See also 
Sec.  73.1680 Emergency Antennas).
    (4) An STA may be granted for an initial period not to exceed 180 
days. A limited number of extensions of such authorizations may be 
granted for additional periods not exceeding 180 days per extension. An 
STA necessitated by technical or equipment problems, however, may, in 
practice, be granted for an initial period not to exceed 90 days with a 
limited number of extensions not to exceed 90 days per extension. The 
permittee or licensee must demonstrate that any further extensions 
requested are necessary and that all steps to resume normal operation 
are being undertaken in an expeditions and timely fashion. The license 
of a broadcasting station that fails to transmit broadcast signals for 
any consecutive 12-month period expires as a matter of law at the end of 
that period, notwithstanding any STA or provision, term, or condition of 
the license to the contrary.
    (5) Certain rules specify special considerations and procedures in 
situations requiring an STA or permit temporary operation at variance 
without prior authorization from the FCC when notification is filed as 
prescribed in the particular rules. See Sec.  73.62, Directional antenna 
system tolerances; Sec.  73.157, Antenna testing during daytime; Sec.  
73.158, Directional antenna monitoring points; Sec.  73.691, Visual 
modulation monitoring; Sec.  73.1250, Broadcasting emergency 
information; Sec.  73.1350, Transmission system operation; Sec.  
73.1560, Operating power and mode tolerances; Sec.  73.1570, Modulation 
levels: AM, FM, TV and Class A TV aural; Sec.  73.1615, Operation during 
modification of facilities; Sec.  73.1680, Emergency antennas; and Sec.  
73.1740, Minimum operating schedule.
    (b) An STA may be modified or cancelled by the FCC without prior 
notice or right to hearing.
    (c) No request by an AM station for temporary authority to extend 
its hours of operation beyond those authorized by its regular 
authorization will be accepted or granted by the FCC except in emergency 
situations conforming with the requirements of Sec.  73.3542, 
Application for Emergency

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Authorization. See also Sec.  73.1250, Broadcasting Emergency 
Information.

[50 FR 30948, July 31, 1985, as amended at 58 FR 51250, Oct. 1, 1993; 60 
FR 55482, Nov. 1, 1995; 61 FR 28767, June 6, 1996; 65 FR 30004, May 10, 
2000]



Sec.  73.1650  International agreements.

    (a) The rules in this part 73, and authorizations for which they 
provide, are subject to compliance with the international obligations 
and undertakings of the United States. Accordingly, all provisions in 
this part 73 are subject to compliance with applicable requirements, 
restrictions, and procedures accepted by the United States that have 
been established by or pursuant to treaties or other international 
agreements, arrangements, or understandings to which the United States 
is a signatory, including applicable annexes, protocols, resolutions, 
recommendations and other supplementing documents associated with such 
international instruments.
    (b) The United States is a signatory to the following treaties and 
other international agreements that relate, in whole or in part, to AM, 
FM or TV broadcasting:
    (1) The following instruments of the International Telecommunication 
Union:
    (i) Constitution.
    (ii) Convention.
    (iii) Radio Regulations.
    (2) Regional Agreements for the Broadcasting Service in Region 2:
    (i) MF Broadcasting 535-1605 kHz, Rio de Janeiro, 1981.
    (ii) MF Broadcasting 1605-1705 kHz, Rio de Janeiro, 1988.
    (3) Bi-lateral Agreements between the United States and Canada 
relating to:
    (i) AM Broadcasting.
    (ii) FM Broadcasting.
    (iii) TV Broadcasting.
    (4) Bi-lateral Agreements between the United States and Mexico 
relating to:
    (i) AM Broadcasting.
    (ii) FM Broadcasting.
    (iii) TV Broadcasting.
    (5) Bi-lateral Agreement between the United States and the Bahama 
Islands relating to presunrise operations by AM stations.
    (6) North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA), which, 
for the United States, remains in effect with respect to the Dominican 
Republic and the Bahama Islands.

The documents listed in this paragraph are available for inspection in 
the office of the Chief, Planning and Negotiations Division, 
International Bureau, FCC, Washington, DC. Copies may be purchased from 
the FCC Copy Contractor, whose name may be obtained from the FCC 
Consumer Assistance Office.

[54 FR 39737, Sept. 28, 1989, as amended at 56 FR 64872, Dec. 12, 1991; 
60 FR 5333, Jan. 27, 1995]



Sec.  73.1660  Acceptability of broadcast transmitters.

    (a)(1) An AM, FM, or TV transmitter shall be verified for compliance 
with the requirements of this part following the procedures described in 
part 2 of this chapter.
    (2) An LPFM transmitter shall be certified for compliance with the 
requirements of this part following the procedures described in part 2 
of the this chapter.
    (b) A permittee or licensee planning to modify a transmitter which 
has been approved by the FCC or verified for compliance must follow the 
requirements contained in Sec.  73.1690.
    (c) A transmitter which was in use prior to January 30, 1955, may 
continue to be used by the licensee, and successors or assignees, if it 
continues to comply with the technical requirements for the type of 
station at which it is used.
    (d) AM stereophonic exciter-generators for interfacing with approved 
or verified AM transmitters may be certified upon request from any 
manufacturer in accordance with the procedures described in part 2 of 
the FCC rules. Broadcast licensees may modify their certified AM 
stereophonic exciter-generators in accordance with Sec.  73.1690.
    (e) Additional rules covering certification and verification, 
modification of

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authorized transmitters, and withdrawal of a grant of authorization are 
contained in part 2 of the FCC rules.

[63 FR 36604, July 7, 1998, as amended at 65 FR 30004, May 10, 2000; 65 
FR 67304, Nov. 9, 2000]



Sec.  73.1665  Main transmitters.

    (a) Each AM, FM, TV and Class A TV broadcast station must have at 
least one main transmitter which complies with the provisions of the 
transmitter technical requirements for the type and class of station. A 
main transmitter is one which is used for regular program service having 
power ratings appropriate for the authorized operating power(s).
    (b) There is no maximum power rating limit for FM, TV or Class A TV 
station transmitters, however, the maximum rated transmitter power of a 
main transmitter stalled at an AM station shall be as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Maximum
                                                                rated
                      Authorized power                       transmitter
                                                              power (kW)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
0.25, 0.5, or 1 kW.........................................            1
2.5 kW.....................................................            5
5 or 10 kW.................................................           10
25 or 50 kW................................................           50
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (c) A licensee may, without further authority or notification to the 
FCC, replace an existing main transmitter or install additional main 
transmitter(s) for use with the authorized antenna if the replacement or 
additional transmitter(s) has been verified for compliance. Within 10 
days after commencement of regular use of the replacement or additional 
transmitter(s), equipment performance measurements, as prescribed for 
the type of station are to be completed.
    Note to paragraph (c): Pending the availability of AM broadcast 
transmitters that are approved or verified for use in the 1605-1705 kHz 
band, transmitters that are approved or verified for use in the 535-1605 
kHz band may be utilized in the 1605-1705 kHz band if it is shown that 
the requirements of Sec.  73.44 have been met. Verification or FCC 
approval of the transmitter will supersede the applicability of this 
note.

[43 FR 53741, Nov. 17, 1978, as amended at 47 FR 8590, Mar. 1, 1982; 47 
FR 28388, June 30, 1982; 49 FR 4000, Feb. 1, 1984; 51 FR 18451, May 20, 
1986; 56 FR 64872, Dec. 12, 1991; 63 FR 36604, July 7, 1998; 65 FR 
30004, May 10, 2000]



Sec.  73.1670  Auxiliary transmitters.

    (a) A licensee of a broadcast station may, without further authority 
from the FCC, install and use with the main antenna system one or more 
auxiliary transmitters for the following purposes:
    (1) The transmission of regular programs upon failure of the main 
transmitter.
    (2) The transmission of regular programs during maintenance or 
modification of the main transmitter.
    (3) Emergency broadcast system operation.
    (4) The transmission of regular programs by an AM station authorized 
for Presunrise (PSRA) and/or Postsunset (PSSA) operation.
    (5) The transmission of tests to determine the operating condition 
of the auxiliary transmitter or auxiliary antenna.
    (6) For testing, upon the request of representatives of the FCC.
    (b) Authorization to install an auxiliary transmitter for use with 
other than the main antenna or authorized auxiliary antenna must be 
obtained by filing an application for a construction permit on FCC form 
301 (FCC form 340 for noncommercial educational stations).
    (c) The following technical and operating standards apply to 
auxiliary transmitters:
    (1) The auxiliary transmitter may be operated on only the station's 
authorized frequency and within the required carrier frequency departure 
tolerance for the type of station.
    (2) The carrier frequency of the auxiliary transmitter must be 
measured as often as necessary to ensure that it is maintained within 
the prescribed tolerance.
    (3) When using an auxiliary transmitter, the operating power may be 
less than the authorized power but may not exceed the authorized power 
within the permitted tolerance for the type of station. If operation 
with an auxiliary transmitter at reduced power continues for a period 
exceeding 10 days, the FCC in Washington, DC must be notified. (See 
Sec.  73.51, AM; Sec.  73.267, FM; Sec.  73.567, NCE-FM; and Sec.  
73.663, TV).

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    (4) Normal operator requirements apply to the operation of the 
auxiliary transmitter.

    Note: After January 1, 1979, new licenses will not be issued nor 
will existing licenses be renewed for auxiliary transmitters that are 
operated into the main antenna system.

[43 FR 53741, Nov. 17, 1978, as amended at 44 FR 22740, Apr. 17, 1979; 
48 FR 36463, Aug. 11, 1983; 48 FR 42960, Sept. 20, 1983; 48 FR 44806, 
Sept. 30, 1983; 50 FR 32417, Aug. 12, 1985; 51 FR 32088, Sept. 9, 1986]



Sec.  73.1675  Auxiliary antennas.

    (a)(1) An auxiliary antenna is one that is permanently installed and 
available for use when the main antenna is out of service for repairs or 
replacement. An auxiliary antenna may be located at the same transmitter 
site as the station's main antenna or at a separate site. The service 
contour of the auxiliary antenna may not extend beyond the following 
corresponding contour for the main facility:
    (i) AM stations: The 0.5 mV/m field strength contours.
    (ii) FM stations: The 1.0 mV/m field strength contours.
    (iii) TV stations: The Grade B coverage contours.
    (iv) Class A TV stations: The protected contours defined in Sec.  
73.6010.
    (2) An application for an auxiliary antenna for an AM station filed 
pursuant to paragraphs (b) or (c) of this section must contain a map 
showing the 0.5 mV/m field strength contours of both the main and 
auxiliary facilities.
    (b) An application for a construction permit to install a new 
auxiliary antenna, or to make changes in an existing auxiliary antenna 
for which prior FCC authorization is required (see Sec.  73.1690), must 
be filed on FCC Form 301 (FCC Form 340 for noncommercial educational 
stations).
    (c)(1) Where an FM, TV or Class A TV licensee proposes to use a 
formerly licensed main facility as an auxiliary facility, or proposes to 
modify a presently authorized auxiliary facility, and no changes in the 
height of the antenna radiation center are required in excess of the 
limits in Sec.  73.1690(c)(1), the FM, TV or Class A TV licensee may 
apply for the proposed auxiliary facility by filing a modification of 
license application. The modified auxiliary facility must operate on the 
same channel as the licensed main facility. An exhibit must be provided 
with this license application to demonstrate compliance with Sec.  
73.1675(a). All FM, TV and Class A TV licensees may request a decrease 
from the authorized facility's ERP in the license application. An FM, TV 
or Class A TV licensee may also increase the ERP of the auxiliary 
facility in a license modification application, provided the application 
contains an analysis demonstrating compliance with the Commission's 
radiofrequency radiation guidelines, and an analysis showing that the 
auxiliary facility will comply with Sec.  73.1675(a). Auxiliary 
facilities mounted on an AM antenna tower must also demonstrate 
compliance with Sec.  73.1692 in the license application.
    (2) Where an AM licensee proposes to use a former licensed main 
facility as an auxiliary facility with an ERP less than or equal to the 
ERP specified on the former main license, the AM station may apply to 
license the proposed auxiliary facility by filing a modification of 
license application on Form 302-AM. The proposed auxiliary facilities 
must have been previously licensed on the same frequency as the present 
main facility. The license application must contain an exhibit to 
demonstrate compliance with Sec.  73.1675(a).

[43 FR 53741, Nov. 17, 1978, as amended at 44 FR 22740, Apr. 17, 1979; 
45 FR 26066, Apr. 17, 1980; 50 FR 13974, Apr. 9, 1985; 62 FR 51060, 
Sept. 30, 1997; 63 FR 70049, Dec. 18, 1998; 65 FR 30005, May 10, 2000]



Sec.  73.1680  Emergency antennas.

    (a) An emergency antenna is one that is erected for temporary use 
after the authorized main and auxiliary antennas are damaged and cannot 
be used.
    (b) Prior authority from the FCC is not required by licensees and 
permittees to erect and commence operations using an emergency antenna 
to restore program service to the public. However, an informal letter 
request to continue operation with the emergency antenna must be made 
within 24 hours to the FCC in Washington, DC, Attention: Audio Division 
(radio) or Video Division (television), Media Bureau, within 24 hours 
after commencement of

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its use. The request is to include a description of the damage to the 
authorized antenna, a description of the emergency antenna, and the 
station operating power with the emergency antenna.
    (1) AM stations. AM stations may use a horizontal or vertical wire 
or a nondirectional vertical element of a directional antenna as an 
emergency antenna. AM stations using an emergency nondirectional antenna 
or a horizontal or vertical wire pursuant to this section, in lieu or 
authorized directional facilities, shall operate with power reduced to 
25% or less of the nominal licensed power, or, a higher power, not 
exceeding licensed power, while insuring that the radiated filed 
strength does not exceed that authorized in any given azimuth for the 
corresponding hours of directional operation.
    (2) FM, TV and Class A TV stations. FM, TV and Class A TV stations 
may erect any suitable radiator, or use operable sections of the 
authorized antenna(s) as an emergency antenna.
    (c) The FCC may prescribe the output power, radiation limits, or 
other operating conditions when using an emergency antenna, and 
emergency antenna authorizations may be modified or terminated in the 
event harmful interference is caused to other stations or services by 
the use of an emergency antenna.

[43 FR 53741, Nov. 17, 1978, as amended at 44 FR 22740, Apr. 17, 1979; 
50 FR 30948, July 31, 1985; 63 FR 33878, June 22, 1998; 65 FR 30005, May 
10, 2000; 67 FR 13232, Mar. 21, 2002]



Sec.  73.1690  Modification of transmission systems.

    The following procedures and restrictions apply to licensee 
modifications of authorized broadcast transmission system facilities.
    (a) The following changes are prohibited:
    (1) Those that would result in the emission of signals outside of 
the authorized channel exceeding limits prescribed for the class of 
service.
    (2) Those that would cause the transmission system to exceed the 
equipment performance measurements prescribed for the class of service 
(AM, Sec.  73.44; FM, Sec. Sec.  73.317, 73.319, and 73.322; TV and 
Class A TV, Sec. Sec.  73.682 and 73.687).
    (b) The following changes may be made only after the grant of a 
construction permit application on FCC Form 301 for commercial stations 
or Form 340 for noncommercial educational stations:
    (1) Any construction of a new tower structure for broadcast 
purposes, except for replacement of an existing tower with a new tower 
of identical height and geographic coordinates.
    (2) Any change in station geographic coordinates, including 
coordinate corrections of more than 3 seconds latitude and/or 3 seconds 
longitude. FM and TV directional stations must also file a construction 
permit application for any move of the antenna to another tower 
structure located at the same coordinates.
    (3) Any change which would require an increase along any azimuth in 
the composite directional antenna pattern of an FM station from the 
composite directional antenna pattern authorized (see Sec.  73.316), or 
any increase from the authorized directional antenna pattern for a TV 
broadcast (see Sec.  73.685) or Class A TV station (see Sec.  73.6025).
    (4) Any change in the directional radiation characteristics of an AM 
directional antenna system. See Sec.  73.45 and Sec.  73.150.
    (5) Any decrease in the authorized power of an AM station or the ERP 
of a TV or Class A TV station, or any decrease or increase in the ERP of 
an FM commercial station, which is intended for compliance with the 
multiple ownership rules in Sec.  73.3555.
    (6) For FM noncommercial educational stations, any of the following:
    (i) Any increase in the authorized maximum ERP, whether horizontally 
or vertically polarized, for a noncommercial educational FM station 
operating on Channels 201 through 220, or a Class D FM station operating 
on Channel 200.
    (ii) For those FM noncommercial educational stations on Channels 201 
to 220, or a Class D FM station operating on Channel 200, which are 
within the separation distances specified in Table A of Sec.  73.525 
with respect to a Channel 6 television station, any increase in the 
horizontally or vertically polarized ERP from the presently authorized 
ERP.

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    (iii) For those FM noncommercial educational stations on Channels 
201 through 220 which are located within the separation distances in 
Sec.  73.525 with respect to a Channel 6 television station, or a Class 
D FM station operating on Channel 200, any decrease in the presently 
authorized horizontal effective radiated power which would eliminate the 
horizontal ERP to result in use of vertical ERP only.
    (iv) For those FM noncommercial educational stations which employ 
separate antennas for the horizontal ERP and the vertical ERP, mounted 
at different heights, the station may not increase or decrease either 
the horizontal ERP or the vertical ERP without a construction permit.
    (7) Any increase in the authorized ERP of a television station, 
Class A television station, FM commercial station, or noncommercial 
educational FM station, except as provided for in Sec. Sec.  
73.1690(c)(4), (c)(5), or (c)(7), or in Sec.  73.1675(c)(1) in the case 
of auxiliary facilities.
    (8) A commercial TV or noncommercial educational TV station 
operating on Channels 14 or Channel 69 or a Class A TV station on 
Channel 14 may increase its horizontally or vertically polarized ERP 
only after the grant of a construction permit. A television or Class A 
television station on Channels 15 through 21 within 341 km of a 
cochannel land mobile operation, or 225 km of a first-adjacent channel 
land mobile operation, must also obtain a construction permit before 
increasing the horizontally or vertically polarized ERP (see part 74, 
Sec.  74.709(a) and (b) for tables of urban areas and corresponding 
reference coordinates of potentially affected land mobile operations).
    (c) The following FM, TV and Class A TV station modifications may be 
made without prior authorization from the Commission. A modification of 
license application must be submitted to the Commission within 10 days 
of commencing program test operations pursuant to Sec.  73.1620. With 
the exception of applications filed solely pursuant to paragraphs 
(c)(6), (c)(9), or (c)(10) of this section, the modification of license 
application must contain an exhibit demonstrating compliance with the 
Commission's radio frequency radiation guidelines. In addition, except 
for applications solely filed pursuant to paragraphs (c)(6) or (c)(9) of 
this section, where the installation is located within 3.2 km of an AM 
tower or is located on an AM tower, an exhibit demonstrating compliance 
with Sec.  73.1692 is also required.
    (1) Replacement of an omnidirectional antenna with one of the same 
or different number of antenna bays, provided that the height of the 
antenna radiation center is not more than 2 meters above or 4 meters 
below the authorized values. Any concurrent change in ERP must comply 
with Sec.  73.1675(c)(1), 73.1690(4), (c)(5), or (c)(7). Program test 
operations at the full authorized ERP may commence immediately upon 
installation pursuant to Sec.  73.1620(a)(1).
    (2) Replacement of a directional FM antenna, where the measured 
composite directional antenna pattern does not exceed the licensed 
composite directional pattern at any azimuth, where no change in 
effective radiated power will result, and where compliance with the 
principal coverage requirements of Sec.  73.315(a) will be maintained by 
the measured directional pattern. The antenna must be mounted not more 
than 2 meters above or 4 meters below the authorized values. The 
modification of license application on Form 302-FM to cover the antenna 
replacement must contain all of the data in the following sections (i) 
through (v). Program test operations at one half (50%) power may 
commence immediately upon installation pursuant to Sec.  73.1620(a)(3). 
However, if the replacement directional antenna is an exact replacement 
(i.e., no change in manufacturer, antenna model number, AND measured 
composite antenna pattern), program test operations may commence 
immediately upon installation at the full authorized power.
    (i) A measured directional antenna pattern and tabulation on the 
antenna manufacturer's letterhead showing both the horizontally and 
vertically polarized radiation components and demonstrating that neither 
of the components exceeds the authorized composite antenna pattern along 
any azimuth.

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    (ii) Contour protection stations authorized pursuant to Sec.  73.215 
or Sec.  73.509 must attach a showing that the RMS (root mean square) of 
the composite measured directional antenna pattern is 85% or more of the 
RMS of the authorized composite antenna pattern. See Sec.  73.316(c)(9). 
If this requirement cannot be met, the licensee may include new relative 
field values with the license application to reduce the authorized 
composite antenna pattern so as to bring the measured composite antenna 
pattern into compliance with the 85 percent requirement.
    (iii) A description from the manufacturer as to the procedures used 
to measure the directional antenna pattern. The antenna measurements 
must be performed with the antenna mounted on a tower, tower section, or 
scale model equivalent to that on which the antenna will be permanently 
mounted, and the tower or tower section must include transmission lines, 
ladders, conduits, other antennas, and any other installations which may 
affect the measured directional pattern.
    (iv) A certification from a licensed surveyor that the antenna has 
been oriented to the proper azimuth.
    (v) A certification from a qualified engineer who oversaw 
installation of the directional antenna that the antenna was installed 
pursuant to the manufacturer's instructions.
    (3) A directional TV on Channels 2 through 13 or 22 through 68 or a 
directional Class A TV on Channels 2 through 13 or 22 through 51, or a 
directional TV or Class A TV station on Channels 15 through 21 which is 
in excess of 341 km (212 miles) from a cochannel land mobile operation 
or in excess of 225 km (140 miles) from a first-adjacent channel land 
mobile operation (see part 74, Sec.  74.709(a) and (b) for tables of 
urban areas and reference coordinates of potentially affected land 
mobile operations), may replace a directional TV or Class A TV antenna 
by a license modification application, if the proposed horizontal 
theoretical directional antenna pattern does not exceed the licensed 
horizontal directional antenna pattern at any azimuth and where no 
change in effective radiated power will result. The modification of 
license application on Form 302-TV or Form 302-CA must contain all of 
the data set forth in Sec.  73.685(f) or Sec.  73.6025(a), as 
applicable.
    (4) Commercial and noncommercial educational FM stations operating 
on Channels 221 through 300 (except Class D), NTSC TV stations operating 
on Channels 2 through 13 and 22 through 68, Class A TV stations 
operating on Channels 2 through 13 and 22 through 51, and TV and Class A 
TV stations operating on Channels 15 through 21 that are in excess of 
341 km (212 miles) from a cochannel land mobile operation or in excess 
of 225 km (140 miles) from a first-adjacent channel land mobile 
operation (see part 74, Sec.  74.709(a) and (b) for tables of urban 
areas and reference coordinates of potentially affected land mobile 
operations), which operate omnidirectionally, may increase the 
vertically polarized effective radiated power up to the authorized 
horizontally polarized effective radiated power in a license 
modification application. Noncommercial educational FM licensees and 
permittees on Channels 201 through 220, that do not use separate 
antennas mounted at different heights for the horizontally polarized ERP 
and the vertically polarized ERP, and are located in excess of the 
separations from a Channel 6 television station listed in Table A of 
Sec.  73.525(a)(1), may also increase the vertical ERP, up to (but not 
exceeding) the authorized horizontally polarized ERP via a license 
modification application. Program test operations may commence at full 
power pursuant to Sec.  73.1620(a)(1).
    (5) Those Class A FM commercial stations which were permitted to 
increase ERP pursuant to MM Docket No. 88-375 by a modification of 
license application remain eligible to do so, provided that the station 
meets the requirements of Sec.  73.1690 (c)(1) and is listed on one of 
the Public Notices as authorized to increase ERP, or by a letter from 
the Commission's staff authorizing the change. These Public Notices were 
released on November 3, 1989; November 17, 1989; December 8, 1989; March 
2, 1990; and February 11, 1991. The increased ERP must comply with the 
multiple ownership requirements of Sec.  73.3555. Program test 
operations may commence at full power pursuant to Sec.  73.1620(a)(1).

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    (6) FM contour protection stations authorized pursuant to Sec.  
73.215 which have become fully spaced under Sec.  73.207 may file a 
modification of license application to delete the Sec.  73.215 contour 
protection designation with an exhibit to demonstrate that the station 
is fully spaced in accordance with Sec.  73.207. The contour protection 
designation will be removed upon grant of the license application. 
Applications filed under this rule section will be processed on a first 
come / first served basis with respect to conflicting FM commercial 
minor change applications and modification of license applications 
(including those filed pursuant to Sec.  73.1690 (b) and (c)(6) and 
(c)(7)).
    (7) FM omnidirectional commercial stations, and omnidirectional 
noncommercial educational FM stations operating on Channels 221 through 
300 (except Class D), which are not designated as contour protection 
stations pursuant to Sec.  73.215 and which meet the spacing 
requirements of Sec.  73.207, may file a license modification 
application to increase ERP to the maximum permitted for the station 
class, provided that any change in the height of the antenna radiation 
center remains in accordance with Sec.  73.1690(c)(1). Program test 
operations may commence at full power pursuant to Sec.  73.1620(a)(1). 
All of the following conditions also must be met before a station may 
apply pursuant to this section:
    (i) The station may not be a ``grandfathered'' short-spaced station 
authorized pursuant to Sec.  73.213 or short-spaced by a granted waiver 
of Sec.  73.207;
    (ii) If the station is located in or near a radio quiet zone, radio 
coordination zone, or a Commission monitoring station (see Sec.  73.1030 
and Sec.  0.121(c)), the licensee or permittee must have secured written 
concurrence from the affected radio quiet zone, radio coordination zone, 
or the Commission's Compliance and Information Bureau in the case of a 
monitoring station, to increase effective radiated power PRIOR to 
implementation. A copy of that concurrence must be submitted with the 
license application to document that concurrence has been received;
    (iii) The station does not require international coordination as the 
station does not lie within the border zones, or clearance has been 
obtained from Canada or Mexico for the higher power operation within the 
station's specified domestic class and the station complies with Sec.  
73.207(b)(2) and (3) with respect to foreign allotments and allocations;
    (iv) The increased ERP will not cause the station to violate the 
multiple ownership requirements of Sec.  73.3555.
    (8) FM commercial stations and FM noncommercial educational stations 
may decrease ERP on a modification of license application provided that 
exhibits are included to demonstrate that all six of the following 
requirements are met:
    (i) Commercial FM stations must continue to provide a 70 dBu 
principal community contour over the community of license, as required 
by Sec.  73.315(a). Noncommercial educational FM stations must continue 
to provide a 60 dBu contour over at least a portion of the community of 
license. The 60 and 70 dBu contours must be predicted by use of the 
standard contour prediction method in Sec.  73.313(b), (c), and (d).
    (ii) For both commercial FM and noncommercial educational FM 
stations, the location of the main studio remains within the 70 dBu 
principal community contour, as required by Sec.  73.1125, or otherwise 
complies with that rule. The 70 dBu contour must be predicted by use of 
the standard contour prediction method in Sec.  73.313(b), (c), and (d).
    (iii) For commercial FM stations only, there is no change in the 
authorized station class as defined in Sec.  73.211.
    (iv) For commercial FM stations only, the power decrease is not 
necessary to achieve compliance with the multiple ownership rule, Sec.  
73.3555.
    (v) Commercial FM stations, noncommercial educational FM stations on 
Channels 221 through 300, and noncommercial educational FM stations on 
Channels 200 through 220 which are located in excess of the distances in 
Table A of Sec.  73.525 with respect to a Channel 6 TV station, may not 
use this rule to decrease the horizontally polarized ERP below the value 
of the vertically polarized ERP.
    (vi) Noncommercial educational FM stations on Channels 201 through 
220

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which are within the Table A distance separations of Sec.  73.525, or 
Class D stations on Channel 200, may not use the license modification 
process to eliminate an authorized horizontally polarized component in 
favor of vertically polarized-only operation. In addition, noncommercial 
educational stations operating on Channels 201 through 220, or Class D 
stations on Channel 200, which employ separate horizontally and 
vertically polarized antennas mounted at different heights, may not use 
the license modification process to increase or decrease either the 
horizontal ERP or vertical ERP without a construction permit.
    (9) The licensee of an AM, FM, or TV commercial station may propose 
to change from commercial to noncommercial educational on a modification 
of license application, provided that the application contains completed 
Sections II and IV of FCC Form 340. In addition, a noncommercial 
educational AM licensee, a TV licensee on a channel not reserved for 
noncommercial educational use, or an FM licensee on Channels 221 to 300 
(except Class D FM) on a channel not reserved for noncommercial 
educational use, may apply to change from educational to commercial via 
a modification of license application, and no exhibits are required with 
the application. The change will become effective upon grant of the 
license application.
    (10) Replacement of a transmission line with one of a different type 
or length which changes the transmitter operating power (TPO) from the 
authorized value, but not the ERP, must be reported in a license 
modification application to the Commission.
    (11) Correction of geographic coordinates where the change is 3 
seconds or fewer in latitude and/or 3 seconds or fewer in longitude, 
provided there is no physical change in location and no other licensed 
parameters are changed. The correction of coordinates may not result in 
any new short spacings or increases in existing short spacings.
    (d) The following changes may be made without authorization from the 
FCC, however informal notification of the changes must be made according 
to the rule sections specified:
    (1) Change in studio location within the principal community 
contour. See Sec.  73.1125.
    (2) Commencement of remote control operation pursuant to Sec. Sec.  
73.1400 and 73.1410.
    (3) Modification of an AM directional antenna sampling system. See 
Sec.  73.68.
    (e) Any electrical and mechanical modification to authorized 
transmitting equipment that is not otherwise restricted by the preceding 
provisions of this section, may be made without FCC notification or 
authorization. Equipment performance measurements must be made within 
ten days after completing the modifications (See Sec.  73.1590). An 
informal statement, diagram, etc., describing the modification must be 
retained at the transmitter site for as long as the equipment is in use.

[47 FR 8590, Mar. 1, 1982]

    Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec.  
73.1690, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume and on GPO Access.



Sec.  73.1692  Broadcast station construction near or installation on an 
AM broadcast tower.

    Where a broadcast licensee or permittee proposes to mount a 
broadcast antenna on an AM station tower, or where construction is 
proposed within 0.8 km of an AM nondirectional tower or within 3.2 km of 
an AM directional station, the broadcast licensee or permittee is 
responsible for ensuring that the construction does not adversely affect 
the AM station, as follows:
    (a) Installations on an AM nondirectional tower. During installation 
of the broadcast antenna and related equipment, the AM station shall 
determine operating power by the indirect method (see Sec.  73.51). Upon 
the completion of the installation, antenna impedance measurements on 
the AM antenna shall be made, and, prior to or simultaneously with the 
filing of the license application covering the broadcast station 
installation, an application on FCC Form 302-AM (including a tower 
sketch of the installation) shall be filed with the Commission for the 
AM station to return to direct power measurement.

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    (b) Installations on an AM directional array. Prior to commencing 
construction, the broadcast permittee or licensee shall notify the AM 
station so that, if necessary, the AM station may determine operating 
power by the indirect method (see Sec.  73.51) and request special 
temporary authority pursuant to Sec.  73.1635 to operate with parameters 
at variance in order to maintain monitoring point field strengths within 
authorized limits. Both prior to the commencement of construction and 
upon completion of construction, a partial proof of performance (as 
defined by Sec.  73.154) shall be conducted to establish that the AM 
array has not been adversely affected. Prior to or simultaneously with 
filing of the license application to cover the broadcast station 
construction, the results of the partial proof of performance shall be 
filed with the Commission on Form 302-AM.
    (c) Tower erections or modifications within 0.8 km of an AM 
nondirectional tower. Prior to commencing the construction of tower 
modifications, or the erection of a new tower, within 0.8 km of an AM 
nondirectional tower, the broadcast permittee or licensee is required to 
notify the AM station so that the AM station may commence determining 
operating power by the indirect method (see Sec.  73.51). The broadcast 
licensee or permittee shall be responsible for the installation and 
continued maintenance of detuning apparatus necessary to prevent adverse 
effects on the radiation pattern of the AM station. Both prior to 
construction of the tower modifications and upon completion of 
construction, antenna impedance measurements of the AM station shall be 
made. In addition, sufficient field strength measurements taken at a 
minimum of 10 locations along each of 8 equally spaced radials, shall be 
made to establish that the AM radiation pattern is essentially 
omnidirectional. Prior or simultaneously with the filing of the 
application for license to cover this permit, the results of the 
impedance measurements and the field strength measurements shall be 
filed with the Commission on FCC Form 302-AM for the AM station to 
return to the direct method of power determination.
    (d) Tower erections or modifications within 3.2 km of an AM 
directional station. Prior to commencing construction of tower 
modifications, or the erection of a new tower structure, within 3.2 km 
of an AM directional array, the broadcast permittee or licensee shall 
notify the AM station so that, if necessary, the AM station may 
determine operating power by the indirect method (see Sec.  73.51) and 
request special temporary authority pursuant to Sec.  73.1635 to operate 
with parameters at variance in order to maintain monitoring point field 
strengths within authorized limits. The broadcast licensee or permittee 
shall be responsible for the installation and continued maintenance of 
detuning apparatus necessary to prevent adverse effects upon the 
radiation pattern of the AM station. Both prior to the commencement of 
construction and upon completion of construction, a partial proof of 
performance (as defined by Sec.  73.154) shall be conducted to establish 
that the AM array has not been adversely affected. Prior to or 
simultaneously with filing of the license application to cover the 
broadcast station construction, the results of the partial proof of 
performance shall be filed with the Commission on Form 302-AM.

[62 FR 51062, Sept. 30, 1997]



Sec.  73.1695  Changes in transmission standards.

    The FCC will consider the question whether a proposed change or 
modification of transmission standards adopted for broadcast stations 
would be in the public interest, convenience, and necessity, upon 
petition being filed by the person proposing such change or 
modification, setting forth the following:
    (a) The exact character of the change or modification proposed;
    (b) The effect of the proposed change or modification upon all other 
transmission standards that have been adopted by the FCC for broadcast 
stations;
    (c) The experimentation and field tests that have been made to show 
that the proposed change or modification accomplishes an improvement and 
is technically feasible;
    (d) The effect of the proposed change or modification in the adopted 
standards upon operation and obsolescence of receivers;

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    (1) Should a change of modification in the transmission standards be 
adopted by the FCC, the effective date thereof will be determined in the 
light of the considerations mentioned in this paragraph (d);
    (2) [Reserved]
    (e) The change in equipment required in existing broadcast stations 
for incorporating the proposed change or modification in the adopted 
standards; and
    (f) The facts and reasons upon which the petitioner bases the 
conclusion that the proposed change or modification would be in the 
public interest, convenience, and necessity.

[49 FR 4211, Feb. 3, 1984]



Sec.  73.1700  Broadcast day.

    The term broadcast day means that period of time between the 
station's sign-on and its sign-off.

[43 FR 45849, Oct. 4, 1978]



Sec.  73.1705  Time of operation.

    (a) Commercial and noncommercial educational TV and commercial FM 
stations will be licensed for unlimited time operation. Application may 
be made for voluntary share-time operation.
    (b) Noncommercial educational FM stations will be licensed for 
unlimited and share time operation according to the provisions of Sec.  
73.561.
    (c) AM stations in the 535-1705 kHz band will be licensed for 
unlimited time. In the 535-1605 kHz band, stations that apply for share 
time and specified hours operations may also be licensed. AM stations 
licensed to operate daytime-only and limited-time may continue to do so; 
however, no new such stations will be authorized, except for fulltime 
stations that reduce operating hours to daytime-only for interference 
reduction purposes.

[43 FR 45849, Oct. 4, 1978, as amended at 56 FR 64872, Dec. 12, 1991]



Sec.  73.1710  Unlimited time.

    Operation is permitted 24 hours a day.

[43 FR 45849, Oct. 4, 1978]



Sec.  73.1715  Share time.

    Operation is permitted by two or more broadcast stations using the 
same channel in accordance with a division of hours mutually agreed upon 
and considered part of their licenses.
    (a) If the licenses of stations authorized to share time do not 
specify hours of operation, the licensees shall endeavor to reach an 
agreement for a definite schedule of periods of time to be used by each. 
Such agreement shall be in writing and each licensee shall file it in 
duplicate original with each application to the FCC in Washington, DC 
for renewal of license. If and when such written agreements are properly 
filed in conformity with this Section, the file mark of the FCC will be 
affixed thereto, one copy will be retained by the FCC, and one copy 
returned to the licensee to be posted with the station license and 
considered as a part thereof. If the license specifies a proportionate 
time division, the agreement shall maintain this proportion. If no 
proportionate time division is specified in the license, the licensees 
shall agree upon a division of time. Such division of time shall not 
include simultaneous operation of the stations unless specifically 
authorized by the terms of the license.
    (b) If the licensees of stations authorized to share time are unable 
to agree on a division of time, the FCC in Washington, DC shall be so 
notified by a statement filed with the applications for renewal of 
licenses. Upon receipt of such statement, the FCC will designate the 
applications for a hearing and, pending such hearing, the operating 
schedule previously adhered to shall remain in full force and effect.
    (c) A departure from the regular schedule in a time-sharing 
agreement will be permitted only in cases where an agreement to that 
effect is put in writing, is signed by the licensees of the stations 
affected thereby and filed in triplicate by each licensee with the FCC 
in Washington, DC prior to the time of the time of the proposed change. 
If time is of the essence, the actual departure in operating schedule 
may precede the actual filing of written agreement, provided appropriate 
notice is sent to the FCC.

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    (d) If the license of an AM station authorized to share time does 
not specify the hours of operation, the station may be operated for the 
transmission of regular programs during the experimental period provided 
an agreement thereto is reached with the other stations with which the 
broadcast day is shared: And further provided, Such operation is not in 
conflict with Sec.  73.72 (Operating during the experimental period). 
Time-sharing agreements for operation during the experimental period 
need not be submitted to the FCC.
    (e) Noncommercial educational FM stations are authorized for share 
time operation according to the provisions of Sec.  73.561.

[43 FR 45849, Oct. 4, 1978, as amended at 47 FR 40174, Sept. 13, 1982]



Sec.  73.1720  Daytime.

    Operation is permitted during the hours between average monthly 
local sunrise and average monthly local sunset.
    (a) The controlling times for each month of the year are stated in 
the station's instrument of authorization. Uniform sunrise and sunset 
times are specified for all of the days of each month, based upon the 
actual times of sunrise and sunset for the fifteenth day of the month 
adjusted to the nearest quarter hour. Sunrise and sunset times are 
derived by using the standardized procedure and the tables in the 1946 
American Nautical Almanac issued by the United States Naval Observatory.
    (b) [Reserved]

[43 FR 45849, Oct. 4, 1978]



Sec.  73.1725  Limited time.

    (a) Operation is applicable only to Class B (secondary) AM stations 
on a clear channel with facilities authorized before November 30, 1959. 
Operation of the secondary station is permitted during daytime and until 
local sunset if located west of the Class A station on the channel, or 
until local sunset at the Class A station if located east of that 
station. Operation is also permitted during nighttime hours not used by 
the Class A station or other stations on the channel.
    (b) No authorization will be granted for:
    (1) A new limited time station;
    (2) A limited time station operating on a changed frequency;
    (3) A limited time station with a new transmitter site materially 
closer to the 0.1 mV/m contour of a co-channel U.S. Class A station; or
    (4) Modification of the operating facilities of a limited time 
station resulting in increased radiation toward any point on the 0.1 mV/
m contour of a co-channel U.S. Class A station during the hours after 
local sunset in which the limited time station is permitted to operate 
by reason of location east of the Class A station.
    (c) The licensee of a secondary station which is authorized to 
operate limited time and which may resume operation at the time the 
Class A station (or stations) on the same channel ceases operation 
shall, with each application for renewal of license, file in triplicate 
a copy of its regular operating schedule. It shall bear a signed 
notation by the licensee of the Class A station of its objection or lack 
of objection thereto. Upon approval of such operating schedule, the FCC 
will affix its file mark and return one copy to the licensee authorized 
to operate limited time. This shall be posted with the station license 
and considered as a part thereof. Departure from said operating schedule 
will be permitted only pursuant to Sec.  73.1715 (Share time).

[56 FR 64872, Dec. 12, 1991]



Sec.  73.1730  Specified hours.

    (a) Specified hours stations must operate in accordance with the 
exact hours specified in their license. However, such stations, 
operating on local channels, unless sharing time with other stations, 
may operate at hours beyond those specified in their licenses to carry 
special events programing. When such programs are carried during 
nighttime hours, the station's authorized nighttime facilities must be 
used.
    (b) Other exceptions to the adherence to the schedule of specified 
hours of operation are provided in Sec.  73.72 (Operating during the 
experimental period), Sec.  73.1250 (Broadcasting emergency information) 
and Sec.  73.1740 (Minimum operating schedule).

[43 FR 45850, Oct. 4, 1978]

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Sec.  73.1735  AM station operation pre-sunrise and post-sunset.

    Certain classes of AM stations are eligible to operate pre-sunrise 
and/or post-sunset for specified periods with facilities other than 
those specified on their basic instruments of authorization. Such pre-
sunrise and post-sunset operation is authorized pursuant to the 
provisions of Sec.  73.99 of the Rules.

[49 FR 41249, Oct. 22, 1984]



Sec.  73.1740  Minimum operating schedule.

    (a) All commercial broadcast stations are required to operate not 
less than the following minimum hours:
    (1) AM and FM stations. Two-thirds of the total hours they are 
authorized to operate between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. local time and two-
thirds of the total hours they are authorized to operate between 6 p.m. 
and midnight, local time, each day of the week except Sunday.
    (i) Class D stations which have been authorized nighttime operations 
need comply only with the minimum requirements for operation between 6 
a.m. and 6 p.m., local time.
    (2) TV stations. (i) During the first 36 months of operation, not 
less than 2 hours daily in any 5 broadcast days per calendar week and 
not less than a total of:
    (A) 12 hours per week during the first 18 months.
    (B) 16 hours per week during the 19th through 24th months.
    (C) 20 hours per week during the 25th through 30th months.
    (D) 24 hours per week during the 31st through 36th months.
    (ii) After 36 months of operation, not less than 2 hours in each day 
of the week and not less than a total of 28 hours per calendar week.
    (iii) Visual transmissions of test patterns, slides, or still 
pictures accompanied by unrelated aural transmissions may not be counted 
in computing program service (see Sec.  73.653).
    (3) ``Operation'' includes the period during which the station is 
operated pursuant to temporary authorization or program tests, as well 
as during the license period.
    (4) In the event that causes beyond the control of a licensee make 
it impossible to adhere to the operating schedule of this section or to 
continue operating, the station may limit or discontinue operation for a 
period of not more than 30 days without further authority from the FCC. 
Notification must be sent to the FCC in Washington, D.C. not later than 
the 10th day of limited or discontinued operation. During such period, 
the licensee shall continue to adhere to the requirements in the station 
license pertaining to the lighting of antenna structures. In the event 
normal operation is restored prior to the expiration of the 30 day 
period, the licensee will so notify the FCC of this date. If the causes 
beyond the control of the licensee make it impossible to comply within 
the allowed period, informal written request shall be made to the FCC no 
later than the 30th day for such additional time as may be deemed 
necessary.
    (5) Class A TV stations. Not less than 18 hours in each day of the 
week.
    (b) Noncommercial educational AM and TV stations are not required to 
operate on a regular schedule and no minimum hours of operation are 
specified; but the hours of actual operation during a license period 
shall be taken into consideration in the renewal of noncommercial 
educational AM and TV broadcast licenses. Noncommercial educational FM 
stations are subject to the operating schedule requirements according to 
the provisions of Sec.  73.561.
    (c) The license of any broadcasting station that fails to transmit 
broadcast signals for any consecutive 12-month period expires as a 
matter of law at the end of that period, notwithstanding any provision, 
term, or condition of the license to the contrary.

[43 FR 45850, Oct. 4, 1978, as amended at 53 FR 1032, Jan. 15, 1988; 56 
FR 64873, Dec. 12, 1991; 61 FR 28767, June 6, 1996; 65 FR 30006, May 10, 
2000]



Sec.  73.1745  Unauthorized operation.

    (a) No broadcast station shall operate at times, or with modes or 
power, other than those specified and made a part of the license, unless 
otherwise provided in this part.
    (b) Any unauthorized departure from an operating schedule which is 
required to be filed with the FCC in Washington,

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DC, will be considered as a violation of a material term of the license.

[43 FR 45850, Oct. 4, 1978]



Sec.  73.1750  Discontinuance of operation.

    The licensee of each station shall notify by letter the FCC in 
Washington, DC, Attention: Audio Division (radio) or Video Division 
(television), Media Bureau, of the permanent discontinuance of operation 
at least two days before operation is discontinued. Immediately after 
discontinuance of operation, the licensee shall forward the station 
license and other instruments of authorization to the FCC, Attention: 
Audio Division (radio) or Video Division (television), Media Bureau, for 
cancellation. The license of any station that fails to transmit 
broadcast signals for any consecutive 12 month period expires as a 
matter of law at the end of that period, notwithstanding any provision, 
term, or condition of the license to the contrary. If a licensee 
surrenders its license pursuant to an interference reduction agreement, 
and its surrender is contingent on the grant of another application, the 
licensee must identify in its notification the contingencies involved.

[67 FR 13233, Mar. 21, 2002]



Sec.  73.1800  General requirements related to the station log.

    (a) The licensee of each station must maintain a station log as 
required by Sec.  73.1820. This log shall be kept by station employees 
competent to do so, having actual knowledge of the facts required. All 
entries, whether required or not by the provisions of this part, must 
accurately reflect the station operation. Any employee making a log 
entry shall sign the log, thereby attesting to the fact that the entry, 
or any correction or addition made thereto, is an accurate 
representation of what transpired.
    (b) The logs shall be kept in an orderly and legible manner, in 
suitable form and in such detail that the data required for the 
particular class of station concerned are readily available. Key letters 
or abbreviations may be used if the proper meaning or explanation is 
contained elsewhere in the log. Each sheet must be numbered and dated. 
Time entries must be made in local time and must be indicated as 
advanced (e.g., EDT) or non-advanced (e.g., EST) time.
    (c) Any necessary corrections of a manually kept log after it has 
been signed in accordance with paragraph (a) of this section shall be 
made only by striking out the erroneous portion and making a corrective 
explanation on the log or attachment to it. Such corrections shall be 
dated and signed by the person who kept the log or the station chief 
operator, the station manager or an officer of the licensee.
    (d) No automatically kept log shall be altered in any way after 
entries have been recorded. When automatic logging processes fail or 
malfunction, the log must be kept manually for that period and in 
accordance with the requirements of this section.
    (e) No log, or portion thereof, shall be erased, obliterated or 
willfully destroyed during the period in which it is required to be 
retained. (Section 73.1840, Retention of logs.)
    (f) Application forms for licenses and other authorizations may 
require that certain technical operating data be supplied. These 
application forms should be kept in mind in connection with the 
maintenance of the station log.

[43 FR 45850, Oct. 4, 1978, as amended at 48 FR 38481, Aug. 24, 1983; 48 
FR 44806, Sept. 30, 1983; 49 FR 14509, Apr. 12, 1984; 49 FR 33663, Aug. 
24, 1984; 50 FR 40016, Oct. 1, 1985]



Sec.  73.1820  Station log.

    (a) Entries must be made in the station log either manually by a 
person designated by the licensee who is in actual charge of the 
transmitting apparatus, or by automatic devices meeting the requirements 
of paragraph (b) of this section. Indications of operating parameters 
that are required to be logged must be logged prior to any adjustment of 
the equipment. Where adjustments are made to restore parameters to their 
proper operating values, the corrected indications must be logged and 
accompanied, if any parameter deviation was beyond a prescribed 
tolerance, by a notation describing the nature of the corrective action. 
Indications of all parameters whose values are affected by the 
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carrier must be read without modulation. The actual time of observation 
must be included in each log entry. The following information must be 
entered:
    (1) All stations. (i) Entries required by Sec.  17.49 of this 
chapter concerning any observed or otherwise known extinguishment or 
improper functioning of a tower light:
    (A) The nature of such extinguishment or improper functioning.
    (B) The date and time the extinguishment or improper operation was 
observed or otherwise noted.
    (C) The date, time and nature of adjustments, repairs or 
replacements made.
    (ii) Any entries not specifically required in this section, but 
required by the instrument of authorization or elsewhere in this part.
    (iii) An entry of each test and activation of the Emergency Alert 
System (EAS) pursuant to the requirement of part 11 of this chapter and 
the EAS Operating Handbook. Stations may keep EAS data in a special EAS 
log which shall be maintained at a convenient location; however, this 
log is considered a part of the station log.
    (2) Directional AM stations without an FCC-approved antenna sampling 
system (See Sec.  73.68). (i) An entry at the beginning of operations in 
each mode of operation, and thereafter at intervals not exceeding 3 
hours, of the following (actual readings observed prior to making any 
adjustments to the equipment and an indication of any corrections to 
restore parameters to normal operating values):
    (A) Common point current.
    (B) When the operating power is determined by the indirect method, 
the efficiency factor F and either the product of the final amplifier 
input voltage and current or the calculated antenna input power. See 
Sec.  73.51(e).
    (C) Antenna monitor phase or phase deviation indications.
    (D) Antenna monitor sample currents, current ratios, or ratio 
deviation indications.
    (ii) Entries required by Sec.  73.61 performed in accordance with 
the schedule specified therein.
    (iii) Entries of the results of calibration of automatic logging 
devices (see paragraph (b) of this section) or indicating instruments 
(see Sec.  73.67), whenever performed.
    (b) Automatic devices accurately calibrated and with appropriate 
time, date and circuit functions may be utilized to record entries in 
the station log Provided:
    (1) The recording devices do not affect the operation of circuits or 
accuracy of indicating instruments of the equipment being recorded;
    (2) The recording devices have an accuracy equivalent to the 
accuracy of the indicating instruments;
    (3) The calibration is checked against the original indicators as 
often as necessary to ensure recording accuracy;
    (4) In the event of failure or malfunctioning of the automatic 
equipment, the person designated by the licensee as being responsible 
for the log small make the required entries in the log manually at that 
time;
    (5) The indicating equipment conforms to the requirements of Sec.  
73.1215 (Indicating instruments--specifications) except that the scales 
need not exceed 5 cm (2 inches) in length. Arbitrary scales may not be 
used.
    (c) In preparing the station log, original data may be recorded in 
rough form and later transcribed into the log.

[43 FR 45854, Oct. 4, 1978, as amended at 44 FR 58735, Oct. 11, 1979; 47 
FR 24580, June 7, 1982; 48 FR 38481, Aug. 24, 1983; 48 FR 44806, Sept. 
30, 1983; 49 FR 33603, Aug. 23, 1984; 58 FR 44951, Aug. 25, 1993; 59 FR 
67102, Dec. 28, 1994; 60 FR 55482, Nov. 1, 1995]



Sec.  73.1835  Special technical records.

    The FCC may require a broadcast station licensee to keep operating 
and maintenance records as necessary to resolve conditions of actual or 
potential interference, rule violations, or deficient technical 
operation.

[48 FR 38482, Aug. 24, 1983]



Sec.  73.1840  Retention of logs.

    (a) Any log required to be kept by station licensees shall be 
retained by them for a period of 2 years. However, logs involving 
communications incident to a disaster or which include communications 
incident to or involved in an investigation by the FCC and about which 
the licensee has been notified, shall be retained by the licensee until 
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writing by the FCC to destroy them. Logs incident to or involved in any 
claim or complaint of which the licensee has notice shall be retained by 
the licensee until such claim or complaint has been fully satisfied or 
until the same has been barred by statute limiting the time for filing 
of suits upon such claims.
    (b) Logs may be retained on microfilm, microfiche or other data-
storage systems subject to the following conditions:
    (1) Suitable viewing--reading devices shall be available to permit 
FCC inspection of logs pursuant to Sec.  73.1226, availability to FCC of 
station logs and records.
    (2) Reproduction of logs, stored on data-storage systems, to full-
size copies, is required of licensees if requested by the FCC or the 
public as authorized by FCC rules. Such reproductions must be completed 
within 2 full work days of the time of the request.
    (3) Corrections to logs shall be made:
    (i) Prior to converting to a data-storage system pursuant to the 
requirements of Sec.  73.1800 (c) and (d), (Sec.  73.1800, General 
requirements relating to logs).
    (ii) After converting to a data-storage system, by separately making 
such corrections and then associating with the related data-stored logs. 
Such corrections shall contain sufficient information to allow those 
reviewing the logs to identify where corrections have been made, and 
when and by whom the corrections were made.
    (4) Copies of any log required to be filed with any application; or 
placed in the station's local public inspection file as part of an 
application; or filed with reports to the FCC must be reproduced in 
fullsize form when complying with these requirements.

[45 FR 41151, June 18, 1980, as amended at 46 FR 13907, Feb. 24, 1981; 
46 FR 18557, Mar. 25, 1981; 49 FR 33663, Aug. 24, 1984]



Sec.  73.1870  Chief operators.

    (a) The licensee of each AM, FM, TV or Class A TV broadcast station 
must designate a person to serve as the station's chief operator. At 
times when the chief operator is unavailable or unable to act (e.g., 
vacations, sickness), the licensee shall designate another person as the 
acting chief operator on a temporary basis.
    (b) Chief operators shall be employed or serve on the following 
basis:
    (1) The chief operator for an AM station using a directional antenna 
or operating with greater than 10 kW authorized power, or of a TV 
station is to be an employee of the station on duty for whatever number 
of hours each week the station licensee determines is necessary to keep 
the station's technical operation in compliance with FCC rules and the 
terms of the station authorization.
    (2) Chief operators for non-directional AM stations operating with 
authorized powers not exceeding 10 kW and FM stations may be either an 
employee of the station or engaged to serve on a contract basis for 
whatever number of hours each week the licensee determines is necessary 
to keep the station's technical operation in compliance with the FCC 
rules and terms of the station authorization.
    (3) The designation of the chief operator must be in writing with a 
copy of the designation posted with the station license. Agreements with 
chief operators serving on a contract basis must be in writing with a 
copy kept in the station files.
    (c) The chief operator is responsible for completion of the 
following duties specified in this paragraph below. When these duties 
are delegated to other persons, the chief operator shall maintain 
supervisory oversight sufficient to know that each requirement has been 
fulfilled in a timely and correct manner.
    (1) Inspections and calibrations of the transmission system, 
required monitors, metering and control systems; and any necessary 
repairs or adjustments where indicated. (See Sec.  73.1580.)
    (2) Periodic AM field monitoring point measurements, equipment 
performance measurements, or other tests as specified in the rules or 
terms of the station license.
    (3) Review of the station records at least once each week to 
determine if required entries are being made correctly. Additionally, 
verification must be made that the station has been operated as required 
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the review, the chief operator or his designee must date and sign the 
log, initiate any corrective action which may be necessary, and advise 
the station licensee of any condition which is repetitive.
    (4) Any entries which may be required in the station records. (See 
Sec.  73.1820.)

[46 FR 35463, July 8, 1981, as amended at 47 FR 31580, July 21, 1982; 48 
FR 38482, Aug. 24, 1983; 48 FR 44806, Sept. 30, 1983; 49 FR 20670, May 
16, 1984; 49 FR 50048, Dec. 26, 1984; 50 FR 32416, Aug. 12, 1985; 60 FR 
55482, Nov. 1, 1995; 65 FR 30006, May 10, 2000]



Sec.  73.1910  Fairness Doctrine.

    The Fairness Doctrine is contained in section 315(a) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, which provides that broadcasters 
have certain obligations to afford reasonable opportunity for the 
discussion of conflicting views on issues of public importance. See FCC 
public notice ``Fairness Doctrine and the Public Interest Standards,'' 
39 FR 26372. Copies may be obtained from the FCC upon request.

[43 FR 45856, Oct. 4, 1978]



Sec.  73.1940  Legally qualified candidates for public office.

    (a) A legally qualified candidate for public office is any person 
who:
    (1) Has publicly announced his or her intention to run for 
nomination or office;
    (2) Is qualified under the applicable local, State or Federal law to 
hold the office for which he or she is a candidate; and
    (3) Has met the qualifications set forth in either paragraph (b), 
(c), (d), or (e) of this section.
    (b) A person seeking election to any public office including that of 
President or Vice President of the United States, or nomination for any 
public office except that of President or Vice President, by means of a 
primary, general or special election, shall be considered a legally 
qualified candidate if, in addition to meeting the criteria set forth in 
paragraph (a) of this section, that person:
    (1) Has qualified for a place on the ballot; or
    (2) Has publicly committed himself or herself to seeking election by 
the write-in method and is eligible under applicable law to be voted for 
by sticker, by writing in his or her name on the ballot or by other 
method, and makes a substantial showing that he or she is a bona fide 
candidate for nomination or office.
    (c) A person seeking election to the office of President or Vice 
President of the United States shall, for the purposes of the 
Communications Act and the rules in 47 CFR chapter I, be considered 
legally qualified candidates only in those States or territories (or the 
District of Columbia) in which they have met the requirements set forth 
in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section: Except, that any such person 
who has met the requirements set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this 
section in at least 10 States (or 9 and the District of Columbia) shall 
be considered a legally qualified candidate for election in all States, 
territories, and the District of Columbia for the purposes of this Act.
    (d) A person seeking nomination to any public office, except that of 
President or Vice President of the United States, by means of a 
convention, caucus or similar procedure, shall be considered a legally 
qualified candidate if, in addition to meeting the requirements set 
forth in paragraph (a) of this section, that person makes a substantial 
showing that he or she is a bona fide candidate for such nomination: 
Except, that no person shall be considered a legally qualified candidate 
for nomination by the means set forth in this paragraph prior to 90 days 
before the beginning of the convention, caucus or similar procedure in 
which he or she seeks nomination.
    (e) A person seeking nomination for the office of President or Vice 
President of the United States shall, for the purposes of the 
Communications Act and the rules thereunder, be considered a legally 
qualified candidate only in those States or territories (or the District 
of Columbia) in which, in addition to meeting the requirements set forth 
in paragraph (a) of this section:
    (1) He or she, or proposed delegates on his or her behalf, have 
qualified for the primary or Presidential preference ballot in that 
State, territory or the District of Columbia; or

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    (2) He or she has made a substantial showing of a bona fide 
candidacy for such nomination in that State, territory or the District 
of Columbia; except, that any such person meeting the requirements set 
forth in paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of this section in at least 10 States 
(or 9 and the District of Columbia) shall be considered a legally 
qualified candidate for nomination in all States, territories and the 
District of Columbia for purposes of this Act.
    (f) The term ``substantial showing'' of a bona fide candidacy as 
used in paragraphs (b), (d) and (e) of this section means evidence that 
the person claiming to be a candidate has engaged to a substantial 
degree in activities commonly associated with political campaigning. 
Such activities normally would include making campaign speeches, 
distributing campaign literature, issuing press releases, maintaining a 
campaign committee, and establishing campaign headquarters (even though 
the headquarters in some instances might be the residence of the 
candidate or his or her campaign manager). Not all of the listed 
activities are necessarily required in each case to demonstrate a 
substantial showing, and there may be activities not listed herein which 
would contribute to such a showing.

[57 FR 27708, June 22, 1992]



Sec.  73.1941  Equal opportunities.

    (a) General requirements. Except as otherwise indicated in Sec.  
73.1944, no station licensee is required to permit the use of its 
facilities by any legally qualified candidate for public office, but if 
any licensee shall permit any such candidate to use its facilities, it 
shall afford equal opportunities to all other candidates for that office 
to use such facilities. Such licensee shall have no power of censorship 
over the material broadcast by any such candidate. Appearance by a 
legally qualified candidate on any:
    (1) Bona fide newscast;
    (2) Bona fide news interview;
    (3) Bona fide news documentary (if the appearance of the candidate 
is incidental to the presentation of the subject or subjects covered by 
the news documentary); or
    (4) On-the-spot coverage of bona fide news events (including, but 
not limited to political conventions and activities incidental thereto) 
shall not be deemed to be use of broadcasting station. (section 315(a) 
of the Communications Act.)
    (b) Uses. As used in this section and Sec.  73.1942, the term 
``use'' means a candidate appearance (including by voice or picture) 
that is not exempt under paragraphs 73.1941 (a)(1) through (a)(4) of 
this section.
    (c) Timing of request. A request for equal opportunities must be 
submitted to the licensee within 1 week of the day on which the first 
prior use giving rise to the right of equal opportunities occurred: 
Provided, however, That where the person was not a candidate at the time 
of such first prior use, he or she shall submit his or her request 
within 1 week of the first subsequent use after he or she has become a 
legally qualified candidate for the office in question.
    (d) Burden of proof. A candidate requesting equal opportunities of 
the licensee or complaining of noncompliance to the Commission shall 
have the burden of proving that he or she and his or her opponent are 
legally qualified candidates for the same public office.
    (e) Discrimination between candidates. In making time available to 
candidates for public office, no licensee shall make any discrimination 
between candidates in practices, regulations, facilities, or services 
for or in connection with the service rendered pursuant to this part, or 
make or give any preference to any candidate for public office or 
subject any such candidate to any prejudice or disadvantage; nor shall 
any licensee make any contract or other agreement which shall have the 
effect of permitting any legally qualified candidate for any public 
office to broadcast to the exclusion of other legally qualified 
candidates for the same public office.

[57 FR 208, Jan. 3, 1992, as amended at 59 FR 14568, Mar. 29, 1994]



Sec.  73.1942  Candidate rates.

    (a) Charges for use of stations. The charges, if any, made for the 
use of any broadcasting station by any person who is a legally qualified 
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any public office in connection with his or her campaign for nomination 
for election, or election, to such office shall not exceed:
    (1) During the 45 days preceding the date of a primary or primary 
runoff election and during the 60 days preceding the date of a general 
or special election in which such person is a candidate, the lowest unit 
charge of the station for the same class and amount of time for the same 
period.
    (i) A candidate shall be charged no more per unit than the station 
charges its most favored commercial advertisers for the same classes and 
amounts of time for the same periods. Any station practices offered to 
commercial advertisers that enhance the value of advertising spots must 
be disclosed and made available to candidates on equal terms. Such 
practices include but are not limited to any discount privileges that 
affect the value of advertising, such as bonus spots, time-sensitive 
make goods, preemption priorities, or any other factors that enhance the 
value of the announcement.
    (ii) The Commission recognizes non-premptible, preemptible with 
notice, immediately preemptible and run-of-schedule as distinct classes 
of time.
    (iii) Stations may establish and define their own reasonable classes 
of immediately preemptible time so long as the differences between such 
classes are based on one or more demonstrable benefits associated with 
each class and are not based solely upon price or identity of the 
advertiser. Such demonstrable benefits include, but are not limited to, 
varying levels of preemption protection, scheduling flexibility, or 
associated privileges, such as guaranteed time-sensitive make goods. 
Stations may not use class distinctions to defeat the purpose of the 
lowest unit charge requirement. All classes must be fully disclosed and 
made available to candidates.
    (iv) Stations may establish reasonable classes of preemptible with 
notice time so long as they clearly define all such classes, fully 
disclose them and make available to candidates.
    (v) Stations may treat non-preemptible and fixed position as 
distinct classes of time provided that stations articulate clearly the 
differences between such classes, fully disclose them, and make them 
available to candidates.
    (vi) Stations shall not establish a separate, premium-period class 
of time sold only to candidates. Stations may sell higher-priced non-
preemptible or fixed time to candidates if such a class of time is made 
available on a bona fide basis to both candidates and commercial 
advertisers, and provided such class is not functionally equivalent to 
any lower-priced class of time sold to commercial advertisers.
    (vii) [Reserved]
    (viii) Lowest unit charge may be calculated on a weekly basis with 
respect to time that is sold on a weekly basis, such as rotations 
through particular programs or dayparts. Stations electing to calculate 
the lowest unit charge by such a method must include in that calculation 
all rates for all announcements scheduled in the rotation, including 
announcements aired under long-term advertising contracts. Stations may 
implement rate increases during election periods only to the extent that 
such increases constitute ``ordinary business practices,'' such as 
seasonal program changes or changes in audience ratings.
    (ix) Stations shall review their advertising records periodically 
throughout the election period to determine whether compliance with this 
section requires that candidates receive rebates or credits. Where 
necessary, stations shall issue such rebates or credits promptly.
    (x) Unit rates charged as part of any package, whether individually 
negotiated or generally available to all advertisers, must be included 
in the lowest unit charge calculation for the same class and length of 
time in the same time period. A candidate cannot be required to purchase 
advertising in every program or daypart in a package as a condition for 
obtaining package unit rates.
    (xi) Stations are not required to include non-cash promotional 
merchandising incentives in lowest unit charge calculations; provided, 
however, that all such incentives must be offered to candidates as part 
of any purchases permitted by the licensee. Bonus spots,

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however, must be included in the calculation of the lowest unit charge 
calculation.
    (xii) Makes goods, defined as the rescheduling of preempted 
advertising, shall be provided to candidates prior to election day if a 
station has provided a time-sensitive make good during the year 
preceding the pre-election periods, perspectively set forth in paragraph 
(a)(1) of this section, to any commercial advertiser who purchased time 
in the same class.
    (xiii) Stations must disclose and make available to candidates any 
make good policies provided to commercial advertisers. If a station 
places a make good for any commercial advertiser or other candidate in a 
more valuable program or daypart, the value of such make good must be 
included in the calculation of the lowest unit charge for that program 
or daypart.
    (2) At any time other than the respective periods set forth in 
paragraph (a)(1) of this section, stations may charge legally qualified 
candidates for public office no more than the changes made for 
comparable use of the station by commercial advertisers. The rates, if 
any, charged all such candidates for the same office shall be uniform 
and shall not be rebated by any means, direct or indirect. A candidate 
shall be charged no more than the rate the station would charge for 
comparable commercial advertising. All discount privileges otherwise 
offered by a station to commercial advertisers must be disclosed and 
made available upon equal terms to all candidate for public office.
    (b) If a station permits a candidate to use its facilities, the 
station shall make all discount privileges offered to commercial 
advertisers, including the lowest unit charges for each class and length 
of time in the same time period, and all corresponding discount 
privileges, available upon equal terms to all candidates. This duty 
includes an affirmative duty to disclose to candidates information about 
rates, terms conditions and all value-enhancing discount privileges 
offered to commercial advertisers. Stations may use reasonable 
discretion in making the disclosure; provided, however, that the 
disclosure includes, at a minimum, the following information:
    (1) A description and definition of each class of time available to 
commercial advertisers sufficiently complete to allow candidates to 
identify and understand what specific attributes differentiate each 
class;
    (2) A description of the lowest unit charge and related privileges 
(such as priorities against preemption and make goods prior to specific 
deadlines) for each class of time offered to commercial advertisers;
    (3) A description of the station's method of selling preemptible 
time based upon advertiser demand, commonly known as the ``current 
selling level,'' with the stipulation that candidates will be able to 
purchase at these demand-generated rates in the same manner as 
commercial advertisers;
    (4) An approximation of the likelihood of preemption for each kind 
of preemptible time; and
    (5) An explanation of the station's sales practices, if any, that 
are based on audience delivery, with the stipulation that candidates 
will be able to purchase this kind of time, if available to commercial 
advertisers.
    (c) Once disclosure is made, stations shall negotiate in good faith 
to actually sell time to candidates in accordance with the disclosure.
    (d) This rule (Sec.  73.1942) shall not apply to any station 
licensed for non-commercial operation.

[57 FR 209, Jan. 3, 1992, as amended at 57 FR 27709, June 22, 1992]



Sec.  73.1943  Political file.

    (a) Every licensee shall keep and permit public inspection of a 
complete and orderly record (political file) of all requests for 
broadcast time made by or on behalf of a candidate for public office, 
together with an appropriate notation showing the disposition made by 
the licensee of such requests, and the charges made, if any, if the 
request is granted. The ``disposition'' includes the schedule of time 
purchased, when spots actually aired, the rates charged, and the classes 
of time purchased.
    (b) When free time is provided for use by or on behalf of 
candidates, a record of the free time provided shall be placed in the 
political file.

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    (c) All records required by this paragraph shall be placed in the 
political file as soon as possible and shall be retained for a period of 
two years. As soon as possible means immediately absent unusual 
circumstances.

[57 FR 210, Jan. 3, 1992]



Sec.  73.1944  Reasonable access.

    (a) Section 312(a)(7) of the Communications Act provides that the 
Commission may revoke any station license or construction permit for 
willful or repeated failure to allow reasonable access to, or to permit 
purchase of, reasonable amounts of time for the use of a broadcasting 
station by a legally qualified candidate for Federal elective office on 
behalf of his candidacy.
    (b) Weekend access. For purposes of providing reasonable access, a 
licensee shall make its facilities available for use by federal 
candidates on the weekend before the election if the licensee has 
provided similar access to commercial advertisers during the year 
preceding the relevant election period. Licensees shall not discriminate 
between candidates with regard to weekend access.

[57 FR 210, Jan. 3, 1992]



Sec.  73.2080  Equal employment opportunities (EEO).

    (a) General EEO policy. Equal opportunity in employment shall be 
afforded by all licensees or permittees of commercially or 
noncommercially operated AM, FM, TV, Class A TV or international 
broadcast stations (as defined in this part) to all qualified persons, 
and no person shall be discriminated against in employment by such 
stations because of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex. 
Religious radio broadcasters may establish religious belief or 
affiliation as a job qualification for all station employees. However, 
they cannot discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin or 
gender from among those who share their religious affiliation or belief. 
For purposes of this rule, a religious broadcaster is a licensee which 
is, or is closely affiliated with, a church, synagogue, or other 
religious entity, including a subsidiary of such an entity.
    (b) General EEO program requirements. Each broadcast station shall 
establish, maintain, and carry out a positive continuing program of 
specific practices designed to ensure equal opportunity and 
nondiscrimination in every aspect of station employment policy and 
practice. Under the terms of its program, a station shall:
    (1) Define the responsibility of each level of management to ensure 
vigorous enforcement of its policy of equal opportunity, and establish a 
procedure to review and control managerial and supervisory performance;
    (2) Inform its employees and recognized employee organizations of 
the equal employment opportunity policy and program and enlist their 
cooperation;
    (3) Communicate its equal employment opportunity policy and program 
and its employment needs to sources of qualified applicants without 
regard to race, color, religion, national origin, or sex, and solicit 
their recruitment assistance on a continuing basis;
    (4) Conduct a continuing program to exclude all unlawful forms of 
prejudice or discrimination based upon race, color, religion, national 
origin, or sex from its personnel policies and practices and working 
conditions; and
    (5) Conduct a continuing review of job structure and employment 
practices and adopt positive recruitment, job design, and other measures 
needed to ensure genuine equality of opportunity to participate fully in 
all organizational units, occupations, and levels of responsibility.
    (c) Specific EEO program requirements. Under the terms of its 
program, a station employment unit must:
    (1) Recruit for every full-time job vacancy in its operation. A job 
filled by an internal promotion is not considered a vacancy for which 
recruitment is necessary. Religious radio broadcasters who establish 
religious affiliation as a qualification for a job position are not 
required to comply with these recruitment requirements with respect to 
that job position or positions, but will be expected to make reasonable, 
good faith efforts to recruit applicants who are qualified based on 
their religious affiliation. Nothing in

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this section shall be interpreted to require a broadcaster to grant 
preferential treatment to any individual or group based on race, color, 
national origin, religion, or gender.
    (i) A station employment unit shall use recruitment sources for each 
vacancy sufficient in its reasonable, good faith judgment to widely 
disseminate information concerning the vacancy.
    (ii) In addition to such recruitment sources, a station employment 
unit shall provide notification of each full-time vacancy to any 
organization that distributes information about employment opportunities 
to job seekers or refers job seekers to employers, upon request by such 
organization. To be entitled to notice of vacancies, the requesting 
organization must provide the station employment unit with its name, 
mailing address, e-mail address (if applicable), telephone number, and 
contact person, and identify the category or categories of vacancies of 
which it requests notice. (An organization may request notice of all 
vacancies).
    (2) Engage in at least four (if the station employment unit has more 
than ten full-time employees and is not located in a smaller market) or 
two (if it has five to ten full-time employees and/or is located 
entirely in a smaller market) of the following initiatives during each 
two-year period beginning with the date stations in the station 
employment unit are required to file renewal applications, or the 
second, fourth or sixth anniversaries of that date.
    (i) Participation in at least four job fairs by station personnel 
who have substantial responsibility in the making of hiring decisions;
    (ii) Hosting of at least one job fair;
    (iii) Co-sponsoring at least one job fair with organizations in the 
business and professional community whose membership includes 
substantial participation of women and minorities;
    (iv) Participation in at least four events sponsored by 
organizations representing groups present in the community interested in 
broadcast employment issues, including conventions, career days, 
workshops, and similar activities;
    (v) Establishment of an internship program designed to assist 
members of the community to acquire skills needed for broadcast 
employment;
    (vi) Participation in job banks, Internet programs, and other 
programs designed to promote outreach generally (i.e., that are not 
primarily directed to providing notification of specific job vacancies);
    (vii) Participation in scholarship programs designed to assist 
students interested in pursuing a career in broadcasting;
    (viii) Establishment of training programs designed to enable station 
personnel to acquire skills that could qualify them for higher level 
positions;
    (ix) Establishment of a mentoring program for station personnel;
    (x) Participation in at least four events or programs sponsored by 
educational institutions relating to career opportunities in 
broadcasting;
    (xi) Sponsorship of at least two events in the community designed to 
inform and educate members of the public as to employment opportunities 
in broadcasting;
    (xii) Listing of each upper-level category opening in a job bank or 
newsletter of media trade groups whose membership includes substantial 
participation of women and minorities;
    (xiii) Provision of assistance to unaffiliated non-profit entities 
in the maintenance of web sites that provide counseling on the process 
of searching for broadcast employment and/or other career development 
assistance pertinent to broadcasting;
    (xiv) Provision of training to management level personnel as to 
methods of ensuring equal employment opportunity and preventing 
discrimination;
    (xv) Provision of training to personnel of unaffiliated non-profit 
organizations interested in broadcast employment opportunities that 
would enable them to better refer job candidates for broadcast 
positions;
    (xvi) Participation in other activities designed by the station 
employment unit reasonably calculated to further the goal of 
disseminating information as to employment opportunities in broadcasting 
to job candidates who might otherwise be unaware of such opportunities.

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    (3) Analyze its recruitment program on an ongoing basis to ensure 
that it is effective in achieving broad outreach to potential 
applicants, and address any problems found as a result of its analysis.
    (4) Periodically analyze measures taken to:
    (i) Disseminate the station's equal employment opportunity program 
to job applicants and employees;
    (ii) Review seniority practices to ensure that such practices are 
nondiscriminatory;
    (iii) Examine rates of pay and fringe benefits for employees having 
the same duties, and eliminate any inequities based upon race, national 
origin, color, religion, or sex discrimination;
    (iv) Utilize media for recruitment purposes in a manner that will 
contain no indication, either explicit or implicit, of a preference for 
one race, national origin, color, religion or sex over another;
    (v) Ensure that promotions to positions of greater responsibility 
are made in a nondiscriminatory manner;
    (vi) Where union agreements exist, cooperate with the union or 
unions in the development of programs to ensure all persons of equal 
opportunity for employment, irrespective of race, national origin, 
color, religion, or sex, and include an effective nondiscrimination 
clause in new or renegotiated union agreements; and
    (vii) Avoid the use of selection techniques or tests that have the 
effect of discriminating against any person based on race, national 
origin, color, religion, or sex.
    (5) Retain records to document that it has satisfied the 
requirements of paragraphs (c)(1) and (2) of this section. Such records, 
which may be maintained in an electronic format, shall be retained until 
after grant of the renewal application for the term during which the 
vacancy was filled or the initiative occurred. Such records need not be 
submitted to the FCC unless specifically requested. The following 
records shall be maintained:
    (i) Listings of all full-time job vacancies filled by the station 
employment unit, identified by job title;
    (ii) For each such vacancy, the recruitment sources utilized to fill 
the vacancy (including, if applicable, organizations entitled to 
notification pursuant to paragraph (c)(1)(ii) of this section, which 
should be separately identified), identified by name, address, contact 
person and telephone number;
    (iii) Dated copies of all advertisements, bulletins, letters, faxes, 
e-mails, or other communications announcing vacancies;
    (iv) Documentation necessary to demonstrate performance of the 
initiatives required by paragraph (c)(2) of this section, including 
sufficient information to fully disclose the nature of the initiative 
and the scope of the station's participation, including the station 
personnel involved;
    (v) The total number of interviewees for each vacancy and the 
referral source for each interviewee; and
    (vi) The date each vacancy was filled and the recruitment source 
that referred the hiree.
    (6) Annually, on the anniversary of the date a station is due to 
file its renewal application, the station shall place in its public 
file, maintained pursuant to Sec.  73.3526 or Sec.  73.3527, and on its 
web site, if it has one, an EEO public file report containing the 
following information (although if any broadcast licensee acquires a 
station pursuant to FCC Form 314 or FCC Form 315 during the twelve 
months covered by the EEO public file report, its EEO public file report 
shall cover the period starting with the date it acquired the station):
    (i) A list of all full-time vacancies filled by the station's 
employment unit during the preceding year, identified by job title;
    (ii) For each such vacancy, the recruitment source(s) utilized to 
fill the vacancy (including, if applicable, organizations entitled to 
notification pursuant to paragraph (c)(1)(ii) of this section, which 
should be separately identified), identified by name, address, contact 
person and telephone number;
    (iii) The recruitment source that referred the hiree for each full-
time vacancy during the preceding year;
    (iv) Data reflecting the total number of persons interviewed for 
full-time vacancies during the preceding year and

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the total number of interviewees referred by each recruitment source 
utilized in connection with such vacancies; and
    (v) A list and brief description of initiatives undertaken pursuant 
to paragraph (c)(2) of this section during the preceding year.
    (d) Small station exemption. The provisions of paragraphs (b) and 
(c) of this section shall not apply to station employment units that 
have fewer than five full-time employees.
    (e) Definitions. For the purposes of this rule:
    (1) A full-time employee is a permanent employee whose regular work 
schedule is 30 hours per week or more.
    (2) A station employment unit is a station or a group of commonly 
owned stations in the same market that share at least one employee.
    (3) A smaller market includes metropolitan areas as defined by the 
Office of Management and Budget with a population of fewer than 250,000 
persons and areas outside of all metropolitan areas as defined by the 
Office of Management and Budget.
    (f) Enforcement. The following provisions apply to employment 
activity concerning full-time positions at each broadcast station 
employment unit (defined in this part) employing five or more persons in 
full-time positions, except where noted.
    (1) All broadcast stations, including those that are part of an 
employment unit with fewer than five full-time employees, shall file a 
Broadcast Equal Employment Opportunity Program Report (Form 396) with 
their renewal application. Form 396 is filed on the date the station is 
due to file its application for renewal of license. If a broadcast 
licensee acquires a station pursuant to FCC Form 314 or FCC Form 315 
during the period that is to form the basis for the Form 396, 
information provided on its Form 396 should cover the licensee's EEO 
recruitment activity during the period starting with the date it 
acquired the station. Stations are required to maintain a copy of their 
Form 396 in the station's public file in accordance with the provisions 
of Sec. Sec.  73.3526 and 73.3527.
    (2) The Commission will conduct a mid-term review of the employment 
practices of each broadcast television station and each radio station 
that is part of an employment unit of more than ten full-time employees 
four years following the station's most recent license expiration date 
as specified in Sec.  73.1020. Each such licensee is required to file 
with the Commission the Broadcast Mid-Term Report (FCC Form 397) four 
months prior to that date. If a broadcast licensee acquires a station 
pursuant to FCC Form 314 or FCC Form 315 during the period that is to 
form the basis for the Form 397, its Report should cover the licensee's 
EEO recruitment activity during the period starting with the date it 
acquired the station.
    (3) If a station is subject to a time brokerage agreement, the 
licensee shall file Forms 396, Forms 397, and EEO public file reports 
concerning only its own recruitment activity. If a licensee is a broker 
of another station or stations, the licensee-broker shall include its 
recruitment activity for the brokered station(s) in determining the 
bases of Forms 396, Forms 397 and the EEO public file reports for its 
own station. If a licensee-broker owns more than one station, it shall 
include its recruitment activity for the brokered station in the Forms 
396, Forms 397, and EEO public file reports filed for its own station 
that is most closely affiliated with, and in the same market as, the 
brokered station. If a licensee-broker does not own a station in the 
same market as the brokered station, then it shall include its 
recruitment activity for the brokered station in the Forms 396, Forms 
397, and EEO public file reports filed for its own station that is 
geographically closest to the brokered station.
    (4) Broadcast stations subject to this section shall maintain 
records of their recruitment activity necessary to demonstrate that they 
are in compliance with the EEO rule. Stations shall ensure that they 
maintain records sufficient to verify the accuracy of information 
provided in Forms 396, Forms 397, and EEO public file reports. To 
determine compliance with the EEO rule, the Commission may conduct 
inquiries of licensees at random or if it has evidence of a possible 
violation of the EEO rule. In addition, the Commission

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will conduct random audits. Specifically, each year approximately five 
percent of all licensees in the television and radio services will be 
randomly selected for audit, ensuring that, even though the number of 
radio licensees is significantly larger than television licensees, both 
services are represented in the audit process. Upon request, stations 
shall make records available to the Commission for its review.
    (5) The public may file complaints throughout the license term based 
on a station's Form 397 or the contents of a station's public file. 
Provisions concerning filing, withdrawing, or non-filing of informal 
objections or petitions to deny license renewal, assignment, or transfer 
applications are delineated in Sec. Sec.  73.3584 and 73.3587-3589 of 
the Commission's rules.
    (g) Sanctions and remedies. The Commission may issue appropriate 
sanctions and remedies for any violation of this rule.

[68 FR 689, Jan. 7, 2003]



Sec.  73.3500  Application and report forms.

    (a) Following are the FCC broadcast application and report forms, 
listed by number.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Form number                             Title
------------------------------------------------------------------------
175..............................  Application to Participate in an FCC
                                    Auction
301..............................  Application for Authority to
                                    Construct or Make Changes in a
                                    Commercial Broadcast Station.
301-A............................  Application for Authority to Operate
                                    a Broadcast Station by Remote
                                    Control or to Make Changes in a
                                    Remote Control Authorization.
302-AM...........................  Application for AM Broadcast Station
                                    License.
302-CA...........................  Application for Class A Television
                                    Broadcasting Station Construction
                                    Permit or License.
302-FM...........................  Application for FM Broadcast Station
                                    License.
302-TV...........................  Application for Television Broadcast
                                    Station License.
303-S Application for Renewal of
 License for AM, FM, TV,
 Translator, or LPTV Station.
307..............................  Application for Extension of
                                    Broadcast Construction Permit or to
                                    Replace Expired Construction Permit.
308..............................  Application for Permit to Deliver
                                    Programs to Foreign Broadcast
                                    Stations.
309..............................  Application for Authority to
                                    Construct or Make Changes in an
                                    International or Experimental
                                    Broadcast Station.
310..............................  Application for an International or
                                    Experimental Broadcast Station
                                    License.
311..............................  Application for Renewal of an
                                    International or Experimental
                                    Broadcast Station License.
314..............................  Application for Consent to Assignment
                                    of Broadcast Station Construction
                                    Permit or License.
315..............................  Application for Consent to Transfer
                                    of Control of Corporation Holding
                                    Broadcast Station Construction
                                    Permit or License.
316..............................  Application for Consent to Assignment
                                    of Broadcast Station Construction
                                    Permit or License or Transfer of
                                    Control of Corporation Holding
                                    Broadcast Station Construction
                                    Permit or License.
323..............................  Ownership Report.
323-E............................  Ownership Report for Noncommercial
                                    Educational Broadcast Station.
330..............................  Application for authorization to
                                    construct new or make changes in
                                    Instructional TV Fixed and/or
                                    Response Stations, or to assign or
                                    transfer such stations.
330-L............................  Application for Instructional
                                    Television Fixed Station License.
330-R............................  Application for Renewal of
                                    Instructional TV Fixed Station and/
                                    or Response Station(s) and Low Power
                                    Relay Station(s) License.
340..............................  Application for Authority to
                                    Construct or Make Changes in a
                                    Noncommercial Educational Broadcast
                                    Station.
345..............................  Application for Consent to Assignment
                                    of a TV or FM Translator Station
                                    Construction Permit or License.
346..............................  Application for Authority to
                                    Construct or Make Changes in a Low
                                    Power TV, TV Translator or TV
                                    Booster Station.
347..............................  Application for a Low Power TV, TV
                                    Translator or TV Booster Station
                                    License.
349..............................  Application for Authority to
                                    Construct or Make Changes in an FM
                                    Translator or FM Booster Station.
350..............................  Application for an FM Translator or
                                    FM Booster Station License.
395-B............................  Annual Employment Report and
                                    instructions.
396..............................  Broadcast Equal Employment
                                    Opportunity Program Report.
396-A............................  Broadcast Equal Employment
                                    Opportunity Model Program Report.
398..............................  Children's Television Programming
                                    Report.
601..............................  FCC Application for Wireless
                                    Telecommunications Bureau Radio
                                    Service Authorization.
603..............................  FCC Wireless Telecommunications
                                    Bureau Application for Assignments
                                    of Authorization and Transfers of
                                    Control.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) Following are the FCC broadcast application and report forms, 
listed by number, that must be filed electronically in accordance with 
the filing instructions set forth in the application and report form.
    (1) Form 398, in electronic form as of January 10, 1999.

[44 FR 38486, July 2, 1979]

    Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec.  
73.3500, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume and on GPO Access.

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    Effective Date Note: At 61 FR 43998, Aug. 27, 1996, in Sec.  
73.3500, the table was amended by adding entry ``398'' in numerical 
order, effective either Jan. 2, 1997 or after approval has been given by 
the Office of Management and Budget, whichever comes later.



Sec.  73.3511  Applications required.

    (a) Formal application means any request for authorization where an 
FCC form for such request is prescribed. The prescription of an FCC form 
includes the requirement that the proper edition of the form is used. 
Formal applications on obsolete forms are subject to the provisions of 
Sec.  73.3564 concerning acceptance of applications and Sec.  73.3566 
concerning defective applications.
    (b) Informal application1 means all other written requests for 
authorization. All such applications should contain a caption clearly 
indicating the nature of the request submitted therein.
    (c) Formal and informal applications must comply with the 
requirements as to signing specified herein and in Sec.  73.3513.

[44 FR 38486, July 2, 1979, as amended at 47 FR 40172, Sept. 13, 1982]



Sec.  73.3512  Where to file; number of copies.

    All applications for authorizations required by Sec.  73.3511 shall 
be filed at the FCC in Washington, DC (Applications requiring fees as 
set forth at Part 1, Subpart G of this chapter must be filed in 
accordance with Sec.  0.401(b) of the rules.) The number of copies 
required for each application is set forth in the FCC Form which is to 
be used in filing such application.

[52 FR 10231, Mar. 31, 1987]



Sec.  73.3513  Signing of applications.

    (a) Applications, amendments thereto, and related statements of fact 
required by the FCC must be signed by the following persons:
    (1) Individual Applicant. The applicant, if the applicant is an 
individual.
    (2) Partnership. One of the partners, if the applicant is a 
partnership.
    (3) Corporation. An officer, if the applicant is a corporation.
    (4) Unincorporated Association. A member who is an officer, if the 
applicant is an unincorporated association.
    (5) Governmental Entity. Such duly elected or appointed officials as 
may be competent to do so under the law of the applicable jurisdiction, 
if the applicant is an eligible governmental entity, such as a State or 
Territory of the United States and political subdivisions thereof, the 
District of Columbia, and a unit of local government, including an 
unincorporated municipality.
    (b) Applications, amendments thereto, and related statements of fact 
required by the FCC may be signed by the applicant's attorney in case of 
the applicant's physical disability or of his absence from the United 
States. The attorney shall in that event separately set forth the reason 
why the application is not signed by the applicant. In addition, if any 
matter is stated on the basis of the attorney's belief only (rather than 
his knowledge), he shall separately set forth his reasons for believing 
that such statements are true.
    (c) Facsimile signatures are acceptable. Only the original of 
applications, amendments, or related statements of fact, need be signed; 
copies may be conformed.
    (d) Applications, amendments, and related statements of fact need 
not be submitted under oath. Willful false statements made therein 
however, will be considered a violation of Sec.  73.1015, are also 
punishable by fine and imprisonment, U.S. Code, Title 18, section 1001, 
and by appropriate adminstrative sanctions including revocation of 
station license pursuant to section 312(a)(i) of the Communications Act.

[44 FR 38487, July 2, 1979, as amended at 51 FR 3069, Jan. 23, 1986; 64 
FR 56978, Oct. 22, 1999]



Sec.  73.3514  Content of applications.

    (a) Each application shall include all information called for by the 
particular form on which the application is required to be filed, unless 
the information called for is inapplicable, in which case this fact 
shall be indicated.
    (b) The FCC may require an applicant to submit such documents and 
written statements of fact as in its judgment may be necessary. The FCC 
may also, upon its own motion or upon motion of any party to a 
proceeding, order the applicant to amend the application so

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as to make it more definite and certain.

[44 FR 38487, July 2, 1979]



Sec.  73.3516  Specification of facilities.

    (a) An application for facilities in the AM, FM, TV or Class A TV 
broadcast services, or low power TV service shall be limited to one 
frequency, or channel, and no application will be accepted for filing if 
it requests an alternate frequency or channel. Applications specifying 
split frequency AM operations using one frequency during daytime hours 
complemented by a different frequency during nighttime hours will not be 
accepted for filing.
    (b) An application for facilities in the experimental and auxiliary 
broadcast services may request the assignment of more than one frequency 
if consistent with applicable rules in Part 74. Such applications must 
specify the frequency or frequencies requested and may not request 
alternate frequencies.
    (c) An application for a construction permit for a new broadcast 
station, the facilities for which are specified in an outstanding 
construction permit or license, will not be accepted for filing.
    (d) An application for facilities in the International broadcast 
service may be filed without a request for specific frequency, as the 
FCC will assign frequencies from time to time in accordance with 
Sec. Sec.  73.702 and 73.711.
    (e) An application for construction permit for a new broadcast 
station or for modification of construction permit or license of a 
previously authorized broadcast station will not be accepted for filing 
if it is mutually exclusive with an application for renewal of license 
of an existing broadcast station unless the application for renewal of 
license is filed on or before May 1, 1995 and unless the mutually 
exclusive construction permit application is tendered for filing by the 
end of the first day of the last full calendar month of the expiring 
license term. A petition to deny an application for renewal of license 
of an existing broadcast station will be considered as timely filed if 
it is tendered for filing by the end of the first day of the last full 
calendar month of the expiring license term.
    (1) If the license renewal application is not timely filed as 
prescribed in Sec.  73.3539, the deadline for filing petitions to deny 
thereto is the 90th day after the FCC gives public notice that it has 
accepted the late-filed renewal application for filing. In the case of a 
renewal application filed on or before May 1, 1995, if the license 
renewal application is not timely filed as prescribed in Sec.  73.3539, 
the deadline for filing applications mutually exclusive therewith is the 
90th day after the FCC gives public notice that it has accepted the 
late-filed renewal application for filing.
    (2) If any deadline falls on a nonbusiness day, the cutoff shall be 
the close of business of the first full business day thereafter.
    (3) The dates when the licenses of all broadcast and broadcast 
auxiliary services regularly expire are listed in Sec. Sec.  73.733, 
73.1020 and 74.15.

[44 FR 38487, July 2, 1979, as amended at 47 FR 21494, May 18, 1982; 49 
FR 47843, Dec. 7, 1984; 51 FR 44071, Dec. 8, 1986; 56 FR 64873, Dec. 12, 
1991; 61 FR 18291, Apr. 25, 1996; 65 FR 30006, May 10, 2000]



Sec.  73.3517  Contingent applications.

    Contingent applications for new stations and for changes in 
facilities of existing stations are not acceptable for filing. 
Contingent applications will be accepted for filing under circumstances 
described below:
    (a) Upon filing of an application for the assignment of a license or 
construction permit, or for a transfer of control of a licensee or 
permittee, the proposed assignee or transferee may, upon payment of the 
processing fee prescribed in Subpart G, Part 1 of this chapter, file 
applications in its own name for authorization to make changes in the 
facilities to be assigned or transferred contingent upon approval and 
consummation of the assignment or transfer. Any application filed 
pursuant to this paragraph must be accompanied by a written statement 
from the existing licensee which specifically grants permission to the 
assignee or permittee to file such application. The processing fee will 
not be refundable should the assignment or transfer not be approved. The 
existing licensee or permittee may also file a contingent application in 
its own

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name, but fees in such cases also not refundable.
    (b) Whenever the FCC determines that processing of any application 
filed pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section, would be contrary to 
sound administrative practice or would impose an unwarranted burden on 
its staff and resources, the FCC may defer processing of such 
application until the assignment or transfer has been granted and 
consummated.
    (c) Upon payment of the filing fees prescribed in Sec.  1.1111 of 
this chapter, the Commission will accept two or more applications filed 
by existing AM licensees for modification of facilities that are 
contingent upon granting of both, if granting such contingent 
applications will reduce interference to one or more AM stations or will 
otherwise increase the area of interference-free service. The 
applications must state that they are filed pursuant to an interference 
reduction arrangement and must cross-reference all other contingent 
applications.
    (d) Modified proposals curing conflicts between mutually exclusive 
clusters of applications filed in accordance with paragraphs (c) of this 
section will be accepted for 60 days following issuance of a public 
notice identifying such conflicts.
    (e) The Commission will accept up to four contingently related 
applications filed by FM licensees and/or permittees for minor 
modification of facilities. Two applications are related if the grant of 
one is necessary to permit the grant of the second application. Each 
application must state that it is filed as part of a related group of 
applications to make changes in facilities, must cross-reference each of 
the related applications, and must include a copy of the agreement to 
undertake the coordinated facility modifications. All applications must 
be filed on the same date. Any coordinated facility modification filing 
that proposes the cancellation of a community's sole noncommercial 
educational FM station license also must include a public interest 
justification. Dismissal of any one of the related applications as 
unacceptable will result in the dismissal of all the related 
applications.

    Note 1: No application to move to a frequency in the 1605-1705 kHz 
band may be part of any package of contingent applications associated 
with a voluntary agreement.
    Note 2: In cases where no modified proposal is filed pursuant to 
paragraph (d) of this section, the Commission will grant the application 
resulting in the greatest net interference reduction.

[44 FR 38487, July 2, 1979, as amended at 45 FR 41152, June 18, 1980; 52 
FR 5294, Feb. 20, 1987; 53 FR 36787, Sept. 22, 1988; 56 FR 64873, Dec. 
12, 1991; 64 FR 19501, Apr. 21, 1999]



Sec.  73.3518  Inconsistent or conflicting applications.

    While an application is pending and undecided, no subsequent 
inconsistent or conflicting application may be filed by or on behalf of 
or for the benefit of the same applicant, successor or assignee.

[44 FR 38487, July 2, 1979]



Sec.  73.3519  Repetitious applications.

    (a) Where the FCC has denied an application for a new station or for 
any modification of services or facilities, or dismissed such 
application with prejudice, no like application involving service of the 
same kind for substantially the same area by substantially the same 
applicant, or his successor or assignee, or on behalf or for the benefit 
of the original parties in interest, may be filed within 12 months from 
the effective date of the FCC's action. However, applicants whose 
applications have been denied in a comparative hearing may apply 
immediately for another available facility.
    (b) Where an appeal has been taken from the action of the FCC in 
denying a particular application, another application for the same class 
of broadcast station and for the same area, in whole or in part, filed 
by the same applicant, or his successor or assignee, or on behalf of, or 
for the benefit of the original parties in interest, will not be 
considered until final disposition of such appeal.

[44 FR 38488, July 2, 1979]



Sec.  73.3520  Multiple applications.

    Where there is one application for new or additional facilities 
pending, no other application for new or additional facilities for a 
station of the same class

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to serve the same community may be filed by the same applicant, or 
successor or assignee, or on behalf of, or for the benefit of the 
original parties in interest. Multiple applications may not be filed 
simultaneously.

[44 FR 38488, July 2, 1979]



Sec.  73.3521  Mutually exclusive applications for low power television, 
television translators and television booster stations.

    When there is a pending application for a new low power television, 
television translator, or television booster station, or for major 
changes in an existing station, no other application which would be 
directly mutually exclusive with the pending application may be filed by 
the same applicant or by any applicant in which any individual in common 
with the pending application has any interest, direct or indirect, 
except that interests or less than 1% will not be considered.

[52 FR 31400, Aug. 20, 1987]



Sec.  73.3522  Amendment of applications.

    (a) Broadcast services subject to competitive bidding. (1) 
Applicants in all broadcast services subject to competitive bidding will 
be subject to the provisions of Sec. Sec.  73.5002 and 1.2105(b) 
regarding the modification of their short-form applications.
    (2) Subject to the provision of Sec.  73.5005, if it is determined 
that a long form application submitted by a winning bidder or a non-
mutually exclusive applicant for a new station or a major change in an 
existing station in all broadcast services subject to competitive 
bidding is substantially complete, but contains any defect, omission, or 
inconsistency, a deficiency letter will be issued affording the 
applicant an opportunity to correct the defect, omission or 
inconsistency. Amendments may be filed pursuant to the deficiency letter 
curing any defect, omission or inconsistency identified by the 
Commission, or to make minor modifications to the application, or 
pursuant to Sec.  1.65. Such amendments should be filed in accordance 
with Sec.  73.3513. If a petition to deny has been filed, the amendment 
shall be served on the petitioner.
    (3) Subject to the provisions of Sec. Sec.  73.3571, 73.3572 and 
73.3573, deficiencies, omissions or inconsistencies in long-form 
applications may not be cured by major amendment. The filing of major 
amendments to long-form applications is not permitted. An application 
will be considered to be newly filed if it is amended by a major 
amendment.
    (4) Paragraph (a) of this section is not applicable to applications 
for minor modifications of facilities in the non-reserved FM broadcast 
service, nor to any application for a reserved band FM station.
    (b) Reserved Channel FM and reserved noncommercial educational 
television stations. Applications may be amended after Public Notice 
announcing a period for filing amendments. Amendments, when applicable, 
are subject to the provisions of Sec. Sec.  73.3514, 73.3525, 73.3572, 
73.3573, 73.3580, and Sec.  1.65 of this chapter. Unauthorized or 
untimely amendments are subject to return by the FCC's staff without 
consideration. Amendments will be accepted as described below and 
otherwise will only be considered upon a showing of good cause for late 
filing or pursuant to Sec.  1.65 of this chapter or Sec.  73.3514:
    (1) A Sec.  73.7002 Selectee. A Public Notice will announce that the 
application of a Sec.  73.7002 Selectee (selected based on fair 
distribution) has been found acceptable for filing. If any Selectee's 
application is determined unacceptable the application will be returned 
and the Selectee will be provided one opportunity for curative amendment 
by filing a petition for reconsideration requesting reinstatement of the 
application. All amendments filed in accordance with this paragraph must 
be minor and must not alter the Sec.  73.7002 preference.
    (2) A Sec.  73.7003 Tentative Selectee. A Public Notice will 
announce that the application of a Sec.  73.7003 Tentative Selectee 
(selected through a point system) has been found acceptable for filing. 
If any Tentative Selectee's application is determined unacceptable the 
application will be returned and the Tentative Selectee will be provided 
one opportunity for curative amendment by filing a petition for 
reconsideration

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requesting reinstatement of the application. All amendments filed in 
accordance with this paragraph must be minor and must claim the same 
number of qualitative points as originally claimed, or more points than 
claimed by the applicant with the next highest point total.
    (3) A Public Notice will identify all other reserved channel 
applications, such as non-mutually exclusive applications and the sole 
remaining application after a settlement among mutually exclusive 
applications. If any such application is determined unacceptable the 
application will be returned and the applicant will be provided one 
opportunity for curative amendment by filing a petition for 
reconsideration requesting reinstatement of the application. All 
amendments filed in accordance with this paragraph must be minor.
    (c) Minor modifications of facilities in the non-reserved FM 
broadcast service.
    (1) Subject to the provisions of Sec. Sec.  73.3525, 73.3573, and 
73.3580, for a period of 30 days following the FCC's issuance of a 
Public Notice announcing the tender of an application for minor 
modification of a non-reserved band FM station, (other than Class D 
stations), minor amendments may be filed as a matter of right.
    (2) For applications received on or after August 7, 1992, an 
applicant whose application is found to meet minimum filing 
requirements, but nevertheless is not complete and acceptable, shall 
have the opportunity during the period specified in the FCC staff's 
deficiency letter to correct all deficiencies in the tenderability and 
acceptability of the underlying application, including any deficiency 
not specifically identified by the staff. [For minimum filing 
requirements see Sec.  73.3564(a). Examples of tender defects appear at 
50 FR 19936 at 19945-46 (May 13, 1985), reprinted as Appendix D, Report 
and Order, MM Docket No. 91-347, 7 FCC Rcd 5074, 5083-88 (1992). For 
examples of acceptance defects, see 49 FR 47331.] Prior to the end of 
the period specified in the deficiency letter, a submission seeking to 
correct a tender and/or acceptance defect in an application meeting 
minimum filing requirements will be treated as an amendment for good 
cause if it would successfully and directly correct the defect. Other 
amendments submitted prior to grant will be considered only upon a 
showing of good cause for late filing or pursuant to Sec.  1.65 or Sec.  
73.3514.
    (3) Unauthorized or untimely amendments are subject to return by the 
Commission without consideration. However, an amendment to a non-
reserved band application will not be accepted if the effect of such 
amendment is to alter the proposed facility's coverage area so as to 
produce a conflict with an applicant who files subsequent to the initial 
applicant but prior to the amendment application. Similarly, an 
applicant subject to ``first come/first serve'' processing will not be 
permitted to amend its application and retain filing priority if the 
result of such amendment is to alter the facility's coverage area so as 
to produce a conflict with an applicant which files subsequent to the 
initial applicant but prior to the amendment.

    Note 1 to Sec.  73.3522: When two or more broadcast applications are 
tendered for filing which are mutually exclusive with each other but not 
in conflict with any previously filed applications which have been 
accepted for filing, the FCC, where appropriate, will announce 
acceptance of the earliest tendered application and place the later 
filed application or applications on a subsequent public notice of 
acceptance for filing in order to establish a deadline for the filing of 
amendments as a matter of right for all applicants in the group.

[63 FR 48623, Sept. 11, 1998, as amended at 65 FR 36378, June 8, 2000]



Sec.  73.3523  Dismissal of applications in renewal proceedings.

    (a) An applicant for construction permit, that has filed an 
application that is mutually exclusive with an application for renewal 
of a license of an AM, FM or television station (hereinafter competing 
applicant'') filed on or before May 1, 1995, and seeks to dismiss or 
withdraw its application and thereby remove a conflict between 
applications pending before the Commission, must obtain the approval of 
the Commission.
    (b) If a competing applicant seeks to dismiss or withdraw its 
application prior to the Initial Decision stage of the hearing on its 
application, it must

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submit to the Commission a request for approval of the dismissal or 
withdrawal of its application, a copy of any written agreement related 
to the dismissal or withdrawal of its application, and an affidavit 
setting forth:
    (1) A certification that neither the applicant nor its principals 
has received or will receive any money or other consideration in 
exchange for dismissing or withdrawing its application;
    (2) A statement that its application was not filed for the purpose 
of reaching or carrying out an agreement with any other applicant 
regarding the dismissal or withdrawal of its application; and
    (3) The terms of any oral agreement relating to the dismissal or 
withdrawal of its application.

In addition, within 5 days of the applicant's request for approval, each 
remaining competing applicant and the renewal applicant must submit an 
affidavit setting forth:
    (4) A certification that neither the applicant nor its principals 
has paid or will pay any money or other consideration in exchange for 
the dismissal or withdrawal of the application; and
    (5) The terms of any oral agreement relating to the dismissal or 
withdrawal of the application.
    (c) If a competing applicant seeks to dismiss or withdraw its 
application after the Initial Decision stage of the hearing on its 
application, it must submit to the Commission a request for approval of 
the dismissal or withdrawal of its application, a copy of the any 
written agreement related to the dismissal or withdrawal, and an 
affidavit setting forth:
    (1) A certification that neither the applicant nor its principals 
has received or will receive any money or other consideration in excess 
of the legitimate and prudent expenses of the applicant;
    (2) The exact nature and amount of any consideration paid or 
promised;
    (3) An itemized accounting of the expenses for which it seeks 
reimbursement;
    (4) A statement that its application was not filed for the purpose 
of reaching or carrying out an agreement with any other applicant 
regarding the dismissal or withdrawal of its application; and
    (5) The terms of any oral agreement relating to the dismissal or 
withdrawal of its application.

In addition, within 5 days of the applicant's request for approval, each 
remaining party to any written or oral agreement must submit an 
affidavit setting forth:
    (6) A certification that neither the applicant nor its principals 
has paid or will pay money or other consideration in excess of the 
legitimate and prudent expenses of the withdrawing applicant in exchange 
for the dismissal or withdrawal of the application; and
    (7) The terms of any oral agreement relating the dismissal or 
withdrawal of the application.
    (d) For the purpose of this section:
    (1) Affidavits filed pursuant to this section shall be executed by 
the applicant, permittee or licensee, if an individual; a partner having 
personal knowledge of the facts, if a partnership; or an officer having 
personal knowledge of the facts, if a corporation or association.
    (2) An application shall be deemed to be pending before the 
Commission from the time an application is filed with Commission until 
an order of the Commission granting or denying the application is no 
longer subject to reconsideration by the Commission or to review by any 
court.
    (3) ``Legitimate and prudent expenses'' are those expenses 
reasonably incurred by an applicant in preparing, filing, and 
prosecuting its application.
    (4) ``Other consideration'' consists of financial concessions, 
including but not limited to the transfer of assets or the provision of 
tangible pecuniary benefit, as well as nonfinancial concessions that 
confer any type of benefit on the recipient.

[54 FR 22598, May 25, 1989, as amended at 61 FR 18291, Apr. 25, 1996]



Sec.  73.3525  Agreements for removing application conflicts.

    (a) Except as provided in Sec.  73.3523 regarding dismissal of 
applications in comparative renewal proceedings, whenever applicants for 
a construction permit for a broadcast station enter

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into an agreement to procure the removal of a conflict between 
applications pending before the FCC by withdrawal or amendment of an 
application or by its dismissal pursuant to Sec.  73.3568, all parties 
thereto shall, within 5 days after entering into the agreement, file 
with the FCC a joint request for approval of such agreement. The joint 
request shall be accompanied by a copy of the agreement, including any 
ancillary agreements, and an affidavit of each party to the agreement 
setting forth:
    (1) The reasons why it is considered that such agreement is in the 
public interest;
    (2) A statement that its application was not filed for the purpose 
of reaching or carrying out such agreement;
    (3) A certification that neither the applicant nor its principals 
has received any money or other consideration in excess of the 
legitimate and prudent expenses of the applicant; Provided That this 
provision shall not apply to bona fide merger agreements;
    (4) The exact nature and amount of any consideration paid or 
promised;
    (5) An itemized accounting of the expenses for which it seeks 
reimbursement; and
    (6) The terms of any oral agreement relating to the dismissal or 
withdrawal of its application.
    (b) Whenever two or more conflicting applications for construction 
permits for broadcast stations pending before the FCC involve a 
determination of fair, efficient and equitable distribution of service 
pursuant to section 307(b) of the Communications Act, and an agreement 
is made to procure the withdrawal (by amendment to specify a different 
community or by dismissal pursuant to Sec.  73.3568) of the only 
application or applications seeking the same facilities for one of the 
communities involved, all parties thereto shall file the joint request 
and affidavits specified in paragraph (a) of this section.
    (1) If upon examination of the proposed agreement the FCC finds that 
withdrawal of one of the applications would unduly impede achievement of 
a fair, efficient and equitable distribution of radio servce among the 
several States and communities, then the FCC shall order that further 
opportunity be afforded for other persons to apply for the facilities 
specified in the application or applications to be withdrawn before 
acting upon the pending request for approval of the agreement.
    (2) Upon release of such order, any party proposing to withdraw its 
application shall cause to be published a notice of such proposed 
withdrawal at least twice a week for 2 consecutive weeks within the 3-
week period immediately following release of the FCC's order, in a daily 
newspaper of general circulation published in the community in which it 
was proposed to locate the station. However, if there is no such daily 
newspaper published in the community, the notice shall be published as 
follows:
    (i) If one or more weekly newspapers of general circulation are 
published in the community in which the station was proposed to be 
located, notice shall be published in such a weekly newspaper once a 
week for 3 consecutive weeks within the 4-week period immediately 
following the release of the FCC's order.
    (ii) If no weekly newspaper of general circulation is published in 
the community in which the station was proposed to be located, notice 
shall be published at least twice a week for 2 consecutive weeks within 
the 3-week period immediately following the release of the FCC's order 
in the daily newspaper having the greatest general circulation in the 
community in which the station was proposed to be located.
    (3) The notice shall state the name of the applicant; the location, 
frequency and power of the facilities proposed in the application; the 
location of the station or stations proposed in the applications with 
which it is in conflict; the fact that the applicant proposes to 
withdraw the application; and the date upon which the last day of 
publication shall take place.
    (4) Such notice shall additionally include a statement that new 
applications for a broadcast station on the same frequency, in the same 
community, with substantially the same engineering characteristics and 
proposing to serve substantially the same service area as the 
application sought to be withdrawn, timely filed pursuant to

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the FCC's rules, or filed, in any event, within 30 days from the last 
date of publication of the notice (notwithstanding any provisions 
normally requiring earlier filing of a competing application), will be 
entitled to comparative consideration with other pending mutually 
exclusive affidavits.
    (5) Within 7 days of the last day of publication of the notice, the 
applicant proposing to withdraw shall file a statement in triplicate 
with the FCC giving the dates on which the notice was published, the 
text of the notice and the name and location of the newspaper in which 
the notice was published.
    (6) Where the FCC orders that further opportunity be afforded for 
other persons to apply for the facilities sought to be withdrawn, no 
application of any party to the agreement will be acted upon by the FCC 
less than 30 days from the last day of publication of the notice 
specified in paragraph (b)(2) of this section. Any applications for a 
broadcast station on the same frequency in the same community, with 
substantially the same engineering characteristics and proposing to 
serve substantially the same service area as the application sought to 
be withdrawn, filed within the 30-day period following the last date of 
publication of the notice (notwithstanding any provisions normally 
requiring earlier filing of a competing application), or otherwise 
timely filed, will be entitled to comparative consideration with other 
pending mutually exclusive applications. If the application of any party 
to which the new application may be in conflict has been designated for 
hearing, any such new application will be entitled to consolidation in 
the proceeding.
    (c) Except where a joint request is filed pursuant to paragraph (a) 
of this section, any applicant filing an amendment pursuant to 
Sec. Sec.  73.3522 (b)(1) and (c), or a request for dismissal pursuant 
to Sec. Sec.  73.3568 (b)(1) and (c), which would remove a conflict with 
another pending application; or a petition for leave to amend pursuant 
to Sec.  73.3522(b)(2) which would permit a grant of the amended 
application or an application previously in conflict with the amended 
application; or a request for dismissal pursuant to Sec.  73.3568(b)(2), 
shall file with it an affidavit as to whether or not consideration 
(including an agreement for merger of interests) has been promised to or 
received by such applicant, directly or indirectly, in connection with 
the amendment, petition or request.
    (d) Upon the filing of a petition for leave to amend or to dismiss 
an application for broadcast facilities which has been designated for 
hearing or upon the dismissal of such application on the FCC's own 
motion pursuant to Sec.  73.3568, each applicant or party remaining in 
hearing, as to whom a conflict would be removed by the amendment or 
dismissal shall submit for inclusion in the record of that proceeding an 
affidavit stating whether or not he has directly or indirectly paid or 
promised consideration (including an agreement for merger of interests) 
in connection with the removal of such conflict.
    (e) Where an affidavit filed pursuant to paragraph (c) of this 
section states that consideration has been paid or promised, the 
affidavit shall set forth in full all relevant facts, including, but not 
limited to, the material listed in paragraph (a) of this section for 
inclusions in affidavits.
    (f) Affidavits filed pursuant to this section shall be executed by 
the applicant, permittee or licensee, if an individual; a partner having 
personal knowledge of the facts, if a partnership; or an officer having 
personal knowledge of the facts, if a corporation or association.
    (g) Requests and affidavits which relate to an application which has 
not been designated for hearing shall bear the file number of such 
application. If the affiant is also an applicant, the affidavit shall 
also bear the file number of affiant's pending application(s). Requests 
and affidavits which relate to an application which is designated for 
hearing shall bear the file number of that application and the hearing 
docket number and will be acted on by the presiding officer.
    (h) For the purposes of this section an application shall be deemed 
to be ``pending'' before the FCC and a party shall be considered to have 
the status of an ``applicant'' from the time an application is filed 
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order of the FCC granting or denying it is no longer subject to 
reconsideration by the FCC or to review by any court.
    (i) For purposes of this section, ``legitimate and prudent 
expenses'' are those expenses reasonably incurred by an applicant in 
preparing, filing, prosecuting, and settling its application for which 
reimbursement is being sought.
    (j) For purposes of this section, ``other consideration'' consists 
of financial concessions, including, but not limited to the transfer of 
assets or the provision of tangible pecuniary benefit, as well as non-
financial concessions that confer any type of benefit on the recipient.
    (k) For purposes of this section, an ``ancillary agreement'' means 
any agreement relating to the dismissal of an application or settling of 
a proceeding, including any agreement on the part of an applicant or 
principal of an applicant to render consulting services to another party 
or principal of another party in the poroceeding.
    (l) The prohibition of collusion as set forth in Sec. Sec.  
1.2105(c) and 73.5002 of this section, which becomes effective upon the 
filing of short-form applications, shall apply to all broadcast services 
subject to competitive bidding.

    Note: Although Sec.  74.780 of the Rules makes this section 
generally applicable to low power TV, TV translators, and TV booster 
stations, paragraph (b) of this section shall not be applicable to such 
stations.

[56 FR 28097, June 19, 1991, as amended at 63 FR 48624, Sept. 11, 1998]



Sec.  73.3526  Local public inspection file of commercial stations.

    (a) Responsibility to maintain a file. The following shall maintain 
for public inspection a file containing the material set forth in this 
section.
    (1) Applicants for a construction permit for a new station in the 
commercial broadcast services shall maintain a public inspection file 
containing the material, relating to that station, described in 
paragraphs (e)(2) and (e)(10) of this section. A separate file shall be 
maintained for each station for which an application is pending. If the 
application is granted, paragraph (a)(2) of this section shall apply.
    (2) Every permittee or licensee of an AM, FM, TV or Class A TV 
station in the commercial broadcast services shall maintain a public 
inspection file containing the material, relating to that station, 
described in paragraphs (e)(1) through (e)(10) and paragraph (e)(13) of 
this section. In addition, every permittee or licensee of a commercial 
TV or Class A TV station shall maintain for public inspection a file 
containing material, relating to that station, described in paragraphs 
(e)(11) and (e)(15) of this section, and every permittee or licensee of 
a commercial AM or FM station shall maintain for public inspection a 
file containing the material, relating to that station, described in 
paragraphs (e)(12) and (e)(14) of this section. A separate file shall be 
maintained for each station for which an authorization is outstanding, 
and the file shall be maintained so long as an authorization to operate 
the station is outstanding.
    (b) Location of the file. The public inspection file shall be 
maintained at the main studio of the station. An applicant for a new 
station or change of community shall maintain its file at an accessible 
place in the proposed community of license or at its proposed main 
studio.
    (c) Access to material in the file. (1) The file shall be available 
for public inspection at any time during regular business hours. All or 
part of the file may be maintained in a computer database, as long as a 
computer terminal is made available, at the location of the file, to 
members of the public who wish to review the file. Material in the 
public inspection file shall be made available for printing or machine 
reproduction upon request made in person. The applicant, permittee, or 
licensee may specify the location for printing or reproduction, require 
the requesting party to pay the reasonable cost thereof, and may require 
guarantee of payment in advance (e.g., by requiring a deposit, obtaining 
credit card information, or any other reasonable method). Requests for 
copies shall be fulfilled within a reasonable period of time, which 
generally should not exceed 7 days.
    (2) The applicant, permittee, or licensee who maintains its main 
studio and public file outside its community of license shall:

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    (i) Make available to persons within its geographic service area, by 
mail upon telephone request, photocopies of documents in the file (see 
Sec.  73.3526(c)(1)), excluding the political file (see Sec.  
73.3526(e)(6)), and the station shall pay postage;
    (ii) Mail the most recent version of ``The Public and Broadcasting'' 
to any member of the public that requests a copy; and
    (iii) Be prepared to assist members of the public in identifying the 
documents they may ask to be sent to them by mail, for example, by 
describing to the caller, if asked, the period covered by a particular 
report and the number of pages included in the report.

    Note to paragraph (c)(2): For purposes of this section, geographic 
service area includes the area within the Grade B contour for TV, 1 mV/m 
contour for all FM station classes except .7 mV/m for Class B1 stations 
and .5 mV/m for Class B stations, and .5 mV/m contour for AM stations.

    (d) Responsibility in case of assignment or transfer. (1) In cases 
involving applications for consent to assignment of broadcast station 
construction permits or licenses, with respect to which public notice is 
required to be given under the provisions of Sec.  73.3580 or Sec.  
73.3594, the file mentioned in paragraph (a) of this section shall be 
maintained by the assignor. If the assignment is consented to by the FCC 
and consummated, the assignee shall maintain the file commencing with 
the date on which notice of the consummation of the assignment is filed 
with the FCC. The assignee shall retain public file documents obtained 
from the assignor for the period required under these rules.
    (2) In cases involving applications for consent to transfer of 
control of a permittee or licensee of a broadcast station, the file 
mentioned in paragraph (a) of this section shall be maintained by the 
permittee or licensee.
    (e) Contents of the file. The material to be retained in the public 
inspection file is as follows:
    (1) Authorization. A copy of the current FCC authorization to 
construct or operate the station, as well as any other documents 
necessary to reflect any modifications thereto or any conditions that 
the FCC has placed on the authorization. These materials shall be 
retained until replaced by a new authorization, at which time a copy of 
the new authorization and any related materials shall be placed in the 
file.
    (2) Applications and related materials. A copy of any application 
tendered for filing with the FCC, together with all related material, 
and copies of Initial Decisions and Final Decisions in hearing cases 
pertaining thereto. If petitions to deny are filed against the 
application and have been served on the applicant, a statement that such 
a petition has been filed shall be maintained in the file together with 
the name and address of the party filing the petition. Applications 
shall be retained in the public inspection file until final action has 
been taken on the application, except that applications for a new 
construction permit granted pursuant to a waiver showing and 
applications for assignment or transfer of license granted pursuant to a 
waiver showing shall be retained for as long as the waiver is in effect. 
In addition, license renewal applications granted on a short-term basis 
shall be retained until final action has been taken on the license 
renewal application filed immediately following the shortened license 
term.
    (3) Citizen agreements. A copy of every written citizen agreement. 
These agreements shall be retained for the term of the agreement, 
including any renewal or extension thereof.

    Note to paragraph (e)(3):
    For purposes of this section, a citizen agreement is a written 
agreement between a broadcast applicant, permittee, or licensee, and one 
or more citizens or citizen groups, entered for primarily noncommercial 
purposes. This definition includes those agreements that deal with goals 
or proposed practices directly or indirectly affecting station 
operations in the public interest, in areas such as--but not limited 
to--programming and employment. It excludes common commercial agreements 
such as advertising contracts; union, employment, and personal services 
contracts; network affiliation, syndication, program supply contracts, 
etc. However, the mere inclusion of commercial terms in a primarily 
noncommercial agreement--such as a provision for payment of fees for 
future services of the citizen-parties (see ``Report and Order,'' Docket 
19518, 57 FCC 2d 494 (1976))--would not cause the agreement to be 
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    (4) Contour maps. A copy of any service contour maps, submitted with 
any application tendered for filing with the FCC, together with any 
other information in the application showing service contours and/or 
main studio and transmitter location (State, county, city, street 
address, or other identifying information). These documents shall be 
retained for as long as they reflect current, accurate information 
regarding the station.
    (5) Ownership reports and related materials. A copy of the most 
recent, complete ownership report filed with the FCC for the station, 
together with any statements filed with the FCC certifying that the 
current report is accurate, and together with all related material. 
These materials shall be retained until a new, complete ownership report 
is filed with the FCC, at which time a copy of the new report and any 
related materials shall be placed in the file. The permittee or licensee 
must retain in the public file either a copy of the contracts listed in 
such reports in accordance with Sec.  73.3615(a)(4)(i), or an up-to-date 
list of such contracts. Licensees or permittees who choose to retain a 
list of contracts must provide a copy of any contracts to requesting 
parties within 7 days.
    (6) Political file. Such records as are required by Sec.  73.1943 to 
be kept concerning broadcasts by candidates for public office. These 
records shall be retained for the period specified in Sec.  73.1943 (2 
years).
    (7) Equal Employment Opportunity file. Such information as is 
required by Sec.  73.2080 to be kept in the public inspection file. 
These materials shall be retained until final action has been taken on 
the station's next license renewal application.
    (8) The public and broadcasting. At all times, a copy of the most 
recent version of the manual entitled ``The Public and Broadcasting.''
    (9) Letters and e-mail from the public. (i) All written comments and 
suggestions received from the public regarding operation of the station, 
unless the letter writer has requested that the letter not be made 
public or when the licensee feels that it should be excluded from public 
inspection because of the nature of its content, such as a defamatory or 
obscene letter. Letters and electronic mail messages shall be retained 
for a period of three years from the date on which they are received by 
the licensee.
    (ii) For purposes of this section, written comments and suggestions 
received from the public include electronic mail messages transmitted 
via the internet to station management or an e-mail address publicized 
by the station. Personal e-mail messages sent to station employees need 
not be retained. Licensees may retain e-mails either on paper or in a 
computer file. Licensees who choose to maintain a computer file of e-
mails may make the file available to the public either by providing the 
public with access to a computer terminal at the location of the public 
file, or providing the public with a copy of such e-mails on computer 
diskette, upon request. In the case of identical communications, 
licensees and permittees may retain one sample copy of the letter or 
electronic mail message together with a list identifying other parties 
who sent identical communications.
    (10) Material relating to FCC investigation or complaint. Material 
having a substantial bearing on a matter which is the subject of an FCC 
investigation or complaint to the FCC of which the applicant, permittee, 
or licensee has been advised. This material shall be retained until the 
applicant, permittee, or licensee is notified in writing that the 
material may be discarded.
    (11)(i) TV issues/programs lists. For commercial TV and Class A TV 
broadcast stations, every three months a list of programs that have 
provided the station's most significant treatment of community issues 
during the preceding three month period. The list for each calendar 
quarter is to be filed by the tenth day of the succeeding calendar 
quarter (e.g., January 10 for the quarter October-December, April 10 for 
the quarter January-March, etc.) The list shall include a brief 
narrative describing what issues were given significant treatment and 
the programming that provided this treatment. The description of the 
programs shall include, but shall not be limited to, the time, date, 
duration, and title of each program in which the issue was treated. The 
lists

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described in this paragraph shall be retained in the public inspection 
file until final action has been taken on the station's next license 
renewal application.
    (ii) Records concerning commercial limits. For commercial TV and 
Class A TV broadcast stations, records sufficient to permit 
substantiation of the station's certification, in its license renewal 
application, of compliance with the commercial limits on children's 
programming established in 47 U.S.C. 303a and 47 CFR 73.670. The records 
for each calendar quarter must be filed by the tenth day of the 
succeeding calendar quarter (e.g., January 10 for the quarter October-
December, April 10 for the quarter January-March, etc.). These records 
shall be retained until final action has been taken on the station's 
next license renewal application.
    (iii) Children's television programming reports. For commercial TV 
broadcast stations, on a quarterly basis, a completed Children's 
Television Programming Report (``Report''), on FCC Form 398, reflecting 
efforts made by the licensee during the preceding quarter, and efforts 
planned for the next quarter, to serve the educational and informational 
needs of children. The Report for each quarter is to be placed in the 
public inspection file by the tenth day of the succeeding calendar 
quarter. By this date, a copy of the Report for each quarter is also to 
be filed electronically with the FCC. The Report shall identify the 
licensee's educational and informational programming efforts, including 
programs aired by the station that are specifically designed to serve 
the educational and informational needs of children, and it shall 
explain how programs identified as Core Programming meet the definition 
set forth in Sec.  73.671(c). The Report shall include the name of the 
individual at the station responsible for collecting comments on the 
station's compliance with the Children's Television Act, and it shall be 
separated from other materials in the public inspection file. The Report 
shall also identify the program guide publishers to which information 
regarding the licensee's educational and informational programming was 
provided as required in Sec.  73.673(b), as well as the station's 
license renewal date. These Reports shall be retained in the public 
inspection file until final action has been taken on the station's next 
license renewal application. Licensees shall publicize in an appropriate 
manner the existence and location of these Reports.
    (12) Radio issues/programs lists. For commercial AM and FM broadcast 
stations, every three months a list of programs that have provided the 
station's most significant treatment of community issues during the 
preceding three month period. The list for each calendar quarter is to 
be filed by the tenth day of the succeeding calendar quarter (e.g., 
January 10 for the quarter October--December, April 10 for the quarter 
January--March, etc.). The list shall include a brief narrative 
describing what issues were given significant treatment and the 
programming that provided this treatment. The description of the 
programs shall include, but shall not be limited to, the time, date, 
duration, and title of each program in which the issue was treated. The 
lists described in this paragraph shall be retained in the public 
inspection file until final action has been taken on the station's next 
license renewal application.
    (13) Local public notice announcements. Each applicant for renewal 
of license shall, within 7 days of the last day of broadcast of the 
local public notice of filing announcements required pursuant to Sec.  
73.3580(h), place in the station's local public inspection file a 
statement certifying compliance with this requirement. The dates and 
times that the pre-filing and post-filing notices were broadcast and the 
text thereof shall be made part of the certifying statement. The 
certifying statement shall be retained in the public file for the period 
specified in Sec.  73.3580 (for as long as the application to which it 
refers).
    (14) Radio and television time brokerage agreements. For commercial 
radio and television stations, a copy of every agreement or contract 
involving time brokerage of the licensee's station or of another station 
by the licensee, whether the agreement involves stations in the same 
markets or in differing markets, with confidential or proprietary

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information redacted where appropriate. These records shall be retained 
as long as the contract or agreement is in force.
    (15) Must-carry or retransmission consent election. Statements of a 
commercial television or Class A television station's election with 
respect to either must-carry or re-transmission consent, as defined in 
Sec. Sec.  76.64 and 76.1608 of this chapter. These records shall be 
retained for the duration of the three year election period to which the 
statement applies.
    (16) Radio and television joint sales agreements. For commercial 
radio and commercial television stations, a copy of agreement for the 
joint sale of advertising time involving the station, whether the 
agreement involves stations in the same markets or in differing markets, 
with confidential or proprietary information redacted where appropriate.
    (17) Class A TV continuing eligibility. Documentation sufficient to 
demonstrate that the Class A television station is continuing to meet 
the eligibility requirements set forth at Sec.  73.6001.

    Note 1 to paragraph (e):
    For purposes of this section, action taken on an application 
tendered with the FCC becomes final when that action is no longer 
subject to reconsideration, review, or appeal either at the FCC or in 
the courts.
    Note 2 to paragraph (e):
    For purposes of this section, the term ``all related material'' 
includes all exhibits, letters, and other documents tendered for filing 
with the FCC as part of an application, report, or other document, all 
amendments to the application, report, or other document, copies of all 
documents incorporated therein by reference and not already maintained 
in the public inspection file, and all correspondence between the FCC 
and the applicant pertaining to the application, report, or other 
document, which according to the provisions of Sec. Sec.  0.451 through 
0.461 of this part are open for public inspection at the offices of the 
FCC.

[63 FR 49497, Sept. 16, 1998, as amended at 63 FR 70049, Dec. 18, 1998; 
64 FR 35947, July 2, 1999; 64 FR 50645, Sept. 17, 1999; 65 FR 7457, Feb. 
15, 2000; 65 FR 30006, May 10, 2000; 65 FR 53614, Sept. 5, 2000; 65 FR 
67288, Nov. 9, 2000]



Sec.  73.3527  Local public inspection file of noncommercial educational 
stations.

    (a) Responsibility to maintain a file. The following shall maintain 
for public inspection a file containing the material set forth in this 
section.
    (1) Applicants for a construction permit for a new station in the 
noncommercial educational broadcast services shall maintain a public 
inspection file containing the material, relating to that station, 
described in paragraph (e)(2) and (e)(11) of this section. A separate 
file shall be maintained for each station for which an application is 
pending. If the application is granted, paragraph (a)(2) of this section 
shall apply.
    (2) Every permittee or licensee of an AM, FM, or TV station in the 
noncommercial educational broadcast services shall maintain a public 
inspection file containing the material, relating to that station, 
described in paragraphs (e)(1) through (e)(11) of this section. In 
addition, every permittee or licensee of a noncommercial educational TV 
station shall maintain for public inspection a file containing material, 
relating to that station, described in paragraphs (e)(12) of this 
section. A separate file shall be maintained for each station for which 
an authorization is outstanding, and the file shall be maintained so 
long as an authorization to operate the station is outstanding.
    (b) Location of the file. The public inspection file shall be 
maintained at the main studio of the station. An applicant for a new 
station or change of community shall maintain its file at an accessible 
place in the proposed community of license or at its proposed main 
studio.
    (c) Access to material in the file. (1) The file shall be available 
for public inspection at any time during regular business hours. All or 
part of the file may be maintained in a computer database, as long as a 
computer terminal is made available, at the location of the file, to 
members of the public who wish to review the file. Material in the 
public inspection file shall be made available for printing or machine 
reproduction

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upon request made in person. The applicant, permittee, or licensee may 
specify the location for printing or reproduction, require the 
requesting party to pay the reasonable cost thereof, and may require 
guarantee of payment in advance (e.g., by requiring a deposit, obtaining 
credit card information, or any other reasonable method). Requests for 
copies shall be fulfilled within a reasonable period of time, which 
generally should not exceed 7 days.
    (2) The applicant, permittee, or licensee who maintains its main 
studio and public file outside its community of license shall:
    (i) Make available to persons within its geographic service area, by 
mail upon telephone request, photocopies of documents in the file (see 
Sec.  73.3527(c)(1)), excluding the political file (see Sec.  
73.3527(e)(5)), and the station shall pay postage;
    (ii) Mail the most recent version of ``The Public and Broadcasting'' 
to any member of the public that requests a copy; and
    (iii) Be prepared to assist members of the public in identifying the 
documents they may ask to be sent to them by mail, for example, by 
describing to the caller, if asked, the period covered by a particular 
report and the number of pages included in the report.

    Note to paragraph (c)(2):
    For purposes of this section, geographic service area includes the 
area within the protected service contour in a particular service: Grade 
B contour for TV, 1 mVm contour for all FM station classes except .7 mV/
m for Class B1 stations and .5 mV/m for Class B stations, and .5 mV/m 
contour for AM stations.

    (d) Responsibility in case of assignment or transfer. (1) In cases 
involving applications for consent to assignment of broadcast station 
construction permits or licenses, with respect to which public notice is 
required to be given under the provisions of Sec.  73.3580 or Sec.  
73.3594, the file mentioned in paragraph (a) of this section shall be 
maintained by the assignor. If the assignment is consented to by the FCC 
and consummated, the assignee shall maintain the file commencing with 
the date on which notice of the consummation of the assignment is filed 
with the FCC. The assignee shall retain public file documents obtained 
from the assignor for the period required under these rules.
    (2) In cases involving applications for consent to transfer of 
control of a permittee or licensee of a broadcast station, the file 
mentioned in paragraph (a) of this section shall be maintained by the 
permittee or licensee.
    (e) Contents of the file. The material to be retained in the public 
inspection file is as follows:
    (1) Authorization. A copy of the current FCC authorization to 
construct or operate the station, as well as any other documents 
necessary to reflect any modifications thereto or any conditions that 
the FCC has placed on the authorization. These materials shall be 
retained until replaced by a new authorization, at which time a copy of 
the new authorization and any related materials shall be placed in the 
file.
    (2) Applications and related materials. A copy of any application 
tendered for filing with the FCC, together with all related material, 
including supporting documentation of any points claimed in the 
application pursuant to Sec.  73.7003, and copies of FCC decisions 
pertaining thereto. If petitions to deny are filed against the 
application and have been served on the applicant, a statement that such 
a petition has been filed shall be maintained in the file together with 
the name and address of the party filing the petition. Applications 
shall be retained in the public inspection file until final action has 
been taken on the application, except that applications for a new 
construction permit granted pursuant to a waiver showing and 
applications for assignment or transfer of license granted pursuant to a 
waiver showing shall be retained for as long as the waiver is in effect. 
In addition, license renewal applications granted on a short-term basis 
shall be retained until final action has been taken on the license 
renewal application filed immediately following the shortened license 
term.
    (3) Contour maps. A copy of any service contour maps, submitted with 
any application tendered for filing with the FCC, together with any 
other information in the application showing service contours and/or 
main studio and transmitter location (State, county, city,

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street address, or other identifying information). These documents shall 
be retained for as long as they reflect current, accurate information 
regarding the station.
    (4) Ownership reports and related materials. A copy of the most 
recent, complete ownership report filed with the FCC for the station, 
together with any subsequent statement filed with the FCC certifying 
that the current report is accurate, and together with all related 
material. These materials shall be retained until a new, complete 
ownership report is filed with the FCC, at which time a copy of the new 
report and any related materials shall be placed in the file. The 
permittee or licensee must retain in the public file either a copy of 
the contracts listed in such reports in accordance with Sec.  
73.3615(d)(3), or an up-to-date list of such contracts. Licensees and 
permittees who choose to maintain a list of contracts must provide a 
copy of any contracts to requesting parties within 7 days.
    (5) Political file. Such records as are required by Sec.  73.1943 to 
be kept concerning broadcasts by candidates for public office. These 
records shall be retained for the period specified in Sec.  73.1943 (2 
years).
    (6) Equal Employment Opportunity file. Such information as is 
required by Sec.  73.2080 to be kept in the public inspection file. 
These materials shall be retained until final action has been taken on 
the station's next license renewal application.
    (7) The Public and Broadcasting. At all times, a copy of the most 
recent version of the manual entitled ``The Public and Broadcasting.''
    (8) Issues/programs lists. For nonexempt noncommercial educational 
broadcast stations, every three months a list of programs that have 
provided the station's most significant treatment of community issues 
during the preceding three month period. The list for each calendar 
quarter is to be filed by the tenth day of the succeeding calendar 
quarter (e.g., January 10 for the quarter October-December, April 10 for 
the quarter January-March, etc.). The list shall include a brief 
narrative describing what issues were given significant treatment and 
the programming that provided this treatment. The description of the 
programs shall include, but shall not be limited to, the time, date, 
duration, and title of each program in which the issue was treated. The 
lists described in this paragraph shall be retained in the public 
inspection file until final action has been taken on the station's next 
license renewal application.
    (9) Donor lists. The lists of donors supporting specific programs. 
These lists shall be retained for two years from the date of the 
broadcast of the specific program supported.
    (10) Local public notice announcements. Each applicant for renewal 
of license shall, within 7 days of the last day of broadcast of the 
local public notice of filing announcements required pursuant to Sec.  
73.3580(h), place in the station's local public inspection file a 
statement certifying compliance with this requirement. The dates and 
times that the pre-filing and post-filing notices were broadcast and the 
text thereof shall be made part of the certifying statement. The 
certifying statement shall be retained in the public file for the period 
specified in Sec.  73.3580 (for as long as the application to which it 
refers).
    (11) Material relating to FCC investigation or complaint. Material 
having a substantial bearing on a matter which is the subject of an FCC 
investigation or complaint to the FCC of which the applicant, permittee, 
or licensee has been advised. This material shall be retained until the 
applicant, permittee, or licensee is notified in writing that the 
material may be discarded.
    (12) Must-carry requests. Noncommercial television stations 
requesting mandatory carriage on any cable system pursuant to Sec. Sec.  
76.56, 76.1614, 76.1620, and 76.1709 of this chapter shall place a copy 
of such request in its public file and shall retain both the request and 
relevant correspondence for the duration of any period to which the 
request applies.
    Note (1) to paragraph (e):
    For purposes of this section, a decision made with respect to an 
application tendered with the FCC becomes final when that decision is no 
longer subject to reconsideration, review, or appeal either at the FCC 
or in the courts.
    Note (2) to paragraph (e):
    For purposes of this section, the term ``all related material''

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includes all exhibits, letters, and other documents tendered for filing 
with the FCC as part of an application, report, or other document, all 
amendments to the application, report, or other document, copies of all 
documents incorporated therein by reference and not already maintained 
in the public inspection file, and all correspondence between the FCC 
and the applicant pertaining to the application, report, or other 
document, which according to the provisions of Sec. Sec.  0.451 through 
0.461 of the rules are open for public inspection at the offices of the 
FCC.

[63 FR 49499, Sept. 16, 1998, as amended at 64 FR 35947, July 2, 1999; 
65 FR 7457, Feb. 15, 2000; 65 FR 36378, June 8, 2000; 65 FR 53614, Sept. 
5, 2000]



Sec.  73.3533  Application for construction permit or modification of 
construction permit.

    (a) Application for construction permit, or modification of a 
construction permit, for a new facility or change in an existing 
facility is to be made on the following forms:
    (1) FCC Form 301, ``Application for Authority to Construct or Make 
Changes in an Existing Commercial Broadcast Station.''
    (2) FCC Form 309, ``Application for Authority to Construct or Make 
Changes in an Existing International or Experimental Broadcast 
Stations.''
    (3) [Reserved]
    (4) FCC Form 330, ``Application for Authorization to Construct New 
or Make Changes in an Instructional Television Fixed and/or Response 
Station(s), or to Assign to Transfer Such Station(s).''
    (5) FCC Form 340, ``Application for Authority to Construct or Make 
Changes in a Noncommercial Educational Broadcast Station.''
    (6) FCC Form 346, ``Application for Authority to Construct or Make 
Changes in a Low Power TV, TV Translator or TV Booster Station.''
    (7) FCC Form 349, ``Application for Authority to Construct or Make 
Changes in an FM Translator or FM Booster Station.''
    (8) FCC Form 318, ``Application for Construction Permit for a Low 
Power FM Broadcast Station.''
    (b) The filing of an application for modification of construction 
permit does not extend the expiration date of the construction permit. 
Extension of the expiration date must be applied for on FCC Form 307, in 
accordance with the provisions of Sec.  73.3534.
    (c) In each application referred to in paragraph (a) of this 
section, the applicant will provide the Antenna Structure Registration 
Number (FCC Form 854R) of the antenna structure upon which it will 
locate its proposed antenna. In the event the antenna structure does not 
already have a Registration Number, either the antenna structure owner 
shall file FCC Form 854 (``Application for Antenna Structure 
Registration'') in accordance with part 17 of this chapter or the 
applicant shall provide a detailed explanation why registration and 
clearance of the antenna structure is not necessary.

[44 FR 38494, July 2, 1979, as amended at 47 FR 28388, June 30, 1982; 49 
FR 32582, Aug. 15, 1984; 50 FR 40016, Oct. 1, 1985; 53 FR 36788, Sept. 
22, 1988; 61 FR 4367, Feb. 6, 1996; 65 FR 7648, Feb. 15, 2000; 68 FR 
12761, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  73.3534  Period of construction for Instructional TV Fixed station 
construction permit and requests for extension thereof.

    (a) Each original construction permit for the construction of a new 
Instructional TV Fixed station, or to make changes in such existing 
stations, shall specify a period of 18 months from the date of issuance 
of the original construction permit within which construction shall be 
completed and application for license filed.
    (b) Requests for extension of time within which to construct an 
Instructional TV Fixed station shall be filed at least 30 days prior to 
the expiration date of the construction permit if the facts supporting 
such request for extension are known to the applicant in time to permit 
such filing. In other cases, a request will be accepted upon a showing 
satisfactory to the FCC of sufficient reasons for filing within less 
than 30 days prior to the expiration date.
    (c) Requests for extension of time to construct Instructional TV 
Fixed stations will be granted upon a specific and detailed narrative 
showing that the failure to complete construction was due to causes not 
under the control of the permittee, or upon a specific and detailed 
showing of other sufficient justification for an extension.

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    (d) If a request for extension of time within which to construct an 
Instructional TV Fixed station is approved, such an extension will be 
limited to a period of no more than 6 months.
    (e) A construction permit for an Instructional TV Fixed station 
shall be declared forfeited if the station is not ready for operation 
within the time specified therein or within such further time as the FCC 
may have allowed for completion, and a notation of the forfeiture of any 
construction permit under this provision will be placed in the records 
of the FCC as of the expiration date.

[63 FR 70049, Dec. 18, 1998]



Sec.  73.3536  Application for license to cover construction permit.

    (a) The application for station license shall be filed by the 
permittee pursuant to the requirements of Sec.  73.1620 Program tests.
    (b) The following application forms shall be used:
    (1)(i) Form 302-AM for AM stations, ``Application for New AM Station 
Broadcast License.''
    (ii) Form 302-FM for FM stations, ``Application for FM Station 
License.''
    (iii) Form 302-TV for television stations, ``Application for TV 
Station Broadcast License.''
    (2) FCC Form 310, ``Application for an International or Experimental 
Broadcast Station License.''
    (3) [Reserved]
    (4) FCC Form 330-L ``Application for Instructional Television Fixed 
Station License.''
    (5) FCC Form 347, ``Application for a Low Power TV, TV Translator or 
TV Booster Station License.''
    (6) FCC Form 350, ``Application for an FM Translator or FM Booster 
Station License.''
    (7) FCC Form 319, ``Application for a Low Power FM Broadcast Station 
License.''
    (c) Eligible low power television stations which have been granted a 
certificate of eligibility may file FCC Form 302-CA, ``Application for 
Class A Television Broadcast Station Construction Permit Or License.''

[44 FR 38495, July 2, 1979, as amended at 49 FR 32582, Aug. 15, 1984; 50 
FR 40016, Oct. 1, 1985; 51 FR 18451, May 20, 1986; 51 FR 32088, Sept. 9, 
1986; 52 FR 31400, Aug. 20, 1987; 53 FR 36788, Sept. 22, 1988; 62 FR 
51063, Sept. 30, 1997; 65 FR 7648, Feb. 15, 2000; 65 FR 30007, May 10, 
2000; 68 FR 12761, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  73.3537  Application for license to use former main antenna as an auxiliary.

    See Sec.  73.1675, Auxiliary facility.

[62 FR 51063, Sept. 30, 1997]



Sec.  73.3538  Application to make changes in an existing station.

    Where prior authority is required from the FCC to make changes in an 
existing station, the following procedures shall be used to request that 
authority:
    (a) An application for construction permit using the forms listed in 
Sec.  73.3533 must be filed for authority to:
    (1) Make any of the changes listed in Sec.  73.1690(b).
    (2) Change the hours of operation of an AM station, where the hours 
of operation are specified on the license or permit.
    (3) Install a transmitter which has not been approved (type 
accepted) by the FCC for use by licensed broadcast stations.
    (4) Any change in the location, height, or directional radiating 
characteristics of the antenna or antenna system.
    (b) An informal application filed in accordance with Sec.  73.3511 
is to be used to obtain authority to make the following changes in the 
station authorization:
    (1) To modify or discontinue the obstruction marking or lighting of 
the antenna supporting structure where that specified on the station 
authorization either differs from that specified in 47 CFR 17, or is not 
appropriate for other reasons.
    (2) Relocation of a main studio outside the principal community 
contour may require the filing and approval of a letter request for 
authority to make

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this change prior to implementation. See Sec.  73.1125.

[44 FR 38495, July 2, 1979, as amended at 44 FR 69935, Dec. 5, 1979; 49 
FR 4000, Feb. 1, 1984; 52 FR 21685, June 9, 1987; 62 FR 51063, Sept. 30, 
1997; 66 FR 20758, Apr. 25, 2001]



Sec.  73.3539  Application for renewal of license.

    (a) Unless otherwise directed by the FCC, an application for renewal 
of license shall be filed not later than the first day of the fourth 
full calendar month prior to the expiration date of the license sought 
to be renewed, except that applications for renewal of license of an 
experimental broadcast station shall be filed not later than the first 
day of the second full calendar month prior to the expiration date of 
the license sought to be renewed. If any deadline prescribed in this 
paragraph falls on a nonbusiness day, the cutoff shall be the close of 
business of the first full business day thereafter.
    (b) No application for renewal of license of any broadcast station 
will be considered unless there is on file with the FCC the information 
currently required by Sec. Sec.  73.3612 through 73.3615, inclusive, for 
the particular class of station.
    (c) Whenever the FCC regards an application for a renewal of license 
as essential to the proper conduct of a hearing or investigation, and 
specifically directs that it be filed by a date certain, such 
application shall be filed within the time thus specified. If the 
licensee fails to file such application within the prescribed time, the 
hearing or investigation shall proceed as if such renewal application 
had been received.
    (d) Renewal application forms titles and numbers are listed in Sec.  
73.3500, Application and Report Forms.

[44 FR 38495, July 2, 1979, as amended at 47 FR 28388, June 30, 1982; 49 
FR 32582, Aug. 15, 1984]



Sec.  73.3540  Application for voluntary assignment or transfer of control.

    (a) Prior consent of the FCC must be obtained for a voluntary 
assignment or transfer of control.
    (b) Application should be filed with the FCC at least 45 days prior 
to the contemplated effective date of assignment or transfer of control.
    (c) Application for consent to the assignment of construction permit 
or license must be filed on FCC Form 314 ``Assignment of license'' or 
FCC Form 316 ``Short form'' (See paragraph (f) of this section).
    (d) Application for consent to the transfer of control of a 
corporation holding a construction permit or license must be filed on 
FCC Form 315 ``Transfer of Control'' or FCC Form 316 ``Short form'' (see 
paragraph (f) of this section).
    (e) Application for consent to the assignment of construction permit 
or license or to the transfer of control of a corporate licensee or 
permittee for an FM or TV translator station, a low power TV station and 
any associated auxiliary station, such as translator microwave relay 
stations and UHF translator booster stations, only must be filed on FCC 
Form 345 ``Application for Transfer of Control of Corporate Licensee or 
Permittee, or Assignment of License or Permit for an FM or TV translator 
Station, or a Low Power TV Station.''
    (f) The following assignment or transfer applications may be filed 
on FCC ``Short form'' 316:
    (1) Assignment from an individual or individuals (including 
partnerships) to a corporation owned and controlled by such individuals 
or partnerships without any substantial change in their relative 
interests;
    (2) Assignment from a corporation to its individual stockholders 
without effecting any substantial change in the disposition of their 
interests;
    (3) Assignment or transfer by which certain stockholders retire and 
the interest transferred is not a controlling one;
    (4) Corporate reorganization which involves no substantial change in 
the beneficial ownership of the corporation;
    (5) Assignment or transfer from a corporation to a wholly owned 
subsidiary thereof or vice versa, or where there is an assignment from a 
corporation to a corporation owned or controlled by the assignor 
stockholders without substantial change in their interests; or

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    (6) Assignment of less than a controlling interest in a partnership.

[44 FR 38496, July 2, 1979, as amended at 48 FR 21486, May 12, 1983; 49 
FR 47843, Dec. 7, 1984; 50 FR 32416, Aug. 12, 1985]



Sec.  73.3541  Application for involuntary assignment of license or transfer 
of control.

    (a) The FCC shall be notified in writing promptly of the death or 
legal disability of an individual permittee or licensee, a member of a 
partnership, or a person directly or indirectly in control of a 
corporation which is a permittee or licensee.
    (b) Within 30 days after the occurrence of such death or legal 
disability, an application on FCC Form 316 shall be filed requesting 
consent to involuntary assignment of such permit or license or for 
involuntary transfer of control of such corporation to a person or 
entity legally qualified to succeed to the foregoing interests under the 
laws of the place having jurisdiction over the estate involved.

[44 FR 38496, July 2, 1979]



Sec.  73.3542  Application for emergency authorization.

    (a) Authority may be granted, on a temporary basis, in extraordinary 
circumstances requiring emergency operation to serve the public 
interest. such situations include: emergencies involving danger to life 
and property; a national emergency proclaimed by the President or the 
Congress of the U.S.A and; the continuance of any war in which the 
United States is engaged, and where such action is necessary for the 
national defense or security or otherwise in furtherance of the war 
effort.
    (1) An informal application may be used. The FCC may grant such 
construction permits, station licenses, modifications or renewals 
thereof, without the filing of a formal application.
    (2) No authorization so granted shall continue to be effective 
beyond the period of the emergency or war requiring it.
    (3) Each individual request submitted under the provisions of this 
paragraph shall contain, as a minimum requirement, the following 
information:
    (i) Name and address of applicant.
    (ii) Location of proposed installation or operation.
    (iii) Official call letters of any valid station authorization 
already held by applicant and the station location.
    (iv) Type of service desired (not required for renewal or 
modification unless class of station is to be modified).
    (v) Frequency assignment, authorized transmitter power(s), 
authorized class(es) of emission desired (not required for renewal; 
required for modification only to the extent such information may be 
involved).
    (vi) Equipment to be used, specifying the manufacturer and type or 
model number (not required for renewal; required for modification only 
to the extent such information may be involved).
    (vii) Statements to the extent necessary for the FCC to determine 
whether or not the granting of the desired authorization will be in 
accordance with the citizenship eligibility requirements of section 310 
of the Cummunications Act.
    (viii) Statement of facts which, in the opinion of the applicant, 
constitute an emergency to be found by the FCC for the purpose of this 
section. This statement must also include the estimated duration of the 
emergency and if during an emergency or war declared by the President or 
Congress, why such action, without formal application, is necessary for 
the national defense or security or in furtherance of the war effort.
    (b) Emergency operating authority issued under this section may be 
cancelled or modified by the FCC without prior notice or right to 
hearing. See also Sec.  73.1250, Broadcasting Emergency Information, for 
situations in which emergency operation may be conducted without prior 
authorization, and Sec.  73.1635, Special Temporary Authorization (STA), 
for temporary operating authorizations necessitated by circumstances not 
within the ambit of this section.

[50 FR 30948, July 31, 1985, as amended at 63 FR 33878, June 22, 1998]

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Sec.  73.3543  Application for renewal or modification of special service 
authorization.

    (a) No new special service authorization will be issued. However, 
consideration will be given to renewal or modification of a special 
service authorization which was outstanding on February 3, 1958, 
providing a satisfactory showing has been made in regard to the 
following, among others:
    (1) That the requested operation may not be granted on a regular 
basis under the existing rules governing the operation of AM stations;
    (2) That experimental operation is not involved as provided for by 
Sec.  73.1510 (Experimental authorizations); and
    (3) That public interest, convenience and necessity will be served 
by the authorization requested.

[44 FR 38496, July 2, 1979]



Sec.  73.3544  Application to obtain a modified station license.

    Where prior authority from the FCC is not required to make certain 
changes in the station authorization or facilities, but a modified 
station license must be obtained, the following procedures shall be used 
to obtain modification of the station license:
    (a) The changes specified in Sec.  73.1690(c) may be made by the 
filing of a license application using the forms listed in Sec.  
73.3536(b)(1).
    (b) An informal application, see Sec.  73.3511(b), may be filed with 
the FCC in Washington, DC, Attention: Audio Division (radio) or Video 
Services Division (television), Media Bureau, to cover the following 
changes:
    (1) A correction of the routing instructions and description of an 
AM station directional antenna system field monitoring point, when the 
point itself is not changed.
    (2) A change in the type of AM station directional antenna monitor. 
See Sec.  73.69.
    (3) A change in the location of the station main studio when prior 
authority to move the main studio location is not required.
    (4) The location of a remote control point of an AM or FM station 
when prior authority to operate by remote control is not required.
    (c) A change in the name of the licensee where no change in 
ownership or control is involved may be accomplished by written 
notification by the licensee to the Commission.

[44 FR 38497, July 2, 1979, as amended at 45 FR 20483, Mar. 28, 1980; 50 
FR 32416, Aug. 12, 1985; 62 FR 51063, Sept. 30, 1997; 63 FR 33878, June 
22, 1998; 67 FR 13232, Mar. 21, 2002]



Sec.  73.3545  Application for permit to deliver programs to foreign stations.

    Application under section 325(c) of the Communications Act for 
authority to locate, use, or maintain a broadcast studio in connection 
with a foreign station consistently received in the United States, 
should be made on FCC Form 308, ``Application for Permit to Deliver 
Programs to Foreign Broadcast Stations.'' An informal application may be 
used by applicants holding an AM, FM or TV broadcast station license or 
construction permit. Informal applications must, however, contain a 
description of the nature and character of the programming proposed, 
together with other information requested on Page 4 of Form 308.

[44 FR 38497, July 2, 1979, as amended at 58 FR 51250, Oct. 1, 1993]



Sec.  73.3549  Requests for extension of time to operate without required 
monitors, indicating instruments, and EAS encoders and decoders.

    Requests for extension of authority to operate without required 
monitors, transmission system indicating instruments, or encoders and 
decoders for monitoring and generating the EAS codes and Attention 
Signal should be made to the FCC in Washington, DC, Attention: Audio 
Division (radio) or Video Division (television), Media Bureau. Such 
requests must contain information as to when and what steps were taken 
to repair or replace the defective equipment and a brief description of 
the alternative procedures being used while the equipment is out of 
service.

[67 FR 13233, Mar. 21, 2002]



Sec.  73.3550  Requests for new or modified call sign assignments.

    (a) All requests for new or modified call sign assignments for radio 
and television broadcast stations shall be

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made via the FCC's on-line call sign reservation and authorization 
system accessible through the Internet's World Wide Web by specifying 
http://www.fcc.gov. Licensees and permittees may utilize this on-line 
system to determine the availability and licensing status of any call 
sign; to select an initial call sign for a new station; to change a 
station's currently assigned call sign; to modify an existing call sign 
by adding or deleting an ``-FM'' or ``-TV'' suffix; to exchange call 
signs with another licensee or permittee in the same service; or to 
reserve a different call sign for a station being transferred or 
assigned.
    (b) No request for an initial call sign assignment will be accepted 
from a permittee for a new radio or full-service television station 
until the FCC has granted a construction permit. Each such permittee 
shall request the assignment of its station's initial call sign 
expeditiously following the grant of its construction permit. All 
initial construction permits for low power TV stations will be issued 
with a five-character low power TV call sign, in accordance with Sec.  
74.783(d) of this chapter.
    (c) Following the filing of a transfer or assignment application, 
the proposed assignee/transferee may request a new call sign for the 
station whose license or construction permit is being transferred or 
assigned. No change in call sign assignment will be effective until such 
transfer or assignment application is granted by the FCC and 
notification of consummation of the transaction is received by the FCC.
    (d) Where an application is granted by the FCC for transfer or 
assignment of the construction permit or license of a station whose 
existing call sign conforms to that of a commonly-owned station not part 
of the transaction, the new licensee of the transferred or assigned 
station shall expeditiously request a different call sign, unless 
consent to retain the conforming call sign has been obtained from the 
primary holder and from the licensee of any other station that may be 
using such conforming call sign.
    (e) Call signs beginning with the letter ``K'' will not be assigned 
to stations located east of the Mississippi River, nor will call signs 
beginning with the letter ``W'' be assigned to stations located west of 
the Mississippi River.
    (f) Only four-letter call signs (plus an LP, FM, TV or CA suffix, if 
used) will be assigned. The four letter call sign for LPFM stations will 
be followed by the suffix ``-LP.'' However, subject to the other 
provisions of this section, a call sign of a station may be conformed to 
a commonly owned station holding a three-letter call assignment (plus 
FM, TV, CA or LP suffixes, if used).
    (g) Subject to the foregoing limitations, applicants may request 
call signs of their choice if the combination is available. Objections 
to the assignment of requested call signs will not be entertained at the 
FCC. However, this does not hamper any party from asserting such rights 
as it may have under private law in some other forum. Should it be 
determined by an appropriate forum that a station should not utilize a 
particular call sign, the initial assignment of a call sign will not 
serve as a bar to the making of a different assignment.
    (h) Stations in different broadcast services (or operating jointly 
in the 535-1605 kHz band and in the 1605-1705 kHz band) which are under 
common control may request that their call signs be conformed by the 
assignment of the same basic call sign if that call sign is not being 
used by a non-commonly owned station. For the purposes of this 
paragraph, 50% or greater common ownership shall constitute a prima 
facie showing of common control.
    (i) The provisions of this section shall not apply to International 
broadcast stations or to stations authorized under part 74 of this 
chapter (except as provided in Sec.  74.783).
    (j) A change in call sign assignment will be made effective on the 
date specified in the postcard acknowledging the assignment of the 
requested new call sign and authorizing the change. Unless the requested 
change in call sign assignment is subject to a pending transfer or 
assignment application, the requester is required to include in its on-
line call sign request a specific effective date to take place within 45 
days of the submission of its electronic call sign request. Postponement 
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effective date will be granted only in response to a timely request and 
for only the most compelling reasons.
    (k) Four-letter combinations commencing with ``W'' or ``K'' which 
are assigned as call signs to ships or to other radio services are not 
available for assignment to broadcast stations, with or without the ``-
FM'' or ``-TV'' suffix.
    (l) Users of nonlicensed, low-power devices operating under part 15 
of this chapter may use whatever identification is currently desired, so 
long as propriety is observed and no confusion results with a station 
for which the FCC issues a license.
    (m) Where a requested call sign, without the ``-FM,' ``-TV,'' ``-
CA'' or ``LP'' suffix, would conform to the call sign of any other non-
commonly owned station(s) operating in a different service, an applicant 
utilizing the on-line reservation and authorization system will be 
required to certify that consent to use the secondary call sign has been 
obtained from the holder of the primary call sign.

[63 FR 71603, Dec. 29, 1998, as amended at 65 FR 30007, May 10, 2000]



Sec.  73.3555  Multiple ownership.

    (a)(1) Local radio ownership rule. A person or single entity (or 
entities under common control) may have a cognizable interest in 
licenses for AM or FM radio broadcast stations in accordance with the 
following limits:
    (i) In a radio market with 45 or more full-power, commercial and 
noncommercial radio stations, not more than 8 commercial radio stations 
in total and not more than 5 commercial stations in the same service (AM 
or FM);
    (ii) In a radio market with between 30 and 44 (inclusive) full-
power, commercial and noncommercial radio stations, not more than 7 
commercial radio stations in total and not more than 4 commercial 
stations in the same service (AM or FM);
    (iii) In a radio market with between 15 and 29 (inclusive) full-
power, commercial and noncommercial radio stations, not more than 6 
commercial radio stations in total and not more than 4 commercial 
stations in the same service (AM or FM);
    (iv) In a radio market with 14 or fewer full-power, commercial and 
noncommercial radio stations, not more than 5 commercial radio stations 
in total and not more than 3 commercial stations in the same service (AM 
or FM); provided, however, that no person or single entity (or entities 
under common control) may have a cognizable interest in more than 50% of 
the full-power, commercial and noncommercial radio stations in such 
market unless the combination of stations comprises not more than one AM 
and one FM station.
    (2) [Reserved]
    (b) Local television multiple ownership rule. (1) For purposes of 
this section, a television station's market shall be defined as the 
Designated Market Area (DMA) to which it is assigned by Nielsen Media 
Research or any successor entity at the time the application to acquire 
or construct the station(s) is filed. Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. 
Virgin Islands each will be considered a single market.
    (2) An entity may have a cognizable interest in more than one full-
power commercial television broadcast station in the same DMA in 
accordance with the following conditions and limits:
    (i) At the time the application to acquire or construct the 
station(s) is filed, no more than one of the stations that will be 
attributed to such entity is ranked among the top four stations in the 
DMA, based on the most recent all-day (9 a.m.-midnight) audience share, 
as measured by Nielsen Media Research or by any comparable professional, 
accepted audience ratings service; and
    (ii) (A) Subject to paragraph (b)(2)(i) of this section, in a DMA 
with 17 or fewer full-power commercial and noncommercial television 
broadcast stations, an entity may have a cognizable interest in no more 
than 2 commercial television broadcast stations; or
    (B) Subject to paragraph (b)(2)(i) of this section, in a DMA with 18 
or more full-power commercial and noncommercial television broadcast 
stations, an entity may have a cognizable interest in no more than 3 
commercial television broadcast stations.
    (c) Cross-media limits. Cross-ownership of a daily newspaper and 
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broadcast stations, or of commercial broadcast radio and television 
stations, is permitted without limitation except as follows:
    (1) In Nielsen Designated Market Areas (DMAs) to which three or 
fewer full-power commercial and noncommercial educational television 
stations are assigned, no newspaper/broadcast or radio/television cross-
ownership is permitted.
    (2) In DMAs to which at least four but not more than eight full-
power commercial and noncommercial educational television stations are 
assigned, an entity that directly or indirectly owns, operates or 
controls a daily newspaper may have a cognizable interest in either:
    (i) One, but not more than one, commercial television station in 
combination with radio stations up to 50% of the applicable local radio 
limit for the market; or,
    (ii) Radio stations up to 100% of the applicable local radio limit 
if it does not have a cognizable interest in a television station in the 
market.
    (3) The foregoing limits on newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership do 
not apply to any new daily newspaper inaugurated by a broadcaster.
    (d) National television multiple ownership rule. (1) No license for 
a commercial television broadcast station shall be granted, transferred 
or assigned to any party (including all parties under common control) if 
the grant, transfer or assignment of such license would result in such 
party or any of its stockholders, partners, members, officers or 
directors having a cognizable interest in television stations which have 
an aggregate national audience reach exceeding forty-five (45) percent.
    (2) For purposes of this paragraph (d):
    (i) National audience reach means the total number of television 
households in the Nielsen Designated Market Areas (DMAs) in which the 
relevant stations are located divided by the total national television 
households as measured by DMA data at the time of a grant, transfer, or 
assignment of a license. For purposes of making this calculation, UHF 
television stations shall be attributed with 50 percent of the 
television households in their DMA market.
    (ii) No market shall be counted more than once in making this 
calculation.
    (e) The ownership limits of this section are not applicable to 
noncommercial educational FM and noncommercial educational TV stations. 
However, the attribution standards set forth in the Notes to this 
section will be used to determine attribution for noncommercial 
educational FM and TV applicants, such as in evaluating mutually 
exclusive applications pursuant to subpart K.

    Note 1 to Sec.  73.3555: The words ``cognizable interest'' as used 
herein include any interest, direct or indirect, that allows a person or 
entity to own, operate or control, or that otherwise provides an 
attributable interest in, a broadcast station.
    Note 2 to Sec.  73.3555: In applying the provisions of this section, 
ownership and other interests in broadcast licensees, cable television 
systems and daily newspapers will be attributed to their holders and 
deemed cognizable pursuant to the following criteria
    (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, partnership and direct 
ownership interests and any voting stock interest amounting to 5% or 
more of the outstanding voting stock of a corporate broadcast licensee, 
cable television system or daily newspaper will be cognizable;
    (b) Investment companies, as defined in 15 U.S.C. 80a-3, insurance 
companies and banks holding stock through their trust departments in 
trust accounts will be considered to have a cognizable interest only if 
they hold 20% or more of the outstanding voting stock of a corporate 
broadcast licensee, cable television system or daily newspaper, or if 
any of the officers or directors of the broadcast licensee, cable 
television system or daily newspaper are representatives of the 
investment company, insurance company or bank concerned. Holdings by a 
bank or insurance company will be aggregated if the bank or insurance 
company has any right to determine how the stock will be voted. Holdings 
by investment companies will be aggregated if under common management.
    (c) Attribution of ownership interests in a broadcast licensee, 
cable television system or daily newspaper that are held indirectly by 
any party through one or more intervening corporations will be 
determined by successive multiplication of the ownership percentages for 
each link in the vertical ownership chain and application of the 
relevant attribution benchmark to the resulting product, except that 
wherever the ownership percentage for any link in the chain exceeds 50%, 
it shall not be included for purposes of this multiplication. For 
purposes of paragraph (i) of this note, attribution of ownership 
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cable television system or daily newspaper that are held indirectly by 
any party through one or more intervening organizations will be 
determined by successive multiplication of the ownership percentages for 
each link in the vertical ownership chain and application of the 
relevant attribution benchmark to the resulting product, and the 
ownership percentage for any link in the chain that exceeds 50% shall be 
included for purposes of this multiplication. [For example, except for 
purposes of paragraph (i) of this note, if A owns 10% of company X, 
which owns 60% of company Y, which owns 25% of ``Licensee,'' then X's 
interest in ``Licensee'' would be 25% (the same as Y's interest because 
X's interest in Y exceeds 50%), and A's interest in ``Licensee'' would 
be 2.5% (0.1 x 0.25). Under the 5% attribution benchmark, X's interest 
in ``Licensee'' would be cognizable, while A's interest would not be 
cognizable. For purposes of paragraph (i) of this note, X's interest in 
``Licensee'' would be 15% (0.6 x 0.25) and A's interest in ``Licensee'' 
would be 1.5% (0.1 x 0.6 x 0.25). Neither interest would be attributed 
under paragraph (i) of this note.]
    (d) Voting stock interests held in trust shall be attributed to any 
person who holds or shares the power to vote such stock, to any person 
who has the sole power to sell such stock, and to any person who has the 
right to revoke the trust at will or to replace the trustee at will. If 
the trustee has a familial, personal or extra-trust business 
relationship to the grantor or the beneficiary, the grantor or 
beneficiary, as appropriate, will be attributed with the stock interests 
held in trust. An otherwise qualified trust will be ineffective to 
insulate the grantor or beneficiary from attribution with the trust's 
assets unless all voting stock interests held by the grantor or 
beneficiary in the relevant broadcast licensee, cable television system 
or daily newspaper are subject to said trust.
    (e) Subject to paragraph (i) of this note, holders of non-voting 
stock shall not be attributed an interest in the issuing entity. Subject 
to paragraph (i) of this note, holders of debt and instruments such as 
warrants, convertible debentures, options or other non-voting interests 
with rights of conversion to voting interests shall not be attributed 
unless and until conversion is effected.
    (f)(1) A limited partnership interest shall be attributed to a 
limited partner unless that partner is not materially involved, directly 
or indirectly, in the management or operation of the media-related 
activities of the partnership and the licensee or system so certifies. 
An interest in a Limited Liability Company (``LLC'') or Registered 
Limited Liability Partnership (``RLLP'') shall be attributed to the 
interest holder unless that interest holder is not materially involved, 
directly or indirectly, in the management or operation of the media-
related activities of the partnership and the licensee or system so 
certifies.
    (2) For a licensee or system that is a limited partnership to make 
the certification set forth in paragraph (f)(1) of this note, it must 
verify that the partnership agreement or certificate of limited 
partnership, with respect to the particular limited partner exempt from 
attribution, establishes that the exempt limited partner has no material 
involvement, directly or indirectly, in the management or operation of 
the media activities of the partnership. For a licensee or system that 
is an LLC or RLLP to make the certification set forth in paragraph 
(f)(1) of this note, it must verify that the organizational document, 
with respect to the particular interest holder exempt from attribution, 
establishes that the exempt interest holder has no material involvement, 
directly or indirectly, in the management or operation of the media 
activities of the LLC or RLLP. The criteria which would assume adequate 
insulation for purposes of this certification are described in the 
Memorandum Opinion and Order in MM Docket No. 83-46, FCC 85-252 
(released June 24, 1985), as modified on reconsideration in the 
Memorandum Opinion and Order in MM Docket No. 83-46, FCC 86-410 
(released November 28, 1986). Irrespective of the terms of the 
certificate of limited partnership or partnership agreement, or other 
organizational document in the case of an LLC or RLLP, however, no such 
certification shall be made if the individual or entity making the 
certification has actual knowledge of any material involvement of the 
limited partners, or other interest holders in the case of an LLC or 
RLLP, in the management or operation of the media-related businesses of 
the partnership or LLC or RLLP.
    (3) In the case of an LLC or RLLP, the licensee or system seeking 
insulation shall certify, in addition, that the relevant state statute 
authorizing LLCs permits an LLC member to insulate itself as required by 
our criteria.
    (g) Officers and directors of a broadcast licensee, cable television 
system or daily newspaper are considered to have a cognizable interest 
in the entity with which they are so associated. If any such entity 
engages in businesses in addition to its primary business of 
broadcasting, cable television service or newspaper publication, it may 
request the Commission to waive attribution for any officer or director 
whose duties and responsibilities are wholly unrelated to its primary 
business. The officers and directors of a parent company of a broadcast 
licensee, cable television system or daily newspaper, with an 
attributable interest in any such subsidiary entity, shall be deemed to 
have a cognizable interest in the subsidiary unless the duties and 
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unrelated to the broadcast licensee, cable television system or daily 
newspaper subsidiary, and a statement properly documenting this fact is 
submitted to the Commission. [This statement may be included on the 
appropriate Ownership Report.] The officers and directors of a sister 
corporation of a broadcast licensee, cable television system or daily 
newspaper shall not be attributed with ownership of these entities by 
virtue of such status.
    (h) Discrete ownership interests will be aggregated in determining 
whether or not an interest is cognizable under this section. An 
individual or entity will be deemed to have a cognizable investment if:
    (1) The sum of the interests held by or through ``passive 
investors'' is equal to or exceeds 20 percent; or
    (2) The sum of the interests other than those held by or through 
``passive investors'' is equal to or exceeds 5 percent; or
    (3) The sum of the interests computed under paragraph (h)(1) of this 
note plus the sum of the interests computed under paragraph (h)(2) of 
this note is equal to or exceeds 20 percent.
    (i) Notwithstanding paragraphs (e) and (f) of this note, the holder 
of an equity or debt interest or interests in a broadcast licensee, 
cable television system, daily newspaper, or other media outlet subject 
to the broadcast multiple ownership or cross-ownership rules (``interest 
holder'') shall have that interest attributed if:
    (1) The equity (including all stockholdings, whether voting or 
nonvoting, common or preferred) and debt interest or interests, in the 
aggregate, exceed 33 percent of the total asset value, defined as the 
aggregate of all equity plus all debt, of that media outlet; and
    (2)(i) The interest holder also holds an interest in a broadcast 
licensee, cable television system, newspaper, or other media outlet 
operating in the same market that is subject to the broadcast multiple 
ownership or cross-ownership rules and is attributable under paragraphs 
of this note other than this paragraph (i); or
    (ii) The interest holder supplies over fifteen percent of the total 
weekly broadcast programming hours of the station in which the interest 
is held. For purposes of applying this paragraph, the term, ``market,'' 
will be defined as it is defined under the specific multiple ownership 
rule or cross-media limit that is being applied, except that for 
television stations, the term ``market,'' will be defined by reference 
to the definition contained in the local television multiple ownership 
rule contained in paragraph (b) of this section.
    (j) ``Time brokerage'' (also known as ``local marketing'') is the 
sale by a licensee of discrete blocks of time to a ``broker'' that 
supplies the programming to fill that time and sells the commercial spot 
announcements in it.
    (1) Where two radio stations are both located in the same market, as 
defined for purposes of the local radio ownership rule contained in 
paragraph (a) of this section, and a party (including all parties under 
common control) with a cognizable interest in one such station brokers 
more than 15 percent of the broadcast time per week of the other such 
station, that party shall be treated as if it has an interest in the 
brokered station subject to the limitations set forth in paragraphs (a) 
and (c) of this section. This limitation shall apply regardless of the 
source of the brokered programming supplied by the party to the brokered 
station.
    (2) Where two television stations are both located in the same 
market, as defined in the local television ownership rule contained in 
paragraph (b) of this section, and a party (including all parties under 
common control) with a cognizable interest in one such station brokers 
more than 15 percent of the broadcast time per week of the other such 
station, that party shall be treated as if it has an interest in the 
brokered station subject to the limitations set forth in paragraphs (b) 
and (c) of this section. This limitation shall apply regardless of the 
source of the brokered programming supplied by the party to the brokered 
station.
    (3) Every time brokerage agreement of the type described in this 
Note shall be undertaken only pursuant to a signed written agreement 
that shall contain a certification by the licensee or permittee of the 
brokered station verifying that it maintains ultimate control over the 
station's facilities including, specifically, control over station 
finances, personnel and programming, and by the brokering station that 
the agreement complies with the provisions of paragraphs (b) and (c) of 
this section if the brokering station is a television station or with 
paragraphs (a) and (c) if the brokering station is a radio station.
    (k) ``Joint Sales Agreement'' is an agreement with a licensee of a 
``brokered station'' that authorizes a ``broker'' to sell advertising 
time for the ``brokered station.''
    (1) Where two radio stations are both located in the same market, as 
defined for purposes of the local radio ownership rule contained in 
paragraph (a) of this section, and a party (including all parties under 
common control) with a cognizable interest in one such station sells 
more than 15 percent of the advertising time per week of the other such 
station, that party shall be treated as if it has an interest in the 
brokered station subject to the limitations set forth in paragraphs (a) 
and (c) of this section.
    (2) Every joint sales agreement of the type described in this Note 
shall be undertaken only pursuant to a signed written agreement

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that shall contain a certification by the licensee or permittee of the 
brokered station verifying that it maintains ultimate control over the 
station's facilities, including, specifically, control over station 
finances, personnel and programming, and by the brokering station that 
the agreement complies with the limitations set forth in paragraphs (a) 
and (c) of this section.
    Note 3 to Sec.  73.3555: In cases where record and beneficial 
ownership of voting stock is not identical (e.g., bank nominees holding 
stock as record owners for the benefit of mutual funds, brokerage houses 
holding stock in street names for the benefit of customers, investment 
advisors holding stock in their own names for the benefit of clients, 
and insurance companies holding stock), the party having the right to 
determine how the stock will be voted will be considered to own it for 
purposes of these rules.
    Note 4 to Sec.  73.3555: Paragraphs (a) through (c) of this section 
will not be applied so as to require divestiture, by any licensee, of 
existing facilities, and will not apply to applications for assignment 
of license or transfer of control filed in accordance with Sec.  
73.3540(f) or Sec.  73.3541(b), or to applications for assignment of 
license or transfer of control to heirs or legatees by will or 
intestacy, if no new or increased concentration of ownership would be 
created among commonly owned, operated or controlled media properties. 
Paragraphs (a) through (c) will apply to all applications for new 
stations, to all other applications for assignment or transfer, to all 
applications for major changes to existing stations, and to applications 
for minor changes to existing stations that implement an approved change 
in an FM radio station's community of license or create new or increased 
concentration of ownership among commonly owned, operated or controlled 
media properties. Commonly owned, operated or controlled media 
properties that do not comply with paragraphs (a) through (c) of this 
section may not be assigned or transferred to a single person, group or 
entity, except as provided in this Note or in the Report and Order in 
Docket No. 02-277, released July 2, 2003 (FCC 02-127).
    Note 5 to Sec.  73.3555: Paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section will 
not be applied to cases involving television stations that are 
``satellite'' operations. Such cases will be considered in accordance 
with the analysis set forth in the Report and Order in MM Docket No. 87-
8, FCC 91-182 (released July 8, 1991) in order to determine whether 
common ownership, operation, or control of the stations in question 
would be in the public interest. An authorized and operating 
``satellite'' television station may subsequently become a ``non-
satellite'' station under the circumstances described in the 
aforementioned Report and Order in MM Docket No. 87-8. A cognizable 
interest in such ``non-satellite'' television stations may be retained 
by the existing interest-holder even if that interest would be 
impermissible under Sec.  73.3555(b) or (c). However, such ``non-
satellite'' station may not be transferred or assigned to a single 
person, group, or entity except as provided for by Sec.  73.3555(b) and 
(c).
    Note 6 to Sec.  73.3555: For purposes of paragraph (c) of this 
section a daily newspaper is one that is published four or more days per 
week, is in the dominant language of the market in which it is 
published, and is circulated generally in the community of publication. 
A college newspaper is not considered as being circulated generally.
    Note 7 to Sec.  73.3555: The Commission will entertain applications 
to waive the restrictions in paragraph (b) of this section (the local 
television multiple ownership rule) on a case-by-case basis. We will 
entertain waiver requests as follows:
    (1) If one of the broadcast stations involved is a ``failed'' 
station that has not been in operation due to financial distress for at 
least four consecutive months immediately prior to the application, or 
is a debtor in an involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding at the 
time of the application.
    (2) If one of the television stations involved is a ``failing'' 
station that has an all-day audience share of no more than four percent; 
the station has had negative cash flow for three consecutive years 
immediately prior to the application; and consolidation of the two 
stations would result in tangible and verifiable public interest 
benefits that outweigh any harm to competition and diversity.
    (3) If the combination will result in the construction of an unbuilt 
station. The permittee of the unbuilt station must demonstrate that it 
has made reasonable efforts to construct but has been unable to do so.
    (4) If the signals of the stations in a proposed combination: (a) do 
not have overlapping Grade B contours; and (b) have not been carried, 
via DBS or cable, to any of the same geographic areas within the past 
year.
    (5) For paragraph (b)(2)(i) of this section only (the top four-
ranked restriction), if the stations in a proposed combination are in a 
market with 11 or fewer full-power television stations, we will consider 
waivers pursuant to criteria described in the Report and Order in MB 
Docket No. 02-277, released July 2, 2003 (FCC 03-127).
    Note 8 to Sec.  73.3555: Paragraph (a)(1) of this section will not 
apply to an application for an AM station license in the 535-1605 kHz 
band where grant of such application will result in the overlap of 5 mV/
m groundwave contours of the proposed station and that of another AM 
station in the 535-1605 kHz band that is commonly owned, operated or 
controlled if the applicant shows that a significant reduction in 
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common ownership. Such AM overlap cases will be considered on a case-by-
case basis to determine whether common ownership, operation or control 
of the stations in question would be in the public interest. Applicants 
in such cases must submit a contingent application of the major or minor 
facilities change needed to achieve the interference reduction along 
with the application which seeks to create the 5 mV/m overlap situation.
    Note 9 to Sec.  73.3555: Paragraph (a)(1) of this section will not 
apply to an application for an AM station license in the 1605-1705 kHz 
band where grant of such application will result in the overlap of the 5 
mV/m groundwave contours of the proposed station and that of another AM 
station in the 535-1605 kHz band that is commonly owned, operated or 
controlled. Paragraphs (d)(1)(i) and (d)(1)(ii) of this section will not 
apply to an application for an AM station license in the 1605-1705 kHz 
band by an entity that owns, operates, controls or has a cognizable 
interest in AM radio stations in the 535-1605 kHz band.
    Note 10 to Sec.  73.3555: Authority for joint ownership granted 
pursuant to Note 9 will expire at 3 a.m. local time on the fifth 
anniversary for the date of issuance of a construction permit for an AM 
radio station in the 1605-1705 kHz band.
    Note 11 to Sec.  73.3555: For purposes of paragraph (c) of this 
section: (1) For radio/newspaper combinations, the Cross-Media Limit is 
triggered when the newspaper's community of publication is completely 
encompassed by: (i) for AM radio stations, the predicted or measured 
2mV/m contour computed in accordance with Sec.  73.183 or Sec.  73.186 
of the Commission's rules; (ii) for FM stations, the predicted 1 mV/m 
contour computed in accordance with Sec.  73.313 of the Commission's 
rules; and (2) for television/newspaper combinations, the Cross-Media 
Limit is triggered when the newspaper's community of publication is 
located within the same Nielsen Designated Market Area to which the 
television station is assigned.
    Note 12 to Sec.  73.3555: For purposes of paragraph (c) of this 
section, for television/radio combinations, the rule is triggered when 
the radio station's community of license is located within the Nielsen 
Designated Market Area to which the television station is assigned.

[59 FR 49007, Sept. 26, 1994, as amended at 59 FR 62613, Dec. 6, 1994; 
61 FR 10690 and 10692, Mar. 15, 1996; 64 FR 50645, 50651, 50666, Sept. 
17, 1999; 65 FR 36379, June 8, 2000; 66 FR 9048, Feb. 6, 2001; 66 FR 
9972, Feb. 13, 2001; 66 FR 15356, Mar. 19, 2001; 68 FR 46355, Aug. 5, 
2003]



Sec.  73.3556  Duplication of programming on commonly owned or time brokered 
stations.

    (a) No commercial AM or FM radio station shall operate so as to 
devote more than 25 percent of the total hours in its average broadcast 
week to programs that duplicate those of any station in the same service 
(AM or FM) which is commonly owned or with which it has a time brokerage 
agreement if the principal community contours (predicted or measured 5 
mV/m groundwave for AM stations and predicted 3.16 mV/m for FM stations) 
of the stations overlap and the overlap constitutes more than 50 percent 
of the total principal community contour service area of either station.
    (b) For purposes of this section, duplication means the broadcasting 
of identical programs within any 24 hour period.
    (c) Any party engaged in a time brokerage arrangement which 
conflicts with the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section on 
September 16, 1992, shall bring that arrangement into compliance within 
one year thereafter.

[57 FR 18093, Apr. 29, 1992, as amended at 57 FR 42706, Sept. 16, 1992]

    Effective Date Note: At 57 FR 18093, Apr. 29, 1992, Sec.  73.3556 
was added, effective August 1, 1992. At 57 FR 35763, Aug. 11, 1992, the 
effective date was deferred pending action by the agency. At 57 FR 
37888, Aug. 21, 1992, the effective date was further deferred. At 57 FR 
42706, Sept. 16, 1992, paragraph (a) was revised and paragraph (c) was 
added, effective September 16, 1992.



Sec.  73.3561  Staff consideration of applications requiring Commission action.

    Upon acceptance of an application, the complete file is reviewed by 
the staff and, except where the application is acted upon by the staff 
pursuant to delegation of authority, a report containing the 
recommendations of the staff and any other documents required is 
prepared and placed on the Commission's agenda.

[44 FR 38499, July 2, 1979]

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Sec.  73.3562  Staff consideration of applications not requiring action by 
the Commission.

    Those applications which do not require action by the Commission but 
which, pursuant to the delegations of authority set forth in subpart B 
of part 0 of this chapter, may be acted upon by the Chief, Media Bureau, 
are forwarded to the Media Bureau for necessary action. If the 
application is granted, the formal authorization is issued. In any case 
where it is recommended that the application be set for hearing, where a 
novel question of policy is presented, or where the Chief, Media Bureau 
desires instructions from the Commission, the matter is placed on the 
Commission agenda.

[67 FR 13233, Mar. 21, 2002]



Sec.  73.3564  Acceptance of applications.

    (a)(1) Applications tendered for filing are dated upon receipt and 
then forwarded to the Media Bureau, where an administrative examination 
is made to ascertain whether the applications are complete. Except for 
applications for minor modifications of facilities in the non-reserved 
FM band, as defined in Sec.  73.3573(a)(2), long form applications 
subject to the provisions of Sec.  73.5005 found to be complete or 
substantially complete are accepted for filing and are given file 
numbers. In the case of minor defects as to completeness, a deficiency 
letter will be issued and the applicant will be required to supply the 
missing or corrective information. Applications that are not 
substantially complete will not be considered and will be returned to 
the applicant.
    (2) In the case of minor modifications of facilities in the non-
reserved FM band, applications will be placed on public notice if they 
meet the following two-tiered minimum filing requirements as initially 
filed in first-come/first-serve proceedings:
    (i) The application must include:
    (A) Applicant's name and address,
    (B) Applicant's signature,
    (C) Principal community,
    (D) Channel or frequency,
    (E) Class of station, and
    (F) Transmitter site coordinates; and
    (ii) The application must not omit more than three of the following 
second-tier items:
    (A) A list of the other media interests of the applicant and its 
principals,
    (B) Certification of compliance with the alien ownership provisions 
contained in 47 U.S.C. 310(b),
    (C) Tower/antenna heights,
    (D) Effective radiated power,
    (E) Whether the antenna is directional or omnidirectional, and
    (F) An exhibit demonstrating compliance with the contour protection 
requirements of 47 CFR 73.215, if applicable.
    (3) Applications found not to meet minimum filing requirements will 
be returned to the applicant. Applications found to meet minimum filing 
requirements, but that contain deficiencies in tender and/or acceptance 
information, shall be given an opportunity for corrective amendment 
pursuant to 73.3522 of this part. Applications found to be substantially 
complete and in accordance with the Commission's core legal and 
technical requirements will be accepted for filing. Applications with 
uncorrected tender and/or acceptance defects remaining after the 
opportunity for corrective amendment will be dismissed with no further 
opportunity for amendment.
    (b) Acceptance of an application for filing merely means that it has 
been the subject of a preliminary review by the FCC's administrative 
staff as to completeness. Such acceptance will not preclude the 
subsequent dismissal of the application if it is found to be patently 
not in accordance with the FCC's rules.
    (c) At regular intervals, the FCC will issue a Public Notice listing 
all long form applications which have been accepted for filing. Pursuant 
to Sec. Sec.  73.3571(h), 73.3572, and 73.3573(f), such notice shall 
establish a cut-off date for the filing of petitions to deny. With 
respect to reserved band FM applications, the Public Notice shall also 
establish a cut-off date for the filing of mutually exclusive 
applications pursuant to Sec.  73.3573(e). However, no application will 
be accepted for filing unless certification of compliance with the local 
notice requirements of Sec.  73.3580(h) has been made in the tendered 
application.
    (d) The FCC will specify by Public Notice, pursuant to Sec.  
73.5002, a period

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for filing applications for new stations or for major modifications in 
the facilities of an existing station. Except for reserved band FM 
stations and TV stations on reserved noncommercial educational channels, 
applications for new and major modifications in facilities will be 
accepted only during these window filing periods specified by the 
Commission.
    (e) Applications for minor modification of facilities may be 
tendered at any time, unless restricted by the FCC. These applications 
will be processed on a ``first come/first served'' basis and will be 
treated as simultaneously tendered if filed on the same day. Any 
applications received after the filing of a lead application will be 
grouped according to filing date, and placed in a queue behind the lead 
applicant. The FCC will periodically release a Public Notice listing 
those minor modification of facilities applications accepted for filing.
    (f) If a non-reserved band FM channel allotment becomes vacant, 
after the grant of a construction permit becomes final, because of a 
lapsed construction permit or for any other reason, the FCC will, by 
Public Notice, announce a subsequent filing window for the acceptance of 
new applications for such channels.
    (g) Applications for operation in the 1605-1705 kHz band will be 
accepted only if filed pursuant to the terms of Sec.  73.30(b).

[63 FR 48624, Sept. 11, 1998, as amended at 64 FR 56978, Oct. 22, 1999; 
67 FR 13233, Mar. 21, 2002]



Sec.  73.3566  Defective applications.

    (a) Applications which are determined to be patently not in 
accordance with the FCC rules, regulations, or other requirements, 
unless accompanied by an appropriate request for waiver, will be 
considered defective and will not be accepted for filing or if 
inadvertently accepted for filing will be dismissed. Requests for waiver 
shall show the nature of the waiver or exception desired and shall set 
forth the reasons in support thereof.
    (b) If an applicant is requested by the FCC to file any additional 
documents or information not included in the prescribed application 
form, a failure to comply with such request will be deemed to render the 
application defective, and such application will be dismissed.

[44 FR 38499, July 2, 1979]



Sec.  73.3568  Dismissal of applications.

    (a) (1) Failure to prosecute an application, or failure to respond 
to official correspondence or request for additional information, will 
be cause for dismissal.
    (2) Applicants in all broadcast services subject to competitive 
bidding will be subject to the provisions of Sec. Sec.  73.5002 and 
1.2105(b) regarding the dismissal of their short-form applications.
    (3) Applicants in all broadcast services subject to competitive 
bidding will be subject to the provisions of Sec. Sec.  73.5004, 73.5005 
and 1.2104(g) regarding the dismissal of their long-form applications 
and the imposition of applicable withdrawal, default and 
disqualification payments.
    (b)(1) Subject to the provisions of Sec.  73.3525, dismissal of 
applications for channels reserved for noncommercial educational use 
will be without prejudice where an application has not yet been 
designated for hearing, but may be made with prejudice after designation 
for hearing.
    (2) Subject to the provisions of Sec.  73.3525, requests to dismiss 
an application for a channel reserved for noncommercial educational use, 
without prejudice, after it has been designated for hearing, will be 
considered only upon written petition properly served upon all parties 
of record. Such requests shall be granted only upon a showing that the 
request is based on circumstances wholly beyond the applicant's control 
which preclude further prosecution of his application.
    (c) Subject to the provisions of Sec. Sec.  73.3523 and 73.3525, any 
application for minor modification of facilities may, upon request of 
the applicant, be dismissed without prejudice as a matter of right.
    (d) An applicant's request for the return of an application that has 
been accepted for filing will be regarded as a request for dismissal.

[63 FR 48624, Sept. 11, 1998]

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Sec.  73.3571  Processing of AM broadcast station applications.

    (a) Applications for AM broadcast facilities are divided into three 
groups.
    (1) In the first group are applications for new stations or for 
major changes in the facilities of authorized stations. A major change 
for an AM station authorized under this part is any change in community 
of license or in frequency, except frequency changes to non-expanded 
band first, second or third adjacent channels. A major change in 
ownership is a situation where the original party or parties to the 
application do not retain more than 50% ownership interest in the 
application as originally filed. All other changes will be considered 
minor.
    (2) The second group consists of applications for licenses and all 
other changes in the facilities of authorized stations.
    (3) The third group consists of applications for operation in the 
1605-1705 kHz band which are filed subsequent to FCC notification that 
allotments have been awarded to petitioners under the procedure 
specified in Sec.  73.30.
    (b)(1) The FCC may, after acceptance of an application for 
modification of facilities, advise the applicant that such application 
is considered to be one for a major change and therefore is subject to 
the provisions of Sec. Sec.  73.3522, 73.3580 and 1.1111 of this chapter 
pertaining to major changes. Such major modification applications will 
be dismissed as set forth in paragraph (h)(1)(i) of this section.
    (2) An amendment to an application which would effect a major 
change, as defined in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, will not be 
accepted except as provided for in paragraph (h)(1)(i) of this section.
    (c) An application for changes in the facilities of an existing 
station will continue to carry the same file number even though 
(pursuant to FCC approval) an assignment of license or transfer of 
control of said licensee or permittee has taken place if, upon 
consummation, the application is amended to reflect the new ownership.
    (d) If, upon examination, the FCC finds that the public interest, 
convenience and necessity will be served by the granting of an 
application, the same will be granted. If the FCC is unable to make such 
a finding and it appears that a hearing may be required, the procedure 
set forth in Sec.  73.3593 will be followed.
    (e) Applications proposing to increase the power of an AM station 
are subject to the following requirements:
    (1) In order to be acceptable for filing, any application which does 
not involve a change in site must propose at least a 20% increase in the 
station's nominal power.
    (2) Applications involving a change in site are not subject to the 
requirements in paragraph (e)(1) of this section.
    (3) Applications for nighttime power increases for Class D stations 
are not subject to the requirements of this section and will be 
processed as minor changes.
    (4) The following special procedures will be followed in authorizing 
Class II-D daytime-only stations on 940 and 1550 kHz, and Class III 
daytime-only stations on the 41 regional channels listed in Sec.  
73.26(a), to operate unlimited-time.
    (i) Each eligible daytime-only station in the foregoing categories 
will receive an Order to Show Cause why its license should not be 
modified to specify operation during nighttime hours with the facilities 
it is licensed to start using at local sunrise, using the power stated 
in the Order to Show Cause, that the Commission finds is the highest 
nighttime level--not exceeding 0.5 kW--at which the station could 
operate without causing prohibited interference to other domestic or 
foreign stations, or to co-channel or adjacent channel stations for 
which pending applications were filed before December 1, 1987.
    (ii) Stations accepting such modification shall be reclassified. 
Those authorized in such Show Cause Orders to operate during nighttime 
hours with a power of 0.25 kW or more, or with a power that, although 
less than 0.25 kW, is sufficient to enable them to attain RMS field 
strengths of 141 mV/m or more at 1 kilometer, shall be redesignated as 
Class II-B stations if they are assigned to 940 or 1550 kHz, and as 
unlimited-time Class III stations if they are assigned to regional 
channels.
    (iii) Stations accepting such modification that are authorized to 
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during nighttime hours at powers less than 0.25 kW, and that cannot with 
such powers attain RMS field strengths of 141 mV/m or more at 1 
kilometer, shall be redesignated as Class II-S stations if they are 
assigned to 940 or 1550 kHz, and as Class III-S stations if they are 
assigned to regional channels.
    (iv) Applications for new stations may be filed at any time on 940 
and 1550 kHz and on the regional channels. Also, stations assigned to 
940 or 1550 kHz, or to the regional channels, may at any time, 
regardless of their classifications, apply for power increases up to the 
maximum generally permitted. Such applications for new or changed 
facilities will be granted without taking into account interference 
caused to Class II-S or Class III-S stations, but will be required to 
show interference protection to other classes of stations, including 
stations that were previously classified as Class II-S or Class III-S, 
but were later reclassified as Class II-B or Class III unlimited-time 
stations as a result of subsequent facilities modifications that 
permitted power increases qualifying them to discontinue their ``S'' 
subclassification.
    (f) Applications for minor modifications for AM broadcast stations, 
as defined in paragraph (a)(2) of this section, may be filed at any 
time, unless restricted by the FCC, and will be processed on a ``first 
come/first served'' basis, with the first acceptable application cutting 
off the filing rights of subsequent, conflicting applicants. The FCC 
will periodically release a Public Notice listing those applications 
accepted for filing. Applications received on the same day will be 
treated as simultaneously filed and, if they are found to be mutually 
exclusive, must be resolved through settlement or technical amendment. 
Conflicting applications received after the filing of a first acceptable 
application will be grouped, according to filing date, behind the lead 
application in a queue. The priority rights of the lead applicant, 
against all other applicants, are determined by the date of filing, but 
the filing date for subsequent, conflicting applicants only reserves a 
place in the queue. The rights of an applicant in a queue ripen only 
upon a final determination that the lead applicant is unacceptable and 
if the queue member is reached and found acceptable. The queue will 
remain behind the lead applicant until a construction permit is finally 
granted, at which time the queue dissolves.
    (g) Applications for change of license to change hours of operation 
of a Class C AM broadcast station, to decrease hours of operation of any 
other class of station, or to change station location involving no 
change in transmitter site will be considered without reference to the 
processing line.
    (h) Processing new and major AM broadcast station applications. 
(1)(i) The FCC will specify by Public Notice, pursuant to Sec.  73.5002, 
a period for filing AM applications for a new station or for major 
modifications in the facilities of an authorized station. AM 
applications for new facilities or for major modifications, whether for 
commercial broadcast stations or noncommercial educational broadcast 
stations, as described in 47 U.S.C. 397(6), will be accepted only during 
these specified periods. Applications submitted prior to the appropriate 
filing period or ``window'' opening date identified in the Public Notice 
will be returned as premature. Applications submitted after the 
specified deadline will be dismissed with prejudice as untimely.
    (ii) Such AM applicants will be subject to the provisions of 
Sec. Sec.  1.2105 and 73.5002 regarding the submission of the short-form 
application, FCC Form 175, and all appropriate certifications, 
information and exhibits contained therein. To determine which AM 
applications are mutually exclusive, AM applicants must submit the 
engineering data contained in FCC Form 301 as a supplement to the short-
form application. Such engineering data will not be studied for 
technical acceptability, but will be protected from subsequently filed 
applications as of the close of the window filing period. Determinations 
as to the acceptability or grantability of an applicant's proposal will 
not be made prior to an auction.
    (iii) AM applicants will be subject to the provisions of Sec. Sec.  
1.2105 and 73.5002 regarding the modification and dismissal of their 
short-form applications.
    (2) Subsequently, the FCC will release Public Notices:

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    (i) Identifying the short-form applications received during the 
window filing period which are found to be mutually exclusive, including 
any applications for noncommercial educational broadcast stations, as 
described in 47 U.S.C. 397(6), as well as the procedures the FCC will 
use to resolve the mutually exclusive applications;
    (ii) Establishing a date, time and place for an auction;
    (iii) Providing information regarding the methodology of competitive 
bidding to be used in the upcoming auction, bid submission and payment 
procedures, upfront payment procedures, upfront payment deadlines, 
minimum opening bid requirements and applicable reserve prices in 
accordance with the provisions of Sec.  73.5002;
    (iv) Identifying applicants who have submitted timely upfront 
payments and, thus, are qualified to bid in the auction.
    (3) After the close of the filing window, the FCC will also release 
a Public Notice identifying any short-form applications received which 
are found to be non-mutually exclusive, including any applications for 
noncommercial educational broadcast stations, as described in 47 U.S.C. 
397(6). All non-mutually exclusive applicants will be required to submit 
an appropriate long form application within 30 days of the Public Notice 
and, for applicants for commercial broadcast stations, pursuant to the 
provisions of Sec.  73.5005(d). Non-mutually exclusive applications for 
commercial broadcast stations will be processed and the FCC will 
periodically release a Public Notice listing such non-mutually exclusive 
applications determined to be acceptable for filing and announcing a 
date by which petitions to deny must be filed in accordance with the 
provisions of Sec. Sec.  73.5006 and 73.3584. Non-mutually exclusive 
applications for noncommercial educational broadcast stations, as 
described in 47 U.S.C. 397(6), will be processed and the FCC will 
periodically release a Public Notice listing such non-mutually exclusive 
applications determined to be acceptable for filing and announcing a 
date by which petitions to deny must be filed in accordance with the 
provisions of Sec. Sec.  73.7004 and 73.3584. If the applicant is duly 
qualified, and upon examination, the FCC finds that the public interest, 
convenience and necessity will be served by the granting of the non-
mutually exclusive long form application, the same will be granted.
    (4)(i) The auction will be held pursuant to the procedures set forth 
in Sec. Sec.  1.2101 et seq. and 73.5000 et seq. Subsequent to the 
auction, the FCC will release a Public Notice announcing the close of 
the auction and identifying the winning bidders. Winning bidders will be 
subject to the provisions of Sec.  1.2107 of this chapter regarding down 
payments and will be required to submit the appropriate down payment 
within 10 business days of the Public Notice. Pursuant to Sec.  1.2107 
of this chapter and Sec.  73.5005, a winning bidder that meets its down 
payment obligations in a timely manner must, within 30 days of the 
release of the Public Notice announcing the close of the auction, submit 
the appropriate long-form application for each construction permit for 
which it was the winning bidder. Long-form applications filed by winning 
bidders shall include the exhibits identified in Sec.  73.5005(a).
    (ii) These applications will be processed and the FCC will 
periodically release a Public Notice listing such applications that have 
been accepted for filing and announcing a date by which petitions to 
deny must be filed in accordance with the provisions of Sec. Sec.  
73.5006 and 73.3584. If the applicant is duly qualified, and upon 
examination, the FCC finds that the public interest, convenience and 
necessity will be served by the granting of the winning bidder's long-
form application, a Public Notice will be issued announcing that the 
construction permit is ready to be granted. Each winning bidder shall 
pay the balance of its winning bid in a lump sum within 10 business days 
after release of the Public Notice, as set forth in Sec. Sec.  1.2109(a) 
and 73.5003. Construction permits will be granted by the Commission 
following the receipt of the full payment.
    (iii) All long-form applications will be cutoff as of the date of 
filing with the FCC and will be protected from subsequently filed long-
form applications. Applications will be required to protect all 
previously filed commercial

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and noncommercial applications. Winning bidders filing long-form 
applications may change the technical proposals specified in their 
previously submitted short-form applications, but such change may not 
constitute a major change. If the submitted long-form application would 
constitute a major change from the proposal submitted in the short-form 
application, the long-form application will be returned pursuant to 
paragraph (h)(1)(i) of this section.
    (i) In order to grant a major or minor change application made 
contingent upon the grant of another licensee's request for a facility 
modification, the Commission will not consider mutually exclusive 
applications by other parties that would not protect the currently 
authorized facilities of the contingent applicants. Such major change 
applications remain, however, subject to the provisions of Sec. Sec.  
73.3580 and 1.1111. The Commission shall grant contingent requests for 
construction permits for station modifications only upon a finding that 
such action will promote the public interest, convenience and necessity.

[63 FR 48625, Sept. 11, 1998, as amended at 64 FR 19501, Apr. 21, 1999; 
67 FR 45374, July 9, 2002; 68 FR 26227, May 15, 2003]



Sec.  73.3572  Processing of TV broadcast, Class A TV broadcast, low power 
TV, TV translators, and TV booster applications.

    (a) Applications for TV stations are divided into two groups:
    (1) In the first group are applications for new stations or major 
changes in the facilities of authorized stations. A major change for TV 
broadcast stations authorized under this part is any change in frequency 
or community of license which is in accord with a present allotment 
contained in the Table of Allotments (Sec.  73.606). Other requests for 
change in frequency or community of license for TV broadcast stations 
must first be submitted in the form of a petition for rulemaking to 
amend the Table of Allotments.
    (2) In the case of Class A TV stations authorized under subpart J of 
this part and low power TV, TV translator, and TV booster stations 
authorized under part 74 of this chapter, a major change is any change 
in:
    (i) Frequency (output channel), except a change in offset carrier 
frequency; or
    (ii) Transmitting antenna location where the protected contour 
resulting from the change is not predicted to overlap any portion of the 
protected contour based on the station's authorized facilities.
    (3) Other changes will be considered minor; provided, until October 
1, 2000, proposed changes to the facilities of Class A TV, low power TV, 
TV translator and TV booster stations, other than a change in frequency, 
will be considered minor only if the change(s) will not increase the 
signal range of the Class A TV, low power TV or TV booster in any 
horizontal direction.
    (4) The following provisions apply to displaced Class A TV, low 
power TV, TV translator and TV booster stations:
    (i) In the case of an authorized low power TV, TV translator or TV 
booster which is predicted to cause or receive interference to or from 
an authorized TV broadcast station pursuant to Sec.  74.705 of this 
chapter or interference with broadcast or other services under Sec.  
74.703 or Sec.  74.709 of this chapter, an application for a change in 
output channel, together with technical modifications which are 
necessary to avoid interference (including a change in antenna location 
of less than 16.1km), will not be considered as an application for a 
major change in those facilities.
    (ii) Provided further, that a low power TV, TV translator or TV 
booster station authorized on a channel from channel 52 to 69, or which 
is causing or receiving interference or is predicted to cause or receive 
interference to or from an authorized DTV station pursuant to Sec.  
74.706 of this chapter, or which is located within the distances 
specified in paragraph (4)(iv) of this section to the coordinates of co-
channel DTV authorizations (or allotment table coordinates if there are 
no authorized facilities at different coordinates), may at any time file 
a displacement relief application for a change in output channel, 
together with any technical modifications which are necessary to avoid 
interference or continue serving the station's protected service area. 
Such an application will not be considered as an application for a major

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change in those facilities. Where such an application is mutually 
exclusive with applications for new low power TV, TV translator or TV 
booster stations, or with other nondisplacement relief applications for 
facilities modifications of Class A TV, low power TV, TV translator or 
TV booster stations, priority will be afforded to the displacement 
application(s) to the exclusion of other applications, provided the 
permittee or licensee had tendered its initial application for a new 
LPTV or TV translator station to operate on channels 52-69 prior to the 
August 2000 filing window.
    (iii) A Class A TV station which is causing or receiving 
interference or is predicted to cause or receive interference to or from 
an authorized TV broadcast station pursuant to Sec. Sec.  73.6011 or 
73.613; a DTV station or allotment pursuant to Sec. Sec.  73.6013 or 
73.623, or which is located within the distances specified below in 
paragraph (iv) of this section to the coordinates of co-channel DTV 
authorizations (or allotment table coordinates if there are no 
authorized facilities at different coordinates); or other service that 
protects and/or is protected by Class A TV stations, may at any time 
file a displacement relief application for a change in channel, together 
with technical modifications that are necessary to avoid interference or 
continue serving the station's protected service area, provided the 
station's protected contour resulting from a relocation of the 
transmitting antenna is predicted to overlap some portion of the 
protected contour based on its authorized facilities. A Class A TV 
station displacement relief applications will be considered major change 
applications, and will be placed on public notice for a period of not 
less than 30 days to permit the filing of petitions to deny. However, 
these applications will not be subject to the filing of competing 
applications. Where a Class A displacement relief application becomes 
mutually exclusive with applications for new low power TV, TV translator 
or TV booster stations, or with other non-displacement relief 
applications for facilities modifications of Class A TV, low power TV, 
TV translator or TV booster stations, priority will be afforded to the 
Class A TV displacement relief application(s) to the exclusion of other 
applications. Mutually exclusive displacement relief applications of 
Class A TV, low power TV, TV translators or TV booster stations filed on 
the same day will be subject to competitive bidding procedures if the 
mutual exclusivity is not resolved by an engineering solution.
    (iv)(A) The geographic separations to co-channel DTV facilities or 
allotment reference coordinates, as applicable, within which to qualify 
for displacement relief are the following:
    (1) Stations on UHF channels: 265 km (162 miles)
    (2) Stations on VHF channels 2-6: 280 km (171 miles)
    (3) Stations on VHF channels 7-13: 260 km (159 miles)
    (B) Engineering showings of predicted interference may also be 
submitted to justify the need for displacement relief.
    (v) Provided further, that the FCC may, within 15 days after 
acceptance of any other application for modification of facilities, 
advise the applicant that such application is considered to be one for a 
major change and therefore subject to the provisions of Sec. Sec.  
73.3522, 73.3580, and 1.1111 of this chapter pertaining to major 
changes. Such major modification applications filed for Class A TV, low 
power TV, TV translator, TV booster stations, and for a non-reserved 
television allotment, are subject to competitive bidding procedures and 
will be dismissed if filed outside a specified filing period. See 47 CFR 
73.5002(a).
    (b) A new file number will be assigned to an application for a new 
station or for major changes in the facilities of an authorized station, 
when it is amended so as to effect a major change, as defined in 
paragraphs (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section, or result in a situation 
where the original party or parties to the application do not retain 
more than 50% ownership interest in the application as originally filed 
and Sec.  73.3580 will apply to such amended application. An application 
for change in the facilities of any existing station will continue to 
carry the same file number even though (pursuant to FCC approval) an 
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permittee has taken place if, upon consummation, the application is 
amended to reflect the new ownership.
    (c) Amendments to Class A TV, low power TV, TV translator, TV 
booster stations, or non-reserved television applications, which would 
require a new file number pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section, are 
subject to competitive bidding procedures and will be dismissed if filed 
outside a specified filing period. See 47 CFR 73.5002(a). When an 
amendment to an application for a reserved television allotment would 
require a new file number pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section, the 
applicant will have the opportunity to withdraw the amendment at any 
time prior to designation for a hearing if applicable; and may be 
afforded, subject to the discretion of the Administrative Law Judge, an 
opportunity to withdraw the amendment after designation for a hearing.
    (d)(1) The FCC will specify by Public Notice, a period for filing 
applications for new television stations on reserved noncommercial 
educational channels or for major modifications in the facilities of an 
authorized station on reserved channels. TV reserved channel 
applications for new facilities or for major modifications will be 
accepted only during the appropriate filing period or ``window.'' 
Applications submitted prior to the window opening date identified in 
the Public Notice will be returned as premature. Applications submitted 
after the specified deadline will be dismissed with prejudice as 
untimely. Mutually exclusive applications for reserved channel 
television stations will be resolved using the point system in subpart K 
of this part.
    (2) Concurrently with the filing of a new or major modification 
application for a reserved noncommercial educational channel, the 
applicant shall submit to the FCC's public reference room and to a local 
public inspection file consistent with Sec.  73.3527(e)(2), supporting 
documentation of points claimed, as described in the application form.
    (e) The FCC will specify by Public Notice a period for filing 
applications for a new non-reserved television, low power TV and TV 
translator stations or for major modifications in the facilities of such 
authorized stations, whether for commercial broadcast stations or 
noncommercial educational broadcast stations, as described in 47 U.S.C. 
397(6), and major modifications in the facilities of Class A TV 
stations.
    (f) Applications for minor modification of Class A TV, low power TV, 
TV translator and TV booster stations may be filed at any time, unless 
restricted by the FCC, and will be processed on a ``first-come/first-
served'' basis, with the first acceptable application cutting off the 
filing rights of subsequent, competing applicants. Provided, however, 
that applications for minor modifications of Class A TV and those of TV 
broadcast stations may become mutually exclusive until grant of a 
pending Class A TV or TV broadcast minor modification application.
    (g) TV booster station applications may be filed at any time. 
Subsequent to filing, the FCC will release a Public Notice accepting for 
filing and proposing for grant those applications which are not mutually 
exclusive with any other TV translator, low power TV, TV booster, or 
Class A TV application, and providing for the filing of Petitions To 
Deny pursuant to Sec.  73.3584.

[63 FR 48626, Sept. 11, 1998, as amended at 65 FR 30007, May 10, 2000; 
65 FR 36379, June 8, 2000; 67 FR 5513, Feb. 6, 2002; 67 FR 45374, July 
9, 2002; 68 FR 26227, May 15, 2003]



Sec.  73.3573  Processing FM broadcast station applications.

    (a) Applications for FM broadcast stations are divided into two 
groups:
    (1) In the first group are applications for new stations or for 
major changes in the facilities of authorized stations. A major change 
for an FM station authorized under this part is any change in frequency 
or community of license which is in accord with a present allotment 
contained in the Table of Allotments (Sec.  73.202(b)) of this part. A 
licensee or permittee may seek the higher or lower class adjacent 
channel, intermediate frequency or co-channel or the same class adjacent 
channel of its existing FM broadcast station authorization by filing a 
minor change application. Other requests for change in frequency or 
community of license for FM stations must first be submitted in

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the form of a petition for rule making to amend the Table of Allotments. 
Long-form applications submitted pursuant to Sec.  73.5005 of this part 
for a new FM broadcast service may propose a higher or lower class 
adjacent channel, intermediate frequency or co-channel. For reserved 
frequency noncommercial educational and Class D FM stations, a major 
change is any change in community of license, any change in frequency 
except changes to first, second or third adjacent channels, and any 
change in antenna location where the station would not continue to 
provide 1 mV/m service to some portion of its previously authorized 1 
mV/m service area. A major change in ownership is a situation where the 
original party or parties to the application do not retain more than 50% 
ownership interest in the application as originally filed.
    (2) The second group consists of applications for licenses and all 
other changes in the facilities of authorized stations.
    (b)(1) The FCC may, after the acceptance of an application for 
modification of facilities, advise the applicant that such application 
is considered to be one for a major change and therefore subject to the 
provisions of Sec. Sec.  73.3522, 73.3580 and 1.1111 of this chapter 
pertaining to major changes. Such major modification applications in the 
non-reserved band will be dismissed as set forth in paragraph (f)(2)(i) 
of this section.
    (2) An amendment to a non-reserved band application which would 
effect a major change, as defined in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, 
will not be accepted, except as provided for in paragraph (f)(2)(i) of 
this section.
    (3) A new file number will be assigned to a reserved band 
application for a new station or for major changes in the facilities of 
an authorized station, when it is amended so as to effect a major 
change, as defined in paragraph (a)(1) of this section. Where an 
amendment to a reserved band application would require a new file 
number, the applicant will have the opportunity to withdraw the 
amendment at any time prior to designation for hearing, if applicable; 
and may be afforded, subject to the discretion of the Administrative Law 
Judge, an opportunity to withdraw the amendment after designation for 
hearing.
    (c) An application for changes in the facilities of any existing 
station will continue to carry the same file number even though 
(pursuant to FCC approval) an assignment of license or transfer of 
control of such licensee or permittee has taken place if, upon 
consummation, the application is amended to reflect the new ownership.
    (d) If, upon examination, the FCC finds that the public interest, 
convenience and necessity will be served by the granting of an 
application for FM broadcast facilities, the same will be granted. If 
the FCC is unable to make such a finding and it appears that a hearing 
may be required, the procedure given in Sec.  73.3593 will be followed. 
In the case of mutually exclusive applications for reserved channels, 
the procedures in subpart K of this part will be followed. In the case 
of mutually exclusive applications for unreserved channels, the 
procedures in subpart I of this part will be followed.
    (e) Processing reserved channel FM broadcast station applications. 
(1) Applications for minor modifications for reserved channel FM 
broadcast stations, as defined in paragraph (a)(2) of this section, may 
be filed at any time, unless restricted by the FCC, and will be 
processed on a ``first come/first served'' basis, with the first 
acceptable application cutting off the filing rights of subsequent, 
competing applicants. The FCC will periodically release a Public Notice 
listing those applications accepted for filing. Conflicting applications 
received on the same day will be treated as simultaneously filed and 
mutually exclusive. Conflicting applications received after the filing 
of the first acceptable application will be grouped, according to filing 
date, behind the lead application in the queue. The priority rights of 
the lead applicant, against all other applicants, are determined by the 
date of filing, but the filing date for subsequent conflicting 
applicants only reserves a place in the queue. The right of an applicant 
in a queue ripens only upon a final determination that the lead 
applicant is unacceptable and that the queue member is reached and found 
acceptable. The queue will remain behind

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the lead applicant until the construction permit is finally granted, at 
which time the queue dissolves.
    (2) The FCC will specify by Public Notice a period for filing 
reserved channel FM applications for a new station or for major 
modifications in the facilities of an authorized station. FM reserved 
channel applications for new facilities or for major modifications will 
be accepted only during the appropriate filing period or ``window.'' 
Applications submitted prior to the window opening date identified in 
the Public Notice will be returned as premature. Applications submitted 
after the specified deadline will be dismissed with prejudice as 
untimely.
    (3) Concurrently with the filing of a new or major modification 
application for a reserved noncommercial educational channel, the 
applicant shall submit to the FCC's public reference room and to a local 
public inspection file consistent with Sec.  73.3527(e)(2), supporting 
documentation of points claimed, as described in the application form.
    (4) Timely filed applications for new facilities or for major 
modifications for reserved FM channels will be processed pursuant to the 
procedures set forth in subpart K of this part (Sec.  73.7000 et seq.) 
Subsequently, the FCC will release Public Notices identifying: mutually 
exclusive groups of applications; applications selected pursuant to the 
fair distribution procedures set forth in Sec.  73.7002; applications 
received during the window filing period which are found to be non-
mutually exclusive; tentative selectees determined pursuant to the point 
system procedures set forth in Sec.  73.7003; and acceptable 
applications. The Public Notices will also announce: additional 
procedures to be followed for certain groups of applications; deadlines 
for filing additional information; and dates by which petitions to deny 
must be filed in accordance with the provisions of Sec.  73.3584. If the 
applicant is duly qualified, and upon examination, the FCC finds that 
the public interest, convenience and necessity will be served by the 
granting of the application, it will be granted. If an application is 
determined unacceptable for filing, the application will be returned, 
and subject to the amendment requirements of Sec.  73.3522.
    (f) Processing non-reserved FM broadcast station applications. (1) 
Applications for minor modifications for non-reserved FM broadcast 
stations, as defined in paragraph (a)(2) of this section, may be filed 
at any time, unless restricted by the FCC, and, generally, will be 
processed in the order in which they are tendered. The FCC will 
periodically release a Public Notice listing those applications accepted 
for filing. Processing of these applications will be on a ``first come/
first serve'' basis with the first acceptable application cutting off 
the filing rights of subsequent applicants. All applications received on 
the same day will be treated as simultaneously tendered and, if they are 
found to be mutually exclusive, must be resolved through settlement or 
technical amendment. Applications received after the tender of a lead 
application will be grouped, according to filing date, behind the lead 
application in a queue. The priority rights of the lead applicant, as 
against all other applicants, are determined by the date of filing, but 
the filing date for subsequent applicants for that channel and community 
only reserves a place in the queue. The rights of an applicant in a 
queue ripen only upon a final determination that the lead applicant is 
unacceptable and if the queue member is reached and found acceptable. 
The queue will remain behind the lead applicant until a construction 
permit is finally granted, at which time the queue dissolves.
    (2)(i) The FCC will specify by Public Notice, pursuant to Sec.  
73.5002(a), a period for filing non-reserved band FM applications for a 
new station or for major modifications in the facilities of an 
authorized station. FM applications for new facilities or for major 
modifications, whether for commercial broadcast stations or 
noncommercial educational broadcast stations, as described in 47 U.S.C. 
397(6), will be accepted only during the appropriate filing period or 
``window.'' Applications submitted prior to the window opening date 
identified in the Public Notice will be returned as premature. 
Applications submitted after the specified

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deadline will be dismissed with prejudice as untimely.
    (ii) Such FM applicants will be subject to the provisions of 
Sec. Sec.  1.2105 and 73.5002 regarding the submission of the short-form 
application, FCC Form 175, and all appropriate certifications, 
information and exhibits contained therein. FM applicants may submit a 
set of preferred site coordinates as a supplement to the short-form 
application. Any specific site indicated by FM applicants will not be 
studied for technical acceptability, but will be protected from 
subsequently filed applications as a full-class facility as of the close 
of the window filing period. Determinations as to the acceptability or 
grantability of an applicant's proposal will not be made prior to an 
auction.
    (iii) FM applicants will be subject to the provisions of Sec. Sec.  
1.2105 and 73.5002(c) regarding the modification and dismissal of their 
short-form applications.
    (3) Subsequently, the FCC will release Public Notices:
    (i) Identifying the short-form applications received during the 
window filing period which are found to be mutually exclusive, including 
any applications for noncommercial educational broadcast stations, as 
described in 47 U.S.C. 397(6), as well as the procedures the FCC will 
use to resolve the mutually exclusive applications;
    (ii) Establishing a date, time and place for an auction;
    (iii) Providing information regarding the methodology of competitive 
bidding to be used in the upcoming auction, bid submission and payment 
procedures, upfront payment procedures, upfront payment deadlines, 
minimum opening bid requirements and applicable reserve prices in 
accordance with the provisions of Sec.  73.5002;
    (iv) Identifying applicants who have submitted timely upfront 
payments and, thus, are qualified to bid in the auction.
    (4) If, after the close of the appropriate window filing period, a 
non-reserved FM allotment remains vacant, the window remains closed 
until the FCC, by Public Notice, specifies a subsequent period for 
filing non-reserved band FM applications for a new station or for major 
modifications in the facilities of an authorized station pursuant to 
paragraph (f)(2)(i) of this section. After the close of the filing 
window, the FCC will also release a Public Notice identifying the short-
form applications which are found to be non-mutually exclusive, 
including any applications for noncommercial educational broadcast 
stations, as described in 47 U.S.C. 397(6). These non-mutually exclusive 
applicants will be required to submit the appropriate long-form 
application within 30 days of the Public Notice and, for applicants for 
commercial broadcast stations, pursuant to the provisions of Sec.  
73.5005(d). Non-mutually exclusive applications for commercial broadcast 
stations will be processed and the FCC will periodically release a 
Public Notice listing such non-mutually exclusive applications 
determined to be acceptable for filing and announcing a date by which 
petitions to deny must be filed in accordance with the provisions of 
Sec. Sec.  73.5006 and 73.3584. Non-mutually exclusive applications for 
noncommercial educational broadcast stations, as described in 47 U.S.C. 
397(6), will be processed and the FCC will periodically release a Public 
Notice listing such non-mutually exclusive applications determined to be 
acceptable for filing and announcing a date by which petitions to deny 
must be filed in accordance with the provisions of Sec. Sec.  73.7004 
and 73.3584. If the applicant is duly qualified, and upon examination, 
the FCC finds that the public interest, convenience, and necessity will 
be served by the granting of the non-mutually exclusive long-form 
application, it will be granted.
    (5)(i) Pursuant to Sec.  1.2107 of this chapter and Sec.  73.5005, a 
winning bidder that meets its down payment obligations in a timely 
manner must, within 30 days of the release of the public notice 
announcing the close of the auction, submit the appropriate long-form 
application for each construction permit for which it was the winning 
bidder. Long-form applications filed by winning bidders shall include 
the exhibits identified in Sec.  73.5005(a).
    (ii) These applications will be processed and the FCC will 
periodically release a Public Notice listing such applications that have 
been accepted for filing and announcing a date by which

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petitions to deny must be filed in accordance with the provisions of 
Sec. Sec.  73.5006 and 73.3584 of this chapter. If the applicant is duly 
qualified, and upon examination, the FCC finds that the public interest, 
convenience and necessity will be served by the granting of the winning 
bidder's long-form application, a Public Notice will be issued 
announcing that the construction permit is ready to be granted. Each 
winning bidder shall pay the balance of its winning bid in a lump sum 
within 10 business days after release of the Public Notice, as set forth 
in Sec.  1.2109(a) of this chapter and Sec.  73.5003. Construction 
permits will be granted by the Commission following the receipt of the 
full payment.
    (iii) All long-form applications will be cut-off as of the date of 
filing with the FCC and will be protected from subsequently filed long-
form applications and rulemaking petitions. Applications will be 
required to protect all previously filed commercial and noncommercial 
applications. Winning bidders filing long-form applications may change 
the technical proposals specified in their previously submitted short-
form applications, but such change may not constitute a major change. If 
the submitted long-form application would constitute a major change from 
the proposal submitted in the short-form application or the allotment, 
the long-form application will be returned pursuant to paragraph 
(f)(2)(i) of this section.

    Note 1 to Sec.  73.3573: Applications to modify the channel and/or 
class of an FM broadcast station to an adjacent channel, intermediate 
frequency (IF) channel, or co-channel shall not require any other 
amendments to the Table of Allotments. Such applications may resort to 
the provisions of the Commission's Rules permitting short spaced 
stations as set forth in Sec.  73.215 as long as the applicant shows by 
separate exhibit attached to the application the existence of an 
allotment reference site which meets the allotment standards, the 
minimum spacing requirements of Sec.  73.207 and the city grade coverage 
requirements of Sec.  73.315. This exhibit must include a site map or, 
in the alternative, a statement that the transmitter will be located on 
an existing tower. Examples of unsuitable allotment reference sites 
include those which are offshore, in a national or state park in which 
tower construction is prohibited, on an airport, or otherwise in an area 
which would necessarily present a hazard to air navigation.
    Note 2 to Sec.  73.3573: Processing of applications for new low 
power educational FM applications: Pending the Commission's restudy of 
the impact of the rule changes pertaining to the allocations of 10-watt 
and other low power noncommercial educational FM stations, applications 
for such new stations, or major changes in existing ones, will not be 
accepted for filing. Exceptions are: (1) In Alaska, applications for new 
Class D stations or major changes in existing ones are acceptable for 
filing; and (2) applications for existing Class D stations to change 
frequency are acceptable for filing. In (2), upon the grant of such 
application, the station shall become a Class D (secondary) station. 
(See First Report and Order, Docket 20735, FCC 78-386, 43 FR 25821, and 
Second Report and Order, Docket 20735, FCC 78-384, 43 FR 39704.) 
Effective date of this FCC imposed ``freeze'' was June 15, 1978. 
Applications which specify facilities of at least 100 watts effective 
radiated power will be accepted for filing.
    Note 3 to Sec.  73.3573: For rules on processing FM translator and 
booster stations, see Sec.  74.1233 of this chapter.
    Note 4 to Sec.  73.3573: A Class C station operating with antenna 
height above average terrain (``HAAT'') of less than 451 meters is 
subject to reclassification as a Class C0 station upon the filing of a 
triggering application for construction permit that is short-spaced to 
such a Class C station under Sec.  73.207 but would be fully spaced to 
such a station considered as a Class C0 assignment. Triggering 
applications may utilize Sec.  73.215. Triggering applications must 
certify that no alternative channel is available for the proposed 
service. Available alternative frequencies are limited to frequencies 
that the proposed service could use at the specified antenna location in 
full compliance with the distance separation requirements of Sec.  
73.207, without any other changes to the FM Table of Allotments. Copies 
of a triggering application and related pleadings must be served on the 
licensee of the affected Class C station. If the staff concludes that a 
triggering application is acceptable for filing, it will issue an order 
to show cause why the affected station should not be reclassified as a 
Class C0 station The order to show cause will provide the licensee 30 
days to express in writing an intention to seek authority to modify the 
subject station's technical facilities to minimum Class C HAAT or to 
otherwise challenge the triggering application. If no such intention is 
expressed and the triggering application is not challenged, the subject 
station will be reclassified as a Class C0 station, and processing of 
the triggering application will be completed. If an intention to modify 
is expressed, an additional 180-day period will be provided during which 
the Class C

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station licensee must file an acceptable construction permit application 
to increase antenna height to at least 451 meters HAAT. Upon grant of 
such a construction permit application, the triggering application will 
be dismissed. Class C station licensees must serve on triggering 
applicants copies of any FAA submissions related to the application 
grant process. If the construction is not completed as authorized, the 
subject Class C station will be reclassified automatically as a Class C0 
station. The reclassification procedure also may be initiated through 
the filing of an original petition for rule making to amend the FM Table 
of Allotments as set forth in Note 2 to Sec.  1.420(g).

[63 FR 48627, Sept. 11, 1998, as amended at 64 FR 19502, Apr. 21, 1999; 
65 FR 36379, June 8, 2000; 65 FR 79780, Dec. 20, 2000; 67 FR 45374, July 
9, 2002; 68 FR 26228, May 15, 2003]



Sec.  73.3574  Processing of international broadcast station applications.

    (a) Applications for International station facilities are divided 
into two groups.
    (1) In the first group are applications for new stations, or for 
major changes in the facilities of authorized stations. A major change 
is any change in or addition to authorized zones or areas of reception, 
any change in transmitter location other than one in the immediate 
vicinity of existing antennas of the station, or any change in power, or 
antenna directivity. However, the FCC may, within 15 days after the 
acceptance for filing of any other application for modification, advise 
the applicant that such application is considered to be one for a major 
change and therefore is subject to Sec. Sec.  1.1111 and 73.3580 
pertaining to major changes.
    (2) The second group consists of applications for licenses and all 
other changes in the facilities of authorized stations.
    (b) If an application is amended so as to effect a major change as 
defined in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, or so as to result in an 
assignment or transfer of control which, in the case of an authorized 
station, would require the filing of an application therefor on FCC Form 
314 or 315 (see Sec.  73.3540), Sec.  73.3580 will apply to such amended 
application.
    (c) Applications for International stations will be processed as 
nearly as possible in the order in which they are filed.

[44 FR 38504, July 2, 1979]



Sec.  73.3578  Amendments to applications for renewal, assignment or 
transfer of control.

    (a) Any amendments to an application for renewal of any instrument 
of authorization shall be considered to be a minor amendment. However, 
the FCC may, within 15 days after tender for filing of any amendment, 
advise the applicant that the amendment is considered to be a major 
amendment and therefore is subject to the provisions of Sec.  73.3580.
    (b) Any amendment to an application for assignment of construction 
permit or license, or consent to the transfer of control of a 
corporation holding such a construction permit or license, shall be 
considered to be a minor amendment, except that any amendment which 
seeks a change in the ownership interest of the proposed assignee or 
transferee which would result in a change in control, or any amendment 
which would require the filing of FCC Forms 314, 315, or 345 (see Sec.  
73.3540), if the changes sought were made in an original application for 
assignment or transfer of control, shall be considered to be a major 
amendment. However, the FCC may, within 15 days after the acceptance for 
filing of any other amendment, advise the applicant that the amendment 
is considered to be a major amendment and therefore is subject to the 
provisions of Sec.  73.3580.

[44 FR 38504, July 2, 1979, as amended at 51 FR 18451, May 20, 1986]



Sec.  73.3580  Local public notice of filing of broadcast applications.

    (a) All applications for instruments of authorization in the 
broadcast service (and major amendments thereto, as indicated in 
Sec. Sec.  73.3571, 73.3572, 73.3573, 73.3574 and 73.3578) are subject 
to the local public notice provisions of this section, except 
applications for:
    (1) A minor change in the facilities of an authorized station, as 
indicated in Sec. Sec.  73.3571, 73.3572, 73.3573 and 73.3574.
    (2) Consent to an involuntary assignment or transfer or to a 
voluntary assignment or transfer which does not result in a change of 
control and which

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may be applied for on FCC Form 316 pursuant to the provisions of Sec.  
73.3540(b).
    (3) A license under section 319(c) of the Communications Act or, 
pending application for or grant of such license, any special or 
temporary authorization to permit interim operation to facilitate 
completion of authorized construction or to provide substantially the 
same service as would be authorized by such license.
    (4) Extension of time to complete construction of authorized 
facilities.
    (5) An authorization of facilities for remote pickup or studio links 
for use in the operation of a broadcast station.
    (6) Authorization pursuant to section 325(c) of the Communications 
Act (``* * * studios of foreign stations'') where the programs to be 
transmitted are special events not of a continuing nature.
    (7) An authorization under any of the proviso clauses of section 
308(a) of the Communications Act concerning applications for and 
conditions in licenses.
    (b) Applications (as originally filed or amended) will be acted upon 
by the FCC no sooner than 30 days following public notice of acceptance 
for filing or amendment, except as otherwise permitted in Sec.  73.3542, 
``Application for temporary authorization.''
    (c) An applicant who files an application or amendment thereto which 
is subject to the provisions of this section, must give notice of this 
filing in a newspaper. Exceptions to this requirement are applications 
for renewal of AM, FM, TV, Class A TV and international broadcasting 
stations; low power TV stations; TV and FM translator stations; TV 
boosters stations; FM boosters stations; and applications subject to 
paragraph (e) of this section. The local public notice must be completed 
within 30 days of the tendering of the application. In the event the FCC 
notifies the applicant that a major change is involved, requiring the 
applicant to file public notice pursuant to Sec. Sec.  73.3571, 73.3572, 
73.3573 or 73.3578, this filing notice shall be given in a newspaper 
following this notification.
    (1) Notice requirements for these applicants are as follows. (i) In 
a daily newspaper of general circulation published in the community in 
which the station is located, or proposed to be located, at least twice 
a week for two consecutive weeks in a three-week period; or,
    (ii) If there is no such daily newspaper, in a weekly newspaper of 
general circulation published in that community, once a week for 3 
consecutive weeks in a 4-week period; or,
    (iii) If there is no daily or weekly newspaper published in that 
community, in the daily newspaper from wherever published, which has the 
greatest general circulation in that community, twice a week for 2 
consecutive weeks within a 3-week period.
    (2) Notice requirements for applicants for a permit pursuant to 
section 325(b) of the Communications Act (``* * * Studios of Foreign 
Stations'') are as follows. In a daily newspaper of general circulation 
in the largest city in the principal area to be served in the U.S.A. by 
the foreign broadcast station, at least twice a week for 2 consecutive 
weeks within a three-week period.
    (3) Notice requirements for applicants for a change in station 
location are as follows. In the community in which the station is 
located and the one in which it is proposed to be located, in a 
newspaper with publishing requirements as in paragraphs (c)(1)(i), (ii) 
or (iii) of this section.
    (4) The notice required in paragraphs (c)(1), (2) and (3) of this 
section shall contain the information described in paragraph (f) of this 
section.
    (d) The licensee of an operating broadcast station who files an 
application or amendment thereto which is subject to the provisions of 
this section must gibe notice as follows:
    (1) An applicant who files for renewal of a broadcast station 
license, other than a low power TV station license not locally 
originating programming as defined by Sec.  74.701(h), an FM translator 
station or a TV translator station license, must give notice of this 
filing by broadcasting announcements on applicant's station. (Sample and 
schedule of announcements are below.) Newspaper publication is not 
required. An applicant who files for renewal of a low power TV station 
license not locally originating programming as defined by Sec.  
74.701(h), an FM translator station or a TV translator station license 
will comply with (g) below.

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    (2) An applicant who files an amendment of an application for 
renewal of a broadcast station lincense will comply with paragraph 
(d)(1) of this section.
    (3) An applicant who files for modification, assignment or transfer 
of a broadcast station license (except for International broadcast, low 
power TV, TV translator, TV booster, FM translator and FM booster 
stations) shall give notice of the filing in a newspaper as described in 
paragraph (c) of this section, and also broadcast the same notice over 
the station as follows:
    (i) At least once daily on four days in the second week immediately 
following either the tendering for filing of the application or 
immediately following notification to the applicant by the FCC that 
Public Notice is required pursuant to Sec. Sec.  73.3571, 73.3572, 
73.3573 or Sec.  73.3578. For commercial radio stations these 
announcements shall be made between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. and/or 4 p.m. and 
6 p.m. For stations which neither operate between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. nor 
between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m., these announcements shall be made during the 
first two hours of broadcast operation. For commercial TV stations, 
these announcements shall be made between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. (5 p.m. and 
10 p.m. Central and Mountain time).
    (4) The broadcast notice requirements for those filing renewal 
applications and amendments thereto are as follows:
    (i) Pre-filing announcements. During the period and beginning on the 
first day of the sixth calendar month prior to the expiration of the 
license, and continuing to the date on which the application is filed, 
the following announcement shall be broadcast on the 1st and 16th day of 
each calendar month. Stations broadcasting primarily in a foreign 
language should broadcast the announcements in that language.

    On (date of last renewal grant) (Station's call letters) was granted 
a license by the Federal Communication Commission to serve the public 
interest as a public trustee until (expiration date).
    Our license will expire on (date). We must file an application for 
renewal with the FCC (date four calendar months prior to expiration 
date). When filed, a copy of this application will be available for 
public inspection during our regular business hours. It contains 
information concerning this station's performance during the last 
(period of time covered by the application).
    Individuals who wish to advise the FCC of facts relating to our 
renewal application and to whether this station has operated in the 
public interest should file comments and petitions with the FCC by (date 
first day of last full calendar month prior to the month of expiration).
    Further information concerning the FCC's broadcast license renewal 
process is available at (address of location of the station's public 
inspection file) or may be obtained from the FCC, Washington, DC 20554.

    (A) An applicant who files for renewal of a low power TV station 
locally originating programming (as defined by Sec.  74.701(h)) shall 
broadcast this announcement, except that statements indicating there is 
a public inspection file at the station containing the renewal 
application and other information on the license renewal process, shall 
be omitted.
    (B) This announcement shall be made during the following time 
periods:
    (1) For commercial TV stations--at least two of the required 
announcements between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. (5 p.m. and 10 p.m. Central and 
Mountain Time).
    (2) For commercial radio stations--at least two of the required 
announcements between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. and/or 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. For 
stations which neither operate between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. nor between 4 
p.m. and 6 p.m., at least two of the required announcements shall be 
made during the first two hours of broadcast operation.
    (3) For noncommercial educational stations, at the same time as 
commercial stations, except that such stations need not broadcast the 
announcement during any month during which the station does not operate.
    (4) For low power TV stations locally originating programming (as 
defined by Sec.  74.701(h)), at the same time as for commercial TV 
stations, or as close to that time as possible.
    (ii) Post-filing announcements. During the period beginning of the 
date on which the renewal application is filed to the sixteenth day of 
the next to last full calendar month prior to the expiration of the 
license, all applications for renewal of broadcast station licenses

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shall broadcast the following announcement on the 1st and 16th day of 
each calendar month. Stations broadcasting primarily in a foreign 
language should broadcast the announcements in that language.

    On (date of last renewal grant) (Station's call letters) was granted 
a license by the Federal Communications Commission to serve the public 
interest as a public trustee until (expiration date).
    Our license will expire on (date). We have filed an application for 
renewal with the FCC.
    A copy of this application is available for public inspection during 
our regular business hours. It contains information concerning this 
station's performance during the last (period of time covered by 
application).
    Individuals who wish to advise the FCC of facts relating to our 
renewal application and to whether this station has operated in the 
public interest should file comments and petitions with the FCC by (date 
first day of last full calendar month prior to the month of expiration).
    Further information concerning the FCC's broadcast license renewal 
process is available at (address of location of the station's public 
inspection file) or may be obtained from the FCC, Washington, DC 20554.

    (A) An applicant who files for renewal of a low power TV station 
locally originating programming (as defined by Sec.  74.701(h)) shall 
broadcast this announcement, except that statements indicating there is 
a public inspection file at the station containing the renewal 
application and other information on the license renewal process, shall 
be omitted.
    (B) This announcement shall be made during the following time 
periods:
    (1) For commercial TV stations--at least three of the required 
announcements between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. (5 p.m. and 10 p.m. Central and 
Mountain time), at least one announcement between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., at 
least one announcement between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., and at least one 
announcement between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
    (2) For commercial radio stations--at least three of the required 
announcements between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. and/or 4 p.m. and 6 p.m., at 
least one announcement between 9 a.m. and noon, at least one 
announcement between noon and 4 p.m., and at least one announcement 
between 7 p.m. and midnight. For stations which do not operate between 7 
a.m. and 9 a.m. or between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m., at least three of the 
required announcements shall be made during the first two hours of 
broadcast operation.
    (3) For noncommercial educational stations, at the same time as 
commercial stations, except that such stations need not broadcast the 
announcement during any month during which the station does not operate. 
In such instances noncommercial educational stations shall meet the 
requirements in the exact order specified in paragraph (d)(4)(ii)(A) (1) 
or (2) of this section (e.g., if only four renewal notices are broadcast 
by an educational TV licensee, 3 must be broadcast between 6 p.m. and 11 
p.m. and the fourth between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.).
    (4) For low power TV stations locally originating programming (as 
defined by Sec.  74.701(h)), at the same time as for commercial TV 
stations, or as close to that time as possible.
    (iii) TV broadcast stations (commercial and noncommercial 
educational), in presenting the pre- and post-filing announcements, must 
use visuals with the licensee's and the FCC's addresses when this 
information is being orally presented by the announcer.
    (iv) Stations which have not received a renewal grant since the 
filing of their previous renewal application, shall use the following 
first paragraph for the pre-filing and the post-filing announcements:

(Station's call letters) is licensed by the Federal Communications 
Commission to serve the public interest as a public trustee.

    (5) An applicant who files for a Class A television license must 
give notice of this filing by broadcasting announcements on applicant's 
station. (Sample and schedule of announcements are below.) Newspaper 
publication is not required.
    (i) The broadcast notice requirement for those filing for Class A 
television license applications and amendment thereto is as follows:
    (A) Pre-filing announcements. Two weeks prior to the filing of the 
license application, the following announcement shall be broadcast on 
the 5th and 10th days of the two week period. The required announcements 
shall be made between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. (5 p.m. and

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10 p.m. Central and Mountain Time) Stations broadcasting primarily in a 
foreign language should broadcast the announcements in that language.

    On (date), the Federal Communications Commission granted (Station's 
call letters) a certification of eligibility to apply for Class A 
television status. To become eligible for a Class A certificate of 
eligibility, a low power television licensee was required to certify 
that during the 90-day period ending November 28, 1999, the station: (1) 
Broadcast a minimum of 18 hours per day; (2) broadcast an average of at 
least three hours per week of programming produced within the market 
area served by the station or by a group of commonly-owned low power 
television stations; and (3) had been in compliance with the 
Commission's regulations applicable to the low power television service. 
The Commission may also issue a certificate of eligibility to a licensee 
unable to satisfy the foregoing criteria, if it determines that the 
public interest, convenience and necessity would be served thereby.
    (Station's call letters) intends to file an application (FCC Form 
302-CA) for a Class A television license in the near future. When filed, 
a copy of this application will be available at (address of location of 
the station's public inspection file) for public inspection during our 
regular business hours. Individuals who wish to advise the FCC of facts 
relating to the station's eligibility for Class A status should file 
comments and petitions with the FCC prior to Commission action on this 
application.

    (B) Post-filing announcements. The following announcement shall be 
broadcast on the 1st and 10th days following the filing of an 
application for a Class A television license. The required announcements 
shall be made between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. (5 p.m. and 10 p.m. Central and 
Mountain Time). Stations broadcasting primarily in a foreign language 
should broadcast the announcements in that language.

    On (date of filing license application) (Station's call letters) 
filed an application, FCC Form 302-CA, for a Class A television license. 
Such stations are required to broadcast a minimum of 18 hours per day, 
and to average at least 3 hours of locally produced programming each 
week, and to comply with certain full-service television station 
operating requirements.
    A copy of this application is available for public inspection during 
our regular business hours at (address of location of the station's 
public inspection file). Individuals who wish to advise the FCC of facts 
relating to the station's eligibility for Class A status should file 
comments and petitions with the FCC prior to Commission action on this 
application.

    (ii) [Reserved]
    (e) When the station in question is the only operating station in 
its broadcast service which is located in the community involved, or if 
it is a noncommercial educational station, publication of the notice in 
a newspaper, as provided in paragraph (c) of this section is not 
required, and publication by broadcast over that station as provided in 
paragraph (d) of this section shall be deemed sufficient to meet the 
notice requirements of this section. Noncommercial educational broadcast 
stations which do not broadcast during the portion of the year in which 
the period of broadcast of notice falls must comply with the provisions 
of paragraph (c) of this section.
    (f) The notice required by paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section 
shall contain, when applicable, the following information, except as 
otherwise provided in paragraphs (d) (1) and (2) and (e) of this section 
in regard to renewal applications:
    (1) The name of the applicant, if the applicant is an individual; 
the names of all partners, if the applicant is a partnership; or the 
names of all officers and directors and of those persons holding 10% or 
more of the capital stock or other ownership interest if the applicant 
is a corporation or an unincorporated association. (In the case of 
applications for assignment or transfer of control, information should 
be included for all parties to the application.)
    (2) The purpose for which the application was or will be filed (such 
as, construction permit, modification, assignment or transfer of 
control).
    (3) The date when the application or amendment was tendered for 
filing with the FCC.
    (4) The call letters, if any, of the station, and the frequency or 
channel on which the station is operating or proposes to operate.
    (5) In the case of an application for construction permit for a new 
station, the facilities sought, including type and class of station, 
power, location of studios, transmitter site and antenna height.

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    (6) In the case of an application for modification of a construction 
permit or license, the exact nature of the modification sought.
    (7) In the case of an amendment to an application, the exact nature 
of the amendment.
    (8) In the case of applications for a permit pursuant to Section 
325(b) of the Communications Act (``* * * studios of foreign 
stations''), the call letters and location of the foreign radio 
broadcast station, the frequency or channel on which it operates, and a 
description of the programs to be transmitted over the station.
    (9) A statement that a copy of the application, amendment(s), and 
related material are on file for public inspection at a stated address 
in the community in which the station is located or is proposed to be 
located. See Sec. Sec.  73.3526 and 73.3527.
    (g) An applicant who files for authorization or major modifications, 
or a major amendment thereto, for a low power TV, TV translator, TV 
booster, FM translator, or FM booster station, must give notice of this 
filing in a daily, weekly or biweekly newspaper of general circulation 
in the community or area to be served. Likewise, an applicant for 
assignment, transfer or renewal, or a major amendment thereto, for a low 
power TV, TV translator or FM translator station, must give this same 
type of newspaper notice. The filing notice will be given immediately 
following the tendering for filing of the application or amendment, or 
immediately following notification to the applicant by the FCC that 
public notice is required pursuant to Sec. Sec.  73.3572, 73.3573, or 
73.3578.
    (1) Notice requirements for these applicants are as follows:
    (i) In a newspaper at least one time; or
    (ii) If there is no newspaper published or having circulation in the 
community or area to be served, the applicant shall determine an 
appropriate means of providing the required notice to the general 
public, such as posting in the local post office or other public place. 
The notice shall state:
    (A) The name of the applicant, the community or area to be served, 
and the transmitter site.
    (B) The purpose for which the application was filed.
    (C) The date when the application or amendment was filed with the 
FCC.
    (D) The output channel or channels on which the station is operating 
or proposes to operate and the power used or proposed to be used.
    (E) In the case of an application for changes in authorized 
facilities, the nature of the changes sought.
    (F) In the case of a major amendment to an application, the nature 
of the amendment.
    (G) A statement, if applicable, that the station engages in or 
intends to engage in rebroadcasting, and the call letters, location and 
channel of operation of each station whose signals it is rebroadcasting 
or intends to rebroadcast.
    (H) A statement that invites comment from individuals who wish to 
advise the FCC of facts relating to the renewal application and whether 
the station has operated in the public interest.
    (h) The applicant may certify in the appropriate application that it 
has or will comply with the public notice requirements contained in 
paragraphs (c), (d) or (g) of this section. However, an applicant for 
renewal of a license that is required to maintain a public inspection 
file, shall, within 7 days of the last day of broadcast of the required 
publication announcements, place in its public inspection file a 
statement certifying compliance with Sec.  73.3580 along with the dates 
and times that the pre-filing and post-filing notices were broadcast and 
the text thereof. This certification need not be filed with the 
Commission but shall be retained in the public inspection file for as 
long as the application to which it refers.
    (i) Paragraphs (a) through (h) of this section apply to major 
amendments to license renewal applications. See Sec.  73.3578(a).

[44 FR 38504, July 2, 1979, as amended at 44 FR 65765, Nov. 15, 1979; 45 
FR 6402, Jan. 28, 1980; 46 FR 36852, July 16, 1981; 47 FR 17066, Apr. 
21, 1982; 49 FR 33664, Aug. 24, 1984; 49 FR 47844, Dec. 7, 1984; 50 FR 
40015, Oct. 1, 1985; 52 FR 21686, June 9, 1987; 52 FR 31401, Aug. 20, 
1987; 53 FR 26074, July 11, 1988; 57 FR 14647, Apr. 22, 1992; 58 FR 
51251, Oct. 1, 1993; 65 FR 30008, May 10, 2000; 65 FR 34406, May 30, 
2000]

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Sec.  73.3584  Procedure for filing petitions to deny.

    (a) For mutually exclusive applications subject to selection by 
competitive bidding (non-reserved channels) or fair distribution/point 
system (reserved channels), petitions to deny may be filed only against 
the winning bidders or tentative selectee(s), and such petitions will be 
governed by Sec. Sec.  73.5006 and 73.7004, respectively. For all other 
applications the following rules will govern. Except in the case of 
applications for new low power TV, TV translator or TV booster stations, 
for major changes in the existing facilities of such stations, or for 
applications for a change in output channel tendered by displaced low 
power TV and TV translator stations pursuant to Sec.  73.3572(a)(1), any 
party in interest may file with the Commission a Petition to Deny any 
application (whether as originally filed or if amended so as to require 
a new file number pursuant to Sec. Sec.  73.3571(j), 73.3572(b), 
73.3573(b), 73.3574(b) or 73.3578) for which local notice pursuant to 
Sec.  73.3580 is required, provided such petitions are filed prior to 
the day such applications are granted or designated for hearing; but 
where the FCC issues a public notice pursuant to the provisions of 
Sec. Sec.  73.3571(c), 73.3572(c) or Sec.  73.3573(d), establishing a 
``cut-off'' date, such petitions must be filed by the date specified. In 
the case of applications for transfers and assignments of construction 
permits or station licenses, Petitions to Deny must be filed not later 
than 30 days after issuance of a public notice of the acceptance for 
filing of the applications. In the case of applications for renewal of 
license, Petitions to Deny may be filed at any time up to the deadline 
established in Sec.  73.3516(e). Requests for extension of time to file 
Petitions to Deny applications for new broadcast stations or major 
changes in the facilities of existing stations or applications for 
renewal of license will not be granted unless all parties concerned, 
including the applicant, consent to such requests, or unless a 
compelling showing can be made that unusual circumstances make the 
filing of a timely petition impossible and the granting of an extension 
warranted.
    (b) Except in the case of applications for new low power TV or TV 
translator stations, or for major changes in the existing facilities of 
such stations, the applicant may file an opposition to any Petition to 
Deny, and the Petitioner a reply to such opposition in which allegations 
of fact or denials thereof shall be supported by affidavit of a person 
or persons with personal knowledge thereof. The times for filing such 
oppositions and replies shall be those provided in Sec.  1.45 except 
that as to a Petition to Deny an application for renewal of license, an 
opposition thereto may be filed within 30 days after the Petition to 
Deny is filed, and the party that filed the Petition to Deny may reply 
to the opposition within 20 days after opposition is due or within 20 
days after the opposition is filed, whichever is longer. The failure to 
file an opposition or a reply will not necessarily be construed as an 
admission of fact or argument contained in a pleading.
    (c) In the case of applications for new low power TV, TV translator, 
or TV booster stations, for major changes in the existing facilities of 
such stations, or for applications for a change in output channel 
tendered by displaced low power TV and TV translator stations pursuant 
to Sec.  73.3572(a)(1), any party in interest may file with the FCC a 
Petition to Deny any applcation (whether as originally filed or if 
amended so as to require a new file number pursuant to Sec.  73.3572(b)) 
for which local notice pursuant to Sec.  73.3580 is required, provided 
such petitions are filed within 30 days of the FCC Public Notice 
proposing the application for grant (applicants may file oppositions 
within 15 days after the Petition to Deny is filed); but where the FCC 
selects a tentative permittee pursuant to Section 1.1601 et seq., 
Petitions to Deny shall be accepted only if directed against the 
tentative selectee and filed after issuance of and within 15 days of FCC 
Public Notice announcing the tentative selectee. The applicant may file 
an opposition within 15 days after the Petition to Deny is filed. In 
cases in which the minimum diversity preference provided for in Sec.  
1.1623(f)(1) has been applied, an ``objection to diversity claim'' and 
opposition thereto, may be filed

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against any applicant receiving a diversity preference, within the same 
time period provided herein for Petitions and Oppositions. In all 
pleadings, allegations of fact or denials thereof shall be supported by 
appropriate certification. However, the FCC may announce, by the Public 
Notice announcing the acceptance of the last-filed mutually exclusive 
application, that a notice of Petition to Deny will be required to be 
filed no later than 30 days after issuance of the Public Notice.
    (d) A party in interest may file a Petition to Deny any application 
that proposes reclassification of a Class C authorization to Class C0 
not later than 30 days after issuance of an order to show cause by the 
Commission notifying the affected licensee of the proposed 
reclassification.
    (e) Untimely Petitions to Deny, as well as other pleadings in the 
nature of a Petition to Deny, and any other pleadings or supplements 
which do not lie as a matter of law or are otherwise procedurally 
defective, are subject to return by the FCC's staff without 
consideration.

[48 FR 27206, June 13, 1983, as amended at 52 FR 31401, Aug. 20, 1987; 
53 FR 2499, Jan. 28, 1988; 55 FR 28914, July 16, 1990; 61 FR 18291, Apr. 
25, 1996; 65 FR 36379, June 8, 2000; 65 FR 79780, Dec. 20, 2000]



Sec.  73.3587  Procedure for filing informal objections.

    Before FCC action on any application for an instrument of 
authorization, any person may file informal objections to the grant. 
Such objections may be submitted in letter form (without extra copies) 
and shall be signed. The limitation on pleadings and time for filing 
pleadings provided for in Sec.  1.45 of the rules shall not be 
applicable to any objections duly filed under this section.

[44 FR 38507, July 2, 1979]



Sec.  73.3588  Dismissal of petitions to deny or withdrawal of informal 
objections.

    (a) Whenever a petition to deny or an informal objection has been 
filed against any application, and the filing party seeks to dismiss or 
withdraw the petition to deny or the informal objection, either 
unilaterally or in exchange for financial consideration, that party must 
file with the Commission a request for approval of the dismissal or 
withdrawal, a copy of any written agreement related to the dismissal or 
withdrawal, and an affidavit setting forth:
    (1) A certification that neither the petitioner nor its principals 
has received or will receive any money or other consideration in excess 
of legitimate and prudent expenses in exchange for the dismissal or 
withdrawal of the petition to deny;
    (2) The exact nature and amount of any consideration received or 
promised;
    (3) An itemized accounting of the expenses for which it seeks 
reimbursement; and
    (4) The terms of any oral agreement related to the dismissal or 
withdrawal of the petition to deny.

In addition, within 5 days of petitioner's request for approval, each 
remaining party to any written or oral agreement must submit an 
affidavit setting forth:
    (5) A certification that neither the applicant nor its principals 
had paid or will pay money or other consideration in excess of the 
legitimate and prudent expenses of the petitioner in exchange for 
dismissing or withdrawing the petition to deny; and
    (6) The terms of any oral agreement relating to the dismissal or 
withdrawal of the petition to deny.
    (b) Citizens' agreements. For purposes of this section, citizens 
agreements include agreements arising whenever a petition to deny or 
informal objection has been filed against any application and the filing 
party seeks to dismiss or withdraw the petition or objection in exchange 
for nonfinancial consideration (e.g., programming, ascertainment or 
employment initiatives). The parties to such an agreement must file with 
the Commission a joint request for approval of the agreement, a copy of 
any written agreement, and an affidavit executed by each party setting 
forth:
    (1) Certification that neither the petitioner, nor any person or 
organization related to the petitioner, has received or will receive any 
money or other consideration in connection with

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the citizens' agreement other than legitimate and prudent expenses 
incurred in prosecuting the petition to deny;
    (2) Certification that neither the petitioner, nor any person or 
organization related to petitioner is or will be involved in carrying 
out, for a fee, any programming, ascertainment, employment or other non-
financial initiative referred to in the citizens' agreement; and
    (3) The terms of any oral agreement.
    (c) For the purposes of this section:
    (1) Affidavits filed pursuant to this section shall be executed by 
the applicant, permittee or licensee, if an individual; a partner having 
personal knowledge of the facts, if a partnership; or an officer having 
personal knowledge of the facts, if a corporation or association.
    (2) A petition shall be deemed to be pending before the Commission 
from the time a petition is filed with the Commission until an order of 
the Commission granting or denying the petition is no longer subject to 
reconsideration by the Commission or to review by any court.
    (3) ``Legitimate and prudent expenses'' are those expenses 
reasonably incurred by a petitioner in preparing, filing, and 
prosecuting its petition for which reimbursement is being sought.
    (4) ``Other consideration'' consists of financial concessions, 
including but not limited to the transfer of assets or the provision of 
tangible pecuniary benefit, as well as non-financial concessions that 
confer any type of benefit on the recipient.

[54 FR 22598, May 25, 1989. Redesignated and amended at 55 FR 28914, 
July 16, 1990]



Sec.  73.3589  Threats to file petitions to deny or informal objections.

    (a) No person shall make or receive any payments in exchange for 
withdrawing a threat to file or refraining from filing a petition to 
deny or an informal objection. For the purposes of this section, 
reimbursement by an applicant of the legitimate and prudent expenses of 
a potential petitioner or objector incurred reasonably and directly in 
preparing to file a petition to deny will not be considered to be 
payment for refraining from filing a petition to deny or informal 
objection. Payments made directly to a potential petitioner or objector, 
or a person related to a potential petitioner or objector, to implement 
nonfinancial promises are prohibited unless specifically approved by the 
Commission.
    (b) Whenever any payment is made in exchange for withdrawing a 
threat to file or refraining from filing a petition to deny or informal 
objection, the licensee must file with the Commission a copy of any 
written agreement related to the dismissal or withdrawal, and an 
affidavit setting forth:
    (1) Certification that neither the would-be petitioner, nor any 
person or organization related to the would-be petitioner, has received 
or will receive any money or other consideration in connection with the 
citizens' agreement other than legitimate and prudent expenses 
reasonably incurred in preparing to file the petition to deny;
    (2) Certification that unless such arrangement has been specifically 
approved by the Commission, neither the would-be petitioner, nor any 
person or organization related to the would-be petitioner, is or will be 
involved in carrying out, for a fee, any programming ascertainment, 
employment or other nonfinancial initiative referred to in the citizens' 
agreement; and
    (3) The terms of any oral agreement.
    (c) For purposes of this section:
    (1) Affidavits filed pursuant to this section shall be executed by 
the licensee, if an individual; a partner having personal knowledge of 
the facts, if a partnership; or an officer having personal knowledge of 
the facts, if a corporation or association.
    (2) ``Legitimate and prudent expenses'' are those expenses 
reasonably incurred by a would-be petitioner in preparing to file its 
petition for which reimbursement is being sought.
    (3) ``Other consideration'' consists of financial concessions, 
including but not limited to the transfer of assets or the provision of 
tangible pecuniary benefit, as well as non-financial concessions that 
confer any type of benefit on the recipient.

[55 FR 28914, July 16, 1990]



Sec.  73.3591  Grants without hearing.

    (a) Except for renewal applications filed after May 1, 1995 which 
will be

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subject to paragraph (d) of this section, in the case of any application 
for an instrument of authorization, other than a license pursuant to a 
construction permit, the FCC will make the grant if it finds (on the 
basis of the application, the pleadings filed or other matters which it 
may officially notice) that the application presents no substantial and 
material question of fact and meets the following requirements:
    (1) There is not pending a mutually exclusive application filed in 
accordance with paragraph (b) of this section;
    (2) The applicant is legally, technically, financially, and 
otherwise qualified;
    (3) The applicant is not in violation of provisions of law, the FCC 
rules, or established policies of the FCC; and
    (4) A grant of the application would otherwise serve the public 
interest, convenience and necessity.
    (b) In making its determinations pursuant to the provisions of 
paragraph (a) of this section, the FCC will not consider any other 
application, or any application if amended so as to require a new file 
number, as being mutually exclusive or in conflict with the application 
under consideration unless such other application was substantially 
complete, and tendered for filing by:
    (1) The close of business on the day preceding the day designated by 
Public Notice as the day the listed application is to be available and 
ready for processing;
    (2) The date prescribed in Sec.  73.3516(e) in the case of 
applications which are mutually exclusive with applications for renewal 
of license of broadcast stations; or
    (3) The close of business on the day designated by the FCC pursuant 
to Sec.  73.3564(d) as the date(s) for filing low power TV or TV 
translator applications.
    (c) If a petition to deny the application has been filed in 
accordance with Sec.  73.3584 and the FCC makes the grant in accordance 
with paragraph (a) of this section, the FCC will deny the petition and 
issue a concise statement setting forth the reasons for denial and 
disposing of all substantial issues raised by the petition.
    (d) Renewal applications filed after May 1, 1995 will be governed by 
the criteria established in 47 U.S.C. Sec.  309(k).

[44 FR 38507, July 2, 1979, as amended at 50 FR 47844, Dec. 7, 1984; 59 
FR 31557, June 20, 1994; 61 FR 18291, Apr. 25, 1996]



Sec.  73.3592  Conditional grant.

    (a) Where a grant of an application would preclude the grant of any 
application or applications mutually exclusive with it, the FCC may, if 
the public interest will be served thereby, make a conditional grant of 
one of the applications and designate all of the mutually exclusive 
applications for hearing. Such conditional grant will be made upon the 
express condition that such grant is subject to being withdrawn if, at 
the hearing, it is shown that public interest will be better served by a 
grant of one of the other applications. Such conditional grants will be 
issued only where it appears:
    (1) That some or all of the applications were not filed in good 
faith but were filed for the purpose of delaying or hindering the grant 
of another application; or
    (2) That public interest requires the prompt establishment of 
broadcast service in a particular community or area; or
    (3) That a grant of one or more applications would be in the public 
interest, and that a delay in making a grant to any applicant until 
after the conclusion of a hearing on all applications might jeopardize 
the rights of the United States under the provisions of international 
agreement to the use of the frequency in question; or
    (4) That a grant of one application would be in the public interest, 
and that it appears from an examination of the remaining applications 
that they cannot be granted because they are in violation of provisions 
of the Communications Act, other statutes, or the provisions of the FCC 
rules.
    (b) When two or more applications for the same AM, FM or TV 
assignment have been designated for hearing, the FCC may, if the public 
interest will be served thereby, make a conditional grant to a group 
composed of any two or more of the competing applicants, such grant to 
terminate when the successful applicant commences operation

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under the terms of a regular authorization. No conditional grant will be 
made unless all of the competing applicants have been afforded a 
reasonable opportunity to participate in the group seeking the 
conditional grant. In its application, the group shall include a special 
showing as to the need for the service pending operation by the 
successful applicant under the terms of a regular authorization; the 
effect, if any, of a grant on the position of any applicant which is not 
a member of the group; and any other factors which are deemed pertinent 
to the public interest judgment.

[44 FR 38507, July 2, 1979]



Sec.  73.3593  Designation for hearing.

    If the FCC is unable, in the case of any application for an 
instrument of authorization, to make the findings specified in Sec.  
73.3591(a), it will formally designate the application for hearing on 
the grounds or reasons then obtaining and will forthwith notify the 
applicant and all known parties in interest of such action and the 
grounds and reasons therefor, specifying with particularity the matters 
and things in issue but not including issues or requirements phrased 
generally. If, however, the issue to be resolved is limited to the 
mutual exclusivity of applications for initial authorizations or for 
major changes to existing stations, that mutual exclusivity shall be 
resolved pursuant to competitive bidding procedures identified in 
subpart I (unreserved channels) or point system procedures identified in 
subpart K (reserved channels).

[65 FR 36379, June 8, 2000]



Sec.  73.3594  Local public notice of designation for hearing.

    (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c) of this section 
when an application subject to the provisions of Sec.  73.3580 (except 
for applications for International broadcast, low power TV, TV 
translator, FM translator, and FM booster stations) is designated for 
hearing, the applicant shall give notice of such designation as follows: 
Notice shall be given at least twice a week, for 2 consecutive weeks 
within the 3-week period immediately following release of the FCC's 
order, specifying the time and place of the commencement of the hearing, 
in a daily newspaper of general circulation published in the community 
in which the station is located or proposed to be located.
    (1) However, if there is no such daily newspaper published in the 
community, the notice shall be given as follows:
    (i) If one or more weekly newspapers of general circulation are 
published in the community in which the station is located or proposed 
to be located, notice shall be given in such a weekly newspaper once a 
week for 3 consecutive weeks within the 4-week period immediately 
following the release of the FCC's order, specifying the time and place 
of the commencement of the hearing;
    (ii) If no weekly newspaper of general circulation is published in 
the community in which the station is located or proposed to be located, 
notice shall be given at least twice a week for 2 consecutive weeks 
within the 3-week period immediately following the release of the FCC's 
orders, specifying the time and place of the commencement of the hearing 
in the daily newspaper having the greatest general circulation in the 
community in which the station is located or proposed to be located.
    (2) In the case of an application for a permit pursuant to Section 
325(c) of the Communications Act, the notice shall be given at least 
twice a week for 2 consecutive weeks within the 3-week period 
immediately following release of the FCC's order, specifying the time 
and place of the commencement of the hearing in a daily newspaper of 
general circulation in the largest city in the principal area to be 
served in the United States by the foreign radio broadcast station.
    (3) In the case of an application for change in the location of a 
station, the notice shall be given both in the community in which the 
station is located and in the community in which the station is proposed 
to be located.
    (b) When an application which is subject to the provisions of Sec.  
73.3580 and which seeks modification, assignment, transfer, or renewal 
of an operating broadcast station is designated for hearing (except for 
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International broadcast, low power TV, TV translator, FM translator, or 
FM booster stations), the applicant shall, in addition to giving notice 
of such designation as provided in paragraph (a) of this section, cause 
the same notice to be broadcast over that station at least once daily 
for 4 days in the second week immediately following the release of the 
FCC's order, specifying the time and place of the commencement of the 
hearing. In the case of both commercial and noncommercial TV broadcast 
stations such notice shall be broadcast orally with the camera focused 
on the announcer. The notice required by this paragraph shall be 
broadcast during the following periods:
    (1) For commercial TV stations, between 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.
    (2) For commercial AM and FM stations, between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 
a.m., but if such stations do not operate during those hours, then 
between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
    (3) For noncommercial educational TV stations, between 7:00 p.m. and 
10:00 p.m., but if the period of broadcast of notice falls within a 
portion of the year during which such stations do not broadcast, then 
such stations need not comply with the provisions of this paragraph.
    (4) For noncommercial educational AM and FM stations, between 3:00 
p.m. and 10:00 p.m., but if the period of broadcast of notice falls 
within a portion of the year during which such stations do not 
broadcast, then such stations need not comply with the provisions of 
this paragraph.
    (c) If the station in question is the only operating station in its 
broadcast service which is located in the community involved, or if it 
is a noncommerical educational station, publication of the notice in a 
newspaper, as provided in paragraph (a) of this section, is not 
required, and publication by broadcast over that station as provided in 
paragraph (b) of this section shall be deemed sufficient to meet the 
requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b)of this section. However, 
noncommercial educational stations which do not broadcast during the 
portion of the year in which the period of broadcast of notice falls 
must comply with the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section.
    (d) The notice required by paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section 
shall state:
    (1) The name of the applicant or applicants designated for hearing.
    (2) The call letters, if any, of the stations or stations involved, 
and the frequencies or channels on which the station or stations are 
operating or proposed to operate.
    (3) The time and place of the hearing.
    (4) The issues in the hearing as listed in the FCC's order or 
summary of designation for hearing.
    (5) A statement that a copy of the application, amendment(s), and 
related material are on file for public inspection at a stated address 
in the community in which the station is located or is proposed to be 
located. See Sec. Sec.  73.3526 and 73.3527.
    (e) When an application for renewal of license is designated for 
hearing, the notice shall contain the following additional statements:
    (1) Immediately preceding the listing of the issues in the hearing:

    The application of this station for a renewal of its license to 
operate this station in the public interest was tendered for filing with 
the Federal Communications Commission on (date). After considering this 
application, the FCC has determined that it is necessary to hold a 
hearing to decide the following questions:

    (2) Immediately following the listing of the issues in the hearing:

    The hearing will be held at (place of hearing) commencing at (time), 
on (date). Members of the public who desire to give evidence concerning 
the foregoing issues should write to the Federal Communications 
Commission, Washington, DC 20554, not later than (date). Letters should 
set forth in detail the specific facts concerning which the writer 
wishes to give evidence. If the FCC believes that the evidence is 
legally competent, material, and relevant to the issues, it will contact 
the person in question.
    (Here the applicant shall insert, as the date on or before which 
members of the public who desire to give evidence should write to the 
FCC, the date 30 days after the date of release of the FCC's order 
specifying the time and place of the commencement of the hearing.)

    (f) When an application for a low power TV, TV translator, FM 
translator, or FM booster station which is

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subject to the provisions of Sec.  73.3580 is designated for hearing, 
the applicant shall give notice of such designation as follows: Notice 
shall be given at least once during the 2-week period immediately 
following release of the FCC's order, specifying the time and place of 
the commencement of the hearing in a daily, weekly or biweekly 
publication having general circulation in the community or area to be 
served. However, if there is no publication of general circulation in 
the community or area to be served, the applicant shall determine an 
appropriate means of providing the required notice to the general 
public, such as posting in the local post office or other public place. 
The notice shall state:
    (1) The name of the applicant or applicants designated for hearing.
    (2) The call letters, if any, of the station or stations involved, 
the output channel or channels of such stations, and, for any 
rebroadcasting, the call letters, channel and location of the station or 
stations being or proposed to be rebroadcast.
    (3) The time and place of the hearing.
    (4) The issues in the hearing as listed in the FCC's order or 
summary of designation for hearing.
    (5) If the application is for renewal of license, the notice shall 
contain, in addition to the information required by paragraphs (f) (1) 
through (4) of this section, the statements required by paragraph (e) of 
this section.
    (g) Within 7 days of the last day of publication or broadcast of the 
notice required by paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, the applicant 
shall file a statement in triplicate with the FCC setting forth the 
dates on which the notice was published, the newspaper in which the 
notice was published, the text of the notice, and/or, where applicable, 
the date and time the notice was broadcast and the text thereof. When 
public notice is given by other means, as provided in pararaph (f) of 
this section, the applicant shall file, within 7 days of the giving of 
such notice, the text of the notice, the means by which it was 
accomplished, and the date thereof.
    (h) The failure to comply with the provisions of this section is 
cause for dismissal of an application with prejudice. However, upon a 
finding that applicant has complied (or proposes to comply) with the 
provisions of Section 311(a)(2) of the Communications Act, and that the 
public interest, convenience and necessity will be served thereby, the 
presiding officer may authorize an applicant, upon a showing of special 
circumstances, to publish notice in a manner other than that prescribed 
by this section; may accept publication of notice which does not conform 
strictly in all respects with the provisions of this section; or may 
extend the time for publishing notice.

[44 FR 38508, July 2, 1979, as amended at 47 FR 21495, May 18, 1982; 48 
FR 9012, Mar. 3, 1983; 49 FR 38132, Sept. 27, 1984; 51 FR 19347, May 29, 
1986; 52 FR 21686, June 9, 1987; 58 FR 51251, Oct. 1, 1993]



Sec.  73.3597  Procedures on transfer and assignment applications.

    (a) If, upon the examination of an application for FCC consent to an 
assignment of a broadcast construction permit or license or for a 
transfer of control of a corporate permittee or licensee, it appears 
that the station involved has been operated on-air by the current 
licensee or permittee for less than one year, the application will be 
designated for hearing on appropriate issues unless the FCC is able to 
find that:
    (1) The permit or license was not authorized either through the 
Minority Ownership Policy or after a comparative hearing or, in the case 
of low power TV and TV translator stations, the permit or license was 
not authorized after a lottery in which the permittee or licensee 
benefited from minority or diversity preferences;
    (2) The application involves an FM translator station or FM booster 
station only;
    (3) The application involves a pro forma assignment or transfer of 
control; or
    (4) The assignor or transferor has made an affirmative factual 
showing, supported by affidavits of a person or persons with personal 
knowledge thereof, which establishes that, due to unavailability of 
capital, to death or disability of station principals, or to other 
changed circumstances affecting the licensee or permittee occurring

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subsequent to the acquisition of the license or permit, FCC consent to 
the proposed assignment or transfer of control will serve the public 
interest, convenience and necessity.
    (5) the assignee or transferee has made an affirmative factual 
showing, supported by affidavits of a person or persons with personal 
knowledge thereof, which established that the proposed transaction would 
involve an assignment or transfer to a minority-owned or minority 
controlled entity in furtherance of our Minority Ownership Policy.
    (b)(1) The commencement date of the one-year period set forth in 
paragraph (a) of this section shall be the date on which the station 
initiated program tests in accordance with Sec.  73.1620 or Sec.  74.14.
    (2) In determining whether the station has been operating on-air for 
one year, the FCC will calculate the period between the date of 
initiation of program tests (as specified in paragraph (b)(1) of this 
section) and the date the application for transfer or assignment is 
tendered for filing with the FCC.
    (c)(1) As used in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section:
    (i) Unbuilt station refers to an AM, FM, or TV broadcast station or 
a low power TV or TV translator station for which a construction permit 
is outstanding, and, regardless of the stage of physical completion, as 
to which program tests have not commenced or, if required, been 
authorized.
    (ii) Seller includes the assignor(s) of a construction permit for an 
unbuilt station, the transferor(s) of control of the holder of such 
construction permit, and any principal or such assignor(s) or 
transferor(s) who retains an interest in the permittee or acquires or 
reacquires such interest within 1 year after commencing program tests.
    (iii) The provisions of paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section apply 
only to mutually exclusive noncommercial educational applications filed 
on or after the release of the Report and Order in MM Docket 98-43, 
where the construction permit is issued pursuant to settlement 
agreement.
    (2) The FCC will not consent to the assignment or transfer of 
control of the construction permit of an unbuilt station if the 
agreements or understandings between the parties provide for, or permit, 
payment to the seller of a sum in excess of the aggregate amount clearly 
shown to have been legitimately and prudently expended and to be 
expended by the seller, solely for preparing, filing, and advocating the 
grant of the construction permit for the station, and for other steps 
reasonably necessary toward placing the station in operation.
    (3)(i) Applications for consent to the assignment of a construction 
permit or transfer of control shall, in the case of unbuilt stations, be 
accompanied by declarations both by the assignor (or transferor) and by 
the assignee (or transferee) that, except as clearly disclosed in detail 
in the applications, there are no agreements or understandings for 
reimbursement of the seller's expenses or other payments to the seller, 
for the seller's retention of any interest in the station, for options 
or any other means by which the seller may acquire such an interest, or 
for any other actual or potential benefit to the seller in the form of 
loans, the subsequent repurchase of the seller's retained interest, or 
otherwise.
    (ii) When the seller is to receive reimbursement of his expenses, 
the applications of the parties shall include an itemized accounting of 
such expenses, together with such factual information as the parties 
rely upon for the requisite showing that those expenses represent 
legitimate and prudent outlays made solely for the purposes allowable 
under paragraph (c)(2) of this section.
    (d)(1) Whenever an agreement for the assignment of the construction 
permit of an unbuilt station or for the transfer of control of the 
permittee of an unbuilt station, or any arrangement or understanding 
incidental thereto, provides for the retention by the seller of any 
interest in the station, or for any other actual or potential benefit to 
the seller in the form of loans or otherwise, the question is raised as 
to whether the transaction involves actual or potential gain to the 
seller over and above the legitimate and prudent out-of-pocket expenses 
allowable under paragraph (c)(2) of this section. In such cases the FCC 
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evidentiary hearing. However, a hearing is not mandatory in cases coming 
within paragraph (d)(2) of this section.
    (2) It is not intended to forbid the seller to retain an equity 
interest in an unbuilt station which he is transferring or assigning if 
the seller obligates himself, for the period ending 1 year after 
commencing program tests, to provide that part of the total capital made 
available to the station, up to the end of that period, which is 
proportionate to the seller's equity share in the permittee, taking into 
account equity capital, loan capital, and guarantees of interest and 
amortization payments for loan capital provided by the seller before the 
transfer or assignment. This condition will be satisfied:
    (i) In the case of equity capital: By paid-in cash capital 
contributions proportionate to the seller's equity share;
    (ii) In cases where any person who has an equity interest in the 
permittee provides loan capital: By the seller's provision of that part 
of the total loan capital provided by equity holders which is 
proportionate to the seller's equity share; and
    (iii) In cases where any person cosigns or otherwise guarantees 
payments under notes given for loan capital provided by nonequity 
holders: By similar guarantees by the seller covering that part of such 
payments as is proportionate to the seller's equity share. However, this 
condition shall not be deemed to be met if the guarantees given by 
persons other than the seller cover, individually or collectively, a 
larger portion of such payments than the ratio of the combined equities 
of persons other than the seller to the total equity.
    (3) In cases which are subject to the requirements of paragraphs 
(d)(2) (i), (ii) and (iii) of this section:
    (i) The assignee's (or transferee's) application shall include a 
showing of the anticipated capital needs of the station through the 
first year of its operation and the seller's financial capacity to 
comply with the above requirements, in the light of such anticipated 
capital needs.
    (ii) The FCC will determine from its review of the applications 
whether a hearing is necessary to ensure compliance with the above 
requirements.
    (iii) Compliance with the above requirements will be subject to 
review by the FCC at any time, either when considering subsequently 
filed applications or whenever the FCC may otherwise find it desirable.
    (iv) Within 30 days after any time when a seller is required to 
provide equity or loan capital or execute guarantees, the permittee 
shall furnish the FCC a written report containing sufficient details as 
to the sources and amounts of equity capital paid in, loan capital made 
available, or guarantees obtained as to enable the FCC to ascertain 
compliance with the above requirements.
    (v) No steps shall be taken by the permittee to effectuate 
arrangements for the provision of equity or loan capital from sources 
not previously identified and disclosed to the FCC, until 30 days after 
the permittee has filed with the FCC a report of such arrangements and 
of provisions made for the seller's compliance with the above 
requirement.
    (vi) The provisions of paragraphs (d)(3) (iv) and (v) of this 
section shall cease to apply 1 year after commencing program tests.
    (4) Applications subject to this paragraph (d) of this section will, 
in any event, be designated for evidentiary hearing in any case where 
the agreements, arrangements or understandings with the seller provide 
for the seller's option to acquire equity in the station or to increase 
equity interests he retains at the time of the assignment or transfer of 
control. An evidentiary hearing will similarly be held in any case in 
which the assignee(s), transferee(s) or any of their principals, or any 
person in privity therewith, has an option to purchase all or part of 
the seller's retained or subsequently acquired equity interests in the 
station.

[44 FR 38509, July 2, 1979, as amended at 47 FR 24580, June 7, 1982; 47 
FR 55930, Dec. 14, 1982; 48 FR 9012, Mar. 3, 1983; 48 FR 27207, June 13, 
1983; 50 FR 6946, Feb. 19, 1985; 53 FR 36787, Sept. 22, 1988; 63 FR 
70050, Dec. 18, 1998]



Sec.  73.3598  Period of construction.

    (a) Each original construction permit for the construction of a new 
TV, AM, FM or International in such existing stations, shall specify a 
period of three

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years from the date of issuance of the original construction permit 
within which construction shall be completed and application for license 
filed.
    (b) The period of construction for an original construction permit 
shall toll when construction is prevented by the following causes not 
under the control of the permittee:
    (i) Construction is prevented due to an act of God, defined in terms 
of natural disasters (e.g., floods, tornados, hurricanes, or 
earthquakes) or
    (ii) the grant of the permit is the subject of administrative or 
judicial review (i.e., petitions for reconsideration and applications 
for review of the grant of a construction permit pending before the 
Commission and any judicial appeal of any Commission action thereon), or 
construction is delayed by any cause of action pending before any court 
of competent jurisdiction relating to any necessary local, state or 
federal requirement for the construction or operation of the station, 
including any zoning or environmental requirement.
    (c) A permittee must notify the Commission as promptly as possible 
and, in any event, within 30 days, of any pertinent event covered by 
paragraph (b) of this section, and provide supporting documentation. All 
notifications must be filed in triplicate with the Secretary and must be 
placed in the station's local public file.
    (d) A permittee must notify the Commission promptly when a relevant 
administrative or judicial review is resolved. Tolling resulting from an 
act of God will automatically cease six months from the date of the 
notification described in paragraph (c) of this section, unless the 
permittee submits additional notifications at six month intervals 
detailing how the act of God continues to cause delays in construction, 
any construction progress, and the steps it has taken and proposes to 
take to resolve any remaining impediments.
    (e) Any construction permit for which construction has not been 
completed and for which an application for license has not been filed, 
shall be automatically forfeited upon expiration without any further 
affirmative cancellation by the Commission.

[63 FR 70050, Dec. 18, 1998, as amended at 65 FR 7648, Feb. 15, 2000; 68 
FR 12761, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  73.3601  Simultaneous modification and renewal of license.

    When an application is granted by the FCC necessitating the issuance 
of a modified license less than 60 days prior to the expiration date of 
the license sought to be modified, and an application for renewal of the 
license is granted subsequent or prior thereto (but within 30 days of 
expiration of the present license), the modified license as well as the 
renewal license shall be issued to conform to the combined action of the 
FCC.

[44 FR 38511, July 2, 1979]



Sec.  73.3603  Special waiver procedure relative to applications.

    (a) In the case of any broadcast applications designated for 
hearing, the parties may request the FCC to grant or deny an application 
upon the basis of the information contained in the applications and 
other papers specified in paragraph (b) of this section without the 
presentation of oral testimony. Any party desiring to follow this 
procedure should execute and file with the FCC a waiver in accordance 
with paragraph (e) of this section, and serve copies on all other 
parties, or a joint waiver may be filed by all the parties. Upon the 
receipt of waivers from all parties to a proceeding, the FCC will decide 
whether the case is an appropriate one for determination without the 
presentation of oral testimony. If it is determined by the FCC that, 
notwithstanding the waivers, the presentation of oral testimony is 
necessary, the parties will be so notified and the case will be retained 
on the hearing docket. If the FCC concludes that the case can 
appropriately be decided without the presentation of oral testimony, the 
record will be considered as closed as of the date the waivers of all 
the parties were first on file with the FCC.
    (b) In all cases considered in accordance with this procedure, the 
FCC will

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decide the case on the basis of the information contained in the 
applications and in any other papers pertaining to the applicants or 
applications which are open to public inspection and which were on file 
with the FCC when the record was closed. The FCC may call upon any party 
to furnish any additional information which the FCC deems necessary to a 
proper decision. Such information shall be served upon all parties. The 
waiver previously executed by the parties shall be considered in effect 
unless within 10 days of the service of such information the waiver is 
withdrawn.
    (c) Any decision by the FCC rendered pursuant to this section will 
be in the nature of a final decision, unless otherwise ordered by the 
FCC.
    (d) By agreeing to the waiver procedure prescribed in this section, 
no party shall be deemed to waive the right to petition for 
reconsideration or rehearing, or to appeal to the courts from any 
adverse final decision of the FCC.
    (e) The waiver provided for by this section shall be in the 
following form:

                                 Waiver

Name of applicant.......................................................
Call letters............................................................
Docket No...............................................................

    The undersigned hereby requests the FCC to consider its application 
and grant or deny it in accordance with the procedure prescribed in 
Sec.  73.3603 of the FCC's rules and regulations. It is understood that 
all the terms and provisions of -------- are incorporated in this 
waiver.

[44 FR 38511, July 2, 1979]



Sec.  73.3605  Retention of applications in hearing status after designation 
for hearing.

    (a) After an application for a broadcast facility is designated for 
hearing, it will be retained in hearing status upon the dismissal or 
amendment and removal from hearing of any other application or 
applications with which it has been consolidated for hearing.
    (b) Where any applicants for a broadcast facility file a request 
pursuant to Sec.  73.3525(a) for approval of an agreement to remove a 
conflict between their applications, the applications will be retained 
in hearing status pending such proceedings on the joint request as may 
be ordered and such action thereon as may be taken.
    (1) If further hearing is not required on issues other than those 
arising out of the agreement, the proceeding shall be terminated and 
appropriate disposition shall be made of the applications.
    (2) Where further hearing is required on issues unrelated to the 
agreement, the presiding officer shall continue to conduct the hearing 
on such other issues pending final action on the agreement, but the 
record in the proceeding shall not be closed until such final action on 
the agreement has been taken.
    (3) In any case where a conflict between applications will be 
removed by an agreement for an engineering amendment to an application, 
the amended application shall be removed from hearing status upon final 
approval of the agreement and acceptance of the amendment.
    (c) An application for a broadcast facility which has been 
designated for hearing and which is amended so as to eliminate the need 
for hearing or further hearing on the issues specified, other than as 
provided for in paragraph (b) of this section, will be removed from 
hearing status.

[44 FR 38511, July 2, 1979]



Sec.  73.3612  Annual employment report.

    Each licensee of permittee of a commercially or noncommercially 
operated AM, FM, TV, Class A TV or International Broadcast station with 
five or more employees shall file an annual employment report with the 
FCC on or before September 30 of each year on FCC Form 395.

    Note to Sec.  73.3612: Data concerning the gender, race and 
ethnicity of a broadcast station's workforce collected in the annual 
employment report will be used only for purposes of analyzing industry 
trends and making reports to Congress. Such data will not be used for 
the purpose of assessing any aspect of an individual broadcast 
licensee's compliance with the equal employment opportunity requirements 
of Sec.  73.2080.

[65 FR 30009, May 10, 2000, as amended at 65 FR 76949, Dec. 8, 2000]



Sec.  73.3613  Filing of contracts.

    Each licensee or permittee of a commercial or noncommercial AM, FM, 
TV

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or International broadcast station shall file with the FCC copies of the 
following contracts, instruments, and documents together with 
amendments, supplements, and cancellations (with the substance of oral 
contracts reported in writing), within 30 days of execution thereof:
    (a) Network service: Network affiliation contracts between stations 
and networks will be reduced to writing and filed as follows:
    (1) All network affiliation contracts, agreements, or understandings 
between a TV broadcast or low power TV station and a national network. 
For the purposes of this paragraph the term network means any person, 
entity, or corporation which offers an interconnected program service on 
a regular basis for 15 or more hours per week to at least 25 affiliated 
television licensees in 10 or more states; and/or any person, entity, or 
corporation controlling, controlled by, or under common control with 
such person, entity, or corporation.
    (2) Each such filing on or after May 1, 1969, initially shall 
consist of a written instrument containing all of the terms and 
conditions of such contract, agreement or understanding without 
reference to any other paper or document by incorporation or otherwise. 
Subsequent filings may simply set forth renewal, amendment or change, as 
the case may be, of a particular contract previously filed in accordance 
herewith.
    (3) The FCC shall also be notified of the cancellation or 
termination of network affiliations, contracts for which are required to 
be filed by this section.
    (b) Ownership or control: Contracts, instruments or documents 
relating to the present or future ownership or control of the licensee 
or permittee or of the licensee's or permittee's stock, rights or 
interests therein, or relating to changes in such ownership or control 
shall include but are not limited to the following:
    (1) Articles of partnership, association, and incorporation, and 
changes in such instruments;
    (2) Bylaws, and any instruments effecting changes in such bylaws;
    (3) Any agreement, document or instrument providing for the 
assignment of a license or permit, or affecting, directly or indirectly, 
the ownership or voting rights of the licensee's or permittee's stock 
(common or preferred, voting or nonvoting), such as:
    (i) Agreements for transfer of stock;
    (ii) Instruments for the issuance of new stock; or
    (iii) Agreements for the acquisition of licensee's or permittee's 
stock by the issuing licensee or permittee corporation. Pledges, trust 
agreements, options to purchase stock and other executory agreements are 
required to be filed. However, trust agreements or abstracts thereof are 
not required to be filed, unless requested specifically by the FCC. 
Should the FCC request an abstract of the trust agreement in lieu of the 
trust agreement, the licensee or permittee will submit the following 
information concerning the trust:
    (A) Name of trust;
    (B) Duration of trust;
    (C) Number of shares of stock owned;
    (D) Name of beneficial owner of stock;
    (E) Name of record owner of stock;
    (F) Name of the party or parties who have the power to vote or 
control the vote of the shares; and
    (G) Any conditions on the powers of voting the stock or any unusual 
characteristics of the trust.
    (4) Proxies with respect to the licensee's or permittee's stock 
running for a period in excess of 1 year, and all proxies, whether or 
not running for a period of 1 year, given without full and detailed 
instructions binding the nominee to act in a specified manner. With 
respect to proxies given without full and detailed instructions, a 
statement showing the number of such proxies, by whom given and 
received, and the percentage of outstanding stock represented by each 
proxy shall be submitted by the licensee or permittee within 30 days 
after the stockholders' meeting in which the stock covered by such 
proxies has been voted. However, when the licensee or permittee is a 
corporation having more than 50 stockholders, such complete information 
need be filed only with respect to proxies given by stockholders who are 
officers or directors, or who have 1% or more of the corporation's 
voting stock. When the licensee or permittee is a

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corporation having more than 50 stockholders and the stockholders giving 
the proxies are not officers or directors or do not hold 1% or more of 
the corporation's stock, the only information required to be filed is 
the name of any person voting 1% or more of the stock by proxy, the 
number of shares voted by proxy by such person, and the total number of 
shares voted at the particular stockholders' meeting in which the shares 
were voted by proxy.
    (5) Mortgage or loan agreements containing provisions restricting 
the licensee's or permittee's freedom of operation, such as those 
affecting voting rights, specifying or limiting the amount of dividends 
payable, the purchase of new equipment, or the maintenance of current 
assets.
    (6) Any agreement reflecting a change in the officers, directors or 
stockholders of a corporation, other than the licensee or permittee, 
having an interest, direct or indirect, in the licensee or permittee as 
specified by Sec.  73.3615.
    (7) Agreements providing for the assignment of a license or permit 
or agreements for the transfer of stock filed in accordance with FCC 
application Forms 314, 315, 316 need not be resubmitted pursuant to the 
terms of this rule provision.
    (c) Personnel: (1) Management consultant agreements with independent 
contractors; contracts relating to the utilization in a management 
capacity of any person other than an officer, director, or regular 
employee of the licensee or permittee; station management contracts with 
any persons, whether or not officers, directors, or regular employees, 
which provide for both a percentage of profits and a sharing in losses; 
or any similar agreements.
    (2) The following contracts, agreements, or understandings need not 
be filed: Agreements with persons regularly employed as general or 
station managers or salesmen; contracts with program managers or program 
personnel; contracts with attorneys, accountants or consulting radio 
engineers; contracts with performers; contracts with station 
representatives; contracts with labor unions; or any similar agreements.
    (d)(1) Time brokerage agreements (also known as local marketing 
agreements): Time brokerage agreements involving radio stations where 
the licensee (including all parties under common ownership) is the 
brokering entity, the brokering and brokered stations are both in the 
same market as defined in the local radio multiple ownership rule 
contained in Sec.  73.3555(a), and more than 15 percent of the time of 
the brokered station, on a weekly basis is brokered by that licensee; 
time brokerage agreements involving television stations where the 
licensee (including all parties under common control) is the brokering 
entity, the brokering and brokered stations are both licensed to the 
same market as defined in the local television multiple ownership rule 
contained in Sec.  73.3555(b), and more than 15 percent of the time of 
the brokered station, on a weekly basis, is brokered by that licensee; 
time brokerage agreements involving radio or television stations that 
would be attributable to the licensee under Sec.  73.3555 Note 2, 
paragraph (i). Confidential or proprietary information may be redacted 
where appropriate but such information shall be made available for 
inspection upon request by the FCC.
    (2) Joint sales agreements: Joint sales agreements involving radio 
stations where the licensee (including all parties under common control) 
is the brokering entity, the brokering and brokered stations are both in 
the same market as defined in the local radio multiple ownership rule 
contained in Sec.  73.3555(a), and more than 15 percent of the 
advertising time of the brokered station on a weekly basis is brokered 
by that licensee. Confidential or proprietary information may be 
redacted where appropriate but such information shall be made available 
for inspection upon request by the FCC.
    (e) The following contracts, agreements or understandings need not 
be filed but shall be kept at the station and made available for 
inspection upon request by the FCC; subchannel leasing agreements for 
Subsidiary Communications Authorization operation; franchise/leasing 
agreements for operation of telecommunications services on the 
television vertical blanking interval

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and in the visual signal; time sales contracts with the same sponsor for 
4 or more hours per day, except where the length of the events (such as 
athletic contests, musical programs and special events) broadcast 
pursuant to the contract is not under control of the station; and 
contracts with chief operators.

[44 FR 38512, July 2, 1979, as amended at 47 FR 21496, May 18, 1982; 50 
FR 4664, Feb. 1, 1985; 50 FR 30951, July 31, 1985; 51 FR 9966, Mar. 24, 
1986; 51 FR 15785, Apr. 28, 1986; 57 FR 18093, Apr. 29, 1992; 57 FR 
42706, Sept. 16, 1992; 61 FR 36305, July 10, 1996; 63 FR 70050, Dec. 18, 
1998; 64 FR 50646, Sept. 17, 1999; 66 FR 9972, Feb. 13, 2001; 68 FR 
46358, Aug. 5, 2003]



Sec.  73.3615  Ownership reports.

    (a) With the exception of sole proprietorships and partnerships 
composed entirely of natural persons, each licensee of a commercial AM, 
FM, or TV broadcast station shall file an Ownership Report on FCC Form 
323 when filing the station's license renewal application and every two 
years thereafter on the anniversary of the date that its renewal 
application is required to be filed. Licensees owning multiple stations 
with different anniversary dates need file only one Report every two 
years on the anniversary of their choice, provided that their Reports 
are not more than two years apart. A licensee with a current and 
unamended Report on file at the Commission may certify that it has 
reviewed its current Report and that it is accurate, in lieu of filing a 
new Report. Ownership Reports shall provide the following information as 
of a date not more than 60 days prior to the filing of the Report:
    (1) In the case of an individual, the name, race or ethnicity, and 
gender of such individual;
    (2) In the case of a partnership, the name, race or ethnicity, and 
gender of each partner and the interest of each partner. Except as 
specifically noted below, the names of limited partners shall be 
reported. A limited partner need not be reported, regardless of the 
extent of its ownership, if the limted partner is not materially 
involved, directly or indirectly, in the management or operation of the 
licensee and the licensee so certifies.
    (i) Any change in partners or in their rights will require prior 
consent of the FCC upon an application for consent to assignment of 
license or permit. If such change involves less than a controlling 
interest, the application for FCC consent to such changes may be made 
upon FCC Form 316.
    (ii) [Reserved]
    (3) In the case of a corporation, association, trust, estate or 
receivership, the data applicable to each:
    (i)(A) The name, residence, citizenship, race or ethnicity, gender, 
and stockholding of every officer, director, trustee, executor, 
administrator, receiver and member of an association, and any 
stockholder which holds stock accounting for 5 percent or more of the 
votes of the corporation, except that an investment company, insurance 
company, or bank trust department need be reported only if it holds 
stock amounting to 10 percent or more of the votes, provided that the 
licensee certifies that such entity has made no attempt to influence, 
directly or indirectly, the management or operation of the licensee, and 
that there is no representation on the licensee's board or among its 
officers by any person professionally or otherwise associated with the 
entity.
    (B) A licensee shall report any separate interests known to the 
licensee to be held ultimately by the same individual or entity, whether 
those interests are held in custodial accounts, by individual holding 
corporations or otherwise, if, when aggregated:
    (1) The sum of all interests except those held by or through 
``passive investors'' is equal to or exceeds 5 percent; or
    (2) The sum of all interests held by or through ``passive 
investors'' is equal to or exceeds 10 percent; or
    (3) The sum of the interests computed under paragraph 
(a)(3)(i)(B)(1) of this section plus the sum of the interests computed 
under paragraph (a)(3)(i)(B)(2) of this section is equal to or exceeds 
10 percent.
    (C) If the majority of the voting stock of a corporate licensee is 
held by a single individual or entity, no other stockholding need be 
reported for that licensee;

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    (ii) Full information as to family relationship or business 
association between two or more officials and/or stockholders, trustees, 
executors, administrators, receivers, and members of any association;
    (iii) Capitalization with a description of the classes and voting 
power of stock authorized by the corporate charter or other appropriate 
legal instrument and the number of shares of each class issued and 
outstanding; and
    (iv) Full information with respect to the interest and identity of 
any person having any direct, indirect, fiduciary, or beneficial 
interest in the licensee or in its stock accounting for 5% or more of 
its votes. For example:
    (A) Where A is the trustee of stock held for beneficiary B, A shall 
be reported if A votes the stock or has the sole or shared power to 
dispose of the stock; B or any other party shall be reported if B or 
such party votes the stock or has sole power to dispose of the stock or 
has the power to revoke the trust or replace the trustee at will;
    (B) Where X is not a natural person and has attributable ownership 
interest in the licensee under Sec.  73.3555 of the rules, regardless of 
its position in the vertical ownership chain, an Ownership Report shall 
be filed for X which, except as specifically noted below, must contain 
the same information as required of a licensee. If X has a voting 
stockholder interest in the licensee, only those voting interests of X 
that are cognizable after application of the ``multiplier'' described in 
note 2(c) of Sec.  73.3555 of the rules, if applicable, shall be 
reported. If X is a corporation, whether or not its interest in the 
licensee is by virtue of its ownership of voting stock, the officers and 
directors shall be reported. With respect to those officers and 
directors whose duties and responsibilities are wholly unrelated to the 
licensee, and who wish to be relieved of attribution in the licensee, 
the name, title and duties of these officers and directors, with 
statements properly documenting that their duties do not involve the 
licensee, shall be reported.
    (4) In the case of all licensees:
    (i) A list of all contracts still in effect required to be filed 
with the FCC by Sec.  73.3613 showing the date of execution and 
expiration of each contract; and
    (ii) Any interest which the licensee may have in any other broadcast 
station.
    (b) Except as specifically noted below, each permittee of a 
commercial AM, FM or TV broadcast station shall file an Ownership Report 
on FCC Form 323 (1) within 30 days of the date of grant by the FCC of an 
application for original construction permit and (2) on the date that it 
applies for a station license. The Ownership Report of the permittee 
shall give the information required by the applicable portions of 
paragraph (a) of this section. A permittee with a current and unamended 
Report on file at the Commission may certify that it has reviewed its 
current Report and it is accurate, in lieu of filing a new Report.
    (c) Before any change is made in the organization, capitalization, 
officers, directors, or stockholders of a corporation other than 
licensee or permittee, which results in a change in the control of the 
licensee or permittee, prior FCC consent must be received under Sec.  
73.3540. A transfer of control takes place when an individual or group 
in privity, gains or loses affirmative or negative (50%) control. See 
instructions on FCC Form 323 (Ownership Report). Each permittee or 
licensee of a commercial AM, FM or TV Broadcast station shall file an 
Ownership Report on FCC Form 323 within 30 days of consummating 
authorized assignments or transfers of permits and licenses. The 
Ownership Report of the permittee or licensee shall give the information 
required by the applicable portions of paragraph (a) of this section.
    (d) Each licensee of a noncommercial educational AM, FM or TV 
broadcast station shall file an Ownership Report on FCC Form 323-E when 
filing the station's license renewal application and every two years 
thereafter on the anniversary of the date that its renewal application 
is required to be filed. Licensees owning more than one noncommercial 
educational AM, FM or TV broadcast station with different anniversary 
dates need file only one Report every two years on the anniversary of 
their choice, provided that their Reports are

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not more than two years apart. A licensee with a current and unamended 
Report on file at the Commission may certify that it has reviewed its 
current Report and that it is accurate, in lieu of filing a new Report. 
Ownership reports shall give the following information as of a date not 
more than 60 days prior to the filing of the Ownership Report:
    (1) The following information as to all officers, members of 
governing board, and holders of 1% or more ownership interest (if any): 
Name, residence, office held, citizenship, principal profession or 
occupation, and by whom appointed or elected.
    (2) Full information with respect to the interest and identity of 
any individual, organization, corporation, association, or any other 
entity which has direct or indirect control over the licensee or 
permittee.
    (3) A list of all contracts still in effect required by Sec.  
73.3613 to be filed with the FCC, showing the date of execution and 
expiration of each contract.
    (4) Any interest which the licensee or permittee or any of its 
officers, members of the governing board, and holders of 1% or more 
ownership interest (if any) held in any other broadcast station.
    (e) Each permittee of a noncommercial educational AM, FM or TV 
broadcast station shall file an Ownership Report on FCC Form 323-E:
    (1) Within 30 days of the date of grant by the FCC of an application 
for original construction permit and;
    (2) On the date that it applies for a station license. The Ownership 
Report of the permittee shall give the information required by the 
applicable form. A permittee with a current and unamended Report on file 
at the Commission may certify that it has reviewed its current Report 
and it is accurate, in lieu of filing a new Report.
    (f) Each permittee or licensee of a noncommercial educational AM, FM 
or TV Broadcast station shall file an Ownership Report on FCC Form 323-E 
within 30 days of consummating authorized assignments or transfers of 
permits and licenses. The Ownership Report of the noncommercial 
educational permittee or licensee shall give the information required by 
the applicable form.
    (g) A copy of all ownership and supplemental ownership reports and 
related material filed pursuant to this section shall be maintained and 
made available for public inspection locally as required by Sec. Sec.  
73.3526 and 73.3527.

[44 FR 38513, July 2, 1979, as amended at 49 FR 19498, May 8, 1984; 50 
FR 27450, July 3, 1985; 50 FR 40016, Oct. 1, 1985; 53 FR 2499, Jan. 28, 
1988; 53 FR 5684, Feb. 25, 1988; 63 FR 70050, Dec. 18, 1998; 66 FR 9973, 
Feb. 13, 2001; 66 FR 12897, Mar. 1, 2001]



Sec.  73.3617  Information available on the Internet.

    The Media Bureau and each of its Divisions provide information on 
the Internet regarding rules and policies, pending and completed 
rulemakings, and pending applications. These sites also include copies 
of public notices and texts of recent decisions. The Media Bureau's 
address is http://www.fcc.gov/mb/; the Audio Division's address is 
http://www.fcc.gov/mmb/audio; the Video Division's address is http://
www.fcc.gov/mb/video; the Policy Division's address is http://
www.fcc.gov/mb/policy; the Engineering Division's address is http://
www.fcc.gov/mb/engineering; and the Industry Analysis Division's address 
is http://www.fcc.gov/mb/industry--analysis.

[67 FR 13233, Mar. 21, 2002]



Sec.  73.3999  Enforcement of 18 U.S.C. 1464 (restrictions on the 
transmission of obscene and indecent material).

    (a) No licensee of a radio or television broadcast station shall 
broadcast any material which is obscene.
    (b) No licensee of a radio or television broadcast station shall 
broadcast on any day between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. any material which is 
indecent.

[60 FR 44439, Aug. 28, 1995]



Sec.  73.4000  Listing of FCC policies.

    The following sections list, solely for the purpose of reference and 
convenience, certain Policies of the FCC. The present listing of FCC 
policies and citations thereto should not be relied upon as an all-
inclusive list, and the failure to include a policy in this list

[[Page 395]]

does not affect its validity. Each section bears the title of one Policy 
and the citations which will direct the user to the specific document(s) 
pertaining to that Policy.

[44 FR 36387, June 22, 1979]



Sec.  73.4005  Advertising--refusal to sell.

    See 412 U.S. 94 (Supreme Court, 1973).

[44 FR 36388, June 22, 1979]



Sec.  73.4015  Applications for AM and FM construction permits, incomplete 
or defective.

    See Public Notice, FCC 84-366, dated August 2, 1984, 49 FR 47331, 
December 3, 1984.

[49 FR 50048, Dec. 26, 1984]



Sec.  73.4017  Application processing: Commercial FM stations.

    See Report and Order, MM Docket 84-750, FCC 85-125, adopted March 4, 
1985. 50 FR 19936, May 13, 1985.

[59 FR 52086, Oct. 14, 1994]



Sec.  73.4045  Barter agreements.

    See Order, FCC 72-167, adopted February 16, 1972. 33 FCC 2d 653; 37 
FR 4009, February 25, 1972.

[44 FR 36388, June 22, 1979]



Sec.  73.4050  Children's TV programs.

    (a) See Report and Policy Statement, Docket 19142, FCC 74-1174, 
adopted October 24, 1974. 50 FCC 2d 1; 39 FR 39396, November 6, 1974.
    (b) See Report and Order; Policy Statement, Docket 19142, FCC 83-
609, adopted December 22, 1983. 96 FCC 2d 634; 49 FR 1704, January 13, 
1984.
    (c) See Report and Order, MM Dockets 90-570 and 83-670, FCC 91-113, 
adopted April 9, 1991. 6 FCC Rcd 2111; 56 FR 19611, April 19, 1991; 
Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Dockets 90-570 and 83-670, FCC 91-248, 
adopted August 1, 1991. 6 FCC Rcd 5093; 56 FR 42707, August 29, 1991.

[49 FR 14509, Apr. 12, 1984, as amended at 59 FR 52086, Oct. 14, 1994]



Sec.  73.4055  Cigarette advertising.

    See 15 U.S.C. 1335.

[44 FR 36388, June 22, 1979]



Sec.  73.4060  Citizens agreements.

    (a) See Report and Order, Docket 20495, FCC 75-1359, adopted 
December 10, 1975. 57 F.C.C. 2d 42; 40 F.R. 49730, December 30, 1975.
    (b) See Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 78-875, adopted December 
21, 1978. 70 F.C.C. 2d 1672.

[44 FR 58720, Oct. 11, 1979]



Sec.  73.4075  Commercials, loud.

    See Memorandum Opinion and Order, BC Docket 79-168, FCC 84-300, 
adopted June 27, 1984. 49 FR 28077, July 10, 1984.

[49 FR 38132, Sept. 27, 1984]



Sec.  73.4082  Comparative broadcast hearings--specialized programming formats.

    (a) See Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 80-33, adopted January 30, 
1980. 75 FCC 2d 721.
    (b) See Report and Order, Docket 79-137, FCC 79-331, adopted June 1, 
1979. 72 FCC 2d 202.
    (c) See Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 79-206, adopted March 30, 
1979. 71 FCC 2d 460.

[47 FR 3792, Jan. 27, 1982]



Sec.  73.4091  Direct broadcast satellites.

    (a) See Report and Order, General Docket 80-603, FCC 82-285, adopted 
June 23, 1982. 90 FCC 2d 676; 47 FR 31555, July 21, 1982.
    (b) See Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 82-427, adopted September 
23, 1982. 91 FCC 2d.
    (c) See Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 82-498, adopted November 
4, 1982. 91 FCC 2d.

[48 FR 9012, Mar. 3, 1983]



Sec.  73.4094  Dolby encoder.

    See Public Notice dated July 10, 1974, 72 FCC 2d 790.

[45 FR 6403, Jan. 28, 1980]



Sec.  73.4095  Drug lyrics.

    (a) See Public Notice, FCC 71-205, dated March 5, 1971. 28 FCC 2d 
409; 36 FR 4901, March 13, 1971.
    (b) See Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 71-428, adopted April 16,

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1971. 31 FCC 2d 377; 36 FR 8090, April 29, 1971.

[44 FR 36388, June 22, 1979]



Sec.  73.4097  EBS (now EAS) attention signals on automated programing systems.

    See Public Notice dated March 1, 1979. 72 FCC 2d 788; 44 FR 17792, 
March 23, 1979.

[49 FR 50049, Dec. 26, 1984, as amended at 59 FR 67103, Dec. 28, 1994]



Sec.  73.4099  Financial qualifications, certification of.

    See Public Notice, FCC 87-97, adopted March 19, 1987. 52 FR 17333, 
May 7, 1987.

[53 FR 2499, Jan. 28, 1988]



Sec.  73.4100  Financial qualifications; new AM and FM stations.

    See Public Notice, FCC 78-556, dated August 2, 1978. 69 FCC 2d 407; 
43 FR 34841, August 7, 1978.

[44 FR 36388, June 22, 1979]



Sec.  73.4101  Financial qualifications, TV stations.

    See Public Notice, FCC 79-299, dated May 11, 1979. 72 F.C.C. 2d 784; 
44 FR 29160, May 18, 1979.

[45 FR 6403, Jan. 28, 1980]



Sec.  73.4102  FAA communications, broadcast of.

    See Public Notice, FCC 72-105, dated February 2, 1972. 37 FR 3567, 
February 17, 1972.

[45 FR 6403, Jan. 28, 1980]



Sec.  73.4104  FM assignment policies and procedures.

    See Report and Order, BC Docket 80-130, FCC 82-240, adopted May 20, 
1982. 90 FCC 2d, 88; 47 FR 26625, June 21, 1982.

[47 FR 54448, Dec. 3, 1982]



Sec.  73.4107  FM broadcast assignments, increasing availability of.

    (a) See, First Report and Order MM Docket 84-231, FCC 84-640, 
adopted December 19, 1984. 100 FCC 2d 1332; 50 FR 3514, January 25, 
1994.
    (b) See, Second Report and Order, MM Docket 84-231, FCC 85-124, 
adopted March 14, 1985. 101 FCC 2d 630; 50 FR 15558, April 19, 1985.
    (c) See, Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 84-231, FCC 86-76, 
adopted February 10, 1986. 51 FR 9210, March 18, 1986.
    (d) See Public Notice, 51 FR 26009, July 18, 1986.

[51 FR 26251, July 22, 1986, as amended at 52 FR 11656, Apr. 10, 1987; 
59 FR 52086, Oct. 14, 1994]



Sec.  73.4108  FM transmitter site map submissions.

    See Memorandum Opinion and Order and Public Notice, adopted October 
24, 1986. 1 FCC Rcd 381 (1986); 51 FR 45945, December 23, 1986.

[52 FR 11656, Apr. 10, 1987]



Sec.  73.4110  Format changes of stations.

    See Memorandum Opinion and Order, Docket 20682, FCC 76-744, adopted 
July 28, 1976. 60 FCC 2d 858; 41 FR 37153, September 2, 1976.

[44 FR 36388, June 22, 1979]



Sec.  73.4135  Interference to TV reception by FM stations.

    See Public Notice, FCC 67-1012, dated August 30, 1967, 74 FCC 2d 
619.

(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 154, 
155, 303))

[44 FR 36388, June 22, 1979, as amended at 45 FR 28142, Apr. 28, 1980; 
49 FR 45154, Nov. 15, 1984; 50 FR 5073, Feb. 6, 1985; 51 FR 26251, July 
22, 1986]



Sec.  73.4140  Minority ownership; tax certificates and distress sales.

    (a) See Public Notice, FCC 78-322, dated May 25, 1978. 68 FCC 2d 
979; 43 FR 25188, June 9, 1978.
    (b) See Public Notice, FCC 78-725, dated October 11, 1978. 43 FR 
47612, October 16, 1978.
    (c) See Policy Statement, General Docket 82-797, FCC 82-523, adopted 
December 2, 1982. 92 FCC 2d 849; 48 FR 5943, February 9, 1983.
    (d) See Report and Order, General Docket 82-797, FCC 84-647, adopted 
December 21, 1984. 99 FCC 2d 1249; 50 FR 1239, January 10, 1985.

[44 FR 36388, June 22, 1979, as amended at 49 FR 38132, Sept. 27, 1984; 
49 FR 50049, Dec. 26, 1984; 50 FR 47055, Nov. 14, 1985; 52 FR 11656, 
Apr. 10, 1987]

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Sec.  73.4154  Network/AM, FM station affiliation agreements.

    See Report, Statement of Policy, and Order, Docket 20721, FCC 77-
206, adopted March 10, 1977. 63 FCC 2d 674.

[47 FR 28388, June 30, 1982]



Sec.  73.4157  Network signals which adversely affect affiliate broadcast 
service.

    See Public Notice, FCC 79-387, dated April 20, 1970. 22 F.C.C. 2d 
779.

[45 FR 6403, Jan. 28, 1980]



Sec.  73.4163  Noncommercial nature of educational broadcast stations.

    (a) See Second Report and Order, BC Docket 21136, FCC 81-204, 
adopted April 23, 1981. 86 FCC 2d 141; 46 FR 27944, May 22, 1981.
    (b) See Order, BC Docket 21136, FCC 82-327 adopted July 15, 1982. 90 
FCC 2d 895; 47 FR 36171, August 19, 1982.
    (c) See Memorandum Opinion and Order, BC Docket 21136, FCC 84-105, 
adopted March 28, 1984. 97 FCC 2d 255; 49 FR 13534, April 5, 1984.
    (d) See, Public Notice, FCC 86-161, dated April 11, 1986. 51 FR 
21800, June 16, 1986. Excerpt reprinted at 7 FCC Rcd 827.
    (e) See Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 90-111, adopted March 28, 
1990. 5 FCC Rcd 4920.

[47 FR 54448, Dec. 3, 1982, as amended at 51 FR 26251, July 22, 1986; 59 
FR 52087, Oct. 14, 1994]



Sec.  73.4165  Obscene language.

    (a) See FCC v. Pacifica Foundation, 438 U.S. 726, 57 L.Ed 2d 1073, 
46 U.S.L.W. 5018 (1978). See also Action for Children's Television v. 
FCC, 852 F.2d 1332 (D.C. Cir. 1988).
    (b) See Action for Children's Television v. FCC, [ACT III] 11 F.3d 
170 (D.C. Cir. 1993). See also, Action for Children's Television v. FCC, 
[ACT IV] 15 F.3d 186 (D.C. Cir. 1994), rehearing granted, en banc.
    (c) See Report and Order, GC Docket 92-223, FCC 93-42, adopted 
January 19, 1993. 8 FCC Rcd 704; 58 FR 5937, January 25, 1993.
    (d) See Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 93-246, adopted May 11, 
1993, 8 FCC Rcd 3600.
    (e) See Letter to Rusk Corporation, dated May 6, 1993, FCC 93-229, 8 
FCC Rcd 3228.
    (f) See Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 93-4, adopted January 5, 
1993. 8 FCC Rcd 498
    (g) See Branton v. FCC, 993 F.2d 906 (D.C. Cir. 1993).
    (h) See Memorandum Opinion and Order, DA 91-557, adopted April 30, 
1991. 6 FCC Rcd 2560.

[59 FR 52087, Oct. 14, 1994]



Sec.  73.4170  Obscene broadcasts.

    (a) See Miller v. California, 413 U.S.C. 15 (1973). See also Pope v. 
Illinois, 107 S.Ct. 1918 (1987). 18 U.S.C. 1464.
    (b) See Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 83-575, FCC 88-4, 
adopted January 12, 1988. 3 FCC Rcd 757. See also Memorandum Opinion and 
Order, MM Docket 83-575, FCC 93-180, adopted April 2, 1993. 8 FCC Rcd 
2753.
    (c) See Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 87-365, adopted November 
24, 1987. 3 FCC Rcd 930.
    (d) See ``Memorandum of Understanding between the Federal 
Communications Commission and the Department of Justice concerning 
Complaints and Cases Involving Obscenity and Indecency,'' released April 
9, 1991. See also News Release dated April 19, 1991.

[59 FR 52087, Oct. 14, 1994]



Sec.  73.4180  Payment disclosure: Payola, plugola, kickbacks.

    (a) See 47 U.S.C. 507.
    (b) See Public Notice, FCC 70-593, dated June 4, 1970. 23 FCC 2d 
588; 35 FR 9045, June 11, 1970.
    (c) See Public Notice, FCC 88-175, dated May 18, 1988.

[44 FR 36389, June 22, 1979, as amended at 49 FR 20504, May 15, 1984; 59 
FR 52087, Oct. 14, 1994]



Sec.  73.4185  Political broadcasting and telecasting, the law of.

    (a) See ``The Law of Political Broadcasting and Cablecasting: 
Political Primer 1984,'' 100 FCC 2d 1476 (1984).
    (b) See Report and Order, MM Docket 91-168, FCC 91-403, adopted 
December 12, 1991. 7 FCC Rcd 678; 57 FR 189, January 3, 1992; Memorandum 
Opinion and Order, MM Docket 91-168, FCC 92-210,

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adopted May 14, 1992. 7 FCC Rcd 4611; 57 FR 27705, June 22, 1992.

[59 FR 52087, Oct. 14, 1994]



Sec.  73.4190  Political candidate authorization notice and sponsorship 
identification.

    (a) See Joint Public Notice by the Federal Communications Commission 
and the Federal Election Commission, FCC 78-419, dated June 19, 1978. 69 
FCC 2d 1129; 43 FR 30126, July 13, 1978.
    (b) See Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 92-55, adopted February 
12, 1992. 7 FCC Rcd 1616.

[44 FR 36389, June 22, 1979, as amended at 59 FR 52087, Oct. 14, 1994]



Sec.  73.4195  Political advertising by UHF translators.

    See Public Notice, FCC 76936, dated October 8, 1976. 62 FCC 2d 896; 
41 FR 45043, October 14, 1976.

[44 FR 36389, June 22, 1979]



Sec.  73.4210  Procedure Manual: ``The Public and Broadcasting''.

    See FCC 74-942, dated September 5, 1974. 49 FCC 2d 1; 39 FR 32288, 
dated September 5, 1974.

[44 FR 36389, June 22, 1979]



Sec.  73.4215  Program matter: Supplier identification.

    See Public Notice, FCC 73-595, dated June 1, 1973. 41 FCC 2d 333; 38 
FR 14979, June 7, 1973.

[44 FR 36389, June 22, 1979]



Sec.  73.4242  Sponsorship identification rules, applicability of.

    See Public Notice dated September 3, 1975, 40 FR 41936, September 9, 
1975.

[47 FR 28388, June 30, 1982]



Sec.  73.4246  Stereophonic pilot subcarrier use during monophonic programming.

    See Report and Order, Docket 19571, FCC 73-680, adopted June 21, 
1973. 41 FCC 2d 534; 38 FR 17021, June 28, 1973.

[47 FR 3792, Jan. 27, 1982]



Sec.  73.4247  STV: Competing applications.

    See Second Report and Order, Docket 21502, FCC 81-13, adopted 
January 8, 1981. 85 FCC 2d 631; 46 FR 19937, April 2, 1981.

[47 FR 3792, Jan. 27, 1982]



Sec.  73.4250  Subliminal perception.

    (a) See Public Notice, FCC 74-78, dated January 24, 1974. 44 FCC 2d, 
1016; 39 FR 3714, January 29, 1974.
    (b) See FCC Information Bulletin, ``Subliminal Projection'', dated 
November 1977.

[44 FR 36389, June 22, 1979]



Sec.  73.4255  Tax certificates: Issuance of.

    (a) See Public Notice, FCC 76-337, dated April 21, 1976. 59 FCC 2d, 
91; 41 FR 17605, April 27, 1976.
    (b) See Report and Order MM Docket 87-267, FCC 91-303 adopted, 
September 26, 1991. 6 FCC Rcd 6273; 56 FR 64842, December 12, 1991.

[56 FR 64874, Dec. 12, 1991, as amended at 59 FR 52087, Oct. 14, 1994]



Sec.  73.4260  Teaser announcements.

    See Public Notice, FCC 62-592, dated June 1, 1962. 27 FR 5274, June 
5, 1962.

[44 FR 36389, June 22, 1979]



Sec.  73.4265  Telephone conversation broadcasts (network and like sources).

    See Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 75-1406, adopted December 18, 
1975. 57 FCC 2d, 334; 41 FR 816, January 5, 1976.

[44 FR 36389, June 22, 1979]



Sec.  73.4266  Tender offer and proxy statements.

    See Policy Statement, MM Docket 85-218, FCC 86-67, adopted January 
30, 1986. 51 FR 9794, March 21, 1986.

[51 FR 26251, July 22, 1986]



Sec.  73.4267  Time brokerage.

    (a) See Policy Statement, Docket 78-355, FCC 80-621, adopted October 
21, 1980. 82 FCC 2d 107.
    (b) See Report and Order, MM Docket 91-140, FCC 92-97, adopted March 
12, 1992. 7 FCC Rcd 2755; 57 FR 18089, April 29, 1992.
    (c) See Memorandum Opinion and Order and Further Notice of Proposed 
Rule Making, MM Docket 91-140, FCC

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92-361, adopted August 5, 1992. 7 FCC Rcd 6387; 57 FR 42701, September 
16, 1992.

[47 FR 3792, Jan. 27, 1982, as amended at 59 FR 52087, Oct. 14, 1994]



Sec.  73.4275  Tone clusters; audio attention-getting devices.

    See Public Notice, FCC 76-610, dated July 2, 1976. 60 FCC 2d 920; 41 
FR 28582, July 12, 1976.

[44 FR 36389, June 22, 1979]



Sec.  73.4280  Character evaluation of broadcast applicants.

    (a) See Report and Order and Policy Statement, Gen. Docket 81-500, 
BC Docket 78-108, FCC 85-648, adopted December 10, 1985. 102 FCC 2d 
1179; 51 FR 3049, January 23, 1986.
    (b) See Policy Statement and Order, FCC 90-195, adopted May 10, 
1990. 5 FCC Rcd 3252, 55 FR 23082, June 6, 1990.
    (c) See Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 91-146, adopted May 1, 
1991. 6 FCC Rcd 3448, 56 FR 25633, June 5, 1991.
    (d) See Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 92-448, adopted September 
18, 1992. 7 FCC Rcd 6564, 57 FR 47410, October 16, 1992.

[59 FR 52087, Oct. 14, 1994]



 Subpart I_Procedures for Competitive Bidding and for Applications for 
  Noncommercial Educational Broadcast Stations on Non-Reserved Channels

    Source: 63 FR 48629, Sept. 11, 1998, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  73.5000  Services subject to competitive bidding.

    (a) Mutually exclusive applications for new facilities and for major 
changes to existing facilities in the following broadcast services are 
subject to competitive bidding: AM; FM; FM translator; analog 
television; low power television; television translator; Instructional 
Television Fixed Service (ITFS); and Class A television. Mutually 
exclusive applications for minor modifications of Class A television and 
television broadcast are also subject to competitive bidding. The 
general competitive bidding procedures set forth in part 1, subpart Q of 
this chapter will apply unless otherwise provided in part 73 or part 74 
of this chapter.
    (b) Mutually exclusive applications for broadcast channels in the 
reserved portion of the FM band (Channels 200-220) and for television 
broadcast channels reserved for noncommercial educational use are not 
subject to competitive bidding procedures. Applications for 
noncommercial educational broadcast stations, as described in 47 U.S.C. 
397(6), on non-reserved channels also are not subject to competitive 
bidding procedures.

[63 FR 48629, Sept. 11, 1998, as amended at 67 FR 45374, July 9, 2002; 
68 FR 26228, May 15, 2003]



Sec.  73.5001  [Reserved]




Sec.  73.5002  Application and certification procedures; return of mutually 
exclusive applications not subject to competitive bidding procedures; 
prohibition of 
          collusion.

    (a) Prior to any broadcast service or ITFS auction, the Commission 
will issue a public notice announcing the upcoming auction and 
specifying the period during which all applicants seeking to participate 
in an auction, and all applicants for noncommercial educational 
broadcast stations, as described in 47 U.S.C. 397(6), on non-reserved 
channels, must file their applications for new broadcast or ITFS 
facilities or for major changes to existing facilities. Broadcast 
service or ITFS applications for new facilities or for major 
modifications will be accepted only during these specified periods. This 
initial and other public notices will contain information about the 
completion and submission of applications to participate in the 
broadcast or ITFS auction, and applications for noncommercial 
educational broadcast stations, as described in 47 U.S.C. 397(6), on 
non-reserved channels, as well as any materials that must accompany the 
applications, and any filing fee that must accompany the applications or 
any upfront payments that will need to be submitted. Such public notices 
will also, in the event mutually exclusive applications are filed for 
broadcast construction permits or ITFS licenses

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that must be resolved through competitive bidding, contain information 
about the method of competitive bidding to be used and more detailed 
instructions on submitting bids and otherwise participating in the 
auction. In the event applications are submitted that are not mutually 
exclusive with any other application in the same service, or in the 
event that any applications that are submitted that had been mutually 
exclusive with other applications in the same service are resolved as a 
result of the dismissal or modification of any applications, the non-
mutually exclusive applications will be identified by public notice and 
will not be subject to auction.
    (b) To participate in broadcast service or ITFS auctions, or to 
apply for a noncommercial educational station, as described in 47 U.S.C. 
397(6), on a non-reserved channel, all applicants must timely submit 
short-form applications (FCC Form 175), along with all required 
certifications, information and exhibits, pursuant to the provisions of 
Sec.  1.2105(a) of this chapter and any Commission public notices. So 
determinations of mutual exclusivity for auction purposes can be made, 
applicants for non-table broadcast services or for ITFS must also submit 
the engineering data contained in the appropriate FCC form (FCC Form 
301, FCC Form 346, FCC Form 349 or FCC Form 330). Beginning January 1, 
1999, all short-form applications must be filed electronically. If any 
application for a noncommercial educational broadcast station, as 
described in 47 U.S.C. 397(6), is mutually exclusive with applications 
for commercial broadcast stations, and the applicants that have the 
opportunity to resolve the mutually exclusivity pursuant to paragraph 
(c) and (d) of this section fail to do so, the application for 
noncommercial educational broadcast station, as described in 47 U.S.C. 
397(6), will be returned as unacceptable for filing, and the remaining 
applications for commercial broadcast stations will be processed in 
accordance with competitive bidding procedures.
    (c) Applicants in all broadcast service or ITFS auctions, and 
applicants for noncommercial educational stations, as described in 47 
U.S.C. 397(6), on non-reserved channels will be subject to the 
provisions of Sec.  1.2105(b) of this chapter regarding the modification 
and dismissal of their short-form applications. Notwithstanding the 
general applicability of Sec.  1.2105(b) of this chapter to broadcast 
and ITFS auctions, and applicants for noncommercial educational 
stations, as described in 47 U.S.C. 397(6), on non-reserved channels, 
the following applicants will be permitted to resolve their mutual 
exclusivities by making amendments to their engineering submissions 
following the filing of their short-form applications:
    (1) Applicants for all broadcast services and ITFS who file major 
modification applications that are mutually exclusive with each other;
    (2) Applicants for all broadcast services and ITFS who file major 
modification and new station applications that are mutually exclusive 
with each other; or
    (3) Applicants for the secondary broadcast services and ITFS who 
file applications for new stations that are mutually exclusive with each 
other.
    (d) The prohibition of collusion set forth in Sec.  1.2105(c) of 
this chpater, which becomes effective upon the filing of short-form 
applications, shall apply to all broadcast service or ITFS auctions. 
Notwithstanding the general applicability of Sec.  1.2105(c) of this 
chapter to broadcast and ITFS auctions, the following applicants will be 
permitted to resolve their mutual exclusivities by means of engineering 
solutions or settlements during a limited period after the filing of 
short-form applications, as further specified by Commission public 
notices:
    (1) Applicants for all broadcast services and ITFS who file major 
modification applications that are mutually exclusive with each other;
    (2) Applicants for all broadcast services and ITFS who file major 
modification and new station applications that are mutually exclusive 
with each other; or
    (3) Applicants for the secondary broadcast services and ITFS who 
file applications for new stations that are mutually exclusive with each 
other.
    (4) Applicants for the AM broadcast service who file applications 
that are mutually exclusive with at least one

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application for a noncommercial educational station, as defined in 47 
U.S.C. 397(6).

[63 FR 48629, Sept. 11, 1998, as amended at 64 FR 24526, May 7, 1999; 68 
FR 26228, May 15, 2003]



Sec.  73.5003  Submission of full payments.

    If a winning bidder fails to pay the balance of its winning bid in a 
lump sum by the applicable deadline as specified by the Commission, it 
will be allowed to make payment within ten (10) business days after the 
payment deadline, provided that it also pays a late fee equal to five 
(5) percent of the amount due. Broadcast construction permits and ITFS 
licenses will be granted by the Commission following the receipt of full 
payment.

[67 FR 45375, July 9, 2002]



Sec.  73.5004  [Reserved]



Sec.  73.5005  Filing of long-form applications.

    (a) Within thirty (30) days following the close of bidding and 
notification to the winning bidders, each winning bidder must submit an 
appropriate long-form application (FCC Form 301, FCC Form 346, FCC Form 
349 or FCC Form 330) for each construction permit or license for which 
it was the high bidder. Long-form applications filed by winning bidders 
shall include the exhibits required by Sec.  1.2107(d) of this chapter 
(concerning any bidding consortia or joint bidding arrangements); Sec.  
1.2110(j) of this chapter (concerning designated entity status, if 
applicable); and Sec.  1.2112 of this chapter (concerning disclosure of 
ownership and real party in interest information, and, if applicable, 
disclosure of gross revenue information for small business applicants).
    (b) The long-form application should be submitted pursuant to the 
rules governing the service in which the applicant is a high bidder and 
according to the procedures for filing such applications set out by 
public notice. When electronic procedures become available for the 
submission of long-form applications, the Commission may require all 
winning bidders to file their long-form applications electronically.
    (c) An applicant that fails to submit the required long-form 
application under this section, and fails to establish good cause for 
any late-filed submission, shall be deemed to have defaulted and shall 
be subject to the payments set forth in 47 CFR 1.2104(g).
    (d) An applicant whose short-form application, submitted pursuant to 
Sec.  73.5002(b), was not mutually exclusive with any other short-form 
application in the same service, or whose short-form application was 
mutually exclusive only with one or more short-form applications for a 
noncommercial educational broadcast station, as described in 47 U.S.C. 
397(6), shall submit an appropriate long-form application within thirty 
(30) days following release of a public notice identifying any such non-
mutually exclusive applicants. The long-form application should be 
submitted pursuant to the rules governing the relevant service and 
according to any procedures for filing such applications set out by 
public notice. The long-form application filed by a non-mutually 
exclusive applicant need not contain the additional exhibits, identified 
in paragraph (a) of this section, required to be submitted with the 
long-form applications filed by winning bidders. When electronic 
procedures become available, the Commission may require any non-mutually 
exclusive applicants to file their long-form applications 
electronically.

[63 FR 48629, Sept. 11, 1998, as amended at 67 FR 45375, July 9, 2002; 
68 FR 26229, May 15, 2003; 68 FR 43000, July 21, 2003]



Sec.  73.5006  Filing of petitions to deny against long-form applications.

    (a) As set forth in 47 CFR 1.2108, petitions to deny may be filed 
against the long-form applications filed by winning bidders in broadcast 
service or ITFS auctions and against the long-form applications filed by 
applicants whose short-form applications were not mutually exclusive 
with any other applicant, or whose short-form applications were mutually 
exclusive only with one or more short-form applications for a 
noncommercial educational broadcast station, as described in 47 U.S.C. 
397(6).
    (b) Within ten (10) days following the issuance of a public notice 
announcing that a long-form application for an

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AM, FM or television construction permit has been accepted for filing, 
petitions to deny that application may be filed. Within fifteen (15) 
days following the issuance of a public notice announcing that a long-
form application for a low power television, television translator or FM 
translator construction permit or ITFS license has been accepted for 
filing, petitions to deny that application may be filed. Any such 
petitions must contain allegations of fact supported by affidavit of a 
person or persons with personal knowledge thereof.
    (c) An applicant may file an opposition to any petition to deny, and 
the petitioner a reply to such opposition. Allegations of fact or 
denials thereof must be supported by affidavit of a person or persons 
with personal knowledge thereof. In the AM, FM and television broadcast 
services, the time for filing such oppositions shall be five (5) days 
from the filing date for petitions to deny, and the time for filing 
replies shall be five (5) days from the filing date for oppositions. In 
the low power television, television translator and FM translator 
broadcast services and in ITFS, the time for filing such oppositions 
shall be fifteen (15) days from the filing date for petitions to deny, 
and the time for filing replies shall be ten (10) days from the filing 
date for oppositions.
    (d) If the Commission denies or dismisses all petitions to deny, if 
any are filed, and is otherwise satisfied that an applicant is 
qualified, a public notice will be issued announcing that the broadcast 
construction permit(s) or ITFS license(s) is ready to be granted, upon 
full payment of the balance of the winning bid(s). See 47 CFR 73.5003. 
Construction of broadcast stations or ITFS facilities shall not commence 
until the grant of such permit or license to the winning bidder.

[63 FR 48629, Sept. 11, 1998, as amended at 64 FR 24526, May 7, 1999; 67 
FR 45375, July 9, 2002; 68 FR 26229, May 15, 2003]



Sec.  73.5007  Designated entity provisions.

    (a) New entrant bidding credit. A winning bidder that qualifies as a 
``new entrant'' may use a bidding credit to lower the cost of its 
winning bid on any broadcast construction permit. Any winning bidder 
claiming new entrant status must have de facto, as well as de jure, 
control of the entity utilizing the bidding credit. A thirty-five (35) 
percent bidding credit will be given to a winning bidder if it, and/or 
any individual or entity with an attributable interest in the winning 
bidder, have no attributable interest in any other media of mass 
communications, as defined in Sec.  73.5008. A twenty-five (25) percent 
bidding credit will be given to a winning bidder if it, and/or any 
individual or entity with an attributable interest in the winning 
bidder, have an attributable interest in no more than three mass media 
facilities. No bidding credit will be given if any of the commonly owned 
mass media facilities serve the same area as the proposed broadcast or 
secondary broadcast station, or if the winning bidder, and/or any 
individual or entity with an attributable interest in the winning 
bidder, have attributable interests in more than three mass media 
facilities. Attributable interests held by a winning bidder in existing 
low power television, television translator or FM translator facilities 
will not be counted among the bidder's other mass media interests in 
determining eligibility for a bidding credit.
    (b) The new entrant bidding credit is not available to a winning 
bidder if it, and/or any individual or entity with an attributable 
interest in the winning bidder, have an attributable interest in any 
existing media of mass communications in the same area as the proposed 
broadcast or secondary broadcast facility.
    (1) Any existing media of mass communications will be considered in 
the ``same area'' as a proposed broadcast or secondary broadcast 
facility if the relevant defined service areas of the existing mass 
media facilities partially overlap, or are partially overlapped by, the 
proposed broadcast or secondary broadcast facility's relevant contour.
    (2) For purposes of determining whether any existing media of mass 
communications is in the ``same area'' as a proposed broadcast or 
secondary broadcast facility, the relevant defined service areas of the 
existing mass media facilities shall be as follows:

[[Page 403]]

    (i) AM broadcast station--principal community contour (see Sec.  
73.24(i));
    (ii) FM Broadcast station--principal community contour (see Sec.  
73.315(a));
    (iii) Television broadcast station--television Grade B or equivalent 
contour (see Sec.  73.683(a) for analog TV and Sec.  73.622(e) for DTV);
    (iv) Cable television system--the franchised community of a cable 
system;
    (v) Daily newspaper--community of publication; and
    (vi) Multipoint Distribution Service station--protected service area 
(see Sec. Sec.  21.902(d) or 21.933 of this chapter).
    (3) For purposes of determining whether a proposed broadcast or 
secondary broadcast facility is in the ``same area'' as an existing mass 
media facility, the relevant contours of the proposed broadcast or 
secondary broadcast facility shall be as follows:
    (i) AM broadcast station--principal community contour (see Sec.  
73.24(i));
    (ii) FM broadcast station--principal community contour (see Sec.  
73.315(a));
    (iii) FM translator station--predicted, protected contour (see Sec.  
74.1204(a) of this chapter);
    (iv) Television broadcast station--television Grade B or equivalent 
contour (see Sec.  73.683(a) for analog TV and Sec.  73.622(e) for DTV).
    (v) Low power television or television translator station--
predicted, protected contour (see Sec.  74.707(a) of this chapter).
    (c) Unjust enrichment. If a licensee or permittee that utilizes a 
new entrant bidding credit under this subsection seeks to assign or 
transfer control of its license or construction permit to an entity not 
meeting the eligibility criteria for the bidding credit, the licensee or 
permittee must reimburse the U.S. Government for the amount of the 
bidding credit, plus interest based on the rate for ten-year U.S. 
Treasury obligations applicable on the date the construction permit was 
originally granted, as a condition of Commission approval of the 
assignment or transfer. If a licensee or permittee that utilizes a new 
entrant bidding credit seeks to assign or transfer control of a license 
or construction permit to an entity that is eligible for a lower bidding 
credit, the difference between the bidding credit obtained by the 
assigning party and the bidding credit for which the acquiring party 
would qualify, plus interest based on the rate for ten-year U.S. 
Treasury obligations applicable on the date the construction permit was 
originally granted, must be paid to the U.S. Government as a condition 
of Commission approval of the assignment or transfer. The amount of the 
reimbursement payments will be reduced over time. An assignment or 
transfer in the first two years after issuance of the construction 
permit to the winning bidder will result in a forfeiture of one hundred 
(100) percent of the value of the bidding credit; during year three, of 
seventy-five (75) percent of the value of the bidding credit; in year 
four, of fifty (50) percent; in year five, twenty-five (25) percent; and 
thereafter, no payment. If a licensee or permittee who utilized a new 
entrant bidding credit in obtaining a broadcast license or construction 
permit acquires within this five-year reimbursement period an additional 
broadcast facility or facilities, such that the licensee or permittee 
would not have been eligible for the new entrant credit, the licensee or 
permittee will generally not be required to reimburse the U.S. 
Government for the amount of the bidding credit.

[64 FR 24526, May 7, 1999, as amended at 68 FR 46358, Aug. 5, 2003]



Sec.  73.5008  Definitions applicable for designated entity provisions.

    (a) Scope. The definitions in this section apply to 47 CFR 73.5007, 
unless otherwise specified in that section.
    (b) A medium of mass communications means a daily newspaper; a cable 
television system; or a license or construction permit for a television 
broadcast station, an AM or FM broadcast station, a direct broadcast 
satellite transponder, or a Multipoint Distribution Service station.
    (c) An attributable interest in a winning bidder or in a medium of 
mass communications shall be determined in accordance with Sec.  73.3555 
and Note 2. In addition, the attributable mass media interests, if any, 
held by an individual or entity with an equity and/or debt interest(s) 
in a winning bidder shall be attributed to that winning bidder for

[[Page 404]]

purposes of determining its eligibility for the new entrant bidding 
credit, if the equity (including all stockholdings, whether voting or 
nonvoting, common or preferred) and debt interest or interests, in the 
aggregate, exceed thirty-three (33) percent of the total asset value 
(defined as the aggregate of all equity plus all debt) of the winning 
bidder.

[63 FR 48629, Sept. 11, 1998, as amended at 64 FR 24527, May 7, 1999; 64 
FR 44858, Aug. 18, 1999]



Sec.  73.5009  Assignment or transfer of control.

    (a) The unjust enrichment provisions found at Sec. Sec.  1.2111(b) 
through (e) of this chapter shall not apply to applicants seeking 
approval of a transfer of control or assignment of a broadcast 
construction permit or license within three years of receiving such 
permit or license by means of competitive bidding.
    (b) The ownership disclosure requirements found at Sec.  1.2112(a) 
of this chapter shall not apply to an applicant seeking consent to 
assign or transfer control of a broadcast construction permit or license 
awarded by competitive bidding.

[67 FR 45375, July 9, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 43000, July 21, 2003]



             Subpart J_Class A Television Broadcast Stations

    Source: 65 FR 30009, May 10, 2000, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  73.6000  Definitions.

    Locally produced programming. For the purpose of this subpart, 
locally produced programming is programming:
    (1) Produced within the predicted Grade B contour of the station 
broadcasting the program or within the contiguous predicted Grade B 
contours of any of the stations in a commonly owned group; or
    (2) Programming produced at the station's main studio.

    Note to Sec.  73.6000: See Report and Order, In the Matter of 
Establishment of a Class A Television Service, MM Docket No. 00-10, 
released April 4, 2000; Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration, 
In the Matter of Establishment of a Class A Television Service, MM 
Docket No. 00-10, released April 13, 2001.

[66 FR 21690, May 1, 2001]



Sec.  73.6001  Eligibility and service requirements.

    (a) Qualified low power television licensees which, during the 90-
day period ending November 28, 1999, operated their stations in a manner 
consistent with the programming and operational standards set forth in 
the Community Broadcasters Protection Act of 1999, may be accorded 
primary status as Class A television licensees.
    (b) Class A television broadcast stations are required to:
    (1) Broadcast a minimum of 18 hours per day; and
    (2) Broadcast an average of at least three hours per week of locally 
produced programming each quarter.
    (c) Licensed Class A television broadcast stations shall be accorded 
primary status as a television broadcaster as long as the station 
continues to meet the minimum operating requirements for Class A status.
    (d) Licensees unable to continue to meet the minimum operating 
requirements for Class A television stations, or which elect to revert 
to low power television status, shall promptly notify the Commission, in 
writing, and request a change in status.



Sec.  73.6002  Licensing requirements.

    (a) A Class A television broadcast license will only be issued to a 
qualified low power television licensee that:
    (1) Filed a Statement of Eligibility for Class A Low Power 
Television Station Status on or before January 28, 2000, which was 
granted by the Commission; and
    (2) Files an acceptable application for a Class A Television license 
(FCC Form 302-CA).



Sec. Sec.  73.6003-73.6005  [Reserved]



Sec.  73.6006  Channel assignments.

    Class A TV stations will not be authorized on UHF TV channels 52 
through 69, or on channels unavailable for TV broadcast station use 
pursuant to Sec.  73.603 of this part.

[[Page 405]]



Sec.  73.6007  Power limitations.

    An application to change the facilities of an existing Class A TV 
station will not be accepted if it requests an effective radiated power 
that exceeds the power limitation specified in Sec.  74.735 of this 
chapter.



Sec.  73.6008  Distance computations.

    The distance between two reference points must be calculated in 
accordance with Sec.  73.208(c) of this part.



Sec.  73.6010  Class A TV station protected contour.

    (a) A Class A TV station will be protected from interference within 
the following predicted signal contours:
    (1) 62 dBu for stations on Channels 2 through 6;
    (2) 68 dBu for stations on Channels 7 through 13; and
    (3) 74 dBu for stations on Channels 14 through 51.
    (b) The Class A TV station protected contour is calculated from the 
effective radiated power and antenna height above average terrain, using 
the F(50,50) charts of Figure 9, 10 or 10b of Sec.  73.699 of this part.
    (c) A digital Class A TV station will be protected from interference 
within the following predicted signal contours:
    (1) 43 dBu for stations on Channels 2 through 6;
    (2) 48 dBu for stations on Channels 7 through 13; and
    (3) 51 dBu for stations on Channels 14 through 51.
    (d) The digital Class A TV station protected contour is calculated 
from the effective radiated power and antenna height above average 
terrain, using the F(50,90) signal propagation method specified in Sec.  
73.625(b)(1) of this part.



Sec.  73.6011  Protection of TV broadcast stations.

    Class A TV stations must protect authorized TV broadcast stations, 
applications for minor changes in authorized TV broadcast stations filed 
on or before November 29, 1999, and applications for new TV broadcast 
stations that had been cut-off without competing applications or that 
were the winning bidder in a TV broadcast station auction as of that 
date, or that were the proposed remaining applicant in a group of 
mutually-exclusive applications for which a settlement agreement was on 
file as of that date. Protection of these stations and applications must 
be based on the requirements specified in Sec.  74.705 of this chapter. 
An application to change the facilities of an existing Class A TV 
station will not be accepted if it fails to protect these TV broadcast 
stations and applications pursuant to the requirements specified in 
Sec.  74.705 of this chapter.



Sec.  73.6012  Protection of Class A TV, low power TV and TV translator stations.

    An application to change the facilities of an existing Class A TV 
station will not be accepted if it fails to protect other authorized 
Class A TV, low power TV and TV translator stations and applications for 
changes in such stations filed prior to the date the Class A application 
is filed, pursuant to the requirements specified in Sec.  74.707 of this 
chapter.



Sec.  73.6013  Protection of DTV stations.

    Class A TV stations must protect the DTV service that would be 
provided by the facilities specified in the DTV Table of Allotments in 
Sec.  73.622 of this part, by authorized DTV stations and by 
applications that propose to expand DTV stations' allotted or authorized 
coverage contour in any direction, if such applications either were 
filed before December 31, 1999 or were filed between December 31, 1999 
and May 1, 2000 by a DTV station licensee or permittee that had notified 
the Commission of its intent to ``maximize'' by December 31, 1999. 
Protection of these allotments, stations and applications must be based 
on not causing predicted interference within the service area described 
in Sec.  73.622(e) of this part. The interference analysis is based on 
the methods described in Sec. Sec.  73.623(c)(2) through (c)(4) of this 
part, except that a Class A TV station must not cause a loss of service 
to 0.5 percent or more of the population predicted to receive service 
from the DTV allotment, station or application. An application to change 
the facilities of an existing

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Class A TV station will not be accepted if it fails to protect these DTV 
allotments, stations and applications in accordance with this section.



Sec.  73.6014  Protection of digital Class A TV stations.

    An application to change the facilities of an existing Class A TV 
station will not be accepted if it fails to protect authorized digital 
Class A TV stations and applications for changes in such stations filed 
prior to the date the Class A application is filed, pursuant to the 
requirements specified in Sec.  74.706 of this chapter.



Sec.  73.6016  Digital Class A TV station protection of TV broadcast stations.

    Digital Class A TV stations must protect authorized TV broadcast 
stations, applications for minor changes in authorized TV broadcast 
stations filed on or before November 29, 1999, and applications for new 
TV broadcast stations that had been cut-off without competing 
applications or that were the winning bidder in a TV broadcast station 
auction as of that date, or that were the proposed remaining applicant 
in a group of mutually-exclusive applications for which a settlement 
agreement was on file as of that date. This protection must be based on 
meeting the D/U ratios for ``DTV-into-analog TV'' specified in Sec.  
73.623(c)(2) of this part at the Grade B contour of the TV broadcast 
station or application. An application for DTV operation of an existing 
Class A TV station or to change the facilities of a digital Class A TV 
station will not be accepted if it fails to protect these TV broadcast 
stations and applications pursuant to these requirements.



Sec.  73.6017  Digital Class A TV station protection of Class A TV, low 
power TV, and TV translator stations.

    An application for digital operation of an existing Class A TV 
station or to change the facilities of a digital Class A TV station will 
not be accepted if it fails to meet the D/U ratios for ``DTV-into-analog 
TV'' specified in Sec.  73.623(c)(2) of this part at the protected 
contours as defined in Sec.  73.6010 of this part for other authorized 
Class A TV stations and Sec.  74.707 of this chapter for low power TV 
and TV translator stations. This protection also must be afforded to 
applications for changes in other authorized Class A TV, low power TV 
and TV translator stations filed prior to the date the digital Class A 
application is filed.



Sec.  73.6018  Digital Class A TV station protection of DTV stations.

    Digital Class A TV stations must protect the DTV service that would 
be provided by the facilities specified in the DTV Table of Allotments 
in Sec.  73.622 of this part, by authorized DTV stations and by 
applications that propose to expand DTV stations' allotted or authorized 
coverage contour in any direction, if such applications either were 
filed before December 31, 1999 or were filed between December 31, 1999 
and May 1, 2000 by a DTV station licensee or permittee that had notified 
the Commission of its intent to ``maximize'' by December 31, 1999. 
Protection of these allotments, stations and applications must be based 
on not causing predicted interference within the service area described 
in Sec.  73.622(e) of this part. The interference analysis is based on 
the methods described in Sec. Sec.  73.623(c)(2) through (c)(4) of this 
part, except that a digital Class A TV station must not cause a loss of 
service to 0.5 percent or more of the population predicted to receive 
service from the DTV allotment, station or application. An application 
for digital operation of an existing Class A TV station or to change the 
facilities of a digital Class A TV station will not be accepted if it 
fails to protect these DTV allotments, stations and applications in 
accordance with this section.



Sec.  73.6019  Digital Class A TV station protection of digital Class A TV stations.

    An application for digital operation of an existing Class A TV 
station or to change the facilities of a digital Class A TV station will 
not be accepted if it fails to meet the D/U ratios for ``DTV-into-DTV'' 
specified in Sec.  73.623(c)(2) through (c)(4) of this part at the 
protected contours as defined in Sec.  73.6010 of this part for other 
authorized Class A TV stations and applications for

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changes filed prior to the date the digital Class A application is 
filed.



Sec.  73.6020  Protection of stations in the land mobile radio service.

    An application to change the facilities of an existing Class A TV 
station will not be accepted if it fails to protect stations in the land 
mobile radio service pursuant to the requirements specified in Sec.  
74.709 of this chapter. In addition to the protection requirements 
specified in Sec.  74.709(a) of this chapter, Class A TV stations must 
not cause interference to land mobile stations operating on channel 16 
in New York, NY.



Sec.  73.6022  Negotiated interference and relocation agreements.

    (a) Notwithstanding the technical criteria in this subpart, Subpart 
E of this part, and Subpart G of part 74 of this chapter regarding 
interference protection to and from Class A TV stations, Class A TV 
stations may negotiate agreements with parties of authorized and 
proposed analog TV, DTV, LPTV, TV translator, Class A TV stations or 
other affected parties to resolve interference concerns; provided, 
however, other relevant requirements are met with respect to the parties 
to the agreement. A written and signed agreement must be submitted with 
each application or other request for action by the Commission. 
Negotiated agreements under this paragraph can include the exchange of 
money or other considerations from one entity to another. Applications 
submitted pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph will be granted 
only if the Commission finds that such action is consistent with the 
public interest.
    (b) A Class A TV station displaced in channel by a channel allotment 
change for a DTV station may seek to exchange channels with the DTV 
station, provided both parties consent in writing to the change and that 
the Class A station meets all applicable interference protection 
requirements on the new channel. Such requests will be treated on a 
case-by-case basis and, if approved, will not subject the Class A 
station to the filing of competing applications for the exchanged 
channel.



Sec.  73.6024  Transmission standards and system requirements.

    (a) A Class A TV station must meet the requirements of Sec. Sec.  
73.682 and 73.687, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section.
    (b) A Class A TV station may continue to operate with the 
transmitter operated under its previous LPTV license, provided such 
operation does not cause any condition of uncorrectable interference due 
to radiation of radio frequency energy outside of the assigned channel. 
Such operation must continue to meet the requirements of Sec. Sec.  
74.736 and 74.750 of this chapter.
    (c) A Class A TV station must meet the offset carrier frequency and 
frequency tolerance provisions of Sec.  73.1545 of this part.

[65 FR 30009, May 10, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 21690, May 1, 2001]



Sec.  73.6025  Antenna system and station location.

    (a) Applications for modified Class A TV facilities proposing the 
use of directional antenna systems must be accompanied by the following:
    (1) Complete description of the proposed antenna system, including 
the manufacturer and model number of the proposed directional antenna. 
In the case of a composite antenna composed of two or more individual 
antennas, the antenna should be described as a ``composite'' antenna. A 
full description of the design of the antenna should also be submitted.
    (2) Relative field horizontal plane pattern (horizontal polarization 
only) of the proposed directional antenna. A value of 1.0 should be used 
for the maximum radiation. The plot of the pattern should be oriented so 
that 0 degrees (True North) corresponds to the maximum radiation of the 
directional antenna or, alternatively in the case of a symmetrical 
pattern, the line of symmetry. Where mechanical beam tilt is intended, 
the amount of tilt in degrees of the antenna vertical axis and the 
orientation of the downward tilt with respect to true North must be 
specified, and the horizontal plane pattern must reflect the use of 
mechanical beam tilt.
    (3) A tabulation of the relative field pattern required in paragraph 
(a)(2), of

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this section. The tabulation should use the same zero degree reference 
as the plotted pattern, and be tabulated at least every 10 degrees. In 
addition, tabulated values of all maxima and minima, with their 
corresponding azimuths, should be submitted.
    (4) Horizontal and vertical plane radiation patterns showing the 
effective radiated power, in dBk, for each direction. Sufficient 
vertical plane patterns must be included to indicate clearly the 
radiation characteristics of the antenna above and below the horizontal 
plane. In cases where the angles at which the maximum vertical radiation 
varies with azimuth, a separate vertical radiation pattern must be 
provided for each pertinent radial direction.
    (5) The horizontal and vertical plane patterns that are required are 
the patterns for the complete directional antenna system. In the case of 
a composite antenna composed of two or more individual antennas, this 
means that the patterns for the composite antenna, not the patterns for 
each of the individual antennas, must be submitted.
    (b) Applications for modified Class A TV facilities proposing to 
locate antennas within 61.0 meters (200 feet) of other Class A TV or TV 
broadcast antennas operating on a channel within 20 percent in frequency 
of the proposed channel, or proposing the use of antennas on Channels 5 
or 6 within 61.0 meters (200 feet) of FM broadcast antennas, must 
include a showing as to the expected effect, if any, of such proximate 
operation.
    (c) Where a Class A TV licensee or permittee proposes to mount an 
antenna on an AM antenna tower, or locate within 3.2 km of an AM 
directional station, the TV licensee or permittee must comply with Sec. 
73.1692.
    (d) Class A TV stations are subject to the provisions in Sec.  
73.685(d) regarding blanketing interference.



Sec.  73.6026  Broadcast regulations applicable to Class A television stations.

    The following rules are applicable to Class A television stations:

Sec.  73.603 Numerical designation of television channels.
Sec.  73.624(b), (c) and (g) Digital television broadcast stations. 
Section 73.624(b) will apply only to the extent that such stations must 
also transmit at least one over-the-air video program signal at no 
direct charge to viewers of the digital Class A station
Sec.  73.635 Use of common antenna site.
Sec.  73.642 Subscription TV service.
Sec.  73.643 Subscription TV operating requirements.
Sec.  73.644 Subscription TV transmission systems.
Sec.  73.646 Telecommunications Service on the Vertical Blanking 
Interval and in the Visual Signal.
Sec.  73.653 Operation of TV aural and visual transmitters.
Sec.  73.658 Affiliation agreements and network program practice; 
territorial exclusivity in non-network program arrangements.
Sec.  73.664 Determining operating power.
Sec.  73.665 Use of TV aural baseband subcarriers.
Sec.  73.667 TV subsidiary communications services.
Sec.  73.669 TV stereophonic aural and multiplex subcarrier operation.
Sec.  73.670 Commercial limits in children's programs.
Sec.  73.671 Educational and informational programming for children.
Sec.  73.673 Public information initiatives regarding educational and 
informational programming for children.
Sec.  73.688 Indicating instruments.
Sec.  73.691 Visual modulation monitoring.

[66 FR 21690, May 1, 2001]



      Subpart K_Application and Selection Procedures for Reserved 
  Noncommercial Educational Channels, and for Certain Applications for 
       Noncommercial Educational Stations on Non-Reserved Channels

    Source: 65 FR 36380, June 8, 2000, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  73.7000  Definition of terms (as used in subpart K only).

    Attributable interest. An interest of an applicant, its parent, 
subsidiaries, their officers, and members of their governing boards that 
would be cognizable under the standards in the notes to Sec.  73.3555. 
Also an interest of an entity providing more than 33 percent of an 
applicant's equity and/or debt that also either (1) supplies more than

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15% of the station's weekly programming, or (2) has an attributable 
interest pursuant to Sec.  73.3555 in media in the same market.
    Established local applicant. An applicant that has, for at least the 
two years (24 months) immediately preceding application, met the 
definition of local applicant.
    Local applicant. An applicant physically headquartered, having a 
campus, or having 75% of board members residing within 25 miles of the 
reference coordinates for the community to be served, or a governmental 
entity within its area of jurisdiction.
    Nonreserved (Unreserved) channels. Channels which are not reserved 
exclusively for noncommercial educational use, and for which commercial 
entities could thus be eligible to operate full power stations. Such 
channels appear without an asterisk designation in the FM Table of 
Allotments (Sec.  73.202) and TV Table of Allotments (Sec.  73.606). In 
the event of a request to allocate a nonreserved channel as reserved 
pursuant to Sec. Sec.  73.202(a) or 73.606(a), the channel remains 
classified as nonreserved until release of a Commission decision 
granting such request.
    On-air operations. Broadcast of program material to the public 
pursuant to Commission authority, generally beginning with program test 
authority, for periods of time that meet any required minimum operating 
schedule, e.g. Sec.  73.561(a).
    Population. The number of people calculated using the most recent 
census block data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
    Reserved channels. Channels reserved exclusively for noncommercial 
educational use, whether by the portion of the spectrum in which they 
are located (i.e. FM channels 200 to 220) or by a case-by-case 
Commission allotment decision (channels that appear with an asterisk 
designation in the FM Table of Allotments (Sec.  73.202) or TV Table of 
Allotments (Sec.  73.606)).

[65 FR 36380, June 8, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 15356, Mar. 19, 2001]



Sec.  73.7001  Services subject to evaluation by point system.

    (a) A point system will be used to evaluate mutually exclusive 
applications for new radio, television, and FM translator facilities, 
and for major changes to existing facilities, on reserved channels.
    (b) A point system will be used to evaluate mutually exclusive 
applications for new radio, television, and FM translator facilities, 
and for major changes to existing facilities, on non-reserved channels, 
only when all of the mutually exclusive applications are for 
noncommercial educational broadcast stations, as described in 47 U.S.C. 
397(6)(A) or 47 U.S.C. 397(6)(B).
    (c) A point system will be used to evaluate mutually exclusive 
applications for new television translator and low power television 
facilities, and for major changes to existing facilities, only when all 
of the mutually exclusive applications are for noncommercial educational 
broadcast stations, as described in 47 U.S.C. 397(6)(B).

[65 FR 36380, June 8, 2000, as amended at 68 FR 26229, May 15, 2003]



Sec.  73.7002  Fair distribution of service on reserved band FM channels.

    (a) If timely filed applications for full service stations on 
reserved FM channels are determined to be mutually exclusive, and will 
serve different communities, the Commission will first determine, as a 
threshold issue, whether grant of a particular application would 
substantially further the fair distribution of service goals enunciated 
in section 307(b) of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 307(b).
    (b) In an analysis performed pursuant to paragraph (a) of this 
section, a full service FM applicant that will provide the first or 
second reserved channel noncommercial educational (NCE) aural signal 
received by at least 10% of the population within the station's 60dBu 
(1mV/m) service contours will be considered to substantially further 
fair distribution of service goals and to be superior to mutually 
exclusive applicants not proposing that level of service, provided that 
such service to fewer than 2,000 people will be considered 
insignificant. First service to 2,000 or more people will be considered 
superior to second service to a population of any size. If only one 
applicant will provide such first or second service, that

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applicant will be selected as a threshold matter. If more than one 
applicant will provide an equivalent level (first or second) of NCE 
aural service, the size of the population to receive such service from 
the mutually exclusive applicants will be compared. The applicant 
providing the most people with the highest level of service will be 
awarded a construction permit, if it will provide such service to 5,000 
or more people than the next best applicant. If none of the applicants 
in a mutually exclusive group would substantially further fair 
distribution goals, all applicants will proceed to examination under a 
point system. If two or more applicants will provide the same level of 
service to an equivalent number of people (differing by less than 
5,000), only those equivalent applicants will be considered together in 
a point system.
    (c) For a period of four years of on-air operations, an applicant 
receiving a decisive preference pursuant to this section is required to 
construct and operate technical facilities substantially as proposed and 
shall not downgrade service to the area on which the preference was 
based.

[65 FR 36380, June 8, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 15356, Mar. 19, 2001]



Sec.  73.7003  Point system selection procedures.

    (a) If timely filed applications for reserved FM channels or 
reserved TV channels are determined to be mutually exclusive, 
applications will be processed and assessed points to determine the 
tentative selectee for the particular channels. The tentative selectee 
will be the applicant with the highest point total under the procedure 
set forth in this section, and will be awarded the requested permit if 
the Commission determines that an award will serve the public interest, 
convenience, and necessity.
    (b) Based on information provided in each application, each 
applicant will be awarded a predetermined number of points under the 
criteria listed:
    (1) Established local applicant. Three points for local applicants 
as defined in Sec.  73.7000 who have been local continuously for no 
fewer than the two years (24 months) immediately prior to application, 
if the applicant's own governing documents (e.g. by-laws, constitution, 
or their equivalent) require that such localism be maintained.
    (2) Local diversity of ownership. Two points for applicants with no 
attributable interests as defined in Sec.  73.7000, in any other 
broadcast station or authorized construction permit (comparing radio to 
radio and television to television) whose principal community (city 
grade) contour overlaps that of the proposed station, if the applicant's 
own governing documents (e.g. by-laws, constitution, or their 
equivalent) require that such diversity be maintained. The principal 
community (city grade) contour is the 5 mV/m for AM stations, the 3.16 
mV/m for FM stations calculated in accordance with Sec.  73.313(c), and 
the contour identified in Sec.  73.685(a) for TV. Radio applicants will 
count commercial and noncommercial AM, FM, and FM translator stations 
other than fill-in stations. Television applicants will count UHF, VHF, 
and Class A stations.
    (3) State-wide network. Two points for an applicant that does not 
qualify for the credit for local diversity of ownership, if it is:
    (i) An entity, public or private, with authority over a minimum of 
50 accredited full-time elementary and/or secondary schools within a 
single state, encompassed by the combined primary service contours of 
the proposed station and its existing station(s), if the existing 
station(s) are regularly providing programming to the schools in 
furtherance of the school curriculum and the proposed station will 
increase the number of schools it will regularly serve; or
    (ii) An accredited public or private institution of higher learning 
with a minimum of five full time campuses within a single state 
encompassed by the combined primary service contours of the proposed 
station and its existing station(s), if the existing station(s) are 
regularly providing programming to campuses in furtherance of their 
curriculum and the proposed station will increase the number of campuses 
it will regularly serve; or
    (iii) An organization, public or private, with or without direct 
authority

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over schools, that will regularly provide programming for and in 
coordination with an entity described in paragraph (b)(3) (i) or (ii) of 
this section for use in the school curriculum.
    (iv) No entity may claim both the diversity credit and the state-
wide network credit in any particular application.
    (4) Technical Parameters. One point to the applicant covering the 
largest geographic area and population with its relevant contour (60 dBu 
for FM and Grade B for TV), provided that the applicant covers both a 
ten percent greater area and a ten percent greater population than the 
applicant with the next best technical proposal. The top applicant will 
receive two points instead of one point if its technical proposal covers 
both a 25 percent greater area and 25 percent greater population than 
the next best technical proposal.)
    (c) If the best qualified (highest scoring) two or more applicants 
have the same point accumulation, the tentative selectee will be 
determined by a tie-breaker mechanism as follows:
    (1) Each applicant's number of attributable existing authorizations 
(licenses and construction permits, commercial and noncommercial) in the 
same service (radio or television) nationally, as of the time of 
application shall be compared, and the applicant with the fewest 
authorizations will be chosen as tentative selectee. Radio applicants 
will count commercial and noncommercial AM, FM, and FM translator 
stations other than fill-in stations. Television applicants will count 
UHF, VHF, and Class A stations.
    (2) If a tie remains after the tie breaker in paragraph (c)(1) of 
this section, the tentative selectee will be the remaining applicant 
with the fewest pending new and major change applications in the same 
service at the time of filing;
    (3) If a tie remains after the tie breaker in paragraph (c)(2) of 
this section, each of the remaining applicants will be identified as a 
tentative selectee, with the time divided equally among them.
    (d) Settlements. At any time during this process, the applicants may 
advise the Commission that they are negotiating or have reached 
settlement, and the Commission will withhold further comparative 
processing for a reasonable period upon such notification. Settlement 
may include an agreement to share time on the channel voluntarily or 
other arrangement in compliance with Commission rules. Parties to a 
settlement shall comply with Sec.  73.3525, limiting any monetary 
payment to the applicant's reasonable and prudent expenses.
    (e) For applications filed after April 21, 2000, an applicant's 
maximum qualifications are established at the time of application and 
will be reduced for any post-application changes that negatively affect 
any evaluation criterion.
    (f) For applications filed on or before April 21, 2000, an 
applicant's maximum qualifications are established as of the relevant 
date listed in paragraph (f)(1), (2), or (3) of this section. After the 
relevant date for determining an applicant's maximum points, points will 
be reduced for any changes that negatively affect any evaluation 
criterion. Applicants will establish their qualifications according to 
the following:
    (1) If the applicant is in a group for which a ``B'' cut-off notice 
issued prior to April 21, 2000 its maximum non-technical qualifications 
are established as of the date by which applicants must supplement their 
applications to supply point information, and its maximum technical 
qualifications are established as of the date of the ``B'' cut-off 
notice;
    (2) If the applicant is in a group for which an ``A'' cut-off notice 
issued prior to April 21, 2000 but for which no ``B'' cut-off notice 
issued, its maximum non-technical qualifications are established as of 
the date by which applicants must supplement their applications to 
supply point information, and its maximum technical qualifications are 
established as of April 21, 2000;
    (3) If the applicant was neither placed on an ``A'' cut-off list 
prior to April 21, 2000 nor filed in response to such an ``A'' cut-off 
list, it is subject to competition from applications filed within the 
first filing window, and its maximum technical and non-technical 
qualifications will be determined as of the close of the first filing 
window.

[65 FR 36380, June 8, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 15356, Mar. 19, 2001]

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Sec.  73.7004  Petitions to deny tentative selectee(s).

    (a) For mutually exclusive applicants subject to the selection 
procedures in subpart K of this part, Petitions to Deny will be accepted 
only against the tentative selectee(s).
    (b) Within thirty (30) days following the issuance of a public 
notice announcing the tentative selection of an applicant through fair 
distribution (Sec.  73.7002) or point system (Sec.  73.7003) procedures, 
petitions to deny that application may be filed. Any such petitions must 
contain allegations of fact supported by affidavit of a person or 
persons with personal knowledge thereof.
    (c) An applicant may file an opposition to any petition to deny, and 
the petitioner a reply to such opposition. Allegations of fact or 
denials thereof must be supported by affidavit of a person or persons 
with personal knowledge thereof. The time for filing such oppositions 
shall be 10 days from the filing date for petitions to deny, and the 
time for filing replies shall be 5 days from the filing date for 
oppositions.
    (d) If the Commission denies or dismisses all petitions to deny, if 
any are filed, and is otherwise satisfied that an applicant is 
qualified, the application will be granted. If the Commission determines 
that the points originally claimed were higher than permitted, but that 
there is no substantial and material question of fact of applicant 
qualifications, it will compare the revised point tally of the tentative 
selectee to the other mutually exclusive applicants and, either grant 
the original application or announce a new tentative selectee, as 
appropriate. If an applicant is found unqualified, the application shall 
be denied, and the applicant(s) with the next highest point tally named 
as the new tentative selectee.



Sec.  73.7005  Holding period.

    (a) Assignments/Transfers. NCE stations awarded by use of the point 
system in Sec.  73.7003 shall be subject to a holding period. From the 
grant of the construction permit and continuing until the facility has 
achieved four years of on-air operations, an applicant proposing to 
assign or transfer the construction permit/license to another party will 
be required to demonstrate the following two factors: that the proposed 
buyer would qualify for the same number of or greater points as the 
assignor or transferor originally received; and that consideration 
received and/or promised does not exceed the assignor's or transferor's 
legitimate and prudent expenses. For purposes of this section, 
legitimate and prudent expenses are those expenses reasonably incurred 
by the assignor or transferor in obtaining and constructing the station 
(e.g. expenses in preparing an application, in obtaining and installing 
broadcast equipment to be assigned or transferred, etc.). Costs incurred 
in operating the station are not recoverable (e.g. rent, salaries, 
utilities, music licensing fees, etc.). Any successive applicants 
proposing to assign or transfer the construction permit/license prior to 
the end of the aforementioned holding period will be required to make 
the same demonstrations.
    (b) Technical. In accordance with the provisions of Sec.  73.7002, 
an NCE applicant receiving a decisive preference for fair distribution 
of service is required to construct and operate technical facilities 
substantially as proposed, and can not downgrade service to the area on 
which the preference is based for a period of four years of on-air 
operations.
    (c) The holding period in this section does not apply to 
construction permits that are awarded on a non-comparative basis, such 
as those awarded to non-mutually exclusive applicants or through 
settlement.

                       Alphabetical Index--Part 73

    Rules Apply to All Services, AM, FM, and TV, Unless Indicated as
                    Pertaining to a Specific Service
                   [Policies of FCC are indicated (*)]
                    A
 
Acceptability of broadcast transmitters.  73.1660
Access, Prime time (TV).................  73.658
Action on applications..................  73.3591-73.3605
Adjacent channel and co-channel
 stations, Minimum mileage, separation
 between--
    FM..................................  73.207
    NCE-FM..............................  73.507
Administrative changes in
 authorizations--
    FM..................................  73.212
    TV..................................  73.615
Advertising--
    Refusal to sell.....................  73.4005 (*)
    Sponsorship identification..........  73.1212

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        See also ``Commercial''
         listings.
Affiliation agreements and network        73.658
 program practices; territorial
 exclusivity in non-network program
 arrangements (TV).
Affiliation agreements, Networks/
 stations
    AM..................................  73.132, 73.3613, 73.4154 (*)
    FM..................................  73.232, 73.3613, 73.4154 (*)
    TV..................................  73.658, 73.3613
Agreement, United States-Mexico FM        73.504
 broadcast, Channel assignments under
 (NCE-FM).
Agreements, International broadcasting..  73.1650
Alarm and monitoring points, Automatic
 transmission system--
    AM..................................  73.146
    FM..................................  73.346
    NCE-FM..............................  73.546
Allocation, Engineering standards of      73.182
 (AM).
Allocation, Field strength measurements   73.186
 in; establishment of effective field at
 one mile (AM).
Allotments, Table of (FM)...............  73.202
AM antenna systems......................  73.45
AM broadcast channels, Classes of.......  73.21, 73.23, 73.25, 73.26,
                                           73.27, 73.29
AM definitions..........................  73.14
AM directional antenna field              73.61
 measurements.
AM: Scope of subpart....................  73.1
AM stereophonic broadcasting............  73.128
AM transmission system emission           73.44
 limitations.
AM transmission system fencing            73.49
 requirements.
Amendments--
    Major/minor: Renewal, assignment,     73.3578
     transfer.
    Matter of right.....................  73.3522
    Procedures..........................  73.3513
Ammeters, antenna and common point,       73.57
 Remote reading (AM).
Announcements required--
    Designation of application for        73.3594
     hearing.
    Donor...............................  73.503, 73.621, 73.1212
    Filing of broadcast applications....  73.3580
    Sponsorship.........................  73.1212
    Station I.D.........................  73.1201
Antenna base fences, (AM)...............  73.49
Antenna, directional, Field measurements  73.61
 (AM).
Antenna, directional, Field strength      73.151
 measurements to establish performance
 of (AM).
Antenna height and Power requirements--
    FM..................................  73.211
    NCE-FM..............................  73.511
    TV..................................  73.614
Antenna heights, Minimum, or field        73.189
 strength requirements (AM).
Antenna monitors (AM)...................  73.69
Antenna monitors, Requirements for        73.53
 authorization of (AM).
Antenna monitors, Sampling system for     73.68
 (AM).
Antenna resistance and reactance;         73.54
 measurements (AM).
Antenna site, Use of common--
    FM..................................  73.239
    TV..................................  73.635
Antenna testing during daytime (AM).....  73.157
Antenna structure, marking and lighting.  73.1213
Antenna system tolerances, Directional    73.62
 (AM).
Antenna system; Transmitter location      73.685
 (TV).
Antenna systems--
    AM..................................  73.45
    FM..................................  73.316
    NCE-FM..............................  73.510
    TV..................................  73.685
Antenna systems, Directional (AM).......  73.150
Antennas, Auxiliary.....................  73.1675
Antennas, Emergency.....................  73.1680
Application and report forms............  73.3500
Applications--
    Acceptance..........................  73.3564
    Agreements for Conflict removal.....  73.3525
    AM station processing...............  73.3571
    Amendment of........................  73.3522
    AM and FM construction permits,       73.4015 (*)
     incomplete or defective.
    Amendments, renewal and assignment    73.3578
     or transfer of control.
    Assign or transfer unbuilt facility.  73.3535
    Assignment, Involuntary.............  73.3540
    Assignment, Voluntary...............  73.3540
    Call signs..........................  73.3550
    Conflicting.........................  73.3518
    Conflicts: other North American       73.3570
     countries.
    Commission action required..........  73.3561
    Commission action not required......  73.3562
    Construction period.................  73.3598
    Construction permit extension.......  73.3534
    Construction permit forfeiture......  73.3599
    Contingent applications.............  73.3517
    Content.............................  73.3514
    Copies, number of; when to file.....  73.3512
    Defective...........................  73.3566
    Designation for hearing.............  73.3593
    Designation for hearing, public       73.3594
     notice.
    Dismissal...........................  73.3568
    Emergency authorization.............  73.3542
    Existing station changes............  73.3538
    Facilities specifications...........  73.3516
    Filing location; number of copies...  73.3512
    FM, FM translator processing........  73.3573
    FM stations, Commercial.............  73.4017 (*)
    Forfeiture, construction permit.....  73.3599
    Formal; informal....................  73.3511
    Grant, Conditional..................  73.3592
    Grants without hearing..............  73.3591
    Hearing designation.................  73.3593
    Hearing status retention............  73.3605
    Inconsistent........................  73.3518
    Informal; Formal....................  73.3511
    International station processing....  73.3574
    License.............................  73.3536
    Modification and simultaneous         73.3601
     renewal of license.

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    Modify authorized-unbuilt facility..  73.3535
    Modified station license............  73.3544
    Multiple............................  73.3520
    Mutually exclusive applications for   73.3521
     LPTV and TV translator and booster
     stations.
    Objections, informal, Filing of.....  73.3587
    Operation during repair of            73.3549
     defective, required equipment.
    Petitions to deny...................  73.3584
    Program delivery to foreign stations  73.3545
    Public notice, Designation for        73.3594
     hearing.
    Public notice of filing.............  73.3580
    Renewal.............................  73.3539
    Renewal and simultaneous              73.3601
     modification of license.
    Repetitious.........................  73.3519
    Replacement of construction permit..  73.3534
    Rounding of nominal power on (AM)...  73.31
    Signing of..........................  73.3513
    Special service authorizations......  73.3543
    Specification of facilities.........  73.3516
    Temporary authorization.............  73.3542
    Transfer and assignment procedures..  73.3597
    Transfer of control, Involuntary....  73.3541
    Transfer of control, Voluntary......  73.3540
    Transfer or assign unbuilt facility.  73.3535
    TV, LPTV, translator and TV booster   73.3572
     processing.
    Unbuilt facilities: modify, assign    73.3535
     or transfer.
    Use of former main antenna as         73.3534
     auxiliary.
    Waiver procedure....................  73.3603
Applications for broadcast facilities,    73.37
 showing required (AM).
Assignment, FM Increasing availability    73.4107 (*)
 of.
Assignment of stations to channels (AM).  73.28
Assignment policies and procedures, FM..  73.4104 (*)
Assignments, Table of--
    FM..................................  73.202
    NCE-FM..............................  73.501
    TV..................................  73.606
Assignments, Channel, under the United    73.504
 States-Mexico--FM Broadcast Agreement
 (NCE-FM).
ATS-Automatic transmission system.......  73.1500
Attacks, Personal.......................  73.1920
Aural and visual TV transmitters,         73.653
 Operation of.
Aural baseband subcarriers, TV..........  73.665
Authorization of antenna monitors,        73.53
 Requirements for.
Authorization, Administrative changes
 in--
    FM..................................  73.212
    TV..................................  73.615
Authorizations, Experimental............  73.1510
Authorizations, Remote Control..........  73.1400
Authorizations, Special Field test......  73.1515
Authorizations, Special temporary (STA).  73.1635
Automatic transmission system (ATS).....  73.1500
Auxiliary antennas......................  73.1675
Auxiliary transmitters..................  73.1670
Availability of channels--
    FM..................................  73.203
    TV..................................  73.607
Availability to FCC of station logs and   73.1226
 records.
 
                    B
 
Barter agreements.......................  73.4045 (*)
Baseband subcarriers, Aural, TV.........  73.665
Blanketing interference--
    AM..................................  73.88
    FM..................................  73.318
Broadcast channels and stations, Classes  73.21, 73.22, 73.25, 73.26,
 of (AM).                                  73.27, 73.29
Broadcast day (definition)..............  73.1700
Broadcast facilities authorizations;      73.24
 showing required (AM).
Broadcast facilities, showing required    73.37
 for applications (AM).
Broadcast of FAA communications.........  73.4102 (*)
Broadcast of lottery information........  73.1211
Broadcast of taped, filmed or recorded    73.1208
 material.
Broadcast of telephone conversation.....  73.1206
Broadcast transmitters, Acceptability of  73.1660
Broadcasting agreements, International..  73.1650
Broadcasting emergency information......  73.1250
Broadcasting, Stereophonic--
    FM..................................  73.297
    NCE-FM..............................  73.596
Broadcasts by candidates for public       73.1940
 office.
 
                    C
 
Call letters--requests and assignments..  73.3550
Candidates for public office, Broadcast   73.1940
 by.
Carrier frequency departure tolerances..  73.1545
Carrier frequency measurements..........  73.1540
Certification of financial                73.4099(*)
 qualifications.
Changes in authorizations,
 Administrative--
    FM..................................  73.212
    TV..................................  73.615
Channel assignments under the United      73.504
 States-Mexico Broadcast Agreement (NCE-
 FM).
Channels and stations, Classes of AM      73.21, 73.22, 73.25, 73.26,
 Broadcast.                                73.27, 73.29
Channel 6 Protection (NCE-FM)...........  73.525
Channels, Assignment of stations to (AM)  73.28
Channels available for assignment (NCE-   73.501
 FM).
Channels, Availability of--
    FM..................................  73.203
    TV..................................  73.607
Channels, Classes of Educational, and     73.506
 stations operating thereon.
Channels, FM broadcast, Numerical         73.201
 designation of.
Channels, Restriction on use of (FM)....  73.220
Channels, TV, Numerical designation of..  73.603

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Channels, unreserved, Noncommercial       73.513
 educational broadcast stations,
 operating on (NCE-FM).
Character evaluation of broadcast         73.4280 (*)
 applicants.
Charts, Engineering--
    AM..................................  73.190
    FM..................................  73.333
    TV..................................  73.699
Charts, Groundwave field strength (AM)..  73.184
Chief operators.........................  73.1870
Children's TV programs..................  73.4050 (*)
Cigarette advertising...................  73.4055 (*)
Citizen agreements......................  73.4060 (*)
Classes of AM broadcast channels and      73.21, 73.22, 73.25, 73.26,
 stations.                                 73.27, 73.29
Classes of noncommercial educational FM   73.506
 Stations and channels.
Classes of stations; power and antenna    73.211
 height requirements.
Classified ads..........................  73.1212
Co-channel and adjacent channel
 stations, Minimum separation--
    FM..................................  73.207
    NCE-FM..............................  73.507
Combination advertising rates; joint      73.4065 (*)
 sales practices.
Commercials Loud........................  73.4075 (*)
    See Also ``Advertising'' listings.
Common antenna site, use of--
    FM..................................  73.239
    TV..................................  73.635
Common point, and antenna ammeters,       73.57
 Remote reading (AM).
Communications services, Subsidiary--
    FM..................................  73.295
    NCE-FM..............................  73.593
    TV..................................  73.667
Comparative broadcast hearings--          73.4082
 specialized formats(*).
Computation of interfering signal (AM)..  73.185
Computations, Reference points and
 distance--
    FM..................................  73.208
    TV..................................  73.611
Construction Near or Installation On an   73.1692
 AM Tower.
Construction period.....................  73.3598
Construction permit, forfeited..........  73.3599
Contests, License-Conducted.............  73.1216
Contours, Field strength--
    FM..................................  73.311
    TV..................................  73.683
Contracts, Filing of....................  73.3613
Coverage, Prediction of--
    FM..................................  73.313
    TV..................................  73.684
Cross reference to rules in other Parts.  73.1010
 
                    D
 
Day, Broadcast (definition).............  73.1700
Daylight Savings time...................  73.1209
Daytime (definition)....................  73.1720
Daytime radiation, Limitation on (AM)...  73.187
Definitions, Subscription TV............  73.641
Definitions, Technical--
    AM..................................  73.14
    FM..................................  73.310
    TV..................................  73.681
Deny, Petitions to......................  73.3584
Determining operating power--
    AM..................................  73.51
    FM..................................  73.267
    NCE-FM..............................  73.567
    TV..................................  73.663
Direct broadcast satellites.............  73.4091 (*)
Directional antenna field measurements    73.61
 (AM).
Directional antenna system tolerances     73.62
 (AM).
Directional antennas, Field strength      73.151
 measurements to establish performance
 of (AM).
Directional antenna data, Modification    73.152
 of (AM).
Directional antenna monitoring points     73.158
 (AM).
Directional antenna systems (AM)........  73.150
Discontinuance of operation.............  73.1750
Distance and Reference points,
 computations of--
    FM..................................  73.208
    TV..................................  73.611
Distance separations, Minimum, between
 stations--
    FM..................................  73.207
    NCE-FM..............................  73.507
    TV..................................  73.610
Distress sales and tax certificates,      73.4140*
 Minority ownership.
Doctrine, Fairness......................  73.1910
Dolbey encoder..........................  73.4094 (*)
Donor announcements (NCE-FM)............  73.503
Double billing..........................  73.1205
Drug lyrics.............................  73.4095 (*)
Dual-language broadcasting in Puerto      73.1210
 Rico, TV/FM.
 
                    E
 
EAS (Emergency Alert System.............  11.1-11.62
EAS signal test-automated systems.......  73.4097(*)
Editorials, Political...................  73.1930
Educational, Noncommercial FM stations    73.513
 on unreserved channels (NCE-FM).
Educational stations, Noncommercial (TV)  73.621
Effective field at one kilometer,         73.186
 Establishment of (AM).
Emergency antennas......................  73.1680
Emergency Broadcast System (EBS)........  73.901-73.962
Emergency Alert System (EAS)............  11.1-11.62
Emission limitations, AM transmission     73.44
 system.
Employment opportunities, Equal.........  73.2080
Employment report.......................  73.3612
Engineering charts--
    AM..................................  73.190
    FM..................................  73.333
    TV..................................  73.699
Engineering standards of allocation (AM)  73.182
Engineering, Standards of good practice   73.508
 NCR-FM.
Equal employment opportunities..........  73.2080
Equipment performance measurements......  73.1590
Equipment tests.........................  73.1610
Establishment of effective field at one   73.186
 kilometer (AM).

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Evaluation of broadcast applicant         73.4280 (*)
 character.
Exclusivity, Territorial (Network)--
    AM..................................  73.132
    FM..................................  73.232
    TV..................................  73.658
Experimental authorizations.............  73.1510
Experimental period, Operating during     73.72
 the (AM).
Extension meters........................  73.1550
 
                    F
 
FAA communications, Broadcast of........  73.4102 (*)
Facilities, Automatic transmission
 system--
    AM..................................  73.142
    FM..................................  73.342
    NCE-FM..............................  73.542
Facilities authorizations; Broadcast;     73.24
 showing required (AM).
Fairness Doctrine.......................  73.1910
FCC Policies............................  73.4000 (*)
FCC, Station inspections by.............  73.1225
Fencing requirements, AM transmission     73.49
 system.
Fencing requirements, AM stations.......  73.49
Field measurements, AM directional        73.61
 antenna.
Field strength charts, Groundwave (AM)..  73.184
Field strength contours--
    FM..................................  73.311
    TV..................................  73.683
Field strength measurements:              73.186
 establishment of effective field.
Field strength measurements--
    FM..................................  73.314
    TV..................................  73.686
Field strength measurements in support    73.153
 of applications or evidence at hearing
 (AM).
Field strength measurements to establish  73.151
 performance of directional antennas
 (AM).
Field strength requirements or, Minimum   73.189
 antenna heights (AM).
Field test authorizations, Special......  73.1515
File, Political.........................  73.1940
File, Public............................  73.3526-73.3527
Filing of applications..................  73.3511-73.3550
Filing of contracts.....................  73.3613
Filmed, taped, or recorded material;      73.1208
 Broadcast of.
Financial qualifications--
    AM and FM...........................  73.4100 (*)
    TV..................................  73.4101 (*)
    Financial qualifications,             73.4099(*)
     Certification of.
    FM assignments, increasing            73.4107 (*)
     availability.
Foreign broadcast stations--Permits to    73.3545
 furnish programs.
Forfeitures.............................  1.80
Format changes of stations..............  73.4110 (*)
Forms, Application and report...........  73.3500
FM and AM programming, Duplication of...  73.242
FM assignment policies and procedures...  73.4104 (*)
FM broadcast channels, Numerical          73.201
 designation of.
FM multiplex subcarriers, Use of........  73.293
FM multiplex subcarriers transmission     73.319
 technical standards.
FM subsidiary communications services...  73.295
    Communication services..............  73.295
FM transmitter site map submissions.....  73.4108
FM/TV dual-language broadcasting in       73.1210
 Puerto Rico.
Frequency measurement, Carrier..........  73.1540
Frequency departure tolerances, Carrier.  73.1545
 
                    G
 
General operating requirements            73.643
 (Subscription TV).
General requirements for type approval    73.692
 of modulation monitors (TV).
General requirements relating to logs...  73.1800
Grants--
    Conditional.........................  73.3592
    Without hearing.....................  73.3591
Groundwave field strength charts (AM)...  73.184
Groundwave signals (AM).................  73.183
 
                    H
 
Hard Look Deficiencies and Amendments     73.3522(a)(6)
 (as modified) (FM).
Hearings, Designation of applications     73.3593
 for.
Hours, Specified........................  73.1730
 
                    I
 
Identification, Sponsorship; list         73.1212
 retention, related requirements.
Identification, Station.................  73.1201
Indicating instruments (requirements
 for)--
    AM..................................  73.58
    FM..................................  73.258
    NCE-FM..............................  73.558
    TV..................................  73.688
Indicating instruments--specifications    73.1215
 (meters).
Information available on the Internet...  73.3617
Information, Broadcasting emergency.....  73.1250
Input power, Antenna; how determined      73.51
 (AM).
Inspection of program logs, Public......  73.1850
Inspections, Station, by FCC............  73.1225
Inspections, Transmission system........  73.1580
Installation On or Construction Near an   73.1692
 AM Tower.
Instruments, Indicating (requirements
 for)--
    AM..................................  73.58
    FM..................................  73.258
    NCE-FM..............................  73.558
    TV..................................  73.688
Instruments, indicating--specifications   73.1215
 (meters).
Interference, Blanketing--
    AM..................................  73.88
    FM..................................  73.318
Interference, Protection from--
    FM..................................  73.209
NCE-FM..................................  73.509
TV......................................  73.612
Interference to Astronomy, Research and   73.1030
 Receiving installations, Notifications
 concerning.
Interfering signal, Computation of (AM).  73.185

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International Broadcast stations........  73.701-73.793
    Definitions.........................  73.701
    Assignment and use of frequencies...  73.702
    Geographical zones and areas of       73.703
     reception.
    Notification of filing of             73.1030
     applications.
    Equipment tests.....................  73.712
    Program tests.......................  73.713
    Licensing requirements..............  73.731
    Authorizations......................  73.732
    Normal license period...............  73.733
    Operating power.....................  73.751
    Antenna systems.....................  73.753
    Frequency monitors..................  73.754
    Modulation monitors.................  73.755
    Transmission system requirements....  73.756
    Auxiliary transmitters..............  73.757
    Alternate main transmitters.........  73.758
    Modification of transmission systems  73.759
    Time of operation...................  73.761
    Station inspection..................  73.1225
    Station license and seasonal          73.1230
     schedules, posting of.
    International broadcast station       73.764
     operator requirements.
    Determining operating power.........  73.765
    Modulation and bandwidth............  73.766
    Frequency tolerance.................  73.1545
    Antenna structure marking and         73.1213
     lighting.
    Discontinuance of operation.........  73.1750
    Logs................................  73.781
    Retention of logs...................  73.782
    Logs, by whom kept..................  73.1800
    Log form............................  73.1800
    Log corrections.....................  73.1800
    Station identification..............  73.787
    Service; Commercial or sponsored      73.788
     programs.
    Sponsorship identification..........  73.1212
    Rebroadcasts........................  73.1207
    Equal employment opportunities......  73.2080
International broadcasting agreements...  73.1650
 
                    L
 
Letters received from the public,         73.1202
 Retention of.
License period, Station.................  73.1020
Licensee-conducted contests.............  73.1216
Licenses, station and operator, Posting   73.1250
 of.
Licensing, Acceptability of broadcast     73.640
 transmitters for (TV).
Licensing by lottery or random selection  1.1601-1.1623, 73.3572,
                                           73.3584, 73.3597
Licensing policies (Subscription TV)....  73.642
Licensing requirements and service (NCE-  73.503
 FM).
Lighting and marking, Antenna structure.  73.1213
Limitation on daytime radiation (AM)....  73.187
Limited time............................  73.1725
Lists retention; Sponsorship              73.1212
 identification; related requirements.
Location, Main studio...................  73.1125
Location of transmitter--
    FM..................................  73.315
    TV..................................  73.685
Location, Station.......................  73.1120
Location, Transmitter and antenna system  73.685
 (TV).
Logs--
    General requirements related to the   73.1800
     station.
    Station.............................  73.1820
    Program.............................  73.1810
    Program, Public inspection of.......  73.1850
    Retention of........................  73.1840
Logs and records, Availability to FCC...  73.1226
Lottery or random selection licensing...  1.1601-1.1623, 73.3572,
                                           73.3584, 73.3597
Lottery information, Broadcast of.......  73.1211
 
                    M
 
Main studio location....................  73.1125
Main transmitters.......................  73.1665
Maintenance and tests, Operation for....  73.1520
Marking and Lighting, Antenna structure.  73.1213
Measurements, Antenna resistance and      73.54
 reactance (AM).
Measurements, Carrier frequency.........  73.1540
Measurements, Equipment performance.....  73.1590
Measurements, Field strength, for         73.186
 establishment of effective field at one
 mile. (AM).
Measurements, Field strength in support   73.153
 of applications or evidence at hearings
 (AM).
Measurements, Field strength--
    FM..................................  73.314
    TV..................................  73.686
Measurements, Field strength, to          73.151
 establish performance of directional
 antennas (AM).
Measurements, Equipment performance.....  73.1590
Meters, Extension.......................  73.1550
Meters--specifications..................  73.1215
Mexican/U.S. Agreement..................  73.3570
Mexico--U.S. FM Broadcast Agreement,      73.504
 Channel Assignment under (NCE-FM).
Minimum antenna heights or field          73.189
 strength requirements (AM).
Minimum filing requirement (FM).........  73.3564(a)
Minimum operating schedule..............  73.1740
Minimum separations between stations--
    FM..................................  73.207
    NCE-FM..............................  73.507
    TV..................................  73.610
Minimum separation, Stations at spacings  73.213
 below (FM).
Minority ownership; tax certificates and  73.4140 (*)
 distress sales.
Misrepresentation in advertising bill-    73.1205
 ings.
Mode and Operating power tolerances.....  73.1560
Modification of directional antenna data  73.152
 (AM).
Modification of facilities, Operation     73.1615
 during.
Modification of transmission systems....  73.1690
Modulation levels, AM, FM, and TV aural.  73.1570

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Modulation monitoring equipment, Visual.  73.691
Monitoring and alarm points, Automatic
 transmission system--
    AM..................................  73.146
    FM..................................  73.346
    NCE-FM..............................  73.546
Monitoring equipment, Visual modulation.  73.691
Monitoring point locations..............  73.158
Monitors, Antenna (AM)..................  73.69
Monitors, antenna, Requirements for       73.53
 authorization of (AM).
Monitors, antenna, Sampling system for    73.68
 (AM).
Multiple ownership......................  73.3555
    Multiplex subcarrier transmission     73.319
     technical standards, FM.
Multiplex subscribers, Use of--
    FM..................................  73.293
    TV..................................  73.665
Multiplex subsidiary, Use of............  73.667
Multiplex transmission, Use of (AM).....  73.127
 
                    N
 
NARBA (North American Regional            73.3570
 Broadcasting Agreement).
Network, Affiliation agreements and       73.658
 program practices; territorial
 exclusivity in non-network program
 arrangements (TV).
Network/AM and FM station affiliation     73.4154 (*)
 agreements.
Network signals--adversely affecting      73.4157 (*)
 affiliate service.
Network/station affiliation agreements--
    AM..................................  73.132, 73.3613, 73.4154 (*)
    FM..................................  73.232, 73.3613, 73.4154 (*)
    TV..................................  73.658, 73.3613
Network syndication.....................  73.658
(Network), Territorial exclusivity--
    AM..................................  73.132
    FM..................................  73.232
    TV..................................  73.658
Nighttime service areas, Class II and     73.4160 (*)
 III AM Stations; computation.
Nominal Power, Rounding of (AM).........  73.31
Noncommercial educational channel         73.504
 assignments under the United States-
 Mexico FM Broadcast Agreement.
Noncommercial educational FM stations     73.506
 and channels.
Noncommercial educational FM stations     73.513
 operating on unreserved channels.
Noncommercial educational stations (TV).  73.621
Noncommercial nature--educational         73.4163 (*)
 broadcast stations.
Notifications concerning interference to  73.1030
 Radio Astronomy, Research and Receiving
 installations.
Numerical designation of FM broadcast     73.201
 channels.
Numerical designation of TV channels....  73.603
 
                    O
 
Objections (informal) to applications...  73.3587
Obscene language........................  73.4165 (*)
Obscene lyrics..........................  73.4170 (*)
Operating during the experimental period  73.72
 (AM).
Operating on unreserved channels,         73.513
 Noncommercial educational broadcast
 stations (NCE-FM).
Operating power, Determining--
    AM..................................  73.51
    FM..................................  73.267
    NCE-FM..............................  73.567
    TV..................................  73.663
Operating power and mode tolerances.....  73.1560
Operating requirements, General           73.643
 (Subscription TV operations).
Operating schedule, Minimum.............  73.1740
Operating schedule; time sharing (NCE-    73.561
 FM).
Operation, Discontinuance of............  73.1750
Operation during modification of          73.1615
 facilities.
Operation for tests and maintenance.....  73.1520
Operation of TV aural and visual          73.653
 transmitters.
Operation, Remote Control...............  73.1410
Operation, Time of......................  73.1705
Operation, Unauthorized.................  73.1745
Operator and station licenses, Posting    73.1230
 of.
Operators, Chief........................  73.1870
Operators, Transmitter duty.............  73.1860
Overlap, Prohibited.....................  73.509
Ownership, Multiple.....................  73.3555
Ownership report........................  73.3615
 
                    P
 
Payment disclosure: Payola, plugola,      73.4180 (*)
 kickbacks.
Performance measurements, Equipment.....  73.1590
Performance of directional antennas,      73.151
 Field strength measurements to
 establish (AM).
Performance requirements, AM              73.40
 transmission systems.
Permissible transmissions (FM)..........  73.277
Personal attacks........................  73.1920
Petitions to deny.......................  73.3584
Plans, State-wide (NCE-FM)..............  73.502
Points, Reference, and distance           73.611
 computations (TV).
Point-to-point emergency messages.......  73.1250
Policies, Licensing (TV)................  73.642
Policies of FCC.........................  73.4000 (*)
Political advertising by UHF translators  73.4195 (*)
Political advertising--sponsorship        73.1212
 identification.
Political broadcasting and telecasting,   73.4185 (*)
 The law of.
Political candidate authorization notice  73.4190 (*)
 and sponsorship identification.
Political editorials....................  73.1930
Political file..........................  73.1940
Portable test stations..................  73.1530
Posting of station and operator licenses  73.1230
Power and antenna height requirements--
    FM..................................  73.211
    NCE-FM..............................  73.511
    TV..................................  73.614

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Power and mode tolerances, Operating....  73.1560
Power, nominal, Rounding of (AM)........  73.31
Power, operating, determining--
    AM..................................  73.51
    FM..................................  73.267
    NCE-FM..............................  73.567
    TV..................................  73.663
Prediction of coverage--
    FM..................................  73.313
    TV..................................  73.684
Presunrise service authorization (PSRA)   73.99
 and Post sunset service authorization
 (PSSA).
Prime time access (TV)..................  73.658
Procedure Manual: ``The Public and        73.4210 (*)
 Broadcasting''.
Processing of applications..............  73.3561-73.3587
Program logs............................  73.1810
Program logs, Public inspection of......  73.1850
Program matter: Supplier identification.  73.4215 (*)
Prgoram practices, network, and           73.658
 Affiliation agreements; territorial
 exclusivity in non-network program
 arrangements (TV).
Program tests...........................  73.1620
Prohibited overlap......................  73.509
Proofs of performance, partial and        73.154
 skeleton, Field strength measurements
 (AM).
Protection from interference--
    FM..................................  73.209
    NCE-FM..............................  73.509
    TV..................................  73.612
Proxy statements and tender offers......  73.4266(*)
Public inspection file..................  73.3526-73.3527
Public inspection of program logs.......  73.1850
Public office, Broadcasts by candidates   73.1940
 for.
Puerto Rico TV/FM, dual-language          73.1210
 broadcasting in.
 
                    Q
 
Quiet zone..............................  73.1030
 
                    R
 
Radiation characteristics, Vertical       73.160
 plane.
Radiation, daytime, Limitation on (AM)..  73.187
Random selection or lottery licensing...  1.1601-1.1623, 73.23572,
                                           73.3584, 73.3597
Rebroadcasts............................  73.1207
Recorded, taped or filmed material;       73.1208
 Broadcast of.
Recording telephone conversations.......  73.1206
Records and logs, Availability to FCC...  73.1226
Records, special technical..............  73.1835
Reference, Cross, to rules in other       73.1010
 Parts.
Reference points and distance
 computations--
    FM..................................  73.208
    TV..................................  73.611
Reference to time.......................  73.1209
Remote control authorizations...........  73.1400
Remote control operation................  73.1410
Remote reading antenna and common point   73.57
 ammeters (AM).
Renewal period..........................  73.1020
Report and application forms............  73.3500
Requirements, Equipment and technical     73.644
 system performance (TV).
Requirements for authorization of         73.53
 antenna monitors (AM).
Requirements, Subscription TV, operating  73.643
Requirements, Power and antenna height--
    AM..................................  73.189
    FM..................................  73.211
    NCE-FM..............................  73.511
    TV..................................  73.614
Requirements, relating to logs, General.  73.1800
Requirements, Transmission system
    FM..................................  73.317
    TV..................................  73.687
Requirements, Transmission system         73.40
 performance (AM).
Responses and statements to Commission    73.1015
 inquiries.
Restrictions on use of channels (FM)....  73.220
Retention of letters received from the    73.1202
 public.
Retention of logs.......................  73.1840
Rounding of nominal power (AM)..........  73.31
(Rules common to all broadcast            73.1001
 stations), Scope.
Rules in other Parts, Cross reference to  73.1010
 
                    S
 
Sampling systems for antenna monitors     73.68
 (AM).
Satellites, Direct broadcast............  73.4091 (*)
SCA--
    FM..................................  73.293
    NCE-FM..............................  73.593
Schedule, Minimum operating.............  73.1740
Schedule; Operating, time sharing (NCE-   73.561
 FM).
School closings.........................  73.1250
Scope of Subpart A (AM).................  73.1
Scope of Subpart E (TV).................  73.601
Scope of Subpart H (rules common to all   73.1001
 broadcast stations).
Separations (channel) (TV)..............  73.610
Separations, Minimum mileage, between co-
 channel and adjacent channel stations--
    FM..................................  73.217
    NCE-FM..............................  73.507
Separations, Stations at spacings below   73.213
 minimum (FM).
Service and licensing requirements (NCE-  73.503
 FM).
Share time..............................  73.1715
Sharing time, Operating schedule (NCE-    73.561
 FM).
Short-spacing agreements: FM stations...  73.4235 (*)
Showing required; Applications for        73.37
 broadcast facilities (AM).
Signal, Computation of interfering (AM).  73.185
Signal, Groundwave (AM).................  73.183
Site, common antenna, Use of--
    FM..................................  73.239
    TV..................................  73.635
Spacings, Stations below the minimum      73.213
 separations (FM).
Special antenna test authorizations (AM)  73.157

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Special field test authorization........  73.1515
Special technical records...............  73.1835
Special temporary authorizations (STA's)  73.1635
Specifications--Indicating instruments    73.1215
 (meters).
Specified hours.........................  73.1730
Sponsorship identification list           73.1212
 retention; related requirements.
Sponsorship identification rules,         73.4242 (*)
 Applicability of.
STA's (Special temporary authorizations)  73.1635
Standard time...........................  73.1209
Standards, FM multiplex subcarrier,       73.319
 technical.
Standards of allocation, Engineering      73.182
 (AM).
Standards of good engineering practice--  73.508
 NCE-FM.
Standards, Stereophonic transmission      73.322
 (FM).
Standards, Transmission.................  73.682
State-wide plans (NCE-FM)...............  74.502
Statements and responses to Commission    73.1015
 inquiries.
Station and operator licenses, Posting    74.1230
 of.
Station identification..................  73.1201
Station inspections by FCC..............  73.1225
Station license period..................  73.1020
Station location........................  73.1120
Station log.............................  73.1820
Station, main studio location...........  73.1125
Station transferring....................  73.1150
Stations, Assignment of, to channels      73.28
 (AM).
Stations at spacings below the minimum    73.213
 separation (FM).
Stations, Noncommercial educational (TV)  73.621
Stations, Noncommercial educational FM,   73.513
 operating on unreserved channels.
Stereophonic sound broadcasting--
    AM..................................  73.128
    FM..................................  73.297
    NCE-FM..............................  73.597
    TV..................................  73.669
Stereophonic pilot subcarriers--          73.4246 (*)
 monophonic programming.
Stereophonic sound transmission
 standards--
    AM..................................  73.128
    FM..................................  73.322
    TV..................................  73.682
Studio location, Main...................  73.1125
Subcarrier multiplex, transmission
 standards--
    FM..................................  73.319
Subcarrier, multiplex, Use of--
    FM..................................  73.293
    TV..................................  73.665
Subliminal perception...................  73.4250 (*)
Subpart A, Scope of (AM)................  73.1
Subpart E, Scope of (TV)................  73.601
Subpart H, Scope of (rules common to all  73.1001
 broadcast stations).
(Subscription TV operations),             73.641
 Definitions.
Subsidiary Communications services--
    FM..................................  73.295
    NCE-FM..............................  73.595
    TV..................................  73.667
Subscription TV--
    Competing applications..............  73.4247 (*)
    Definitions.........................  73.641
    Licensing policies..................  73.642
    Operating requirements..............  73.643
    Transmission systems................  73.644
Syndication, network....................  73.658
 
                    T
 
Table of assignments--
    FM..................................  73.202
    TV..................................  73.606
Tables (Distance-degree conversions and   73.698
 separations) (TV).
Taped, filmed, or recorded material;      73.1208
 Broadcast of.
Tax certificates and distress sales;      73.4140(*)
 Minority sales.
Tax certificates: Issuance of...........  73.4255 (*)
Teaser announcements....................  73.4260 (*)
Technical definitions--
    AM..................................  73.14
    FM..................................  73.310
    TV..................................  73.681
Technical records, Special..............  73.1835
(Technical standards), Definitions (TV).  73.681
Telecommunications service on vertical    73.646
 blanking interval.
Telephone conversations, Broadcast of...  73.1206
Telephone conversation broadcasts         73.4625 (*)
 (network and like sources).
Television channels, Numerical            73.603
 designation of.
Temporary authorizations, Special         73.1635
 (STA's).
Tender offers and proxy statements......  73.4266(*)
Territorial exclusivily in non-network    73.658
 program arrangements; Affiliation
 agreements and network program
 practices (TV).
Territorial exclusivity, (Network)--
    AM..................................  73.132
    FM..................................  73.232
    TV..................................  73.658
Test authorization, Special field.......  73.1515
Test stations, Portable.................  73.1530
Testing antenna during daytime (AM).....  73.157
Tests and maintenance, Operation for....  73.1520
Tests of equipment......................  73.1610
Tests, Program..........................  73.1620
Time brokerage..........................  73.4627 (*)
Time of operation.......................  73.1705
Time, Limited...........................  73.1725
Time, Reference to......................  73.1209
Time, Share.............................  73.1715
Time Sharing, Operating schedule (NCE-    73.561
 FM).
Time, Unlimited.........................  73.1710
Tolerances, Carrier frequency departure.  73.1545
Tolerances, Directional antenna system    73.62
 (AM).
Tolerances, Operating power and mode....  73.1560
Tone clusters: Audio attention-getting    73.4275 (*)
 devices.
Topographic data (FM)...................  73.3120
Tower lighting and painting.............  73.1213

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Transferring a station..................  73.1150
Transmission standards, Changes in......  73.1695
Transmission standards (TV).............  73.682
Transmission system, Automatic (ATS)....  73.1500
Transmission system emission              73.44
 limitations, (AM).
Transmission system inspections.........  73.1580
Transmission system installation and      73.49
 safety requirements, AM.
Transmission system performance           73.40
 requirements (AM).
Transmission system requirements--
    FM..................................  73.317
    TV..................................  73.687
Transmission systems, Modification of...  73.1690
Transmission systems, subscription TV...  73.644
Transmissions, Permissible (FM).........  73.277
Transmitter duty operators..............  73.1860
Transmitter, Location--
    FM..................................  73.315
    TV..................................  73.685
Transmitter location and antenna system   73.685
 (TV).
Transmitters, Auxiliary.................  73.1670
Transmitters, broadcast, Acceptability    73.1660
 of.
Transmitters, Main......................  73.1665
Transmitters, TV, aural and visual,       73.653
 Operation of.
TV Channel 6 protection (NCE-FM)........  73.525
TV colorburst during black/white          73.4272 (*)
 programming.
TV/FM dual-language broadcasting in       73.1210
 Puerto Rico.
Type approval of modulation monitors,     73.692
 General requirements (TV).
 
                    U
 
Unauthorized operation..................  73.1745
U.S./Mexican Agreement..................  73.3570
USA-Mexico FM Broadcast Agreement,        73.504
 Channel assignments under (NCE-FM).
Unlimited time..........................  73.1710
Unreserved channels, Noncommercial        73.513
 educational broadcast stations
 operating on (NCE-FM).
Use of channels, Restrictions on (FM)...  73.220
Use of common antenna site--
    FM..................................  73.239
    TV..................................  73.635
     Use of multiplex subcarriers--
    FM..................................  73.293
    TV..................................  73.665
Use of multiplex transmissions (AM).....  73.127
 
                    V
 
Vertical blanking interval,               73.646
 Telecommunication service on.
Vertical plane radiation characteristics  73.160
Visual and aural TV transmitters,         73.653
 Operation of.
Visual modulation monitoring equipment..  73.691
 
                    W
 
Want ads................................  73.1212
 
                    Z
 
Zone, Quiet.............................  73.1030
Zones--
    FM..................................  73.205
    NCE-FM..............................  73.505
    TV..................................  73.609
 


[50 FR 38530, Sept. 23, 1985; 50 FR 40395, Oct. 3, 1985, as amended at 
51 FR 34621, 34622, Sept. 30, 1986; 52 FR 37316, Oct. 6, 1987; 52 FR 
47569, Dec. 15, 1987; 53 FR 2499, Jan. 28, 1988; 58 FR 51250, Oct. 1, 
1993; 59 FR 67103, Dec. 28, 1994; 63 FR 33878, June 22, 1998]



PART 74_EXPERIMENTAL RADIO, AUXILIARY, SPECIAL BROADCAST AND OTHER PROGRAM 
DISTRIBUTIONAL SERVICES--Table of Contents




      Subpart_General; Rules Applicable to All Services in Part 74

Sec.
74.1 Scope.
74.2 General definitions.
74.3 FCC inspections of stations.
74.5 Cross reference to rules in other parts.
74.6 Licensing of broadcast auxiliary and low power auxiliary stations.
74.12 Notification of filing of applications.
74.13 Equipment tests.
74.14 Service or program tests.
74.15 Station license period.
74.16 Temporary extension of station licenses.
74.18 Transmitter control and operation.
74.19 Special technical records.
74.21 Broadcasting emergency information.
74.22 Use of common antenna structure.
74.23 Interference jeopardizing safety of life or protection of 
          property.
74.24 Short-term operation.
74.25 Temporary conditional operating authority.
74.28 Additional orders.
74.30 Antenna structure, marking and lighting.
74.32 Operation in the 17.8-19.7 GHz band.
74.34 Period of construction; certification of completion of 
          construction.

                Subpart A_Experimental Broadcast Stations

74.101 Experimental broadcast station.
74.102 Uses of experimental broadcast stations.
74.103 Frequency assignment.
74.112 Supplementary statement with application for construction permit.
74.113 Supplementary reports with application for renewal of license.
74.131 Licensing requirements, necessary showing.
74.132 Power limitations.

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74.133 Emission authorized.
74.151 Equipment changes.

                    Technical Operation and Operators

74.161 Frequency tolerances.
74.162 Frequency monitors and measurements.
74.163 Time of operation.
74.165 Posting of station license.
74.181 Station records.
74.182 Program service and charges.
74.183 Station identification.
74.184 Rebroadcasts.

Subparts B-C [Reserved]

               Subpart D_Remote Pickup Broadcast Stations

74.401 Definitions.
74.402 Frequency assignment.
74.403 Frequency selection to avoid interference.
74.431 Special rules applicable to remote pickup stations.
74.432 Licensing requirements and procedures.
74.433 Temporary authorizations.
74.434 Remote control operation.
74.436 Special requirements for automatic relay stations.
74.451 Certification of equipment.
74.452 Equipment changes.
74.461 Transmitter power.
74.462 Authorized bandwidth and emissions.
74.463 Modulation requirements.
74.464 Frequency tolerance.
74.465 Frequency monitors and measurements.
74.482 Station identification.

              Subpart E_Aural Broadcast Auxiliary Stations

74.501 Classes of aural broadcast auxiliary stations.
74.502 Frequency assignment.
74.503 Frequency selection.
74.531 Permissible service.
74.532 Licensing requirements.
74.533 Remote control and unattended operation.
74.534 Power limitations.
74.535 Emission and bandwidth.
74.536 Directional antenna required.
74.537 Temporary authorizations.
74.550 Equipment authorization.
74.551 Equipment changes.
74.561 Frequency tolerance.
74.562 Frequency monitors and measurements.
74.564 Posting of station license.
74.582 Station identification.

            Subpart F_Television Broadcast Auxiliary Stations

74.600 Eligibility for license.
74.601 Classes of TV broadcast auxiliary stations.
74.602 Frequency assignment.
74.603 Sound channels.
74.604 Interference avoidance.
74.631 Permissible service.
74.632 Licensing requirements.
74.633 Temporary authorizations.
74.634 Remote control operation.
74.635 Unattended operation.
74.636 Power limitations.
74.637 Emissions and emission limitations.
74.638 Frequency coordination.
74.641 Antenna systems.
74.643 Interference to geostationary-satellites.
74.644 Minimum path lengths for fixed links.
74.651 Equipment changes.
74.655 Authorization of equipment.
74.661 Frequency tolerance.
74.662 Frequency monitors and measurements.
74.663 Modulation limits.
74.664 Posting of station license.
74.682 Station identification.
74.690 Transition of the 1990-2025 MHz band from the Broadcast Auxiliary 
          Service to emerging technologies.

     Subpart G_Low Power TV, TV Translator, and TV Booster Stations

74.701 Definitions.
74.702 Channel assignments.
74.703 Interference.
74.705 TV broadcast analog station protection.
74.706 Digital TV (DTV) station protection.
74.707 Low power TV and TV translator station protection.
74.708 Class A TV and digital Class A TV station protection.
74.709 Land mobile station protection.
74.731 Purpose and permissible service.
74.732 Eligibility and licensing requirements.
74.733 UHF translator signal boosters.
74.734 Attended and unattended operation.
74.735 Power limitations.
74.736 Emissions and bandwidth.
74.737 Antenna location.
74.750 Transmission system facilities.
74.751 Modification of transmission systems.
74.761 Frequency tolerance.
74.762 Frequency measurements.
74.763 Time of operation.
74.765 Posting of station and operator licenses.
74.769 Copies of rules.

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74.780 Broadcast regulations applicable to translators, low power, and 
          booster stations.
74.781 Station records.
74.783 Station identification.
74.784 Rebroadcasts.
74.785 Low power TV digital data service pilot project.

                 Subpart H_Low Power Auxiliary Stations

74.801 Definitions.
74.802 Frequency assignment.
74.803 Frequency selection to avoid interference.
74.831 Scope of service and permissible transmissions.
74.832 Licensing requirements and procedures.
74.833 Temporary authorizations.
74.851 Certification of equipment.
74.852 Equipment changes.
74.861 Technical requirements.
74.870 Wireless video assist devices.
74.882 Station identification.

            Subpart I_Instructional Television Fixed Service

74.901 Definitions.
74.902 Frequency assignments.
74.903 Interference.
74.910 Part 73 application requirements pertaining to ITFS stations.
74.911 Processing of ITFS station applications.
74.912 Petitions to deny.
74.931 Purpose and permissible service.
74.932 Eligibility and licensing requirements.
74.933 Remote control operation.
74.934 Unattended operation.
74.935 EIRP limitations.
74.936 Emissions and bandwidth.
74.937 Antennas.
74.938 Transmission standards.
74.939 ITFS response stations.
74.949 Individually licensed 125 kHz channel ITFS response stations.
74.951 Modification of transmission systems.
74.952 Acceptability of equipment for licensing.
74.961 Frequency tolerance.
74.962 Frequency monitors and measurements.
74.963 Time of operation.
74.965 Posting of station license.
74.969 Copies of rules.
74.970 Modulation limits.
74.971 Modulation monitors and measurements.
74.982 Station identification.
74.984 Retransmissions.
74.985 Signal booster stations.
74.986 Involuntary ITFS station modifications.
74.990 Use of available instructional television fixed service 
          frequencies by wireless cable entities.
74.991 Wireless cable application procedures.
74.992 Access to channels licensed to wireless cable entities.
74.996 Applicability of cable EEO requirements to ITFS facilities.

Subparts J-K [Reserved]

  Subpart L_FM Broadcast Translator Stations and FM Broadcast Booster 
                                Stations

74.1201 Definitions.
74.1202 Frequency assignment.
74.1203 Interference.
74.1204 Protection of FM broadcast, FM Translator and LP100 stations.
74.1205 Protection of channel 6 TV broadcast stations.
74.1231 Purpose and permissible service.
74.1232 Eligibility and licensing requirements.
74.1233 Processing FM translator and booster station applications.
74.1234 Unattended operation.
74.1235 Power limitations and antenna systems.
74.1236 Emission and bandwidth.
74.1237 Antenna location.
74.1250 Transmitters and associated equipment.
74.1251 Technical and equipment modifications.
74.1261 Frequency tolerance.
74.1262 Frequency monitors and measurements.
74.1263 Time of operation.
74.1265 Posting of station license.
74.1269 Copies of rules.
74.1281 Station records.
74.1283 Station identification.
74.1284 Rebroadcasts.
74.1290 FM translator and booster station information available on the 
          Internet.

Alphabetical Index--Part 74

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 307, 336(f), 336(h) and 554.

    Editorial Note: Nomenclature changes to part 74 appear at 64 FR 
4055, Jan. 27, 1999.



      Subpart_General; Rules Applicable to All Services in Part 74



Sec.  74.1  Scope.

    (a) The rules in this subpart are applicable to the Experimental, 
Auxiliary and Special Broadcast, and Other Program Distributional 
Services.
    (b) Rules in part 74 which apply exclusively to a particular service 
are contained in that service subpart, as

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follows: Experimental Broadcast Stations, subpart A; Remote Pickup 
Broadcast Stations, subpart D; Aural Broadcast STL and Intercity Relay 
Stations, subpart E; TV Auxiliary Broadcast Stations, subpart F; Low 
Power TV, TV Translator and TV Booster Stations, subpart G; Low Power 
Auxiliary Stations, subpart H; Instructional TV Fixed Service, subpart 
I; FM Broadcast Translator Stations and FM Broadcast Booster Stations, 
subpart L.

(Secs. 4, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1032; 47 U.S.C. 158, 303)

[47 FR 53022, Nov. 24, 1982, and 49 FR 32583, Aug. 15, 1984, as amended 
at 52 FR 31402, Aug. 20, 1987]



Sec.  74.2  General definitions.

    Broadcast network-entity. A broadcast network-entity is an 
organization which produces programs available for simultaneous 
transmission by 10 or more affiliated broadcast stations and having 
distribution facilities or circuits available to such affiliated 
stations at least 12 hours each day.
    Cable network-entity. A cable network-entity is an organization 
which produces programs available for simultaneous transmission by cable 
systems serving a combined total of at least 5,000,000 subscribers and 
having distribution facilities or circuits available to such affiliated 
stations or cable systems.

[51 FR 4601, Feb. 6, 1986]



Sec.  74.3  FCC inspections of stations.

    (a) The licensee of a station authorized under this part must make 
the station available for inspection by representatives of the FCC 
during the station's business hours, or at any time it is in operation.
    (b) In the course of an inspection or investigation, an FCC 
representative may require special equipment tests or program tests.
    (c) The logs and records required by this part for the particular 
class or type of station must be made available upon request to 
representatives of the FCC.

[47 FR 53022, Nov. 24, 1982]



Sec.  74.5  Cross reference to rules in other parts.

    Certain rules applicable to Experimental, Auxiliary, Special 
Broadcast and other Program Distribution services, some of which are 
also applicable to other services, are set forth in the following Parts 
of the FCC Rules and Regulations:
    (a) Part 1, ``Practice and procedure''.
    (1) Subpart A, ``General Rules of Practice and Procedure''. 
(Sec. Sec.  1.1 to 1.120).
    (2) Subpart B, ``Hearing Proceedings''. (Sec. Sec.  1.120 to 1.364).
    (3) Subpart C, ``Rulemaking Proceedings''. (Sec. Sec.  1.399 to 
1.430).
    (4) Subpart F, ``Wireless Telecommunications Services Applications 
and Proceedings''. (Sec. Sec.  1.901 to 1.981).
    (5) Subpart G, ``Schedule of Statutory Charges and Procedures for 
Payment''. (Sec. Sec.  1.1101 to 1.1120).
    (6) Subpart H, ``Ex Parte Presentations''. (Sec. Sec.  1.1200 to 
1.1216).
    (7) Subpart I, ``Procedures Implementing the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969''. (Sec. Sec.  1.1301 to 1.1319).
    (8) Part 1, Subpart W of this chapter, ``FCC Registration Number''. 
(Sec. Sec.  1.8001-1.8005.)
    (b) Part 2, ``Frequency Allocations and Radio Treaty Matters, 
General Rules and Regulations'', including subparts A, ``Terminology''; 
B, ``Allocation, Assignments and Use of Radio Frequencies''; C, 
``Emissions''; D, ``Call Signs and Other Forms of Identifying Radio 
Transmissions''; and J, ``Equipment Authorization Proceedings''.
    (c) [Reserved]
    (d) Part 17, ``Construction, Marking and Lighting of Antenna 
Structures''.
    (e) Part 73, ``Radio Broadcast Services''.
    (f) Part 101, ``Fixed Microwave Services''.

[53 FR 2499, Jan. 28, 1988, as amended at 60 FR 55482, Nov. 1, 1995; 66 
FR 47896, Sept. 14, 2001; 68 FR 12761, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  74.6  Licensing of broadcast auxiliary and low power auxiliary stations.

    Applicants for and licensees of remote pickup broadcast stations, 
aural broadcast auxiliary stations, television broadcast auxiliary 
stations, and low power auxiliary stations authorized under subparts D, 
E, F, and H of this

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part are subject to the application and procedural rules for wireless 
telecommunications services contained in part 1, subpart F of this 
chapter. Applicants for these stations may file either manually or 
electronically as specified in Sec. Sec.  1.913(b) and (d) of this 
chapter.

[68 FR 12761, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  74.12  Notification of filing of applications.

    The provisions of Sec.  73.1030 ``Notification concerning 
interference to Radio Astronomy, Research, and Receiving Installations'' 
apply to all stations authorized under this part of the FCC Rules except 
the following:
    (a) Mobile remote pickup stations (subpart D).
    (b) TV pickup stations (subpart F).
    (c) Low power auxiliary stations (subpart H).

[44 FR 58735, Oct. 11, 1979, as amended at 44 FR 77167, Dec. 31, 1979; 
47 FR 28388, June 30, 1982]



Sec.  74.13  Equipment tests.

    (a) During the process of construction of any class of radio station 
listed in this part, the permittee, without further authority of the 
Commission, may conduct equipment tests for the purpose of such 
adjustments and measurements as may be necessary to assure compliance 
with the terms of the construction permit, the technical provisions of 
the application therefor, the technical requirements of this chapter, 
and the applicable engineering standards.
    (b) Equipment tests may be continued so long as the construction 
permit shall remain valid.
    (c) The authorization for tests embodied in this section shall not 
be construed as constituting a license to operate.

[38 FR 18378, July 10, 1973]



Sec.  74.14  Service or program tests.

    (a) Upon completion of construction of a radio station in accordance 
with the terms of the construction permit, the technical provisions of 
the application therefor, technical requirements of this chapter, and 
applicable engineering standards, and when an application for station 
license has been filed showing the station to be in satisfactory 
operating condition, the permittee or any class of station listed in 
this part may, without further authority of the Commission, conduct 
service or program tests.
    (b) Program test authority for stations authorized under this part 
will continue valid during Commission consideration of the application 
for license and during this period further extension of the construction 
permit is not required. Program test authority shall be automatically 
terminated with final action on the application for station license.
    (c) The authorization for tests embodied in this section shall not 
be construed as approval by the Commission of the application for 
station license.

[38 FR 18378, July 10, 1973]



Sec.  74.15  Station license period.

    (a) Licenses for experimental broadcast stations will be issued for 
a one year period.
    (b) Licenses for stations or systems in the Auxiliary Broadcast 
Service held by a licensee of a broadcast station will be issued for a 
period running concurrently with the license of the associated broadcast 
station with which it is licensed. Licenses held by eligible networks 
for the purpose of providing program service to affiliated stations 
under subpart D of this part, and by eligible networks, cable television 
operators, motion picture producers and television program producers 
under subpart H of this part will be issued for a period running 
concurrently with the normal licensing period for broadcast stations 
located in the same area of operation.
    (c) The license of an FM broadcast booster station or a TV broadcast 
booster station will be issued for a period running concurrently with 
the license of the FM radio broadcast station or TV broadcast station 
(primary station) with which it is used.
    (d) Initial licenses for low power TV, TV translator, and FM 
translator stations will ordinarily be issued for a period running until 
the date specified in Sec.  73.1020 of this chapter for full service 
stations operating in their State or Territory, or if issued after such 
date, to the next renewal date determined in

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accordance with Sec.  73.1020 of this chapter. Lower power TV and TV 
translator station and FM translator station licenses will ordinarily be 
renewed for 8 years. However, if the FCC finds that the public interest, 
convenience or necessity will be served, it may issue either an initial 
license or a renewal thereof for a lesser term. The FCC may also issue a 
license renewal for a shorter term if requested by the applicant. The 
time of expiration of all licenses will be 3 a.m. local time, on the 
following dates, and thereafter to the schedule for full service 
stations in their states as reflected in Sec.  73.1020 of this chapter:
    (1) Nevada:
    (i) FM translators, February 1, 1997.
    (ii) LPTV and TV translator, February 1, 1998.
    (2) California:
    (i) FM translators, April 1, 1997.
    (ii) LPTV and TV translators, April 1, 1998
    (3) Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, 
Rhodes Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, 
West Virginia, Ohio and the District of Colbumia:
    (i) FM translators, June 1, 1997
    (ii) LPTV and TV translators, June 1, 1998
    (4) Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, 
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, 
Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pureto Rico and the 
Virgin Islands:
    (i) FM translators, August 1, 1997
    (ii) LPTV and TV translators, August 1, 1998
    (5) Oklahoma and Texas:
    (i) FM translators, October 1, 1997
    (ii) LPTV and TV translators, October 1, 1998
    (6) Kansas and Nebraska:
    (i) FM translators, December 1, 1997
    (ii) LPTV and TV translators, December 1, 1998
    (7) Iowa and South Dakota:
    (i) FM translators, February 1, 1998
    (ii) LPTV and TV translators, February 1, 1999
    (8) Minnesota and North Dakota:
    (i) FM translators, April 1, 1998
    (ii) LPTV and TV translators, April 1, 1999
    (9) Wyoming:
    (i) FM translators, June 1, 1998
    (ii) LPTV and TV translators, June 1, 1999
    (10) Montana:
    (i) FM translators, August 1, 1998
    (ii) LPTV and TV translators, August 1, 1999
    (11) Idaho:
    (i) FM translators, October 1, 1995
    (ii) LPTV and TV translators, October 1, 1996
    (12) Washington:
    (i) FM translators, December 1, 1995
    (ii) LPTV and TV translators, December 1, 1996
    (13) Oregon:
    (i) FM translators, February 1, 1996
    (ii) LPTV and TV translators, February 1, 1997
    (14) Alaska, American Samoa, Guam, Mariana Islands and Hawaii:
    (i) FM translators, April 1, 1996
    (ii) LPTV and TV translators, April 1, 1997
    (15) Colorado:
    (i) FM translators, June 1, 1996
    (ii) LPTV and TV translators, June 1, 1997
    (16) New Mexico:
    (i) FM translators, August 1, 1996
    (ii) LPTV and TV translators, August 1, 1997
    (17) Utah:
    (i) FM translators, October 1, 1996
    (ii) LPTV and TV translators, October 1, 1997
    (18) Arizona:
    (i) FM translators, December 1, 1996
    (ii) LPTV and TV translators, December 1, 1997
    (e) Licenses for instructional television fixed stations will be 
issued for a period of 10 years beginning with the date of grant. An 
application for renewal of license (FCC Form 330-R) shall be filed not 
later than the first day of the fourth full calendar month prior to the 
expiration date of the license sought to be renewed. If the prescribed 
deadline falls on a nonbusiness day, the cutoff shall be the close of 
business of the first full business day thereafter.
    (f) Licenses held by broadcast network-entities under Subpart F will 
ordinarily be issued for a period of 8 years running concurrently with 
the normal licensing period for broadcast

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stations located in the same area of operation. An application for 
renewal of license shall be filed in accordance with the provisions of 
Sec.  1.949.
    (g) The license of an experimental broadcast station, FM translator 
or FM broadcast booster, TV translator or TV broadcast booster, or low 
power TV station will expire as a matter of law upon failure to transmit 
broadcast signals for any consecutive 12-month period notwithstanding 
any provision, term, or condition of the license to the contrary. 
Further, if the license of any AM, FM, or TV broadcasting station 
licensed under part 73 of this chapter expires for failure to transmit 
signals for any consecutive 12-month period, the licensee's 
authorizations under part 74, subparts D, E, F, and H in connection with 
the operation of that AM, FM, or TV broadcasting station will also 
expire notwithstanding any provision, term, or condition to the 
contrary.

(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 154, 
155, 303))

[28 FR 13706, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 49 FR 32583, Aug. 15, 1984; 
50 FR 26758, June 28, 1985; 52 FR 7142, Mar. 9, 1987; 52 FR 25604, July 
8, 1987; 52 FR 31402, Aug. 20, 1987; 59 FR 63052, Dec. 7, 1994; 61 FR 
28767, June 6, 1996; 62 FR 5347, Feb. 5, 1997; 68 FR 12761, Mar. 17, 
2003]



Sec.  74.16  Temporary extension of station licenses.

    Where there is pending before the Commission any application, 
investigation, or proceeding which, after hearing, might lead to or make 
necessary the modification of, revocation of, or the refusal to renew an 
existing auxiliary or experimental broadcast station license or a 
television broadcast translator station license, the Commission in its 
discretion, may grant a temorary extension of such license: Provided, 
however, That no such temporary extension shall be construed as a 
finding by the Commission that the operation of any radio station 
thereunder will serve public interest, convenience, and necessity beyond 
the express terms of such temporary extension of license: And provided 
further, That such temporary extension of license will in no wise affect 
or limit the action of the Commission with respect to any pending 
application or proceeding.

[28 FR 13706, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 37 FR 25843, Dec. 5, 1972]



Sec.  74.18  Transmitter control and operation.

    Except where unattended operation is specifically permitted, the 
licensee of each station authorized under the provisions of this part 
shall designate a person or persons to activate and control its 
transmitter. At the discretion of the station licensee, persons so 
designated may be employed for other duties and for operation of other 
transmitting stations if such other duties will not interfere with the 
proper operation of the station transmission systems.

[60 FR 55482, Nov. 1, 1995]



Sec.  74.19  Special technical records.

    The FCC may require a broadcast auxiliary station licensee to keep 
operating and maintenance records necessary to resolve conditions of 
actual or potential interference, rule violations, or deficient 
technical operation.

[48 FR 38482, Aug. 24, 1983]



Sec.  74.21  Broadcasting emergency information.

    (a) In an emergency where normal communication facilities have been 
disrupted or destroyed by storms, floods or other disasters, the 
stations licensed under this part may be operated for the purpose of 
transmitting essential communications intended to alleviate distress, 
dispatch aid, assist in rescue operations, maintain order, or otherwise 
promote the safety of life and property. In the course of such 
operation, a station of any class may communicate with stations of other 
classes and in other services. However, such operation shall be 
conducted only on the frequency or frequencies for which the station is 
licensed and the used power shall not exceed the maximum authorized in 
the station license. When such operation involves the use of frequencies 
shared with other stations, licensees are expected to cooperate fully to 
avoid unnecessary or disruptive interference.

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    (b) Whenever such operation involves communications of a nature 
other than those for which the station is licensed to perform, the 
licensee shall, at the earliest practicable time, notify the FCC in 
Washington, DC of the nature of the emergency and the use to which the 
station is being put and shall subsequently notify the same offices when 
the emergency operation has been terminated.
    (c) Emergency operation undertaken pursuant to the provisions of 
this section shall be discontinued as soon as substantially normal 
communications facilities have been restored. The Commission may at any 
time order discontinuance of such operation.

(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 154, 
155, 303))

[28 FR 13706, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 37 FR 25843, Dec. 5, 1972; 44 
FR 65765, Nov. 15, 1979; 47 FR 40175, Sept. 13, 1982]



Sec.  74.22  Use of common antenna structure.

    The simultaneous use of a common antenna structure by more than one 
station authorized under this part, or by one or more stations of any 
other service may be authorized. The owner of each antenna structure is 
responsible for ensuring that the structure, if required, is painted 
and/or illuminated in accordance with part 17 of this chapter. In the 
event of default by the owner, each licensee or permittee shall be 
responsible for ensuring that the structure complies with applicable 
painting and lighting requirements.

[61 FR 4368, Feb. 6, 1996]



Sec.  74.23  Interference jeopardizing safety of life or protection of property.

    (a) The licensee of any station authorized under this part that 
causes harmful interference, as defined in Sec.  2.1 of the Commission's 
rules, to radio communications involving the safety of life or 
protection of property shall promptly eliminate the interference.
    (b) If harmful interference to radio communications involving the 
safety of life or protection of property cannot be promptly eliminated 
and the Commission finds that there exists an imminent danger to safety 
of life or protection of property, pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 312 (b) and (e) 
and 5 U.S.C. 558, operation of the offending equipment shall temporarily 
be suspended and shall not be resumed until the harmful interference has 
been eliminated or the threat to the safety of life or property has 
passed. In situations where the protection of property alone is 
jeopardized, before taking any action under this paragraph, the 
Commission shall balance the nature and extent of the possible property 
damage against the potential harm to a licensee or the public caused by 
suspending part 74 operations. When specifically authorized, short test 
operations may be made during the period of suspended operation to check 
the efficacy of remedial measures.

[47 FR 1395, Jan. 13, 1982]



Sec.  74.24  Short-term operation.

    All classes of broadcast auxiliary stations provided for in subparts 
D, E, F and H of this part, except wireless video assist devices, may be 
operated on a short-term basis under the authority conveyed by a part 73 
license or a broadcast auxiliary license without prior authorization 
from the FCC, subject to the following conditions:
    (a) Licensees operating under this provision must be eligible to 
operate the particular class of broadcast auxiliary station.
    (b) The short-term broadcast auxiliary station shall be operated in 
conformance with all normally applicable regulations to the extent they 
are not superceded by specific provisions of this section.
    (c) Short-term operation is on a secondary, non-interference basis 
to regularly authorized stations and shall be discontinued immediately 
upon notification that perceptible interference is being caused to the 
operation of a regularly authorized station. Short-term station 
operators shall, to the extent practicable, use only the effective 
radiated power and antenna height necessary for satisfactory system 
performance.
    (d) Short-term operation under this section shall not exceed 720 
hours annually per frequency.

    Note to paragraph (d): Certain frequencies shared with other 
services which

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are normally available for permanent broadcast auxiliary station 
assignment may not be available for short-term operation. Refer to any 
note(s) which may be applicable to the use of a specific frequency prior 
to initiating operation.

    (e) The antenna height of a station operated pursuant to this 
section shall not increase the height of any man-made antenna supporting 
structure, or increase by more than 6.1 meters (20 feet) the height of 
any other type of man-made structure or natural formation. However, the 
facilities of an authorized broadcast auxiliary station belonging to 
another licensee may be operated in accordance with the terms of its 
outstanding authorization.
    (f) Stations operated pursuant to this section shall be identified 
by the transmission of the call sign of the associated part 73 broadcast 
station or broadcast auxiliary station, or, in the case of stations 
operated by broadcast network and cable network entities, by the network 
or cable entity's name and base of operations city.
    (g) Prior to operating pursuant to the provisions of this section, 
licensees shall, for the intended location or area-of-operation, notify 
the appropriate frequency coordination committee or any licensee(s) 
assigned the use of the proposed operating frequency, concerning the 
particulars of the intended operation and shall provide the name and 
telephone number of a person who may be contacted in the event of 
interference. Except as provided herein, this notification provision 
shall not apply where an unanticipated need for immediate short-term 
mobile station operation would render compliance with the provisions of 
this paragraph impractical.
    (1) A CARS licensee shall always be given advance notification prior 
to the commencement of short-term operation on or adjacent to an 
assigned frequency.
    (2) The Commission may designate a frequency coordinator as the 
single point of contact under this section for advance coordination of 
major national and international events. Once designated, all short-term 
auxiliary broadcast use under this section must be coordinated in 
advance through the designated coordinator.
    (i) Coordinators under this provision will not be designated unless 
the Commission receives an initial request, in writing, to designate a 
coordinator.
    (ii) The Commission will issue a Public Notice with information 
regarding the designation of such a coordinator.
    (iii) All coordination must be done on a non-discriminatory basis.
    (iv) All licensees must abide by the decision of the coordinator. 
The Commission will be the final arbiter of any disputes.
    (3) An unanticipated need will never be deemed to exist for a 
scheduled event, such as a convention, sporting event, etc.
    (h) Short-term operation is limited to areas south or west of the 
United States-Canada border as follows:
    (1) Use of broadcast auxiliary service frequencies below 470 MHz is 
limited to areas of the United States south of Line A or west of Line C 
unless the effective radiated power of the station is 5 watts or less. 
See Sec.  1.928(e) of this chapter for a definition of Line A and Line 
C.
    (2) A broadcast auxiliary service station operating on frequencies 
between 470 MHz and 1 GHz must be at least 56.3 kilometers (35 miles) 
south (or west, as appropriate of the United States-Canada border if the 
antenna looks within a 200[deg] sector toward the border; or, the 
station must be at least 8.1 kilometers (5 miles) south (or west, as 
appropriate) if the antenna looks within a 160[deg] sector away from the 
border. However, operation is not permitted in either of these two 
situations if the station would be within the coordination distance of a 
receiving earth station in Canada which uses the same frequency band. 
(The coordination distance is the distance, calculated for any station, 
according to Appendix 28 of the International Radio Regulations.)
    (3) A broadcast auxiliary service station operating on frequencies 
above 1 GHz shall not be located within the coordination distance of a 
receiving earth station in Canada which uses the same frequency band. 
(The coordination distance is the distance, calculated for any station, 
according to Appendix 28 of the international Radio Regulations.)

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    (i) Short-term operation of a remote pickup broadcast base station, 
a remote pickup automatic relay station, an aural broadcast STL station, 
an aural broadcast intercity relay station, a TV STL station, a TV 
intercity relay station or a TV translator relay station in the National 
Radio Quiet Zone, the Table Mountain Radio Receiving Zone, or near FCC 
monitoring stations is subject to the same advance notification 
procedures applicable to regular applications as provided for in 
Sec. Sec.  73.1030 and 74.12, except that inasmuch as short-term 
operation does not involve an application process, the provisions 
relating to agency objection procedures shall not apply. It shall simply 
be necessary for the licensee to contact the potentially affected agency 
and obtain advance approval for the proposed short-term operation. Where 
protection to FCC monitoring stations is concerned, approval for short-
term operation may be given by the District Director of a Commission 
field facility.
    (j)(1) This paragraph applies only to operations which will transmit 
on frequencies under 15 GHz. Prior to commencing short-term operation of 
a remote pickup broadcast station, a remote pickup automatic relay 
station, an aural broadcast STL station, an aural broadcast intercity 
relay station, a TV STL station, a TV intercity relay station, a TV 
translator relay station, a TV pickup station, or a TV microwave booster 
station within the 4-mile (6.4 kilometer) radius Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico Protection Zone (centered on NAD-83 Geographical Coordinates North 
Latitude 18[deg]20[min]38.28[min], West Longitude 
66[deg]45[min]09.42[min]), an applicant must notify the Arecibo 
Observatory, located near Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Operations within the 
Puerto Rico Coordination Zone (i.e., on the islands of Puerto Rico, 
Desecheo, Mona, Vieques, or Culebra), but outside the Protection Zone, 
whether short term or long term, shall provide notification to the 
Arecibo Observatory prior to commencing operation. Notification should 
be directed to the following: Interference Office, Arecibo Observatory, 
Post Office Box 995, Arecibo, Puerto Rico 00613, Tel. (809) 878-2612, 
Fax (809) 878-1861, E-mail [email protected].
    (2) Notification of short-term operations may be provided by 
telephone, fax, or electronic mail. The notification for long-term 
operations shall be written or electronic, and shall set forth the 
technical parameters of the proposed station, including the geographical 
coordinates of the antenna (NAD-83 datum), antenna height above ground, 
ground elevation at the antenna, antenna directivity and gain, proposed 
frequency and FCC Rule Part, type of emission, effective radiated power, 
and whether the proposed use is itinerant. Applicants may wish to 
consult interference guidelines, which will be provided by Cornell 
University. In addition, the applicant shall indicate in its application 
to the Commission the date notification was made to the Observatory. 
Generally, submission of the information in the technical portion of the 
FCC license application is adequate notification. After receipt of such 
applications in non-emergency situations, the Commission will allow the 
Arecibo Observatory a period of 20 days for comments or objections in 
response to the notification indicated. The applicant will be required 
to make reasonable efforts in order to resolve or mitigate any potential 
interference problem with the Arecibo Observatory and to file either an 
amendment to the application or a modification application, as 
appropriate. If the Commission determines that an applicant has 
satisfied its responsibility to make reasonable efforts to protect the 
Observatory from interference, its application may be granted. In 
emergency situations in which prior notification or approval is not 
practicable, notification or approval must be accomplished as soon as 
possible after operations begin.

(Secs. 4, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1032; 47 U.S.C. 158, 303)

[47 FR 9219, Mar. 4, 1982, as amended at 49 FR 34356, Aug. 30, 1984; 50 
FR 23709, June 5, 1985; 62 FR 55532, Oct. 27, 1997; 68 FR 12762, Mar. 
17, 2003]



Sec.  74.25  Temporary conditional operating authority.

    An applicant for a new broadcast auxiliary radio service station or 
a modification of an existing station under subparts D, E, F, or H of 
this part may operate the proposed station

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during the pendency of its applications upon the filing of a properly 
completed formal application that complies with the rules for the 
particular class of station, provided that the conditions set forth are 
satisfied.
    (a) Conditions applicable to all broadcast auxiliary stations. (1) 
Stations operated pursuant to this section shall be identified by the 
transmission of the call sign of the associated part 73 of this chapter 
broadcast station, if one exists, or the prefix ``WT'' followed by the 
applicant's local business telephone number for broadcast or cable 
network entities.
    (2) The antenna structure(s) has been previously studied by the 
Federal Aviation Administration and determined to pose no hazard to 
aviation safety as required by subpart B of part 17 of this chapter; or 
the antenna or tower structure does not exceed 6.1 meters above ground 
level or above an existing man-made structure (other than an antenna 
structure), if the antenna or tower has not been previously studied by 
the Federal Aviation Administration and cleared by the FCC;
    (3) The grant of the application(s) does not require a waiver of the 
Commission's rules;
    (4) The applicant has determined that the facility(ies) will not 
significantly affect the environment as defined in Sec.  1.1307 of this 
chapter;
    (5) The station site does not lie, within a radio ``Quiet Zone'' 
identified in Sec.  1.924 of this chapter.
    (b) Conditions applicable to remote pickup broadcast auxiliary 
stations. (1) The auxiliary station must be located within 80 km (50 mi) 
of the broadcast studio or broadcast transmitter.
    (2) The applicant must coordinate the operation with all affected 
co-channel and adjacent channel licensees in the area of operation. This 
requirement can be satisfied by coordination with the local frequency 
committee if one exists.
    (3) Operation under this provision is not permitted between 152.87 
MHz and 153.35 MHz.
    (c) Conditions applicable to aural and television broadcast 
auxiliary stations. (1) The applicable frequency coordination procedures 
have been successfully completed and the filed application is consistent 
with that coordination.
    (2) The station site does not lie within an area requiring 
international coordination.
    (3) If operated on frequencies in the 17.8-19.7 GHz band, the 
station site does not lie within any of the areas identified in Sec.  
1.924 of this chapter.
    (d) Operation under this section shall be suspended immediately upon 
notification from the Commission or by the District Director of a 
Commission field facility, and shall not be resumed until specific 
authority is given by the Commission or District Director. When 
authorized by the District Director, short test operations may be made.
    (e) Conditional authority ceases immediately if the application(s) 
is returned by the Commission because it is not acceptable for filing.
    (f) Conditional authorization does not prejudice any action the 
Commission may take on the subject application(s). Conditional authority 
is accepted with the express understanding that such authority may be 
modified or cancelled by the Commission at any time without hearing if, 
in the Commission's discretion, the need for such action arises. An 
applicant operating pursuant to this conditional authority assumes all 
risks associated with such operation, the termination or modification of 
the conditional authority, or the subsequent dismissal or denial of its 
application(s).

[68 FR 12762, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  74.28  Additional orders.

    In case the rules contained in this part do not cover all phases of 
operation or experimentation with respect to external effects, the FCC 
may make supplemental or additional orders in each case as may be deemed 
necessary.

[47 FR 53022, Nov. 24, 1982]



Sec.  74.30  Antenna structure, marking and lighting.

    The provisions of part 17 of the FCC rules (Construction, Marking, 
and Lighting of Antenna Structures) require certain antenna structures 
to be painted and/or lighted in accordance

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with the provisions of Sec. Sec.  17.47 through 17.56 of the FCC rules.

[47 FR 53022, Nov. 24, 1982]



Sec.  74.32  Operation in the 17.8-19.7 GHz band.

    (a) To minimize or avoid harmful interference to Government 
Satellite Earth Stations located in the Denver, Colorado and Washington, 
DC areas, any application for a new station license to operate in the 
17.8-19.7 GHz band, or for modification of an existing station license 
in this band which would change the frequency, power, emission, 
modulation, polarization, antenna height or directivity, or location of 
such a station, must be coordinated with the Federal Government by the 
Commission before an authorization will be issued, if the station or 
proposed station is located in whole or in part within any of the areas 
defined by the following rectangles or circles:

                             Denver, CO Area

Rectangle 1:
    41[deg]30[min]00[sec] N. Lat. on the north
    103[deg]10[min]00[sec] W. Long. on the east
    38[deg]30[min]00[sec] N. Lat. on the south
    106[deg]30[min]00[sec] W. Long. on the west
Rectangle 2:
    38[deg]30[min]00[sec] N. Lat. on the north
    105[deg]00[min]00[min] W. Long. on the east
    37[deg]30[min]00[sec] N. Lat. on the south
    105[deg]50[min]00[sec] W. Long. on the west
Rectangle 3:
    40[deg]08[min]00[sec] N. Lat. on the north
    107[deg]00[min]00[sec] W. Long. on the east
    39[deg]56[min]00[sec] N. Lat. on the south
    107[deg]15[min]00[sec] W. Long. on the west

                           Washington, DC Area

Rectangle
    38[deg]40[min]00[sec] N. Lat. on the north
    78[deg]50[min]00[sec] W. Long. on the east
    38[deg]10[min]00[sec] N. Lat. on the south
    79[deg]20[min]00[sec] W. Long. on the west

     or
    (b) Within a radius of 178 km of 38[deg]48[min]00[sec] N. Lat./
76[deg]52[min]00[sec] W. Long.
    (c) In addition, no application seeking authority to operate in the 
17.8-19.7 GHz band will be accepted for filing if the proposed station 
is located within 20 km of the following coordinates:

Denver, CO area: 39[deg]43[min]00[sec] N. Lat./104[deg]46[min]00[sec] W. 
Long.
Washington, DC area: 38[deg]48[min]00[sec] N. Lat. / 
76[deg]52[min]00[sec] W. Long.

    Note to Sec.  74.32: The coordinates cited in this section are 
specified in terms of the ``North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83)'' with 
an accuracy of +-30 meters with respect to the ``National Spacial 
Reference System''.

[62 FR 55537, Oct. 27, 1997]



Sec.  74.34  Period of construction; certification of completion of construction.

    (a) Each aural and television broadcast auxiliary station authorized 
under subparts E and F of this part must be in operation within 18 
months from the initial date of grant.
    (b) Each remote pickup broadcast auxiliary station authorized under 
subpart D of this part must be in operation within 12 months from the 
initial date of grant.
    (c) Failure to timely begin operation means the authorization 
terminates automatically.
    (d) Requests for extension of time may be granted upon a showing of 
good cause pursuant to Sec.  1.946(e) of this chapter.
    (e) Construction of any authorized facility or frequency must be 
completed by the date specified in the license and the Commission must 
be notified pursuant to Sec.  1.946 of this chapter.

[68 FR 12763, Mar. 17, 2003]



                Subpart A_Experimental Broadcast Stations



Sec.  74.101  Experimental broadcast station.

    The term experimental broadcast station means a station licensed for 
experimental or developmental transmission of radio telephony, 
television, facsimile, or other types of telecommunication services 
intended for reception and use by the general public.

(Secs. 4, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1032; 47 U.S.C. 158, 303)

[49 FR 32583, Aug. 15, 1984]



Sec.  74.102  Uses of experimental broadcast stations.

    A license for an experimental broadcast station will be issued for 
the purposes of carrying on research and experimentation for the 
development and advancement of new broadcast technology, equipment, 
systems or services

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which are more extensive or require other modes of transmission than can 
be accomplished by using a licensed broadcast station under an 
experimental authorization (see Sec.  73.1510).

(Secs. 4, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1032; 47 U.S.C. 158, 303)

[49 FR 32583, Aug. 15, 1984]



Sec.  74.103  Frequency assignment.

    (a) Frequencies allocated to broadcasting and the various categories 
of auxiliary stations, in the FCC's Table of Frequency Allocations (Part 
2 of this chapter), may be assigned respectively to experimental 
broadcast and experimental auxiliary stations.
    (b) More than one frequency may be assigned upon a satisfactory 
showing of the need therefor.
    (c) Frequencies best suited to the purpose of the experimentation 
and on which there appears to be the least likelihood of interference to 
established stations shall be selected.
    (d) In a case of important experimentation which cannot be feasibly 
conducted on frequencies allocated to broadcasting or the various 
categories of auxiliary stations, the FCC may authorize an experimental 
station of any class to operate on other frequencies upon a satisfactory 
showing of the need therefore and a showing that the proposed operation 
can be conducted without causing harmful interference to established 
services. However, experimental operation which looks toward the 
development of radio transmitting apparatus or the rendition of any type 
of regular service using such frequencies will not be authorized prior 
to a determination by the FCC that the development of such apparatus or 
the rendition of such service would serve the public interest.

(Secs. 4, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1032; 47 U.S.C. 158, 303)

[28 FR 13706, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 49 FR 32583, Aug. 15, 1984]



Sec.  74.112  Supplementary statement with application for construction permit.

    A supplementary statement shall be filed with, and made a part of, 
each application for construction permit for any experimental broadcast 
station confirming the applicant's understanding:
    (a) That all operation upon the frequency requested is for 
experimental purposes only.
    (b) That the frequency requested may not be the best suited to the 
particular experimental work to be carried on.
    (c) That the frequency requested need not be allocated for any 
service that may be developed as a result of the experimental operation.
    (d) That any frequency which may be assigned is subject to change 
without advance notice or hearing.
    (e) That any authorization issued pursuant to the application may be 
cancelled at any time without notice or hearing, and will expire as a 
matter of law if the station fails to transmit broadcast signals for any 
consecutive 12-month period, notwithstanding any provision, term, or 
condition of the license to the contrary.
    (f) That if approval of the experimental broadcast station may have 
a significant environmental impact, see Sec.  1.1307 of this chapter, 
submission of an environmental assessment, under Sec.  1.1311 of this 
chapter, and compliance with the Commission's environmental rules 
contained in part 1 of this chapter is required.

(Sec. 319, 48 Stat. 1089, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 319; secs. 4, 303, 48 
Stat., as amended, 1066, 1032; 47 U.S.C. 158, 303)

[28 FR 13706, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 49 FR 32583, Aug. 15, 1984; 
55 FR 20398, May 16, 1990; 61 FR 28767, June 6, 1996]



Sec.  74.113  Supplementary reports with application for renewal of license.

    (a) A report shall be filed with each application for renewal of 
experimental broadcast station license which shall include a statement 
of each of the following:
    (1) Number of hours operated.
    (2) Full data on research and experimentation conducted including 
the types of transmitting and studio equipment used and their mode of 
operation.
    (3) Data on expense of research and operation during the period 
covered.
    (4) Power employed, field intensity measurements and visual and 
aural observations and the types of instruments and receivers utilized 
to determine the station service area and the

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efficiency of the respective types of transmissions.
    (5) Estimated degree of public participation in reception and the 
results of observations as to the effectiveness of types of 
transmission.
    (6) Conclusions, tentative and final.
    (7) Program of further developments in broadcasting.
    (8) All developments and major changes in equipment.
    (9) Any other pertinent developments.
    (b) Special or progress reports shall be submitted from time to time 
as the Commission shall direct.

(Sec. 308, 48 Stat. 1084, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 308; secs. 4, 303, 48 
Stat., as amended, 1066, 1032; 47 U.S.C. 158, 303)

[28 FR 13706, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 49 FR 32583, Aug. 15, 1984]



Sec.  74.131  Licensing requirements, necessary showing.

    (a) An applicant for a new experimental broadcast station, change in 
facilities of any existing station, or modification of license is 
required to make a satisfactory showing of compliance with the general 
requirements of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, as well as 
the following:
    (1) That the applicant has a definite program of research and 
experimentation in the technical phases of broadcasting which indicates 
reasonable promise of substantial contribution to the developments of 
the broadcasting art.
    (2) That upon the authorization of the proposed station the 
applicant can and will proceed immediately with its program of research 
and experimentation.
    (3) That the transmission of signals by radio is essential to the 
proposed program of research and experimentation.
    (4) That the program of research and experimentation will be 
conducted by qualified personnel.
    (b) A license of an experimental broadcast station will not 
authorize exclusive use of any frequency. In case interference would be 
caused by simultaneous operation of stations licensed experimentally, 
such licensees shall endeavor to arrange satisfactory time division. If 
such agreement cannot be reached, the FCC will determine and specify the 
time division.
    (c) A license for an experimental broadcast station will be issued 
only on the condition that no objectionable interference to the regular 
program transmissions of broadcast stations will result from the 
transmissions of the experimental stations.

(Secs. 4, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1032; 47 U.S.C. 158, 303)

[28 FR 13706, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 49 FR 32583, Aug. 15, 1984]



Sec.  74.132  Power limitations.

    The license for experimental broadcast stations will specify the 
maximum authorized power. The operating power shall not be greater than 
necessary to carry on the service and in no event more than 5 percent 
above the maximum power specified. Engineering standards have not been 
established for these stations. The efficiency factor for the last radio 
stage of transmitters employed will be subject to individual 
determination but shall be in general agreement with values normally 
employed for similar equipment operated within the frequency range 
authorized.

(Secs. 4, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1032; 47 U.S.C. 158, 303)

[49 FR 32583, Aug. 15, 1984]



Sec.  74.133  Emission authorized.

    In case emission of a different type than that specified in the 
license is necessary or desirable in carrying on any phases of 
experimentation, application setting out fully the needs shall be made 
by informal application.

[28 FR 13706, Dec. 14, 1963]



Sec.  74.151  Equipment changes.

    The licensee of an experimental broadcast station may make any 
changes in the equipment that are deemed desirable or necessary 
provided:
    (a) That the operating frequency is not permitted to deviate more 
than the allowed tolerance;
    (b) That the emissions are not permitted outside the authorized 
band;
    (c) That the power output complies with the license and the 
regulations governing the same; and

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    (d) That the transmitter as a whole or output power rating of the 
transmitter is not changed.

(Secs. 4, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1032; 47 U.S.C. 158, 303)

[28 FR 13706, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 49 FR 32584, Aug. 15, 1984]

                    Technical Operation and Operators



Sec.  74.161  Frequency tolerances.

    The departure of the carrier frequency or frequencies of an 
experimental broadcast station must not exceed the tolerance specified 
in the instrument of authorization. For modes of transmission that do 
not have a resting or center carrier frequency, the occupied bandwidth 
of the station transmissions may not exceed that specified in the 
instrument of authorization.

(Secs. 4, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1032; 47 U.S.C. 158, 303)

[49 FR 32584, Aug. 15, 1984]



Sec.  74.162  Frequency monitors and measurements.

    The licensee of an experimental broadcast station shall provide the 
necessary means for determining that the frequency of the station is 
within the allowed tolerance. The date and time of each frequency check, 
the frequency as measured, and a description or identification of the 
method employed shall be entered in the station log. Sufficient 
observations shall be made to insure that the assigned carrier frequency 
is maintained within the prescribed tolerance.

(Secs. 4, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1032; 47 U.S.C. 158, 303)

[49 FR 32584, Aug. 15, 1984]



Sec.  74.163  Time of operation.

    (a) Unless specified or restricted hours of operation are shown in 
the station authorization, experimental broadcast stations may be 
operated at any time and are not required to adhere to a regular 
schedule of operation.
    (b) The FCC may limit or restrict the periods of station operation 
in the event interference is caused to other broadcast or nonbroadcast 
stations.
    (c) The FCC may require that an experimental broadcast station 
conduct such experiments as are deemed desirable and reasonable for 
development of the type of service for which the station was authorized.

(Secs. 4, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1032; 47 U.S.C. 158, 303)

[49 FR 32584, Aug. 15, 1984]



Sec.  74.165  Posting of station license.

    The instrument of authorization or a clearly legible photocopy 
thereof shall be available at the transmitter site.

[60 FR 55482, Nov. 1, 1995]



Sec.  74.181  Station records.

    (a) The licensee of each experimental broadcast station must 
maintain adequate records of the operation, including:
    (1) Information concerning the nature of the experimental operation 
and the periods in which it is being conducted.
    (2) Information concerning any specific data requested by the FCC.
    (b) Station records must be retained for a period of two years.

(Secs. 4, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1032; 47 U.S.C. 158, 303)

[49 FR 32584, Aug. 15, 1984]



Sec.  74.182  Program service and charges.

    (a) The licensee of an experimental broadcast station may transmit 
program material only when necessary to the experiments being conducted, 
and no regular program service may be broadcast unless specifically 
authorized.
    (b) The licensee of an experimental broadcast station may make no 
charges nor ask for any payment, directly or indirectly, for the 
production or transmission of any programming or information used for 
experimental broadcast purposes.

(Secs. 4, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1032; 47 U.S.C. 158, 303)

[49 FR 32584, Aug. 15, 1984]



Sec.  74.183  Station identification.

    Each experimental broadcast station shall make aural or visual 
announcements of its call letters and location at

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the beginning and end of each period of operation, and at least once 
every hour during operation.

(Secs. 4, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1032; 47 U.S.C. 158, 303)

[49 FR 32584, Aug. 15, 1984]



Sec.  74.184  Rebroadcasts.

    (a) The term rebroadcast means reception by radio of the programs or 
other transmissions of a broadcast station, and the simultaneous or 
subsequent retransmission of such programs or transmissions by a 
broadcast station.
    (1) As used in this section, the word ``program'' includes any 
complete program or part thereof.
    (2) The transmission of a program from its point of origin to a 
broadcast station entirely by common carrier facilities, whether by wire 
line or radio, is not considered a rebroadcast.
    (3) The broadcasting of a program relayed by a remote broadcast 
pickup station is not considered a rebroadcast.
    (b) No licensee of an experimental broadcast station may retransmit 
the program of another U.S. broadcast station without the express 
authority of the originating station. A copy of the written consent of 
the licensee originating the program must be kept by the licensee of the 
experimental broadcast station retransmitting such program and made 
available to the FCC upon request.

(Secs. 4, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1032; 47 U.S.C. 158, 303)

[49 FR 32584, Aug. 15, 1984]

Subparts B-C [Reserved]



               Subpart D_Remote Pickup Broadcast Stations



Sec.  74.401  Definitions.

    Associated broadcasting station(s). The broadcasting station or 
stations with which a remote pickup broadcast station or system is 
licensed as an auxiliary and with which it is principally used.
    Authorized bandwidth. The occupied or necessary bandwidth, whichever 
is greater, authorized to be used by a station.
    Automatic relay station. A remote pickup broadcast base station 
which is actuated by automatic means and is used to relay transmissions 
between remote pickup broadcast base and mobile stations, between remote 
pickup broadcast mobile stations and from remote pickup broadcast mobile 
stations to broadcasting stations. (Automatic operation is not operation 
by remote control.)
    Carrier power. The average power at the output terminals of a 
transmitter (other than a transmitter having a suppressed, reduced or 
controlled carrier) during one radio frequency cycle under conditions of 
no modulation.
    Mean power. The power at the output terminals of a transmitter 
during normal operation, averaged over a time sufficiently long compared 
with the period of the lowest frequency encountered in the modulation. A 
time of 1/10 second during which the mean power is greatest will be 
selected normally.
    Necessary bandwidth. For a given class of emission, the minimum 
value of the occupied bandwidth sufficient to ensure the transmission of 
information at the rate and with the quality required for the system 
employed, under specified conditions. Emissions useful for the good 
functioning of the receiving equipment, as for example, the emission 
corresponding to the carrier of reduced carrier systems, shall be 
included in the necessary bandwidth.
    Occupied bandwidth. The frequency bandwidth such that, below its 
lower and above its upper frequency limits, the mean powers radiated are 
each equal to 0.5 percent of the total mean power radiated by a given 
emission.
    Operational communications. Communications concerning the technical 
and programming operation of a broadcast station and its auxiliaries.
    Remote control operation. Operation of a base station by a properly 
designated person on duty at a control position from which the 
transmitter is not visible but that position is equipped with suitable 
controls so that essential functions can be performed therefrom.
    Remote pickup broadcast base station. A remote pickup broadcast 
station authorized for operation at a specified location.

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    Remote pickup broadcast mobile station. A remote pickup broadcast 
station authorized for use while in motion or during halts at 
unspecified locations. (As used in this subpart, mobile stations include 
hand-carried, pack-carried and other portable transmitters.)
    Remote pickup broadcast stations. A term used in this subpart to 
include both remote pickup broadcast base stations and remote pickup 
broadcast mobile stations.
    Remote pickup mobile repeater unit. A vehicular receiver-transmitter 
repeater used to provide extended communications range for a low-power 
hand-carried or pack-carried transmitter.
    Station. As used in this subpart, each remote pickup broadcast 
transmitter, and its associated accessory equipment necessary to the 
radio communication function, constitutes a separate station.
    Studio. Any room or series of rooms equipped for the regular 
production of broadcast programs of various kinds. A broadcasting booth 
at a stadium, convention hall, church, or other similar place is not 
considered to be a studio.
    Systems. A complete remote pickup broadcast facility consisting of 
one or more mobile stations and/or one or more base stations authorized 
pursuant to a single license.

[41 FR 29686, July 19, 1976, as amended at 42 FR 14728, Mar. 16, 1977; 
47 FR 28388, June 30, 1982; 47 FR 54448, Dec. 3, 1982; 51 FR 4601, Feb. 
6, 1986]



Sec.  74.402  Frequency assignment.

    Operation on all channels listed in this section (except: 
frequencies 26.07 MHz, 26.11 MHz, and 26.45 MHz, and frequencies listed 
in paragraphs (a)(4) and (c)(1) of this section shall be in accordance 
with the ``priority of use'' provisions in Sec.  74.403(b)). The channel 
will be assigned by its center frequency, channel bandwidth, and 
emission designator. In general, the frequencies listed in this section 
represent the center of the channel or channel segment. When an even 
number of channels are stacked in those sections stacking is permitted, 
channel assignments may be made for the frequency halfway between those 
listed.
    (a) The following channels may be assigned for use by broadcast 
remote pickup stations using any emission (other than single sideband or 
pulse) that will be in accordance with the provisions of Sec.  74.462.
    (1) [Reserved]
    (2) HF Channels: 25.87, 25.91, 25.95, 25.99, 26.03, 26.07, 26.09, 
26.11, 26.13, 26.15, 26.17, 26.19, 26.21, 26.23, 26.25, 26.27, 26.29, 
26.31, 26.33, 26.35, 26.37, 26.39, 26.41, 26.43, 26.45, and 26.47 MHz. 
The channels 25.87-26.09 MHz are subject to the condition listed in 
paragraph (e)(2) of this section.
    (3) VHF Channels: 166.25 and 170.15 MHz. These channels are subject 
to the condition listed in paragraph (e)(8) of this section.
    (4) UHF Channels: Up to two of the following 6.25 kHz segments may 
be stacked to form a channel which may be assigned for use by broadcast 
remote pickup stations using any emission contained within the resultant 
channel in accordance with the provisions of Sec.  74.462: 450.00625 
MHz, 450.0125 MHz, 450.01875 MHz, 450.025 MHz, 450.98125 MHz, 450.9875 
MHz, 450.99375 MHz, 455.00625 MHz, 455.0125 MHz, 455.01875 MHz, 455.025 
MHz, 455.98125 MHz, 455.9875 MHz, and 455.99375 MHz. These channels are 
subject to the condition listed in paragraph (e)(9) of this section.
    (b) Up to four of the following 7.5 kHz VHF segments and up to eight 
of the following 6.25 kHz UHF segments may be stacked to form a channel 
which may be assigned for use by broadcast remote pickup stations using 
any emission contained within the resultant channel in accordance with 
the provisions of Sec.  74.462.
    (1) VHF segments: 152.8625, 152.870, 152.8775, 152.885, 152.8925, 
152.900, 152.9075, 152.915, 152.9225, 152.930, 152.9375, 152.945, 
152.9525, 152.960, 152.9675, 152.975, 152.9825, 152.990, 152.9975, 
153.005, 153.0125, 153.020, 153.0275, 153.035, 153.0425, 153.050, 
153.0575, 153.065, 153.0725, 153.080, 153.0875, 153.095, 153.1025, 
153.110, 153.1175, 153.125, 153.1325, 153.140, 153.1475, 153.155, 
153.1625, 153.170, 153.1775, 153.185, 153.1925, 153.200, 153.2075, 
153.215, 153.2225, 153.230, 153.2375, 153.245, 153.2525, 153.260, 
153.2675, 153.275, 153.2825, 153.290, 153.2975, 153.305, 153.3125, 
153.320, 153.3275, 153.335, 153.3425, 153.350, and

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153.3575. These channels are subject to the conditions listed in 
paragraphs (e)(3), (4), (5), and (10) of this section.
    (2) VHF segments: 160.860, 160.8675, 160.875, 160.8825, 160.890, 
160.8975, 160.905, 160.9125, 160.920, 160.9275, 160.935, 160.9425, 
160.950, 160.9575, 160.965, 160.9725, 160.980, 160.9875, 160.995, 
161.0025, 161.010, 161.0175, 161.025, 161.0325, 161.040, 161.0475, 
161.055, 161.0625, 161.070, 161.0775, 161.085, 161.0925, 161.100, 
161.1075, 161.115, 161.1225, 161.130, 161.1375, 161.145, 161.1525, 
161.160, 161.1675, 161.175, 161.1825, 161.190, 161.1975, 161.205, 
161.2125, 161.220, 161.2275, 161.235, 161.2425, 161.250, 161.2575, 
161.265, 161.2725, 161.280, 161.2875, 161.295, 161.3025, 161.310, 
161.3175, 161.325, 161.3325, 161.340, 161.3475, 161.355, 161.3625, 
161.370, 161.3775, 161.385, 161.3925, 161.400. These channels are 
subject to the condition listed in paragraph (e)(6) and (10) of this 
section.
    (3) VHF segments: 161.625, 161.6325, 161.640, 161.6475, 161.655, 
161.6625, 161.670, 161.6775, 161.685, 161.6925, 161.700, 161.7075, 
161.715, 161.7225, 161.730, 161.7375, 161.745, 161.7525, 161.760, 
161.7675, 161.775. These channels are subject to the conditions listed 
in paragraphs (e)(4), (7), and (10) of this section.
    (4) UHF segments: 450.03125, 450.0375, 450.04375, 450.050, 
450.05625, 450.0625, 450.06875, 450.075, 450.08125, 450.0875, 450.09375, 
450.100, 450.10625, 450.1125, 450.11875, 450.125, 450.13125, 450.1375, 
450.14375, 450.150, 450.15625, 450.1625, 450.16875, 450.175, 450.18125, 
450.1875, 450.19375, 450.200, 450.20625, 450.2125, 450.21875, 450.225, 
450.23125, 450.2375, 450.24375, 450.250, 450.25625, 450.2625, 450.26875, 
450.275, 450.28125, 450.2875, 450.29375, 450.300, 450.30625, 450.3125, 
450.31875, 450.325, 450.33125, 450.3375, 450.34375, 450.350, 450.35625, 
450.3625, 450.36875, 450.375, 450.38125, 450.3875, 450.39375, 450.400, 
450.40625, 450.4125, 450.41875, 450.425, 450.43125, 450.4375, 450.44375, 
450.450, 450.45625, 450.4625, 450.46875, 450.475, 450.48125, 450.4875, 
450.49375, 450.500, 450.50625, 450.5125, 450.51875, 450.525, 450.53125, 
450.5375, 450.54375, 450.550, 450.55625, 450.5625, 450.56875, 450.575, 
450.58125, 450.5875, 450.59375, 450.600, 450.60625, 450.6125, 450.61875, 
455.03125, 455.0375, 455.04375, 455.050, 455.05625, 455.0625, 455.06875, 
455.075, 455.08125, 455.0875, 455.09375, 455.100, 455.10625, 455.1125, 
455.11875, 455.125, 455.13125, 455.1375, 455.14375, 455.150, 455.15625, 
455.1625, 455.16875, 455.175, 455.18125, 455.1875, 455.19375, 455.200, 
455.20625, 455.2125, 455.21875, 455.225, 455.23125, 455.2375, 455.24375, 
455.250, 455.25625, 455.2625, 455.26875, 455.275, 455.28125, 455.2875, 
455.29375, 455.300, 455.30625, 455.3125, 455.31875, 455.325, 455.33125, 
455.3375, 455.34375, 455.350, 455.35625, 455.3625, 455.36875, 455.375, 
455.38125, 455.3875, 455.39375, 455.400, 455.40625, 455.4125, 455.41875, 
455.425, 455.43125, 455.4375, 455.44375, 455.450, 455.45625, 455.4625, 
455.46875, 455.475, 455.48125, 455.4875, 455.49375, 455.500, 455.50625, 
455.5125, 455.51875, 455.525, 455.53125, 455.5375, 455.54375, 455.550, 
455.55625, 455.5625, 455.56875, 455.575, 455.58125, 455.5875, 455.59375, 
455.600, 455.60625, 455.6125, 455.61875.
    (c) Up to two of the following 25 kHz segments may be stacked to 
form a channel which may be assigned for use by broadcast remote pickup 
stations using any emission contained within the resultant channel in 
accordance with the provisions of Sec.  74.462. Users committed to 50 
kHz bandwidths and transmitting program material will have primary use 
of these channels.
    (1) UHF segments: 450.6375, 450.6625, 450.6875, 450.7125, 450.7375, 
450.7625, 450.7875, 450.8125, 450.8375, 450.8625, 455.6375, 455.6625, 
455.6875, 455.7125, 455.7375, 455.7625, 455.7875, 455.8125, 455.8375, 
455.8625 MHz.
    (2) [Reserved]
    (d) Up to two of the following 50 kHz segments may be stacked to 
form a channel which may be assigned for use by broadcast remote pickup 
stations using any emission contained within the resultant channel in 
accordance with the provisions of Sec.  74.462. Users committed to 100 
kHz bandwidths and transmitting program material will have primary use 
of these channels.
    (1) UHF segments: 450.900, 450.950, 455.900, and 455.950 MHz.
    (2) [Reserved]
    (e) Conditions on Broadcast Remote Pickup Service channel usage as 
referred to in paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section:
    (1) [Reserved]
    (2) Operation is subject to the condition that no harmful 
interference is

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caused to stations in the broadcast service.
    (3) Operation is subject to the condition that no harmful 
interference is caused to stations operating in accordance with the 
Table of Frequency Allocations set forth in part 2 of this chapter. 
Applications for licenses to use frequencies in this band must include 
statements showing what procedures will be taken to ensure that 
interference will not be caused to stations in the Industrial/Business 
Pool (Part 90).
    (4) These frequencies will not be licensed to network entities.
    (5) These frequencies will not be authorized to new stations for use 
on board aircraft.
    (6) These frequencies are allocated for assignment to broadcast 
remote pickup stations in Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands only.
    Note to paragraph (e)(6): These frequencies are shared with Public 
Safety and Industrial/Business Pools (Part 90).
    (7) These frequencies may not be used by broadcast remote pickup 
stations in Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands. In other areas, certain 
existing stations in the Public Safety and Industrial/Business Pools 
(Part 90) have been permitted to continue operation on these frequencies 
on the condition that no harmful interference is caused to broadcast 
remote pickup stations.
    (8) Operation on frequencies 166.25 MHz and 170.15 MHz is subject to 
the condition that harmful interference shall not be caused to present 
or future Government stations in the band 162-174 MHz and is also 
subject to the bandwidth and tolerance limitations and compliance 
deadlines listed in Sec.  74.462 of this part. Authorization on these 
frequencies shall be in the lower 48 contiguous States only, except 
within the area bounded on the west by the Mississippi River, on the 
north by the parallel of latitude 37[deg]30' N., and on the east and 
south by that arc of the circle with center at Springfield, Illinois, 
and radius equal to the airline distance between Springfield, Illinois, 
and Montgomery, Alabama, subtended between the foregoing west and north 
boundaries, or within 150 miles (241.4 km) of New York City.
    (9) The use of these frequencies is limited to operational 
communications, including tones for signaling and for remote control and 
automatic transmission system control and telemetry. Stations licensed 
or applied for before April 16, 2003, must comply with the channel plan 
by March 17, 2006, or may continue to operate on a secondary, non-
interference basis.
    (10) Stations licensed or applied for before April 16, 2003, must 
comply with the channel plan by March 17, 2006, or may continue to 
operate on a secondary, non-interference basis.
    (f) License applicants shall request assignment of only those 
channels, both in number and bandwidth, necessary for satisfactory 
operation and for which the system is equipped to operate. However, it 
is not necessary that each transmitter within a system be equipped to 
operate on all frequencies authorized to that licensee.
    (g) Remote pickup stations or systems will not be granted exclusive 
channel assignments. The same channel or channels may be assigned to 
other licensees in the same area. When such sharing is necessary, the 
provisions of Sec.  74.403 shall apply.

[68 FR 12763, Mar. 17, 2003, as amended at 68 FR 25540, May 13, 2003]



Sec.  74.403  Frequency selection to avoid interference.

    (a) Where two or more remote pickup broadcast station licensees are 
authorized to operate on the same frequency or group of frequencies in 
the same area and when simultaneous operation is contemplated, the 
licensees shall endeavor to select frequencies or schedule operation in 
such manner as to avoid mutual interference. If mutual agreement to this 
effect cannot be reached the Commission shall be notified and it will 
specify the frequency or frequencies on which each station is to be 
operated.
    (b) The following order of priority of transmissions shall be 
observed on all frequencies except frequencies 26.07 MHz, 26.11 MHz, and 
26.45 MHz, and frequencies listed in Sec.  74.402(a)(4) and (c)(1):
    (1) Communications during an emergency or pending emergency directly

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related to the safety of life and property.
    (2) Program material to be broadcast.
    (3) Cues, orders, and other related communications immediately 
necessary to the accomplishment of a broadcast.
    (4) Operational communications.
    (5) Tests or drills to check the performance of stand-by or 
emergency circuits.

[41 FR 29686, July 19, 1976, as amended at 68 FR 12764, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  74.431  Special rules applicable to remote pickup stations.

    (a) Remote pickup mobile stations may be used for the transmission 
of material from the scene of events which occur outside the studio back 
to studio or production center. The transmitted material shall be 
intended for the licensee's own use and may be made available for use by 
any other broadcast station or cable system.
    (b) Remote pickup mobile or base stations may be used for 
communications related to production and technical support of the remote 
program. This includes cues, orders, dispatch instructions, frequency 
coordination, establishing microwave links, and operational 
communications. Operational communications are alerting tones and 
special signals of short duration used for telemetry or control.
    (c) Remote pickup mobile or base stations may communicate with any 
other station licensed under this subpart.
    (d) Remote pickup mobile stations may be operated as a vehicular 
repeater to relay program material and communications between stations 
licensed under this subpart. Precautions shall be taken to avoid 
interference to other stations and the vehicular repeater shall only be 
activated by hand-carried or pack-carried units.
    (e) The output of hand-carried or pack-carried transmitter units 
used with a vehicular repeater is limited to 2.5 watts. The output of a 
vehicular repeater transmitter used as a talkback unit on an additional 
frequency is limited to 2.5 watts.
    (f) Remote pickup base and mobile stations in Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, 
Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands may be used for any purpose related 
to the programming or technical operation of a broadcasting station, 
except for transmission intended for direct reception by the general 
public.
    (g) [Reserved]
    (h) In the event that normal aural studio to transmitter circuits 
are damaged, stations licensed under Subpart D may be used to provide 
temporary circuits for a period not exceeding 30 days without further 
authority from the Commission necessary to continue broadcasting.
    (i) Remote pickup mobile or base stations may be used for activities 
associated with the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and similar emergency 
survival communications systems. Drills and test are also permitted on 
these stations, but the priority requirements of Sec.  74.403(b) must be 
observed in such cases.

[51 FR 4602, Feb. 6, 1986, as amended at 68 FR 12764, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  74.432  Licensing requirements and procedures.

    (a) A license for a remote pickup station will be issued to: the 
licensee of an AM, FM, noncommercial FM, low power FM, TV, Class A TV, 
international broadcast or low power TV station; broadcast network-
entity; or cable network-entity.
    (b) Base stations may operate as automatic relay stations on the 
frequencies listed in Sec.  74.402(b)(4) and (c)(1) under the provisions 
of Sec.  74.436, however, one licensee may not operate such stations on 
more than two frequency pairs in a single area.
    (c) Base stations may use voice communications between the studio 
and transmitter or points of any intercity relay system on frequencies 
in Groups I and J.
    (d) Base stations may be authorized to establish standby circuits 
from places where official broadcasts may be made during times of 
emergency and circuits to interconnect an emergency survival 
communications system.
    (e) In Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, 
base stations may provide program circuits between the studio and 
transmitter or to relay programs between broadcasting

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stations. A base station may be operated unattended in accordance with 
the following:
    (1) The station must be designed, installed, and protected so that 
the transmitter can only be activated or controlled by persons 
authorized by the licensee.
    (2) The station must be equipped with circuits to prevent 
transmitter operation when no signal is received from the station which 
it is relaying.
    (f) Remote pickup stations may use only those frequencies and 
bandwidths which are necessary for operation.
    (g) An application for a remote pickup broadcast station or system 
shall specify the broadcasting station with which the remote pickup 
broadcast facility is to be principally used and the licensed area of 
operation for a system which includes mobile stations shall be the area 
considered to be served by the associated broadcasting station. Mobile 
stations may be operated outside the licensed area of operation pursuant 
to Sec.  74.24 of this part. Where the applicant for remote pickup 
broadcast facilities is the licensee of more than one class of 
broadcasting station (AM, FM, TV), all licensed to the same community, 
designation of one such station as the associated broadcasting station 
will not preclude use of the remote pickup broadcast facilities with 
those broadcasting stations not included in the designation and such 
additional use shall be at the discretion of the licensee.
    (h) In cases where a series of broadcasts are to be made from the 
same location, portable or mobile transmitters may be left at such 
location for the duration of the series of broadcasts: Provided, The 
transmitting apparatus is properly secured so that it may not be 
operated by unauthorized persons when unattended. Prior Commission 
authority shall be obtained for the installation of any transmitting 
antenna which requires notification to the FAA, pursuant to Sec.  17.7 
of the Commission's rules and regulations, and which will be in 
existence for more than 2 days.
    (i) The location of each remote pickup broadcast base station will 
be specified in the station or system license and such stations may not 
be operated at any other location without prior authority of the 
Commission.
    (j) The license shall be retained in the licensee's files at the 
address shown on the authorization, posted at the transmitter, or posted 
at the control point of the station.
    (k) In case of permanent discontinuance of operations of a station 
licensed under this subpart, the licensee shall cancel the station 
license using FCC Form 601. For purposes of this section, a station 
which is not operated for a period of one year is considered to have 
been permanently discontinued.

    Note: Licensees of remote pickup broadcast stations licensed prior 
to August 31, 1976, should not file applications to consolidate 
individually licensed transmitters under a single system license until 
the renewal application of the associated broadcast station is filed. 
Applications filed between August 31, 1976, and the date of filing of 
the renewal applications to obtain authorization to use additional 
transmitters or modification of existing stations shall be restricted to 
a single system application necessary to accomplish the desired change, 
but may include consolidation of previously-licensed transmitters within 
the system license. Applications submitted for system licensing prior to 
the time when renewal applications would normally be filed which are 
unnecessary for either administrative or operational purposes will be 
returned as unacceptable for filing.

(Sec. 5, 48 Stat. 1068; 47 U.S.C. 155)

[41 FR 29686, July 19, 1976, as amended at 42 FR 2071, Jan. 10, 1977; 47 
FR 21496, May 18, 1982; 49 FR 14509, Apr. 12, 1984; 51 FR 4602, Feb. 6, 
1986; 58 FR 19775, Apr. 16, 1993; 60 FR 55482, Nov. 1, 1995; 65 FR 
30011, May 10, 2000; 68 FR 12764, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  74.433  Temporary authorizations.

    (a) Special temporary authority may be granted for remote pickup 
station operation which cannot be conducted in accordance with Sec.  
74.24. Such authority will normally be granted only for operations of a 
temporary nature. Where operation is seen as likely on a continuing 
annual basis, an application for a regular authorization should be 
submitted.
    (b) A request for special temporary authority for the operation of a 
remote pickup broadcast station must be made in accordance with the 
procedures of Sec.  1.931(b) of this chapter.

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    (c) All requests for special temporary authority of a remote pickup 
broadcast station must include full particulars including: licensee's 
name and address, facility identification number of the associated 
broadcast station or stations, call letters of remote pickup station (if 
assigned), type and manufacturer of equipment, power output, emission, 
frequency or frequencies proposed to be used, commencement and 
termination date, location of operation and purpose for which request is 
made including any particular justification.
    (d) A request for special temporary authority shall specify a 
frequency or frequencies consistent with the provisions of Sec.  74.402: 
Provided, That, in the case of events of wide-spread interest and 
importance which cannot be transmitted successfully on these 
frequencies, frequencies assigned to other services may be requested 
upon a showing that operation thereon will not cause interference to 
established stations: And provided further, In no case will operation of 
a remote pickup broadcast station be authorized on frequencies employed 
for the safety of life and property.
    (e) The user shall have full control over the transmitting equipment 
during the period it is operated.
    (f) Special temporary authority to permit operation of remote pickup 
broadcast stations or systems pending Commission action on an 
application for regular authority will not normally be granted.

[41 FR 29686, July 19, 1976, as amended at 47 FR 9220, Mar. 4, 1982; 47 
FR 55936, Dec. 14, 1982; 50 FR 23709, June 5, 1985; 58 FR 19775, Apr. 
16, 1993; 68 FR 12765, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  74.434  Remote control operation.

    (a) A remote control system must provide adequate monitoring and 
control functions to permit proper operation of the station.
    (b) A remote control system must be designed, installed, and 
protected so that the transmitter can only be activated or controlled by 
persons authorized by the licensee.
    (c) A remote control system must prevent inadvertent transmitter 
operation caused by malfunctions in the circuits between the control 
point and transmitter.

[51 FR 4602, Feb. 6, 1986, as amended at 60 FR 55482, Nov. 1, 1995]



Sec.  74.436  Special requirements for automatic relay stations.

    (a) An automatic relay station must be designed, installed, and 
protected so that the transmitter can only be activated or controlled by 
persons authorized by the licensee.
    (b) An automatic relay station may accomplish retransmission of the 
incoming signals by either heterodyne frequency conversion or by 
modulating the transmitter with the demodulated incoming signals.
    (c) An automatic relay station transmitter may relay the demodulated 
incoming signals from one or more receivers.

[51 FR 4602, Feb. 6, 1986, as amended at 60 FR 55483, Nov. 1, 1995]



Sec.  74.451  Certification of equipment.

    (a) Applications for new remote pickup broadcast stations or systems 
or for changing transmitting equipment of an existing station will not 
be accepted unless the transmitters to be used have been certificated by 
the FCC pursuant to the provisions of this subpart, or have been 
certificated for licensing under part 90 of this chapter and do not 
exceed the output power limits specified in Sec.  74.461(b).
    (b) Any manufacturer of a transmitter to be used in this service may 
apply for certification for such transmitter following the certification 
procedure set forth in part 2 of the Commission's rules and regulations. 
Attention is also directed to part 1 of the Commission's rules and 
regulations which specifies the fees required when filing an application 
for certification.
    (c) An applicant for a remote pickup broadcast station or system may 
also apply for certification for an individual transmitter by following 
the certification procedure set forth in part 2 of the Commission's 
rules and regulations.
    (d) All transmitters marketed for use under this subpart shall be 
certificated by the Federal Communications Commission. (Refer to subpart 
J of part 2 of

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the Commission's Rules and Regulations.)
    (e) Remote pickup broadcast station equipment authorized to be used 
pursuant to an application accepted for filing prior to December 1, 
1977, may continue to be used by the licensee or its successors or 
assignees: Provided, however, If operation of such equipment causes 
harmful interference due to its failure to comply with the technical 
standards set forth in this subpart, the Commission may, at its 
discretion, require the licensee to take such corrective action as is 
necessary to eliminate the interference.
    (f) Each instrument of authority which permits operation of a remote 
pickup broadcast station or system using equipment which has not been 
certificated will specify the particular transmitting equipment which 
the licensee is authorized to use.

(Sec. 5, 48 Stat. 1068; 47 U.S.C. 155)

[41 FR 29686, July 19, 1976, as amended at 42 FR 14728, Mar. 16, 1977; 
42 FR 43636, Aug. 30, 1977; 43 FR 14661, Apr. 7, 1978; 45 FR 28142, Apr. 
28, 1980; 63 FR 36604, July 7, 1998; 68 FR 12765, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  74.452  Equipment changes.

    (a) Modifications may be made to an existing authorization in 
accordance with Sec. Sec.  1.929 and 1.947 of this chapter.
    (b) All transmitters initially installed after November 30, 1977, 
must be certificated for use in this service or other service as 
specified in Sec.  74.451(a).

[68 FR 12765, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  74.461  Transmitter power.

    (a) Transmitter power is the power at the transmitter output 
terminals and delivered to the antenna, antenna transmission line, or 
any other impedance-matched, radio frequency load. For the purpose of 
this Subpart, the transmitter power is the carrier power.
    (b) The authorized transmitter power for a remote pickup broadcast 
station shall be limited to that necessary for satisfactory service and, 
in any event, shall not be greater than 100 watts, except that a station 
to be operated aboard an aircraft shall normally be limited to a maximum 
authorized power of 15 watts. Specific authorization to operate stations 
on board aircraft with an output power exceeding 15 watts will be issued 
only upon an adequate engineering showing of need, and of the procedures 
that will be taken to avoid harmful interference to other licensees.

(Sec. 5, 48 Stat. 1068; 47 U.S.C. 155)

[41 FR 29686, July 19, 1976, as amended at 43 FR 14662, Apr. 7, 1978]



Sec.  74.462  Authorized bandwidth and emissions.

    (a) Each authorization for a new remote pickup broadcast station or 
system shall require the use of certificated equipment and such 
equipment shall be operated in accordance with emission specifications 
included in the grant of certification and as prescribed in paragraphs 
(b), (c), and (d) of this section.
    (b) The maximum authorized bandwidth of emissions corresponding to 
the types of emissions specified below, and the maximum authorized 
frequency deviation in the case of frequency or phase modulated 
emission, shall be as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              Maximum
                                Authorized   frequency       Type of
         Frequencies            bandwidth   deviation 1     emission 2
                                  (kHz)         (kHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
MHz:
    25.87 to 26.03...........           40           10  Frequencies
    26.07 to 26.47...........           20            5   25.87 to
    152.8625 to 153.3575 \3\.        30/60         5/10   153.3575 MHz:
                                                          A3E, F1E, F3E,
                                                          F9E.
    160.860 to 161.400.......           60           10
    161.625 to 161.775.......           30            5
    166.25 and 170.15 \4\....      12.5/25            5
    450.00625 to 450.025       ...........  ...........  Frequencies
    450.98125 to 450.99375...  ...........  ...........   160.860 to
    455.00625 to 455.025.....  ...........  ...........   455.950 MHz:
    455.98125 to 455.99375...   Up to 12.5          1.5   A1A, A1B, A1D,
                                                          A1E, A2A, A2B,
                                                          A2D, A2E, A3E,
                                                          F1A, F1B, F1D,
                                                          F1E, F2A, F2B,
                                                          F2D, F2E, F3E,
                                                          F9E
    450.03125 to 450.61875
    455.03125 to 455.61875...     Up to 25            5
    450.6375 to 450.8625

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    455.6375 to 455.8625.....        25-50           10
    450.900, 450.950
    455.900, 455.950.........       50-100          35
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Applies where F1A, F1B, F1D, F1E, F2A, F2B, F2D, F2E, F3E, or F9E
  emissions are used.
\2\ Stations operating above 450 MHz shall show a need for employing
  A1A, A1B, A1D, A1E, A2A, A2B, A2D, A2E, F1A, F1B, F1D, F1E, F2A, F2B,
  F2D, or F2E emission.
\3\ New or modified licenses for use of the frequencies will not be
  granted to utilize transmitters on board aircraft, or to use a
  bandwidth in excess of 30 kHz and maximum deviation exceeding 5 kHz
\4\ For stations licensed or applied for before April 16, 2003, the sum
  of the bandwidth of emission and tolerance on frequencies 166.25 MHz
  or 170.15 MHz shall not exceed 25 kHz, and such operation may continue
  until January 1, 2005. For new stations licensed or applied for on or
  after April 16, 2003, the sum of the bandwidth of emission and
  tolerance on these frequencies shall not exceed 12.5 kHz. For all
  remote pickup broadcast stations, the sum of the bandwidth of emission
  and tolerance on these frequencies shall not exceed 12.5 kHz on or
  after January 1, 2005.

    (c) For emissions on frequencies above 25 MHz with authorized 
bandwidths up to 30 kHz, the emissions shall comply with the emission 
mask and transient frequency behavior requirements of Sec. Sec.  90.210 
and 90.214 of this chapter. For all other emissions, the mean power of 
emissions shall be attenuated below the mean output power of the 
transmitter in accordance with the following schedule:
    (1) On any frequency removed from the assignment frequency by more 
than 50 percent up to and including 100 percent of the authorized 
bandwidth: at least 25 dB:
    (2) On any frequency removed from the assigned frequency by more 
than 100 percent up to and including 250 percent of the authorized 
bandwidth: at least 35 dB;
    (3) On any frequency removed from the assigned frequency by more 
than 250 percent on the authorized bandwidth; at least 43 plus 10 log10 
(mean output power, in watts) dB.
    (d) In the event a station's emissions outside its authorized 
channel cause harmful interference, the Commission may, at its 
discretion, require the licensee to take such further steps as may be 
necessary to eliminate the interference.

    Note: The measurements of emission power can be expressed in peak or 
mean values provided they are expressed in the same parameters as the 
unmodulated transmitter carrier power.

(Sec. 5, 48 Stat. 1068; 47 U.S.C. 155)

[41 FR 29686, July 19, 1976, as amended at 41 FR 32429, Aug. 3, 1976; 41 
FR 35068, Aug. 19, 1976; 43 FR 14662, Apr. 7, 1978; 43 FR 38391, Aug. 
28, 1978; 44 FR 65765, Nov. 15, 1979; 56 FR 28498, June 21, 1991; 63 FR 
36604, July 7, 1998; 68 FR 12765, Mar. 17, 2003; 68 FR 25540, May 13, 
2003]



Sec.  74.463  Modulation requirements.

    (a) Each new remote pickup broadcast station authorized to operate 
with a power output in excess of 3 watts shall be equipped with a device 
which will automatically prevent modulation in excess of the limits set 
forth in this subpart.
    (b) If amplitude modulation is employed, modulation shall not exceed 
100 percent on negative peaks.
    (c) If frequency modulation is employed, emission shall conform to 
the requirements specified in Sec.  74.462.

[41 FR 29686, July 19, 1976, as amended at 47 FR 54448, Dec. 3, 1982]



Sec.  74.464  Frequency tolerance.

    For operations on frequencies above 25 MHz using authorized 
bandwidths up to 30 kHz, the licensee of a remote pickup broadcast 
station or system shall maintain the operating frequency of each station 
in compliance with the frequency tolerance requirements of

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Sec.  90.213 of this chapter. For all other operations, the licensee of 
a remote pickup broadcast station or system shall maintain the operating 
frequency of each station in accordance with the following:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    Tolerance (percent)
                                                 -----------------------
                 Frequency range                     Base       Mobile
                                                    station     station
------------------------------------------------------------------------
25 to 30 MHz:
  3 W or less...................................        .002        .005
  Over 3 W......................................        .002        .002
30 to 300 MHz:
  3 W or less...................................       .0005        .005
  Over 3 W......................................       .0005       .0005
300 to 500 MHz, all powers......................      .00025       .0005
------------------------------------------------------------------------


(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 154, 
155, 303))

[41 FR 29686, July 19, 1976, as amended at 42 FR 2071, Jan. 10, 1977; 43 
FR 38391, Aug. 28, 1978; 44 FR 65765, Nov. 15, 1979; 68 FR 12766, Mar. 
17, 2003; 68 FR 25540, May 13, 2003]



Sec.  74.465  Frequency monitors and measurements.

    The licensee of a remote pickup station or system shall provide the 
necessary means to assure that all operating frequencies are maintained 
within the allowed tolerances.

[51 FR 4603, Feb. 6, 1986]



Sec.  74.482  Station identification.

    (a) Each remote pickup broadcast station shall be identified by the 
transmission of the assigned station or system call sign, or by the call 
sign of the associated broadcast station. For systems, the licensee 
(including those operating pursuant to Sec.  74.24 of this part) shall 
assign a unit designator to each station in the system. The call sign 
(and unit designator, where appropriate) shall be transmitted at the 
beginning and end of each period of operation. A period of operation may 
consist of a single continuous transmission, or a series of intermittent 
transmissions pertaining to a single event.
    (b) In cases where a period of operation is of more than one hour 
duration identification of remote pickup broadcast stations 
participating in the operation shall be made at approximately one-hour 
intervals. Identification transmissions during operation need not be 
made when to make such transmissions would interrupt a single 
consecutive speech, play, religious service, symphony, concert, or any 
type of production. In such cases, the identification transmissions 
shall be made at the first interruption in the program continuity and at 
the conclusion thereof. Hourly identification may be accomplished either 
by transmission of the station or system call sign and unit designator 
assigned to the individual station or identification of an associated 
broadcasting station or network with which the remote pickup broadcast 
station is being used.
    (c) In cases where an automatic relay station is a part of the 
circuit, the call sign of the relay transmitter may be transmitted 
automatically by the relay transmitter or by the remote pickup broadcast 
base or mobile station that actuates the automatic relay station.
    (d) Automatically activated equipment may be used to transmit 
station identification in International Morse Code, provided that the 
modulation tone is 1200 Hz+-800 Hz, the level of modulation of the 
identification signal is maintained at 40%+-10%, and that the code 
transmission rate is maintained between 20 and 25 words per minute.
    (e) For stations using F1E or G1E emissions, identification shall be 
transmitted in the unscrambled analog (F3E) mode or in International 
Morse Code pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (d) of this section 
at intervals not to exceed 15 minutes. For purposes of rule enforcement, 
all licensees using F1E or G1E emissions shall provide, upon request by 
the Commission, a full and complete description of the encoding 
methodology they currently use.

    Note: Stations are encouraged to identify using their associated 
part 73 station call sign.

[41 FR 29686, July 19, 1976, as amended at 47 FR 9220, Mar. 4, 1982; 52 
FR 47569, Dec. 15, 1987; 56 FR 28499, June 21, 1991; 68 FR 12766, Mar. 
17, 2003]



              Subpart E_Aural Broadcast Auxiliary Stations



Sec.  74.501  Classes of aural broadcast auxiliary stations.

    (a) Aural broadcast STL station. A fixed station for the 
transmission of

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aural program material between the studio and the transmitter of a 
broadcasting station other than an international broadcasting station.
    (b) Aural broadcast intercity relay (ICR) station. A fixed station 
for the transmission of aural program material between radio broadcast 
stations, other than international broadcast stations, between FM radio 
broadcast stations and their co-owned FM booster stations, between 
noncommercial educational FM radio stations and their co-owned 
noncommercial educational FM translator stations assigned to reserved 
channels (Channels 201 to 220), between FM radio stations and FM 
translator stations operating within the coverage contour of their 
primary stations, or for such other purposes as authorized in Sec.  
74.531.
    (c) Aural broadcast microwave booster station. A fixed station in 
the broadcast auxiliary service that receives and amplifies signals of 
an aural broadcast STL or intercity relay station and retransmits them 
on the same frequency.

[28 FR 13716, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 49 FR 7129, Feb. 27, 1984; 53 
FR 4169, Feb. 12, 1988; 55 FR 50692, Dec. 10, 1990; 57 FR 41111, Sept. 
9, 1992]



Sec.  74.502  Frequency assignment.

    (a) Except as provided in US 302, broadcast auxiliary stations 
licensed as of November 21, 1984, to operate in the band 942-944 MHz\1\ 
may continue to operate on a co-equal primary basis to other stations 
and services operating in the band in accordance with the Table of 
Frequency Allocations. These stations will be protected from possible 
interference caused by new users of the band by the technical standards 
specified in Sec.  101.105(c)(2).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ Note: In addition to this band, stations in Puerto Rico may 
continue to be authorized on 942.5, 943.0, 943.5, 944.0 MHz in the band 
942-944 MHz on a primary basis to stations and services operating in 
accordance with the Table of Frequency Allocations.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) The frequency band 944-952 MHz is available for assignment to 
aural STL and ICR stations. One or more of the following 25 kHz segments 
may be stacked to form a channel which may be assigned with a maximum 
authorized bandwidth of 300 kHz except as noted in the following Table. 
The channel, will be assigned by its center frequency, channel 
bandwidth, and emission designator. The following frequencies are the 
centers of individual segments. When stacking an even number of 
segments, the center frequency specified will deviate from the following 
frequencies in that it should correspond to the actual center of stacked 
channels. When stacking an odd number of channels, the center frequency 
specified will correspond to one of the following frequencies.

944.0125, 944.0375, 944.0625, 944.0875, 944.1125, 944.1375, 944.1625, 
944.1875, 944.2125, 944.2375, 944.2625, 944.2875, 944.3125, 944.3375, 
944.3625, 944.3875, 944.4125, 944.4375, 944.4625, 944.4875, 944.5125, 
944.5375, 944.5625, 944.5875, 944.6125, 944.6375, 944.6625, 944.6875, 
944.7125, 944.7375, 944.7625, 944.7875, 944.8125, 944.8375, 944.8625, 
944.8875, 944.9125, 944.9375, 944.9625, 944.9875, 945.0125, 945.0375, 
945.0625, 945.0875, 945.1125, 945.1375, 945.1625, 945.1875, 945.2125, 
945.2375, 945.2625, 945.2875, 945.3125, 945.3375, 945.3625, 945.3875, 
945.4125, 945.4375, 945.4625, 945.4875, 945.5125, 945.5375, 945.5625, 
945.5875, 945.6125, 945.6375, 945.6625, 945.6875, 945.7125, 945.7375, 
945.7625, 945.7875, 945.8125, 945.8375, 945.8625, 945.8875, 945.9125, 
945.9375, 945.9625, 945.9875, 946.0125, 946.0375, 946.0625, 946.0875, 
946.1125, 946.1375, 946.1625, 946.1875, 946.2125, 946.2375, 946.2625, 
946.2875, 946.3125, 946.3375, 946.3625, 946.3875, 946.4125, 946.4375, 
946.4625, 946.4875, 946.5125, 946.5375, 946.5625, 946.5875, 946.6125, 
946.6375, 946.6625, 946.6875, 946.7125, 946.7375, 946.7625, 946.7875, 
946.8125, 946.8375, 946.8625, 946.8875, 946.9125, 946.9375, 946.9625, 
946.9875, 947.0125, 947.0375, 947.0625, 947.0875, 947.1125, 947.1375, 
947.1625, 947.1875, 947.2125, 947.2375, 947.2625, 947.2875, 947.3125, 
947.3375, 947.3625, 947.3875, 947.4125, 947.4375, 947.4625, 947.4875, 
947.5125, 947.5375, 947.5625, 947.5875, 947.6125, 947.6375, 947.6625, 
947.6875, 947.7125, 947.7375, 947.7625, 947.7875, 947.8125, 947.8375, 
947.8625, 947.8875, 947.9125, 947.9375, 947.9625, 947.9875, 948.0125, 
948.0375, 948.0625, 948.0875, 948.1125, 948.1375, 948.1625, 948.1875, 
948.2125, 948.2375, 948.2625, 948.2875, 948.3125, 948.3375, 948.3625, 
948.3875, 948.4125, 948.4375, 948.4625, 948.4875, 948.5125, 948.5375, 
948.5625, 948.5875, 948.6125, 948.6375, 948.6625, 948.6875, 948.7125, 
948.7375, 948.7625, 948.7875, 948.8125, 948.8375, 948.8625, 948.8875, 
948.9125, 948.9375, 948.9625, 948.9875, 949.0125, 949.0375, 949.0625, 
949.0875, 949.1125, 949.1375, 949.1625, 949.1875, 949.2125, 949.2375, 
949.2625, 949.2875, 949.3125, 949.3375, 949.3625, 949.3875, 949.4125, 
949.4375, 949.4625, 949.4875, 949.5125, 949.5375, 949.5625, 949.5875, 
949.6125, 949.6375, 949.6625, 949.6875, 949.7125, 949.7375, 949.7625, 
949.7875, 949.8125, 949.8375, 949.8625, 949.8875, 949.9125, 949.9375, 
949.9625, 949.9875, 950.0125, 950.0375, 950.0625, 950.0875, 950.1125, 
950.1375, 950.1625, 950.1875, 950.2125, 950.2375,

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950.2625, 950.2875, 950.3125, 950.3375, 950.3625, 950.3875, 950.4125, 
950.4375, 950.4625, 950.4875, 950.5125, 950.5375, 950.5625, 950.5875, 
950.6125, 950.6375, 950.6625, 950.6875, 950.7125, 950.7375, 950.7625, 
950.7875, 950.8125, 950.8375, 950.8625, 950.8875, 950.9125, 950.9375, 
950.9625, 950.9875, 951.0125, 951.0375, 951.0625, 951.0875, 951.1125, 
951.1375, 951.1625, 951.1875, 951.2125, 951.2375, 951.2625, 951.2875, 
951.3125, 951.3375, 951.3625, 951.3875, 951.4125, 951.4375, 951.4625, 
951.4875, 951.5125, 951.5375, 951.5625, 951.5875, 951.6125, 951.6375, 
951.6625, 951.6875, 951.7125, 951.7375, 951.7625, 951.7875, 951.8125, 
951.8375, 951.8625, 951.8875, 951.9125, 951.9375, 951.9625, 951.9875.

    (1) A single broadcast station may be authorized up to a maximum of 
twenty segments (500 kHz total bandwidth) for transmission of program 
material between a single origin and one or more designations. The 
station may lease excess capacity for broadcast and other uses on a 
secondary basis, subject to availability of spectrum for broadcast use. 
However, an FM station licensed for twelve or fewer segments (300 kHz 
total bandwidth) or an AM station licensed for eight or fewer segments 
(200 kHz total bandwidth) may lease excess capacity for broadcast and 
other uses on a primary basis.
    (2) An applicant (new or modification of existing license) may 
assume the cost of replacement of one or more existing licensees 
equipment with narrowband equipment of comparable capabilities and 
quality in order to make available spectrum for its facilities. Existing 
licensees must accept such replacement without cost to them except upon 
a showing that the replacement equipment does not meet the capability or 
quality requirements.
    (c) Aural broadcast STL and intercity relay stations that were 
licensed or had applications pending before the Commission as of 
September 18, 1998 may continue those operations in the band 18,760-
18,820 and 19,100-19,160 MHz on a shared co-primary basis with other 
services under parts 21, 25, and 101 of this chapter until June 8, 2010. 
Prior to June 8, 2010, such stations are subject to relocation by 
licensees in the fixed-satellite service. Such relocation is subject to 
the provisions of Sec. Sec.  101.85 through 101.97 of this chapter. 
After June 8, 2010, such operations are not entitled to protection from 
fixed-satellite service operations and must not cause unacceptable 
interference to fixed-satellite service station operations. No 
applications for new licenses will be accepted in these bands after June 
8, 2000.
    (1)(i) 5 MHz maximum authorized bandwidth channels:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Receive
                Transmit (receive) (MHz)                    (transmit)
                                                               (MHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           340 MHz Separation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
18762.5.................................................         19102.5
18767.5.................................................         19107.5
18772.5.................................................         19112.5
18777.5.................................................         19117.5
18782.5.................................................         19122.5
18787.5.................................................         19127.5
18792.5.................................................         19132.5
18797.5.................................................         19137.5
18802.5.................................................         19142.5
18807.5.................................................         19147.5
18812.5.................................................         19152.5
18817.5.................................................         19157.5
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (ii) Licensees may use either a two-way link or one frequency of a 
frequency pair for a one-way link.
    (2) [Reserved]
    (d) For the coordination of all frequency assignments for fixed 
stations above 944 MHz, for each frequency authorized under this part, 
the interference protection criteria in Sec.  101.105(a), (b), and (c) 
of this chapter and the frequency usage coordination procedures of Sec.  
101.103(d) of this chapter will apply.
    (e) The use of the frequencies listed in paragraph (b) of this 
section by aural broadcast intercity relay stations is subject to the 
condition that no harmful interference is caused to other classes of 
stations operating in accordance with the Table of Frequency Allocations 
contained in Sec.  2.106 of this chapter.

[28 FR 13716, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 48 FR 50332, Nov. 1, 1983; 49 
FR 37777, Sept. 26, 1984; 50 FR 4658, Feb. 1, 1985; 50 FR 7341, Feb. 22, 
1985; 50 FR 34150, Aug. 23, 1985; 50 FR 48600, Nov. 26, 1985; 54 FR 
10329, Mar. 13, 1989; 54 FR 24905, June 12, 1989; 54 FR 30043, July 18, 
1989; 65 FR 38325, June 20, 2000; 65 FR 54172, Sept. 7, 2000; 68 FR 
12766, Mar. 17, 2003; 68 FR 16967, Apr. 8, 2003]

    Effective Date Note: At 68 FR 41285, July 11, 2003, in Sec.  74.502, 
paragraph (d) is suspended, effective Apr. 16, 2003 to Oct. 16, 2003.



Sec.  74.503  Frequency selection.

    (a) Each application for a new station or change in an existing 
station shall

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be specific with regard to frequency. In general, the lowest suitable 
frequency will be assigned which, on an engineering basis, will not 
cause harmful interference to other stations operating in accordance 
with existing frequency allocations.
    (b) Where it appears that interference may result from the operation 
of a new station or a change in the facilities of an existing station, 
the Commission may require a showing that harmful interference will not 
be caused to existing stations or that if interference will be caused 
the need for the proposed service outweighs the loss of service due to 
the interference.

[28 FR 13716, Dec. 14, 1963]



Sec.  74.531  Permissible service.

    (a) An aural broadcast STL station is authorized to transmit aural 
program material between the studio and transmitter location of a 
broadcasting station, except an international broadcasting station, for 
simultaneous or delayed broadcast.
    (b) An aural broadcast intercity relay station is authorized to 
transmit aural program material between broadcasting stations, except 
international broadcasting stations, for simultaneous or delayed 
broadcast.
    (c) An aural broadcast intercity relay station is authorized to 
transmit aural program material between noncommercial educational FM 
radio stations and their co-owned noncommercial educational FM 
translator stations assigned to reserved channels (Channels 201 to 220) 
and between FM radio stations and FM translator stations operating 
within the coverage contour of their primary stations. This use shall 
not interfere with or otherwise preclude use of these broadcast 
auxiliary facilities by broadcast auxiliary stations transmitting aural 
programming between broadcast stations as provided in paragraph (b) of 
this section.
    (d) An aural broadcast STL or intercity relay may be used to 
transmit material between an FM broadcast radio station and an FM 
booster station owned, operated, and controlled by the licensee of the 
originating FM radio station. This use shall not interfere with or 
otherwise preclude use of these broadcast auxiliary facilities by 
broadcast auxiliary stations transmitting aural programming between the 
studio and transmitter location of a broadcast station or between 
broadcast stations as provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this 
section.
    (e) An aural broadcast microwave booster station is authorized to 
retransmit the signals of an aural broadcast STL or intercity relay 
station.
    (f) Multiplexing of the STL or intercity relay transmitter may be 
employed to provide additional communication channels for the 
transmission of aural program material, news-wire teleprinter signals 
relaying news to be associated with main channel programming, 
operational communications, and material authorized to be transmitted 
over an FM station under a valid Subsidiary Communications Authorization 
(SCA). An aural broadcast STL or intercity relay station may not be 
operated solely for the transmission of operational, teleprinter or 
subsidiary communications. Operational communications include cues, 
orders, and other communications directly related to the operation of 
the broadcast station as well as special signals used for telemetry or 
the control of apparatus used in conjunction with the broadcasting 
operations.
    (g) All program material, including subsidiary communications, 
transmitted over an aural broadcast STL or intercity relay station shall 
be intended for use by broadcast stations owned or under common control 
of the licensee or licensees of the STL or intercity relay station. 
Other broadcast stations may simultaneously utilize such program 
material with permission of the STL or intercity relay station licensee.
    (h) In any case where multiplexing, is employed on an aural 
broadcast STL station for the simultaneous transmission of more than one 
aural channel, the STL transmitter must be capable of transmitting the 
multiple channels within the channel on which the STL station is 
authorized to operate and with adequate technical quality so that each 
broadcast station utilizing the circuit can meet the technical 
performance standards stipulated in the rules governing that class of 
broadcasting station. If multiplex operation

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is employed during the regular operation of the STL station, the 
additional circuits shall be in operation at the time that the required 
periodic performance measurements are made of the overall broadcasting 
system from the studio microphone input circuit to the broadcast 
transmitter output circuit.

[28 FR 13716, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 45 FR 51564, Aug. 4, 1980; 52 
FR 31403, Aug. 20, 1987; 55 FR 50693, Dec. 10, 1990; 57 FR 41111, Sept. 
9, 1992]



Sec.  74.532  Licensing requirements.

    (a) An aural broadcast STL or an aural broadcast intercity relay 
station will be licensed only to the licensee or licensees of broadcast 
stations, including low power FM stations, other than international 
broadcast stations, and for use with broadcast stations owned entirely 
by or under common control of the licensee or licensees. An aural 
broadcast intercity relay station also will be licensed for use by low 
power FM stations, noncommercial educational FM translator stations 
assigned to reserved channels (Channels 201-220) and owned and operated 
by their primary station, by FM translator stations operating within the 
coverage contour of their primary stations, and by FM booster stations. 
Aural auxiliary stations licensed to low power FM stations will be 
assigned on a secondary basis; i.e., subject to the condition that no 
harmful interference is caused to other aural auxiliary stations 
assigned to radio broadcast stations. Auxiliary stations licensed to low 
power FM stations must accept any interference caused by stations having 
primary use of aural auxiliary frequencies.
    (b) More than one aural broadcast STL or intercity relay station may 
be licensed to a single licensee upon a satisfactory showing that the 
additional stations are needed to provide different program circuits to 
more than one broadcast station, to provide program circuits from other 
studios, or to provide one or more intermediate relay stations over a 
path which cannot be covered with a single station due to terrain or 
distance.
    (c) If more than one broadcast station or class of broadcast station 
is to be served by a single aural broadcast auxiliary station, this 
information must be stated in the application for construction permit or 
license.
    (d) Licensees of aural broadcast STL and intercity relay stations 
may be authorized to operate one or more aural broadcast microwave 
booster stations for the purpose of relaying signals over a path that 
cannot be covered with a single station.
    (e) Each aural broadcast auxiliary station will be licensed at a 
specified transmitter location to communicate with a specified receiving 
location, and the direction of the main radiation lobe of the 
transmitting antenna will be a term of the station authorization.
    (f) In case of permanent discontinuance of operations of a station 
licensed under this subpart, the licensee shall cancel the station 
license using FCC Form 601. For purposes of this section, a station 
which is not operated for a period of one year is considered to have 
been permanently discontinued.

[28 FR 13716, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 49 FR 7129, Feb. 27, 1984; 49 
FR 10930, Mar. 23, 1984; 52 FR 31403, Aug. 20, 1987; 55 FR 50693, Dec. 
10, 1990; 57 FR 41111, Sept. 9, 1992; 58 FR 19775, Apr. 16, 1993; 65 FR 
7649, Feb. 15, 2000; 68 FR 12766, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  74.533  Remote control and unattended operation.

    (a) Aural broadcast STL and intercity relay stations may be operated 
by remote control provided that such operation is conducted in 
accordance with the conditions listed below:
    (1) The remote control system must provide adequate monitoring and 
control functions to permit proper operation of the station.
    (2) The remote control system must be designed, installed, and 
protected so that the transmitter can only be activated or controlled by 
persons authorized by the licensee.
    (3) The remote control system must prevent inadvertent transmitter 
operation due to malfunctions in circuits between the control point and 
transmitter.
    (b) Aural broadcast auxiliary stations may be operated unattended 
subject to the following provisions:

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    (1) The transmitter shall be provided with adequate safeguards to 
prevent improper operation of the equipment.
    (2) The transmitter installation shall be adequately protected 
against tampering by unauthorized persons.
    (3) Whenever an unattended aural broadcast auxiliary station is 
used, appropriate observations must be made at the receiving end of the 
circuit as often as necessary to ensure proper station operation. 
However, an aural broadcast STL (and any aural broadcast microwave 
booster station) associated with a radio or TV broadcast station 
operated by remote control may be observed by monitoring the broadcast 
station's transmitted signal at the remote control or ATS monitoring 
point.
    (c) The FCC may notify the licensee to cease or modify operation in 
the case of frequency usage disputes, interference or similar situations 
where such action appears to be in the public interest, convenience and 
necessity.

(Sec. 318, 48 Stat. 1089, as amended by sec. 1, 74 Stat. 363; 47 U.S.C. 
318)

[28 FR 13716, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 47 FR 55936, Dec. 14, 1982; 
49 FR 7130, Feb. 27, 1984; 50 FR 32417, Aug. 12, 1985; 50 FR 48599, Nov. 
26, 1985; 60 FR 55483, Nov. 1, 1995]



Sec.  74.534  Power limitations.

    (a) Transmitter output power. (1) Transmitter output power shall be 
limited to that necessary to accomplish the function of the system.
    (2) In the 17,700 to 19,700 MHz band, transmitter output power shall 
not exceed 10 watts.
    (b) In no event shall the average equivalent isotropically radiated 
power (EIRP), as referenced to an isotropic radiator, exceed the values 
specified in the following table. In cases of harmful interference, the 
Commission may, after notice and opportunity for hearing, order a change 
in the equivalent isotropically radiated power of this station.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Maximum Allowable \1\ EIRP
           Frequency band (MHz)                         (dBW)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
944 to 952................................  +40
17,700 to 18,600..........................  +55
18,600 to 19,700..........................  +35
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Stations licensed based on an application filed before April 16,
  2003, for EIRP values exceeding those specified above, may continue to
  operate indefinitely in accordance with the terms of their current
  authorizations, subject to periodic renewal.

    (c) The EIRP of transmitters that use Automatic Transmitter Power 
Control (ATPC) shall not exceed the EIRP specified on the station 
authorization. The EIRP of non-ATPC transmitters shall be maintained as 
near as practicable to the EIRP specified on the station authorization.

{68 FR 12766, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  74.535  Emission and bandwidth.

    (a) The mean power of emissions shall be attenuated below the mean 
transmitter power (PMEAN) in accordance with the following 
schedule:
    (1) When using frequency modulation:
    (i) On any frequency removed from the assigned (center) frequency by 
more than 50% up to and including 100% of the authorized bandwidth: At 
least 25 dB in any 100 kHz reference bandwidth (BREF);
    (ii) On any frequency removed from the assigned (center) frequency 
by more than 100% up to and including 250% of the authorized bandwidth: 
At least 35 dB in any 100 kHz reference bandwidth;
    (iii) On any frequency removed from the assigned (center) frequency 
by more than 250% of the authorized bandwidth: At least 43+10 
log10 (PMEAN in watts) dB, or 80 dB, whichever is 
the lesser attenuation, in any 100 kHz reference bandwidth.
    (2) When using transmissions employing digital modulation 
techniques:
    (i) For operating frequencies below 15 GHz, in any 4 kHz reference 
bandwidth (BREF), the center frequency of which is removed 
from the assigned frequency by more than 50 percent up to and including 
250 percent of the authorized bandwidth: As specified by the following 
equation but in no event less than 50 decibels:

    A = 35 + 0.8(G - 50) + 10 Log10 B.

(Attenuation greater than 80 decibels is not required.)


Where:


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    A = Attenuation (in decibels) below the mean output power level.
    G = Percent removed from the carrier frequency.
    B = Authorized bandwidth in megahertz.

    (ii) For operating frequencies above 15 GHz, in any 1 MHz reference 
bandwidth (BREF), the center frequency of which is removed 
from the assigned frequency by more than 50 percent up to and including 
250 percent of the authorized bandwidth: As specified by the following 
equation but in no event less than 11 decibels:

    A = 11 + 0.4(G - 50) + 10 Log10 B.

(Attenuation greater than 56 decibels is not required.)

    (iii) In any 4 kHz reference bandwidth (BREF), the center 
frequency of which is removed from the assigned frequency by more than 
250 percent of the authorized bandwidth: At least 43 +10 
Log10 (PMEAN in watts) decibels, or 80 decibels, 
whichever is the lesser attenuation.
    (b) For all emissions not covered in paragraph (a) of this section, 
the peak power of emissions shall be attenuated below the peak envelope 
transmitter power (PPEAK) in accordance with the following 
schedule:
    (1) On any frequency 500 Hz inside the channel edge up to and 
including 2500 Hz outside the same edge, the following formula will 
apply:

    A = 29 Log10 [(25/11)[(D + 2.5 - (W/2)]\2\] dB

(Attenuation greater than 50 decibels is not required.)


Where:

    A = Attenuation (in dB) below the peak envelope transmitter power.
    D = the displacement frequency (kHz) from the center of the 
authorized bandwidth.
    W = the channel bandwidth (kHz).

    (2) On any frequency removed from the channel edge by more than 2500 
Hz: At least 43+10 Log10 (PPEAK in watts) dB.
    (c) In the event a station's emissions outside its authorized 
channel cause harmful interference, the Commission may require the 
licensee to take such further steps as may be necessary to eliminate the 
interference.
    (d) For purposes of compliance with the emission limitation 
requirements of this section:
    (1) If the transmitter modulates a single carrier, digital 
modulation techniques are considered as being employed when digital 
modulation occupies 50 percent or more of the total peak frequency 
deviation of a transmitted radio frequency carrier. The total peak 
frequency deviation will be determined by adding the deviation produced 
by the digital modulation signal and the deviation produced by any 
frequency division multiplex (FDM) modulation used. The deviation (D) 
produced by the FDM signal must be determined in accordance with Sec.  
2.202(f) of this chapter.
    (2) If the transmitter modulates two or more carriers, with at least 
one using digital modulation and one using frequency or other analog 
modulation, digital modulation techniques are considered as being 
employed when the necessary bandwidth of the digital signal(s) is 50 
percent or more of the aggregate bandwidth of the system, comprising the 
digital necessary bandwidth(s), the analog necessary bandwidth(s), and 
any bandwidth(s) between the digital and analog necessary bandwidths. In 
this case, the aggregate bandwidth shall be used for the authorized 
bandwidth (B) in paragraph (a) of this section, and for purposes of 
compliance with the bandwidth limitations in Sec.  74.502 of this 
subpart; and the sum of the powers of the analog and digital signals 
shall be used for mean transmitter power (PMEAN) in paragraph 
(a) or the peak envelope transmitter power (PPEAK) in 
paragraph (b) of this section, and for purposes of compliance with the 
power limitations in Sec.  74.534 of this subpart.
    (3) For demonstrating compliance with the attenuation requirements 
for frequency modulation and digital modulation in paragraph (a) of this 
section, the resolution bandwidth (BRES) of the measuring 
equipment used for measurements removed from the center frequency by 
more than 250 percent of the authorized bandwidth shall be 100 kHz for 
operating frequencies below 1 GHz, and 1 MHz for operating frequencies 
above 1 GHz. The resolution bandwidth

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for frequencies removed from the center frequency by less than 250 
percent of the authorized bandwidth shall be the reference bandwidth 
(BREF) specified in the individual emission limitations, but 
may be reduced to not less than one percent of the authorized bandwidth 
(B), adjusted upward to the nearest greater resolution bandwidth 
available on the measuring equipment. In all cases, if BRES 
and BREF are not equal, then the attenuation requirement must 
be increased (or decreased) as determined by a factor of 10 
log10 [(BREF in megahertz)/(BRES in 
megahertz)] decibels, where a positive factor indicates an increase in 
the attenuation requirement and a negative factor indicates a decrease 
in the attenuation requirement.
    (4) Stations licensed pursuant to an application filed before March 
17, 2005, using equipment not conforming with the emission limitations 
specified above, may continue to operate indefinitely in accordance with 
the terms of their current authorizations, subject to periodic renewal. 
Existing equipment and equipment of product lines in production before 
April 16, 2003, authorized via certification or verification before 
March 17, 2005, for equipment not conforming to the emission limitations 
requirements specified above, may continue to be manufactured and/or 
marketed, but may not be authorized for use under a station license 
except at stations licensed pursuant to an application filed before 
March 17, 2005. Any non-conforming equipment authorized under a station 
license, and replaced on or after March 17, 2005, must be replaced by 
conforming equipment.
    (e) The following limitations apply to the operation of aural 
broadcast microwave booster stations:
    (1) The booster station must receive and amplify the signals of the 
originating station and retransmit them on the same frequency without 
significantly altering them in any way. The characteristics of the 
booster transmitter output signal shall meet the requirements applicable 
to the signal of the originating station.
    (2) The licensee is responsible for correcting any condition of 
interference that results from the radiation of radio frequency energy 
outside the assigned channel. Upon notice by the FCC to the station 
licensee that interference is being caused, operation of the apparatus 
must be immediately suspended and may not be resumed until the 
interference has been eliminated or it can be demonstrated that the 
interference is not due to spurious emissions. However, short term test 
transmissions may be made during the period of suspended operation to 
determine the efficacy of remedial measures.
    (3) In each instance where suspension of operation is required, the 
licensee must submit a full report to the FCC after operation is 
resumed. The report must contain details of the nature of the 
interference, the source of interfering signals, and the remedial steps 
taken to eliminate the interference.

[28 FR 13716, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 48 FR 50332, Nov. 1, 1983; 49 
FR 7130, Feb. 27, 1984; 49 FR 37777, Sept. 26, 1984; 50 FR 48599, Nov. 
26, 1985; 68 FR 12766, March 17, 2003.]



Sec.  74.536  Directional antenna required.

    (a) Aural broadcast STL and ICR stations are required to use a 
directional antenna with the minimum beamwidth necessary, consistent 
with good engineering practice, to establish the link.
    (b) An aural broadcast STL or intercity relay station operating in 
the 17.7-19.7 GHz band shall employ an antenna that meets the 
performance standards for Category A, except that in areas not subject 
to frequency congestion, antennas meeting standards for Category B may 
be employed. However, the Commission may require the replacement, at the 
licensee's expense, of any antenna or periscope antenna system of a 
permanent fixed station that does not meet performance Standard A, which 
is specified in the table in paragraph (c) of this section, upon a 
showing that said antenna causes or is likely to cause interference to 
(or receive interference from) any other authorized or proposed station; 
provided that an antenna meeting performance Standard A is unlikely to 
involve such interference.
    (c) Licensees shall comply with the antenna standards table shown in 
this paragraph in the following manner:
    (1) With either the maximum beamwidth to 3 dB points requirement or

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with the minimum antenna gain requirement; and
    (2) With the minimum radiation suppression to angle requirement.

                                                                    Antenna Standards
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                   Maximum                   Minimum radiation suppression to angle in degrees from
                                                                  beamwidth                            centerline of main beam in decibels
                                                                   to 3 dB    Minimum  -----------------------------------------------------------------
                   Frequency (GHz)                      Category   points 1   antenna
                                                                  (included     gain     5[deg]  10[deg]  15[deg]  20[deg]   30[deg]  100[deg]  140[deg]
                                                                   angle in    (dbi)       to       to       to       to       to        to        to
                                                                   degrees)             10[deg]  15[deg]  20[deg]  30[deg]  100[deg]  140[deg]  180[deg]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
17.7 to 19.7.........................................          A        2.2         38      25       29       33       36        42        55        55
                                                               B        2.2         38      20       24       28       32        35        36        36
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ If a licensee chooses to show compliance using maximum beamwidth to 3 dB points, the beamwidth limit shall apply in both the azimuth and the
  elevation planes.


[48 FR 50333, Nov. 1, 1983, as amended at 49 FR 7130, Feb. 27, 1984; 50 
FR 48599, Nov. 26, 1985; 51 FR 19840, June 3, 1986; 62 FR 4922, Feb. 3, 
1997; 68 FR 12767, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  74.537  Temporary authorizations.

    (a) Special temporary authority may be granted for aural broadcast 
STL or intercity relay station operation which cannot be conducted in 
accordance with Sec.  74.24. Such authority will normally be granted 
only for operations of a temporary nature. Where operation is seen as 
likely on a continuing annual basis, an application for a regular 
authorization should be submitted.
    (b) A request for special temporary authority for the operation of 
an aural broadcast STL or an intercity relay station must be made in 
accordance with the procedures of Sec.  1.931(b) of this chapter.
    (c) All requests for special temporary authority of an aural 
broadcast auxiliary stations must include full particulars including: 
licensee's name and address, facility identification number of the 
associated broadcast station(s), call letters of the aural broadcast STL 
or intercity relay station, if assigned, type and manufacturer of 
equipment, effective isotropic radiated power, emission, frequency or 
frequencies proposed for use, commencement and termination date and 
location of the proposed operation, and purpose for which request is 
made including any particular justification.
    (d) A request for special temporary authorization shall specify a 
frequency or frequencies consistent with the provisions of Sec.  74.502. 
However, in the case of events of widespread interest and importance 
which cannot be transmitted successfully on these frequencies, 
frequencies assigned to other services may be requested upon a showing 
that operation thereon will not cause interference to established 
stations. In no case will operation of an aural broadcast STL or 
intercity relay station be authorized on frequencies employed for the 
safety of life or property.
    (e) When the transmitting equipment utilized is not licensed to the 
user, the user shall nevertheless have full control over the use of the 
equipment during the period it is operated.
    (f) Special temporary authorization to permit operation of aural 
broadcast STL or intercity relay stations or systems pending FCC action 
on an application for regular authority will normally not be granted.

[47 FR 9220, Mar. 4, 1982, as amended at 50 FR 23709, June 5, 1985; 58 
FR 19775, Apr. 16, 1993; 68 FR 12767, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  74.550  Equipment authorization.

    Each authorization for aural broadcast STL, ICR, and booster 
stations shall require the use of equipment which has been certificated 
or verified. Equipment which has not been approved under the equipment 
authorization program and which was in service prior to July 1, 1993, 
may be retained solely for temporary uses necessary to restore or 
maintain regular service provided by approved equipment, because the 
main or primary unit has failed or requires servicing. Such temporary 
uses may not interfere with or impede the establishment of other

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aural broadcast auxiliary links and may not occur during more than 720 
cumulative hours per year. Should interference occur, the licensee must 
take all steps necessary to eliminate it, up to and including cessation 
of operation of the auxiliary transmitter. All unapproved equipment 
retained for temporary use must have been in the possession of the 
licensee prior to July 1, 1993, and may not be obtained from other 
sources. Equipment designed exclusively for fixed operation shall be 
authorized under the verification procedure. The equipment authorization 
procedures are contained in subpart J of part 2 of the rules.
    Note to Sec.  74.550: Consistent with the note to Sec.  74.502(a), 
grandfathered equipment in the 942-944 MHz band and STL/ICR users of 
these frequencies in Puerto Rico are also required to come into 
compliance by July 1, 1993. The backup provisions described above apply 
to these stations also.

[63 FR 36604, July 7, 1998]



Sec.  74.551  Equipment changes.

    (a) Modifications may be made to an existing authorization in 
accordance with Sec. Sec.  1.929 and 1.947 of this chapter.
    (1) A change in the ERP.
    (2) A change in the operating frequency or channel bandwidth.
    (3) A change in the location of the transmitter or transmitting 
antenna except when relocation of the transmitter is within the same 
building.
    (4) Any change in the overall height of the antenna structure, 
except where notice to the Federal Aviation Administration is 
specifically not required under Sec.  17.14(b) of this chapter.
    (5) Any change in the direction of the main radiation lobe of the 
transmitting antenna.
    (b) Permissible changes in equipment operating in the bands 18.3-
18.58, 18.76-18.82 GHz and 19.1-19.16 GHz. Notwithstanding other 
provisions of this section, licensees of stations that remain co-primary 
under the provisions of Sec.  74.502(c) may not make modifications to 
their systems that increase interference to satellite earth stations, or 
result in a facility that would be more costly to relocate.

[28 FR 13716, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 38 FR 6827, Mar. 13, 1973; 47 
FR 54448, Dec. 3, 1982; 49 FR 7130, Feb. 27, 1984; 50 FR 48599, Nov. 26, 
1985; 58 FR 19775, Apr. 16, 1993; 61 FR 4368, Feb. 6, 1996; 65 FR 54172, 
Sept. 7, 2000; 68 FR 12768, Mar. 17, 2003; 68 FR 16967, Apr. 8, 2003; 68 
FR 20225, Apr. 24, 2003]



Sec.  74.561  Frequency tolerance.

    In the bands above 944 MHz, the operating frequency of the 
transmitter shall be maintained in accordance with the following table:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Tolerance as
                                                             percentage
                   Frequency band (MHz)                      of assigned
                                                              frequency
------------------------------------------------------------------------
944 to 952................................................         0.005
17,700 to 19,700..........................................         0.003
------------------------------------------------------------------------


[54 FR 30043, July 18, 1989, as amended at 68 FR 12768, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  74.562  Frequency monitors and measurements.

    The licensee shall ensure that the STL, ICR, TVP, or booster 
transmitter does not exceed the emission limitations of Sec.  74.535. 
This may be accomplished by appropriate frequency measurement techniques 
and consideration of the transmitter emissions.

[50 FR 48599, Nov. 26, 1985]



Sec.  74.564  Posting of station license.

    (a) The station license and any other instrument of authorization or 
individual order concerning the construction of the equipment or manner 
of operation of the station shall be posted in the room in which the 
transmitter is located, provided that if the station is operated by 
remote control pursuant to Sec.  74.533, the station license shall be 
posted at the operating position.
    (b) Posting of the station license and any other instruments of 
authorization shall be done by affixing the licenses to the wall at the 
posting location, or by enclosing them in a binder or folder which is 
retained at the posting location so that the documents will be readily 
available and easily accessible.

[48 FR 24385, June 1, 1983, as amended at 60 FR 55483, Nov. 1, 1995]

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Sec.  74.582  Station identification.

    (a) Each aural broadcast STL or intercity relay station, when 
transmitting program material or information shall transmit station 
identification at the beginning and end of each period of operation, and 
hourly, as close to the hour as feasible, at a natural break in program 
offerings by one of the following means:
    (1) Transmission of its own call sign by aural means or by automatic 
transmission of international Morse telegraphy.
    (2) Aural transmission of the call sign of the radio broadcast 
station with which it is licensed as an STL or intercity relay station.
    (3) Aural transmission of the call sign of the radio broadcast 
station whose signals are being relayed, or, when programs are obtained 
directly from network lines and relayed, the network identification.
    (b) Station identification transmissions during operation need not 
be made when to make such transmission would interrupt a single 
consecutive speech, play, religious service, symphony concert, or other 
such productions. In such cases, the identification transmission shall 
be made at the first interruption of the entertainment continuity and at 
the conclusion thereof.
    (c) Where more than one aural broadcast STL or intercity relay 
station is employed in an integrated relay system, the station at the 
point of origination may originate the transmission of the call signs of 
all of the stations in the relay system.
    (d) Aural broadcast microwave booster stations will be assigned 
individual call signs. However, station identification will be 
accomplished by the retransmission of identification as provided in 
paragraph (a) of this section.
    (e) Voice transmissions shall normally be employed for station 
identification. However, other methods of station identification may be 
permitted or required by the Commission.

[28 FR 13716, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 42 FR 36830, July 18, 1977; 
42 FR 38178, July 27, 1977; 45 FR 26067, Apr. 17, 1980; 49 FR 7130, Feb. 
27, 1984]



            Subpart F_Television Broadcast Auxiliary Stations



Sec.  74.600  Eligibility for license.

    A license for a station in this subpart will be issued only to a 
television broadcast station, a Class A TV station, a television 
broadcast network-entity, a low power TV station, or a TV translator 
station.

[ 65 FR 30011, May 10, 2000]



Sec.  74.601  Classes of TV broadcast auxiliary stations.

    (a) TV pickup stations. A land mobile station used for the 
transmission of TV program material and related communications from 
scenes of events occurring at points removed from TV station studios to 
a TV broadcast, Class A TV or low power TV station or other purposes as 
authorized in Sec.  74.631.
    (b) TV STL station (studio-transmitter link). A fixed station used 
for the transmission of TV program material and related communications 
from the studio to the transmitter of a TV broadcast, Class A TV or low 
power TV station or other purposes as authorized in Sec.  74.631.
    (c) TV relay station. A fixed station used for transmission of TV 
program material and related communications for use by TV broadcast, 
Class A TV and low power TV stations or other purposes as authorized in 
Sec.  74.631.
    (d) TV translator relay station. A fixed station used for relaying 
programs and signals of TV broadcast or Class A TV stations to Class A 
TV, LPTV, TV translator, and to other communications facilities that the 
Commission may authorize or for other purposes as permitted by Sec.  
74.631.
    (e) TV broadcast licensee. Licensees and permittees of TV broadcast, 
Class A TV and low power TV stations, unless specifically otherwise 
indicated.
    (f) TV microwave booster station. A fixed station in the TV 
broadcast auxiliary service that receives and amplifies signals of a TV 
pickup, TV STL, TV relay, or TV translator relay station and retransmits 
them on the same frequency.

[65 FR 30012, May 10, 2000]

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Sec.  74.602  Frequency assignment.

    (a) The following frequencies are available for assignment to 
television pickup, television STL, television relay and television 
translator relay stations. The band segments 17,700-18,580 and 19,260-
19,700 MHz are available for broadcast auxiliary stations as described 
in paragraph (g) of this section. The band segment 6425-6525 MHz is 
available for broadcast auxiliary stations as described in paragraph (i) 
of this section. Broadcast network-entities may also use the 1990-2110, 
6425-6525 and 6875-7125 MHz bands for mobile television pickup only.

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                                                                                                        Band D 1 GHz
                                                                  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                Group A channels                            Group B channels
              Band A MHz                        Band B MHz        --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                  Channel                                    Channel
                                                                          Designation            boundaries           Designation           boundaries
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1990-2008.............................  .........................  A01......................    12.700-12.725  B01.....................  12.7125-12.7375
2008-2025.............................  .........................  A02......................    12.725-12.750  B02.....................  12.7375-12.7625
2025-2042.............................  .........................  A03......................    12.750-12.775  B03.....................  12.7625-12.7875
2042-2059.............................  .........................  A04......................    12.775-12.800  B04.....................  12.7875-12.8125
2059-2076.............................  6875-6900................  A05......................    12.800-12.825  B05.....................  12.8125-12.8375
2076-2093.............................  6900-6925................  A06......................    12.825-12.850  B06.....................  12.8375-12.8625
2093-2110.............................  6925-6950................  A07......................    12.850-12.875  B07.....................  12.8625-12.8875
2450-2467.............................  6950-6975................  A08......................    12.875-12.900  B08.....................  12.8875-12.9125
2467-2483.5...........................  6975-7000................  A09......................    12.900-12.925  B09.....................  12.9125-12.9375
                                        7000-7025................  A10......................    12.925-12.950  B10.....................  12.9375-12.9625
                                        7025-7050................  A11......................    12.950-12.975  B11.....................  12.9625-12.9875
                                        7050-7075................  A12......................    12.975-13.000  B12.....................  12.9875-12.0125
                                        7075-7100................  A13......................    13.000-13.025  B13.....................  13.0125-13.0375
                                        7100-7125................  A14......................    13.025-13.050  B14.....................  13.0375-13.0625
                                                                   A15......................    13.050-13.075  B15.....................  13.0625-13.0875
                                                                   A16......................    13.075-13.100  B16.....................  13.0875-13.1125
                                                                   A17......................    13.100-13.125  B17.....................  13.1125-13.1375
                                                                   A18......................    13.125-13.150  B18 \2\.................  13.1375-13.1625
                                                                   A19 \2\..................    13.150-13.175  B19 \2\.................  13.1625-13.1875
                                                                   A20 \2\..................    13.175-13.200  B20 \2\.................  13.1875-13.2125
                                                                   A21......................    13.200-13.225  B21.....................  13.2125-13.2375
                                                                   A22......................    13.225-13.250
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\1\ For fixed stations using Band D Channels, applicants are encouraged to use alternate A and B channels such that adjacent R.F. carriers are spaced
  12.5 MHz. As example, a fixed station, relaying several channels, would use A01, B01, A02, B02, A03, etc.
\2\ The band 13.15-13.20 GHz is reserved for television pickup and CARS pickup stations inside a 50 km radius of the 100 television markets delineated
  in Sec.   76.51 of this chapter. Outside a 50 km radius of the 100 television markets delineated in Sec.   76.51 of this chapter, television pickup
  stations, CARS stations and NGSO FSS gateway earth stations shall operate on a primary co-equal basis. The band 13.20-13.2125 GHz is reserved for
  television pickup stations on a primary basis and CARS pickup stations on a secondary basis inside a 50 km radius of the 100 television markets
  delineated in Sec.   76.51 of this chapter. Outside a 50 km radius of the 100 markets delineated in Sec.   76.51 of this chapter, television pickup
  stations and NGSO FSS gateway earth stations shall operate on a co-primary basis, CARS stations shall operate on a secondary basis. Fixed television
  auxiliary stations licensed pursuant to applications accepted for filing before September 1, 1979, may continue operation on channels in the 13.15-
  13.25 GHz band, subject to periodic license renewals. NGSO FSS gateway uplink transmissions in the 13.15-13.2125 GHz segment shall be limited to a
  maximum EIRP of 3.2 dBW towards 0 degrees on the radio horizon. These provisions shall not apply to GSO FSS operations in the 12.75-13.25 GHz band.


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    (1) Frequencies shown above between 2450 and 2500 MHz in Band A are 
allocated to accommodate the incidental radiations of industrial, 
scientific, and medical (ISM) equipment, and stations operating therein 
must accept any interference that may be caused by the operation of such 
equipment. Frequencies between 2450 and 2500 MHz are also shared with 
other communication services and exclusive channel assignments will not 
be made, nor is the channeling shown above necessarily that which will 
be employed by such other services.
    (2) [Reserved]
    (3)(i) After January 1, 2000, stations may adhere to the channel 
plan specified in paragraph (a) of this section, or to the following 
channel plan in Band A:

Channel A01--2008-2023 MHz
Channel A02--2023-2037.5 MHz
Channel A03--2037.5-2052 MHz
Channel A04--2052-2066.5 MHz
Channel A05--2066.5-2081 MHz
Channel A06--2081-2095.5 MHz
Channel A07--2095.5-2110 MHz

    (ii) Broadcast Auxiliary Service, Cable Television Remote Pickup 
Service, and Local Television Transmission Service licensees in Nielsen 
Designated Market Areas 1-30 will be required to use the Band A channel 
plan in paragraph (a)(3)(i) of this section after completion of 
relocation by an Emerging Technologies licensee in accordance with Sec.  
74.690. Licensees declining relocation and licensees in Nielsen 
Designated Market Areas 31 and higher will be required to discontinue 
use of the 1990-2008 MHz band when informed by a Mobile-Satellite 
Service licensee that it intends to begin operations in the 1990-2008 
MHz band.
    (4)(i) When Mobile-Satellite Service licensees begin operations in 
the 2008-2025 MHz band, stations may adhere to the channel plan 
specified, but are forbidden to use Channel A01, or may adhere to the 
following channel plan in Band A:

Channel A01--2025-2037.4 MHz
Channel A02--2037.4-2049.5 MHz
Channel A03--2049.5-2061.6 MHz
Channel A04--2061.6-2073.7 MHz
Channel A05--2073.7-2085.8 MHz
Channel A06--2085.8-2097.9 MHz
Channel A07--2097.9-2110 MHz

    (ii) Broadcast Auxiliary Service, Cable Television Remote Pickup 
Service, and Local Television Transmission Service licensees in Nielsen 
Designated Market Areas 1-30 will be required to use the Band A channel 
plan in paragraph (a)(4)(i) of this section after completion of 
relocation by an Emerging Technologies licensee in accordance with Sec.  
74.690. Licensees declining relocation and licensees in Nielsen 
Designated Market Areas 31 and higher will be required to discontinue 
use of the 2008-2025 MHz band when informed by a Mobile-Satellite 
Service licensee that it intends to begin operations in the 2008-2025 
MHz band.
    (b) Subject to the conditions of paragraph (a) of this section, 
frequency assignments will normally be made as requested, provided that 
the frequency selection provisions of Sec.  74.604 have been followed 
and that the frequency requested will cause no interference to existing 
users in the area. The Commission reserves the right to assign 
frequencies other than those requested if, in its opinion, such action 
is warranted.
    (c) Fixed link stations will be authorized to operate on one channel 
only.
    (d) Cable Television Relay Service stations may be assigned channels 
in Band D between 12,700 and 13,200 MHz subject to the condition that no 
harmful interference is caused to TV STL and TV relay stations 
authorized at the time of such grants. Similarly, new TV STL and TV 
relay stations must not cause harmful interference to cable television 
relay stations authorized at the time of such grants. The use of 
channels between 12,700 and 13,200 MHz by TV pickup stations is subject 
to the condition that no harmful interference is caused to Cable 
Television Relay Service stations, TV STL and TV relay stations, except 
as provided for in Sec.  74.602(a) Note 2. Band D channels are also 
shared with certain Private Operational Fixed Stations, see Sec.  
74.638.
    (e) Communication common carriers in the Local Television 
Transmission Service (Part 101) may be assigned frequencies available to 
television broadcast station licensees and broadcast network entities 
for the purpose of providing service to television broadcast

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stations and broadcast network entities, respectively.
    (f) TV auxiliary stations licensed to low power TV stations and 
translator relay stations will be assigned on a secondary basis, i.e., 
subject to the condition that no harmful interference is caused to other 
TV auxiliary stations assigned to TV broadcast stations, or to cable 
television relay service stations (CARS) operating between 12,700 and 
13,200 MHz. Auxiliary stations licensed to low power TV stations and 
translator relay stations must accept any interference caused by 
stations having primary use of TV auxiliary frequencies.
    (g) The following frequencies are available for assignment to 
television STL, television relay stations and television translator 
relay stations. Stations operating on frequencies in the sub-bands 18.3-
18.58 GHz and 19.26-19.3 GHz that were licensed or had applications 
pending before the Commission as of September 18, 1998 may continue 
those operations on a shared co-primary basis with other services under 
parts 21, 25, 78, and 101 of this chapter. Such stations, however, are 
subject to relocation by licensees in the fixed-satellite service. Such 
relocation is subject to the provisions of Sec. Sec.  101.85 through 
101.97 of this chapter. No new applications for new licenses will be 
accepted in the 19.26-19.3 GHz band after June 8, 2000, and no new 
applications for new licenses will be accepted in the 18.3-18.58 GHz 
band after November 19, 2002. The provisions of Sec.  74.604 do not 
apply to the use of these frequencies. Licensees may use either a two-
way link or one or both frequencies of a frequency pair for a one-way 
link and shall coordinate proposed operations pursuant to procedures 
required in Sec.  101.103(d) of this chapter.
    (1) 2 MHz maximum authorized bandwidth channel:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Receive
                  Transmit (receive) (MHz)                    (transmit)
                                                                (MHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
18141.0....................................................          n/a
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (2) 6 MHz maximum authorized bandwidth channels:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Receive
                  Transmit (receive) (MHz)                    (transmit)
                                                                (MHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           216 MHz Separation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
18145.0....................................................          n/a
18151.0....................................................      18367.0
18157.0....................................................      18373.0
18163.0....................................................      18379.0
18169.0....................................................      18385.0
18175.0....................................................      18391.0
18181.0....................................................      18397.0
18187.0....................................................      18403.0
18193.0....................................................      18409.0
18199.0....................................................      18415.0
18205.0....................................................      18421.0
18211.0....................................................      18427.0
18217.0....................................................      18433.0
18223.0....................................................      18439.0
18229.0....................................................      18445.0
18235.0....................................................      18451.0
18241.0....................................................      18457.0
18247.0....................................................      18463.0
18253.0....................................................      18469.0
18259.0....................................................      18475.0
18265.0....................................................      18481.0
18271.0....................................................      18487.0
18277.0....................................................      18493.0
18283.0....................................................      18499.0
18289.0....................................................      18505.0
18295.0....................................................      18511.0
18301.0....................................................      18517.0
18307.0....................................................      18523.0
18313.0....................................................      18529.0
18319.0....................................................      18535.0
18325.0....................................................      18541.0
18331.0....................................................      18547.0
18337.0....................................................      18553.0
18343.0....................................................      18559.0
18349.0....................................................      18565.0
18355.0....................................................      18571.0
18361.0....................................................      18577.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (3) 10 MHz maximum authorized bandwidth channels:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Receive
                  Transmit (receive) (MHz)                    (transmit)
                                                                (MHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           1560 MHz Separation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
17705.0....................................................      19265.0
17715.0....................................................      19275.0
17725.0....................................................      19285.0
17735.0....................................................      19295.0
17745.0....................................................      19305.0
17755.0....................................................      19315.0
17765.0....................................................      19325.0
17775.0....................................................      19335.0
17785.0....................................................      19345.0
17795.0....................................................      19355.0
17805.0....................................................      19365.0
17815.0....................................................      19375.0
17825.0....................................................      19385.0
17835.0....................................................      19395.0
17845.0....................................................      19405.0
17855.0....................................................      19415.0
17865.0....................................................      19425.0
17875.0....................................................      19435.0
17885.0....................................................      19445.0
17895.0....................................................      19455.0
17905.0....................................................      19465.0
17915.0....................................................      19475.0
17925.0....................................................      19485.0

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17935.0....................................................      19495.0
17945.0....................................................      19505.0
17955.0....................................................      19515.0
17965.0....................................................      19525.0
17975.0....................................................      19535.0
17985.0....................................................      19545.0
17995.0....................................................      19555.0
18005.0....................................................      19565.0
18015.0....................................................      19575.0
18025.0....................................................      19585.0
18035.0....................................................      19595.0
18045.0....................................................      19605.0
18055.0....................................................      19615.0
18065.0....................................................      19625.0
18075.0....................................................      19635.0
18085.0....................................................      19645.0
18095.0....................................................      19655.0
18105.0....................................................      19665.0
18115.0....................................................      19675.0
18125.0....................................................      19685.0
18135.0....................................................      19695.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (4) 20 MHz maximum authorized bandwidth channels:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Receive
                  Transmit (receive) (MHz)                    (transmit)
                                                                (MHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           1560 MHz Separation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
17710.0....................................................      19270.0
17730.0....................................................      19290.0
17750.0....................................................      19310.0
17770.0....................................................      19330.0
17790.0....................................................      19350.0
17810.0....................................................      19370.0
17830.0....................................................      19390.0
17850.0....................................................      19410.0
17870.0....................................................      19430.0
17890.0....................................................      19450.0
17910.0....................................................      19470.0
17930.0....................................................      19490.0
17950.0....................................................      19510.0
17970.0....................................................      19530.0
17990.0....................................................      19550.0
18010.0....................................................      19570.0
18030.0....................................................      19590.0
18050.0....................................................      19610.0
18070.0....................................................      19630.0
18090.0....................................................      19650.0
18110.0....................................................      19670.0
18130.0....................................................      19690.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (5) 40 MHz maximum authorized bandwidth channels:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Receive
                  Transmit (receive) (MHz)                    (transmit)
                                                                (MHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           1560 MHz Separation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
17720.0....................................................      19280.0
17760.0....................................................      19320.0
17800.0....................................................      19360.0
17840.0....................................................      19400.0
17880.0....................................................      19440.0
17920.0....................................................      19480.0
17960.0....................................................      19520.0
18000.0....................................................      19560.0
18040.0....................................................      19600.0
18080.0....................................................      19640.0
18120.0....................................................      19680.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (6) 80 MHz maximum authorized bandwidth channels:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Receive
                  Transmit (receive) (MHz)                    (transmit)
                                                                (MHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           1560 MHz Separation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
17740.0....................................................      19300.0
17820.0....................................................      19380.0
17900.0....................................................      19460.0
17980.0....................................................      19540.0
18060.0....................................................      19620.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (h) TV STL, TV relay stations, and TV translator relay stations may 
be authorized to operate fixed point-to-point service on the UHF TV 
channels 14-69 on a secondary basis and subject to the provisions of 
subpart G of this part:
    (1) Applications for authorization in accordance with this paragraph 
must comply with the following technical limits or be accompanied by an 
engineering analysis demonstrating why these limits must be exceeded:
    (i) Maximum EIRP is limited to 35 dBW;
    (ii) Transmitting antenna beamwidth is limited to 25 degrees 
(measured at the 3 dB points); and
    (iii) Vertical polarization is used.
    (2) These stations must not interfere with and must accept 
interference from current and future full-power UHF-TV stations, LPTV 
stations, and translator stations. They will also be secondary to land 
mobile stations in areas where land mobile sharing is currently 
permitted.
    (3) TV STL and TV relay stations licensed for operation on UHF TV 
channels 52-69 based on applications filed before April 16, 2003, may 
continue to operate under the terms of their current authorizations 
until the end of transition to digital television in their market (DTV 
Transition), as set forth in Sec. Sec.  73.622 through 73.625 of this 
chapter. Applications for TV STL and TV relay stations operating on UHF 
TV channels 52-69 will not be accepted for filing on or after April 16, 
2003.

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    (4) TV translator relay stations licensed for operation on UHF TV 
channels 52-59 based on applications filed before the end of DTV 
transition may continue to operate under the terms of their current 
authorizations indefinitely. TV translator relay stations licensed for 
operation on UHF TV channels 60-69 based on applications filed before 
the end of DTV transition may continue to operate under the terms of 
their current authorizations until the end of DTV Transition. 
Applications for TV translator relay stations operating on UHF TV 
channels 52-69 will not be accepted for filing on or after the end of 
DTV Transition.
    (i) 6425 to 6525 MHz--Mobile Only. Paired and un-paired operations 
permitted. Use of this spectrum for direct delivery of video programs to 
the general public or multi-channel cable distribution is not permitted. 
This band is co-equally shared with mobile stations licensed pursuant to 
parts 78 and 101 of this chapter. The following channel plans apply.
    (1) 1 MHz maximum authorized bandwidth channels.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Transmit (or receive MHz)           Receive (or transmit) (MHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  6425.5                               6475.5
                  6450.5                               6500.5
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (2) 8 MHz maximum authorized bandwidth channels.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Transmit (or receive MHz)           Receive (or transmit) (MHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  6430.0                               6480.0
                  6438.0                               6488.0
                  6446.0                               6596.0
                  6455.0                               6505.0
                  6463.0                               6513.0
                  6471.0                               6521.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (3) 25 MHz maximum authorized bandwidth channels.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Transmit (or receive MHz)           Receive (or transmit (MHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  6437.5                               6487.5
                  6462.5                               6512.5
------------------------------------------------------------------------


(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082; 47 U.S.C. 154, 
155, 303)

[28 FR 13718, Dec. 14, 1963]

    Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec.  
74.602, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume and on GPO Access.



Sec.  74.603  Sound channels.

    (a) The frequencies listed in Sec.  74.602(a) may be used for the 
simultaneous transmission of the picture and sound portions of TV 
broadcast programs and for cue and order circuits, either by means of 
multiplexing or by the use of a separate transmitter within the same 
channel. When multiplexing of a TV STL station is contemplated, 
consideration should be given to the requirements of Sec.  73.687 of 
this Chapter regarding the overall system performance requirements. 
Applications for new TV pickup, TV STL, TV relay and TV translator relay 
stations shall clearly indicate the nature of any mutliplexing proposed. 
Multiplexing equipment may be installed on licensed equipment without 
authority of the FCC, provided the installation of such apparatus on a 
TV STL station shall not result in degradation of the overall system 
performance of the TV broadcast station below that permitted by Sec.  
73.687 of this chapter.
    (b) [Reserved]
    (c) Aural STL or intercity relay stations licensed as of July 10, 
1970, to operate in the frequency band 942-947 MHz, may continue to so 
operate pending a decision as to their disposition through a future rule 
making proceeding.
    (d) Remote pickup broadcast stations may be used in conjunction with 
television pickup stations for the transmission of the aural portion of 
television programs or events that occur outside a television studio and 
for the transmission of cues, orders, and other related communications 
necessary thereto. The rules governing remote pickup broadcast stations 
are contained in Subpart D of this part.

[28 FR 13718, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 47 FR 55936, Dec. 14, 1982; 
48 FR 24385, June 1, 1983; 68 FR 12769, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  74.604  Interference avoidance.

    (a) [Reserved]
    (b) Where two or more licensees are assigned a common channel for TV 
pickup, TV STL, or TV relay purposes in the same area and simultaneous 
operation is contemplated, they shall take such steps as may be 
necessary to avoid mutual interference, including

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consultation with the local coordination committee, if one exists. If a 
mutual agreement to this effect cannot be reached, the Commission must 
be notified and it will take such action as may be necessary, including 
time sharing arrangements, to assure an equitable distribution of 
available frequencies.
    (c) For those interference disputes brought to the Commission for 
resolution, TV broadcast auxiliary channels will have the following 
priority for purposes of interference protection:
    (1) All fixed links for full service broadcast stations and cable 
systems.
    (2) TV and CARS pickup stations.
    (3) Fixed or mobile stations serving translator or low power TV 
stations.
    (4) Backup facilities; TV pickup stations used outside a licensee's 
local service area.
    (5) Any transmission, pursuant to Sec.  74.631(f), that does not 
involve the delivery of program material to a licensee's associated TV 
broadcast station.
    (d) Interference between two stations having the same priority shall 
be resolved in favor of the station licensed first on a particular path.

[48 FR 17091, Apr. 21, 1983, as amended at 68 FR 12769, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  74.631  Permissible service.

    (a) The licensee of a television pickup station authorizes the 
transmission of program material, orders concerning such program 
material, and related communications necessary to the accomplishment of 
such transmissions, from the scenes of events occurring in places other 
than a television studio, to its associated television broadcast 
station, to an associated television relay station, to such other 
stations as are broadcasting the same program material, or to the 
network or networks with which the television broadcast station is 
affiliated. Television pickup stations may be operated in conjunction 
with other television broadcast stations not aformentioned in this 
paragraph: Provided, That the transmissions by the television pickup 
station are under the control of the licensee of the television pickup 
station and that such operation shall not exceed a total of 10 days in 
any 30-day period. Television pickup stations may be used to provide 
temporary studio-transmitter links or intercity relay circuits 
consistent with Sec.  74.632 without further authority of the 
Commission: Provided, however, That prior Commission authority shall be 
obtained if the transmitting antenna to be installed will increase the 
height of any natural formation or man-made structure by more than 6.1 
meters (20 feet) and will be in existence for a period of more than 2 
consecutive days.

    Note: As used in this subpart, ``associated television broadcast 
station'' means a television broadcast station licensed to the licensee 
of the television auxiliary broadcast station and with which the 
television auxiliary station is licensed as an auxiliary facility.

    (b) A television broadcast STL station is authorized to transmit 
visual program material between the studio and the transmitter of a 
television broadcast station for simultaneous or delayed broadcast.
    (c) A TV relay station is authorized to transmit visual program 
material between TV broadcast stations for simultaneous or delayed 
broadcast, or may be used to transmit visual program material from a 
remote pickup receiver site of a single station.
    (d) The transmitter of an STL, TV relay station or TV translator 
relay station may be multiplexed to provide additional communication 
channels. A TV broadcast STL or TV relay station will be authorized only 
in those cases where the principal use is the transmission of television 
broadcast program material for use by its associated TV broadcast 
station. However, STL or TV relay stations so licensed may be operated 
at any time for the transmission of multiplexed communications whether 
or not visual program material is being transmitted, provided that such 
operation does not cause harmful interference to TV broadcast pickup, 
STL or TV relay stations transmitting television broadcast program 
material.
    (e) Except as provided in paragraphs (a), (d), (f) and (j) of this 
section, all program material transmitted over a TV pickup, STL, or TV 
relay station shall be used by or intended for use by a TV broadcast 
station owned by or under the common control of the licensee of the TV 
pickup, STL, or TV

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relay station. Program material transmitted over a TV pickup, STL or TV 
relay station and so used by the licensee of such facility may, with the 
permission of the licensee of the broadcast auxiliary facility, be used 
by other TV broadcast stations and by non-broadcast closed circuit 
educational TV systems operated by educational institutions.
    (f) A TV broadcast pickup, STL, or TV relay station may be used for 
the transmission of material to be used by others, including but not 
limited to other broadcast stations, cable television systems, and 
educational institutions. This use shall not interfere with the use of 
these broadcast auxiliary facilities for the transmission of programs 
and associated material intended to be used by the television station or 
stations licensed to or under common control of the licensee of the TV 
pickup, STL, or TV relay station. This use of the broadcast auxiliary 
facilities must not cause harmful interference to broadcast auxiliary 
stations operating in accordance with the basic frequency allocation, 
and the licensee of the TV pickup, STL, or TV relay station must retain 
exclusive control over the operation of the facilities. Prior to 
operating pursuant to the provisions of this section, the licensee 
shall, for the intended location or area-of-operation, notify the 
appropriate frequency coordinatioin committee or any licensee(s) 
assigned the use of the proposed operating frequency, concerning the 
particulars of the intended operation and must provide the name and 
telephone number of a person who may be contacted in the event of 
interference.
    (g) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, a 
television translator relay station is authorized for the purpose of 
relaying the programs and signals of a television broadcast station to 
television broadcast translator stations for simultaneous 
retransmission.
    (h) A TV microwave booster station is authorized to retransmit the 
signals of a TV pickup, TV STL, TV relay, or TV translator relay 
station.
    (i) TV broadcast auxiliary stations authorized pursuant to this 
subpart may additionally be authorized to supply programs and signals of 
TV broadcast stations to cable television systems or CARS stations. 
Where the licensee of a TV broadcast auxiliary station supplies programs 
and signals to cable television systems or CARS stations, the TV 
auxiliary licensee must have exclusive control over the operation of the 
TV auxiliary stations licensed to it. Contributions to capital and 
operating expenses may be accepted only on a cost-sharing, non-profit 
basis, prorated on an equitable basis among all parties being supplied 
with program material.
    (j) A broadcast network-entity may use television auxiliary service 
stations to transmit their own television program materials to broadcast 
stations, other broadcast network-entities, cable systems and cable 
network-entities: Provided, however, that the bands 1990-2110 MHz, 6425-
6525 MHz and 6875-7125 MHz may be used by broadcast network-entities 
only for television pick-up stations.

[28 FR 13718, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 29 FR 15524, Nov. 19, 1964; 
43 FR 1950, Jan. 13, 1978; 44 FR 32381, June 6, 1979; 47 FR 55937, Dec. 
14, 1982; 48 FR 17092, Apr. 21, 1983; 49 FR 7130, Feb. 27, 1984; 52 FR 
7142, Mar. 9, 1987; 68 FR 12769, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  74.632  Licensing requirements.

    (a) Licenses for television pickup, television STL, television 
microwave booster, or television relay stations will be issued only to 
licensees of television broadcast stations, and broadcast network-
entities and, further, on a secondary basis, to licensees of low power 
television stations. A separate application is required for each fixed 
station and the application shall be specific with regard to the 
frequency requested. A mobile station license may be issued for any 
number of mobile transmitters to operate in a specific area or frequency 
band and the applicant shall be specific with regard to the frequencies 
requested.
    (b) A license for a TV relay station may be issued in any case where 
the circuit will operate between TV broadcast stations either by means 
of ``off-the-air'' pickup and relay or location of the initial relay 
station at the studio or transmitter of a TV broadcast station.

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    (c) An application for a new TV pickup station shall designate the 
TV broadcast station with which it is to be operated and specify the 
area in which the proposed operation is intended. The maximum 
permissible area of operation will generally be that of a standard 
metropolitan area, unless a special showing is made that a larger area 
is necessary.
    (d) Licensees who have two or more TV broadcast stations located in 
different cities shall, in applying for a new TV pickup station, 
designate the TV broadcast station in conjunction with which it is to be 
operated principally. Operation in a city which is not the city of 
license of the associated TV broadcast station is on a secondary, non-
interference basis to home-city users.
    (e) A license for a TV translator relay station will be issued only 
to licensees of low power TV and TV translator stations. However, a 
television translator relay station license may be issued to a 
cooperative enterprise wholly owned by licensees of television broadcast 
translators or licensees of television broadcast translators and cable 
television owners or operators upon a showing that the applicant is 
qualified under the Communication Act of 1934, as amended.
    (f) Licensees of TV pickup, TV STL, TV relay, and TV translator 
relay stations may be authorized to operate one or more TV microwave 
booster stations for the purpose of relaying signals over a path that 
cannot be covered with a single station.
    (g) In case of permanent discontinuance of operations of a station 
licensed under this subpart, the licensee shall cancel the station 
license using FCC Form 601. For purposes of this section, a station 
which is not operated for a period of one year is considered to have 
been permanently discontinued.

[28 FR 13718, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 44 FR 32382, June 6, 1979; 47 
FR 55937, Dec. 14, 1982; 48 FR 9012, Mar. 3, 1983; 48 FR 17092, Apr. 21, 
1983; 48 FR 21486, May 12, 1983; 49 FR 7130, Feb. 27, 1984; 49 FR 10930, 
Mar. 23, 1984; 52 FR 7142, Mar. 9, 1987; 58 FR 19775, Apr. 16, 1993; 63 
FR 36605, July 7, 1998; 68 FR 12769, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  74.633  Temporary authorizations.

    (a) Special temporary authority may be granted for TV broadcast 
auxiliary station operation which cannot be conducted in accordance with 
Sec.  74.24. Such authority will normally be granted only for operations 
of a temporary nature. Where operation is seen as likely on a continuing 
annual basis, an application for a regular authorization should be 
submitted.
    (b) A request for special temporary authority for the operation of a 
television broadcast auxiliary station must be made in accordance with 
the procedures of Sec.  1.931(b) of this chapter.
    (c) All requests for special temporary authority of a television 
broadcast auxiliary station must include full particulars including: 
licensee's name and address, facility identification number of the 
associated broadcast station(s) (if any), call letters of the television 
broadcast STL or intercity relay station (if assigned), type and 
manufacturer of equipment, effective isotropic radiated power, emission, 
frequency or frequencies proposed for use, commencement and termination 
date and location of the proposed operation, and purpose for which 
request is made including any particular justification.
    (d) A request for special temporary authority shall specify a 
channel or channels consistent with the provisions of Sec.  74.602: 
Provided, That in the case of events of wide-spread interest and 
importance which cannot be transmitted successfully on these 
frequencies, frequencies assigned to other services may be requested 
upon a showing that operation thereon will not cause interference to 
established stations: And provided further, That in no case will a 
television auxiliary broadcast operation be authorized on frequencies 
employed for the safety of life and property.
    (e) When the transmitting equipment utilized is not licensed to the 
user, the user shall nevertheless have full control over the use of the 
equipment during the period it is operated.
    (f) Special temporary authority to permit operation of a TV 
auxiliary broadcast station of any class pending

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FCC action on an application for regular authority will not normally be 
granted.

(Sec. 318, 48 Stat. 1089, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 318)

[28 FR 13720, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 47 FR 9221, Mar. 4, 1982; 47 
FR 55937, Dec. 14, 1982; 50 FR 23710, June 5, 1985; 52 FR 10570, Apr. 2, 
1987; 58 FR 19775, Apr. 16, 1993; 68 FR 12769, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  74.634  Remote control operation.

    (a) A TV auxiliary station may be operated by remote control 
provided that such operation is conducted in accordance with the 
conditions listed below:
    (1) The remote control system must be designed, installed, and 
protected so that the transmitter can only be activated or controlled by 
persons authorized by the licensee.
    (2) The remote control equipment must be maintained to ensure proper 
operation.
    (3) The remote control system must be designed to prevent 
inadvertent transmitter operation caused by malfunctions in the circuits 
between the control point and transmitter.
    (b) The FCC may notify the licensee to cease or modify operation in 
the case of frequency usage disputes. interference or similar situations 
where such action appears to be in the public interest, convenience and 
necessity.

[28 FR 13718, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at, 47 FR 55937, Dec. 14, 1982; 
50 FR 48600, Nov. 26, 1985; 60 FR 55483, Nov. 1, 1995]



Sec.  74.635  Unattended operation.

    (a) TV relay stations, TV translator relay stations, TV STL 
stations, and TV microwave booster stations may be operated unattended 
under the following conditions:
    (1) The transmitter must be provided with adequate safeguards to 
prevent improper operation.
    (2) The transmitter shall be so installed and protected that it is 
not accessible to other than duly authorized persons;
    (3) TV relay stations, TV STL stations, TV translator relay 
stations, and TV microwave booster stations used with these stations, 
shall be observed at the receiving end of the microwave circuit as often 
as necessary to ensure proper station operation by a person designated 
by the licensee, who must institute measures sufficient to ensure prompt 
correction of any condition of improper operation. However, an STL 
station (and any TV microwave booster station) associated with a TV 
broadcast station operated by remote control may be observed by 
monitoring the TV station's transmitted signal at the remote control 
point. Additionally, a TV translator relay station (and any associated 
TV microwave booster station) may be observed by monitoring the 
associated TV translator station's transmitted signal.
    (b) The FCC may notify the licensee to cease or modify operation in 
the case of frequency usage disputes, interference or similar situations 
where such action appears to be in the public interest, convenience and 
necessity.

[28 FR 13718, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 31 FR 15314, Dec. 7, 1966; 43 
FR 1950, Jan. 13, 1978; 47 FR 55937, Dec. 14, 1982; 49 FR 7131, Feb. 27, 
1984; 50 FR 32417, Aug. 12, 1985]



Sec.  74.636  Power limitations.

    (a) On any authorized frequency, transmitter peak output power and 
the average power delivered to an antenna in this service must be the 
minimum amount of power necessary to carry out the communications 
desired and shall not exceed the values listed in the following table. 
Application of this principle includes, but is not to be limited to, 
requiring a licensee who replaces one or more of its antennas with 
larger antennas to reduce its antenna input power by an amount 
appropriate to compensate for the increased primary lobe gain of the 
replacement antenna(s). In no event shall the average equivalent 
isotropically radiated power (EIRP), as referenced to an isotropic 
radiator, exceed the values specified in the following table. In cases 
of harmful interference, the Commission may, after notice and 
opportunity for hearing, order a change in the effective radiated power 
of this station. The table follows:

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------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                               Maximum        Maximum
                                              allowable   allowable EIRP
                                             transmitter         2
            Frequency band (MHz)                power    ---------------
                                            -------------  Fixed  Mobile
                                              Mobile (W)   (dBW)   (dBW)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2,025 to 2,110.............................       12.0       +45     +35
2,450 to 2,483.5...........................       12.0       +45     +35
6,425 to 6,525.............................       12.0    ......     +35
6,875 to 7,125.............................       12.0       +55     +35
12,700 to 13,250...........................        1.5       +55     +45
17,700 to 18,600...........................  ...........     +55  ......
18,600 to 18,800 \1\.......................  ...........     +35  ......
18,800 to 19,700...........................  ...........     +55  ......
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ The power delivered to the antenna is limited to -3 dBW.
\2\ Stations licensed based on an application filed before April 16,
  2003, for EIRP values exceeding those specified above, may continue to
  operate indefinitely in accordance with the terms of their current
  authorizations, subject to periodic renewal.

    (b) The EIRP of transmitters that use Automatic Transmitter Power 
Control (ATPC) shall not exceed the EIRP specified on the station 
authorization. The EIRP of non-ATPC transmitters shall be maintained as 
near as practicable to the EIRP specified on the station authorization.

[68 FR 12769, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  74.637  Emissions and emission limitations.

    (a) The mean power of emissions shall be attenuated below the mean 
transmitter power (PMEAN) in accordance with the following 
schedule:
    (1) When using frequency modulation:
    (i) On any frequency removed from the assigned (center) frequency by 
more than 50% up to and including 100% of the authorized bandwidth: At 
least 25 dB in any 100 kHz reference bandwidth (BREF);
    (ii) On any frequency removed from the assigned (center) frequency 
by more than 100% up to and including 250% of the authorized bandwidth: 
At least 35 dB in any 100 kHz reference bandwidth;
    (iii) On any frequency removed from the assigned (center) frequency 
by more than 250% of the authorized bandwidth: At least 43+10 
log10 (PMEAN in watts) dB, or 80 dB, whichever is 
the lesser attenuation, in any 100 kHz reference bandwidth.
    (2) When using transmissions employing digital modulation 
techniques:
    (i) For operating frequencies below 15 GHz, in any 4 kHz reference 
bandwidth (BREF), the center frequency of which is removed 
from the assigned frequency by more than 50 percent up to and including 
250 percent of the authorized bandwidth: As specified by the following 
equation but in no event less than 50 decibels:

A = 35 + 0.8 (G - 50) + 10 Log10 B.

(Attenuation greater than 80 decibels is not required.)

Where:

A = Attenuation (in decibels) below the mean output power level.
G = Percent removed from the carrier frequency.
B = Authorized bandwidth in megahertz.

    (ii) For operating frequencies above 15 GHz, in any 1 MHz reference 
bandwidth (BREF), the center frequency of which is removed 
from the assigned frequency by more than 50 percent up to and including 
250 percent of the authorized bandwidth: As specified by the following 
equation but in no event less than 11 decibels:

A = 11 + 0.4 (G-50) + 10 Log10 B.

(Attenuation greater than 56 decibels is not required.)

    (iii) In any 4 kHz reference bandwidth (BREF), the center 
frequency of which is removed from the assigned frequency by more than 
250 percent of the authorized bandwidth: At least 43 +10 
Log10 (PMEAN in watts) decibels, or 80 decibels, 
whichever is the lesser attenuation.
    (3) Amplitude Modulation. For vestigial sideband AM video: On any 
frequency removed from the center frequency of the authorized band by 
more than 50%: at least 50 dB below peak power of the emission.
    (b) For all emissions not covered in paragraph (a) of this section, 
the peak power of emissions shall be attenuated below the peak envelope 
transmitter power (PPEAK) in accordance with the following 
schedule:
    (1) On any frequency 500 Hz inside the channel edge up to and 
including 2500 Hz outside the same edge, the following formula will 
apply:

A = 29 Log10 [(25/11)[(D + 2.5 - (W/2)]\2\] dB

(Attenuation greater than 50 decibels is not required.)


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Where:

A = Attenuation (in dB) below the peak envelope transmitter power.
D = The displacement frequency (kHz) from the center of the authorized 
bandwidth.
W = the channel bandwidth (kHz).

    (2) On any frequency removed from the channel edge by more than 2500 
Hz: At least 43 + 10 Log10 (PPEAK in watts) dB.
    (c) For purposes of compliance with the emission limitation 
requirements of this section:
    (1) If the transmitter modulates a single carrier, digital 
modulation techniques are considered as being employed when digital 
modulation occupies 50 percent or more of the total peak frequency 
deviation of a transmitted radio frequency carrier. The total peak 
frequency deviation will be determined by adding the deviation produced 
by the digital modulation signal and the deviation produced by any 
frequency division multiplex (FDM) modulation used. The deviation (D) 
produced by the FDM signal must be determined in accordance with Sec.  
2.202(f) of this chapter.
    (2) If the transmitter modulates two or more carriers, with at least 
one using digital modulation and one using frequency or other analog 
modulation, digital modulation techniques are considered as being 
employed when the necessary bandwidth of the digital signal(s) is 50 
percent or more of the aggregate bandwidth of the system, comprising the 
digital necessary bandwidth(s), the analog necessary bandwidth(s), and 
any bandwidth(s) between the digital and analog necessary bandwidths. In 
this case, the aggregate bandwidth shall be used for the authorized 
bandwidth (B) in paragraph (a) of this section, and for purposes of 
compliance with the bandwidth limitations in paragraph (g) of this 
section and in Sec.  74.602 of this subpart; and the sum of the powers 
of the analog and digital signals shall be used for mean transmitter 
power (PMEAN) in paragraph (a) or the peak envelope 
transmitter power (PPEAK) in paragraph (b) of this section, 
and for purposes of compliance with the power limitations in Sec.  
74.636 of this subpart.
    (3) For demonstrating compliance with the attenuation requirements 
for frequency modulation and digital modulation in paragraph (a) of this 
section, the resolution bandwidth (BRES) of the measuring 
equipment used for measurements removed from the center frequency by 
more than 250 percent of the authorized bandwidth shall be 100 kHz for 
operating frequencies below 1 GHz, and 1 MHz for operating frequencies 
above 1 GHz. The resolution bandwidth for frequencies removed from the 
center frequency by less than 250 percent of the authorized bandwidth 
shall be the reference bandwidth (BREF) specified in the 
individual emission limitations, but may be reduced to not less than one 
percent of the authorized bandwidth (B), adjusted upward to the nearest 
greater resolution bandwidth available on the measuring equipment. In 
all cases, if BRES and BREF are not equal, then 
the attenuation requirement must be increased (or decreased) as 
determined by a factor of 10 log10 [(BREF in 
megahertz)/(BRES in megahertz)] decibels, where a positive 
factor indicates an increase in the attenuation requirement and a 
negative factor indicates a decrease in the attenuation requirement.
    (4) Stations licensed pursuant to an application filed before March 
17, 2005, using equipment not conforming with the emission limitations 
specified above, may continue to operate indefinitely in accordance with 
the terms of their current authorizations, subject to periodic renewal. 
Existing equipment and equipment of product lines in production before 
April 16, 2003, authorized via certification or verification before 
March 17, 2005, for equipment not conforming to the emission limitations 
requirements specified above, may continue to be manufactured and/or 
marketed, but may not be authorized for use under a station license 
except at stations licensed pursuant to an application filed before 
March 17, 2005. Any non-conforming equipment authorized under a station 
license, and replaced on or after March 17, 2005, must be replaced by 
conforming equipment.
    (d) In the event that interference to other stations is caused by 
emissions outside the authorized channel, the FCC may require greater 
attenuation

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than that specified in paragraph (b) of this section.
    (e) The following limitations also apply to the operation of TV 
microwave booster stations:
    (1) The booster station must receive and amplify the signals of the 
originating station and retransmit them on the same frequency without 
significantly altering them in any way. The characteristics of the 
booster transmitter output signal shall meet the requirements applicable 
to the signal of the originating station.
    (2) The licensee is responsible for correcting any condition of 
interference that results from the radiation of radio frequency energy 
outside the assigned channel. Upon notice by the FCC to the station 
licensee that interference is being caused, operation of the apparatus 
must be immediately suspended and may not be resumed until the 
interference has been eliminated or it can be demonstrated that the 
interference is not due to spurious emissions. However, short term test 
transmissions may be made during the period of suspended operation to 
determine the efficacy of remedial measures.
    (3) In each instance where suspension of operation is required, the 
licensee must submit a full report to the FCC after operation is 
resumed. The report must contain details of the nature of the 
interference, the source of interfering signals, and the remedial steps 
taken to eliminate the interference.
    (f) In the event a station's emissions outside its authorized 
channel cause harmful interference, the Commission may require the 
licensee to take such further steps as may be necessary to eliminate the 
interference.
    (g) The maximum bandwidth which will be authorized per frequency 
assignment is set out in the table which follows. Regardless of the 
maximum authorized bandwidth specified for each frequency band, the 
Commission reserves the right to issue a license for less than the 
maximum bandwidth if it appears that less bandwidth would be sufficient 
to support an applicant's intended communications.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Maximum authorized bandwidth
           Frequency Band (MHz)                         (MHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1,990 to 2,110............................  18
6,425 to 6,525............................  25
6,875 to 7,125............................  25
12,700 to 13,250..........................  25
17,700 to 19,700..........................  80
------------------------------------------------------------------------


[45 FR 78692, Nov. 26, 1980, as amended at 48 FR 50734, Nov. 3, 1983; 49 
FR 7131, Feb. 27, 1984; 49 FR 37778, Sept. 26, 1984; 50 FR 7342, Feb. 
22, 1985; 50 FR 34150, Aug. 23, 1985; 50 FR 48600, Nov. 26, 1985; 52 FR 
7142, Mar. 9, 1987; 58 FR 51251, Oct. 1, 1993; 68 FR 12769, Mar. 17, 
2003.]



Sec.  74.638  Frequency coordination.

    (a) Coordination of all frequency assignments for fixed stations in 
all bands above 2110 MHz, and for mobile (temporary fixed) stations in 
the bands 6425-6525 MHz and 17.7-19.7 GHz, will be in accordance with 
the procedure established in paragraph (b) of this section, except that 
the prior coordination process for mobile (temporary fixed) assignments 
may be completed orally and the period allowed for response to a 
coordination notification may be less than 30 days if the parties agree. 
Coordination of all frequency assignments for all mobile (temporary 
fixed) stations in all bands above 2110 MHz, except the bands 6425-6525 
MHz and 17.7-19.7 GHz, will be conducted in accordance with the 
procedure established in paragraph (b) of this section or with the 
procedure in paragraph (d) of this section. Coordination of all 
frequency assignments for all fixed stations in the band 1990-2110 MHz 
will be in accordance with the procedure established in paragraph (c) of 
this section. Coordination of all frequency assignments for all mobile 
(temporary fixed) stations in the band 1990-2110 MHz will be conducted 
in accordance with the procedure in paragraph (d) of this section.
    (b) Frequency coordination for all fixed stations in all bands above 
2110 MHz, and for all mobile (temporary fixed) stations in the bands 
6425-6525 MHz and 17.7-19.7 GHz. For each frequency authorized under 
this part, the interference protection criteria in Sec.  101.105(a), 
(b), and (c) of this chapter and the frequency usage coordination 
procedures in Sec.  101.103(d) of this chapter

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will apply, except that only stations in the bands 6425-6525 MHz and 
17.7-19.7 GHz are subject to the provision in Sec.  101.103(d) requiring 
compliance with Sec.  101.21(f) of this chapter in coordinating 
frequency usage with stations in the fixed satellite service.
    (c) Frequency coordination for all fixed stations in the band 1990-
2110 MHz. For each frequency authorized under this part, the following 
frequency usage coordination procedures will apply:
    (1) General requirements. Applicants are responsible for selecting 
the frequency assignments that are least likely to result in mutual 
interference with other licensees in the same area. Applicants may 
consult local frequency coordination committees, where they exist, for 
information on frequencies available in the area. Proposed frequency 
usage must be coordinated with existing licensees and applicants in the 
area whose facilities could affect or be affected by the new proposal in 
terms of frequency interference on active channels, applied-for 
channels, or channels coordinated for future growth. Coordination must 
be completed prior to filing an application for regular authorization, 
for major amendment to a pending application, or for major modification 
to a license.
    (2) To be acceptable for filing, all applications for regular 
authorization, or major amendment to a pending application, or major 
modification to a license, must include a certification attesting that 
all co-channel and adjacent-channel licensees and applicants potentially 
affected by the proposed fixed use of the frequency(ies) have been 
notified and are in agreement that the proposed facilities can be 
installed without causing harmful interference to those other licensees 
and applicants.
    (d) Frequency coordination for all mobile (temporary fixed) stations 
in all bands above 1990 MHz, except the bands 6425-6525 MHz and 17.7-
19.7 GHz. For each frequency authorized under this part, applicants are 
responsible for selecting the frequency assignments that are least 
likely to result in mutual interference with other licensees in the same 
area. Applicants may consult local frequency coordination committees, 
where they exist, for information on frequencies available in the area. 
In selecting frequencies, consideration should be given to the relative 
location of receive points, normal transmission paths, and the nature of 
the contemplated operation.

[68 FR 12770, Mar. 17, 2003]

    Effective Date Note: At 68 FR 41285, July 11, 2003, in Sec.  74.638, 
paragraph (b) is suspended, effective Apr. 16, 2003 to Oct. 16, 2003.



Sec.  74.641  Antenna systems.

    (a) For fixed stations operating above 2025 MHz, the following 
standards apply:
    (1) Fixed TV broadcast auxiliary stations shall use directional 
antennas that meet the performance standards indicated in the following 
table. Upon adequate showing of need to serve a larger sector, or more 
than a single sector, greater beamwidth or multiple antennas may be 
authorized. Applicants shall request, and authorization for stations in 
this service will specify, the polarization of each transmitted signal. 
Booster station antennas having narrower beamwidths and reduced sidelobe 
radiation may be required in congested areas, or to resolve interference 
problems.
    (i) Stations must employ an antenna that meets the performance 
standards for Category B. In areas subject to frequency congestion, 
where proposed facilities would be precluded by continued use of a 
Category B antenna, a Category A antenna must be employed. The 
Commission may require the use of a high performance antenna where 
interference problems can be resolved by the use of such antennas.
    (ii) Licensees shall comply with the antenna standards table shown 
in this paragraph in the following manner:
    (A) With either the maximum beamwith to 3 dB points requirement or 
with the minimum antenna gain requirement; and
    (B) With the minimum radiation suppression to angle requirement.

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                                                                    Antenna Standards
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                   Maximum                   Minimum radiation suppression to angle in degrees from
                                                                  beamwidth                            centerline of main beam in decibels
                                                                   to 3 dB    Minimum  -----------------------------------------------------------------
                   Frequency (MHz)                      Category   points 1   antenna
                                                                  (included     gain     5[deg]  10[deg]  15[deg]  20[deg]   30[deg]  100[deg]  140[deg]
                                                                   angle in    (dbi)       to       to       to       to       to        to        to
                                                                   degrees)             10[deg]  15[deg]  20[deg]  30[deg]  100[deg]  140[deg]  180[deg]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1,990 to 2,110.......................................          A        5.0        n/a      12       18       22       25        29        33        39
                                                               B        8.0        n/a       5       18       20       20        25        28        36
6,875 to 7,125.......................................          A        1.5        n/a      26       29       32       34        38        41        49
                                                               B        2.0        n/a      21       25       29       32        35        39        45
12,700 to 13,250.....................................          A        1.0        n/a      23       28       35       39        41        42        50
                                                               B        2.0        n/a      20       25       28       30        32        37        47
17,700 to 19,700.....................................          A        2.2         38      25       29       33       36        42        55        55
                                                               B        2.2         38      20       24       28       32        35        36        36
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 If a licensee chooses to show compliance using maximum beamwith to 3 dB points, the beamwidth limit shall apply in both the azimuth and the elevation
  planes.

    (2) New periscope antenna systems will be authorized upon a 
certification that the radiation, in a horizontal plane, from an 
illuminating antenna and reflector combination meets or exceeds the 
antenna standards of this section. This provision similarly applies to 
passive repeaters employed to redirect or repeat the signal from a 
station's directional antenna system.
    (3) The choice of receiving antennas is left to the discretion of 
the licensee. However, licensees will not be protected from interference 
which results from the use of antennas with poorer performance than 
identified in the table of this section.
    (4) [Reserved]
    (5) Pickup stations are not subject to the performance standards 
herein stated.
    (b) All fixed stations are to use antenna systems in conformance 
with the standards of this section. TV auxiliary broadcast stations are 
considered to be located in an area subject to frequency congestion and 
must employ a Category A antenna when:
    (1) A showing by an applicant of a new TV auxiliary broadcast 
station or Cable Television Relay Service (CARS) station, which shares 
the 12.7-13.20 GHz band with TV auxiliary broadcast, indicates that use 
of a category B antenna limits a proposed project because of 
interference, and
    (2) That use of a category A antenna will remedy the interference 
thus allowing the project to be realized.
    (c) As an exception to the provisions of this section, the FCC may 
approve requests for use of periscope antenna systems where a persuasive 
showing is made that no frequency conflicts exist in the area of 
proposed use. Such approvals shall be conditioned to a standard antenna 
as required in paragraph (a) of this section when an applicant of a new 
TV auxiliary broadcast or Cable Television Relay station indicates that 
the use of the existing antenna system will cause interference and the 
use of a category A or B antenna will remedy the interference.
    (d) As a further exception to the provision of paragraph (a) of this 
section, the Commission may approve antenna systems not conforming to 
the technical standards where a persuasive showing is made that:
    (1) Indicates in detail why an antenna system complying with the 
requirements of paragraph (a) of this section cannot be installed, and
    (2) Includes a statement indicating that frequency coordination as 
required in Sec.  74.604 (a) was accomplished.

[45 FR 78693, Nov. 26, 1980, as amended at 49 FR 7131, Feb. 27, 1984; 49 
FR 37778, Sept. 26, 1984; 50 FR 7342, Feb. 22, 1985; 51 FR 19840, June 
3, 1986; 52 FR 7143, Mar. 9, 1987; 55 FR 11587, Mar. 29, 1990; 56 FR 
50663, Oct. 8, 1991; 62 FR 4922, Feb. 3, 1997; 68 FR 12771, Mar. 17, 
2003]



Sec.  74.643  Interference to geostationary-satellites.

    Applicants and licensees must comply with Sec.  101.145 of this 
chapter to minimize the potential of interference to geostationary-
satellites.

[68 FR 12771, Mar. 17, 2003]

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Sec.  74.644  Minimum path lengths for fixed links.

    (a) The distance between end points of a fixed link must equal or 
exceed the value set forth in the table below or the EIRP must be 
reduced in accordance with the equation set forth below.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Minimum
                                                                  path
                    Frequency band  (MHz)                        length
                                                                  (km)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Below 1,990..................................................        n/a
1,990-7,125..................................................         17
12,200-13,250................................................          5
Above 17,700.................................................        n/a
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) For paths shorter than those specified in the Table, the EIRP 
shall not exceed the value derived from the following equation.

EIRP = MAXEIRP-40 log(A/B) dBW

Where:

EIRP = The new maximum EIRP (equivalent isotropically radiated power) in 
          dBW.
MAXEIRP = Maximum EIRP as set forth in the Table in Sec.  74.636 of this 
          part.
A = Minimum path length from the Table above for the frequency band in 
          kilometers.
B = The actual path length in kilometers.

    Note 1 to Paragraph (b): For transmitters using Automatic 
Transmitter Power Control, EIRP corresponds to the maximum transmitter 
power available, not the coordinated transmit power or the nominal 
transmit power.
    Note 2 to Paragraph (b): Stations licensed based on an application 
filed before April 16, 2003, in the 2450-2483.5 MHz band, for EIRP 
values exceeding those specified above, may continue to operate 
indefinitely in accordance with the terms of their current 
authorizations, subject to periodic renewal.

    (c) Upon an appropriate technical showing, applicants and licensees 
unable to meet the minimum path length requirement may be granted an 
exception to these requirements.

    Note: Links authorized prior to April 1, 1987, are excluded from 
this requirement, except that, effective April 1, 1992, the Commission 
will require compliance with the criteria where an existing link would 
otherwise preclude establishment of a new link.

[52 FR 7143, Mar. 9, 1987, as amended at 68 FR 12771, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  74.651  Equipment changes.

    (a) Modifications may be made to an existing authorization in 
accordance with Sec. Sec.  1.929 and 1.947 of this chapter.
    (b) Multiplexing equipment may be installed on any licensed TV 
broadcast STL, TV relay or translator relay station without authority 
from the Commission.
    (c) Permissible changes in equipment operating in the bands 18.3-
18.58 GHz and 19.26-19.3 GHz. Notwithstanding other provisions of this 
section, licensees of stations that remain co-primary under the 
provisions of Sec.  74.602(g) may not make modifications to their 
systems that increase interference to satellite earth stations, or 
result in a facility that would be more costly to relocate.

[28 FR 13718, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 38 FR 6827, Mar. 13, 1973; 47 
FR 54448, Dec. 3, 1982; 47 FR 55938, Dec. 14, 1982; 49 FR 7131, Feb. 27, 
1984; 58 FR 19776, Apr. 16, 1993; 61 FR 4368, Feb. 6, 1996; 63 FR 36605, 
July 7, 1998; 65 FR 54173, Sept. 7, 2000; 68 FR 12771, Mar. 17, 2003; 68 
FR 16967, Apr. 8, 2003]



Sec.  74.655  Authorization of equipment.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, all 
transmitting equipment first marketed for use under this subpart or 
placed into service after October 1, 1981, must be authorized under the 
certification or verification procedure, as detailed in paragraph (f) of 
this section. Equipment which is used at a station licensed prior to 
October 1, 1985, which has not been authorized as detailed in paragraph 
(f) of this section, may continue to be used by the licensee or its 
successors or assignees, provided that if operation of such equipment 
causes harmful interference due to its failure to comply with the 
technical standards set forth in this subpart, the FCC may, at its 
discretion, require the licensee to take such corrective action as is 
necessary to eliminate the interference. However, such equipment may not 
be further marketed or reused under part 74 after October 1, 1985.
    (b) Certification or verification is not required for transmitters 
used in conjunction with TV pickup stations operating with a peak output 
power not greater than 250 mW. Pickup stations operating in excess of 
250 mW licensed

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pursuant to applications accepted for filing prior to October 1, 1980 
may continue operation subject to periodic renewal. If operation of such 
equipment causes harmful interference the FCC may, at its discretion, 
require the licensee to take such corrective action as is necessary to 
eliminate the interference.
    (c) The license of a TV auxiliary station may replace transmitting 
equipment with authorized equipment, as detailed under paragraph (f) of 
this section, without prior FCC approval, provided the proposed changes 
will not depart from any of the terms of the station or system 
authorization or the Commission's technical rules governing this 
service, and also provided that any changes made to authorized 
transmitting equipment is in compliance with the provisions of part 2 of 
the FCC rules concerning modifications to authorized equipment.
    (d) Any manufacturer of a transmitter to be used in this service may 
authorize the equipment under the certification or verification 
procedure, as appropriate, following the procedures set forth in subpart 
J of part 2 of the FCC rules.
    (e) An applicant for a TV broadcast auxiliary station may also 
authorize an individual transmitter, as specified in paragraph (f) of 
this section, by following the procedures set forth in subpart J of part 
2 of the FCC rules and regulations.
    (f) Transmitters designed to be used exclusively for a TV STL 
station, a TV intercity relay station, a TV translator relay station, or 
a TV microwave booster station, shall be authorized under verification. 
All other transmitters will be authorized under the certification 
procedure.

[63 FR 36605, July 7, 1998, as amended at 68 FR 12772, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  74.661  Frequency tolerance.

    Stations in this service shall maintain the carrier frequency of 
each authorized transmitter to within the following percentage of the 
assigned frequency.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Frequency
                   Frequency band  (MHz)                      tolerance
                                                                 (%)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2,025 to 2,110.............................................    \1\ 0.005
2,450 to 2,483.5...........................................    \2\ 0.001
6,425 to 6,525.............................................        0.005
6,875 to 7,125.............................................    \1\ 0.005
12,700 to 13,250...........................................    \1\ 0.005
17,700 to 18,820...........................................        0.003
18,920 to 19,700...........................................       0.003
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Television translator relay stations shall maintain a frequency
  tolerance of 0.002%.
\2\ Stations licensed pursuant to an application filed before March 17,
  2005, for tolerance values exceeding those specified above, may
  continue to operate indefinitely in accordance with the terms of their
  current authorizations, subject to periodic renewal. Existing
  equipment and equipment of product lines in production before April
  16, 2003, authorized via certification or verification before March
  17, 2005, for tolerance values exceeding those specified above, may
  continue to be manufactured and/or marketed, but may not be authorized
  for use under station license except at stations licensed pursuant to
  an application filed before March 17, 2005. Any non-conforming
  equipment authorized under a station license, and replaced on or after
  March 17, 2005, must be replaced by conforming equipment.


[52 FR 7143, Mar. 9, 1987, as amended at 68 FR 12772, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  74.662  Frequency monitors and measurements.

    The licensee of a television broadcast auxiliary station must 
provide means for measuring the operating frequency in order to ensure 
that the emissions are confined to the authorized channel.

[48 FR 38482, Aug. 24, 1983]



Sec.  74.663  Modulation limits.

    If amplitude modulation is employed, negative modulation peaks shall 
not exceed 100%.

[45 FR 78694, Nov. 26, 1980]



Sec.  74.664  Posting of station license.

    (a) The station license and any other instrument of authorization or 
individual order concerning the construction of the equipment or manner 
of operation of the station shall be posted in the room in which the 
transmitter is located.
    (b) Posting of the station license and any other instruments of 
authorization shall be done by affixing the license to the wall at the 
posting location, or by enclosing it in a binder or folder which is 
retained at the posting location so that the document will be readily 
available and easily accessible.

[28 FR 13718, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 48 FR 24385, June 1, 1983; 49 
FR 29070, July 18, 1984; 50 FR 40015, Oct. 1, 1985]

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Sec.  74.682  Station identification.

    (a) Each television broadcast auxiliary station operating with a 
transmitter output power of 1 watt or more must, when actually 
transmitting programs, transmit station identification at the beginning 
and end of each period of operation, and hourly, as close to the hour as 
feasible, at a natural break in program offerings by one of the 
following means:
    (1) Transmission of its own call sign by visual or aural means or by 
automatic transmission in international Morse telegraphy.
    (2) Visual or aural transmission of the call sign of the TV 
broadcast station with which it is licensed as an auxiliary.
    (3) Visual or aural transmission of the call sign of the TV 
broadcast station whose signals are being relayed or, where programs are 
obtained directly from network lines and relayed, the network 
identification.
    (b) Identification transmissions during operation need not be made 
when to make such transmission would interrupt a single consecutive 
speech, play, religious service, symphony concert, or any type of 
production. In such cases, the identification transmission shall be made 
at the first interruption of the entertainment continuity and at the 
conclusion thereof.
    (c) During occasions when a television pickup station is being used 
to deliver program material for network distribution it may transmit the 
network identification in lieu of its own or associated TV station call 
sign during the actual program pickup. However, if it is providing the 
network feed through its own associated TV broadcast station it shall 
perform the station identification required by paragraph (a) of this 
section at the beginning and end of each period of operation.
    (d) A period of operation is defined as a single uninterrupted 
transmission or a series of intermittent transmissions from a single 
location or continuous or intermittent transmission from a television 
pickup station covering a single event from various locations, within a 
single broadcast day.
    (e) Regardless of the method used for station identification it 
shall be performed in a manner conducive to prompt association of the 
signal source with the responsible licensee. In exercising the 
discretion provided by this rule, licensees are expected to act in a 
responsible manner to assure that result.
    (f) TV microwave boosters stations will be assigned individual call 
signs. However, station identification will be accomplished by the 
retransmission of identification as provided in paragraph (a) of this 
section.

[31 FR 15488, Dec. 8, 1966; 32 FR 452, Jan. 17, 1967, as amended at 42 
FR 36830, July 18, 1977; 43 FR 1951, Jan. 13, 1978; 44 FR 36041, June 
20, 1979; 49 FR 7131, Feb. 27, 1984]



Sec.  74.690  Transition of the 1990-2025 MHz band from the Broadcast 
Auxiliary Service to emerging technologies.

    (a) Licensees proposing to implement Mobile-Satellite Services using 
emerging technologies (MSS Licensees) may negotiate with Broadcast 
Auxiliary Service licensees (Existing Licensees) in the 1990-2110 MHz 
band for the purpose of agreeing to terms under which the Existing 
Licensees would relocate their operations to the 2025-2110 MHz band, to 
other authorized bands, or to other media; or alternatively, would 
discontinue use of the 2008-2025 MHz band when informed by a Mobile-
Satellite Service licensee that it intends to begin operations in the 
2008-2025 MHz band.
    (b) Existing Licensees in the 1990-2025 MHz band allocated for 
licensed emerging technology services will maintain primary status in 
these bands until an MSS Licensee completes relocation of the Existing 
Licensee's operations.
    (c) The Commission will amend the operating license of the Existing 
Licensee to secondary status only if the following requirements are met:
    (1) The service applicant, provider, licensee, or representative 
using an emerging technology guarantees payment of all relocation costs, 
including all engineering, equipment, site and FCC fees, as well as any 
reasonable additional costs that the relocated Existing Licensee might 
incur as a result of operation in another authorized band or migration 
to another medium;

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    (2) The MSS Licensee completes all activities necessary for 
implementing the replacement facilities, including engineering and cost 
analysis of the relocation procedure and, if radio facilities are used, 
identifying and obtaining, on the incumbents' behalf, new microwave or 
Local Television Transmission frequencies and frequency coordination; 
and
    (3) The MSS Licensee builds the replacement system and tests it for 
comparability with the existing system.
    (d) The Existing Licensee is not required to relocate until the 
alternative facilities are available to it for a reasonable time to make 
adjustments, determine comparability, and ensure a seamless handoff. If 
within one year after the relocation to new facilities the Existing 
Licensee demonstrates that the new facilities are not comparable to the 
former facilities, the MSS Licensee must remedy the defects.
    (e) Subject to the terms of this paragraph (e), Phase I of the 
relocation of Existing Licensees will be carried out in the following 
manner:
    (1) Beginning September 6, 2010, Existing Licensees and MSS 
Licensees may negotiate individually or collectively for relocation of 
Existing Licensees to one of the channel plans specified in Sec.  
74.602(a)(3). Parties may not decline to negotiate, though Existing 
Licensees may decline to be relocated. MSS Licensees must relocate all 
Existing Licensees in Nielsen Designated Market Areas 1-30 prior to 
beginning operations, except those Existing Licensees that decline 
relocation. If the parties are unable to reach a negotiated agreement, 
MSS Licensees may involuntarily relocate Existing Licensees after two 
years. As of the date that any MSS Licensee announces the beginning of 
operations in the 1990-2008 MHz band, licensees who are not on the new 
channel plan specified in Sec.  74.602(a)(3) must discontinue use of 
Channel A01 (1990-2008 MHz).
    (2) Before negotiating with MSS Licensees, Existing Licensees in 
Nielsen Designated Market Areas where there is a BAS frequency 
coordinator must coordinate and select a band plan for the market area. 
Thereafter, all negotiations must produce solutions that adhere to the 
market area's band plan.
    (3) After the date the first MSS Licensee begins operations, MSS 
Licensees must relocate Existing Licensees in Nielsen Designated Market 
Areas 31-100 within three years, unless any Existing Licensee declines 
relocation.
    (4) Beginning on the date any MSS Licensee announces in writing to 
Existing Licensees its intention to begin operations in the 2008-2025 
MHz band, Existing Licensees and MSS Licensees may negotiate 
individually or collectively for relocation of Existing Licensees to one 
of the channel plans specified in Sec.  74.602(a)(4). MSS Licensees must 
relocate all Existing Licensees in Nielsen Designated Market Areas 1-30 
prior to beginning operations, except those Existing Licensees that 
decline relocation. If the parties are unable to reach a negotiated 
agreement, MSS Licensees may involuntarily relocate Existing Licensees 
after two years. As of the date that any MSS Licensee announces its 
intention to begin operations in the 2008-2025 MHz band, licensees who 
are not on the new channel plan specified in Sec.  74.602(a)(4) must 
discontinue use of Channel A01 (2008-2023 MHz).
    (5) After the date the first MSS Licensee begins operations in the 
2008-2025 MHz band, MSS Licensees must relocate Existing Licensees in 
Nielsen Designated Market Areas 31-100 within three years, and in the 
remaining Nielsen Designated Market Areas within five years.
    (6) Ten years after the date specified in paragraph (e)(1) of this 
section, all Existing Licensees will become secondary in the 1990-2025 
MHz band. Upon written demand by any MSS Licensee, Existing Licensees 
must cease all operations in the 1990-2025 MHz band within six months.
    Note to paragraph (e): FCC suspends for one year, until September 6, 
2003, the expiration date for the initial two-year mandatory negotiation 
period in paragraph (e)(1) and the beginning of the involuntary 
relocation period in paragraph (e)(4).

[65 FR 48180, Aug. 7, 2000, as amended at 67 FR 53756, Aug. 19, 2002]

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     Subpart G_Low Power TV, TV Translator, and TV Booster Stations



Sec.  74.701  Definitions.

    (a) Television broadcast translator station. A station in the 
broadcast service operated for the purpose of retransmitting the 
programs and signals of a television broadcast station, without 
significantly altering any characteristic of the original signal other 
than its frequency and amplitude, for the purpose of providing 
television reception to the general public.
    (b) Primary station. The analog television broadcast station (TV 
broadcast) or digital television station (DTV) which provides the 
programs and signals being retransmitted by a television broadcast 
translator station.
    (c) VHF translator. A television broacast translator station 
operating on a VHF television broadcast channel.
    (d) UHF translator. A television broadcast translator station 
operating on a UHF television broadcast channel.
    (e) UHF translator signal booster. A station in the broadcasting 
service operated for the sole purpose of retransmitting the signals of 
the UHF translator station by amplifying and reradiating such signals 
which have been received directly through space, without significantly 
altering any characteristic of the incoming signal other than its 
amplitude.
    (f) Low power TV station. A station authorized under the provisions 
of this subpart that may retransmit the programs and signals of a TV 
broadcast station and that may originate programming in any amount 
greater than 30 seconds per hour and/or operates a subscription service. 
(See Sec.  73.641 of part 73 of this chapter.)
    (g) Program origination. For purposes of this part, program 
origination shall be any transmissions other than the simultaneous 
retransmission of the programs and signals of a TV broadcast station. 
Origination shall include locally generated television program signals 
and program signals obtained via video recordings (tapes and discs), 
microwave, common carrier circuits, or other sources.
    (h) Local origination. Program origination if the parameters of the 
program source signal, as it reaches the transmitter site, are under the 
control of the low power TV station licensee. Transmission of TV program 
signals generated at the transmitter site constitutes local origination. 
Local origination also includes transmission of programs reaching the 
transmitter site via TV STL stations, but does not include transmission 
of signals obtained from either terrestrial or satellite microwave feeds 
or low power TV stations.
    (i) Television broadcast booster station. A station in the broadcast 
service operated by the licensee or permittee of a full service 
television broadcast station for the purpose of retransmitting the 
programs and signals of such primary station without significantly 
altering any characteristic of the original signal other than its 
amplitude. A television broadcast booster station may only be located 
such that its entire service area is located within the protected 
contour of the primary station it retransmits. For purposes of this 
paragraph, the service area of the booster and the protected contour of 
the primary station will be determined by the methods prescribed in 
Sec.  74.705(c).

[28 FR 13722, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 43 FR 1951, Jan. 13, 1978; 47 
FR 21497, May 18, 1982; 48 FR 21486, May 12, 1983; 52 FR 7422, Mar. 11, 
1987; 52 FR 31403, Aug. 20, 1987; 62 FR 26720, May 14, 1997]



Sec.  74.702  Channel assignments.

    (a) An applicant for a new low power TV or TV translator station or 
for changes in the facilities of an authorized station shall endeavor to 
select a channel on which its operation is not likely to cause 
interference. The applications must be specific with regard to the 
channel requested. Only one channel will be assigned to each station.
    (1) Any one of the 12 standard VHF Channels (2 to 13 inclusive) may 
be assigned to a VHF low power TV or TV translator station. Channels 5 
and 6 assigned in Alaska shall not cause harmful interference to and 
must accept interference from non-Government fixed operation authorized 
prior to January 1, 1982.
    (2) Any one of the UHF Channels from 14 to 69, inclusive, may be 
assigned to a UHF low power TV or TV translator station. In accordance 
with

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Sec.  73.603(c) of part 73, Channel 37 will not be assigned to such 
stations.
    (3) Application for new low power TV or TV translator stations or 
for changes in existing stations, specifying operation above 806 MHz 
will not be accepted for filing. License renewals for existing TV 
translator stations operating on channels 70 (806-812 MHz) through 83 
(884-890 MHz) will be granted only on a secondary basis to land mobile 
radio operations.
    (b) Changes in the TV Table of Allotments or Digital Television 
Table of Allotments (Sec. Sec.  73.606(b) and 73.622(a), respectively, 
of part 73 of this chapter), authorizations to construct new TV 
broadcast analog or DTV stations or to authorizations to change 
facilities of existing such stations, may be made without regard to 
existing or proposed low power TV or TV translator stations. Where such 
a change results in a low power TV or TV translator station causing 
actual interference to reception of the TV broadcast analog or DTV 
station, the licensee or permittee of the low power TV or TV translator 
station shall eliminate the interference or file an application for a 
change in channel assignment pursuant to Sec.  73.3572 of this chapter.
    (c) A television broadcast booster station will be authorized on the 
channel assigned to its primary station.

[47 FR 21497, May 18, 1982, as amended at 47 FR 30068, July 12, 1982; 47 
FR 35590, Aug. 18, 1982; 52 FR 7423, Mar. 11, 1987; 52 FR 31403, Aug. 
20, 1987; 62 FR 26721, May 14, 1997]



Sec.  74.703  Interference.

    (a) An application for a new low power TV, TV translator, or TV 
booster station or for a change in the facilities of such an authorized 
station will not be granted when it is apparent that interference will 
be caused. Except where there is a written agreement between the 
affected parties to accept interference, or where it can be shown that 
interference will not occur due to terrain shielding and/or Longley-Rice 
terrain dependent propagation methods, the licensee of a new low power 
TV, TV translator, or TV booster shall protect existing low power TV and 
TV translator stations from interference within the protected contour 
defined in Sec.  74.707 and shall protect existing Class A TV and 
digital Class A TV stations within the protected contours defined in 
Sec.  73.6010 of this chapter. Such written agreement shall accompany 
the application. Guidance on using the Longley-Rice methodology is 
provided in OET Bulletin No. 69. Copies of OET Bulletin No. 69 may be 
inspected during normal business hours at the: Federal Communications 
Commission, 445 12th Street, S.W., Reference Information Center (Room 
CY-A257), Washington, DC 20554. This document is also available through 
the Internet on the FCC Home Page at http://www.fcc.gov/oet/info/
documents/bulletins/69.
    (b) It shall be the responsibility of the licensee of a low power 
TV, TV translator, or TV booster station to correct at its expense any 
condition of interference to the direct reception of the signal of any 
other TV broadcast analog station and DTV station operating on the same 
channel as that used by the low power TV, TV translator, or TV booster 
station or an adjacent channel which occurs as a result of the operation 
of the low power TV, TV translator, or TV booster station. Interference 
will be considered to occur whenever reception of a regularly used 
signal is impaired by the signals radiated by the low power TV, TV 
translator, or TV booster station, regardless of the quality of the 
reception or the strength of the signal so used. If the interference 
cannot be promptly eliminated by the application of suitable techniques, 
operation of the offending low power TV, TV translator, or TV booster 
station shall be suspended and shall not be resumed until the 
interference has been eliminated. If the complainant refuses to permit 
the low Power TV, TV translator, or TV booster station to apply remedial 
techniques that demonstrably will eliminate the interference without 
impairment of the original reception, the licensee of the low power TV, 
TV translator, or TV booster station is absolved of further 
responsibility. TV booster stations will be exempt from the provisions 
of this paragraph to the extent that they may cause limited interference 
to their primary stations' signal subject to the conditions of paragraph 
(g) of this section.

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    (c) It shall be the responsibility of the licensee of a low power 
TV, TV translator, or TV booster station to correct any condition of 
interference which results from the radiation of radio frequency energy 
outside its assigned channel. Upon notice by the FCC to the station 
licensee or operator that such interference is caused by spurious 
emissions of the station, operation of the station shall be immediately 
suspended and not resumed until the interference has been eliminated. 
However, short test transmissions may be made during the period of 
suspended operation to check the efficacy of remedial measures.
    (d) When a low power TV or TV translator station causes interference 
to a CATV system by radiations within its assigned channel at the cable 
headend or on the output channel of any system converter located at a 
receiver, the earlier user, whether cable system or low power TV or TV 
translator station, will be given priority on the channel, and the later 
user will be responsible for correction of the interference. When a low 
power TV or TV translator station causes interference to an MDS of ITFS 
system by radiations within its assigned channel on the output channel 
of any system converter located at a receiver, the earlier user, whether 
MDS system or low power TV or TV translator station, will be given 
priority on the channel, and the later user will be responsible for 
correction of the interference.
    (e) Low power TV and TV translator stations are being authorized on 
a secondary basis to existing land mobile uses and must correct whatever 
interference they cause to land mobile stations or cease operation.
    (f) In each instance where suspension of operation is required, the 
licensee shall submit a full report to the FCC in Washington, DC, after 
operation is resumed, containing details of the nature of the 
interference, the source of the interfering signals, and the remedial 
steps taken to eliminate the interference.
    (g) A TV booster station may not disrupt the existing service of its 
primary station nor may it cause interference to the signal provided by 
the primary station within the principal community to be served.

[47 FR 21497, May 18, 1982, as amended at 48 FR 21487, May 12, 1983; 52 
FR 31403, Aug. 20, 1987; 53 FR 4169, Feb. 12, 1988; 60 FR 55483, Nov. 1, 
1995; 62 FR 26721, May 14, 1997; 65 FR 30012, May 10, 2000]



Sec.  74.705  TV broadcast analog station protection.

    (a) The TV broadcast station protected contour will be its Grade B 
contour signal level as defined in Sec.  73.683 and calculated from the 
authorized maximum radiated power (without depression angle correction), 
the horizontal radiation pattern, height above average terrain in the 
pertinent direction, and the appropriate chart from Sec.  73.699.
    (b)(1) An application to construct a new low power TV or TV 
translator station or change the facilities of an existing station will 
not be accepted if it specifies a site which is within the protected 
contour of a co-channel or first adjacent channel TV broadast station.
    (2) Due to the frequency spacing which exists between TV Channels 4 
and 5, between Channels 6 and 7, and between Channels 13 and 14, 
adjacent channel protection standards shall not be applicable to these 
pairs of channels. (See Sec.  73.603(a) of part 73 of this chapter.)
    (3) A UHF low power TV or TV translator construction permit 
application will not be accepted if it specifies a site within the UHF 
TV broadcast station's protected contour and proposes operation on a 
channel either 14 or 15 channels above the channel in use by the TV 
broadcast station.
    (4) A UHF low power TV or TV translator construction permit 
application will not be accepted if it specifies a site less than 100 
kilometers from the transmitter site of a UHF TV broadcast analog 
station operating on a channel which is the seventh channel above the 
requested channel, unless it can demonstrate that the service area of 
the low power TV or TV translator station as established in Sec.  
74.707(a) is not located in an area where the TV broadcast analog 
station is regularly viewed.

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    (5) An application for a new UHF low power TV or TV translator 
construction permit, a change of channel, or a major change in 
facilities pursuant to Sec.  73.3572 of this chapter proposing a maximum 
effective radiated power of more than 50 kilowatts will not be accepted 
if it specifies a site less than 32 kilometers from the transmitter site 
of a UHF TV broadcast analog station operating on a channel which is the 
second, third, or fourth channel above or below the requested channel.
    (c) The low power TV, TV translator, or TV booster station field 
strength is calculated from the proposed effective radiated power (ERP) 
and the antenna height above average terrain (HAAT) in pertinent 
directions.
    (1) For co-channel protection, the field strength is calculated 
using Figure 9a, 10a, or 10c of Sec.  73.699 (F(50,10) charts) of Part 
73 of this chapter.
    (2) For low power TV, TV translator, and TV boosters that do not 
specify the same channel as the TV broadcast station to be protected, 
the field strength is calculated using Figure 9, 10, or 10b of Sec.  
73.699 (F(50,50) charts) of Part 73 of this chapter.
    (d) A low power TV, TV translator, or TV booster station application 
will not be accepted if the ratio in dB of its field strength to that of 
the TV broadcast station at the protected contour fails to meet the 
following:
    (1) -45 dB for co-channel operations without offset carrier 
frequency operation or -28 dB for offset carrier frequency operation. An 
application requesting offset carrier frequency operation must include 
the following:
    (i) A requested offset designation (zero, plus, or minus) 
identifying the proposed direction of the 10 kHz offset from the 
standard carrier frequencies of the requested channel. If the offset 
designation is not different from that of the station being protected, 
the -45 dB ratio must be used.
    (ii) A description of the means by which the low power TV, TV 
translator, or TV booster station will be maintained within the 
tolerances specified in Sec.  74.761 for offset operation.
    (2) 6 dB when the protected TV broadcast station operates on a VHF 
channel that is one channel above the requested channel.
    (3) 12 dB when the protected TV broadcast station operates on a VHF 
channel that is one channel below the requested channel.
    (4) 15 dB when the protected TV broadcast station operates on a UHF 
channel that is one channel above or below the requested channel.
    (5) 23 dB when the protected TV broadcast station operates on a UHF 
channel that is fourteen channels below the requested channel.
    (6) 6 dB when the protected TV broadcast station operates a UHF 
channelthat is fifteen channels below the requested channel.
    (e) In support of a request for waiver of the interference 
protection rules, an applicant for a low power TV, TV translator or TV 
booster may make full use of terrain shielding and Longley-Rice terrain 
dependent propagation prediction methods to demonstrate that the 
proposed facility would not be likely to cause interference to TV 
broadcast stations. Guidance on using the Longley-Rice methodology is 
provided in OET Bulletin No. 69. Copies of OET Bulletin No. 69 may be 
inspected during normal business hours at the: Federal Communications 
Commission, CY-C203, 445 12th Street, SW., Reference Information Center, 
Washington, DC 20554. This document is also available through the 
Internet on the FCC Home Page at http://www.fcc.gov.

[47 FR 21497, May 18, 1982, as amended at 48 FR 21487, May 12, 1983; 52 
FR 31403, Aug. 20, 1987; 62 FR 26721, May 14, 1997; 65 FR 58467, Sept. 
29, 2000]



Sec.  74.706  Digital TV (DTV) station protection.

    (a) For purposes of this section, the DTV station protected service 
area is the geographic-area in which the field strength of the station's 
signal exceeds the noise-limited service levels specified in Sec.  
73.622(e) of this chapter. The extremity of this area (noise-limited 
perimeter) is calculated from the authorized maximum radiated power 
(without depression angle correction), the horizontal radiation pattern, 
and height above average terrain in the pertinent direction, using the 
signal propagation method specified in Sec.  73.625(b) of this chapter.

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    (b)(1) An application to construct a new low power TV or TV 
translator station or change the facilities of an existing station will 
not be accepted if it specifies a site which is located within the 
noise-limited service perimeter of a co-channel DTV station.
    (2) Due to the frequency spacing which exists between TV channels 4 
and 5, between Channels 6 and 7, and between Channels 13 and 14, 
adjacent channel protection standards shall not be applicable to these 
pairs of channels.
    (c) The low power TV, TV translator or TV booster station field 
strength is calculated from the proposed effective radiated power (ERP) 
and the antenna height above average terrain (HAAT) in pertinent 
directions.
    (1) For co-channel protection, the field strength is calculated 
using Figure 9a, 10a, or 10c of Sec.  73.699 (F(50,10) charts) of part 
73 of this chapter.
    (2) For adjacent channel protection, the field strength is 
calculated using Figure 9, 10, or 10b of Sec.  73.699 (F(50,50) charts) 
of part 73 of this chapter.
    (d) A low power TV, TV translator or TV booster station application 
will not be accepted if the ratio in dB of its field strength to that of 
the DTV station (L/D ratio) fails to meet the following:
    (1) -2 dB or less for co-channel operations. This maximum L/D ratio 
for co-channel interference to DTV service is only valid at locations 
where the signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio is 25 dB or greater. At the edge 
of the noise-limited service area, where the S/N ratio is 16 dB, the 
maximum L/D ratio for co-channel interference from analog low power TV, 
TV translator or TV booster service into DTV service is -21 dB. At 
locations where the S/N ratio is greater than 16 dB but less than 25 dB, 
the maximum L/D field strength ratios are found from the following Table 
(for values between measured values, linear interpolation can be used):

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              DTV-to-low
                 Signal-to-noise ratio(dB)                   power ratio
                                                                 (dB)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
16.00......................................................        21.00
16.35......................................................        19.94
17.35......................................................        17.69
18.35......................................................        16.44
19.35......................................................         7.19
20.35......................................................         4.69
21.35......................................................         3.69
22.35......................................................         2.94
23.35......................................................         2.44
25.00......................................................         2.00
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (2) + 48 dB for adjacent channel operations at:
    (i) The DTV noise-limited perimeter if a low power TV, TV translator 
or TV booster station is located outside that perimeter.
    (ii) At all points within the DTV noise-limited area if a low power 
TV or TV translator is located within the DTV noise-limited perimeter, 
as demonstrated by the applicant.

[62 FR 26721, May 14, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 13563, Mar. 20, 1998; 64 
FR 4327, Jan. 28, 1999]



Sec.  74.707  Low power TV and TV translator station protection.

    (a)(1) A low power TV or TV translator will be protected from 
interference from other low power TV or TV translator stations, or TV 
booster stations within the following predicted contours:
    (i) 62 dBu for stations on Channels 2 through 6;
    (ii) 68 dBu for stations on Channels 7 through 13; and
    (iii) 74 dBu for stations on Channels 14 through 69.


Existing licensees and permittees that did not furnish sufficient data 
required to calculate the above contours by April 15, 1983 are assigned 
protected contours having the following radii:

Up to 0.001 kW VHF/UHF--1 mile (1.6 km) from transmitter site
Up to 0.01 kW VHF; up to 0.1 k/W UHF--2 miles (3.2 km) from transmitter 
site
Up to 0.1 kW VHF; up to 1 kW UHF--4 miles (6.4 km) from transmitter site


New applicants must submit the required information; they cannot rely on 
this table.
    (2) The low power TV or TV translator station protected contour is 
calculated from the authorized effective radiated power and antenna 
height above average terrain, using Figure 9, 10, or 10b of Sec.  73.699 
(F(50,50) charts) of Part 73 of this chapter.

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    (b)(1) An application to construct a new low power TV, TV 
translator, or TV booster station or change the facilities of an 
existing station will not be accepted if it specifies a site which is 
within the protected contour of a co-channel or first adjacent channel 
low power TV, TV translator, or TV booster station, except that a TV 
booster station may be located within the protected contour of its co-
channel primary station.
    (2) Due to the frequency spacing which exists between TV Channels 4 
and 5, between Channels 6 and 7, and between Channels 13 and 14, 
adjacent channel protection standards shall not be applicable to these 
pairs of channels. (See Sec.  73.603(a) of Part 73 of this chapter.)
    (3) A UHF low power TV, TV translator, or TV booster construction 
permit application will not be accepted if it specifies a site within 
the UHF low power TV, TV translator, or TV booster station's protected 
contour and proposes operation on a channel that is 15 channels above 
the channel in use by the low power TV, TV translator, or TV booster 
station.
    (c) The low power TV, TV translator, or TV booster construction 
permit application field strength is calculated from the proposed 
effective radiated power (ERP) and the antenna above average terrain 
(HAAT) in pertinent directions.
    (1) For co-channel protection, the field strength is calculated 
using Figure 9a, 10a, or 10c of Sec.  73.699 (F(50,10) charts) of Part 
73 of this chapter.
    (2) For low power TV, TV translator, or TV booster applications that 
do not specify the same channel as the low power TV, TV translator, or 
TV booster station to be protected, the field strength is calculated 
using Figure 9, 10, or 10b of Sec.  73.699 (F(50,50) charts) of Part 73 
of this chapter.
    (d) A low power TV, TV translator, or TV booster station application 
will not be accepted if the ratio in dB of its field strength to that of 
the authorized low power TV, TV translator, or TV booster station at its 
protected contour fails to meet the following:
    (1) -45 dB for co-channel operations without offset carrier 
frequency operation or -28 dB for offset carrier frequency operation. An 
application requesting offset carrier frequency operation must include 
the following:
    (i) A requested offset designation (zero, plus, or minus) 
identifying the proposed direction of the 10 kHz offset from the 
standard carrier frequencies of the requested channel. If the offset 
designation is not different from that of the station being protected, 
or if the station being protected is not maintaining its frequencies 
within the tolerance specified in Sec.  74.761 for offset operation, the 
-45 dB ratio must be used.
    (ii) A description of the means by which the low power TV, TV 
translator, or TV booster station's frequencies will be maintained 
within the tolerances specified in Sec.  74.761 for offset operation.
    (2) 6 dB when the protected low power TV or TV translator station 
operates on a VHF channel that is one channel above the requested 
channel.
    (3) 12 dB when the protected low power TV or TV translator station 
operates on a VHF channel that is one channel below the requested 
channel.
    (4) 15 dB when the protected low power TV or TV translator station 
operates on a UHF channel that is one channel above or below the 
requested channel.
    (5) 6 dB when the protected low power TV or TV translator station 
operates on a UHF channel that is fifteen channels below the requested 
channel.
    (e) In support of a request for waiver of the interference 
protection rules, an applicant for a low power TV or TV translator 
station may make full use of terrain shielding and Longley-Rice terrain 
dependent propagation prediction methods to demonstrate that the 
proposed facility would not be likely to cause interference to low power 
TV, TV translator and TV booster stations. Guidance on using the 
Longley-Rice methodology is provided in OET Bulletin No. 69. Copies of 
OET Bulletin No. 69 may be inspected during normal business hours at 
the: Federal Communications Commission, Room CY-C203, 445 12th Street, 
SW., Reference Information Center, Washington, DC 20554. This document 
is also available

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through the Internet on the FCC Home Page at http://www.fcc.gov.

[47 FR 21498, May 18, 1982, as amended at 47 FR 35990, Aug. 18, 1982; 48 
FR 21487, May 12, 1983; 52 FR 31403, Aug. 20, 1987; 62 FR 26722, May 14, 
1997; 65 FR 58467, Sept. 29, 2000]



Sec.  74.708  Class A TV and digital Class A TV station protection.

    (a) The Class A TV and digital Class A TV station protected contours 
are specified in Sec.  73.6010 of this chapter.
    (b) An application to construct a new low power TV, TV translator, 
or TV booster station or change the facilities of an existing station 
will not be accepted if it fails to protect an authorized Class A TV or 
digital Class A TV station or an application for such a station filed 
prior to the date the low power TV, TV translator, or TV booster 
application is filed.
    (c) Applications for low power TV, TV translator and TV booster 
stations shall protect Class A TV stations pursuant to the requirements 
specified in paragraphs (b) through (e) of Sec.  74.707.
    (d) Applications for low power TV, TV translator and TV booster 
stations shall protect digital Class A TV stations pursuant to the 
following requirements:
    (i) An application must not specify an antenna site within the 
protected contour of a co-channel digital Class A TV station.
    (ii) The ratio in dB of the field strength of the low power TV, TV 
translator or TV booster station to that of the digital Class A TV 
station must meet the requirements specified in paragraph (d) of Sec.  
74.706, calculated using the propagation methods specified in paragraph 
(c) of that section.

[65 FR 30012, May 10, 2000]



Sec.  74.709  Land mobile station protection.

    (a) Stations in the Land Mobile Radio Service, using the following 
channels in the indicated cities will be protected from interference 
caused by low power TV or TV translator stations, and low power TV and 
TV translator stations must accept any interference from stations in the 
land mobile service operating on the following channels:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                       Coordinates
                City                  Channels -------------------------
                                                  Latitude    Longitude
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Boston, MA..........................   14, 16   42[deg]21[m  071[deg]03[
                                                 in]24[min]  min]24[min]
Chicago, IL.........................   14, 15   41[deg]52[m  087[deg]38[
                                                 in]28[min]  min]22[min]
Cleveland, OH.......................   14, 15   41[deg]29[m  081[deg]41[
                                                 in]51[min]  min]50[min]
Dallas, TX..........................       16   32[deg]47[m  096[deg]47[
                                                 in]09[min]  min]37[min]
Detroit, MI.........................   15, 16   42[deg]19[m  083[deg]02[
                                                 in]48[min]  min]57[min]
Houston, TX.........................       17   29[deg]45[m  095[deg]21[
                                                 in]26[min]  min]37[min]
Los Angeles, CA.....................   14, 20   34[deg]03[m  118[deg]14[
                                                 in]15[min]  min]28[min]
Miami, FL...........................       14   25[deg]46[m  080[deg]11[
                                                 in]37[min]  min]32[min]
New York, NY........................   14, 15   40[deg]45[m  073[deg]59[
                                                 in]06[min]  min]39[min]
Philadelphia, PA....................   19, 20   39[deg]56[m  075[deg]09[
                                                 in]58[min]  min]21[min]
Pittsburgh, PA......................   14, 18   40[deg]26[m  080[deg]00[
                                                 in]19[min]  min]00[min]
San Francisco, CA...................   16, 17   37[deg]46[m  122[deg]24[
                                                 in]39[min]  min]40[min]
Washington, DC......................   17, 18   38[deg]53[m  077[deg]00[
                                                 in]51[min]  min]33[min]
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) The protected contours for the land mobile radio service are 130 
kilometers from the above coordinates, except where limited by the 
following:
    (1) If the land mobile channel is the same as the channel in the 
following list, the land mobile protected contour excludes the area 
within 145 kilometers of the corresponding coordinates from list below. 
Except if the land mobile channel is 15 in New York or Cleveland or 16 
in Detroit, the land mobile protected contour excludes the area within 
95 kilometers of the corresponding coordinates from the list below.
    (2) If the land mobile channel is one channel above or below the 
channel in the following list, the land mobile protected contour 
excludes the area within 95 kilometers of the corresponding coordinates 
from the list below.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                       Coordinates
                 City                  Channel -------------------------
                                                  Latitude    Longitude
------------------------------------------------------------------------
San Diego, CA........................       15  32[deg]41[m  116[deg]56[
                                                 in]48[min]  min]10[min]
Waterbury, CT........................       20  41[deg]31[m  073[deg]01[
                                                 in]02[min]  min]00[min]
Washington, DC.......................       14  38[deg]57[m  077[deg]00[
                                                 in]17[min]  min]17[min]
Washington, DC.......................       20  38[deg]57[m  077[deg]06[
                                                 in]49[min]  min]18[min]
Champaign, IL........................       15  40[deg]04[m  087[deg]54[
                                                 in]11[min]  min]45[min]
Jacksonville, IL.....................       14  39[deg]45[m  090[deg]30[
                                                 in]52[min]  min]29[min]
Ft. Wayne, IN........................       15  41[deg]05[m  085[deg]10[
                                                 in]35[min]  min]42[min]
South Bend, IN.......................       16  41[deg]36[m  086[deg]12[
                                                 in]20[min]  min]44[min]
Salisbury, MD........................       16  38[deg]24[m  075[deg]34[
                                                 in]15[min]  min]45[min]
Mt. Pleasant, MI.....................       14  43[deg]34[m  084[deg]46[
                                                 in]24[min]  min]21[min]
Hanover, NH..........................       15  43[deg]42[m  072[deg]09[
                                                 in]30[min]  min]16[min]
Canton, OH...........................       17  40[deg]51[m  081[deg]16[
                                                 in]04[min]  min]37[min]
Cleveland, OH........................       19  41[deg]21[m  081[deg]44[
                                                 in]19[min]  min]24[min]
Oxford, OH...........................       14  39[deg]30[m  084[deg]44[
                                                 in]26[min]  min]09[min]
Zanesville, OH.......................       18  39[deg]55[m  081[deg]59[
                                                 in]42[min]  min]06[min]
Elmira-Corning, NY...................       18  42[deg]06[m  076[deg]52[
                                                 in]20[min]  min]17[min]
Harrisburg, PA.......................       21  40[deg]20[m  076[deg]52[
                                                 in]44[min]  min]09[min]
Johnstown, PA........................       19  40[deg]19[m  078[deg]53[
                                                 in]47[min]  min]45[min]
Lancaster, PA........................       15  40[deg]15[m  076[deg]27[
                                                 in]45[min]  min]49[min]
Philadelphia, PA.....................       17  40[deg]02[m  075[deg]14[
                                                 in]30[min]  min]24[min]
Pittsburgh, PA.......................       16  40[deg]26[m  079[deg]57[
                                                 in]46[min]  min]51[min]
Scranton, PA.........................       16  41[deg]10[m  075[deg]52[
                                                 in]58[min]  min]21[min]
Parkersburg, WV......................       15  39[deg]20[m  081[deg]33[
                                                 in]50[min]  min]56[min]
Madison, WI..........................       15  43[deg]03[m  089[deg]29[
                                                 in]01[min]  min]15[min]
------------------------------------------------------------------------


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    (c) A low power TV or TV translator station application will not be 
accepted if it specifies a site that is within the protected contour of 
a co-channel or first adjacent channel land mobile assignment.
    (d) The low power TV or TV translator station field strength is 
calculated from the proposed effective radiated power (ERP) and the 
antenna height above average terrain (HAAT) in pertinent directions.
    (1) The field strength is calculated using Figure 10c of Sec.  
73.699 (F(50, 10) charts) of Part 73 of this chapter.
    (2) A low power TV or TV translator station application will not be 
accepted if it specifies the same channel as one of the land mobile 
assignments and its field strength at the land mobile protected contour 
exceeds 52 dBu.
    (3) A low power TV or TV translator station application will not be 
accepted if it specifies a channel that is one channel above or below 
one of the land mobile assignments and its field strength at the land 
mobile protected contour exceeds 76 dBu.
    (e) To protect stations in the Offshore Radio Service, a low power 
TV or TV translator station construction permit application will not be 
accepted if it specifies operation on channels 15, 16, 17 or 18 in the 
following areas. West Longitude and North Latitude are abbreviated as 
W.L. and N.L. respectively.
    (1) On Channel 15: west of 92[deg]00[min] W.L.; east of 
98[deg]30[min] W.L.; and south of a line extending due west from 
30[deg]30[min] N.L., 92[deg]00[min] W.L. to 30[deg]30[min] N.L., 
96[deg]00[min] W.L.; and then due southwest to 28[deg]00[min] N.L., 
98[deg]30[min] W.L.
    (2) On Channel 16: west of 86[deg]40[min]W.L.; east of 
96[deg]30[min]W.L.; and south of a line extending due west from 
31[deg]00[min]N.L., 86[deg]40[min]W.L. to 31[deg]00[min]N.L., 
95[deg]00[min]W.L. and then due southwest to 29[deg]30[min]N.L., 
96[deg]30[min]W.L.
    (3) On Channel 17: west of 86[deg]30[min]W.L.; east of 
96[deg]00[min]W.L.; and south of a line extending due west from 
31[deg]00[min]N.L., 86[deg]30[min]W.L. to 31[deg]30[min]N.L., 
94[deg]00[min]W.L. and then due southwest to 29[deg]30[min]N.L., 
96[deg]00[min]W.L.
    (4) On Channel 18: west of 87[deg]00[min]W.L.; east of 
95[deg]00[min]W.L.; and south of 31[deg]00[min]N.L.

[47 FR 21499, May 18, 1982, as amended at 50 FR 12027, Mar. 27, 1985; 50 
FR 33942, Aug. 22, 1985]



Sec.  74.731  Purpose and permissible service.

    (a) Television broadcast translator stations and television 
broadcast booster stations provide a means whereby the signals of 
television broadcast stations may be retransmitted to areas in which 
direct reception of such television broadcast stations is unsatisfactory 
due to distance or intervening terrain barriers.
    (b) Except as provided in paragraph (f) of this section, a 
television broadcast translator station or television broadcast booster 
station may be used only to receive the signals of a television 
broadcast station, another television broadcast translator station, a 
television translator relay station, a television intercity relay 
station, a television STL station, or other suitable source such as a 
CARS or common carrier microwave station, for the simultaneous 
retransmission of the programs and signals of a television broadcast 
station. Such retransmissions may be accomplished by either:
    (1) Reception of the television programs and signals of a television 
broadcast station directly through space, conversion to a different 
channel by simple heterodyne frequency conversion and suitable 
amplification; or,
    (2) Modulation and amplification of a video and audio feed, in which 
case modulating equipment meeting the requirements of Sec.  74.750(d) 
shall be used.
    (c) The transmissions of each television broadcast translator 
station shall be intended for direct reception by the general public and 
any other use shall be incidental thereto. A television broadcast 
translator station shall not be operated solely for the purpose of 
relaying signals to one or more fixed receiving points for 
retransmission, distribution, or further relaying.
    (d) The technical characteristics of the retransmitted signals shall 
not be

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deliberately altered so as to hinder reception on conventional 
television broadcast receivers.
    (e) A television broadcast translator station shall not deliberately 
retransmit the signals of any station other than the station it is 
authorized by license to retransmit. Precautions shall be taken to avoid 
unintentional retransmission of such other signals.
    (f) A locally generated radio frequency signal similar to that of a 
TV broadcast station and modulated with visual and aural information may 
be connected to the input terminals of a television broadcast translator 
or low power station for the purposes of transmitting still photographs, 
slides and voice announcements. The radio frequency signals shall be on 
the same channel as the normally used off-the-air signal being 
rebroadcast. When transmitting originations concerning financial support 
or public service announcements, connection of the locally generated 
signals shall be made automatically either by means of a time switch or 
upon receipt of a control signal from the TV station being rebroadcast 
designed to actuate the switching circuit. The switching circuit will be 
so designed that the input circuit will be returned to the off-the-air 
signal within 30 seconds. The connection for emergency transmissions may 
be made manually. The apparatus used to generate the local signal which 
is used to modulate the translator or low power station must be capable 
of producing a visual or aural signal or both which will provide 
acceptable reception on television receivers designed for the 
transmission standards employed by TV broadcast stations. The visual and 
aural materials so transmitted shall be limited to emergency warnings of 
imminent danger, to local public service announcements and to seeking or 
acknowledging financial support deemed necessary to the continued 
operation of the station. Accordingly, the originations concerning 
financial support and PSAs are limited to 30 seconds each, no more than 
once per hour. Acknowledgements of financial support may include 
identification of the contributors, the size and nature of the 
contribution and advertising messages of contributors. Emergency 
transmissions shall be no longer or more frequent than necessary to 
protect life and property.
    (g) Low power TV stations may operate under the following modes of 
service:
    (1) As a TV translator station, subject to the requirements of this 
part;
    (2) For origination of programming and commercial matter as defined 
in Sec.  74.701(f);
    (3) For the transmission of subscription television broadcast (STV) 
programs, intended to be received in intelligible form by members of the 
public for a fee or charge subject to the provisions of Sec. Sec.  
73.642(e) and 73.644.
    (h) A low power TV station may not be operated solely for the 
purpose of relaying signals to one or more fixed receiving points for 
retransmission, distribution or relaying.
    (i) Low power TV stations are subject to no minimum required hours 
of operation and may operate in any of the 3 modes described in 
paragraph (g) of this section for any number of hours.
    (j) Television broadcast booster stations provide a means whereby 
the licensee of a television broadcast station may provide service to 
areas of low signal strength in any region within the primary station's 
Grade B contour. The booster station may not be located outside the 
predicted Grade B of its primary station nor may the predicted Grade B 
signal of the television booster station extend beyond the predicted 
Grade B contour of the primary station. A television broadcast booster 
station is authorized to retransmit only the signals of its primary 
station; it shall not retransmit the signals of any other stations nor 
make independent transmissions. However, locally generated signals may 
be used to excite the booster apparatus for the purpose of conducting 
tests and measurements essential to the proper installation and 
maintenance of the apparatus.
    (k) The transmissions of a television broadcast booster station 
shall be intended for direct reception by the general public. Such 
stations will not be

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permitted to establish a point-to-point television relay system.

[28 FR 13722, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 43 FR 1951, Jan. 13, 1978; 47 
FR 21499, May 18, 1982; 47 FR 40172, Sept. 13, 1982; 48 FR 21487, May 
12, 1983; 52 FR 31404, Aug. 20, 1987]



Sec.  74.732  Eligibility and licensing requirements.

    (a) A license for a low power TV or TV translator station may be 
issued to any qualified individual, organized group of individuals, 
broadcast station licensee, or local civil governmental body.
    (b) More than one low power TV or TV translator station may be 
licensed to the same applicant whether or not such stations serve 
substantially the same area. Low power TV and TV translator stations are 
not counted for purposes of Sec.  73.3555, concerning multiple 
ownership.
    (c) Only one channel will be assigned to each low power TV or TV 
translator station. Additional low power or translator stations may be 
authorized to provide additional reception. A separate application is 
required for each station and each application must be complete in all 
respects.
    (d) The FCC will not act on applications for new low power TV or TV 
translator stations, for changes in facilities of existing stations, or 
for changes in output channel tendered by displaced stations pursuant to 
Sec.  73.3572(a)(1), when such changes will result in a major change 
until the applicable time for filing a petition to deny has passed 
pursuant to Sec.  73.3584(c).
    (e) A proposal to change the primary TV station being retransmitted 
or an application of a licensed translator station to include low power 
TV station operation, i.e., program origination or subscription service 
will be subject only to a notification requirement.
    (f) Applications for transfer of ownership or control of a low power 
TV or TV translator station will be subject to petitions to deny.
    (g) A television broadcast booster station will be authorized only 
to the licensee or permittee of the television station whose signals the 
booster will rebroadcast, to areas within the Grade B contour of the 
primary station.
    (h) No numerical limit is placed on the number of booster stations 
that may be licensed to a single licensee. A separate license is 
required for each television broadcast booster station.

[47 FR 21499, May 18, 1982, as amended at 48 FR 21487, May 12, 1983; 49 
FR 20504, May 15, 1984; 52 FR 7423, Mar. 11, 1987; 52 FR 10571, Apr. 2, 
1987; 52 FR 31404, Aug. 20, 1987]



Sec.  74.733  UHF translator signal boosters.

    (a) The licensee of a UHF television broadcast translator station 
may be authorized to operate one or more signal boosters for the purpose 
of providing reception to small shadowed areas within the area intended 
to be served by the translator.
    (b) The transmitting apparatus shall consist of a simple linear 
radio frequency amplifier, with one or more amplifying stages, which is 
capable of receiving, amplifying, and retransmitting the signals of the 
parent translator without significantly altering any electrical 
characteristic of the received signal other than its amplitude. The 
maximum power input to the plate of the final radio frequency amplifier 
shall not exceed 5 watts.
    (c) The amplifier shall be equipped with suitable circuits which 
will automatically cause it to cease radiating if no signal is being 
received from the parent translator station. Care shall be taken in the 
design of the apparatus to insure that out-of-band radiation is not 
excessive and that adequate isolation is maintained between the input 
and output circuits to prevent unstable operation.
    (d) The installation of the apparatus and its associated receiving 
and transmitting antennas shall be in accordance with accepted 
principles of good engineering practice. Either horizontal, vertical, or 
circular polarization of the electric field of the radiated signal may 
be employed. If the isolation between the input and output circuits 
depends in part upon the polarization or directive properties of the 
transmitting and receiving antennas, the installation shall be 
sufficiently rugged to withstand the normal hazards of the environment.

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    (e) The operation of a UHF translator signal booster is subject to 
the condition that no harmful interference is caused to the reception of 
any station, broadcast or non-broadcast, other than the parent 
translator. The licensee of the UHF translator signal booster is 
expected to use reasonable diligence to minimize interference to the 
direct reception of the parent translator station.
    (f) UHF translator signal boosters may be operated unattended. 
Repairs and adjustments shall be made by a qualified person. The 
required qualifications are set forth in Sec.  74.750 (g) and (h).
    (g) An individual call sign will not be assigned to a UHF translator 
booster station. The retransmission of the call sign of the parent 
translator will serve as station identification.
    (h) Applications for authority to construct and operate a UHF 
translator signal booster shall be submitted on FCC Form 346A. No 
construction of facilities or installation of apparatus at the proposed 
transmitter site shall be made until a construction permit therefor has 
been issued by the Commission.
    (i) The provisions of Sec.  74.765 concerning posting of station 
license shall apply to a UHF translator signal booster except that the 
parent UHF translator call sign, followed by the word ``Booster'', shall 
be displayed at the signal booster site.
    (j) The provisions of Sec. Sec.  74.767 and 74.781 concerning 
marking and lighting of antenna structures and station records, 
respectively, apply to UHF translator signal boosters.

    Note: Effective July 11, 1975, no new UHF signal boosters will be 
authorized. Licensees of such existing boosters may make application for 
renewal of license or change in facilities on the applicable FCC forms 
for Television Broadcast Translator Stations (Form 346, for construction 
permits; 347, for license to cover construction permit; and 303-S, for 
renewal of license). Report and Order, Docket No. 20372. May 28, 1975.

[28 FR 13722, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 40 FR 25022, June 12, 1975; 
59 FR 63052, Dec. 7, 1994]



Sec.  74.734  Attended and unattended operation.

    (a) Low power TV, TV translator, and TV booster stations may be 
operated without a designated person in attendance if the following 
requirements are met:
    (1) If the transmitter site cannot be promptly reached at all hours 
and in all seasons, means shall be provided so that the transmitting 
apparatus can be turned on and off at will from a point that readily is 
accessible at all hours and in all seasons.
    (2) The transmitter also shall be equipped with suitable automatic 
circuits that will place it in a nonradiating condition in the absence 
of a signal on the input channel or circuit.
    (3) The transmitting and the ON/OFF control, if at a location other 
than the transmitter site, shall be adequately protected against 
tampering by unauthorized persons.
    (4) A letter notification must be filed with the FCC in Washington, 
DC, Attention: Video Division, Media Bureau, providing the name, 
address, and telephone number of a person or persons who may be called 
to secure suspension of operation of the transmitter promptly should 
such action be deemed necessary by the FCC. Such information shall be 
kept current by the licensee.
    (5) In cases where the antenna and supporting structure are 
considered to be a hazard to air navigation and are required to be 
painted and lighted under the provisions of part 17 of the Rules, the 
licensee shall make suitable arrangements for the daily observations, 
when required, and lighting equipment inspections required by Sec. Sec.  
17.37 and 17.38 of the FCC rules.
    (b) An application for authority to construct a new low power TV 
station (when rebroadcasting the programs of another station) or TV 
translator station or to make changes in the facilities of an authorized 
station, and that proposes unattended operation, shall include an 
adequate showing as to the manner of compliance with this section.

[47 FR 21500, May 18, 1982, as amended at 48 FR 21487, May 12, 1983; 60 
FR 55483, Nov. 1, 1995; 63 FR 33878, June 22, 1998; 67 FR 13233, Mar. 
21, 2002]

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Sec.  74.735  Power limitations.

    (a) The maximum peak effective radiated power (ERP) of an analog low 
power TV, TV translator, or TV booster station shall not exceed:
    (1) 3 kW for VHF channels 2-13; and
    (2) 150 kW for UHF channels 14-69.
    (b) The maximum ERP of a digital low power TV, TV translator, or TV 
booster station (average power) shall not exceed:
    (1) 300 watts for VHF channels 2-13; and
    (2) 15 kW for UHF channels 14-69.
    (c) The limits in paragraphs (a) and (b) apply separately to the 
effective radiated powers that may be obtained by the use of 
horizontally or vertically polarized transmitting antennas, providing 
the applicable provisions of Sec. Sec.  74.705, 74.706, 74.707 and 
74.709 are met. For either omnidirectional or directional antennas, 
where the ERP values of the vertically and horizontally polarized 
components are not of equal strength, the ERP limits shall apply to the 
polarization with the larger ERP. Applications proposing the use of 
directional antenna systems must be accompanied by the following:
    (1) Complete description of the proposed antenna system, including 
the manufacturer and model number of the proposed directional antenna. 
It is not acceptable to label the antenna with only a generic term such 
as ``Yagi'' or ``Dipole''. A specific model number must be provided. In 
the case of individually designed antennas with no model number, or in 
the case of a composite antenna composed of two or more individual 
antennas, the antenna should be described as a ``custom'' or 
``composite'' antenna, as appropriate. A full description of the design 
of the antenna should also be submitted.
    (2) Relative field horizontal plane pattern (horizontal polarization 
only) of the proposed directional antenna. A value of 1.0 should be used 
for the maximum radiation. The plot of the pattern should be oriented so 
that 0[deg] corresponds to the maximum radiation of the directional 
antenna or, alternatively in the case of a symmetrical pattern, to the 
line of symmetry. The 0[deg] on the plot should be referenced to the 
actual azimuth with respect to true North.
    (3) A tabulation of the relative field pattern required in paragraph 
(c)(2), of this section. The tabulation should use the same zero degree 
reference as the plotted pattern, and be tabulated at least every 
10[deg]. In addition, tabulated values of all maximas and minimas, with 
their corresponding azimuths, should be submitted.
    (4) All horizontal plane patterns must be plotted to the largest 
scale possible on unglazed letter-size polar coordinate paper (main 
engraving approximately 18 cm x 25 cm (7 inches x 10 inches)) using only 
scale divisions and subdivisions of 1, 2, 2.5 or 5 times 10-nth. Values 
of field strength on any pattern less than 10% of the maximum field 
strength plotted on that pattern must be shown on an enlarged scale.
    (5) The horizontal plane patterns that are required are the patterns 
for the complete directional antenna system. In the case of a composite 
antenna composed of two or more individual antennas, this means that the 
patterns for the composite antenna composed of two or more individual 
antennas, not the patterns for each of the individual antennas, must be 
submitted.

[30 FR 8847, July 14, 1965, as amended at 41 FR 28267, July 9, 1976; 47 
FR 21500, May 18, 1982; 48 FR 21487, May 12, 1983; 52 FR 7423, Mar. 11, 
1987; 52 FR 31404, Aug. 20, 1987; 58 FR 44951, Aug. 25, 1993; 62 FR 
26722, May 14, 1997]



Sec.  74.736  Emissions and bandwidth.

    (a) The license of a low power TV, TV translator, or TV booster 
station authorizes the transmission of the visual signal by amplitude 
modulation (A5) and the accompanying aural signal by frequency 
modulation (F3).
    (b) Standard width television channels will be assigned and the 
transmitting apparatus shall be operated so as to limit spurious 
emissions to the lowest practicable value. Any emissions including 
intermodulation products and radio frequency harmonics which are not 
essential for the transmission of the desired picture and sound 
information shall be considered to be spurious emissions.
    (c) Any emissions appearing on frequencies more than 3 MHz above or

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below the upper and lower edges, respectively, of the assigned channel 
shall be attenuated no less than:
    (1) 30 dB for transmitters rated at no more than 1 watt power 
output.
    (2) 50 dB for transmitters rated at more than 1 watt power output.
    (3) 60 dB for transmitters rated at more than 100 watts power 
output.
    (d) Greater attenuation than that specified in paragraph (c) of this 
section may be required if interference results from emissions outside 
the assigned channel.

[28 FR 13722, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 33 FR 8677, June 13, 1968; 36 
FR 19592, Oct. 8, 1971; 47 FR 21500, May 18, 1982; 52 FR 31404, Aug. 20, 
1987]



Sec.  74.737  Antenna location.

    (a) An applicant for a new low power TV, TV translator, or TV 
booster station or for a change in the facilities of an authorized 
station shall endeavor to select a site that will provide a line-of-
sight transmission path to the entire area intended to be served and at 
which there is available a suitable signal from the primary station, if 
any, that will be retransmitted.
    (b) The transmitting antenna should be placed above growing 
vegetation and trees lying in the direction of the area intended to be 
served, to minimize the possibility of signal absorption by foliage.
    (c) A site within 8 kilometers of the area intended to be served is 
to be preferred if the conditions in paragraph (a) of this section can 
be met.
    (d) Consideration should be given to the accessibility of the site 
at all seasons of the year and to the availability of facilities for the 
maintenance and operation of the transmitting equipment.
    (e) The transmitting antenna should be located as near as is 
practical to the transmitter to avoid the use of long transmission lines 
and the associated power losses.
    (f) Consideration should be given to the existence of strong radio 
frequency fields from other transmitters at the site of the transmitting 
equipment and the possibility that such fields may result in the 
retransmissions of signals originating on frequencies other than that of 
the primary station being rebroadcast.

[47 FR 21500, May 18, 1982, as amended at 52 FR 31404, Aug. 20, 1987]



Sec.  74.750  Transmission system facilities.

    (a) A low power TV, TV translator, or TV booster station shall 
operate with a transmitter that is either certificated for licensing 
under the provisions of this subpart or type notified for use under part 
73 of this chapter.
    (b) Transmitting antennas, antennas used to receive the signals to 
be rebroadcast, and transmission lines are not certificated by the FCC. 
External preamplifiers also may be used provided that they do not cause 
improper operation of the transmitting equipment, and use of such 
preamplifiers is not necessary to meet the provisions of paragraph (c) 
of this section.
    (c) The following requirements must be met before low power TV and 
TV translator transmitters will be certificated by the FCC:
    (1) The equipment shall be so designed that the electrical 
characteristics of a standard television signal introduced into the 
input terminals will be maintained at the output. The overall response 
of the apparatus within its assigned channel, when operating at its 
rated power output and measured at the output terminals, shall provide a 
smooth curve, varying within limits separated by no more than 4 dB: 
Provided, however, That means may be provided to reduce the amplitude of 
the aural carrier below those limits, if necessary to prevent 
intermodulation which would mar the quality of the retransmitted picture 
or result in emissions outside of the assigned channel.
    (2) Radio frequency harmonics of the visual and aural carriers, 
measured at the output terminals of the transmitter, shall be attenuated 
no less than 60 dB below the peak visual output power within the 
assigned channel. All other emissions appearing on frequencies more than 
3 megacycles above or below the upper and lower edges, respectively, of 
the assigned channel shall be attenuated no less than:
    (i) 30 dB for transmitters rated at no more than 1 watt power 
output.
    (ii) 50 dB for transmitters rated at more than 1 watt power output.

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    (iii) 60 dB for transmitters rated at more than 100 watts power 
output.
    (3) When subjected to variations in ambient temperature between 
minus 30 degrees and plus 50 degrees Centigrade and variations in power 
main voltage between 85 percent and 115 percent of rated power supply 
voltage, the local oscillator frequency stability shall maintain the 
operating frequency within:
    (i) 0.02 percent of its rated frequency for transmitters rated at no 
more than 100 watts peak visual power.
    (ii) 0.002 percent of the rated frequency for transmitters rated at 
more than 100 watts peak visual power.
    (iii) Plus or minus 1 kHz of its rated frequency for transmitters to 
be used at stations employing offset carrier frequency operation.
    (4) The apparatus shall contain automatic circuits which will 
maintain the peak visual power output constant within 2 dB when the 
strength of the input signal is varied over a range of 30 dB and which 
will not permit the peak visual power output to exceed the maximum rated 
power output under any condition. If a manual adjustment is provided to 
compensate for different average signal strengths, provision shall be 
made for determining the proper setting for the control, and if improper 
adjustment of the control could result in improper operation, a label 
shall be affixed at the adjustment control bearing a suitable warning.
    (5) The apparatus must be equipped with automatic controls that will 
place it in a non-radiating condition when no signal is being received 
on the input channel, either due to absence of a transmitted signal or 
failure of the receiving portion of the facilities used for 
rebroadcasting the signal of another station. The automatic control may 
include a time delay feature to prevent interruptions caused by fading 
or other momentary failures of the incoming signal.
    (6) The tube or tubes employed in the final radio frequency 
amplifier shall be of the appropriate power rating to provide the rated 
power output of the translator. The normal operating constants for 
operation at the rated power output shall be specified. The apparatus 
shall be equipped with suitable meters or meter jacks so that 
appropriate voltage and current measurements may be made while the 
apparatus is in operation.
    (7) The transmitters of over 0.001 kW peak visual power (0.002 kW 
when circularly polarized antennas are used) shall be equipped with an 
automatic keying device that will transmit the call sign of the station, 
in International Morse Code, at least once each hour during the time the 
station is in operation when operating in the translator mode 
retransmitting the programming of a TV broadcast station. However, the 
identification by Morse Code is not required if the licensee of the low 
power TV or TV translator station has an agreement with the TV broadcast 
station being rebroadcast to transmit aurally or visually the low power 
TV or TV translator station call as provided for in Sec.  74.783. 
Transmission of the call sign can be accomplished by:
    (i) Frequency shift keying; the aural and visual carrier shift shall 
not be less than 5 kHz or greater than 25 kHz.
    (ii) Amplitude modulation of the aural carrier of at least 30% 
modulation. The audio frequency tone used shall not be within 200 hertz 
of the Emergency Broadcast System Attention Signal alerting frequencies.
    (8) Wiring, shielding, and construction shall be in accordance with 
accepted principles of good engineering practice.
    (d) Low power TV, TV translator and transmitting equipment using a 
modulation process for either program origination or rebroadcasting TV 
booster transmitting equipment using a modulation process must meet the 
following requirements:
    (1) The equipment shall meet the requirements of paragraphs (a)(1) 
and (b)(3) of Sec.  73.687.
    (2) The stability of the equipment shall be sufficient to maintain 
the operating frequency of the aural carrier to 4.5 MHz +- 1kHz above 
the visual carrier when subjected to variations in ambient temperature 
between 30[deg] and +50[deg] centigrade and variations in power main 
voltage between 85 and 115 percent of rated power supply voltage.
    (e) Certification will be granted only upon a satisfactory showing 
that the

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apparatus is capable of meeting the requirements of paragraphs (c) and 
(d) of this section. The following procedures shall apply:
    (1) Any manufacturer of apparatus intended for use at low power TV, 
TV translator, or TV booster stations may request certification by 
following the procedures set forth in part 2, subpart J, of this 
chapter.
    (2) Low power TV, TV translator, and TV booster transmitting 
apparatus that has been certificated by the FCC will normally be 
authorized without additional measurements from the applicant or 
licensee.
    (3) Applications for certification of modulators to be used with 
existing certificated TV translator apparatus must include the 
specifications electrical and mechanical interconnecting requirements 
for the apparatus with which it is designed to be used.
    (4) Other rules concerning certification, including information 
regarding withdrawal of type acceptance, modification of certificated 
equipment and limitations on the findings upon which certification is 
based, are set forth in part 2, subpart J, of this chapter.
    (f) The transmitting antenna system may be designed to produce 
horizontal, vertical, or circular polarization.
    (g) Low power TV, TV translator, or TV booster stations installing 
new certificated transmitting apparatus incorporating modulating 
equipment need not make equipment performance measurements and shall so 
indicate on the station license application. Stations adding new or 
replacing modulating equipment in existing low power TV, TV translator, 
or TV booster station transmitting apparatus must have a qualified 
person examine the transmitting system after installation. This person 
must certify in the application for the station license that the 
transmitting equipment meets the requirements of paragraph (d)(1) of 
this section. A report of the methods, measurements, and results must be 
kept in the station records. However, stations installing modulating 
equipment solely for the limited local origination of signals permitted 
by Sec.  74.731 need not comply with the requirements of this paragraph.

[28 FR 13722, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 33 FR 8677, June 13, 1968; 36 
FR 19592, Oct. 8, 1971; 37 FR 25844, Dec. 5, 1972; 41 FR 17552, Apr. 27, 
1976; 43 FR 1951, Jan. 13, 1978; 46 FR 35465, July 8, 1981; 47 FR 21500, 
May 18, 1982; 47 FR 30496, July 14, 1982; 52 FR 31404, Aug. 20, 1987; 60 
FR 55483, Nov. 1, 1995; 62 FR 26722, May 14, 1997; 63 FR 36605, July 7, 
1998]



Sec.  74.751  Modification of transmission systems.

    (a) No change, either mechanical or electrical, may be made in 
apparatus which has been certificated by the Commission without prior 
authority of the Commission. If such prior authority has been given to 
the manufacturer of certificated equipment, the manufacturer may issue 
instructions for such changes citing its authority. In such cases, 
individual licensees are not required to secure prior Commission 
approval but shall notify the Commission when such changes are 
completed.
    (b) Formal application (FCC Form 346) is required for any of the 
following changes:
    (1) Replacement of the transmitter as a whole, except replacement 
with a transmitter of identical power rating which has been certificated 
by the FCC for use by low power TV, TV translator, and TV booster 
stations, or any change which could result in a change in the electrical 
characteristics or performance of the station.
    (2) Any change in the transmitting antenna system, including the 
direction of radiation, directive antenna pattern, antenna gain, 
transmission line loss characteristics, or height of antenna center of 
radiation.
    (3) Any change in the overall height of the antenna structure, 
except where notice to the Federal Aviation Administration is 
specifically not required under Sec.  17.14(b) of this chapter.
    (4) Any horizontal change of the location of the antenna structure 
which would (i) be in excess of 152.4 meters (500 feet), or (ii) require 
notice to the Federal Aviation Administration pursuant to Sec.  17.7 of 
the FCC's Rules.
    (5) A change in frequency assignment.
    (6) Any changes in the location of the transmitter except within the 
same

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building or upon the same pole or tower.
    (7) A change of authorized operating power.
    (c) Other equipment changes not specifically referred to in 
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section may be made at the discretion of 
the licensee, provided that the FCC in Washington, DC, Attention: Video 
Division, Media Bureau, is notified in writing upon the completion of 
such changes.
    (d) Upon installation of new or replacement transmitting equipment 
for which prior FCC authority is not required under the provisions of 
this section, the licensee must place in the station records a 
certification that the new installation complies in all respects with 
the technical requirements of this part and the station authorization.

[28 FR 13722, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 38 FR 6827, Mar. 13, 1973; 39 
FR 38652, Nov. 1, 1974; 45 FR 26067, Apr. 17, 1980; 47 FR 21501, May 18, 
1982; 48 FR 41423, Sept. 15, 1983; 50 FR 23710, June 5, 1985; 52 FR 
31405, Aug. 20, 1987; 63 FR 33879, June 22, 1998; 63 FR 36605, July 7, 
1998; 67 FR 13233, Mar. 21, 2002]



Sec.  74.761  Frequency tolerance.

    The licensee of a low power TV, TV translator, or TV booster station 
shall maintain the transmitter output frequencies as set forth below. 
The frequency tolerance of stations using direct frequency conversion of 
a received signal and not engaging in offset carrier operation as set 
forth in paragraph (d) of this section will be referenced to the 
authorized plus or minus 10 kHz offset, if any, of the primary station.
    (a) The visual carrier shall be maintained to within 0.02 percent of 
the assigned visual carrier frequency for transmitters rated at not more 
than 100 watts peak visual power.
    (b) The visual carrier shall be maintained to within 0.002 percent 
of the assigned visual carrier frequency for transmitters rated at more 
than 100 watts peak visual power.
    (c) The aural carrier of stations employing modulating equipment 
shall be maintained at 4.5 MHz +-1 kHz above the visual carrier 
frequency.
    (d) The visual carrier shall be maintained to within 1 kHz of the 
assigned channel carrier frequency if the low power TV, TV translator, 
or TV booster station is authorized with a specified offset designation 
in order to provide protection under the provisions of Sec.  74.705 or 
Sec.  74.707.

[43 FR 1952, Jan. 13, 1978, as amended at 52 FR 31405, Aug. 20, 1987]



Sec.  74.762  Frequency measurements.

    (a) The licensee of a low power TV station, a TV translator, or a TV 
booster station must measure the carrier frequencies of its output 
channel as often as necessary to ensure operation within the specified 
tolerances, and at least once each calendar year at intervals not 
exceeding 14 months.
    (b) In the event that a low power TV, TV translator, or TV booster 
station is found to be operating beyond the frequency tolerance 
prescribed in Sec.  74.761, the licensee promptly shall suspend 
operation of the transmitter and shall not resume operation until 
transmitter has been restored to its assigned frequencies. Adjustment of 
the frequency determining circuits of the transmitter shall be made only 
by a qualified person in accordance with Sec.  74.750(g).

[52 FR 31405, Aug. 20, 1987]



Sec.  74.763  Time of operation.

    (a) A low power TV, TV translator, or TV booster station is not 
required to adhere to any regular schedule of operation. However, the 
licensee of a TV translator or TV booster station is expected to provide 
service to the extent that such is within its control and to avoid 
unwarranted interruptions in the service provided.
    (b) In the event that causes beyond the control of the low power TV 
or TV translator station licensee make it impossible to continue 
operating, the licensee may discontinue operation for a period of not 
more than 30 days without further authority from the FCC. Notification 
must be sent to the FCC in Washington, DC, Attention: Video Division, 
Media Bureau, not later than the 10th day of discontinued operation. 
During such period, the licensee shall continue to adhere to the 
requirements in the station license pertaining to the lighting of 
antenna structures. In the event normal operation is restored

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prior to the expiration of the 30 day period, the FCC in Washington, DC, 
Attention: Video Division, Media Bureau, shall be notified in writing of 
the date normal operations resumed. If causes beyond the control of the 
licensee make it impossible to comply within the allowed period, a 
request for Special Temporary Authority (see Sec.  73.1635 of this 
chapter) shall be made to the FCC no later than the 30th day for such 
additional time as may be deemed necessary.
    (c) Failure of a low power TV, TV translator, or TV booster station 
to operate for a period of 30 days or more, except for causes beyond the 
control of the licensee, shall be deemed evidence of discontinuation of 
operation and the license of the station may be cancelled at the 
discretion of the FCC. Furthermore, the station's license will expire as 
a matter of law, without regard to any causes beyond control of the 
licensee, if the station fails to transmit broadcast signals for any 
consecutive 12-month period, notwithstanding any provision, term, or 
condition of the license to the contrary.
    (d) A television broadcast translator station shall not be permitted 
to radiate during extended periods when signals of the primary station 
are not being retransmitted.

[28 FR 13722, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 52 FR 7423, Mar. 11, 1987; 52 
FR 31405, Aug. 20, 1987; 61 FR 28768, June 6, 1996; 63 FR 33879, June 
22, 1998; 67 FR 13233, Mar. 21, 2002]



Sec.  74.765  Posting of station and operator licenses.

    (a) The station license and any other instrument of authorization or 
individual order concerning the construction of the station or manner of 
operation shall be kept in the station record file so as to be available 
for inspection upon request of authorized representatives of the FCC.
    (b) The call sign of the station, together with the name, address, 
and telephone number of the licensee or local representative of the 
licensee, if the licensee does not reside in the community served by the 
station, and the name and address of the person and place where the 
station records are maintained, shall be displayed at the transmitter 
site on the structure supporting the transmitting antenna, so as to be 
visible to a person standing on the ground. The display shall be 
maintained in legible condition by the licensee.

[47 FR 21502, May 18, 1982, as amended at 52 FR 7423, Mar. 11, 1987; 60 
FR 55483, Nov. 1, 1995]



Sec.  74.769  Copies of rules.

    The licensee or permittee of a station authorized under this subpart 
shall have a current copy of Volume I and Volume III of the Commission's 
Rules. Each such licensee or permittee shall be familiar with those 
rules relating to stations authorized under this subpart. Copies of the 
Commission's rules may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, 
Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.

[60 FR 55483, Nov. 1, 1995]



Sec.  74.780  Broadcast regulations applicable to translators, low power, 
and booster stations.

    The following rules are applicable to TV translator, low power TV, 
and TV booster stations:

Section 73.653--Operation of TV aural and visual transmitters.
Section 73.658--Affiliation agreements and network program practices; 
territorial exclusivity in non-network program arrangements.
Part 73, Subpart G--Emergency Broadcast System (for low power TV 
stations locally originating programming as defined by Sec.  74.701(h)).
Section 73.1201--Station identification (for low power TV stations 
locally originating programming as defined by Sec.  74.701(h)).
Section 73.1206--Broadcast of telephone conversations.
Section 73.1207--Rebroadcasts.
Section 73.1208--Broadcast of taped, filmed or recorded material.
Section 73.1211--Broadcast of lottery information.
Section 73.1212--Sponsorship identifications; list retention, related 
requirements.
Section 73.1216--Licensee conducted contests.
Section 73.1510--Experimental authorizations.
Section 73.1515--Special field test authorizations.
Section 73.1615--Operation during modifications of facilities.
Section 73.1635--Special temporary authorizations (STA).

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Section 73.1650--International broadcasting agreements.
Section 73.1680--Emergency antennas.
Section 73.1692--Construction near or installations on an AM broadcast 
tower.
Section 73.1940--Broadcasts by candidates for public office.
Section 73.2080--Equal employment opportunities (for low power TV 
stations only).
Section 73.3500--Application and report forms.
Section 73.3511--Applications required.
Section 73.3512--Where to file; number of copies.
Section 73.3513--Signing of applications.
Section 73.3514--Content of applications.
Section 73.3516--Specification of facilities.
Section 73.3517--Contingent applications.
Section 73.3518--Inconsistent or conflicting applications.
Section 73.3519--Repetitious applications.
Section 73.3521--Mutually exclusive applications for low power TV and TV 
translator stations.
Section 73.3522--Amendment of applications.
Section 73.3525--Agreements for removing application conflicts.
Section 73.3533--Application for construction permit or modification of 
construction permit.
Section 73.3534--Application for extension of construction permit or for 
construction permit to replace expired construction permit.
Section 73.3536--Application for license to cover construction permit.
Section 73.3538 (a)(1)(3)(4), (b)(2)--Application to make changes in 
existing station.
Section 73.3539--Application for renewal of license.
Section 73.3540--Application for voluntary assignment of transfer of 
control.
Section 73.3541--Application for involuntary assignment or transfer of 
control.
Section 73.3542--Application for emergency authorization.
Section 73.3544--Application to obtain a modified station license.
Section 73.3545--Application for permit to deliver programs to foreign 
stations.
Section 73.3550--Requests for new or modified call sign assignments.
Section 73.3561--Staff consideration of applications requiring 
Commission action.
Section 73.3562--Staff consideration of applications not requiring 
action by the Commission.
Section 73.3564--Acceptance of applications.
Section 73.3566--Defective applications.
Section 73.3568--Dismissal of applications.
Section 73.3572--Processing of TV broadcast, low power TV, and TV 
translator station applications.
Section 73.3580--Local public notice of filing of broadcast 
applications.
Section 73.3584--Petitions to deny.
Section 73.3587--Informal objections.
Section 73.3591--Grants without hearing.
Section 73.3593--Designation for hearing.
Section 73.3594--Local public notice of designation for hearing.
Section 73.3597--Procedures on transfer and assignment applications.
Section 73.3598--Period of construction.
Section 73.3599--Forfeiture of construction permit.
Section 73.3601--Simultaneous modification and renewal of license.
Section 73.3603--Special waiver procedure relative to applications.
Section 73.3612--Annual employment report (for low power TV stations 
only).
Section 73.3613--Filing of contracts (network affiliation contracts for 
low power TV stations only).

[52 FR 7423, Mar. 11, 1987, as amended at 52 FR 25867, July 9, 1987; 52 
FR 31405, Aug. 20, 1987; 56 FR 28099, June 19, 1991; 59 FR 31557, June 
20, 1994; 62 FR 51063, Sept. 30, 1997]



Sec.  74.781  Station records.

    (a) The licensee of a low power TV, TV translator, or TV booster 
station shall maintain adequate station records, including the current 
instrument of authorization, official correspondence with the FCC, 
contracts, permission for rebroadcasts, and other pertinent documents.
    (b) Entries required by Sec.  17.49 of this Chapter concerning any 
observed or otherwise known extinguishment or improper functioning of a 
tower light:
    (1) The nature of such extinguishment or improper functioning.
    (2) The date and time the extinguishment or improper operation was 
observed or otherwise noted.
    (3) The date, time and nature of adjustments, repairs or 
replacements made.
    (c) The station records shall be maintained for inspection at a 
residence, office, or public building, place of business, or other 
suitable place, in one of the communities of license of the translator 
or booster, except that the station records of a booster or translator 
licensed to the licensee of the primary station may be kept at the same 
place where the primary station records are kept. The name of the person 
keeping station records, together with the address of the place where 
the records are kept, shall be posted in accordance with Sec.  74.765(c) 
of the rules. The station records shall be made

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available upon request to any authorized representative of the 
Commission.
    (d) Station logs and records shall be retained for a period of two 
years.

[48 FR 44806, Sept. 30, 1983, as amended at 52 FR 31405, Aug. 20, 1987]



Sec.  74.783  Station identification.

    (a) Each low power TV and TV translator station not originating 
local programming as defined by Sec.  74.701(h) operating over 0.001 kw 
peak visual power (0.002 kw when using circularly polarized antennas) 
must transmit its station identification as follows:
    (1) By transmitting the call sign in International Morse Code at 
least once each hour. This transmission may be accomplished by means of 
an automatic device as required by Sec.  74.750(c)(7). Call sign 
transmission shall be made at a code speed not in excess of 20 words per 
minute; or
    (2) By arranging for the primary station, whose signal is being 
rebroadcast, to identify the translator station by transmitting an 
easily readable visual presentation or a clearly understandable aural 
presentation of the translator station's call letters and location. Two 
such identifications shall be made between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. 
and 5 p.m. each broadcast day at approximately one hour intervals during 
each time period. Television stations which do not begin their broadcast 
day before 9 a.m. shall make these identifications in the hours closest 
to these time periods at the specified intervals.
    (b) Licensees of television translators whose station identification 
is made by the television station whose signals are being rebroadcast by 
the translator, must secure agreement with this television station 
licensee to keep in its file, and available to FCC personnel, the 
translator's call letters and location, giving the name, address and 
telephone number of the licensee or his service representative to be 
contacted in the event of malfunction of the translator. It shall be the 
responsibility of the translator licensee to furnish current information 
to the television station licensee for this purpose.
    (c) A low power TV station shall comply with the station 
identification procedures given in Sec.  73.1201 when locally 
originating programming, as defined by Sec.  74.701(h). The 
identification procedures given in paragraphs (a) and (b) are to be used 
at all other times.
    (d) Call signs for low power TV and TV translator stations will be 
made up of the initial letter K or W followed by the channel number 
assigned to the station and two additional letters. The use of the 
initial letter generally will follow the pattern used in the broadcast 
service, i.e., stations west of the Mississippi River will be assigned 
an initial letter K and those east, the letter W. The two letter 
combinations following the channel number will be assigned in order and 
requests for the assignment of the particular combinations of letters 
will not be considered. The channel number designator for Channels 2 
through 9 will be incorporated in the call sign as a 2-digit number, 
i.e., 02, 03, . . . ., so as to avoid similarities with call signs 
assigned to amateur radio stations.
    (e) Low power TV permittees or licensees may request that they be 
assigned four-letter call signs in lieu of the five-character alpha-
numeric call signs described in paragraph (d) of this section. Parties 
requesting four-letter call signs are to follow the procedures 
delineated in Sec.  73.3550 of this chapter. Such four-letter call signs 
shall begin with K or W; stations west of the Mississippi River will be 
assigned an initial letter K and stations east of the Mississippi River 
will be assigned an initial letter W. The four-letter call sign will be 
followed by the suffix ``-LP.''
    (f) TV broadcast booster station shall be identified by their 
primary stations by broadcasting of the primary station's call letters 
and location in accordance with the provisions of Sec.  73.1201 of this 
chapter.

[41 FR 17552, Apr. 27, 1976, as amended at 47 FR 21502, May 18, 1982; 52 
FR 7424, Mar. 11, 1987; 52 FR 31405, Aug. 20, 1987; 59 FR 31557, June 
20, 1994; 63 FR 71604, Dec. 29, 1998]



Sec.  74.784  Rebroadcasts.

    (a) The term rebroadcast means the reception by radio of the 
programs or other signals of a radio or television station and the 
simultaneous or subsequent retransmission of such programs or signals 
for direct reception by the general public.

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    (b) The licensee of a low power TV or TV translator station shall 
not rebroadcast the programs of any other TV broadcast station or other 
station authorized under the provisions of this Subpart without 
obtaining prior consent of the station whose signals or programs are 
proposed to be retransmitted. The FCC, Attention: Video Division, Media 
Bureau, shall be notified of the call letters of each station 
rebroadcast, and the licensee of the low power TV or TV broadcast 
translator station shall certify it has obtained written consent from 
the licensee of the station whose programs are being retransmitted.
    (c) A TV translator station may rebroadcast only programs and 
signals that are simultaneously transmitted by a TV broadcast station.
    (d) A TV booster station may rebroadcast only programs and signals 
that are simultaneously transmitted by the primary station to which it 
is authorized.
    (e) The provisions of Sec.  73.1207 of part 73 of this chapter apply 
to low power TV stations in transmitting any material during periods of 
program origination obtained from the transmissions of any other type of 
station.

(Sec. 325, 48 Stat. 1091; 47 U.S.C. 325)

[28 FR 13722, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 47 FR 21502, May 18, 1982; 52 
FR 31405, Aug. 20, 1987; 63 FR 33879, June 22, 1998; 67 FR 13234, Mar. 
21, 2002]



Sec.  74.785  Low power TV digital data service pilot project.

    Low power TV stations authorized pursuant to the LPTV Digital Data 
Services Act (Public Law 106-554, 114 Stat. 4577, December 1, 2000) to 
participate in a digital data service pilot project shall be subject to 
the provisions of the Commission Order implementing that Act. FCC 01-
137, adopted April 19, 2001, as modified by the Commission Order on 
Reconsideration, FCC 02-40, adopted February 12, 2002.

[67 FR 9621, Mar. 4, 2002]



                 Subpart H_Low Power Auxiliary Stations



Sec.  74.801  Definitions.

    Cable television system operator. A cable television operator is 
defined in Sec.  76.5(cc) of the rules.
    Low power auxiliary station. An auxiliary station authorized and 
operated pursuant to the provisions set forth in this subpart. Devices 
authorized as low power auxiliary stations are intended to transmit over 
distances of approximately 100 meters for uses such as wireless 
microphones, cue and control communications, and synchronization of TV 
camera signals.
    Motion picture producer. Motion picture producer refers to a person 
or organization engaged in the production or filming of motion pictures.
    Television program producer. Television program producer refers to a 
person or organization engaged in the production of television programs.
    Wireless assist video device. An auxiliary station authorized and 
operated by motion picture and television program producers pursuant to 
the provisions of this subpart. These stations are intended to transmit 
over distances of approximately 300 meters for use as an aid in 
composing camera shots on motion picture and television sets.

(Sec. 5, 48 Stat. 1068; 47 U.S.C. 155)

[42 FR 14729, March 16, 1977, as amended at 43 FR 14662, Apr. 7, 1978; 
51 FR 4603, Feb. 6, 1986; 51 FR 9966, Mar. 24, 1986; 54 FR 41842, Oct. 
12, 1989; 68 FR 12772, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  74.802  Frequency assignment.

    (a) Frequencies within the following bands may be assigned for use 
by low power auxiliary stations:

26.100-26.480 MHz
54.000-72.000 MHz
76.000-88.000 MHz
161.625-161.775 MHz (except in Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands)
174.000-216.000 MHz
450.000-451.000 MHz
455.000-456.000 MHz
470.000-488.000 MHz
488.000-494.000 MHz (except Hawaii)
494.000-608.000 MHz
614.000-806.000 MHz

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944.000-952.000 MHz

    (b) Operations in the bands allocated for TV broadcasting, listed 
below, are limited to locations removed from existing co-channel TV 
broadcast stations by not less than the following distances unless 
otherwise authorized by the FCC. (See Sec.  73.609 for zone 
definitions.)
    (1) 54.000-72.000 MHz and 76.000-88.000 MHz:

Zone I 105 km (65 miles)
Zones II and III 129 km (80 miles)

    (2) 174.000-216.000 MHz

Zone I 97 km (60 miles)
Zones II and III 129 km (80 miles)

    (3) 470.000-608.000 MHz and 614.000-806.000 MHz.

All zones 113 km (70 miles)

    (c) Specific frequency operation is required when operating within 
the bands allocated for TV broadcasting.
    (1) The frequency selection shall be offset from the upper or lower 
band limits by 25 kHz or an integral multiple thereof.
    (2) One or more adjacent 25 kHz segments within the assignable 
frequencies may be combined to form a channel whose maximum bandwidth 
shall not exceed 200 kHz.
    (d) Low power auxiliary licensees will not be granted exclusive 
frequency assignments.

[52 FR 2535, Jan. 23, 1987, as amended at 68 FR 12772, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  74.803  Frequency selection to avoid interference.

    (a) Where two or more low power auxiliary licensees need to operate 
in the same area, the licensees shall endeavor to select frequencies or 
schedule operation in such manner as to avoid mutual interference. If a 
mutually satisfactory arrangement cannot be reached, the Commission 
shall be notified and it will specify the frequency or frequencies to be 
employed by each licensee.
    (b) The selection of frequencies in the bands allocated for TV 
broadcasting for use in any area shall be guided by the need to avoid 
interference to TV broadcast reception. In these bands, low power 
auxiliary station usage is secondary to TV broadcasting and land mobile 
stations operating in the UHF-TV spectrum and must not cause harmful 
interference. If such interference occurs, low power auxiliary station 
operation must immediately cease and may not be resumed until the 
interference problem has been resolved.

[42 FR 14729, Mar. 16, 1977, as amended at 52 FR 2535, Jan. 23, 1987]



Sec.  74.831  Scope of service and permissible transmissions.

    The license for a low power auxiliary station authorizes the 
transmission of cues and orders to production personnel and participants 
in broadcast programs and motion pictures and in the preparation 
therefor, the transmission of program material by means of a wireless 
microphone worn by a performer and other participants in a program or 
motion picture during rehearsal and during the actual broadcast, 
filming, or recording, or the transmission of comments, interviews, and 
reports from the scene of a remote broadcast. Low power auxiliary 
stations operating in the 944-952 MHz band may, in addition, transmit 
synchronizing signals and various control signals to portable or hand-
carried TV cameras which employ low power radio signals in lieu of cable 
to deliver picture signals to the control point at the scene of a remote 
broadcast.

[42 FR 14729, Mar. 16, 1977, as amended at 51 FR 4603, Feb. 6, 1986]



Sec.  74.832  Licensing requirements and procedures.

    (a) A license authorizing operation of one or more low power 
auxiliary stations will be issued only to the following:
    (1) A licensee of an AM, FM, TV, or International broadcast station 
or low power TV station. Low power auxiliary stations will be licensed 
for used with a specific broadcast or low power TV station or 
combination of stations licensed to the same licensee within the same 
community.
    (2) A broadcast network entity.
    (3) A cable television system operator who operates a cable system 
that produces program material for origination or access cablecasting, 
as defined in Sec.  76.5(r).

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    (4) Motion picture producers as defined in Sec.  74.801.
    (5) Television program producers as defined in Sec.  74.801.
    (6) Licensees and conditional licensees of stations in the 
Multipoint Distribution Service and Multichannel Multipoint Distribution 
Service as defined in Sec.  21.2 of this chapter, or entities that hold 
an executed lease agreement with an MDS or MMDS licensee or conditional 
licensee or with an Instructional Television Fixed Service licensee or 
permittee.
    (b) An application for a new or renewal of low power auxiliary 
license shall specify the frequency band or bands desired. Only those 
frequency bands necessary for satisfactory operation shall be requested.
    (c) Licensees of AM, FM, TV, and International broadcast stations; 
low power TV stations; and broadcast network entities may be authorized 
to operate low power auxiliary stations in the frequency bands set forth 
in Sec.  74.802(a).
    (d) Cable television operations, motion picture and television 
program producers may be authorized to operate low power auxiliary 
stations only in the bands allocated for TV broadcasting.
    (e) An application for low power auxiliary stations or for a change 
in an existing authorization shall specify the broadcast station, or the 
network with which the low power broadcast auxiliary facilities are to 
be principally used as given in paragraph (h) of this section; or it 
shall specify the motion picture or television production company or the 
cable television operator with which the low power broadcast auxiliary 
facilities are to be solely used. A single application, filed on FCC 
Form 601 may be used in applying for the authority to operate one or 
more low power auxiliary units. The application must specify the 
frequency bands which will be used. Motion picture producers, television 
program producers, and cable television operators are required to attach 
a single sheet to their application form explaining in detail the manner 
in which the eligibility requirements given in paragraph (a) of this 
section are met.
    (f) Applications for the use of the bands allocated for TV 
broadcasting must specify the usual area of operation within which the 
low power auxiliary station will be used. This area of operation may, 
for example, be specified as the metropolitan area in which the 
broadcast licensee serves, or the usual area within which motion picture 
and television producers are operating. Because low power auxiliary 
stations operating in these bands will only be permitted in areas 
removed from existing co-channel TV broadcast stations, licensees have 
full responsibility to ensure that operation of their stations does not 
occur at distances less than those specified in Sec.  74.802(b).
    (g) Low power auxiliary licensees shall specify the maximum number 
of units that will be operated.
    (h) For broadcast licensees, low power auxiliary stations will be 
licensed for use with a specific broadcast station or combination of 
broadcast stations licensed to the same licensee and to the same 
community. Licensing of low power auxiliary stations for use with a 
specific broadcast station or combination of such stations does not 
preclude their use with other broadcast stations of the same or a 
different licensee at any location. Operation of low power auxiliary 
stations outside the area of operation specified in the authorization, 
or in other bands is permitted without further authority of the 
Commission. However, operation of low power auxiliary stations shall, at 
all times, be in accordance with the requirements of Sec.  74.882 of 
this subpart. Also, a low power auxiliary station that is being used 
with a broadcast station or network other than one with which it is 
licensed, must, in addition to meeting the requirements of Sec.  74.861 
of this subpart, not cause harmful interference to another low power 
auxiliary station which is being used with the broadcast station(s) or 
network with which it is licensed.
    (i) In case of permanent discontinuance of operations of a station 
licensed under this subpart, the licensee shall cancel the station 
license using FCC Form 601. For purposes of this section, a station 
which is not operated for a period of one year is considered to have 
been permanently discontinued.

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    (j) The license shall be retained in the licensee's files at the 
address shown on the authorization, posted at the transmitter, or posted 
at the control point of the station.

[42 FR 14729, Mar. 16, 1977, as amended at 47 FR 9221, Mar. 4, 1982; 47 
FR 21503, May 18, 1982; 47 FR 55938, Dec. 14, 1982; 51 FR 4603, Feb. 6, 
1986; 51 FR 9966, Mar. 24, 1986; 52 FR 2535, Jan. 23, 1987; 55 FR 46012, 
Oct. 31, 1990; 58 FR 19776, Apr. 16, 1993; 68 FR 12772, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  74.833  Temporary authorizations.

    (a) Special temporary authority may be granted for low power 
auxiliary station operation which cannot be conducted in accordance with 
Sec.  74.24. Such authority will normally be granted only for operations 
of a temporary nature. Where operation is seen as likely on a continuing 
annual basis, an application for a regular authorization should be 
submitted.
    (b) A request for special temporary authority for the operation of a 
remote pickup broadcast station must be made in accordance with the 
procedures of Sec.  1.931(b) of this chapter.
    (c) All requests for special temporary authority of a low power 
auxiliary station must include full particulars including: licensees 
name and address, statement of eligibility, facility identification 
number of the associated broadcast station (if any), type and 
manufacturer of equipment, power output, emission, frequency or 
frequencies proposed to be used, commencement and termination date, 
location of proposed operation, and purpose for which request is made 
including any particular justification.
    (d) A request for special temporary authority shall specify a 
frequency band consistent with the provisions of Sec.  74.802: Provided, 
That, in the case of events of wide-spread interest and importance which 
cannot be transmitted successfully on these frequencies, frequencies 
assigned to other services may be requested upon a showing that 
operation thereon will not cause interference to established stations: 
And provided further, In no case will operation of a low power auxiliary 
broadcast station be authorized on frequencies employed for the safety 
of life and property.
    (e) The user shall have full control over the transmitting equipment 
during the period it is operated.
    (f) Special temporary authority to permit operation of low power 
auxiliary stations pending Commission action on an application for 
regular authority will not normally be granted.

[42 FR 14729, Mar. 16, 1977, as amended at 47 FR 9221, Mar. 4, 1982; 47 
FR 55939, Dec. 14, 1982; 58 FR 19776, Apr. 16, 1993; 68 FR 12772, Mar. 
17, 2003]



Sec.  74.851  Certification of equipment.

    (a) Applications for new low power auxiliary stations will not be 
accepted unless the transmitting equipment specified therein has been 
certificated for use pursuant to provisions of this subpart.
    (b) Any manufacturer of a transmitter to be used in this service may 
apply for certification for such transmitter following the certification 
procedure set forth in part 2 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations. 
Attention is also directed to part 1 of the Commission's Rules and 
Regulations which specifies the fees required when filing an application 
for certification.
    (c) An applicant for a low power auxiliary station may also apply 
for certification for an individual transmitter by following the 
certification procedure set forth in part 2 of the Commission's Rules 
and Regulations. The application for certification must be accompanied 
by the proper fees as prescribed in part 1 of the Commission's Rules and 
Regulations.
    (d) Low power auxiliary station equipment authorized to be used 
pursuant to an application accepted for filing prior to December 1, 1977 
may continue to be used by the licensee or its successors or assignees: 
Provided, however, If operation of such equipment causes harmful 
interference due to its failure to comply with the technical standards 
set forth in this subpart, the Commission may, at its discretion, 
require the licensee to take such corrective action as is necessary to 
eliminate the interference.
    (e) Each instrument of authority which permits operation of a low 
power auxiliary station using equipment which has not been certificated 
will specify the particular transmitting

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equipment which the licensee is authorized to use.
    (f) All transmitters marketed for use under this subpart shall be 
certificated by the Federal Communications Commission for this purpose. 
(Refer to subpart I of part 2 of the Commission's rules and 
regulations.)

(Sec. 5, 48 Stat. 1068; 47 U.S.C. 155)

[42 FR 14729, Mar. 16, 1977, as amended at 42 FR 43637, Aug. 22, 1977; 
43 FR 13576, Mar. 31, 1978; 63 FR 36605, July 7, 1998]



Sec.  74.852  Equipment changes.

    (a) The licensee of a low power auxiliary station may make any 
changes in the equipment that are deemed desirable or necessary, 
including replacement with certificated equipment, without prior 
Commission approval: Provided, The proposed changes will not depart from 
any of the terms of the station authorization or the Commission's 
technical rules governing this service: And provided further, That any 
changes made to certificated transmitted equipment shall be in 
compliance with the provisions of part 2 of the Commission's rules and 
regulations concerning modification of certificated equipment.
    (b) Any equipment changes made pursuant to paragraph (a) of this 
section shall be set forth in the next application for renewal of 
license.

(Sec. 5, 48 Stat. 1068; 47 U.S.C. 155)

[42 FR 14729, Mar. 16, 1977, as amended at 43 FR 13576, Mar. 31, 1978; 
63 FR 36605, July 7, 1998]



Sec.  74.861  Technical requirements.

    (a) Transmitter power is the power at the transmitter output 
terminals and delivered to the antenna, antenna transmission line, or 
any other impedance-matched, radio frequency load. For the purpose of 
this subpart, the transmitter power is the carrier power.
    (b) Each authorization for a new low power auxiliary station shall 
require the use of certificated equipment. Such equipment shall be 
operated in accordance with the emission specifications included in the 
certification grant and as prescribed in paragraphs (c) through (e) of 
this section.
    (c) Low power auxiliary transmitters not required to operate on 
specific carrier frequencies shall operate sufficiently within the 
authorized frequency band edges to insure the emission bandwidth falls 
entirely within the authorized band.
    (d) For low power auxiliary stations operating in the bands other 
than those allocated for TV broadcasting, the following technical 
requirements are imposed.
    (1) The maximum transmitter power which will be authorized is 1 
watt. Licensees may accept the manufacturer's power rating; however, it 
is the licensee's responsibility to observe specified power limits.
    (2) If a low power auxiliary station employs amplitude modulation, 
modulation shall not exceed 100 percent on positive or negative peaks.
    (3) The occupied bandwidth shall not be greater than that necessary 
for satisfactory transmission and, in any event, an emission appearing 
on any discrete frequency outside the authorized band shall be 
attenuated, at least, 43+10 log10 (mean output power, in watts) dB below 
the mean output power of the transmitting unit.
    (e) For low power auxiliary stations operating in the bands 
allocated for TV broadcasting, the following technical requirements 
apply:
    (1) The power of the measured unmodulated carrier power at the 
output of the transmitter power amplifier (antenna input power) may not 
exceed the following:
    (i) 54-72, 76-88, and 174-216 MHz bands--50 mW
    (ii) 470-608 and 614-806 MHz bands--250 mW
    (2) Transmitters may be either crystal controlled or frequency 
synthesized.
    (3) Any form of modulation may be used. A maximum deviation of +-75 
kHz is permitted when frequency modulation is employed.
    (4) The frequency tolerance of the transmitter shall be 0.005 
percent.
    (5) The operating bandwidth shall not exceed 200 kHz.
    (6) The mean power of emissions shall be attenuated below the mean 
output power of the transmitter in accordance with the following 
schedule:
    (i) On any frequency removed from the operating frequency by more 
than

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50 percent up to and including 100 percent of the authorized bandwidth: 
at least 25 dB;
    (ii) On any frequency removed from the operating frequency by more 
than 100 percent up to and including 250 percent of the authorized 
bandwidth: at least 35 dB;
    (iii) On any frequency removed from the operating frequency by more 
than 250 percent of the authorized bandwidth: at least 
43+10log10 (mean output power in watts) dB.
    (f) Unusual transmitting antennas or antenna elevations shall not be 
used to deliberately extend the range of low power auxiliary stations 
beyond the limited areas defined in Sec.  74.831.
    (g) Low power auxiliary stations shall be operated so that no 
harmful interference is caused to any other class of station operating 
in accordance with Commission's rules and regulations and with the Table 
of Frequency Allocations in part 2 thereof.
    (h) In the event a station's emissions outside its authorized 
frequency band causes harmful interference, the Commission may, at its 
discretion, require the licensee to take such further steps as may be 
necessary to eliminate the interference.

(Sec. 5, 48 Stat. 1068; 47 U.S.C. 155)

[43 FR 13576, Mar. 31, 1978, as amended at 52 FR 2535, Jan. 23, 1987; 63 
FR 36605, July 7, 1998]



Sec.  74.870  Wireless video assist devices.

    Television broadcast auxiliary licensees and motion picture and 
television producers, as defined in Sec.  74.801 may operate wireless 
video assist devices on a non-interference basis on VHF and UHF 
television channels to assist with production activities.
    (a) The use of wireless video assist devices must comply with all 
provisions of this subpart, except as indicated in paragraphs (b) 
through (i) of this section.
    (b) Wireless video assist devices may only be used for scheduled 
productions. They may not be used to produce live events and may not be 
used for electronic news gathering purposes.
    (c) Wireless video assist devices may operate with a bandwidth not 
to exceed 6 MHz on frequencies in the bands 180-210 MHz (TV channels 8-
12) and 470-698 MHz (TV channels 14-51) subject to the following 
restrictions:
    (1) The bandwidth may only occupy a single TV channel.
    (2) Operation is prohibited within the 608-614 MHz (TV channel 37) 
band.
    (3) Operation is prohibited within 129 km of a television 
broadcasting station, including Class A television stations, low power 
television stations and translator stations.
    (4) For the area and frequency combinations listed in the table 
below, operation is prohibited within the distances indicated from the 
listed geographic coordinates.
    Note to the following table: All coordinates are referenced to the 
North American Datum of 1983.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                         Excluded         Excluded channels
             Area                 North latitude      West longitude   frequencies -----------------------------
                                                                           (MHz)     200 km    128 km     52 km
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Boston, MA....................  42[deg]21'24.4[sec  71[deg]03'23.2[se      470-476        14  ........  ........
                                 ]                   c]
                                ..................  .................      476-482  ........        15  ........
                                ..................  .................      482-488        16  ........  ........
                                ..................  .................      488-494  ........        17  ........
Chicago, IL...................  41[deg]52'28.1[sec  87[deg]38'             470-476        14  ........  ........
                                 ]                   22.2[sec]
                                ..................  .................      476-482        15  ........  ........
                                ..................  .................      482-488  ........        16  ........
Cleveland, OH\1\..............  41[deg]29'51.2[sec  81[deg]41'49.5[se      470-476        14  ........  ........
                                 ]                   c]
                                ..................  .................      476-482  ........        15  ........
                                ..................  .................      482-488        16  ........  ........
                                ..................  .................      488-494  ........        17  ........
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX.........  32[deg]47'09.5[sec  96[deg]47'38.0[se      476-482  ........        15  ........
                                 ]                   c]
                                ..................  .................      482-488        16  ........  ........
                                ..................  .................      488-494  ........        17  ........
Detroit, MI \1\...............  42[deg]19'48.1[sec  83[deg]02'56.7[se      470-476  ........        14  ........
                                 ]                   c]
                                ..................  .................      476-482        15  ........  ........
                                ..................  .................      482-488  ........        16  ........
                                ..................  .................      488-494        17  ........  ........
Gulf of Mexico................  ..................  .................      476-494  ........  ........   15, 16,
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Hawaii........................  ..................  .................      488-494  ........  ........        17
Houston, TX...................  29[deg]45'26.8[sec  95[deg]21'37.8[se      482-488  ........        16  ........
                                 ]                   c]
                                ..................  .................      488-494        17  ........  ........
                                ..................  .................      494-500  ........        18  ........
Los Angeles, CA...............  34[deg]03'15.0[sec  118[deg]14'31.3[s      470-476        14  ........  ........
                                 ]                   ec]
                                ..................  .................      476-482  ........        15  ........
                                ..................  .................      482-488        16  ........  ........
                                ..................  .................      488-494  ........        17  ........
                                ..................  .................      500-506  ........        19  ........
                                ..................  .................      506-512        20  ........  ........
                                ..................  .................      512-518  ........        21  ........
Miami, Fl.....................  25[deg]46'38.4[sec  80[deg]11'31.2[se      470-476        14  ........
                                 ]                   c]
                                ..................  .................      476-482  ........        15  ........
New York/N.E. New Jersey......  40[deg]45'06.4[sec  73[deg]59'37.5[se      470-476        14  ........  ........
                                 ]                   c]
                                ..................  .................      476-482        15  ........  ........
                                ..................  .................      482-488        16  ........  ........
                                ..................  .................      488-494  ........        17  ........
Philadelphia, PA..............  39[deg]56'58.4[sec  75[deg]09'19.6[se      494-500  ........        18  ........
                                 ]                   c]
                                ..................  .................      500-506        19  ........  ........
                                ..................  .................      506-512        20  ........  ........
                                ..................  .................      512-518  ........        21  ........
Pittsburgh, PA................  40[deg]26'19.2[sec  79[deg]59'59.2[se      470-476        14  ........  ........
                                 ]                   c]
                                ..................  .................      476-482  ........        15  ........
                                ..................  .................      488-494  ........        17  ........
                                ..................  .................      494-500        18  ........  ........
                                ..................  .................      500-506  ........        19  ........
San Francisco/Oakland, CA.....  37[deg]46'38.7[sec  122[deg]24'43.9[s      476-482  ........        15  ........
                                 ]                   ec]
                                ..................  .................      482-488        16  ........  ........
                                ..................  .................      488-494        17  ........  ........
                                ..................  .................      494-500  ........        18  ........
Washington D.C./MD/VA.........  38[deg]53'51.4[sec  77[deg]00'31.9[se      482-488  ........        16  ........
                                 ]                   c]
                                ..................  .................      488-494        17  ........  ........
                                ..................  .................      494-500        18  ........  ........
                                ..................  .................      500-506  ........        19  ........
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\1\ The distance separation requirements are not applicable in these cities until further order from the
  Commission.

    (d) Wireless video assist devices are limited to a maximum of 250 
milliwatts ERP and must limit power to that necessary to reliably 
receive a signal at a distance of 300 meters. Wireless video assist 
devices must comply with the emission limitations of Sec.  74.637.
    (e) The antenna of a wireless video assist device must be attached 
to the transmitter either permanently, or by means of a unique connector 
designed to allow replacement of authorized antennas but prevent the use 
of unauthorized antennas. When transmitting, the antenna must not be 
more that 10 meters above ground level.
    (f)(1) A license for a wireless video assist device will authorize 
the license holder to use all frequencies available for wireless video 
assist devices, subject to the limitations specified in this section.
    (2) Licensees may operate as many wireless video assist devices as 
necessary, subject to the notification procedures of this section.
    (g) Notification procedure. Prior to the commencement of 
transmitting, licensees must notify the local broadcasting coordinator 
of their intent to transmit. If there is no local coordinator in the 
intended area of operation, licensees must notify all adjacent channel 
TV stations within 161 km (100 mi) of the proposed operating area.
    (1) Notification must be made at least 10 working days prior to the 
date of intended transmission.
    (2) Notifications must include:
    (i) Frequency or frequencies.
    (ii) Location.
    (iii) Antenna height.
    (iv) Emission type(s).
    (v) Effective radiated power.
    (vi) Intended dates of operation.
    (vii) Licensee contact information.
    (3)(i) Failure of a local coordinator to respond to a notification 
request prior to the intended dates of operation indicated on the 
request will be considered as having the approval of the coordinator. In 
this case, licensees must in

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addition notify all co-channel and adjacent channel TV stations within 
161 km (100 mi) of the proposed operating area. This notification is for 
information purposes only and will not enable TV stations to prevent a 
WAVD from operating, but is intended to help identify the source of 
interference if any is experienced after a WAVD begins operation.
    (ii) If there is no local coordinator in the intended area of 
operation, failure of any adjacent channel TV station to respond to a 
notification request prior to the intended dates of operation indicated 
on the request will be considered as having the approval of the TV 
station.
    (4) Licensees must operate in a manner consistent with the response 
of the local coordinator, or, if there is no local coordinator in the 
intended area of operation, the responses of the adjacent channel TV 
stations. Disagreements may be appealed to the Commission. However, in 
those instances, the licensee will bear the burden of proof and 
proceeding to overturn the recommendation of the local coordinator or 
the co-channel or adjacent channel TV station.
    (h) Licenses for wireless video assist devices may not be 
transferred or assigned.
    (i) The product literature that manufacturers include with a 
wireless assist video device must contain information regarding the 
requirement for users to obtain an FCC license, the requirement that 
stations must locate at least 129 kilometers away from a co-channel TV 
station, the limited class of users that may operate these devices, the 
authorized uses, the need for users to obtain a license, and the 
requirement that a local coordinator (or adjacent channel TV stations, 
if there is no local coordinator) must be notified prior to operation.

[68 FR 12772, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  74.882  Station identification.

    (a) For transmitters used for voice transmissions and having a 
transmitter output power exceeding 50 mW, an announcement shall be made 
at the beginning and end of each period of operation at a single 
location, over the transmitting unit being operated, identifying the 
transmitting unit's call sign or designator, its location, and the call 
sign of the broadcasting station or name of the licensee with which it 
is being used. A period of operation may consist of a continuous 
transmission or intermittent transmissions pertaining to a single event.
    (b) Each wireless video assist device, when transmitting, must 
transmit station identification at the beginning and end of each period 
of operation. Identification may be made by transmitting the station 
call sign by visual or aural means or by automatic transmission in 
international Morse telegraphy.
    (1) A period of operation is defined as a single uninterrupted 
transmission or a series of intermittent transmissions from a single 
location.
    (2) Station identification shall be performed in a manner conducive 
to prompt association of the signal source with the responsible 
licensee. In exercising the discretion provide by this rule, licensees 
are expected too act in a responsible manner to assure that result.

[68 FR 12774, Mar. 17, 2003]



            Subpart I_Instructional Television Fixed Service

    Source: 28 FR 13731, Dec. 14, 1963, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  74.901  Definitions.

    Attended operation. Operation of a station by a designated person on 
duty at the place where the transmitting apparatus is located with the 
transmitter in the person's plain view.
    Booster service area. A geographic area to be designated by an 
applicant for a booster station, within which the booster station shall 
be entitled to protection against interference as set forth in this 
part. The booster service area must be specified by the applicant so as 
to not overlap the booster service area of any other booster authorized 
to or proposed by the applicant. However, a booster station may provide 
service to receive sites outside of its booster service area, at the 
licensee's risk of interference. The booster station must be capable of 
providing substantial

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service within the designated booster service area.
    Channel. Unless otherwise specified, a channel under this part shall 
refer to a 6 MHz frequency block assigned pursuant to Sec. Sec.  
21.901(b) of this chapter or 74.902(a).
    Documented complaint. A complaint that a party is suffering from 
non-consensual interference. A documented complaint must contain a 
certification that the complainant has contacted the operator of the 
allegedly offending facility and tried to resolve the situation prior to 
filing. The complaint must then specify the nature of the interference, 
whether the interference is constant or intermittent, when the 
interference began and the site(s) most likely to be causing the 
interference. The complaint should be accompanied by a videotape or 
other evidence showing the effects of the interference. The complaint 
must contain a motion for a temporary order to have the interfering 
station cease transmitting. The complaint must be filed with the 
Secretary's office and served on the allegedly offending party.
    Equivalent Isotropically Radiated Power (EIRP). The product of the 
power supplied to the antenna and the antenna gain in a given direction 
relative to an isotropic antenna radiator. This product may be expressed 
in watts or dB above 1 watt (dBW).
    Instructional television fixed station. A fixed station licensed to 
an educational organization and intended primarily for video, data, or 
voice transmissions of instructional, cultural, and other types of 
educational material to one or more fixed receiving locations.
    ITFS response station. A fixed station operated by an ITFS licensee, 
the lessee of ITFS channel capacity or a subscriber of either to 
communicate with a response station hub or associated ITFS station. A 
response station under this part may share facilities with other ITFS 
response stations and/or one or more Multipoint Distribution Service 
(MDS) response stations authorized pursuant to Sec.  21.909 of this 
chapter or Sec.  21.949 of this chapter.
    Main channel: The main channel is that portion of each authorized 
channel used for the transmission of visual and aural information as set 
forth in Sec.  73.682 of this Chapter and Sec.  74.938 of this subpart.
    Point-to-point ITFS station. An ITFS station that transmits a highly 
directional signal from a fixed transmitter location to a fixed receive 
location.
    Remote control. Operation of a station by a designated person at a 
control position from which the transmitter is not visible but where 
suitable control and telemetering circuits are provided which allow the 
performance of the essential functions that could be performed at the 
transmitter.
    Response station hub. A fixed facility licensed to an ITFS licensee, 
and operated by an ITFS licensee or the lessee of an ITFS channel, for 
the reception of information transmitted by one or more ITFS response 
stations that utilize digital modulation with uniform power spectral 
density. A response station hub licensed under this part may share 
facilities with other ITFS response station hubs, MDS response station 
hubs authorized pursuant to Sec.  21.909 of this chapter, MDS signal 
booster stations, ITFS signal booster stations, MDS stations, and/or 
ITFS stations.
    Response station hub license. A blanket license authorizing the 
operation of a single response station hub at a specific location and 
the operation of a specified number of associated digital response 
stations of one or more classes at unspecified locations within one or 
more regions of the response service area.
    Sectorization. The use of an antenna system at an ITFS station, 
booster station and/or response station hub that is capable of 
simultaneously transmitting multiple signals over the same frequencies 
to different portions of the service area and/or simultaneously 
receiving multiple signals over the same frequencies from different 
portions of the service area.
    Signal booster station. An ITFS station licensed for use in 
accordance with Sec.  74.985 that operates on one or more ITFS channels. 
Signal booster stations are intended to augment service as part of a 
distributed transmission system where signal booster stations retransmit 
the signal of an ITFS station and/or originate information. A signal 
booster station licensed under this part

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may share facilities with other ITFS signal booster stations, MDS signal 
booster stations authorized pursuant to Sec.  21.913 of this chapter, 
MDS response stations and/or ITFS response stations.
    Studio to transmitter link (STL). A directional path used to 
transmit a signal from a station's studio to its transmitter.
    Subsidiary channel: A subsidiary channel is any portion of an 
authorized channel not used for main channel transmissions.
    Temporary fixed ITFS station. An ITFS station used for the 
transmission of material from temporary unspecified points to an ITFS 
station.
    Unattended operation. Operation of a station by automatic means 
whereby the transmitter is turned on and off and performs its functions 
without attention by a designated person.

[28 FR 13731, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 35 FR 4705, Mar. 18, 1970; 48 
FR 33901, July 26, 1983; 49 FR 32596, Aug. 15, 1984; 55 FR 46013, Oct. 
31, 1990; 60 FR 55483, Nov. 1, 1995; 63 FR 65113, Nov. 25, 1998; 64 FR 
63737, Nov. 22, 1999]



Sec.  74.902  Frequency assignments.

    (a) The following frequencies may be assigned to instructional 
television fixed stations:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Band limits
                        Channel No.                              MHz
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                                 group a
------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-1........................................................    2500-2506
A-2........................................................    2512-2518
A-3........................................................    2524-2530
A-4........................................................    2536-2542
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                                 group b
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-1........................................................    2506-2512
B-2........................................................    2518-2524
B-3........................................................    2530-2536
B-4........................................................    2542-2548
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 group c
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C-1........................................................    2548-2554
C-2........................................................    2560-2566
C-3........................................................    2572-2578
C-4........................................................    2584-2590
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 group d
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D-1........................................................    2554-2560
D-2........................................................    2566-2572
D-3........................................................    2578-2584
D-4........................................................    2590-2596
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                                 group e
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E-1........................................................    2596-2602
E-2........................................................    2608-2614
E-3........................................................    2620-2626
E-4........................................................    2632-2638
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                                 group f
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F-1........................................................    2602-2608
F-2........................................................    2614-2620
F-3........................................................    2626-2632
F-4........................................................    2638-2644
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 group g
------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-1........................................................    2644-2650
G-2........................................................    2656-2662
G-3........................................................    2668-2674
G-4........................................................    2680-2686
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) Instructional Television Fixed Stations authorized to operate on 
Channels 2650-2656, 2662-2668, and 2674-2680 MHz as of July 16, 1971, 
may continue to operate on a coequal basis with other stations operating 
in accordance with the Table of Frequency Allocations. Requests for 
subsequent renewals or modification of existing licenses will be 
considered; however, expansion of systems comprised of such stations 
will not be permitted except on frequencies allocated for the service.
    (c) Channels 2596-2602, 2602-2608, 2608-2614, 2614-2620, 2620-2626, 
2626-2632, 2632-2638, and 2638-2644 MHz and the corresponding 125 kHz 
channels listed in Sec.  74.939(j) are shared with the Multipoint 
Distribution Service. No new Instructional Television Fixed Service 
applications for these channels filed after May 25, 1983 will be 
accepted, except in accordance with paragraph (f) of this section. In 
those areas where Multipoint Distribution Service use of these channels 
is allowed, Instructional Television Fixed Service users of these 
channels will continue to be afforded protection from harmful cochannel 
and adjacent channel interference from Multipoint Distribution Service 
stations, pursuant to Sec.  21.902 of this chapter.

    Note to paragraph (c):
    No 125 kHz channels are provided for Channels E3, E4, F3 and F4, 
except for those grandfathered. The 125 kHz channels associated with 
Channels E3, E4, F3 and F4 are allocated to the Private Operational 
Fixed Point-to-Point Microwave Service, pursuant to Sec.  101.147(g) of 
this chapter.


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    (d) Frequencies will be assigned as follows:
    (1) A licensee is limited to the assignment of no more than four 6 
MHz and four 125 kHz channels for use in a single area of operation, all 
of which 6 MHz channels initially should be selected from the same Group 
listed in paragraph (a) of this section, but which later may come from 
different Groups as a result of authorized channel swaps pursuant to 
paragraph (f) of this section. An area of operation is defined as the 
area 35 miles or less from the ITFS main station transmitter. Applicants 
shall not apply for more channels than they intend to construct within a 
reasonable time, simply for the purpose of reserving additional 
channels. The number of channels authorized to an applicant will be 
based on the demonstration of need for the number of channels requested. 
The Commission will take into consideration such factors as the amount 
of use of any currently assigned channels and the amount of proposed use 
of each channel requested, the amount of, and justification for, any 
repetition in the schedules, and the overall demand and availability of 
ITFS channels in the community. For those applicant organizations formed 
for the purpose of serving accredited institutional or governmental 
organizations, evaluation of the need will only consider service to 
those specified receive sites which submitted supporting documentation 
pursuant to Sec.  74.932(a)(4).
    (2) An applicant leasing excess capacity and proposing a schedule 
which complies in all respects with the requirements of Sec.  74.931 (c) 
or (d) will have presumptively demonstrated need, in accordance with 
paragraph (d)(1) of this section, for no more than four channels. This 
presumption is rebuttable by demonstrating that the application does not 
propose to comport with our educational usage requirements, that is, to 
transmit some formal educational usage, as defined in Sec.  74.931(a), 
and to transmit the requisite minimum educational usage of Sec.  74.931 
(c) or (d) for genuinely educational purposes.
    (e) Frequencies in the bands 2500-2650 MHz, 2656-2662 MHz, 2668-2674 
MHz, and 2680-2686 MHz are available for point-to-multipoint use and/or 
for communications between ITFS response stations and response station 
hubs when authorized in accordance with the provisions of Sec.  74.939, 
provided that such frequencies may be employed for ITFS response 
stations only when transmitting using digital modulation.
    (f) An ITFS licensee may apply to exchange evenly one or more of its 
assigned channels with another ITFS licensee, or with an MDS licensee or 
conditional licensee, except that an ITFS licensee may not exchange one 
of its assigned channels for MDS channel 2A. The licensees seeking to 
exchange channels shall file in tandem with the Commission separate pro 
forma assignment of license applications, each attaching an exhibit 
which clearly specifies that the application is filed pursuant to a 
channel exchange agreement. The exchanged channel(s) shall be regulated 
according to the requirements applicable to the assignee; provided, 
however, that an ITFS licensee which receives one or more E or F Group 
channels through a channel exchange with an MDS licensee or conditional 
licensee shall not be subject to the restrictions on ITFS licensees who 
were authorized to operate on the E or F Group channels prior to May 26, 
1983.
    (g) A temporary fixed ITFS station may use any available ITFS 
channel on a secondary basis. Operation of stations located within 56.3 
km (35 miles) of Canada shall be limited by Sec.  74.24(h)(3).
    (h) Where adjacent channel operation is proposed in any area, the 
preferred location of the proposed station's transmitting antenna is at 
the site of the adjacent channel transmitting antenna. If this is not 
practicable, the adjacent channel transmitting antennas should be 
located as close as reasonably possible.
    (i) On the E and F-channel frequencies, a point-to-point ITFS 
station may be involuntarily displaced by an MDS applicant or licensee, 
provided that suitable alternative spectrum is available and that the 
MDS entity bears the expenses of the migration. Suitability of spectrum 
will be determined on a case-by-base basis; at a minimum, the 
alternative spectrum must be licensable by ITFS operators

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on a primary basis (although it need not be specifically allocated to 
the ITFS service), and must provide a signal that is equivalent to the 
prior signal in picture quality and reliability, unless the ITFS 
licensee will accept an inferior signal. Potential expansion of the ITFS 
licensee may be considered in determining whether alternative available 
spectrum is suitable.
    (j) If suitable alternative spectrum is located pursuant to 
paragraph (h) of this section, the initiating party must prepare and 
file the appropriate application for the new spectrum, and must 
simultaneously serve a copy of the application on the ITFS licensee to 
be moved. The initiating party will be responsible for all costs 
connected with the migration, including purchasing, testing and 
installing new equipment, labor costs, reconfiguration of existing 
equipment, administrative costs, legal and engineering expenses 
necessary to prepare and file the migration application, and other 
reasonable documented costs. The initiating party must secure a bond or 
establish an escrow account to cover reasonable incremental increase in 
ongoing expenses that may fall upon the migrated licensee. The bond or 
escrow account should also account for the possibility that the 
initiating party subsequently becomes bankrupt. If it becomes necessary 
for the Commission to assess the sufficiency of a bond or escrow amount, 
it will take into account such factors as projected incremental increase 
in electricity or maintenance expenses, or relocation expenses, as 
relevant in each case.
    (k) The ITFS party to be moved will have a 60-day period in which to 
oppose the involuntary migration. The ITFS party should state its 
opposition to the migration with specificity, including engineering and 
other challenges, and a comparison of the present site and the proposed 
new site. If involuntary migration is granted, the new facilities must 
be operational before the initiating party will be permitted to begin 
its new or modified operations. The migration must not disrupt the ITFS 
licensee's provision of service, and the ITFS licensee has the right to 
inspect the construction or installation work.

[29 FR 7023, May 28, 1964, as amended at 31 FR 10743, Aug. 12, 1966; 36 
FR 11587, June 16, 1971; 48 FR 33901, July 26, 1983; 49 FR 32596, Aug. 
15, 1984; 50 FR 26758, June 28, 1985; 55 FR 46013, Oct. 31, 1990; 56 FR 
57819, Nov. 14, 1991; 58 FR 44951, Aug. 25, 1993; 59 FR 35636, July 13, 
1994; 60 FR 20246, Apr. 25, 1995; 63 FR 65113, Nov. 25, 1998; 65 FR 
46620, July 31, 2000]



Sec.  74.903  Interference.

    (a) Since interference in this service will occur only when an 
unfavorable desired-to-undesired signal ratio exists at the antenna 
input terminals of the affected receiver, the directive properties of 
receiving antennas can be used to minimize the hazard of such 
interference. Interference may also be controlled through the use of 
directive transmitting antennas, geometric arrangement of transmitters 
and receivers, and the use of the minimum power required to provide the 
needed service. Harmful interference will be considered present when the 
reference receiving antenna is oriented to receive the maximum desired 
signal, and a free space calculation determines that the desired-to-
undesired signal ratio is less than the value specified for the 
respective channel under consideration.
    (1) Cochannel interference is defined as the ratio of the desired 
signal to the undesired signal, at the output of a reference receiving 
antenna oriented to receive the maximum desired signal level. Harmful 
interference will be considered present when a calculation using a 
terrain sensitive signal propagation model determines that this ratio is 
less than 45 dB (or the appropriate value for bandwidths other than 6 
MHz.)
    (2) Adjacent channel interference is defined as the ratio of the 
desired signal to undesired signal present in an adjacent channel, at 
the output of a reference receiving antenna oriented to receive the 
maximum desired signal level.
    (i) Harmful interference will be considered present when a 
calculation using a terrain sensitive signal propagation model 
determines that this ratio is less than 0 dB (or the appropriate value 
for bandwidths other than 6 MHz.)

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    (ii) In the alternative, harmful interference will be considered 
present for an ITFS station constructed before May 26, 1983, when a 
calculation using a terrain sensitive signal propagation model 
determines that this ratio is less than 10 dB (or the appropriate value 
for bandwidths other than 6 MHz), unless:
    (A) The individual receive site under consideration has been 
subsequently upgraded with up-to-date reception equipment, in which case 
the ratio shall be less than 0 dB. Absent information presented to the 
contrary, however, the Commission will assume that reception equipment 
installation occurred simultaneously with original station equipment; or
    (B) The license for an ITFS station is conditioned on the proffer to 
the affected ITFS station licensee of equipment capable of providing a 
ratio of 0 dB or more at no expense to the ITFS station licensee, and 
also conditioned, if necessary, on the proffer of installation of such 
equipment; and there has been no showing by the affected ITFS station 
licensee demonstrating good cause and that the proposed equipment will 
not provide a ratio of 0 dB or more, or that installation of such 
equipment, at no expense to the ITFS station licensee, is not possible 
or has not been proffered.
    (3) For purposes of this section and except as set forth in Sec.  
74.939 regarding the protection of response station hubs, all 
interference calculations involving receive antenna performance shall 
use the reference antenna characteristics shown in Figure I, Sec.  
74.937(a) or, in the alternative, utilize the actual pattern 
characteristics of the antenna in use at the receive site under study. 
If the actual receive antenna pattern is utilized, the applicant must 
submit complete details including manufacturer, model number(s), co-
polar and cross-polar gain patterns, and other pertinent data.
    (4) If an application can demonstrate that the installation of a 
receiving antenna at an existing licensee's site with characteristics 
superior to those of the standard antenna (or, alternatively, the 
appropriate existing antenna in use at the site) will permit the 
applicant to provide service without interference to the existing 
licensee, the application will be considered grantable with the 
condition that the applicant bears all costs of upgrading the existing 
licensee's reception equipment at that site(s). Such a showing should 
include interference calculations for both the existing or reference 
antenna and the proposed antenna. The manufacturer, model number(s), co-
polar and cross-polar gain patterns of the replacement antenna should be 
supplied as well as an accurate assessment of the expected reimbursement 
costs.
    (5) No receive site more than 35 miles from the transmitter shall be 
entitled to interference protection.
    (6) Notwithstanding the above, main, booster and response stations 
shall use the following formulas, as applicable, for determining 
compliance with: (1) Radiated field contour limits where bandwidths 
other than 6 MHz are employed at stations utilizing digital emissions; 
and (2) Cochannel and adjacent channel D/U ratios where the bandwidths 
in use at the interfering and protected stations are unequal and both 
stations are utilizing digital modulation or one station is utilizing 
digital modulation and the other station is utilizing either 6 MHz NTSC 
analog modulation or 125 kHz analog modulation (I channels only).
    (i) Contour limit: -73 dBW/m2 + 10 log(X/6) dBW/m \2\, 
where X is the bandwidth in MHz of the digital channel.
    (ii) Co-channel D/U: 45 dB + 10 log(X1/X2) dB, 
where X1 is the bandwidth in MHz of the protected channel and 
X2 is the bandwidth in MHz of the interfering channel.
    (iii) Adjacent channel D/U: 0 dB + 10 log(X1/
X2), where X1 is the bandwidth in MHz of the 
protected channel and X2 is the bandwidth in MHz of the 
interfering channel.
    (b) All applicants for instructional television fixed stations are 
expected to take full advantage of such directive antenna techniques to 
prevent interference to the reception of any existing or previously-
proposed operational fixed, multipoint distribution, international 
control or instructional television fixed station at authorized 
receiving locations. Therefore, all applications for new or major 
changes must

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include an analysis of potential interference to all existing and 
previously-proposed stations in accordance with paragraph (a) of this 
section. An applicant for a new instructional television fixed station 
must include the following technical information with the application:
    (1) An analysis of the potential for harmful interference with the 
receive sites registered as of September 17, 1998, and with the 
protected service area, of any authorized or previously-proposed 
cochannel station if:
    (i) The proposed transmitting antenna has an unobstructed electrical 
path to receive site(s) and/or the protected service area of any other 
station that utilizes, or would utilize, the same frequency; or
    (ii) The proposed transmitter is within 80.5 km (50 miles) of the 
coordinates of any such station.
    (2) An analysis of the potential for harmful adjacent channel 
interference with the receive sites registered as of September 17, 1998, 
and with the protected service area, of any authorized or previously-
proposed station if the proposed transmitter is within 80.5 km (50 
miles) of the coordinates of any station that utilizes, or would 
utilize, an adjacent channel frequency.
    (3) An analysis concerning possible adverse impact upon Mexican and 
Canadian communications if the station's transmitting antenna is to be 
located within 80.5 km (50 miles) of the border.
    (4) In lieu of the interference analyses required by paragraphs 
(b)(1) and (2) of this section, an applicant may submit (a) statement(s) 
from the affected cochannel or adjacent channel licensee(s) that any 
resulting interference is acceptable.
    (5) Specific rules relating to response station hubs, booster 
stations, and 125 kHz channels are set forth in Sec. Sec.  21.909, 
21.913, 21.949, 74.939, 74.949 and 74.985. To the extent those specific 
rules are inconsistent with any rules set forth above, those specific 
rules shall control.
    (c) Existing licensees and prospective applicants, including those 
who lease or propose to lease excess capacity pursuant to Sec.  
74.931(c) or (d), are expected to cooperate fully and in good faith in 
attempting to resolve problems of potential interference before bringing 
the matter to the attention of the Commission.
    (d) Each authorized or previously-proposed applicant, or licensee 
must be protected from harmful electrical interference at each of its 
receive sites registered previously as of September 17, 1998, and within 
a protected service area as defined at Sec.  21.902(d) of this chapter 
and in accordance with the reference receive antenna characteristics 
specified at Sec.  21.902(f) of this chapter. An ITFS entity which did 
not receive protected service area protection prior to September 17, 
1998 shall be accorded such protection by a cochannel or adjacent 
channel applicant for a new station or station modification, including a 
booster station, response station or response station hub, where the 
applicant is required to prepare an analysis, study or demonstration of 
the potential for harmful interference. An ITFS entity receiving 
interference protection provided by this section will continue to 
receive such protection if it elects to swap channels with another ITFS 
or MDS station as specified in Sec.  74.902(f).

[28 FR 13731, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 50 FR 26758, June 28, 1985; 
51 FR 9799, Mar. 21, 1986; 58 FR 44951, Aug. 25, 1993; 60 FR 20246, Apr. 
25, 1995; 60 FR 57368, Nov. 15, 1995; 63 FR 65114, Nov. 25, 1998; 64 FR 
63737, Nov. 22, 1999; 65 FR 46620, July 31, 2000]



Sec.  74.910  Part 73 application requirements pertaining to ITFS stations.

    The following rules are applicable to ITFS stations.

                                  Sec.

73.3500 Application and report forms.
73.3511 Applications required.
73.3512 Where to file; number of copies.
73.3513 Signing in applications.
73.3514 Content of applications.
73.3517 Contingent applications.
73.3519 Repetitious applications.
73.3522(a) Amendment of applications.
73.3533 Application for construction permit or modification of 
construction permit.
73.3534 Application for extension of construction permit or for 
construction permit to replace expired construction permit.
73.3536 Application for license to cover construction permit.
73.3542 Application for temporary or emergency authorization.

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73.3561 Staff consideration of applications requiring Commission action.
73.3562 Staff consideration of applications not requiring action by the 
Commission.
73.3597(c)(2) Procedures on transfer and assignment applications.
73.3566 Defective applications.
73.3568 Dismissal of applications.
73.3587 Procedure for filing objections.
73.3598 Period of construction.
73.3599 Forfeiture of construction permit.
73.5000-73.5006 Competitive Bidding Procedures.

    The applicability of other rules in part 73, where appropriate, is 
not precluded by this section.

[50 FR 26759, June 28, 1985, as amended at 60 FR 20247, Apr. 25, 1995; 
63 FR 48632, Sept. 11, 1998]



Sec.  74.911  Processing of ITFS station applications.

    (a) Applications for ITFS stations are divided into three groups:
    (1) In the first group are applications for new stations. These 
applications are subject to the provisions of paragraph (c) of this 
section.
    (2) In the second group are applications for major changes in the 
facilities of authorized stations. A major change for an ITFS station 
will be any proposal to add new channels, change from one channel (or 
channel group) to another, except as provided for in Sec.  74.902(f), 
change polarization, increase the EIRP in any direction by more than 1.5 
dB, increase the transmitting antenna height by 25 feet or more, or 
relocate a facility's transmitter site by 10 miles or more. Major change 
applications are subject to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this section.
    (3) The third group consists of applications for all other licenses 
and all other changes in the facilities of authorized stations.
    (b) A new file number will be assigned to an application for a new 
station or for major changes in the facilities of an authorized station, 
when it is amended so as to effect a major change, as defined in 
paragraph (a)(2) of this section, or results in a situation where the 
original party or parties to the application do not retain control of 
the applicant as originally filed. An application for change in the 
facilities of any existing station will continue to carry the same file 
number even though (pursuant to Commission approval) an assignment of 
license or transfer of control of such licensee has taken place if, upon 
consummation, the application is amended to reflect the new ownership.
    (c)(1) The FCC will specify by Public Notice, pursuant to Sec.  
73.5002, a period for filing ITFS applications for a new station. Such 
ITFS applicants shall be subject to the provisions of Sec.  1.2105 and 
the ITFS competitive bidding procedures. See 47 CFR 73.5000, et. seq.
    (2) The requirements of this section apply to a wireless cable 
entity requesting to be licensed on ITFS frequencies pursuant to Sec.  
74.990.
    (d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, effective as 
of September 17, 1998, there shall be a one-week window, at such time as 
the Commission shall announce by public notice, for the filing of 
applications for all major changes, high-power signal booster station, 
response station hub, and I channels point-to-multipoint transmissions 
licenses, during which all applications shall be deemed to have been 
filed as of the same day for purposes of 74.939 and 74.985. Following 
the publication of a public notice announcing the tendering for filing 
of applications submitted during that window, applicants shall have a 
period of sixty (60) days to amend their applications, provided such 
amendments do not result in any increase in interference to any 
previously-proposed or authorized station, or to facilities proposed 
during the window, absent consent of the applicant for or licensee of 
the station that would receive such additional interference. At the 
conclusion of that sixty (60) day period, the Commission shall publish a 
public notice announcing the acceptance for filing of all applications 
submitted during the initial window, as amended during the sixty (60) 
day period. All petitions to deny such applications must be filed within 
sixty (60) days of such second public notice. On the sixty-first (61st) 
day after the publication of such second public notice, applications for 
major changes, new or modified response station hub, high powered signal 
booster and booster station licenses may be filed and will be processed 
in accordance with the provisions of 74.939

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and 74.985. Each application submitted during the initial window shall 
be granted on the sixty-first (61st) day after the Commission shall have 
given such public notice of its acceptance for filing, unless prior to 
such date either a party in interest timely files a formal petition to 
deny or for other relief pursuant to Sec.  74.912, or the Commission 
notifies the applicant that its application will not be granted. Where 
an application is granted pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, 
licensee shall maintain a copy of the application at the transmitter 
site or response station hub until such time as the Commission issues a 
license.
    (e) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, major 
change applications may be filed at any time. Except during the sixty 
(60) day amendment period provided for in paragraph (d) of this section, 
any amendment to a major change application that reflects any change in 
the technical specifications of the proposed facility, includes any new 
or modified analysis of potential interference to another facility, or 
submits any interference consent from a neighboring licensee, shall 
cause the application to be considered newly-filed. Notwithstanding any 
other provision of part 74, major change applications meeting the 
requirements of part 74 shall cut-off applications that are filed on a 
subsequent day for facilities that would cause harmful electromagnetic 
interference to the facilities proposed in the major change application. 
A facility proposed in a major change application shall not be entitled 
to protection from interference caused by any facilities proposed on or 
prior to the day the major change application is filed. A facility 
proposed in a major change application shall not be required to protect 
from interference facilities proposed on or after the day the major 
change application is filed. Except as provided by paragraph (d) of this 
section, any petition to deny a major change application shall be filed 
no later than the sixtieth (60th) day after the date of public notice 
announcing the filing of such application. Except as provided in 
paragraph (d) of this section a major change application that meets the 
requirements of part 74 shall be granted on the sixty-first (61st) day 
after the Commission shall have given public notice of the acceptance 
for filing of it, unless prior to such date either a party in interest 
files a timely petition to deny or files for other relief pursuant to 
Sec.  74.912, or the Commission notifies the applicant that its 
application will not be granted at such time. Where an application is 
granted pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, the licensee shall 
maintain a copy of the application at the facility until such time as 
the Commission issues a license for that facility's operations.

[64 FR 63738, Nov. 22, 1999, as amended at 65 FR 46620, July 31, 2000]



Sec.  74.912  Petitions to deny.

    (a) Petitions to deny against the long-form applications filed by 
winning bidders in ITFS auctions must be filed in accordance with Sec.  
73.5006 of this chapter. Petitions to deny against applications for 
transfers of control of ITFS licensees, or for assignments of ITFS 
station licenses, must be filed not later than 30 days after issuance of 
a public notice of the acceptance for filing of the transfer or 
assignment application. In the case of applications for renewal of 
license, petitions to deny may be filed after the issuance of a public 
notice of acceptance for filing of the applications and up until the 
first day of the last full calendar month of the expiring license term. 
Any party in interest may file a petition to deny any notification 
regarding a low power ITFS signal booster station, within the 60 day 
period provided for in Sec.  74.985(e).
    (b) The applicant or notifier may file an opposition to any petition 
to deny, and the petitioner a reply to such opposition in which 
allegations of fact or denials thereof shall be supported by affidavit 
of a person or persons with personal knowledge thereof. Except with 
regard to petitions to deny against the long-form applications of ITFS 
auction winners, the times for filing such oppositions and replies shall 
be those provided in Sec.  1.45 of this chapter.

[64 FR 24527, May 7, 1999]

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Sec.  74.931  Purpose and permissible service.

    (a)(1) Instructional television fixed stations are intended 
primarily to provide a formal educational and cultural development in 
aural and visual form, to students enrolled in accredited public and 
private schools, colleges and universities. Authorized instructional 
television fixed station channels must be used to transmit formal 
educational programming offered for credit to enrolled students of 
accredited schools, with limited exceptions as set forth in paragraph 
(e)(9) of this section and Secs. 74.990 through 74.992.
    (2) All applicants that do not list accredited schools as receive 
sites must name the school(s) and the degree(s) or diploma(s) for which 
the formal programming will be offered and describe the administration 
of the course(s). They must submit documentation, written or signed by 
the authorities responsible for the schools' curricula, verifying each 
of these points.
    (b) Such stations may also be used for the additional purpose of 
transmitting other visual and aural educational, instructional and 
cultural material to selected receiving locations, including in-service 
training and instruction in special skills and safety programs, 
extension of professional training, informing persons and groups engaged 
in professional and technical activities of current developments in 
their particular fields, and other similar endeavors.
    (c) A licensee solely utilizing analog transmissions may use excess 
capacity on each channel to transmit material other than the ITFS 
subject matter specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, 
subject to the following conditions:
    (1) Before leasing excess capacity on any one channel, the licensee 
must provide at least 20 hours per week of ITFS educational usage on 
that channel, except as provided in paragraph (c)(2) and (c)(3) of this 
section. An additional 20 hours per week per channel must be strictly 
reserved for ITFS use and not used for non-ITFS purposes, or reserved 
for recapture by the ITFS licensee for its ITFS educational usage, 
subject to one year's advance, written notification by the ITFS licensee 
to its lessee and accounting for all recapture already exercised, with 
no economic or operational detriment to the licensee. These hours of 
recapture are not restricted as to time of day or day of the week, but 
may be established by negotiations between the ITFS licensee and the 
lessee. This 20 hours per channel per week ITFS educational usage 
requirement and this recapture and/or reservation requirement of an 
additional 20 hours per channel per week shall apply spectrally over the 
licensee's whole actual service area.
    (2) For the first two years of operation, an ITFS entity may lease 
excess capacity if it provides ITFS educational usage for at least 12 
hours per channel per week, provided that the entity does not employ 
channel loading technology.
    (3) The licensee may shift its requisite ITFS educational usage onto 
fewer than its authorized number of channels, via channel mapping or 
channel loading technology, so that it can lease full-time channel 
capacity on its ITFS station and/or associated ITFS booster stations, 
subject to the condition that it provide a total average of at least 20 
hours per channel per week of ITFS educational usage on its authorized 
channels. The use of channel mapping or channel loading consistent with 
the Rules shall not be considered adversely to the ITFS licensee in 
seeking a license renewal. The licensee also retains the unabridgeable 
right to recapture, subject to six months' advance written notification 
by the ITFS licensee to its lessee, an average of an additional 20 hours 
per channel per week, accounting for all recapture already exercised. 
Regardless of whether the licensee has educational receive sites within 
its psa, the licensee may lease booster stations in the entire psa, 
provided that the licensee maintains the unabridgeable right to ready 
recapture at least 40 hours per channel per week for ITFS educational 
usage. The licensee may agree to the transmission of this recapture time 
on channels not authorized to it, but which are included in the wireless 
system of which it is a part. A licensee under this paragraph which 
leases excess capacity on any one of its channels to an operator may 
``channel shift'' pursuant to and

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under the conditions of paragraph (d)(2) of this section.
    (4) An ITFS applicant or licensee may specify an omnidirectional 
antenna for point-to multipoint transmissions to facilitate the leasing 
of excess capacity.
    (5) Leasing activity may not cause unacceptable interference to 
cochannel or adjacent channel operations.
    (6) When an ITFS licensee makes capacity available on a common 
carrier basis, it will be subject to common carrier regulation.
    (i) A licensee operating as a common carrier is required to comply 
with all policies and rules applicable to that service. Responsibility 
for making the initial determination of whether a particular activity is 
common carriage rests with the ITFS licensee. Initial determinations by 
the licensees are subject to Commission examination and may be reviewed 
at the Commission's discretion.
    (ii) An ITFS licensee also may alternate, without further 
authorization required, between rendering service on a common carrier 
and non-common carrier basis, provided that the licensee notifies the 
Commission of any service status changes at least 30 days in advance of 
such changes. The notification shall state whether there is any 
affiliation or relationship to any intended or likely subscriber or 
program originator.
    (iii) Licensees under paragraph (c)(6) of this section additionally 
shall comply with the provisions of Sec. Sec.  21.304, 21.900(b), 
21.903(b)(1) and (2) and (c), and 21.910 of this chapter.
    (d) A licensee utilizing digital transmissions on any of its 
licensed channels may use excess capacity on each channel to transmit 
material other than the ITFS subject matter specified in paragraphs (a) 
and (b) of this section, subject to the following conditions:
    (1) The licensee must reserve a minimum of 5% of the capacity of its 
channels for instructional purposes only, and may not lease this 
reserved capacity. In addition, before leasing excess capacity, the 
licensee must provide at least 20 hours per licensed channel per week of 
ITFS educational usage. This 5% reservation and this 20 hours per 
licensed channel per week ITFS educational usage requirement shall apply 
spectrally over the licensee's whole actual service area. However, 
regardless of whether the licensee has an educational receive sites 
within its psa served by a booster, the licensee may lease excess 
capacity without making at least 20 hours per licensed channel per week 
of ITFS educational usage, provided that the licensee maintains the 
unabridgeable right to recapture on one months' advance notice such 
capacity as it requires over and above the 5% reservation to make at 
least 20 hours per channel per week of ITFS educational usage.
    (2) The licensee may shift its requisite ITFS educational usage onto 
fewer than its authorized number of channels, via channel mapping or 
channel loading technology, and may shift its requisite ITFS educational 
usage onto channels not authorized to it, but which are included in the 
wireless system of which it is a part (``channel shifting''), so that it 
can lease full-time channel capacity on its ITFS station, associated 
ITFS booster stations, and/or ITFS response stations and associated 
response station hubs, subject to the condition that it provide a total 
average of at least 20 hours per licensed channel per week of ITFS 
educational usage. The use of channel mapping, channel loading, and/or 
channel shifting consistent with the Rules shall not be considered 
adversely to the ITFS licensee in seeking a license renewal. In 
addition, an ITFS entity receiving interference protection provided by 
Sec.  74.903, will continue to receive such protection if it elects to 
swap channels with another ITFS or MDS station as specified in Sec.  
74.902(f).
    (3) An ITFS applicant or licensee may specify an omnidirectional 
antenna for point-to-multipoint transmissions to facilitate the leasing 
of excess capacity.
    (4) Leasing activity may not cause unacceptable interference to 
cochannel or adjacent channel operations.
    (5) A licensee leasing any of its licensed channels to be used as 
response channels shall be required to maintain at least 25% of the 
capacity of its channels for point-to-multipoint transmissions during 
the term of the lease

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and following termination of the leasing arrangement. This 25% 
preservation may be over the licensee's own authorized channels or over 
channels not authorized to it, but which are included in the wireless 
system of which it is a part.
    (6) When an ITFS licensee makes capacity available on a common 
carrier basis, it will be subject to common carrier regulation.
    (i) A licensee operating as a common carrier is required to comply 
with all policies and rules applicable to that service. Responsibility 
for making the initial determination of whether a particular activity is 
common carriage rests with the ITFS licensee. Initial determinations by 
the licensees are subject to Commission examination and may be reviewed 
at the Commission's discretion.
    (ii) An ITFS licensee also may alternate, without further 
authorization required, between rendering service on a common carrier 
and non-common carrier basis, provided that the licensee notifies the 
Commission of any service status changes at least 30 days in advance of 
such changes. The notification shall state whether there is any 
affiliation or relationship to any intended or likely subscriber or 
program originator.
    (iii) Licensees under paragraph (d)(6) of this section additionally 
shall comply with the provisions of Sec. Sec.  21.304, 21.900(b), 
21.903(b)(1) and (2) and (c), and 21.910 of this chapter.
    (e) ITFS excess capacity leases entered into prior to March 31, 
1997, which contain a provision for automatic renewal which would be 
effective after March 31, 1997, are exempt for the duration of said 
lease from compliance with subsequently adopted Commission rules. 
However, the total term of such applicable lease may not exceed fifteen 
years.
    (f) A licensee may use excess capacity on each channel to transmit 
material other than the ITFS subject matter specified in paragraphs (a), 
(b), (c), and (d) of this section subject to the following conditions:
    (1) If the time or capacity leased is not to be used for ``wireless 
cable'' operations, the licensee must preserve at least 40 hours per 
week, including at least 6 hours per weekday (Monday through Friday), 
excluding holidays and vacation days, for ITFS purposes on that channel. 
The 40-hour preservation may consist of airtime strictly reserved for 
ITFS use and not used for non-ITFS programming, or of time used for non-
ITFS programming but subject to ready recapture by the licensee for ITFS 
use with no economic or operational detriment of the licensee. At least 
20 hours per week of the preserved time on each channel must be used for 
ITFS programming, including at least 3 hours per weekday, excluding 
holidays and vacation days, except as provided in paragraph (e)(3) of 
this section. Only ITFS programming and preserved airtime scheduled 
between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday, will qualify to meet 
these requirements.
    (2) If the time or capacity leased is to be used for ``wireless 
cable'' operations, before leasing excess capacity on any one channel, 
the licensee must provide at least 20 hours per week of ITFS programming 
on that channel, except as provided in paragraph (e)(3) of this section. 
All hours not used for ITFS programming may be leased to a ``wireless 
cable'' operator. An additional 20 hours per week per channel must be 
reserved for recapture by the ITFS licensee for its ITFS programming, 
subject to one year's advance, written notification by the ITFS licensee 
to its ``wireless cable'' lessee. These hours of recapture are not 
restricted as to time of day or day of the week, but may be established 
by negotiations between the ITFS licensee and the ``wireless cable'' 
lessee.
    (3) For the first two years of operation, an ITFS entity may lease 
excess capacity if it provides ITSF programming at least 12 hours per 
channel per week, including up to four hours of ITFS usage per day.
    (4) The licensee may schedule the ITFS programming and use automatic 
channel switching equipment so as to employ channel mapping technology 
to lease to a ``wireless cable'' operator. However, an ITFS applicant 
should request only as many channel as it needs to fulfill its 
educational requirements.

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    (5) All of the capacity available on any subsidiary channel of any 
authorized channel may be used for the transmission of material to be 
used by others.
    (6) When an ITFS licensee makes capacity available on a common 
carrier basis, it will be subject to common carrier regulation. A 
licensee operating as a common carrier is required to apply for the 
appropriate authorization and to comply with all policies and rules 
applicable to that service. Responsibility for making the initial 
determination of whether a particular activity is common carriage rests 
with the ITFS licensee. Initial determinations by the licensees are 
subject to Commission examination and may be reviewed at the 
Commission's discretion.
    (7) An ITFS applicant, permittee, or licensee may use an 
omnidirectional antenna to facilitate the leasing of excess capacity to 
``wireless cable'' operators.
    (8) Leasing activity may not cause unacceptable interference to 
cochannel and adjacent-channel operations.
    (9) A licensee may shift its requisite ITFS programming onto fewer 
than its authorized number of channels, via channel mapping technology 
or channel loading, so that it can lease full-time channel capacity to a 
wireless cable operator, subject to the condition that it provide a 
total average of at least 20 hours per channel per week of ITFS 
programming on its authorized channels. The licensee also retains the 
unabridgeable right to recapture, subject to six months' written 
notification to the wireless cable operator, an average of an additional 
20 hours per channel per week for simultaneous programming on the number 
of channels for which it is authorized. The licensee may agree to the 
transmission of this recapture time on channels not authorized to it, 
but which are included in the wireless system of which it is a part.
    (g) Material transmitted by these stations may be intended for 
simultaneous reception and display or may be recorded by authorized 
users for use at another time.
    (h) On a secondary basis, an ITFS station may be operated as a 
temporary fixed station from temporary unspecified points to an ITFS 
station under the provisions of paragraph (a), (b), (d) or (e) of this 
section.
    (i) Except as specified in paragraphs (i) and (j) of this section, 
no licensee of a station in this service may lease transmission time or 
capacity to any cable television company either directly or indirectly 
through an affiliate owned, operated, controlled by, or under common 
control with the cable television company, if the ITFS main transmitter 
station is within 32 km (20 miles) of the cable television company's 
franchise area or service area, and if the cable television company is 
the sole provider of cable television service in the franchise area.
    (j)(1) A cable television company shall be exempt from the 
provisions of paragraph (h) of this section if its franchise area 
contains none of the following:
    (i) Any incorporated place of 2,500 inhabitants or more, or any part 
thereof;
    (ii) Any unincorporated place of 2,500 inhabitants or more, or any 
part thereof; or
    (iii) Any other territory, incorporated or unincorporated, included 
in an urbanized area.
    (2) All population statistics and definitions used in qualifying for 
this exemption shall be the most recent available from the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. In no event shall any 
statistics resulting from censuses prior to 1980 be used. The Census 
Bureau has defined some incorporated places of 2,500 inhabitants or more 
as ``extended cities.'' Such cities consist of an urban part and rural 
part.
    (3) If the cable operator's franchise area includes a rural part of 
an extended city, but includes no other territory described in this 
paragraph, an exemption shall apply.

    Note 1: In applying the provisions of paragraphs (h) and (i) of this 
section, an attributable ownership interest shall be defined by 
reference to the Notes contained in Sec. thnsp;21.912.

    (k) The provisions of paragraph (h) of this section will not apply 
to ITFS excess capacity leased directly or indirectly to cable operators 
or affiliates to provide locally-produced programming to cable headends. 
Locally-produced programming is programming

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produced in or near the cable operator's franchise area and not 
broadcast on a television station available within that franchise area. 
A cable operator or affiliate will be permitted to lease ITFS excess 
capacity equivalent to one MDS channel within 32 km (20 miles) of the 
cable television franchise area or service area for this purpose, and, 
within 32 km (20 miles) of the cable television franchise area or 
service area, no more ITFS excess capacity than the equivalent of one 
MDS channel may be used by a cable television company or affiliate 
pursuant to this paragraph (k). The licensee for a cable operator 
providing local programming pursuant to a lease must include in a notice 
filed with the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau a cover letter 
explicitly identifying its lessee as a local cable operator or affiliate 
and stating that the lease was executed to facilitate the provision of 
local programming. The first lease notification for an MDS or ITFS 
channel in an area filed with the Commission will be entitled to the 
exemption. The limitations on the equivalent of one MDS channel per 
party and per area include any cable/ITFS operations grandfathered 
pursuant to paragraph (l) of this section or any cable/MDS operations 
grandfathered pursuant to Sec.  21.912(f) of this chapter. Local 
programming service pursuant to a lease must be provided within one year 
of the date of the lease or one year of the grant of the licensee's 
application for the leased channel(s), whichever is later.
    (l) Lease arrangements between cable and ITFS entities for which a 
lease or a firm agreement was signed prior to February 8, 1990, will not 
be subject to the prohibitions of paragraph (h) of this section. Leases 
between cable television entities and ITFS entities executed on February 
8, 1990, or thereafter, are invalid.

[28 FR 13731, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 33 FR 15424, Oct. 17, 1968; 
48 FR 33901, July 26, 1983; 49 FR 27151, July 2, 1984; 49 FR 32596, Aug. 
15, 1984; 50 FR 26760, June 28, 1985; 51 FR 9800, Mar. 21, 1986; 55 FR 
46013, Oct. 31, 1990; 56 FR 57600, Nov. 13, 1991; 56 FR 57819, Nov. 14, 
1991; 56 FR 65191, Dec. 16, 1991; 58 FR 34378, June 25, 1993; 58 FR 
44951, Aug. 25, 1993; 59 FR 35636, July 13, 1994; 64 FR 50646, Sept. 17, 
1999; 65 FR 46621, July 31, 2000; 67 FR 13234, Mar. 21, 2002]

    Editorial Note: At 63 FR 65116, Nov. 25, 1998, Sec.  74.931 was 
amended by redesignating paragraphs (d) and (e) as (b) and (c), 
redesignating paragraphs (f) through (k) as (e) through (j), revising 
paragraphs (a), (b) and (c), and adding a new paragraph (d); however, 
(b) and (c) already exist.

    Effective Date Note: At 65 FR 46621, July 31, 2000, paragraph (d) 
was revised. Paragraph (d)(1) contains information collection and 
recordkeeping requirements and will not become effective until approval 
has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.



Sec.  74.932  Eligibility and licensing requirements.

    (a) With certain limited exceptions set forth in Sec. Sec.  74.990 
through 74.992 of this part, a license for an instructional television 
fixed station will be issued only to an accredited institution or to a 
governmental organization engaged in the formal education of enrolled 
students or to a nonprofit organization whose purposes are educational 
and include providing educational and instructional television material 
to such accredited institutions and governmental organizations, and 
which is otherwise qualified under the statutory provisions of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    (1) Only local applicants can file applications and be considered 
for licenses during the local priority period, which extends for one 
year from the effective date of these rules.
    (i) During this local priority period, the existing of any 
outstanding application for ITFS channels by a nonlocal applicant will 
not prevent the filing and/or grant of an application by a local entity 
for those same channels.
    (2) A publicly supported educational institution must be accredited 
by the appropriate state department of education.
    (3) A privately controlled educational institution must be 
accredited by the appropriate state department of education or the 
recognized regional and national accrediting organizations.
    (4) Those applicant organizations whose eligibility is established 
by service to accredited institutional or governmental organizations 
must submit documentation from proposed receive

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sites demonstrating that they will receive and use the applicant's 
educational usage. In place of this documentation, a state educational 
television (ETV) commission may demonstrate that the public schools it 
proposes to serve are required to use its proposed educational usage.
    (5) Nonlocal applicants, in addition to submitting letters from 
proposed receive sites, must demonstrate the establishment of a local 
program committee in each community where they apply.
    (b) No numerical limit is placed on the number of stations which may 
be licensed to a single licensee. However, individual licensees will be 
governed by the limitations of Sec. Sec.  74.902 and 74.990(d) of this 
part as to the number of channels which may be used. A single license 
may be issued for more than one transmitter if they are to be located at 
a common site and operated by the same licensee. Applicants are expected 
to accomplish the proposed operation by the use of the smallest number 
of channels required to provide the needed service.
    (c) An application for a new instructional television fixed station 
or for changes in the facilities of an existing station shall specify 
the location of the transmitter, all proposed receiving installations, 
response transmitters, and any relay transmitters which will be under 
the control of or will be equipped for reception by the applicant. If 
reception is also intended at unspecified locations, i.e., if power is 
deliberately radiated to locations or areas so that voluntary reception 
will be possible, the applications shall include a complete statement as 
to the purpose of such additional reception.
    (d) In case of permanent discontinuance of operation of a station 
licensed under this subpart, authority to operate is forfeited and the 
licensee shall forward the station license to the Commission for 
cancellation. For the purposes of this section, a station which is not 
operated for a period of one year is considered to have been permanently 
discontinued. If use of a channel(s) is discontinued, authority to 
operate on such channel(s) is forfeited and an application for 
modification shall be filed to delete such channel(s).
    (e) No receive site more than 35 miles from the transmitter site 
shall be used to establish basic eligibility.
    Note 1: A ``local'' licensee (or applicant) is an institution or 
organization that is physically located in the community, or 
metropolitan area, where service is proposed. For a college or 
university, this would include any area where it has a campus. An 
educational organization will generally be regarded as ``local'' if the 
address of the organization's headquarters is located within the area 
where the facility is sought. An entity created by a state or local 
government for the purpose of serving formal educational needs will be 
considered ``local'' throughout the area within the government's 
jurisdiction over which its authority is intended to extend. An 
educational entity located within a state and created by affiliated 
educational institutions within that state, including hospitals, will be 
considered ``local'' in those areas where the member institutions are 
located.
    Note 2: Documentation from proposed receive sites which are to 
establish the eligibility of an entity not serving its own enrolled 
students for credit should be in letter form, written and signed by an 
administrator or authority who is responsible for the receive site's 
curriculum planning. The administrator must indicate that the 
applicant's program offerings have been viewed and that such programming 
will be incorporated in the site's curriculum. The letter should discuss 
the types of programming and hours per week of formal and informal 
programming expected to be used and the site's involvement in the 
planning, scheduling and production of programming. If other levels of 
authority must be obtained before a firm commitment to utilize the 
service can be made, the nature and extent of such additional 
authorization(s) must be provided.
    Note 3: Letters submitted on behalf of a nonlocal entity must 
confirm that a member of the receive site's staff will serve on the 
local program committee and demonstrate a recognition of the composition 
and power of the committee. The letter should show that the staff member 
will aid in the selection, scheduling and production of the programming 
received over the system.

[28 FR 13731, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 36 FR 8873, May 14, 1971; 49 
FR 32596, Aug. 15, 1984; 50 FR 26760, June 28, 1985; 51 FR 9800, Mar. 
21, 1986; 56 FR 57819, Nov. 14, 1991; 58 FR 44951, Aug. 25, 1993; 60 FR 
20247, Apr. 25, 1995; 64 FR 63739, Nov. 22. 1999]

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Sec.  74.933  Remote control operation.

    Licensed ITFS stations may be operated by remote control without 
further authority.

[52 FR 3806, Feb. 6, 1987]



Sec.  74.934  Unattended operation.

    Unattended operation of licensed ITFS stations is permitted without 
further authority.
    (a) An unattended relay station may be employed to receive and 
retransmit signals of another station provided that the transmitter is 
equipped with circuits which permit it to radiate only when the signal 
intended to be retransmitted is present at the receiver input terminals.

[52 FR 3806, Feb. 6, 1987]



Sec.  74.935  EIRP limitations.

    (a) The maximum EIRP of a main or booster station shall not exceed 
33 dBW + 10log(X/6) dBW, where X is the actual bandwidth if other than 6 
MHz, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section.
    (b) If a main or booster station sectorizes or otherwise uses one or 
more transmitting antennas with a non-omnidirectional horizontal plane 
radiation pattern, the maximum EIRP over a 6 MHz channel in dBW in a 
given direction shall be determined by the following formula:

EIRP = 33 dBW + 10 log(X/6) dBW + 10 log(360/beamwidth) dBW, where X is 
    the channel width in MHz and 10 log(360/beamwidth) <= 6 dB.

    Beamwidth is the total horizontal plane beamwidth of the individual 
transmitting antenna for the station or any sector measured at the half-
power points.
    (c) An increase in station EIRP, above currently-authorized or 
previously-proposed values, to the maximum values provided in paragraphs 
(a) and (b) of this section may be authorized, if an applicant 
demonstrates that the requested EIRP increase would not cause harmful 
interference to any authorized or previously-proposed, cochannel or 
adjacent channel station entitled to interference protection under the 
Commission's rules, or if an applicant demonstrates that:
    (1) A station that must be protected from interference could 
compensate for interference by increasing its EIRP; and
    (2) The interfered-with station may increase its own EIRP consistent 
with the rules and without causing harmful interference to any cochannel 
or adjacent channel main or booster station protected service area, 
response station hub or BTA/PSA, for which consent for the increased 
interference has not been obtained ; and
    (3) The applicant requesting authorization of an EIRP increase 
agrees to pay all expenses associated with the increase in EIRP by the 
interfered-with station.
    (d) For television transmission, the peak power of the accompanying 
aural signal must not exceed 10 percent of the peak visual power of the 
transmitter. The Commission may order a reduction in aural signal power 
to diminish the potential for harmful interference.
    (e) For main, booster and response stations utilizing digital 
emissions with non-uniform power spectral density (e.g. unfiltered 
QPSK), the power measured within any 100 kHz resolution bandwidth within 
the 6 MHz channel occupied by the non-uniform emission cannot exceed the 
power permitted within any 100 kHz resolution bandwidth within the 6 MHz 
channel if it were occupied by an emission with uniform power spectral 
density, i.e., if the maximum permissible power of a station utilizing a 
perfectly uniform power spectral density across a 6 MHz channel were 
2000 watts EIRP, this would result in a maximum permissible power flux 
density for the station of 2000/60 = 33.3 watts EIRP per 100 kHz 
bandwidth. If a non-uniform emission were substituted at the station, 
station power would still be limited to a maximum of 33.3 watts EIRP 
within any 100 kHz segment of the 6 MHz channel, irrespective of the 
fact that this would result in a total 6 MHz channel power of less than 
2000 watts EIRP.

[55 FR 46013, Oct. 31, 1990, as amended at 58 FR 44951, Aug. 25, 1993; 
63 FR 65117, Nov. 25, 1998; 64 FR 63739, Nov. 22, 1999]

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Sec.  74.936  Emissions and bandwidth.

    (a) An ITFS station may employ amplitude modulation (C3F) for the 
transmission of the visual signal and frequency modulation (F3E) or 
(G3E) for the transmission of the aural signal when transmitting a 
standard analog television signal. Quadrature amplitude modulation 
(QAM), digital vestigial sideband modulation (VSB), quadrature phase 
shift key modulation (QPSK), code division multiple access (CDMA) and 
orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) emissions may be 
employed, subject to compliance with the policies set forth in the 
Declaratory Ruling and Order, 11 FCC Rcd 18839 (1996). Use of OFDM also 
is subject to the subsequently Digital Declaratory Ruling and Order, DA 
99-554 (Mass Med. Bur. rel. Mar. 19, 1999). Other digital emissions may 
be added to those authorized above, including emissions with non-uniform 
power spectral density, if the applicant provides information in 
accordance with the guidelines and procedures set forth in the 
Declaratory Ruling and Order which clearly demonstrates the spectral 
occupancy and interference characteristics of the emission. The licensee 
may subchannelize its authorized bandwidth, provided that digital 
modulation is employed and the aggregate power does not exceed the 
authorized power for the channel, and may utilize all or a portion of 
its authorized bandwidth for ITFS response stations authorized pursuant 
to Sec.  74.939. The licensee may also, jointly with affected adjacent 
channel licensees, transmit utilizing bandwidth in excess of its 
authorized frequencies, provided that digital modulation is employed, 
all power spectral density requirements set forth in this part are met 
and the out-of-band emissions restrictions set forth in Sec.  74.936 are 
met at the edges of the channels employed. The wider channels thus 
created may be redivided to create narrower channels.
    (b) Notwithstanding the above, any digital emission which complies 
with the out-of-band emission restrictions of Sec.  21.908 of this 
chapter may be used in the following circumstances:
    (1) At any ITFS main or booster station transmitter which is located 
more than 160.94 km (100 miles) from the nearest boundary of all 
cochannel and adjacent channel ITFS and MDS protected service areas, 
including Basic Trading Areas and Partitioned Service Areas; and
    (2) At all ITFS response station transmitters within a response 
service area if all points along the response service area boundary line 
are more than 160.94 km (100 miles) from the nearest boundary of all 
cochannel and adjacent channel ITFS and MDS protected service areas, 
including Basic Trading Areas and Partitioned Service Areas; and
    (3) At any ITFS transmitter where all parties entitled by this part 
to interference protection from that transmitter have mutually consented 
to the use at that transmitter of such emissions.
    (c) The maximum out-of-band power of an ITFS station transmitter or 
booster transmitting on a single 6 MHz channel with an EIRP in excess of 
-9 dBW employing analog modulation shall be attenuated at the channel 
edges by at least 38 dB relative to the peak visual carrier, then 
linearly sloping from that level to at least 60 dB of attenuation at 1 
MHz below the lower band edge and 0.5 MHz above the upper band edge, and 
attenuated at least 60 dB at all other frequencies. The maximum out-of-
band power of an ITFS station transmitter or booster transmitting on a 
single 6 MHz channel or a portion thereof with an EIRP in excess of -9 
dBW (or, when subchannels are used, the appropriately adjusted value 
based upon the ratio of the channel-to-subchannel bandwidths) employing 
digital modulation shall be attenuated at the 6 MHz channel edges at 
least 25 dB relative to the licensed average 6 MHz channel power level, 
then attenuated along a linear slope to at least 40 dB at 250 kHz beyond 
the nearest channel edge, then attenuated along a linear slope from that 
level to at least 60 dB at 3 MHz above the upper and below the lower 
licensed channel edges, and attenuated at least 60 dB at all other 
frequencies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in situations where an ITFS 
station or booster station transmits, or where adjacent channel 
licensees jointly transmit, a single signal over more than one 
contiguous 6 MHz channel

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utilizing digital modulation with an EIRP in excess of -9 dBW (or, when 
subchannels or superchannels are used, the appropriately adjusted value 
based upon the ratio of 6 MHz to the subchannel or superchannel 
bandwidth), the maximum out-of-band power shall be attenuated at the 
channel edges of those combined channels at least 25 dB relative to the 
power level of each channel, then attenuated along a linear slope from 
that level to at least 40 dB at 250 kHz above or below the channel edges 
of those combined channels, then attenuated along a linear slope from 
that level to at least 60 dB at 3 MHz above the upper and below the 
lower edges of those combined channels, and attenuated at least 60 dB at 
all other frequencies. However, should harmful interference occur as a 
result of emissions outside the assigned channel, additional attenuation 
may be required. A transmitter licensed prior to November 1, 1991, that 
remains at the station site initially licensed, and does not comply with 
this paragraph, may continue to be used for its life if it does not 
cause harmful interference to the operation of any other licensee. Any 
non-conforming transmitter replaced after November 1, 1991, must be 
replaced by a transmitter meeting the requirements of this paragraph.
    (d) A booster transmitting on multiple contiguous or non-contiguous 
channels carrying separate signals (a ``broadband'' booster) with an 
EIRP in excess of -9 dBW per 6 MHz channel and employing analog, digital 
or a combination of these modulations shall have the following 
characteristics:
    (1) For broadband boosters operating in the frequency range of 
2.150-2.160/2 GHz, the maximum out-of-band power shall be attenuated at 
the upper and lower channel edges forming the band edges by at least 25 
dB relative to the licensed analog peak visual carrier or digital 
average power level (or, when subchannels are used, the appropriately 
adjusted value based on upon the ratio of the channel-to-subchannel 
bandwidths), then linearly sloping from that level to at least 40 dB of 
attenuation at 0.25 MHz above and below the band edges, then linearly 
sloping from that level to at least 60 dB of attenuation at 3.0 MHz 
above and below the band edges, and attenuated at least 60 dB at all 
other frequencies.
    (2) For broadband boosters operating in the frequency range of 
2.500-2.690 GHz, the maximum out-of-band power shall be attenuated at 
the upper and lower channel edges forming the band edges by at least 25 
dB relative to the licensed analog peak visual carrier or digital 
average power level (or, when subchannels are used, the appropriately 
adjusted value based on upon the ratio of the channel-to-subchannel 
bandwidths), then linearly sloping from that level to at least 40 dB of 
attenuation at 0.25 MHz above and below the band edges, then linearly 
sloping from that level to at least 50 dB of attenuation at 3.0 MHz 
above and below the band edges, then linearly sloping from that level to 
at least 60 dB of attenuation at 20 MHz above and below the band edges, 
and attenuated at least 60 dB at all other frequencies.
    (3) Within unoccupied channels in the frequency range of 2.500-2.690 
GHz, the maximum out-of-band power shall be attenuated at the upper and 
lower channel edges of an unoccupied channel by at least 25 dB relative 
to the licensed analog peak visual carrier power level or digital 
average power level of the occupied channels (or, when subchannels or 
125 kHz channels are used, the appropriately adjusted value based upon 
the ratio of the channel-to-subchannel bandwidths), then linearly 
sloping from that level to at least 40 dB of attenuation at 0.25 MHz 
above and below the occupied channel edges, then linearly sloping from 
that level to at least 50 dB of attenuation at 3.0 MHz above and below 
the occupied channel edges, and attenuated at least 50 dB at all other 
unoccupied frequencies.
    (e) Boosters operating with an EIRP less than -9 dBW per 6 MHz 
channel shall have no particular out-of-band power attenuation 
requirement, except that if they cause harmful interference, their 
operation shall be terminated within 2 hours of notification by the 
Commission until the interference can be cured.
    (f) The maximum out-of-band power of an ITFS response station using 
all or part of a 6 MHz channel, employing digital modulation and 
transmitting

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with an EIRP greater than -6 dBW per 6 MHz channel shall be attenuated 
(as measured in accordance with Sec.  21.908(e)) at the 6 MHz channel 
edges at least 25 dB relative to the average 6 MHz channel power level, 
then attenuated along a linear slope to at least 40 dB at 250 kHz beyond 
the nearest channel edge, then attenuated along a linear slope from that 
level to at least 60 dB at 3 MHz above the upper and below the lower 
licensed channel edges, and attenuated at least 60 dB at all other 
frequencies. The maximum out-of-band power of an ITFS response station 
using all or part of a 6 MHz channel, employing digital modulation and 
transmitting with an EIRP no greater than -6 dBW per 6 MHz channel shall 
be attenuated (as measured in accordance with Sec.  21.908(e)) at the 
channel edges at least 25 dB relative to the average 6 MHz channel 
transmitter output power level (P), then attenuated along a linear slope 
to at least 40 dB or 33+10log(P) dB, whichever is the lesser 
attenuation, at 250 kHz beyond the nearest channel edge, then attenuated 
along a linear slope from that level to at least 60 dB or 43+10log(P) 
dB, whichever is the lesser attenuation, at 3 MHz above the upper and 
below the lower licensed channel edges, and attenuated at least 60 dB or 
43+10log(P) dB, whichever is the lesser attenuation, at all other 
frequencies. Where ITFS response stations with digital modulation 
utilize all or part of more than one contiguous 6 MHz channel to form a 
larger channel (e.g., a channel of width 12 MHz), the above-specified 
attenuations shall be applied only at the upper and lower edges of the 
overall combined channel. Notwithstanding these provisions, should 
harmful interference occur as a result of emissions outside the assigned 
channel(s), additional attenuation may be required by the Commission.
    (g) The requirements of Sec.  73.687(c)(2) will be considered to be 
satisfied insofar as measurements of operating power are concerned if 
the transmitter is equipped with instruments for determining the 
combined visual and aural operating power. However, licensees are 
expected to maintain the operating powers within the limits specified in 
Sec.  74.935. Measurements of the separate visual and aural operating 
powers must be made at sufficiently frequent intervals to insure 
compliance with the rules, and in no event less than once a month. 
However, the provisions of Sec.  73.687(c)(2) and of this paragraph 
shall not be applicable to ITFS response stations or to low power ITFS 
booster stations authorized pursuant to Sec.  74.985(e).
    (h) Compliance with the out-of-band emissions limitations shall be 
established in accordance with Sec.  21.908(e) of this chapter.

[63 FR 65117, Nov. 25, 1998, as amended at 64 FR 63740, Nov. 22, 1999; 
65 FR 46622, July 31, 2000]



Sec.  74.937  Antennas.

    (a) In order to minimize the hazard of harmful cochannel and 
adjacent channel interference from other stations, directive receiving 
antennas should be used at all receiving locations other than response 
station hubs and response stations operating with an EIRP no greater 
than -6 dBW per 6 MHz channel. The choice of receiving antennas is left 
to the discretion of the licensee. However, for the purpose of 
interference calculations, except as set forth in Sec.  74.939, the 
general characteristics of the reference receiving antenna shown in 
Figure 1 of this section (i.e., a 0.6 meter (2 foot) parabolic reflector 
antenna, are assumed to be used in accordance with the provisions of 
Sec.  74.903(a)(3) unless pertinent data is submitted of the actual 
antenna in use for reception. Licensees may install receiving antennas 
with general characteristics superior to those of the reference antenna. 
Should interference occur and it can be demonstrated that the existing 
receiving antenna is inadequate, a more suitable antenna should be 
installed. In such cases, installation of the new receiving antenna will 
be the responsibility of the system operator serving the receive site. A 
response station operating with an EIRP no greater than -6 dBW per 6 MHz 
channel may use an omnidirectional receiving antenna. However, for the 
purpose of interference protection, such response stations will be 
treated as if utilizing a receive antenna meeting the requirements of 
the reference receiving antenna shown in Figure 1 of this section.

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    (b) Except as set forth in Sec.  74.931(c)(4) and (d)(3), directive 
transmitting antennas shall be used whenever feasible so as to minimize 
interference to other licensees. The radiation pattern shall be designed 
to minimize radiation in directions where no reception is intended. When 
an ITFS station is used for point-to-point service, an appropriate 
directional antenna must be

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used. Notwithstanding these provisions, response stations operating with 
an EIRP no greater than -6 dBW per 6 MHz channel may utilize 
omnidirectional transmitting antennas.
    (c) The use of elevated receiving antennas is preferable to the use 
of elevated transmitting antennas or greater power to provide the 
desired service.
    (d) The use of vertical or horizontal plane polarization or right-
hand or left-hand rotating (circular) polarization may be used to 
minimize the hazard of harmful interference between systems. The 
Commission reserves the right to specify the polarization to be used.
    (e) The power gain compared to an isotropic antenna and the 
directive properties of the transmitting and receiving antennas proposed 
to be employed, as well as the geometric distribution of the 
transmitting and receiving points, shall be supplied with each 
application for a new ITFS fixed station or for changes in the antenna 
facilities of an existing station.

[28 FR 13731, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 48 FR 9012, Mar. 3, 1983; 49 
FR 32596, Aug. 15, 1984; 50 FR 26761, June 28, 1985; 52 FR 3806, Feb. 6, 
1987; 58 FR 44951, Aug. 25, 1993; 63 FR 65118, Nov. 25, 1998; 65 FR 
46622, July 31, 2000]



Sec.  74.938  Transmission standards.

    The width of an ITFS channel is 6 MHz. However, the licensee may 
subchannelize its authorized bandwidth, provided that digital modulation 
is employed and the aggregate power does not exceed the authorized power 
for the channel, and may utilize all or a portion of its authorized 
bandwidth for ITFS response stations authorized pursuant to Sec.  
74.939. The licensee may also, jointly with other licensees, transmit 
utilizing bandwidth in excess of its authorized bandwidth, provided that 
digital modulation is employed, all power spectral density requirements 
set forth in this part are met and the out-of-band emissions 
restrictions set forth in Sec.  74.936 are met at the edges of the 
channels employed.

[63 FR 65119, Nov. 25, 1998]



Sec.  74.939  ITFS response stations.

    (a) An ITFS response station is authorized to provide communication 
by voice, video and/or data signals with its associated ITFS response 
station hub or associated ITFS station. An ITFS response station may be 
operated only by the licensee of the ITFS station, by any person or 
entity authorized by the ITFS licensee to receive point-to-multipoint 
transmissions over its channels, by any lessee of excess capacity, or by 
a subscriber of any lessee of excess capacity. The authorized channel 
may be divided to provide distinct subchannels for each of more than one 
response station, provided that digital modulation is employed and the 
aggregate power does not exceed the authorized power for the channel. An 
ITFS response station may also, jointly with other licensees, transmit 
utilizing bandwidth in excess of that authorized to the station, 
provided that digital modulation is employed, all power spectral density 
requirements set forth in this part are met, and the out-of-band 
emission restrictions set forth in Sec.  74.936 or paragraph (k) of this 
section are complied with.
    (b) ITFS response stations that utilize the 2150-2162 MHz band 
pursuant to Sec.  74.902(f), the 2500-2686 MHz band, and/or the 125 kHz 
channels identified in paragraph (j) of this section may be installed 
and operated without an individual license, to communicate with a 
response station hub, provided that the conditions set forth in 
paragraph (g) of this section are met and that ITFS response stations' 
technical parameters are consistent with all applicable rules in this 
part and with the terms and conditions set out in the Commission's 
Declaratory Ruling and Order, 11 FCC Rcd 18839 (1996).
    (c) An applicant for a response station hub license, or for 
modification thereto, shall:
    (1) File FCC Form 331 with the Commission in Washington, DC, and 
certify on that form that it has complied with the requirements of 
paragraphs (c)(2) and (d) of this section and that the interference data 
submitted under paragraph (d) of this section is complete and accurate. 
Failure to certify compliance and to comply completely with the 
requirements of paragraphs (c)(2) and (d) of this section shall result 
in

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dismissal of the application or revocation of the response station hub 
license, and may result in imposition of a monetary forfeiture; and
    (2) Submit the following (see Sec.  21.902(m) for permissible 
formats and media) to the Commission's Reference Room:
    (i) The data files required by Appendix D (as amended) to the Report 
and Order in MM Docket 97-217, FCC 98-231, ``Methods For Predicting 
Interference From Response Station Transmitters And To Response Station 
Hubs And For Supplying Data on Response Station Systems''; and
    (ii) The demonstrations and certifications required by paragraph (d) 
of this section.
    (d) An applicant for a response station hub license shall prepare 
the following:
    (1) A demonstration describing the system channel plan, to the 
extent that such information is not contained in the data file required 
in (c)(2)(i) of this section; and
    (2) A demonstration that:
    (i) The proposed response station hub is within the protected 
service area, as defined in Sec.  21.902(d)(1) of this chapter, of the 
ITFS station(s) whose channels will be used for communications to the 
response station hub or, in the case of an application for response 
stations to utilize one or more of the 125 kHz response channels, the 
response station hub is within the protected service area of the station 
authorized to utilize the associated channel(s); and
    (ii) The entire proposed response service area is within the 
protected service area of the ITFS station(s) whose channels will be 
used for communications to the response station hub or, in the 
alternative, the applicant may demonstrate that the licensee of any 
cochannel protected service area which is overlapped by the proposed 
response service area has consented to such overlap. In the case of an 
application for response stations to utilize one or more of the 125 kHz 
response channels, such demonstration shall establish that the response 
service area is entirely within the protected service area of the 
station authorized to utilize the associated channel(s), or, in the 
alternative, that the licensee entitled to any cochannel protected 
service area which is overlapped by the proposed response service area 
has consented to such overlap; and
    (iii) The combined signals of all simultaneously operating ITFS 
response stations within all response service areas and oriented to 
transmit towards their respective response station hubs and all 
cochannel ITFS stations and booster stations licensed to or applied for 
by the applicant will not generate a power flux density in excess of -73 
dBW/m\2\ (or the appropriately adjusted value based on the actual 
bandwidth used if other than 6 MHz, see Sec.  74.903(a)(6)(i)) outside 
the boundaries of the applicant's protected service area, as measured at 
locations for which there is an unobstructed signal path, except to the 
extent that consent of affected licensees has been obtained or consents 
have been granted pursuant to paragraph (d)(3)(ii) of this section to an 
extension of the response service area beyond the boundaries of the 
protected service area; and
    (iv) The combined signals of all simultaneously operating ITFS 
response stations within all response service areas and oriented to 
transmit towards their respective response station hubs, and all 
cochannel ITFS stations and booster stations licensed to or applied for 
by the applicant, will result in a desired to undesired signal ratio of 
at least 45 dB (or the appropriately adjusted value based on the actual 
bandwidth used if other than 6 MHz, see Sec.  74.903(a)(6)(ii)):
    (A) Within the protected service area of any authorized or 
previously-proposed cochannel MDS or ITFS station with a 56.33 km (35 
mile) protected service area with center coordinates located within 
160.94 km (100 miles) of the proposed response station hub; and
    (B) Within the booster service area of any cochannel booster station 
entitled to such protection pursuant to Sec. Sec.  21.913(f) of this 
chapter or 74.985(f) and located within 160.94 km (100 miles) of the 
proposed response station hub; and
    (C) At any registered receive site of any authorized or previously-
proposed cochannel ITFS station or booster station located within 160.94 
km (100 miles) of the proposed response station

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hub, or, in the alternative, that the licensee or applicant for such 
cochannel station or hub consents to the application; and
    (v) The combined signals of all simultaneously operating ITFS 
response stations within all response service areas and oriented to 
transmit towards their respective response station hubs, and all 
cochannel ITFS stations and booster stations licensed to or applied for 
by the applicant, will result in a desired to undesired signal ratio of 
at least 0 dB (or the appropriately adjusted value based on the actual 
bandwidth used if other than 6 MHz, see Sec.  74.903(a)(6)(iii)):
    (A) Within the protected service area of any authorized or 
previously-proposed adjacent channel MDS or ITFS station with a 56.33 km 
(35 mile) protected service area with center coordinates located within 
160.94 km (100 miles) of the proposed response station hub; and
    (B) Within the booster service area of any adjacent channel booster 
station entitled to such protection pursuant to Sec. Sec.  21.913(f) of 
this chapter or 74.985(f) and located within 160.94 km (100 miles) of 
the proposed response station hub; and
    (C) At any registered receive site of any authorized or previously-
proposed adjacent channel ITFS station or booster station located within 
160.94 km (100 miles) of the proposed response station hub, or, in the 
alternative, that the licensee of or applicant for such adjacent channel 
station or hub consents to such application; and
    (vi) The combined signals of all simultaneously operating ITFS 
response stations within all response service areas and oriented to 
transmit toward their respective response station hub and all cochannel 
ITFS stations and booster stations licensed to or applied for by the 
applicant will comply with the requirements of Sec. Sec.  21.909(i) of 
this chapter and paragraph (i) of this section.
    (3) [Reserved]
    (4) A certification that the application has been served upon
    (i) The holder of any cochannel or adjacent channel authorization 
with a protected service area which is overlapped by the proposed 
response service area;
    (ii) The holder of any cochannel or adjacent channel authorization 
with a protected service area that adjoins the applicant's protected 
service area;
    (iii) The holder of a cochannel or adjacent channel authorization 
for any BTA or PSA inside whose boundaries are locations for which there 
is an unobstructed signal path for combined signals from within the 
response station hub applicant's protected service area; and
    (iv) Every licensee of, or applicant for, any cochannel or adjacent 
channel, authorized or previously-proposed, incumbent MDS station with a 
56.33 km (35 mile) protected service area with center coordinates 
located within 160.94 km (100 miles) of the proposed response station 
hub; and
    (v) Every licensee of, or applicant for, any cochannel or adjacent 
channel, authorized or previously-proposed ITFS station (including any 
booster station or response station hub) located within 160.94 km (100 
miles) of the proposed response station hub.
    (e) Applications for response station hub licenses shall be deemed 
minor change applications and, except as provided in Sec.  74.911(e), 
may be filed at any time. Notwithstanding any other provision of part 
74, applications for response station hub licenses meeting the 
requirements of paragraph (c) of this section shall cut-off applications 
that are filed on a subsequent day for facilities that would cause 
harmful electromagnetic interference to the proposed response station 
hubs. A response station hub shall not be entitled to protection from 
interference caused by facilities proposed on or prior to the day the 
application for the response station hub license is filed. Response 
stations shall not be required to protect from interference facilities 
proposed on or after the day the application for the response station 
hub license is filed.
    (f) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sec.  74.912 and except as 
provided by Sec.  74.911(e), any petition to deny an application for a 
response station hub license shall be filed no later than the sixtieth 
(60th) day after the date of public notice announcing the filing of such 
application or major amendment thereto. Except as provided in

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Sec.  74.911(e), an application for a response station hub license that 
meets the requirements of this section shall be granted on the sixty-
first (61st) day after the Commission shall have given public notice of 
the acceptance for filing of it, or of a major amendment to it if such 
major amendment has been filed, unless prior to such date either a party 
in interest timely files a formal petition to deny or for other relief 
pursuant to Sec.  74.912, or the Commission notifies the applicant that 
its application will not be granted. Where an application is granted 
pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, the conditional licensee 
or licensee shall maintain a copy of the application at the response 
station hub until such time as the Commission issues a response station 
hub license.
    (g) An ITFS response station hub license establishing a response 
service area shall be conditioned upon compliance with the following:
    (1) No ITFS response station shall be located beyond the response 
service area of the response station hub with which it communicates; and
    (2) No ITFS response station shall operate with a transmitter output 
power in excess of 2 watts; and
    (3) No response station shall operate with an EIRP in excess of that 
specified in the application for the response station hub for the 
particular regional class of characteristics with which the response 
station is associated, and such response station shall not operate with 
an EIRP in excess of 33 dBW + 10log(X/6) dBW, where X is the channel 
width in MHz, and
    (4) Each response station shall employ a transmission antenna 
oriented towards the response station hub with which the response 
station communicates and such antenna shall be no less directive than 
the worst-case outer envelope pattern specified in the application for 
the response station hub for the regional class of characteristics with 
which the response station is associated; and
    (5) The combined out-of-band emissions of all response stations 
using all or part of one or multiple contiguous 6 MHz channels and 
employing digital modulation shall comply with Sec.  74.936(e). The 
combined out-of-band emissions of all response stations using all or 
part of one or multiple contiguous 125 kHz channels shall comply with 
paragraph (k) of this section. However, should harmful interference 
occur as a result of emissions outside the assigned channel, additional 
attenuation may be required; and
    (6) The response stations transmitting simultaneously at any given 
time within any given region of the response service area utilized for 
purposes of analyzing the potential for interference by response 
stations shall conform to the numerical limits for each class of 
response station proposed in the application for the response station 
hub license. Notwithstanding the foregoing, where a response station hub 
licensee subchannelizes pursuant to Sec.  74.939(a) and limits the 
maximum EIRP emitted by any individual response station proportionately 
to the fraction of the channel that the response station occupies, the 
licensee may operate simultaneously on each subchannel the number of 
response stations specified in the license. Moreover, the licensee of a 
response station hub may alter the number of response stations of any 
class operated simultaneously in a given region, without prior 
Commission authorization, provided that the licensee:
    (i) Files with the Commission (see Sec.  21.902(m) for permissible 
format(s) and media) a demonstration indicating the number of response 
stations of such class(es) to be operated simultaneously in such region 
and a certification that it has complied with the requirements of 
paragraphs (g)(6)(ii) and (iii) of this section and that the 
interference data submitted pursuant to paragraph (g)(6)(ii) is complete 
and accurate; and
    (ii) Provides the Commission's Reference Room (see Sec.  21.902(m) 
for permissible formats and media) with an update of the previously-
filed response station data and with a demonstration that such 
alteration will not result in any increase in interference to the 
protected service area or protected receive sites of any existing or 
previously-proposed, cochannel or adjacent channel MDS or ITFS station 
or booster station, to the protected service area of any MDS Basic 
Trading Area or Partitioned Service Area licensee entitled to

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protection pursuant to paragraph (d)(3) of this section, or to any 
existing or previously-proposed, cochannel or adjacent channel response 
station hub, or response station under Sec.  21.949 or Sec.  74.949 of 
this chapter; or that the applicant for or licensee of such facility has 
consented to such interference; and
    (iii) Serves a copy of such demonstration and certification upon 
each party entitled to be served pursuant to paragraph (d)(3) of this 
section; and
    (7) Where an application is granted under this section, if a 
facility operated pursuant to that grant causes harmful, unauthorized 
interference to any cochannel or adjacent channel facility, it must 
promptly remedy the interference or immediately cease operations of the 
interfering facility, regardless of whether any petitions to deny or for 
other relief were filed against the application during the application 
process. The burden of proving that a facility operated under this 
section is not causing harmful, unauthorized interference lies on the 
licensee of the alleged interfering facility, following the filing of a 
documented complaint of interference by an affected party; and
    (8) In the event any MDS or ITFS receive site suffers interference 
due to block downconverter overload, the licensee of each non-co/
adjacent response station hub with a response service area within five 
miles of such receive site shall cooperate in good faith to 
expeditiously identify the source of the interference. Each licensee of 
a response station hub with an associated response station contributing 
to such interference shall bear the joint and several obligation to 
promptly remedy all block downconverter overload interference at any 
ITFS registered receive site or at any receive site within an MDS or 
ITFS protected service area applied for prior to the submission of the 
application for the response station hub license, regardless of whether 
the receive site suffering the interference was constructed prior to or 
after the construction of the response station(s) causing the 
downconverter overload; provided, however, that the licensee of the 
registered ITFS receive site or the MDS or ITFS protected service area 
must cooperate fully and in good faith with efforts by the response 
station hub licensee to prevent interference before constructing 
response stations and/or to remedy interference that may occur. In the 
event that the associated response station(s) of more than one response 
station hub licensee contribute(s) to block downconverter interference 
at an MDS or ITFS receive site, such hub licensees shall cooperate in 
good faith to remedy promptly the interference.
    (h) Applicants must comply with part 17 of this chapter concerning 
notification to the Federal Aviation Administration of proposed antenna 
construction or alteration for all hub stations and associated response 
stations.
    (i) Response station hubs shall be protected from cochannel and 
adjacent channel interference in accordance with the following criteria:
    (1) An applicant for any new or modified MDS or ITFS station 
(including any high-power booster station or response station hub) shall 
be required to demonstrate interference protection to a response station 
hub within 160.94 km (100 miles) of the proposed facilities. In lieu of 
the interference protection requirements set forth in Sec. Sec.  
21.902(i) of this chapter, 21.938(b)(3) of this chapter and 74.903, such 
demonstration shall establish that the proposed facility will not 
increase the effective power flux density of the undesired signals 
generated by the proposed facility and any associated main stations, 
booster stations or response stations at the response station hub 
antenna for any sector. In lieu of the foregoing, an applicant for a new 
MDS or ITFS main station license or for a new or modified response 
station hub or booster license may demonstrate that the facility will 
not increase the noise floor at a reception antenna of the response 
station hub by more than 1 dB for cochannel signals and 45 dB for 
adjacent channel signals, provided that:
    (i) The entity submitting the application may only invoke this 
alternative once per response station hub reception sector; or
    (ii) The licensee of the affected response station hub may consent 
to receive a certain amount of interference at its hub.

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    (2) Commencing upon the filing of an application for an ITFS 
response station hub license and until such time as the application is 
dismissed or denied or, if the application is granted, a certification 
of completion of construction is filed on FCC Form 330A, the ITFS 
station whose channels are being utilized shall be entitled both to 
interference protection pursuant to Sec. Sec.  21.902(i) and 
21.938(b)(3) of this chapter and 74.903, and to protection of the 
response station hub pursuant to the preceding paragraph. Unless the 
application for the response station hub license specifies that the same 
frequencies also will be employed for digital and/or analog point-to-
multipoint transmissions by ITFS stations and/or ITFS booster stations, 
upon the submission of a certification of completion of construction of 
an ITFS response station hub on FCC Form 330A where the channels of an 
ITFS station are being utilized as response station transmit 
frequencies, the ITFS station whose channels are being utilized for 
response station transmissions shall no longer be entitled to 
interference protection pursuant to Sec. Sec.  21.902(i) and 
21.938(b)(3) of this chapter and 74.903 within the response service area 
with regard to any portion of any 6 MHz channel employed solely for 
response station communications. Upon the submission of a certification 
of completion of construction of an ITFS response station hub on FCC 
Form 330A where the channels of an ITFS station are being utilized for 
response station transmissions and the application for the response 
station hub license specifies that the same frequencies will be employed 
for point-to-multipoint transmissions, the ITFS station whose channels 
are being utilized shall be entitled both to interference protection 
pursuant to Sec. Sec.  21.902(i) and 21.938(b)(3) of this chapter and 
74.903, and to protection of the response station hub pursuant to the 
preceding provisions of this paragraph.
    (j) ITFS response stations may operate on either all or part of a 6 
MHz channel assigned a licensee, on any 125 kHz channel assigned a 
licensee, or on adjacent frequencies authorized to multiple licensees 
where such stations are operated jointly. The 125 kHz channels listed in 
the following table shall be assigned to the licensees of MDS and ITFS 
stations for use at response stations, or for licensing for point-to-
multipoint transmissions pursuant to paragraph (l) of this section, in 
accordance with the table. The specified 125 kHz frequency channel may 
be subdivided to provide a distinct operating frequency for each of more 
than one station, or may be combined with adjacent channels, provided 
that digital modulation is employed in accordance with paragraph (a) of 
this section. The specified 125 kHz frequency channels also may be 
exchanged with the licensee of another MDS or ITFS station for use of 
another 125 kHz channel assigned to the other licensee.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    Main       125 kHz
                Frequency (MHz)                   channel      channel
                                                designation  designation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2686.0625                                               A1           I1
2686.1875                                               B1           I2
2686.3125                                               C1           I3
2686.4375                                               D1           I4
2686.5625                                               E1           I5
2686.6875                                               F1           I6
2686.8125                                               G1           I7
2686.9375                                               H1           I8
2687.0625                                               A2           I9
2687.1875                                               B2          I10
2687.3125                                               C2          I11
2687.4375                                               D2          I12
2687.5625                                               E2          I13
2687.6875                                               F2          I14
2687.8125                                               G2          I15
2687.9375                                               H2          I16
2688.0625                                               A3          I17
2688.1875                                               B3          I18
2688.3125                                               C3          I19
2688.4375                                               D3          I20
2688.5625                                               E3          I21
2688.6875                                               F3          I22
2688.8125                                               G3          I23
2688.9375                                               H3          I24
2689.0625                                               A4          I25
2689.1875                                               B4          I26
2689.3125                                               C4          I27
2689.4375                                               D4          I28
2689.5625                                               E4          I29
2689.6875                                               F4          I30
2689.8125                                               G4          I31
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (k) 125 kHz wide response channels shall be subject to the following 
requirements: The 125 kHz wide channel shall be centered at the assigned 
frequency. If amplitude modulation is used, the carrier shall not be 
modulated in excess of 100%. If frequency modulation is used, the 
deviation shall not exceed  25 kHz. Any emissions 
outside the channel shall be attenuated at the channel edges at least 35 
dB below

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peak output power when analog modulation is employed or 35 dB below 
licensed average output power when digital modulation is employed (or, 
when subchannels are used, the appropriately adjusted value based upon 
the ratio of the channel-to-subchannel bandwidths). Any emissions more 
than 125 kHz from either channel edge, including harmonics, shall be 
attenuated at least 60 dB below peak output power when analog modulation 
is employed, or at least 60 dB below licensed average output power when 
digital modulation is employed (or, when subchannels are used, the 
appropriately adjusted value based upon the ratio of the channel-to-
subchannel bandwidths). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in situations 
where adjacent channel licensees jointly transmit over more than one 
channel utilizing digital modulation, the maximum out-of-band power 
shall be attenuated at the edges of those combined channels at least 35 
dB relative to the licensed average power level of each channel. 
Emissions more than 125 kHz from either edge of the combined channels, 
including harmonics, shall be attenuated at least 60 dB below peak 
analog power or licensed average digital power of each channel, as 
appropriate. Different types of emissions may be authorized for use on 
125 kHz wide channels if the applicant describes fully the modulation 
and bandwidth desired, and demonstrates that the modulation selected 
will cause no more interference than is permitted under this paragraph. 
Greater attenuation may be required if interference is caused by out-of-
channel emissions.
    (l) Any MDS or ITFS conditional licensee or licensee who wishes to 
use one or more of its associated I channels for point-to-multipoint 
transmissions in a system with one or more authorized, or previously- or 
simultaneously-proposed, response station hub(s) shall:
    (1) File FCC Form 331 with the Commission, filing with Mellon Bank 
for I channels associated with an MDS station, and filing with the 
Commission in Washington, DC for I channels associated with an ITFS 
station. The application shall specify which of the associated I 
channels is/are intended for point-to-multipoint transmissions, or 
whether an I channels station already authorized for point-to-multipoint 
transmissions is being modified. The applicant also shall certify on the 
appropriate form that it has complied with the requirements of paragraph 
(l)(2) of this section. Failure to certify compliance and to comply 
completely with the requirements of paragraph (l)(2) of this section 
shall result in dismissal of the application or revocation of the 
authorization for point-to-multipoint transmissions on the relevant I 
channels, and may result in imposition of a monetary forfeiture. 
Modification applications to convert I channels associated with ITFS 
stations to point-to-multipoint transmissions shall be considered minor 
changes for purposes of Sec.  74.911. These applications shall be 
subject to the procedures set forth in Sec.  21.27(d) of this chapter or 
Sec.  74.911(e), as appropriate; and
    (2) Submit to the Commission's Reference Room (see Sec.  21.902(m) 
for permissible format(s) and media) the following:
    (i) Duplicates of the Form 331 filed with Mellon Bank or with the 
Commission, as appropriate; and
    (ii) The interference analyses required to be performed under Sec.  
21.902 of this chapter, and Sec.  21.938 of this chapter where 
appropriate, including the provisions of Sec. Sec.  21.909 of this 
chapter, 21.913 of this chapter, 74.939 and 74.985 regarding the 
protection of response station hubs and booster service areas from 
harmful electromagnetic interference, and including protection of 
stations authorized pursuant to Sec. Sec.  21.949 of this chapter and 
74.949 from harmful electromagnetic interference, using the 
appropriately adjusted interference protection values based upon the 
ratio of the bandwidths in use; and
    (3) Except as provided in Sec.  21.27(d) of this chapter or Sec.  
74.911(e), as appropriate, be permitted to file applications to convert 
associated I channels to point-to-multipoint transmissions at any time. 
I channels used for point-to-multipoint transmissions shall be afforded 
interference protection in the same manner as other point-to-multipoint 
MDS and ITFS facilities, with appropriate adjustment of the interference 
protection values for bandwidth. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
parts 21 and 74, applications

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to convert associated I channels to point-to-multipoint transmissions, 
meeting the requirements of paragraphs (l) (1) and (2) of this section, 
shall cut-off applications that are filed on a subsequent day for 
facilities that would cause harmful electromagnetic interference to the 
proposed point-to-multipoint operations; and
    (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sec. Sec.  21.30(a)(4) of this 
chapter and 74.912, and except as provided in Sec.  21.27(d) of this 
chapter or Sec.  74.911(e), as appropriate, be subject to a petition to 
deny an application to convert associated I channels to point-to-
multipoint transmissions that is filed no later than the sixtieth (60th) 
day after the date of public notice announcing the filing of such 
application or major amendment thereto. Notwithstanding Sec. Sec.  21.31 
of this chapter and 74.911(d), and except as provided in Sec.  21.27(d) 
of this chapter or Sec.  74.911(e), as appropriate, an application to 
convert associated I channels to point-to-multipoint transmissions that 
meets the requirements of this paragraph shall be granted on the sixty-
first (61st) day after the Commission shall have given public notice of 
the acceptance for filing of it, or of a major amendment to it if such 
major amendment has been filed, unless prior to such date either a party 
in interest timely files a formal petition to deny or for other relief 
pursuant to Sec.  21.30(a) of this chapter or Sec.  74.912, or the 
Commission notifies the applicant that its application will not be 
granted. Where an application is granted pursuant to the provisions of 
this paragraph, the conditional licensee or licensee shall maintain a 
copy of the application at the I channels station until such time as the 
Commission issues an I channels station license for point-to-multipoint 
transmissions; and
    (5) Where an application is granted under this paragraph, and a 
facility operated pursuant to that grant causes harmful, unauthorized 
interference to any cochannel or adjacent channel facility, promptly 
remedy the interference or immediately cease operations of the 
interfering facility, regardless of whether any petitions to deny or for 
other relief were filed against the application during the application 
process. The burden of proving that a facility operated under this 
paragraph is not causing harmful, unauthorized interference lies on the 
licensee of the alleged interfering facility, following the filing of a 
documented complaint of interference by an affected party.
    (6) A certification that copies of the materials set forth in 
paragraph (l)(2) of this section have been served upon the licensee or 
conditional licensee of each station (including each response station 
hub and booster station) required to be studied pursuant to paragraph 
(l)(3) of this section, and upon any affected holder of a Basic Trading 
Area or Partitioned Service Area authorization pursuant to paragraph 
(l)(2) of this section.
    (m) A response station may be operated unattended. The overall 
performance of the response station transmitter shall be checked by the 
hub licensee as often as necessary to ensure that it is functioning in 
accordance with the requirements of the Commission's rules. The licensee 
of a response station hub is responsible for the proper operation of all 
associated response station transmitters. Each response station hub 
licensee is responsible for maintaining, and making available to the 
Commission upon request, a list containing all customer names and 
addresses, plus the technical parameters (EIRP, emission, bandwidth, 
antenna pattern/height/orientation/polarization) pertinent to each class 
of response station within the response service area.
    (n) The transmitting apparatus employed at ITFS response stations 
shall have received type certification.
    (o) An ITFS response station shall be operated only when engaged in 
communications with its associated ITFS response station hub or ITFS 
station or booster station, or for necessary equipment or system tests 
and adjustments. Upon initial installation, and upon relocation and 
reinstallation, a response station transmitter shall be incapable of 
emitting radiation unless, and until, it has been activated by reception 
of a signal from the associated ITFS station or booster station. A hub 
station licensee shall be capable of remotely de-activating any and all 
response station transmitters within its RSA by

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means of signals from the associated ITFS station or booster station. 
Radiation of an unmodulated carrier and other unnecessary transmissions 
are forbidden.
    (p) All response stations utilizing an EIRP greater than 18 dBW 
shall be installed by the associated hub licensee or by the licensee's 
employees or agents. For the purposes of this section, all EIRP dBW 
values assume the use of a 6 MHz channel. For channel bandwidths other 
than 6 MHz, the EIRP dBW values should be adjusted up (channel 
6 MHz) or down (channel <6 MHz) by 10 log(X/6) dBW, where X 
is the channel width in MHz. For response stations located within 1960 
feet of an ITFS receive site registered and built prior to the filing of 
the application for the hub station license, the hub licensee must 
notify the licensee of the ITFS receive site at least one business day 
prior to the activation of these response stations. The notification 
must contain, for each response station to be activated, the following 
information: name and telephone number of a contact person who will be 
responsible for coordinating the resolution of any interference 
problems; street address; geographic coordinates to the nearest second; 
channels/subchannels (transmit only); and transmit antenna pattern, 
EIRP, orientation and height AMSL. (If transmit antenna pattern, EIRP, 
orientation or height AMSL are not known with specificity at the time of 
notification, the hub licensee may, instead, specify the worst-case 
values for the class of response station being activated.) Such notice 
to the ITFS licensee shall be given in writing by certified mail unless 
the ITFS licensee has requested delivery by email or facsimile. The ITFS 
licensee may waive the notification requirement on a site-specific basis 
or on a system-wide basis. The notification provisions of this section 
shall not apply if:
    (1) The response station will operate at an EIRP no greater than -6 
dBW; or
    (2) The response station will operate at an EIRP greater than -6 dBW 
and no more than 18 dBW and:
    (i) The channels being received at the ITFS site are neither the 
same as, nor directly adjacent to, the channel(s) to be transmitted from 
the response station; and
    (ii) The hub station licensee has replaced, at its expense, the 
frequency downconverters used at all ITFS receive sites registered and 
constructed prior to the filing of the hub station application which are 
within 1960 feet of the hub station's response service area; and
    (iii) The downconverters, at a minimum, conform to the following 
specifications:
    (A) A frequency of operation covering the 2150-2162 MHz band or the 
2500-2686 MHz band; and
    (B) A third-order intercept point of 30 dBm; and
    (C) A conversion gain of 32 dB, or the same conversion gain as the 
existing ITFS downconverter, whichever is least; and
    (D) A noise figure of no greater than 2.5 dB, or no more than 1 dB 
greater than the noise figure of the existing ITFS downconverter, 
whichever is greater; and
    (iv) The proposal to upgrade the ITFS downconverter was made in 
writing and served upon the affected ITFS licensee, conditional licensee 
or applicant at the same time the application for the response station 
hub license was served on cochannel and adjacent channel ITFS parties 
and no objection was made within the 60-day period allowed for petitions 
to deny the hub station application.
    (q) Interference calculations shall be performed in accordance with 
Appendix D (as amended) to the Report and Order in MM Docket 97-217, FCC 
98-231, ``Methods For Predicting Interference From Response Station 
Transmitters and To Response Station Hubs and For Supplying Data on 
Response Station Systems.'' (Note: This document is subject to change 
and will be updated/amended as needed without prior notification. 
Applicants should always utilize the most current version of the 
document, as found at the Commission's internet web site, http://
www.fcc.gov/mmb/vsd/files/methodology.doc). Compliance with out-of-

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band emission limitations shall be established in accordance with Sec.  
21.908(e) of this chapter.

[63 FR 65119, Nov. 25, 1998, as amended at 64 FR 63740, Nov. 22, 1999; 
65 FR 46623, July 31, 2000]



Sec.  74.949  Individually licensed 125 kHz channel ITFS response stations.

    (a) The provisions of Sec.  74.939(a), (e), (h), (j), (k), (n) and 
(o) shall also apply with respect to the authorization of 125 kHz 
channel ITFS response stations not authorized under a response station 
hub license. The applicant shall also comply with the requirements of 
Sec.  74.903 and Sec.  21.938 of this chapter where appropriate, as well 
as with the provisions of Sec. Sec.  21.909 and 21.913 of this chapter 
and of Sec. Sec.  74.939 and 74.985 regarding the protection of response 
station hubs and booster (and primary) service areas from harmful 
electromagnetic interference, using the appropriately adjusted 
interference protection values based upon the ratios of the bandwidths 
involved.
    (b) An application for a license to operate a new or modified 125 
kHz channel ITFS response station not under a response station hub 
license shall be filed with the Commission in Washington, D.C., on FCC 
Form 331. The applicant shall supply the following information and 
certification on that form for each response station:
    (1) The geographic coordinates and street address of the ITFS 
response station transmitting antenna; and
    (2) The manufacturer's name, type number, operating frequency, and 
power output of the proposed ITFS response station transmitter; and
    (3) The type of transmitting antenna, power gain, azimuthal 
orientation and polarization of the major lobe of radiation in degrees 
measured clockwise from True North; and
    (4) A sketch giving pertinent details of the ITFS response station 
transmitting antenna installation including ground elevation of the 
transmitter site above mean sea level; overall height above ground, 
including appurtenances, of any ground-mounted tower or mast on which 
the transmitting antenna will be mounted or, if the tower or mast is or 
will be located on an existing building or other manmade structure, the 
separate heights above ground of the building and the tower or mast 
including appurtenances; the location of the tower or mast on the 
building; the location of the transmitting antenna on the tower or mast; 
and the overall height of the transmitting antenna above ground.
    (5) A certification that all licensees and applicants appropriately 
covered under the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section have been 
served with copies of the application.
    (c) Each ITFS response station licensed under this section shall 
comply with the following:
    (1) No ITFS response station shall be located beyond the protected 
service area of the ITFS station with which it communicates; and
    (2) No ITFS response station shall operate with a transmitter output 
power in excess of 2 watts; and
    (3) No ITFS response station shall operate at an excess of 16 dBW 
EIRP.
    (d) During breaks in communications, the unmodulated carrier 
frequency shall be maintained within 35 kHz of the assigned frequency at 
all times. Adequate means shall be provided to insure compliance with 
this rule.
    (e) Each ITFS response station shall employ a directive transmitting 
antenna oriented towards the transmitter site of the associated ITFS 
station or towards the response station hub with which the ITFS response 
station communicates. The beamwidth between half power points shall not 
exceed 15[deg] and radiation in any minor lobe of the antenna radiation 
pattern shall be at least 20 dB below the power in the main lobe of 
radiation.
    (f) A response station may be operated unattended. The overall 
performance of the response station transmitter shall be checked by the 
licensee of the station or hub receiving the response signal, or by the 
licensee's employees or agents, as often as necessary to ensure that the 
transmitter is functioning in accordance with the requirements of the 
Commission's rules. The licensee of the station or hub receiving the 
response signal is responsible for the proper operation of the response 
station and must have reasonable and timely access to the response 
station

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transmitter. The response station shall be installed and maintained by 
the licensee of the associated station or hub, or the licensee's 
employees or agents, and protected in such manner as to prevent 
tampering or operation by unauthorized persons. No response station 
which has not been installed by an authorized person may lawfully 
communicate with any station or hub.

[63 FR 65124, Nov. 25, 1998. Redesignated at 64 FR 4055, Jan. 27, 1999, 
as amended at 64 FR 63742, Nov. 22, 1999]



Sec.  74.951  Modification of transmission systems.

    Formal application on FCC Form 330 is required for any of the 
following changes or modifications of the transmission systems:
    (a) Replacement of the transmitter as a whole, except replacement 
with a transmitter of identical power rating which has been certificated 
by the FCC for use by instructional TV fixed stations, or any change 
which could result in a change in the electrical characteristics or 
performance of the station. Upon the installation or modification of the 
transmitting equipment for which prior FCC authority is not required 
under the provisions of this paragraph, the licensee shall place in the 
station records a certification that the new installation complies in 
all respects with the technical requirements of this part and the terms 
of the station authorization.
    (b) Any change in the antenna system affecting the direction of 
radiation, directive radiation pattern, antenna gain, or radiated power; 
provided, however, that a licensee may install a sectorized antenna 
system without prior consent if such system does not change polarization 
or result in an increase in radiated power by more than one dB in any 
direction, and notice of such installation is provided to the Commission 
on FCC Form 331 within ten (10) days of installation. When an applicant 
proposes to employ a directional antenna, or a licensee notifies the 
Commission pursuant to this paragraph of the installation of a 
sectorized antenna system, the applicant shall provide the Commission 
with information regarding the orientation of the directional 
antenna(s), expressed in degree of azimuth, with respect to true north, 
and the make and model of such antenna(s).
    (c) Any change in the overall height of the antenna structure, 
except where notice to the Federal Aviation Administration is 
specifically not required under Sec.  17.14(b) of the FCC Rules.
    (d) Any change in the location of the transmission system except a 
move within the same building or upon the same antenna supporting 
structure.
    (e) A change in frequency assignment.
    (f) A change in the operating power.
    (g) Any addition of receiving locations or to modify such a location 
to a receive and response station.

[45 FR 26068, Apr. 17, 1980, as amended at 50 FR 26761, June 28, 1985; 
52 FR 3806, Feb. 6, 1987; 53 FR 36788, Sept. 22, 1988; 63 FR 36605, July 
7, 1998; 63 FR 65124, Nov. 25, 1998; 65 FR 46623, July 31, 2000]



Sec.  74.952  Acceptability of equipment for licensing.

    ITFS transmitters must be type certified by the Commission for the 
particular signals that will be employed in actual operation. Either the 
manufacturer or the licensee must obtain transmitter certification for 
the transmitter by filing an application for certification with 
appropriate information concerning the signal waveforms and 
measurements.

[63 FR 65124, Nov. 25, 1998]



Sec.  74.961  Frequency tolerance.

    (a) Beginning January 21, 2000, equipment authorized to be used at 
all ITFS main stations, and at all ITFS booster stations authorized 
pursuant to Sec.  74.985(b), shall maintain a frequency tolerance of 
0.001%. ITFS booster stations authorized pursuant to Sec.  74.985(e) and 
ITFS response stations authorized pursuant to Sec.  74.939 shall employ 
transmitters with sufficient frequency stability to ensure that the 
emission is, at all times, within the required emission mask. A 
transmitter licensed prior to November 1, 1991 that remains at the 
station site for which it was initially authorized and does not comply 
with the provisions of this paragraph may continue to be used if it does 
not cause harmful interference to the operations

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of any other licensee. Any non-conforming transmitter replaced after 
November 1, 1991 must be replaced by a transmitter meeting the 
requirements of this paragraph.
    (b) For television transmission, the peak power of the accompanying 
aural signal must not exceed 10 percent of the peak visual power of the 
transmitter.
    (c) Any licensee with transmission equipment conforming to the 
transmitter tolerance standard of this section can be required to use 
frequency offset where it is demonstrated to be necessary to avoid 
harmful interference with another station.

[55 FR 46014, Oct. 31, 1990, as amended at 63 FR 65124, Nov. 25, 1998; 
64 FR 63743, Nov. 22, 1999]



Sec.  74.962  Frequency monitors and measurements.

    Suitable measurements shall be made as often as necessary to ensure 
that the operating frequencies of the station are within the prescribed 
tolerances.

[52 FR 3806, Feb. 6, 1987]



Sec.  74.963  Time of operation.

    (a) An instructional television fixed station is not required to 
adhere to any regular schedule of operation. Unless otherwise specified 
in the license, the hours of operation are not limited.
    (b) Except for purposes of tests and adjustments, the transmitter 
shall not be permitted to radiate unmodulated carriers or otherwise make 
unnecessary transmissions for extended periods of time.



Sec.  74.965  Posting of station license.

    (a) The instrument of authorization, a clearly legible photocopy 
thereof, or the name, address and telephone number of the custodian of 
the instrument of authorization shall be available at each station, 
booster station authorized pursuant to Sec.  74.985(b) and ITFS response 
station hub. Each operator of an ITFS booster station shall post at the 
booster station the name, address and telephone number of the custodian 
of the notification filed pursuant to Sec.  74.985(e) if such 
notification is not maintained at the booster station.
    (b) If an ITFS station, an ITFS booster station or an ITFS response 
station hub is operated unattended, the call sign and name of the 
licensee shall be displayed such that it may be read within the vicinity 
of the transmitter enclosure or antenna structure.

[63 FR 65125, Nov. 25, 1998]



Sec.  74.969  Copies of rules.

    The licensee of an instructional television fixed station shall have 
a current copy of Parts 73 and 74 of this chapter. In cases where 
aeronautical hazard marking of antennas is required, such licensee shall 
also have a current copy of Part 17 of this chapter. Each licensee is 
expected to be familiar with the pertinent rules governing instructional 
television fixed stations.

[60 FR 55483, Nov. 1, 1995]



Sec.  74.970  Modulation limits.

    (a) Visual transmitter. The maximum excursion of the luminance 
signal in the white direction shall not exceed the value specified in 
Sec.  73.682(a)(13) of this chapter for the reference white level.
    (b) Aural transmitter. The maximum frequency deviation of the aural 
carrier shall not be permitted to exceed +- 75 kHz on peaks of frequent 
recurrence during any transmission. This is defined as 100% modulation.

[28 FR 13731, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 49 FR 32596, Aug. 15, 1984]



Sec.  74.971  Modulation monitors and measurements.

    Suitable means shall be provided to insure that the modulation 
limits specified in Sec.  74.970 are observed.



Sec.  74.982  Station identification.

    (a) Call signs for instructional television fixed stations will 
consist of three letters and three digits pursuant to the provisions of 
Sec.  2.302 of this chapter relating to fixed stations.
    (b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this 
section, each instructional television fixed station solely utilizing 
analog transmissions shall transmit its call sign at the beginning and 
end of each period of operation and, during operation, on the

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hour. Visual or aural transmissions shall be employed.
    (c) The hourly station identification announcement during operation 
may be deferred if it would interrupt a single consecutive 
demonstration, lecture, or other similar discourse or otherwise impair 
the continuity of a program in progress. In such cases the station 
identification announcement shall be made at the first normal break in 
the continuity of the program.
    (d) In cases where an instructional television fixed station is 
operating as a relay for signals originating at some other station 
operated by the same licensee, its call sign shall be announced by the 
originating station at the times and in the manner prescribed in 
paragraph (b) of this section.
    (e) Where an instructional television fixed station is operating as 
a relay for signals originating at a station operated by some other 
licensee, its call sign may be transmitted by the originating station, 
if suitable arrangements can be made with the other licensee, or means 
shall be provided for the transmission of the call sign by the relay 
transmitter itself. Low power relay stations, authorized by Sec.  
74.950(f)(4) will not be assigned individual call signs. Station 
identification will be accomplished by the retransmission of the call 
sign of the primary station.
    (f) Temporary fixed ITFS stations shall identify with the call sign 
of the primary station and a temporary fixed identifier.
    (g) The provisions of paragraphs (b) through (e) of this section 
shall not apply to any ITFS licensee's station or transmissions where 
digital transmissions are utilized by the ITFS licensee on any of its 
licensed or shifted channels.

[28 FR 13731, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 36 FR 8873, May 4, 1971; 38 
FR 25991, Sept. 17, 1973; 49 FR 32596, Aug. 15, 1984; 63 FR 65125, Nov. 
25, 1998]



Sec.  74.984  Retransmissions.

    An instructional television fixed station may not retransmit the 
signals of any class of station without consent of the station 
originating the signals to be retransmitted.



Sec.  74.985  Signal booster stations.

    (a) An ITFS booster station may reuse channels to repeat the signals 
of ITFS stations or to originate signals on ITFS channels. The aggregate 
power flux density generated by an ITFS station and all associated 
signal booster stations and all simultaneously operating cochannel 
response stations licensed to or applied for by the applicant may not 
exceed -73 dBW/m\2\ (or the appropriately adjusted value based on the 
actual bandwidth used if other than 6 MHz, see Sec.  74.903(a)(6)(i)) at 
or beyond the boundary of the protected service area, as defined by 
Sec.  21.902(d) of this chapter, of the main ITFS station whose channels 
are being reused, as measured at locations for which there is an 
unobstructed signal path, unless the consent of the cochannel licensee 
is obtained.
    (b) A licensee or the capacity lessee of such ITFS station upon the 
written consent of the licensee, may secure a license for a high power 
signal booster station that has a maximum EIRP in excess of -9 dBW + 10 
log(X/6) dBW where X is the channel width in MHz, if it complies with 
the out-of-band emission requirements of Sec.  21.908. Any licensee of a 
high-power booster station that is a capacity lessee shall, upon 
termination or expiration of the capacity lease, automatically assign 
the booster station license to the licensee of the ITFS station by and 
upon written notice to the Commission signed by the lessee and such. If 
upon termination or expiration of the capacity lease the licensee no 
longer desires or needs the high-power booster station license, such a 
license must be returned to the Commission. Furthermore, such capacity 
lessee must reserve 20 hours per week per channel for ITFS use, or 
reserve for recapture by the ITFS licensee for its ITFS educational 
usage, subject to one year's advance, written notification by the ITFS 
licensee to its lessee and accounting for all recapture already 
exercised, with no economic or operational detriment to the licensee, 
for a lessor using analog transmissions. Alternatively, the capacity 
lessee must reserve a minimum of 5% of the capacity of its channels for 
instructional purposes only and provide at least 20 hours

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per licensed channel per week of ITFS educational usage for the lessor 
using digital transmissions. The applicant for a high-power station, or 
for modification thereto, shall file FCC Form 331 with the Commission 
Reference Room in Washington, DC, and certify on that form that the 
applicant has complied with the additional requirements of this 
paragraph (b), and that the interference data submitted under this 
paragraph is complete and accurate. Failure to certify compliance and to 
comply completely with the following requirements of this paragraph (b) 
shall result in dismissal of the application or revocation of the high-
power ITFS signal booster station license, and may result in imposition 
of a monetary forfeiture. The applicant is additionally required to 
submit (see Sec.  21.902(m) for permissible format(s) and media) to the 
Commission's Reference Room the following information:
    (1) A demonstration that the proposed signal booster station site is 
within the protected service area, as defined in Sec.  21.902(d)(1) of 
this chapter, of the main ITFS station whose channels are to be reused; 
and
    (2) A demonstration that the booster service area is entirely within 
the protected service area of the ITFS station whose channels are being 
reused, or in the alternative, that the licensee entitled to any 
cochannel protected service area which is overlapped by the proposed 
booster service area has consented to such overlap; and
    (3) A demonstration that the proposed booster service area can be 
served by the proposed booster without interference; and
    (4) A study which demonstrates that the aggregate power flux density 
of the ITFS station and all associated booster stations and 
simultaneously operating cochannel response stations licensed to or 
applied for by the applicant does not exceed -73 dBW/m\2\ (or the 
appropriately adjusted value based on the actual bandwidth used if other 
than 6 MHz, see Sec.  74.903(a)(6)(i)) at or beyond the boundary of the 
protected service area of the main ITFS station whose channels are to be 
reused, as measured at locations for which there is an unobstructed 
signal path, unless the consent of affected licensees has been obtained; 
and
    (5) In lieu of the requirements of Sec.  74.903, a study which 
demonstrates that the proposed signal booster station will cause no 
harmful interference (as defined in Sec.  74.903(a)(1) and (2)) to 
cochannel and adjacent channel, authorized or previously-proposed ITFS 
and MDS stations with protected service area center coordinates as 
specified in Sec.  21.902(d) of this chapter, to any authorized or 
previously-proposed response station hubs, booster service areas, or I 
channel stations associated with such ITFS and MDS stations, or to any 
ITFS receive sites registered as of September 17, 1998, within 160.94 
kilometers (100 miles) of the proposed booster station's transmitter 
site. Such study shall consider the undesired signal levels generated by 
the proposed signal booster station, the main station, all other 
licensed or previously-proposed associated booster stations, and all 
simultaneously operating cochannel response stations licensed to or 
applied for by the applicant. In the alternative, a statement from the 
affected MDS or ITFS licensee stating that it does not object to 
operation of the high-power ITFS signal booster station may be 
submitted; and
    (6) A description of the booster service area; and
    (7) A certification that copies of the materials set forth in 
paragraph (b) of this section have been served upon the licensee of each 
station (including each response station hub and booster station) 
required to be studied pursuant to paragraph (b)(5) of this section, and 
upon any affected holder of a BTA or PSA authorization pursuant to 
paragraph (b)(4) of this section.
    (8) If the applicant is a capacity lessee, a certification that:
    (i) The licensee has provided its written consent to permit the 
capacity lessee to apply for the booster station license; and
    (ii) The applicant and the licensee have entered into a lease that 
is in effect at the time of such filing.
    (c) Applications for high-power ITFS signal booster station licenses 
shall be deemed minor change applications and, except as provided in 
Sec.  74.911(e), may be

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filed at any time. Notwithstanding any other provision of part 74, 
applications for high-power ITFS signal booster station licenses meeting 
the requirements of paragraph (b) of this section shall cut-off 
applications that are filed on a subsequent day for facilities that 
would cause harmful electromagnetic interference to the proposed booster 
stations.
    (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sec.  74.912 and except as 
provided in Sec.  74.911(e), any petition to deny an application for a 
high-power ITFS signal booster station license shall be filed no later 
than the sixtieth (60th) day after the date of public notice announcing 
the filing of such application or major amendment thereto. Except as 
provided in Sec.  74.911(e), an application for a high-power ITFS signal 
booster station license that meets the requirements of paragraph (b) of 
this section shall be granted on the sixty-first (61st) day after the 
Commission shall have given public notice of the acceptance for filing 
of it, or of a major amendment to it if such major amendment has been 
filed, unless prior to such date either a party in interest timely files 
a formal petition to deny or for other relief pursuant to Sec.  74.912, 
or the Commission notifies the applicant that its application will not 
be granted. Where an application is granted pursuant to the provisions 
of this paragraph, the licensee shall maintain a copy of the application 
at the ITFS booster station until such time as the Commission issues a 
high-power ITFS signal booster station license.
    (e) A licensee or the capacity lessee of such ITFS station upon the 
written consent of the licensee, shall be eligible to install and 
operate a low power signal booster station that has a maximum EIRP of -9 
dBW +log10(X/6) dBW, where X is the channel width in MHz. A low-power 
ITFS signal booster station may operate only on one or more ITFS 
channels that are licensed to the licensee of the ITFS booster station, 
but may be operated by a third party with a fully-executed lease or 
consent agreement with the ITFS licensee. Any licensee of a low-power 
booster station that is a capacity lessee shall, upon termination or 
expiration of the capacity lease, automatically assign the booster 
station license to the licensee of the ITFS station by and upon written 
notice to the Commission signed by the lessee and such licensee. If upon 
termination or expiration of the capacity lease the licensee no longer 
desires or needs the low-power booster station license, such a license 
must be returned to the Commission. An ITFS licensee or capacity lessee 
thereof may install and commence operation of a low-power ITFS signal 
booster station for the purpose of retransmitting the signals of the 
ITFS station or for originating signals. Such installation and operation 
shall be subject to the condition that for sixty (60) days after 
installation and commencement of operation, no objection or petition to 
deny is filed by the licensee of a, or applicant for a previously-
proposed, cochannel or adjacent channel ITFS or MDS station with a 
transmitter within 8.0 kilometers (5 miles) of the coordinates of the 
low-power ITFS signal booster station. An ITFS licensee or capacity 
lessee thereof seeking to install a low-power ITFS signal booster 
station under this rule must submit a FCC Form 331 to the Commission 
within 48 hours after installation. In addition, the ITFS licensee, or 
capacity lessee must submit the following information (see Sec.  
21.902(m) for permissible format(s) and media) to the Commission's 
Reference Room:
    (1) A description of the signal booster technical specifications 
(including an antenna envelope plot or, if the envelope plot is on file 
with the Commission, the make and model of the antenna, antenna gain and 
azimuth), the coordinates of the booster, the height of the center of 
radiation above mean sea level, the street address of the signal 
booster, and a description of the booster service area; and
    (2) A demonstration that the booster service area is entirely within 
the protected service area of the station whose channels are being 
reused, or, in the alternative, that the licensee entitled to any 
protected service area which is overlapped by the proposed booster 
service area has consented to such overlap; and
    (3) A demonstration that the proposed booster service area can be

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served by the proposed booster without interference; and
    (4) A certification that
    (i) The maximum power level of the signal booster transmitter does 
not exceed -9 dBW + 10 log(X/6) dBW, where X is the channel width in 
MHz; and
    (ii) Where the booster is operating on channel D4, E1, F1, E2, F2, 
E3, F3, E4, F4 and/or G1, no registered receiver of an ITFS E or F 
channel station, constructed prior to May 26, 1983, is located within a 
1 mile (1.61 km) radius of the coordinates of the booster, or in the 
alternative, that a consent statement has been obtained from the 
affected ITFS licensee; and
    (iii) The applicant has complied with Sec.  1.1307 of this chapter; 
and
    (iv) Each MDS and/or ITFS station licensee (including the licensees 
of booster stations and response station hubs) with protected service 
areas and/or registered receivers within a 8 km (5 mile) radius of the 
coordinates of the booster has been given notice of its installation; 
and
    (v) The signal booster site is within the protected service area of 
the ITFS station whose channels are to be reused; and
    (vi) The aggregate power flux density of the ITFS station and all 
associated booster stations and simultaneously operating cochannel 
response stations licensed to or applied for by the applicant does not 
exceed -73 dBW/m\2\ (or the appropriately adjusted value based on the 
actual bandwidth used if other than 6 MHz, see Sec.  74.903(a)(6)(i)) at 
or beyond the boundary of the protected service area of the main ITFS 
station whose channels are to be reused, as measured at locations for 
which there is an unobstructed signal path, unless the consent of 
affected licensees has been obtained; and
    (vii) The antenna structure will extend less than 6.10 meters (20 
feet) above the ground or natural formation or less than 6.10 meters (20 
feet) above an existing manmade structure (other than an antenna 
structure); and
    (viii) The applicant understands and agrees that in the event 
harmful interference is claimed by the filing of an objection or 
petition to deny, it must terminate operation within two (2) hours of 
notification by the Commission, and must not recommence operation until 
receipt of written authorization to do so by the Commission; and
    (ix) If the applicant is a capacity lessee, a certification that:
    (A) The licensee has provided its written consent to permit the 
capacity lessee to apply for the booster station license; and
    (B) The applicant and the licensee have entered into a lease that is 
in effect at the time of such filing.
    (f) Commencing upon the filing of an application for a high-power 
ITFS signal booster station license and until such time as the 
application is dismissed or denied or, if the application is granted, a 
certification of completion of construction on FCC Form 330A is 
submitted, an applicant for any new or modified MDS or ITFS station 
(including any response station hub, high-power booster station, or I 
channels station) shall demonstrate compliance with the interference 
protection requirements set forth in Sec. Sec.  21.902(i) and 
21.938(b)(3) of this chapter or Sec.  74.903 with respect to any 
previously-proposed or authorized booster service area both using the 
transmission parameters of the high-power ITFS signal booster station 
(e.g., EIRP, polarization(s) and antenna height) and the transmission 
parameters of the ITFS station whose channels are to be reused by the 
high-power ITFS signal booster station. Upon the submission of a 
certification of completion of construction on FCC Form 330A of an ITFS 
booster station applied for pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section, 
or upon the submission of an ITFS booster station notification pursuant 
to paragraph (e) of this section, the ITFS station whose channels are 
being reused by the ITFS signal booster shall no longer be entitled to 
interference protection pursuant to Sec. Sec.  21.902(i) and 
21.938(b)(3) of this chapter and Sec.  74.903 within the booster service 
area based on the transmission parameters of the ITFS station whose 
channels are being reused. A booster station shall not be entitled to 
protection from interference caused by facilities proposed on or prior 
to the day the application or notification for the booster station is

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filed. A booster station shall not be required to protect from 
interference facilities proposed on or after the day the application or 
notification for the booster station is filed.
    (g) Where an application is granted under paragraph (d) of this 
section, if a facility operated pursuant to that grant causes harmful, 
unauthorized interference to any cochannel or adjacent channel facility, 
it must promptly remedy the interference or immediately cease operations 
of the interfering facility, regardless of whether any petitions to deny 
or for other relief were filed against the application during the 
application process. The burden of proving that a high-power ITFS signal 
booster station is not causing harmful, unauthorized interference lies 
on the licensee of the alleged interfering facility, following the 
filing of a documented complaint of interference by an affected party.
    (h) In the event any MDS or ITFS receive site suffers interference 
due to block downconverter overload, the licensee of each non-co/
adjacent channel signal booster station within five miles of such 
receive site shall cooperate in good faith to expeditiously identify the 
source of the interference. Each licensee of a signal booster station 
contributing to such interference shall bear the joint and several 
obligation to remedy promptly all interference resulting from block 
downconverter overload at any ITFS registered receive site or at any 
receive site within an MDS or ITFS protected service area applied for 
prior to the submission of the application or notification for the 
signal booster station, regardless of whether the receive site suffering 
the interference was constructed prior to or after the construction of 
the signal booster station(s) causing the downconverter overload; 
provided, however, that the licensee of the registered ITFS receive site 
or the MDS or ITFS protected service area must cooperate fully and in 
good faith with efforts by signal booster station licensees to prevent 
interference before constructing the signal booster station and/or to 
remedy interference that may occur. In the event that more than one 
signal booster station licensee contributes to block downconverter 
overload interference at an MDS or ITFS receive site, such licensees 
shall cooperate in good faith to remedy promptly the interference.

[63 FR 65125, Nov. 25, 1998, as amended at 64 FR 63743, Nov. 22, 1999; 
65 FR 46624, July 31, 2000]

    Effective Date Note: At 65 FR 46624, July 31, 2000, Sec.  74.985 was 
amended by adding (b)(8) and (e)(4)(ix). These paragraphs contain 
information collection and recordkeeping requirements and will not 
become effective until approval has been given by the Office of 
Management and Budget.



Sec.  74.986  Involuntary ITFS station modifications.

    (a) Parties specified in paragraph (b) of this section may, subject 
to Commission approval, involuntarily modify the facilities of an 
existing ITFS licensee in the following situations:
    (1) If the initiating party is prevented from invoking the 0 dB 
interference protection standard (see Sec.  21.902(f)(2) of this chapter 
and Sec.  74.903(a)(2) of this part) for projecting its impact on an 
existing ITFS licensee because of that licensee's pre-May 26, 1983, 
facilities, the applicant, permittee or licensee may modify the 
facilities of the pre-existing ITFS station with equipment adequate to 
perform at that level of interference;
    (2) If the initiating party is prevented from operating at a higher 
transmitter output power or EIRP because such power level will cause 
harmful interference to an ITFS station and modifying the ITFS station 
will avoid such harmful interference;
    (3) If the initiating party is prevented from installing a signal 
booster because such installation will cause harmful interference to an 
ITFS station and modifying the ITFS station will avoid harmful 
interference;
    (4) If an ITFS licensee uses equipment incapable of meeting the 
aural power standard specified in Sec.  74.935(d) and that equipment 
becomes a source of harmful adjacent-channel interference, and other 
equipment would avoid such harmful intereference.
    (5) If an ITFS licensee uses equipment incapable of meeting the 
transmitter tolerance standard specified in Sec.  74.961 of this part 
and that equipment

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becomes a source of harmful co-channel interference, and other equipment 
would avoid the harmful interference;
    (6) If an ITFS licensee uses equipment incapable of meeting the out-
of-band emissions standard specified in Sec.  74.936 of this part and 
that equipment becomes a source of harmful adjacent-channel 
interference, and other equipment would avoid the harmful interference; 
and
    (7) If harmful adjacent-channel interference may be avoided by 
colocation of an ITFS facility with its own facilities.
    (8) There are no response station hubs licensed to or previously-
proposed by any of the parties specified in paragraph (b) of this 
section, in the same system as the existing ITFS licensee of whose 
facilities involuntary modification is sought; however, in no event 
shall the Commission approve an involuntary retuning of an existing ITFS 
licensee's station to other frequencies, except as provided in Sec.  
74.902(i) through (k).
    (b) Involuntary modification may be sought by an MDS, MMDS or ITFS 
licensee, conditional licensee, permittee or applicant. Opposed 
applicants do not have authority to seek involuntary colocation. An 
opposed application is one that faces a competing application(s) or 
petition(s) to deny. Applicants will be required to confirm their 
unopposed status after the period for competing applications and 
petitions to deny has passed. If an initiating application is opposed, 
the companion ITFS modification application will be returned. It may be 
refiled when the initial application is again unopposed.
    (c) The application for involuntary modification must be prepared, 
signed and filed by the initiating party. The applicant must submit FCC 
Form 330 but need not fill out section II (Legal Qualifications), and 
the application must include a cover letter clearly indicating that the 
modification is involuntary and identifying the parties involved. A copy 
of the application must be served on the affected ITFS party on or 
before the day of filing. The ITFS party to be modified will have a 60-
day period in which to oppose the modification application; the 
opposition should state objections to the modification with specificity, 
including engineering and other challenges. If the modification includes 
colocation, the opponent should address the desirability of the present 
site compared to the proposed new site.
    (d) The party initiating the modification will be responsible for 
all costs connected with the modification, including purchasing, testing 
and installing new equipment, labor costs, reconfiguration of existing 
equipment, administrative costs, legal and engineering expenses 
necessary to prepare and file the modification application, and other 
reasonable documented costs. The initiating party must secure a bond or 
establish an escrow account to cover reasonable incremental increase in 
ongoing expenses that will fall upon the modified ITFS entity and to 
cover expenses that would inure to the modified ITFS entity in the event 
the initiating party becomes bankrupt. In establishing a bond or escrow 
amount, such factors as projected electricity or maintenance expenses, 
or relocation expenses must be taken into account, as relevant in each 
case.
    (e) The involuntarily modified facilities must be operational before 
the initiating party will be permitted to begin its new or modified 
operations. The modification must not disrupt the ITFS licensee's 
provision of service, and the ITFS licensee has the right to inspect the 
construction or installation work.

[56 FR 57820, Nov. 14, 1991, as amended at 63 FR 65127, Nov. 25, 1998]



Sec.  74.990  Use of available instructional television fixed service 
frequencies by wireless cable entities.

    (a) Notwithstanding the provisions Sec. Sec.  74.931 and 74.932 of 
this part, a wireless cable entity may be licensed on instructional 
television fixed service frequencies in areas where at least eight other 
instructional television fixed service channels remain available in the 
community for future ITFS use. Channels will be considered available for 
future ITFS use if there are no co-channel operators or applicants 
within 80.5 km (50 miles) of the transmitter site of the proposed 
wireless cable operation, and if the transmitter site remains available 
for use at reasonable

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terms by new ITFS applicants on those channels within three years of 
commencing operation.
    (b) No more than eight instructional television fixed service 
channels per community may be licensed to wireless cable entities.
    (c) To be licensed on instructional television fixed service 
channels, a wireless cable applicant must hold a conditional license, 
license or a lease, or must have filed an unopposed application for at 
least four MDS channels to be used in conjunction with the facilities 
proposed on the ITFS frequencies. An unopposed application is one that 
faces no competing application(s) or petition(s) to deny. Applicants 
will be required to confirm their unopposed status after the period for 
filing competing applications and petitions to deny has passed. If an 
MDS or MMDS application is opposed, the companion ITFS application will 
be returned.
    (d) To be licensed on instructional television fixed service 
channels, a wireless cable applicant must show that there are no 
multipoint distribution service or multichannel multipoint distribution 
service channels available for application, purchase or lease that could 
be used in lieu of the instructional television fixed service 
frequencies applied for. A wireless cable entity may apply for 
instructional television fixed service frequencies at the same time it 
applies for the related MDS or MMDS frequencies, but if that MDS or MMDS 
application is opposed by a timely filed mutually exclusive application 
or petition to deny, the application for ITFS facilities will be 
returned.
    (e) If an instructional television fixed service application and a 
wireless cable application for available instructional television fixed 
service facilities are mutually exclusive, as defined at Sec.  21.31(a) 
of this chapter, the instructional television fixed service application 
will be granted if the applicant is qualified. An instructional 
television fixed service applicant may not file an application mutually 
exclusive with a wireless cable application if there are other 
instructional television fixed service channels available for the 
proposed instructional television fixed service facility.
    (f) The interference protection provided wireless cable applicants 
and licensees of instructional television fixed service facilities will 
be that described in Sec.  21.902 of this chapter.

[56 FR 57820, Nov. 14, 1991, as amended at 58 FR 44951, Aug. 25, 1993]



Sec.  74.991  Wireless cable application procedures.

    (a) A wireless cable applicant for available instructional 
television fixed service channels must file sections I and V of FCC Form 
330, with a complete FCC Form 494 appended. A wireless cable applicant 
must include with its application a cover letter clearly indicating that 
the application is for a wireless cable entity to operate on ITFS 
channels. A wireless cable application for available instructional 
television fixed service channels will be subject to Sec.  21.914 of 
this chapter with respect to other wireless cable applicants, and to the 
ITFS window filing period with respect to instructional television fixed 
service applications. All lists of accepted applications for ITFS 
frequencies, regardless of the nature of the applicant, will be 
published as ITFS public notices.
    (b) Within 30 days of filing its application, a wireless cable 
applicant for available instructional television fixed service channels 
must give local public notice of the filing of its application in a 
newspaper. The local public notice must be made in a daily newspaper of 
general circulation published in the community in which the proposed 
station will be located at least twice a week for two consecutive weeks 
in a three week period. If there is no such daily newspaper, notice must 
be made in a weekly newspaper of general circulation published in the 
community once a week for three consecutive weeks in a four week period. 
If there is no daily or weekly newspaper published in the community, 
notice must be made in the daily newspaper, wherever published, that has 
the greatest general circulation in the community twice a week for two 
consecutive weeks within a three week period.

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    (c) The public notice required by paragraph (b) of this section 
shall contain, where applicable, the following information:
    (1) The name of the applicant if the applicant is an individual, the 
names of all partners if the applicant is a partnership, or the names of 
all officers and directors and of those persons holding 10 percent or 
more of the capital stock or other ownership interest if the applicant 
is a corporation or an unincorporated association;
    (2) The purpose for which the application will be filed (i.e., for a 
construction permit for a wireless cable system);
    (3) A statement that the channels applied for are ITFS channels 
normally reserved for educational use, and a list of the specific 
frequencies or channels on which the proposed station will operate;
    (4) The date the application was tendered for filing with the FCC;
    (5) The facilities sought, including type and class of station, 
power, location of studios, transmitter site and antenna height; and
    (6) A statement that a copy of the application and related material 
are on file for public inspection at a stated address in the community 
in which the station is located or is proposed to be located.

[56 FR 57821, Nov. 14, 1991, as amended at 60 FR 20247, Apr. 25, 1995]



Sec.  74.992  Access to channels licensed to wireless cable entities.

    (a) An educational institution or entity that would be eligible for 
ITFS channels that are licensed to a wireless cable entity may be 
entitled to access to those channels. Requests for access may be made by 
application to the Commission on FCC Form 330 with a copy simultaneously 
served on the wireless cable licensee. An applicant for access must fill 
out sections I, II, III and IV of the ITFS application Form 330. Section 
I, question 1 should be answered by spelling out, ``For access to 
existing facilities.'' Section I, question 2b should include the name of 
the wireless cable licensee or applicant. A cover letter must clearly 
indicate that the application is for ITFS access to a wireless cable 
entity's facilities on ITFS channels.
    (b) An ITFS entity determined by the Commission to have right of 
access to wireless cable licensed facilities may have access to a 
maximum of 40 hours per channel per week. The ITFS entity has the right 
to designate 20 of those hours as follows:
    (1) 3 hours of the ITFS entity's choice each day, Monday through 
Friday, between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m., excluding weekends, holidays and 
school vacations; and
    (2) The remaining five hours any time of the ITFS entity's choice 
between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
    (c) No time-of-day and day-of-week obligations will be imposed on 
either party with respect to the other 20 hours of access time.
    (d) The ITFS user must provide the wireless cable licensee with its 
planned scheduled of use four months in advance. No minimum amount of 
programming will be required of an ITFS operator seeking access to one 
channel; for access to a second channel, the ITFS user must use at least 
20 hours per week on the first channel from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday 
through Saturday; for access to a third channel, the ITFS entity must 
use at least 20 hours per week on the first channel and on the second 
channel during the hours prescribed above, and so on. Only one 
educational institution or entity per wireless cable licensed channel 
will be entitled to access from the wireless cable entity. Access will 
not be granted to a single entity for more than four channels, unless it 
can satisfy the waiver provisions of Sec.  74.902(d) of this part.
    (e) When an ITFS entity is granted access to an ITFS channel of a 
wireless cable licensee, the wireless cable licensee will be required to 
pay half of the cost of five standard receive sites on that channel. The 
wireless cable entity may, at its option, pay the costs of an 
application and facility construction for such ITFS entity on other 
available ITFS channels, including half of the cost of five receive 
sites per channel.

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    (f) An instructional television fixed service entity granted access 
to instructional television fixed service channels licensed to a 
wireless cable entity will have the interference protection afforded 
ITFS licensees (see Sec.  74.903 of this part).
    (g) After three years of operation, a wireless cable entity licensed 
to use ITFS channels will not be required to grant new or additional 
access to such ITFS channels, or provide any alternative facilities to 
any ITFS entity seeking access to its facilities, if there are suitable 
ITFS frequencies available for the ITFS entity to build its own system.
    (h) The parties may mutually agree to modify any requirements or 
obligations imposed by these provisions, except for the requirement that 
an educational entity use at least 20 hours per week on a channel of a 
wireless cable licensee before requesting access to an additional 
channel.

[56 FR 57821, Nov. 14, 1991]



Sec.  74.996  Applicability of cable EEO requirements to ITFS facilities.

    Notwithstanding other EEO provisions within Sec. Sec.  1.815 and 
21.307 of this chapter, an entity that uses an owned or leased MDS, MMDS 
and/or ITFS facility to provide more than one channel of video 
programming directly to the public must comply with the equal employment 
opportunity requirements set forth in part 76, subparts E and U of this 
chapter, if such entity exercises control (as defined in part 76, 
subparts E and U of this chapter) over the video programming it 
distributes. With respect to the use of an ITFS facility, the EEO 
provisions set forth in part 76, subparts E and U do not apply to an 
accredited institution or government organization engaged in the formal 
education of enrolled students or to a nonprofit organization whose 
purposes are educational and include providing educational and 
instructional television material to such accredited institutions and 
governmental organizations.

[58 FR 42250, Aug. 9, 1993, as amended at 65 FR 53614, Sept. 5, 2000]

Subparts J-K [Reserved]



  Subpart L_FM Broadcast Translator Stations and FM Broadcast Booster 
                                Stations

    Source: 35 FR 15388, Oct. 2, 1970, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  74.1201  Definitions.

    (a) FM translator. A station in the broadcasting service operated 
for the purpose of retransmitting the signals of an FM radio broadcast 
station or another FM broadcast translator station without significantly 
altering any characteristics of the incoming signal other than its 
frequency and amplitude, in order to provide FM broadcast service to the 
general public.
    (b) Commercial FM translator. An FM broadcast translator station 
which rebroadcasts the signals of a commercial FM radio broadcast 
station.
    (c) Noncommercial FM translator. An FM broadcast translator station 
which rebroadcasts the signals of a noncommercial educational FM radio 
broadcast station.
    (d) Primary station. The FM radio broadcast station radiating the 
signals which are retransmitted by an FM broadcast translator station or 
an FM broadcast booster station.
    (e) FM radio broadcast station. When used in this Subpart L, the 
term FM broadcast station or FM radio broadcast station refers to 
commercial and noncommercial educational FM radio broadcast stations as 
defined in Sec.  2.1 of this chapter, unless the context indicates 
otherwise.
    (f) FM broadcast booster station. A station in the broadcasting 
service operated for the sole purpose of retransmitting the signals of 
an FM radio broadcast station, by amplifying and reradiating such 
signals, without significantly altering any characteristic of the 
incoming signal other than its amplitude.
    (g) Translator coverage contour. The coverage contour for an FM 
translator providing ``fill-in'' service is congruent with its parent 
station: For a fill-in translator for a commercial Class B station it is 
the predicted 0.5 mV/m field strength contour; for a fill-in translator 
for a commercial Cass B1 station it is the predicted 0.7 mV/m field 
strength contour; and for a fill-in

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translator for all other classes of commercial stations as well as all 
noncommercial educational stations it is the predicted 1 mV/m field 
strength contour. A fill-in FM translator's coverage contour must be 
contained within the primary station's coverage contour. The protected 
contour for an FM translator station is its predicted 1 mV/m contour.
    (h) Fill-in area. The area where the coverage contour of an FM 
translator or booster station is within the protected contour of the 
associated primary station (i.e., predicted 0.5 mV/m contour for 
commercial Class B stations, predicted 0.7 mV/m contour for commercial 
Class B1 stations, and predicted 1 mV/m contour for all other classes of 
stations).
    (i) Other area. The area where the coverage contour of an FM 
translator station extends beyond the protected contour of the primary 
station (i.e., predicted 0.5 mV/m contour for commercial Class B 
stations, predicted 0.7 mV/m contour for commercial Class B1 stations, 
and predicted 1 mV/m contour for all other classes of stations).

[35 FR 15388, Oct. 2, 1970, as amended at 45 FR 37842, June 5, 1980; 52 
FR 31405, Aug. 20, 1987; 55 FR 50693, Dec. 10, 1990]



Sec.  74.1202  Frequency assignment.

    (a) An applicant for a new FM broadcast translator station or for 
changes in the facilities of an authorized translator station shall 
endeavor to select a channel on which its operation is not likely to 
cause interference to the reception of other stations. The application 
must be specific with regard to the frequency requested. Only one output 
channel will be assigned to each translator station.
    (b) Subject to compliance with all the requirements of this subpart, 
FM broadcast translators may be authorized to operate on the following 
FM channels, regardless of whether they are assigned for local use in 
the FM Table of Allotments (Sec.  73.202(b) of this chapter):
    (1) Commercial FM translators: Channels 221-300 as identified in 
Sec.  73.201 of this chapter.
    (2) Noncommercial FM translators: Channels 201-300 as identified in 
Sec.  73.201 of this chapter. Use of reserved channels 201-220 is 
subject to the restrictions specified in Sec.  73.501 of this chapter.
    (3) In Alaska, FM translators operating on Channels 201-260 (88.1-
99.9 MHz) shall not cause harmful interference to and must accept 
interference from non-Government fixed operations authorized prior to 
January 1, 1982.
    (c) An FM broadcast booster station will be assigned the channel 
assigned to its primary station.

[35 FR 15388, Oct. 2, 1970, as amended at 39 FR 12990, Apr. 10, 1974; 47 
FR 30068, July 12, 1982; 52 FR 8260, Mar. 17, 1987; 55 FR 50693, Dec. 
10, 1990]



Sec.  74.1203  Interference.

    (a) An authorized FM translator or booster station will not be 
permitted to continue to operate if it causes any actual interference 
to:
    (1) The transmission of any authorized broadcast station; or
    (2) The reception of the input signal of any TV translator, TV 
booster, FM translator or FM booster station; or
    (3) The direct reception by the public of the off-the-air signals of 
any authorized broadcast station including TV Channel 6 stations, Class 
D (secondary) noncommercial educational FM stations, and previously 
authorized and operating FM translators and FM booster stations. 
Interference will be considered to occur whenever reception of a 
regularly used signal is impaired by the signals radiated by the FM 
translator or booster station, regardless of the quality of such 
reception, the strength of the signal so used, or the channel on which 
the protected signal is transmitted.
    (b) If interference cannot be properly eliminated by the application 
of suitable techniques, operation of the offending FM translator or 
booster station shall be suspended and shall not be resumed until the 
interference has been eliminated. Short test transmissions may be made 
during the period of suspended operation to check the efficacy of 
remedial measures. If a complainant refuses to permit the FM translator 
or booster licensee to apply remedial techniques which demonstrably will 
eliminate the interference

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without impairment to the original reception, the licensee of the FM 
translator or booster station is absolved of further responsibility for 
that complaint.
    (c) An FM booster station will be exempted from the provisions of 
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section to the extent that it may cause 
limited interference to its primary station's signal, provided it does 
not disrupt the existing service of its primary station or cause such 
interference within the boundaries of the principal community of its 
primary station.
    (d) A fill-in FM translator operating on the first, second or third 
adjacent channel to its primary station's channel will be exempt from 
the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section to the extent 
that it may cause limited interference to its primary station's signal, 
provided it does not disrupt the existing service of its primary station 
or cause such interference within the boundaries of the principal 
community of its primary station.
    (e) It shall be the responsibility of the licensee of an FM 
translator or FM booster station to correct any condition of 
interference which results from the radiation of radio frequency energy 
by its equipment on any frequency outside the assigned channel. Upon 
notice by the Commission to the station licensee that such interference 
is being caused, the operation of the FM translator or FM booster 
station shall be suspended within three minutes and shall not be resumed 
until the interference has been eliminated or it can be demonstrated 
that the interference is not due to spurious emissions by the FM 
translator or FM booster station; provided, however, that short test 
transmissions may be made during the period of suspended operation to 
check the efficacy of remedial measures.

[55 FR 50693, Dec. 10, 1990, as amended at 60 FR 55484, Nov. 1, 1995]



Sec.  74.1204  Protection of FM broadcast, FM Translator and LP100 stations.

    (a) An application for an FM translator station will not be accepted 
for filing if the proposed operation would involve overlap of predicted 
field contours with any other authorized commercial or noncommercial 
educational FM broadcast stations, FM translators, and Class D 
(secondary) noncommercial educational FM stations; or if it would result 
in new or increased overlap with an LP100 station, as set forth:
    (1) Commercial Class B FM Stations (Protected Contour: 0.5 mV/m)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Frequency separation             Interference contour of proposed translator station        Protected contour of commercial Class B station
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Co-channel............................  0.05 mV/m (34 dBu).....................................  0.5 mV/m (54 dBu)
200 kHz...............................  0.25 mV/m (48 dBu).....................................  0.5 mV/m (54 dBu)
400 kHz/ 600 kHz......................  50.0 mV/m (94 dBu).....................................  0.5 mV/m (54 dBu)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (2) Commercial Class B1 FM Stations (Protected Contour: 0.7 mV/m)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Frequency separation             Interference contour of proposed translator station        Protected contour of commercial Class B1 station
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Co-channel............................  0.07 mV/m (37 dBu).....................................  0.7 mV/m (57 dBu)
200 kHz...............................  0.35 mV/m (51 dBu).....................................  0.5 mV/m (57 dBu)
400 kHz/ 600 kHz......................  70.0 mV/m (97 dBu).....................................  0.7 mV/m (57 dBu)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (3) All Other Classes of FM Stations (Protected Contour: 1 mV/m)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Frequency separation                 Interference contour of proposed translator                 Protected contour of any other station
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Co-channel............................  0.1 mV/m (40 dBu)......................................  1 mV/m (60 dBu)
200 kHz...............................  0.5 mV/m (54 dBu)......................................  1 mV/m (60 dBu)
400 kHz/ 600 kHz......................  100 mV/m (100 dBu).....................................  1 mV/m (60 dBu)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (4) LP100 stations (Protected Contour: 1 mV/m)

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         Frequency separation             Interference contour of proposed translator station            Protected contour of LP100 LPFM station
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Co-channel............................  0.1 mV/m (40 dBu)......................................  1 mV/m (60 dBu)
200 kHz...............................  0.5 mV/m (54 dBu)......................................  1 mV/m (60 dBu)
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    Note to paragraph (a)(4):
    LP100 stations, to the purposes of determining overlap pursuant to 
this paragraph, LPFM applications and permits that have not yet been 
licensed must be considered as operating with the maximum permitted 
facilities. All LPFM TIS stations must be protected on the basis of a 
nondirectional antenna.
    (b) The following standards must be used to compute the distances to 
the pertinent contours:
    (1) The distances to the protected contours are computed using 
Figure 1 of Sec.  73.333 [F(50,50) curves] of this chapter.
    (2) The distances to the interference contours are computed using 
Figure 1a of Sec.  73.333 [F(50,10) curves] of this chapter. In the 
event that the distance to the contour is below 16 kilometers 
(approximately 10 miles), and therefore not covered by Figure 1a, curves 
in Figure 1 must be used.
    (3) The effective radiated power (ERP) to be used is the maximum ERP 
of the main radiated lobe in the pertinent azimuthal direction. If the 
transmitting antenna is not horizontally polarized only, either the 
vertical component or the horizontal component of the ERP should be 
used, whichever is greater in the pertinent azimuthal direction.
    (4) The antenna height to be used is the height of the radiation 
center above the average terrain along each pertinent radial, determined 
in accordance with Sec.  73.313(d) of this chapter.
    (c) An application for a change (other than a change in channel) in 
the authorized facilities of an FM translator station will be accepted 
even though overlap of field strength contours would occur with another 
station in an area where such overlap does not already exist, if:
    (1) The total area of overlap with that station would not be 
increased:
    (2) The area of overlap with any other station would not increase;
    (3) The area of overlap does not move significantly closer to the 
station receiving the overlap; and,
    (4) No area of overlap would be created with any station with which 
the overlap does not now exist.
    (d) The provisions of this section concerning prohibited overlap 
will not apply where the area of such overlap lies entirely over water. 
In addition, an application otherwise precluded by this section will be 
accepted if it can be demonstrated that no actual interference will 
occur due to intervening terrain, lack of population or such other 
factors as may be applicable.
    (e) The provisions of this section will not apply to overlap between 
a proposed fill-in FM translator station and its primary station 
operating on a first, second or third adjacent channel, provided That 
such operation may not result in interference to the primary station 
within its principal community.
    (f) An application for an FM translator station will not be accepted 
for filing even though the proposed operation would not involve overlap 
of field strength contours with any other station, as set forth in 
paragraph (a) of this section, if the predicted 1 mV/m field strength 
contour of the FM translator station will overlap a populated area 
already receiving a regularly used, off-the-air signal of any authorized 
co-channel, first, second or third adjacent channel broadcast station, 
including Class D (secondary) noncommercial educational FM stations and 
grant of the authorization will result in interference to the reception 
of such signal.
    (g) An application for an FM translator or an FM booster station 
that is 53 or 54 channels removed from an FM radio broadcast station 
will not be accepted for filing if it fails to meet the required 
separation distances set out in Sec.  73.207 of this chapter. For 
purposes of determining compliance with Sec.  73.207 of this chapter, 
translator stations will be treated as Class A stations and booster 
stations will be treated the same as their FM radio broadcast station 
equivalents. FM radio broadcast station equivalents will be determined 
in accordance with Sec. Sec.  73.210 and 73.211 of this chapter, based 
on the booster station's ERP and HAAT. Provided, however, that FM 
translator stations and booster stations operating with less than 100 
watts ERP will be treated as class D stations and will not be subject to 
intermediate frequency separation requirements.
    (h) An application for an FM translator station will not be accepted 
for filing if it specifies a location within 320 kilometers 
(approximately 199

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miles) of either the Canadian or Mexican borders and it does not comply 
with Sec.  74.1235(d) of this part.
    (i) FM booster stations shall be subject to the requirement that the 
signal of any first adjacent channel station must exceed the signal of 
the booster station by 6 dB at all points within the protected contour 
of any first adjacent channel station, except that in the case of FM 
stations on adjacent channels at spacings that do not meet the minimum 
distance separations specified in Sec.  73.207 of this chapter, the 
signal of any first adjacent channel station must exceed the signal of 
the booster by 6 dB at any point within the predicted interference free 
contour of the adjacent channel station.
    (j) FM translator stations authorized prior to June 1, 1991 with 
facilities that do not comply with the predicted interference protection 
provisions of this section, may continue to operate, provided that 
operation is in conformance with Sec.  74.1203 regarding actual 
interference. Applications for major changes in FM translator stations 
must specify facilities that comply with provisions of this section.

[55 FR 50694, Dec. 10, 1990, as amended at 56 FR 56170, Nov. 1, 1991; 58 
FR 42025, Aug. 6, 1993; 65 FR 7649, Feb. 15, 2000; 65 FR 67304, Nov. 9, 
2000; 65 FR 79780, Dec. 20, 2000]



Sec.  74.1205  Protection of channel 6 TV broadcast stations.

    The provisions of this section apply to all applications for 
construction permits for new or modified facilities for a noncommercial 
educational FM translator station on Channels 201-220, unless the 
application is accompanied by a written agreement between the NCE-FM 
translator applicant and each affected TV Channel 6 broadcast station 
licensee or permittee concurring with the proposed NCE-FM translator 
facility.
    (a) An application for a construction permit for new or modified 
facilities for a noncommercial educational FM translator station 
operating on Channels 201-220 must include a showing that demonstrates 
compliance with paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of this section if it is 
within the following distances of a TV broadcast station which is 
authorized to operate on Channel 6.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Distance
                        FM Channel                          (kilometers)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
201.......................................................           148
202.......................................................           146
203.......................................................           143
204.......................................................           141
205.......................................................           140
206.......................................................           137
207.......................................................           135
208.......................................................           135
209.......................................................           135
210.......................................................           135
211.......................................................           135
212.......................................................           135
213.......................................................           135
214.......................................................           134
215.......................................................           134
216.......................................................           133
217.......................................................           133
218.......................................................           132
219.......................................................           132
220.......................................................           131
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) Collocated stations. An application for a noncommercial 
educational FM translator station operating on Channels 201-220 and 
located at 0.4 kilometer (approximately 0.25 mile) or less from a TV 
Channel 6 station will be accepted if it includes a certification that 
the applicant has coordinated its antenna with the affected TV station.
    (c) Contour overlap. Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this 
section, an application for a noncommercial educational FM translator 
station operating on Channels 201-220 will not be accepted if the 
proposed operation would involve overlap of its interference field 
strength contour with any TV Channel 6 station's Grade B contour, as set 
forth below.
    (1) The distances to the TV Channel 6 station Grade B (47 dBu) field 
strength contour will be predicted according to the procedures specified 
in Sec.  73.684 of this chapter, using the F(50,50) curves in Sec.  
73.699, Figure 9 of this chapter.
    (2) The distances to the applicable noncommercial educational FM 
translator interference contour will be predicted according to the 
procedures specified in Sec.  74.1204(b) of this part.
    (3) The applicable noncommercial educational FM translator 
interference contours are as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Interference
                                                               Contour
                        FM channel                            F(50,10)
                                                            curves (dBu)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
201.......................................................            54
202.......................................................            56
203.......................................................            59

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204.......................................................            62
205.......................................................            64
206.......................................................            69
207.......................................................            73
208.......................................................            73
209.......................................................            73
210.......................................................            73
211.......................................................            73
212.......................................................            74
213.......................................................            75
214.......................................................            77
215.......................................................            78
216.......................................................            80
217.......................................................            81
218.......................................................            85
219.......................................................            88
220.......................................................            90
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (d) FM translator stations authorized prior to June 1, 1991 with 
facilities that do not comply with the predicted interference protection 
provisions of this section, may continue to operate, provided that 
operation is in conformance with Sec.  74.1203 regarding actual 
interference. Applications for major changes in FM translator stations 
must specify facilities that comply with the provisions of this section.

[55 FR 50695, Dec. 10, 1990, as amended at 58 FR 42025, Aug. 6, 1993]



Sec.  74.1231  Purpose and permissible service.

    (a) FM translators provide a means whereby the signals of FM 
broadcast stations may be retransmitted to areas in which direct 
reception of such FM broadcast stations is unsatisfactory due to 
distance or intervening terrain barriers.
    (b) An FM translator may be used for the purpose of retransmitting 
the signals of a primary FM radio broadcast station or another 
translator station the signal of which is received directly through 
space, converted, and suitably amplified. However, an FM translator 
providing fill-in service may use any terrestrial facilities to receive 
the signal that is being rebroadcast. An FM booster station or a 
noncommercial educational FM translator station that is operating on a 
reserved channel (Channels 201-220) and is owned and operated by the 
licensee of the primary noncommercial educational station it 
rebroadcasts may use alternative signal delivery means, including, but 
not limited to, satellite and terrestrial microwave facilities. 
Provided, however, that an applicant for a noncommercial educational 
translator operating on a reserved channel (Channel 201-220) and owned 
and operated by the licensee of the primary noncommercial educational FM 
station it rebroadcasts complies with either paragraph (b)(1) or (b)(2) 
of this section:
    (1) The applicant demonstrates that:
    (i) The transmitter site of the proposed FM translator station is 
within 80 kilometers of the predicted 1 mV/m contour of the primary 
station to be rebroadcast; or,
    (ii) The transmitter site of the proposed FM translator station is 
more than 160 kilometers from the transmitter site of any authorized 
full service noncommercial educational FM station; or,
    (iii) The application is mutually exclusive with an application 
containing the showing as required by Sec.  74.1231(b)(2) (i) or (ii) of 
this section; or,
    (iv) The application is filed after October 1, 1992.
    (2) If the transmitter site of the proposed FM translator station is 
more than 80 kilometers from the predicted 1 mV/m contour of the primary 
station to be rebroadcast or is within 160 kilometers of the transmitter 
site of any authorized full service noncommercial educational FM 
station, the applicant must show that:
    (i) An alternative frequency can be used at the same site as the 
proposed FM translator's transmitter location and can provide signal 
coverage to the same area encompassed by the applicant's proposed 1 mV/m 
contour; or,
    (ii) An alternative frequency can be used at a different site and 
can provide signal coverage to the same area encompassed by the 
applicant's proposed 1 mV/m contour.

    Note: For paragraphs 74.1231(b) and 74.1231(h) of this section, 
auxiliary intercity relay station frequencies may be used to deliver 
signals to FM translator and booster stations on a secondary basis only. 
Such use shall not interfere with or otherwise preclude use of these 
frequencies for transmitting aural programming between the studio

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and transmitter location of a broadcast station, or between broadcast 
stations, as provided in paragraphs 74.531 (a) and (b) of this part. 
Prior to filing an application for an auxiliary intercity relay 
microwave frequency, the applicant shall notify the local frequency 
coordination committee, or, in the absence of a local frequency 
coordination committee, any licensees assigned the use of the proposed 
operating frequency in the intended location or area of operation.

    (c) The transmissions of each FM translator or booster station shall 
be intended only for direct reception by the general public. An FM 
translator or booster shall not be operated solely for the purpose of 
relaying signals to one or more fixed received points for 
retransmission, distribution, or further relaying in order to establish 
a point-to-point FM radio relay system.
    (d) The technical characteristics of the retransmitted signals shall 
not be deliberately altered so as to hinder reception on conventional FM 
broadcast receivers.
    (e) An FM translator shall not deliberately retransmit the signals 
of any station other than the station it is authorized to retransmit. 
Precautions shall be taken to avoid unintentional retransmission of such 
other signals.
    (f) A locally generated radio frequency signal similar to that of an 
FM broadcast station and modulated with aural information may be 
connected to the input terminals of an FM translator for the purpose of 
transmitting voice announcements. The radio frequency signals shall be 
on the same channel as the normally used off-the-air signal being 
rebroadcast. Connection of the locally generated signals shall be made 
by any automatic means when transmitting originations concerning 
financial support. The connections for emergency transmissions may be 
made manually. The apparatus used to generate the local signal that is 
used to modulate the FM translator must be capable of producing an aural 
signal which will provide acceptable reception on FM receivers designed 
for the transmission standards employed by FM broadcast stations.
    (g) The aural material transmitted as permitted in paragraph (f) of 
this section shall be limited to emergency warnings of imminent danger 
and to seeking or acknowledging financial support deemed necessary to 
the continued operation of the translator. Originations concerning 
financial support are limited to a total of 30 seconds an hour. Within 
this limitation the length of any particular announcement will be left 
to the discretion of the translator station licensee. Solicitations of 
contributions shall be limited to the defrayal of the costs of 
installation, operation and maintenance of the translator or 
acknowledgements of financial support for those purposes. Such 
acknowledgements may include identification of the contributors, the 
size or nature of the contributions and advertising messages of 
contributors. Emergency transmissions shall be no longer or more 
frequent than necessary to protect life and property.
    (h) FM broadcast booster stations provide a means whereby the 
licensee of an FM broadcast station may provide service to areas in any 
region within the primary station's predicted, authorized service 
contours. An FM broadcast booster station is authorized to retransmit 
only the signals of its primary station which have been received 
directly through space and suitably amplified, or received by 
alternative signal delivery means including, but not limited to, 
satellite and terrestrial microwave facilities. The FM booster station 
shall not retransmit the signals of any other station nor make 
independent transmissions, except that locally generated signals may be 
used to excite the booster apparatus for the purpose of conducting tests 
and measurements essential to the proper installation and maintenance of 
the apparatus.

    Note: In the case of an FM broadcast station authorized with 
facilities in excess of those specified by Sec.  73.211 of this chapter, 
an FM booster station will only be authorized within the protected 
contour of the class of station being rebroadcast as predicted on the 
basis of the maximum powers and heights set forth in that section for 
the applicable class of FM broadcast station concerned.

[35 FR 15388, Oct. 2, 1970, as amended at 45 FR 37842, June 5, 1980; 52 
FR 31406, Aug. 20, 1987; 53 FR 14803, Apr. 26, 1988; 54 FR 35342, Aug. 
25, 1989; 55 FR 50695, Dec. 10, 1990; 57 FR 41111, Sept. 9, 1992; 58 FR 
42026, Aug. 6, 1993; 63 FR 33879, June 22, 1998]

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Sec.  74.1232  Eligibility and licensing requirements.

    (a) Subject to the restrictions set forth in paragraph (d) of this 
section, a license for an FM broadcast translator station may be issued 
to any qualified individual, organized group of individuals, broadcast 
station licensee, or local civil governmental body, upon an appropriate 
showing that plans for financing the installation and operation of the 
translator are sufficiently sound to assure prompt construction of the 
translator and dependable service.
    (b) More than one FM translator may be licensed to the same 
applicant, whether or not such translators serve substantially the same 
area, upon an appropriate showing of technical need for such additional 
stations. FM translators are not counted as FM stations for the purpose 
of Sec.  73.3555 of this chapter concerning multiple ownership.

    Note: As used in this section need refers to the quality of the 
signal received and not to the programming content, format, or 
transmission needs of an area.

    (c) Only one input and one output channel will be assigned to each 
FM translator. Additional FM translators may be authorized to provide 
additional reception. A separate application is required for each FM 
translator and each application shall be complete in all respects.
    (d) An authorization for an FM translator whose coverage contour 
extends beyond the protected contour of the commercial primary station 
will not be granted to the licensee or permittee of a commercial FM 
radio broadcast station. Similarly, such authorization will not be 
granted to any person or entity having any interest whatsoever, or any 
connection with a primary FM station. Interested and connected parties 
extend to group owners, corporate parents, shareholders, officers, 
directors, employees, general and limited partners, family members and 
business associates. For the purposes of this paragraph, the protected 
contour of the primary station shall be defined as follows: the 
predicted 0.5mV/m contour for commercial Class B stations, the predicted 
0.7 mV/m contour for commercial Class B1 stations and the predicted 1 
mV/m field strength contour for all other FM radio broadcast stations. 
The contours shall be as predicted in accordance with Sec.  73.313(a) 
through (d) of this chapter. In the case of an FM radio broadcast 
station authorized with facilities in excess of those specified bySec.  
73.211 of this chapter, a co-owned commercial FM translator will only be 
authorized within the protected contour of the class of station being 
rebroadcast, as predicted on the basis of the maximum powers and heights 
set forth in that section for the applicable class of FM broadcast 
station concerned. An FM translator station in operation prior to March 
1, 1991, which is owned by a commercial FM (primary) station and whose 
coverage contour extends beyond the protected contour of the primary 
station, may continue to be owned by such primary station until March 1, 
1994. Thereafter, any such FM translator station must be owned by 
independent parties. An FM translator station in operation prior to June 
1, 1991, which is owned by a commercial FM radio broadcast station and 
whose coverage contour extends beyond the protected contour of the 
primary station, may continue to be owned by a commercial FM radio 
broadcast station until June 1, 1994. Thereafter, any such FM translator 
station must be owned by independent parties.
    (e) An FM translator station whose coverage contour goes beyond the 
protected contour of the commercial primary station shall not receive 
any support, before or after construction, either directly or 
indirectly, from the commercial primary FM radio broadcast station. Such 
support also may not be received from any person or entity having any 
interest whatsoever, or any connection with the primary FM station. 
Interested and connected parties extend to group owners, corporate 
parents, shareholders, officers, directors, employees, general and 
limited partners, family members and business associates. Such an FM 
translator station may, however, receive technical assistance from the 
primary station to the extent of installing or repairing equipment or 
making adjustments to equipment to assure compliance with the terms of 
the translator station's construction permit and license. FM

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translator stations in operation prior to March 1, 1991 may continue to 
receive contributions or support from the commercial primary station for 
the operation and maintenance of the translator station until March, 1, 
1994. Thereafter, any such FM translator station shall be subject to the 
prohibitions on support contained in this section. Such an FM translator 
station may, however, receive technical assistance from the primary 
station to the extent of installing or repairing equipment or making 
adjustments to equipment to assure compliance with the terms of the 
translator station's construction permit and license. FM translator 
stations in operation prior to June 1, 1991 may continue to receive 
contributions or support from a commercial FM radio broadcast station 
for the operation and maintenance of the translator station until June 
1, 1994. Thereafter, any such FM translator station shall be subject to 
the prohibitions on support contained in this section.

    Note: ``Technical assistance'' refers to actual services provided by 
the primary station's technical staff or compensation for the time and 
services provided by independent engineering personnel. Conversely, such 
support must not include the supply of equipment or direct funding for 
the translator's discretionary use. ``Technical assistance'' must occur 
after the issuance of the translator's construction permit or license in 
order to meet expenses incurred by installing, repairing, or making 
adjustments to equipment.

    (f) An FM broadcast booster station will be authorized only to the 
licensee or permittee of the FM radio broadcast station whose signals 
the booster station will retransmit, to serve areas within the protected 
contour of the primary station, subject to Note, Sec.  74.1231(h) of 
this part.
    (g) No numerical limit is placed upon the number of FM booster 
stations which may be licensed to a single licensee. A separate 
application is required for each FM booster station. FM broadcast 
booster stations are not counted as FM broadcast stations for the 
purposes of Sec.  73.5555 of this chapter concerning multiple ownership.
    (h) Any authorization for an FM translator station issued to an 
applicant described in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this section will be 
issued subject to the condition that it may be terminated at any time, 
upon not less than sixty (60) days written notice, where the 
circumstances in the community or area served are so altered as to have 
prohibited grant of the application had such circumstances existed at 
the time of its filing.

[35 FR 15388, Oct. 2, 1970, as amended at 43 FR 14660, Apr. 7, 1978; 52 
FR 10571, Apr. 2, 1987; 52 FR 31406, Aug. 20, 1987; 55 FR 50696, Dec. 
10, 1990; 58 FR 42026, Aug. 6, 1993]



Sec.  74.1233  Processing FM translator and booster station applications.

    (a) Applications for FM translator and booster stations are divided 
into two groups:
    (1) In the first group are applications for new stations or for 
major changes in the facilities of authorized stations. For FM 
translator stations, a major change is any change in frequency (output 
channel) except changes to first, second or third adjacent channels, or 
intermediate frequency channels, and any change in antenna location 
where the station would not continue to provide 1 mV/m service to some 
portion of its previously authorized 1 mV/m service area. All other 
changes will be considered minor. All major changes are subject to the 
provisions of Sec. Sec.  73.3580 and 1.1104 of this chapter pertaining 
to major changes.
    (2) In the second group are applications for licenses and all other 
changes in the facilities of the authorized station.
    (b) Processing booster and reserved band FM translator applications.
    (1) Applications for minor modifications for reserved band FM 
translator stations, as defined in paragraph (a)(2) of this section, may 
be filed at any time, unless restricted by the FCC, and will be 
processed on a ``first come/first served'' basis, with the first 
acceptable application cutting off the filing rights of subsequent, 
conflicting applicants. The FCC will periodically release a Public 
Notice listing those applications accepted for filing. Conflicting 
applications received on the same day will be treated as simultaneously 
filed and mutually exclusive. Conflicting applications received after 
the filing of a first acceptable application will be

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grouped, according to filing date, behind the lead application in a 
queue. The priority rights of the lead applicant, against all other 
applicants, are determined by the date of filing, but the filing date 
for subsequent, conflicting applicants only reserves a place in the 
queue. The rights of an applicant in a queue ripen only upon a final 
determination that the lead applicant is unacceptable and if the queue 
member is reached and found acceptable. The queue will remain behind the 
lead applicant until a construction permit is finally granted, at which 
time the queue dissolves.
    (2) All other applications for booster stations and reserved band FM 
translator stations will be processed as nearly as possible in the order 
in which they are filed. Such applications will be placed in the 
processing line in numerical sequence, and will be drawn by the staff 
for study, the lowest file number first. In order that those 
applications which are entitled to be grouped for processing may be 
fixed prior to the time processing of the earliest filed application is 
begun, the FCC will periodically release a Public Notice listing 
reserved band applications that have been accepted for filing and 
announcing a date (not less than 30 days after publication) on which the 
listed applications will be considered available and ready for 
processing and by which all mutually exclusive applications and/or 
petitions to deny the listed applications must be filed.
    (3) Applications for reserved band FM translator stations will be 
processed using filing window procedures. The FCC will specify by Public 
Notice, a period for filing reserved band FM translator applications for 
a new station or for major modifications in the facilities of an 
authorized station. FM translator applications for new facilities or for 
major modifications will be accepted only during these specified 
periods. Applications submitted prior to the window opening date 
identified in the Public Notice will be returned as premature. 
Applications submitted after the specified deadline will be dismissed 
with prejudice as untimely.
    (4) Timely filed applications for new facilities or for major 
modifications for reserved band FM Translators will be processed 
pursuant to the procedures set forth in subpart K of Part 73 (Sec.  
73.7000 et seq.) Subsequently, the FCC will release Public Notices 
identifying: mutually exclusive groups of applications; applications 
received during the window filing period which are found to be non-
mutually exclusive; tentative selectees determined pursuant to the point 
system procedures set forth in Sec.  73.7003 of this chapter; and 
acceptable applications. The Public Notices will also announce: 
additional procedures to be followed for certain groups of applications; 
deadlines for filing additional information; and dates by which 
petitions to deny must be filed in accordance with the provisions of 
Sec.  73.7004 of this chapter. If the applicant is duly qualified, and 
upon examination, the FCC finds that the public interest, convenience 
and necessity will be served by the granting of the application, it will 
be granted. If an application is found not to be acceptable for filing, 
the application will be returned, and subject to the amendment 
requirements of Sec.  73.3522 of this chapter.
    (c) In the case of an application for an instrument of 
authorization, other than a license pursuant to a construction permit, 
grant will be based on the application, the pleadings filed, and such 
other matters that may be officially noticed. Before a grant can be made 
it must be determined that:
    (1) There is not pending a mutually exclusive application.
    (2) The applicant is legally, technically, financially and otherwise 
qualified;
    (3) The applicant is not in violation of any provisions of law, the 
FCC rules, or established policies of the FCC; and
    (4) A grant of the application would otherwise serve the public 
interest, convenience and necessity.
    (d) Processing non-reserved band FM translator applications.
    (1) Applications for minor modifications for non-reserved band FM 
translator stations, as defined in paragraph (a)(2) of this section, may 
be filed at any time, unless restricted by the FCC, and will be 
processed on a ``first come/first served'' basis, with the first 
acceptable application cutting off the filing rights of subsequent, 
conflicting applicants. The FCC will periodically

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release a Public Notice listing those applications accepted for filing. 
Applications received on the same day will be treated as simultaneously 
filed and, if they are found to be mutually exclusive, must be resolved 
through settlement or technical amendment. Conflicting applications 
received after the filing of a first acceptable application will be 
grouped, according to filing date, behind the lead application in a 
queue. The priority rights of the lead applicant, against all other 
applicants, are determined by the date of filing, but the filing date 
for subsequent, conflicting applicants only reserves a place in the 
queue. The rights of an applicant in a queue ripen only upon a final 
determination that the lead applicant is unacceptable and if the queue 
member is reached and found acceptable. The queue will remain behind the 
lead applicant until a construction permit is finally granted, at which 
time the queue dissolves.
    (2)(i) The FCC will specify by Public Notice, pursuant to Sec.  
73.5002(a) of this chapter, a period for filing non-reserved band FM 
translator applications for a new station or for major modifications in 
the facilities of an authorized station. FM translator applications for 
new facilities or for major modifications, whether for commercial 
broadcast stations or noncommercial educational broadcast stations, as 
described in 47 U.S.C. 397(6), will be accepted only during these 
specified periods. Applications submitted prior to the window opening 
date identified in the Public Notice will be returned as premature. 
Applications submitted after the specified deadline will be dismissed 
with prejudice as untimely.
    (ii) Such FM translator applicants will be subject to the provisions 
of Sec. Sec.  1.2105 and 73.5002(a) regarding the submission of the 
short-form application, FCC Form 175, and all appropriate 
certifications, information and exhibits contained therein. To determine 
which FM translator applications are mutually exclusive, FM translator 
applicants must submit the engineering data contained in FCC Form 349 as 
a supplement to the short-form application. Such engineering data will 
not be studied for technical acceptability, but will be protected from 
subsequently filed applications as of the close of the window filing 
period. Determinations as to the acceptability or grantability of an 
applicant's proposal will not be made prior to an auction.
    (iii) FM translator applicants will be subject to the provisions of 
Sec.  1.2105 regarding the modification and dismissal of their short-
form applications.
    (iv) Consistent with Sec.  1.2105(a), beginning January 1, 1999, all 
short-form applications must be filed electronically.
    (3) Subsequently, the FCC will release Public Notices:
    (i) Identifying the short-form applications received during the 
appropriate filing period or ``window'' which are found to be mutually 
exclusive, including any applications for noncommercial educational 
broadcast stations, as defined in 47 U.S.C. 397(6), as well as the 
procedures the FCC will use to resolve the mutually exclusive 
applications;
    (ii) Establishing a date, time and place for an auction;
    (iii)Providing information regarding the methodology of competitive 
bidding to be used in the upcoming auction, bid submission and payment 
procedures, upfront payment procedures, upfront payment deadlines, 
minimum opening bid requirements and applicable reserve prices in 
accordance with the provisions of Sec.  73.5002;
    (iv) Identifying applicants who have submitted timely upfront 
payments and, thus, are qualified to bid in the auction.
    (4) After the close of the filing window, the FCC will also release 
a Public Notice identifying any short-form applications which are found 
to be non-mutually exclusive, including any applications for 
noncommercial educational broadcast stations, as described in 47 U.S.C. 
397(6). These non-mutually exclusive applicants will be required to 
submit the appropriate long form application within 30 days of the 
Public Notice and, for applicants for commercial broadcast stations, 
pursuant to the provisions of Sec.  73.5005 of this chapter. Non-
mutually exclusive applications for commercial broadcast stations will 
be processed and the FCC

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will periodically release a Public Notice listing such non-mutually 
exclusive applications determined to be acceptable for filing and 
announcing a date by which petitions to deny must be filed in accordance 
with the provisions of Sec. Sec.  73.5006 and 73.3584 of this chapter. 
Non-mutually exclusive applications for noncommercial educational 
broadcast stations, as described by 47 U.S.C. 397(6), will be processed 
and the FCC will periodically release a Public Notice listing such non-
mutually exclusive applications determined to be acceptable for filing 
and announcing a date by which petitions to deny must be filed in 
accordance with the provisions of Sec. Sec.  73.7004 and 73.3584 of this 
chapter. If the applicants are duly qualified, and upon examination, the 
FCC finds that the public interest, convenience and necessity will be 
served by the granting of the non-mutually exclusive long-form 
application, the same will be granted.
    (5)(i) Pursuant to Sec.  1.2107 of this chapter, a winning bidder 
that meets its down payment obligations in a timely manner must, within 
30 days of the release of the public notice announcing the close of the 
auction, submit the appropriate long-form application for each 
construction permit for which it was the winning bidder. Long-form 
applications filed by winning bidders shall include the exhibits 
identified in Sec.  73.5005 of this chapter.
    (ii) These applications will be processed and the FCC will 
periodically release a Public Notice listing such applications that have 
been accepted for filing and announcing a date by which petitions to 
deny must be filed in accordance with the provisions of Sec.  73.3584 of 
this chapter. If the applicants are duly qualified, and upon 
examination, the FCC finds that the public interest, convenience and 
necessity will be served by the granting of the winning bidder's long-
form application, a Public Notice will be issued announcing that the 
construction permit is ready to be granted. Each winning bidder shall 
pay the balance of its winning bid in a lump sum within 10 business days 
after release of the Public Notice, as set forth in Sec.  1.2109(a). 
Construction permits will be granted by the Commission following the 
receipt of the full payment.
    (iii) All long-form applications will be cut-off as of the date of 
filing with the FCC and will be protected from subsequently filed long-
form translator applications. Applications will be required to protect 
all previously filed applications. Winning bidders filing long-form 
applications may change the technical proposals specified in their 
previously submitted short-form applications, but such change may not 
constitute a major change. If the submitted long-form application would 
constitute a major change from the proposal submitted in the short-form 
application or the allotment, the long-form application will be returned 
pursuant to paragraph (d)(2)(i) of this section.
    (e) Selection of mutually exclusive reserved band FM translator 
applications.
    (1) Applications for FM translator stations proposing to provide 
fill-in service (within the primary station's protected contour) of the 
commonly owned primary station will be given priority over all other 
applications.
    (2) Where applications for FM translator stations are mutually 
exclusive and do not involve a proposal to provide fill-in service of 
commonly owned primary stations, the FCC may stipulate different 
frequencies as necessary for the applicants.
    (3) Where there are no available frequencies to substitute for a 
mutually exclusive application, the FCC will apply the same point system 
identified for full service reserved band FM stations in Sec.  
73.7003(b) of this chapter. In the event of a tie, the FCC will 
consider:
    (i) Existing authorizations. Each applicant's number of existing 
radio authorizations (licenses and construction permits for AM, FM, and 
FM-translators but excluding fill-in translators) as of the time of 
application shall be compared, and the applicant with the fewest 
authorizations will be chosen as tentative selectee. If each applicant 
is applying for a fill-in translator only, and consideration of its 
other radio stations is not dispositive, its number of existing fill-in 
translator authorizations will also be considered, and the

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fill-in applicant with the fewest fill-in authorizations will be chosen 
as tentative selectee.
    (ii) Existing applications. If a tie remains, after the tie breaker 
in paragraph (e)(3)(i) of this section, the remaining applicant with the 
fewest pending radio new and major change applications (AM, FM, and non 
fill-in FM translators) will be chosen as tentative selectee. If each 
applicant is applying for a fill-in translator only, and consideration 
of its other radio stations is not dispositive, its number of existing 
fill-in translator applications will also be considered, and the fill-in 
applicant with the fewest fill-in authorizations will be chosen as 
tentative selectee.
    (iii) Where the procedures in paragraphs (e)(1), (e)(2) and 
(e)(3)(i) and (e)(3)(ii) of this section fail to resolve the mutual 
exclusivity, the applications will be processed on a first-come-first-
served basis.

[63 FR 48632, Sept. 11, 1998, as amended at 64 FR 19502, Apr. 21, 1999; 
65 FR 36382, June 8, 2000; 66 FR 15357, Mar. 19, 2001; 67 FR 45375, July 
9, 2002; 68 FR 26229, May 15, 2003]



Sec.  74.1234  Unattended operation.

    (a) A station authorized under this subpart may be operated without 
a designated person in attendance if the following requirements are met:
    (1) If the transmitter site cannot be reached promptly at all hours 
and in all seasons, means shall be provided so that the transmitting 
apparatus can be turned on and off at will from a point which is readily 
accessible at all hours and in all seasons.
    (2) The transmitter shall also be equipped with suitable automatic 
circuits which will place it in a nonradiating condition in the absence 
of a signal on the input channel.
    (3) The on-and-off control (if at a location other than the 
transmitter site) and the transmitting apparatus, shall be adequately 
protected against tampering by unauthorized persons.
    (4) The FCC in Washington, DC, Attention: Audio Division, Media 
Bureau, shall be supplied by letter with the name, address, and 
telephone number of a person or persons who may be contacted to secure 
suspension of operation of the translator promptly should such action be 
deemed necessary by the Commission. Such information shall be kept 
current by the licensee.
    (5) Where the antenna and supporting structure are required to be 
painted and lighted under the provisions of Part 17 of this chapter, the 
licensee shall make suitable arrangements for the daily inspection and 
logging of the obstruction lighting and associated control equipment as 
required by Sec. Sec.  17.47, 17.48, and 17.49 of this chapter.
    (b) An application for authority to construct a new station pursuant 
to this subpart or to make changes in the facilities of such a station, 
which proposes unattended operation shall include an adequate showing as 
to the manner of compliance with this section.

[35 FR 15388, Oct. 2, 1970, as amended at 37 FR 18540, Sept. 13, 1972; 
38 FR 25992, Sept. 17, 1973; 60 FR 55484, Nov. 1, 1995; 63 FR 33879, 
June 22, 1998; 67 FR 13234, Mar. 21, 2002]



Sec.  74.1235  Power limitations and antenna systems.

    (a) An application for an FM translator station filed by the 
licensee or permittee of the primary station to provide fill-in service 
within the primary station's coverage area will not be accepted for 
filing if it specifies an effective radiated power (ERP) which exceeds 
250 watts.
    (b) An application for an FM translator station, other than one for 
fill-in service which is covered in paragraph (a) of this section, will 
not be accepted for filing if it specifies an effective radiated power 
(ERP) which exceeds the maximum ERP (MERP) value determined in 
accordance with this paragraph. The antenna height above average terrain 
(HAAT) shall be determined in accordance with Sec.  73.313(d) of this 
chapter for each of 12 distinct radials, with each radial spaced 30 
degrees apart and with the bearing of the first radial bearing true 
north. Each raidal HAAT value shall be rounded to the nearest meter. For 
each of the 12 radial directions, the MERP is the value corresponding to 
the calculated HAAT in the following tables that is appropriate for the 
location of the translator. For an application specifying a 
nondirectional transmitting antenna, the specified ERP must not exceed 
the smallest

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of the 12 MERP's. For an application specifying a directional 
transmitting antenna, the ERP in each azimuthal direction must not 
exceed the MERP for the closest of the 12 radial directions.
    (1) For FM translators located east of the Mississippi River or in 
Zone I-A as described in Sec.  73.205(b) of this chapter:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum ERP
                    Radial HAAT (meters)                       (MERP in
                                                                watts)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Less than or equal to 32...................................          250
33 to 39...................................................          170
40 to 47...................................................          120
48 to 57...................................................           80
58 to 68...................................................           55
69 to 82...................................................           38
83 to 96...................................................           27
97 to 115..................................................           19
116 to 140.................................................           13
Greater than or equal to 141...............................           10
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (2) For FM translators located in all other areas:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum ERP
                    Radial HAAT (meters)                       (MERP in
                                                                watts)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Less than or equal to 107..................................          250
108 to 118.................................................          205
119 to 130.................................................          170
131 to 144.................................................          140
145 to 157.................................................          115
158 to 173.................................................           92
174 to 192.................................................           75
193 to 212.................................................           62
213 to 235.................................................           50
236 to 260.................................................           41
261 to 285.................................................           34
286 to 310.................................................           28
311 to 345.................................................           23
346 to 380.................................................           19
381 to 425.................................................         15.5
426 to 480.................................................           13
481 to 540.................................................           11
Greater than or equal to 541...............................           10
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (c) The effective radiated power of FM booster stations shall be 
limited such that the predicted service contour of the booster station, 
computed in accordance with Sec.  73.313 paragraphs (a) through (d) of 
this chapter, may not extend beyond the corresponding service contour of 
the primary FM station that the booster rebroadcasts. In no event shall 
the ERP of the booster station exceed 20% of the maximum allowable ERP 
for the primary station's class.
    (d) Applications for FM translator stations located within 320 km of 
the Canadian border will not be accepted if they specify more than 50 
watts effective radiated power in any direction or have a 34 dBu 
interference contour, calculated in accordance with Sec.  74.1204 of 
this part, that exceeds 32 km. FM translator stations located within 320 
kilometers of the Mexican border must be separated from Mexican 
allotments and assignments in accordance with Sec.  73.207(b)(3) of this 
chapter and are limited to a transmitter power output of 10 watts or 
less. For purposes of compliance with that section, FM translators will 
be considered as Class D FM stations.
    (1) Translator stations located within 125 kilometers of the Mexican 
border may operate with an ERP up to 50 watts (0.050 kW) ERP. A booster 
station may not produce a 34 dBu interfering contour in excess of 32 km 
from the transmitter site in the direction of the Mexican border, nor 
may the 60 dBu service contour of the booster station exceed 8.7 km from 
the transmitter site in the direction of the Mexican border.
    (2) Translator stations located between 125 kilometers and 320 
kilometers from the Mexican border may operate with an ERP in excess of 
50 watts, up to the maximum permitted ERP of 250 watts per Sec.  
74.1235(b)(2). However, in no event shall the location of the 60 dBu 
contour lie within 116.3 km of the Mexican border.
    (3) Applications for translator or booster stations within 320 km of 
the Canadian border may employ an ERP up to a maximum of 250 watts, as 
specified in Sec.  74.1235(a) and (b). The distance to the 34 dBu 
interfering contour may not exceed 60 km in any direction.
    (e) In no event shall a station authorized under this subpart be 
operated with a transmitter power output (TPO) in excess of the 
transmitter certificated rating. A station authorized under this subpart 
for a TPO that is less than its transmitter certificated rating shall 
determine its TPO in accordance with Sec.  73.267 of this chapter and 
its TPO shall not be more than 105 percent of the authorized TPO.
    (f) Composite antennas and antenna arrays may be used where the 
total ERP does not exceed the maximum determined in accordance with 
paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of this section.
    (g) Either horizontal, vertical, circular or elliptical polarization 
may be used provided that the supplemental

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vertically polarized ERP required for circular or elliptical 
polarization does not exceed the ERP otherwise authorized. Either 
clockwise or counterclockwise rotation may be used. Separate 
transmitting antennas are permitted if both horizontal and vertical 
polarization is to be provided.
    (h) All applications must comply with Sec.  73.316, paragraphs (d) 
and (e) of this chapter.
    (i) An application that specifies use of a directional antenna must 
comply with Sec.  73.316, paragraphs (c)(1) through (c)(3) of this 
chapter. Prior to issuance of a license, the applicant must: (1) Certify 
that the antenna is mounted in accordance with the specific instructions 
provided by the antenna manufacturer; and (2) certify that the antenna 
is mounted in the proper orientation. In instances where a directional 
antenna is proposed for the purpose of providing protection to another 
facility, a condition may be included in the construction permit 
requiring that before program tests are authorized, a permittee: (1) 
Must submit the results of a complete proof-of-performance to establish 
the horizontal plane radiation patterns for both the horizontally and 
vertically polarized radiation components; and, (2) must certify that 
the relative field strength of neither the measured horizontally nor 
vertically polarized radiation component shall exceed at any azimuth the 
value indicated on the composite radiation pattern authorized by the 
construction permit.

    Note: Existing licensees and permittees that do not furnish data 
sufficient to calculate the contours in conformance with Sec.  74.1204 
will be assigned protected contours having the following radii:

Up to 10 watts--1 mile (1.6 km) from transmitter site.
Up to 100 watts--2 miles (3.2 km) from transmitter site.
Up to 250 watts--4 miles (6.5 km) from transmitter site.

    (j) FM translator stations authorized prior to June 1, 1991, with 
facilities that do not comply with the ERP limitation of paragraph (a) 
or (b) of this section, as appropriate, may continue to operate, 
provided that operation is in conformance with Sec.  74.1203 regarding 
interference. Applications for major changes in FM translator stations 
must specify facilities that comply with paragraph (a) or (b) of this 
section, as appropriate.

[55 FR 50697, Dec. 10, 1990, as amended at 56 FR 56170, Nov. 1, 1991; 58 
FR 42026, Aug. 6, 1993; 62 FR 51063, Sept. 30, 1997; 63 FR 33879, June 
22, 1998; 63 FR 36605, July 7, 1998]



Sec.  74.1236  Emission and bandwidth.

    (a) The license of a station authorized under this subpart allows 
the transmission of either F3 or other types of frequency modulation 
(see Sec.  2.201 of this chapter) upon a showing of need, as long as the 
emission complies with the following:
    (1) For transmitter output powers no greater than 10 watts, 
paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of this section apply.
    (2) For transmitter output powers greater than 10 watts, Sec.  
73.317 (a), (b), (c), and (d) apply.
    (b) Standard width FM channels will be assigned and the transmitting 
apparatus shall be operated so as to limit spurious emissions to the 
lowest practicable value. Any emissions including intermodulation 
products and radiofrequency harmonics which are not essential for the 
transmission of the desired aural information shall be considered to be 
spurious emissions.
    (c) The power of emissions appearing outside the assigned channel 
shall be attenuated below the total power of the emission as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Minimum
                                                             attenuation
         Distance of emission from center frequency             below
                                                             unmodulated
                                                               carrier
------------------------------------------------------------------------
120 to 240 kHz.............................................        25 dB
Over 240 and up to 600 kHz.................................        35 dB
Over 600 kHz...............................................        60 dB
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (d) Greater attenuation than that specified in paragraph (c) of this 
section may be required if interference results outside the assigned 
channel.

[35 FR 15388, Oct. 2, 1970, as amended at 52 FR 31406, Aug. 20, 1987; 55 
FR 50698, Dec. 10, 1990]



Sec.  74.1237  Antenna location.

    (a) An applicant for a new station to be authorized under this 
subpart or for a change in the facilities of such a station shall 
endeavor to select a site which will provide a line-of-sight

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transmission path to the entire area intended to be served and at which 
there is available a suitable signal from the primary station. The 
transmitting antenna should be placed above growing vegetation and trees 
lying in the direction of the area intended to be served, to minimize 
the possiblity of signal absorption by foliage.
    (b) Consideration should be given to accessibility of the site at 
all seasons of the year and to the availability of facilities for the 
maintenance and operation of the FM translator.
    (c) Consideration should be given to the existence of strong 
radiofrequency fields from other transmitters at the translator site and 
the possibility that such fields may result in the retransmission of 
signals originating on frequencies other than that of the primary 
station.
    (d) The transmitting antenna of an FM booster station shall be 
located within the protected contour of its primary station, subject to 
Note, Sec.  74.1231 (h). The transmitting antenna of a commonly owned 
commercial FM translator station shall be located within the protected 
contour of its commercial primary FM station.
    (e) A translator or booster station to be located on an AM antenna 
tower or located within 3.2 km of an AM antenna tower must comply with 
Sec.  73.1692 of this chapter.

[35 FR 15388, Oct. 2, 1970, as amended at 55 FR 50698, Dec. 10, 1990; 58 
FR 42026, Aug. 6, 1993; 62 FR 51063, Sept. 30, 1997]



Sec.  74.1250  Transmitters and associated equipment.

    (a) FM translator and booster transmitting apparatus, and exciters 
employed to provide a locally generated and modulated input signal to 
translator and booster equipment, used by stations authorized under the 
provisions of this subpart must be certificated upon the request of any 
manufacturer of transmitters in accordance with this section and subpart 
J of part 2 of this chapter. In addition, FM translator and booster 
stations may use FM broadcast transmitting apparatus verified or 
approved under the provisions of part 73 of this chapter.
    (b) Transmitting antennas, antennas used to receive signals to be 
rebroadcast, and transmission lines are not subject to the requirement 
for certification.
    (c) The following requirements must be met before translator, 
booster or exciter equipment will be certificated in accordance with 
this section:
    (1) Radio frequency harmonics and spurious emissions must conform 
with the specifications of Sec.  74.1236 of this part.
    (2) The local oscillator or oscillators, including those in an 
exciter employed to provide a locally generated and modulated input 
signal to a translator or booster, when subjected to variations in 
ambient temperature between minus 30 degrees and plus 50 degrees 
centigrade, and in primary supply voltage between 85 percent and 115 
percent of the rated value, shall be sufficiently stable to maintain the 
output center frequency within plus or minus 0.005 percent of the 
operating frequency and to enable conformance with the specifications of 
Sec.  74.1261 of this part.
    (3) The apparatus shall contain automatic circuits to maintain the 
power output in conformance with Sec.  74.1235(e) of this part. If 
provision is included for adjusting the power output, then the normal 
operating constants shall be specified for operation at both the rated 
power output and the minimum power output at which the apparatus is 
designed to operate. The apparatus shall be equipped with suitable 
meters or meter jacks so that the operating constants can be measured 
while the apparatus is in operation.
    (4) Apparatus rated for transmitter power output of more than 1 watt 
shall be equipped with automatic circuits to place it in a nonradiating 
condition when no input signal is being received in conformance with 
Sec.  74.1263(b) of this part and to transmit the call sign in 
conformance with Sec.  74.1283(c)(2) of this part.
    (5) For exciters, automatic means shall be provided for limiting the 
level of the audio frequency voltage applied to the modulator to ensure 
that a frequency swing in excess of 75 kHz will

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not occur under any condition of the modulation.

[55 FR 50698, Dec. 10, 1990, as amended at 63 FR 36606, July 7, 1998]



Sec.  74.1251  Technical and equipment modifications.

    (a) No change, either mechanical or electrical, except as provided 
in part 2 of this chapter, may be made in FM translator or booster 
apparatus which has been certificated by the Commission without prior 
authority of the Commission.
    (b) Formal application on FCC Form 349 is required of all permittees 
and licensees for any of the following changes:
    (1) Replacement of the transmitter as a whole, except replacement 
with a transmitter of identical power rating which has been certificated 
by the FCC for use by FM translator or FM booster stations, or any 
change which could result in the electrical characteristics or 
performance of the station. Upon the installation or modification of the 
transmitting equipment for which prior FCC authority is not required 
under the provisions of this paragraph, the licensee shall place in the 
station records a certification that the new installation complies in 
all respects with the technical requirements of this part and the terms 
of the station authorization.
    (2) A change in the transmitting antenna system, including the 
direction of radiation or directive antenna pattern.
    (3) Any change in the overall height of the antenna structure except 
where notice to the Federal Aviation Administration is specifically not 
required under Sec.  17.14(b) of this chapter.
    (4) Any change in the location of the translator or booster except a 
move within the same building or upon the same pole or tower.
    (5) Any horizontal change in the location of the antenna structure 
which would (i) be in excess of 152.4 meters (500 feet), or (ii) would 
require notice to the Federal Aviation Administration pursuant to Sec.  
17.7 of the FCC's rules.
    (6) Any change in the output frequency of a translator.
    (7) Any increase of authorized effective radiated power. FM 
translator and booster stations may decrease ERP on a modification of 
license application provided that exhibits are included to demonstrate 
that the following requirements are met:
    (i) The license application may not propose to eliminate the 
authorized horizontally polarized ERP, if a horizontally polarized ERP 
is currently authorized;
    (ii) The installed height of the antenna radiation center is not 
increased by more than two meters nor decreased by more than four meters 
from the authorized height for the antenna radiation center; and
    (iii) The station is not presently authorized with separate 
horizontal and vertical antennas mounted at different heights. Use of 
separate horizontal and vertical antennas requires a construction permit 
before implementation or changes.
    (8) Any change in area being served.
    (c) Changes in the primary FM station being retransmitted must be 
submitted to the FCC in writing.
    (d) Any application proposing a change in the height of the antenna 
structure or its location must also include the Antenna Structure 
Registration Number (FCC Form 854R) of the antenna structure upon which 
it proposes to locate its antenna. In the event the antenna structure 
does not have a Registration Number, either the antenna structure owner 
shall file FCC Form 854 (``Application for Antenna Structure 
Registration'') in accordance with part 17 of this chapter or the 
applicant shall provide a detailed explanation why registration and 
clearance are not required.

[35 FR 15388, Oct. 2, 1970, as amended at 45 FR 26068, Apr. 17, 1980; 47 
FR 24580, June 7, 1982; 50 FR 3525, Jan. 25, 1985; 50 FR 23710, June 5, 
1985; 55 FR 50698, Dec. 10, 1990; 61 FR 4368, Feb. 6, 1996; 63 FR 33879, 
June 22, 1998; 63 FR 36606, July 7, 1998; 65 FR 79780, Dec. 20, 2000]



Sec.  74.1261  Frequency tolerance.

    (a) The licensee of an FM translator or booster station with an 
authorized transmitter power output of 10 watts or less shall maintain 
the center frequency at the output of the translator within 0.01 percent 
of its assigned frequency.

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    (b) The licensee of an FM translator or booster station with an 
authorized transmitter power output greater than 10 watts shall maintain 
the center frequency at the output of the translator or booster station 
in compliance with the requirement of Sec.  73.1545(b)(1) of this 
chapter.

[55 FR 50699, Dec. 10, 1990]



Sec.  74.1262  Frequency monitors and measurements.

    (a) The licensee of a station authorized under this subpart is not 
required to provide means for measuring the operating frequency of the 
transmitter. However, only equipment having the required stability will 
be approved for use by an FM translator or booster.
    (b) In the event that a station authorized under this subpart is 
found to be operating beyond the frequency tolerance prescribed in Sec.  
74.1261, the licensee shall promptly suspend operation of the station 
and shall not resume operation until the station has been restored to 
its assigned frequency. Adjustment of the frequency determining circuits 
of an FM translator or booster shall be made by a qualified person in 
accordance with Sec.  74.1250(g).



Sec.  74.1263  Time of operation.

    (a) The licensee of an FM translator or booster station is not 
required to adhere to any regular schedule of operation. However, the 
licensee of an FM translator or booster station is expected to provide a 
dependable service to the extent that such is within its control and to 
avoid unwarranted interruptions to the service provided.
    (b) An FM translator or booster station rebroadcasting the signal of 
a primary station shall not be permitted to radiate during extended 
periods when signals of the primary station are not being retransmitted.
    (c) The licensee of an FM translator or booster station must notify 
the Commission of its intent to discontinue operations for 30 or more 
consecutive days. Notification must be made within 10 days of the time 
the station first discontinues operation and Commission approval must be 
obtained for such discontinued operation to continue beyond 30 days. The 
notification shall specify the causes of the discontinued operation and 
a projected date for the station's return to operation, substantiated by 
supporting documentation. If the projected date for the station's return 
to operation cannot be met, another notification and further request for 
discontinued operations must be submitted in conformance with the 
requirements of this section. Within 48 hours of the station's return to 
operation, the licensee must notify the Commission of such fact. All 
notification must be in writing.
    (d) The licensee of an FM translator or booster station must notify 
the Commission of its intent to permanently discontinue operations at 
least two days before operation is discontinued. Immediately after 
discontinuance of operation, the licensee shall forward the station 
license and other instruments of authorization to the FCC, Washington, 
DC for cancellation.
    (e) Failure of an FM translator or booster station to operate for a 
period of 30 or more consecutive days, except for causes beyond the 
control of the licensee or authorized pursuant to paragraph (c) of this 
section, shall be deemed evidence of discontinuation of operation and 
the license of the station may be cancelled at the discretion of the 
Commission. Furthermore, the station's license will expire as a matter 
of law, without regard to any causes beyond control of the licensee or 
to any authorization pursuant to paragraph (c) of this section, if the 
station fails to transmit broadcast signals for any consecutive 12-month 
period, notwithstanding any provision, term, or condition of the license 
to the contrary.

[55 FR 50699, Dec. 10, 1990, as amended at 61 FR 28768, June 6, 1996]



Sec.  74.1265  Posting of station license.

    (a) The station license and any other instrument of authorization or 
individual order concerning the construction of the station or the 
manner of operation shall be kept in the station record file maintained 
by the licensee so as to be available for inspection upon request to any 
authorized representative of the Commission.

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    (b) The call sign of the translator or booster together with the 
name, address, and telephone number of the licensee or local 
representative of the licensee if the licensee does not reside in the 
community served by the translator or booster, and the name and address 
of a person and place where station records are maintained, shall be 
displayed at the translator or booster site on the structure supporting 
the transmitting antenna, so as to be visible to a person standing on 
the ground at the transmitter site. The display shall be prepared so as 
to withstand normal weathering for a reasonable period of time and shall 
be maintained in a legible condition by the licensee.

[35 FR 15388, Oct. 2, 1970, as amended at 40 FR 24901, June 11, 1975]



Sec.  74.1269  Copies of rules.

    The licensee or permittee of a station authorized under this subpart 
shall have a current copy of Volumes I (parts 0, 1, 2 and 17) and III 
(parts 73 & 74) of the Commission's Rules and shall make the same 
available for use by the operator in charge. Each such licensee or 
permittee shall be familiar with those rules relating to stations 
authorized under this subpart. Copies of the Commission's Rules may be 
obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing 
Office, Washington, DC 20402.

[55 FR 50699, Dec. 10, 1990]



Sec.  74.1281  Station records.

    (a) The licensee of a station authorized under this Subpart shall 
maintain adequate station records, including the current instrument of 
authorization, official correspondence with the FCC, maintenance 
records, contracts, permission for rebroadcasts, and other pertinent 
documents.
    (b) Entries required by Sec.  17.49 of this chapter concerning any 
observed or otherwise known extinguishment or improper functioning of a 
tower light:
    (1) The nature of such extinguishment or improper functioning.
    (2) The date and time the extinguishment of improper operation was 
observed or otherwise noted.
    (3) The date, time and nature of adjustments, repairs or 
replacements made.
    (c) The station records shall be maintained for inspection at a 
residence, office, or public building, place of business, or other 
suitable place, in one of the communities of license of the translator 
or booster, except that the station records of a booster or translator 
licensed to the licensee of the primary station may be kept at the same 
place where the primary station records are kept. The name of the person 
keeping station records, together with the address of the place where 
the records are kept, shall be posted in accordance with Sec.  
74.1265(b) of the rules. The station records shall be made available 
upon request to any authorized representative of the Commission.
    (d) Station logs and records shall be retained for a period of two 
years.

[48 FR 44807, Sept. 30, 1983]



Sec.  74.1283  Station identification.

    (a) The call sign of an FM broadcast translator station will consist 
of the initial letter K or W followed by the channel number assigned to 
the translator and two letters. The use of the initial letter will 
generally conform to the pattern used in the broadcast service. The two 
letter combinations following the channel number will be assigned in 
order and requests for the assignment of particular combinations of 
letters will not be considered.
    (b) The call sign of an FM booster station will consist of the call 
sign of the primary station followed by the letters ``FM'' and the 
number of the booster station being authorized, e.g., WFCCFM-1.
    (c) A translator station authorized under this subpart shall be 
identified by one of the following methods.
    (1) By arranging for the primary station whose station is being 
rebroadcast to identify the translator station by call sign and 
location. Three such identifications shall be made during each day: once 
between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m., once between 12:55 p.m. and 1:05 p.m. and 
once between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Stations which do not begin their 
broadcast before 9 a.m. shall make their first identification at the 
beginning of their broadcast days. The licensee of an FM

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translator whose station identification is made by the primary station 
must arrange for the primary station licensee to keep in its file, and 
to make available to FCC personnel, the translator's call letters and 
location, giving the name, address and telephone number of the licensee 
or his service representative to be contacted in the event of 
malfunction of the translator. It shall be the responsibility of the 
translator licensee to furnish current information to the primary 
station licensee for this purpose.
    (2) By transmitting the call sign in International Morse Code at 
least once each hour. Transmitters of FM broadcast translator stations 
of more than 1 watt transmitter output power must be equipped with an 
automatic keying device that will transmit the call sign at least once 
each hour, unless there is in effect a firm agreement with the 
translator's primary station as provided in Sec.  74.1283(c)(1) of this 
section. Transmission of the call sign can be accomplished by:
    (i) Frequency shifting key; the carrier shift shall not be less than 
5 kHz nor greater than 25 kHz.
    (ii) Amplitude modulation of the FM carrier of at least 30 percent 
modulation. The audio frequency tone use shall not be within 200 hertz 
of the Emergency Broadcast System Attention signal alerting frequencies.
    (d) FM broadcast booster stations shall be identified by their 
primary stations, by the broadcasting of the primary station's call 
signs and location, in accordance with the provisions of Sec.  73.1201 
of this chapter.
    (e) The Commission may, in its discretion, specify other methods of 
identification.

[55 FR 50699, Dec. 10, 1990]



Sec.  74.1284  Rebroadcasts.

    (a) The term rebroadcast means the reception by radio of the 
programs or other signals of a radio station and the simultaneous 
retransmission of such programs or signals for direct reception by the 
general public.
    (b) The licensee of an FM translator shall not rebroadcast the 
programs of any FM broadcast station or other FM translator without 
obtaining prior consent of the primary station whose programs are 
proposed to be retransmitted. The Commission shall be notified of the 
call letters of each station rebroadcast and the licensee of the FM 
translator shall certify that written consent has been received from the 
licensee of the station whose programs are retransmitted.
    (c) An FM translator is not authorized to rebroadcast the 
transmissions of any class of station other than an FM broadcast station 
or another FM translator.



Sec.  74.1290  FM translator and booster station information available 
on the Internet.

    The Media Bureau's Audio Division provides information on the 
Internet regarding FM translator and booster stations, rules, and 
policies at http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio.

[67 FR 13234, Mar. 21, 2002]

                       Alphabetical Index--Part 74

                      A
Additional orders by FCC (All Services).....  74.28
Antenna, Directional (Aural STL/Relays).....  74.536
Antenna location--
    LPTV/TV Translator......................  74.737
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1237
Antenna structure, marking and lighting (All  74.30
 Services).
Antenna structure, Use of common (All         74.22
 Services).
Antenna systems (TV Auxiliaries)............  74.641
Antennas (ITFS).............................  74.937
Application Processing--ITFS................  74.911
Application requirements of Part 73           74.910
 applicable to ITFS.
Applications, Notification of filing (All     74.12
 Services).
Assignment, Frequency--
    Experimental Broadcast Station..........  74.103
    Remote Pickup...........................  74.402
    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.502
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.602
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.702
    ITFS....................................  74.902
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1202
Authorization of equipment--
    Aural Auxiliary.........................  74.550
    Remote Pickup...........................  74.451
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.655
    Lw Power Auxiliaries....................  74.851
    ITFS....................................  74.952
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1250
Authorization, Temporary--
    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.537
    Remote Pickup...........................  74.433
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.633
    Low Power Auxiliaries...................  74.833
Authorized emission--
    Experimental Broadcast Station..........  74.133
    Remote Pickup...........................  74.462
    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.535
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.637
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.736
    ITFS....................................  74.936
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1236

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Authorized frequencies (remote broadcast      74.402
 pickup).
Automatic relay stations (Remote pickup)....  74.436
Avoidance of interference (TV Auxiliaries)..  74.604
 
             BP='02'
Bandwidth and emissions authorized--
    Remote Pickup...........................  74.462
    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.535
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.736
    IFTS....................................  74.936
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1236
Boosters, Signal UHF translator.............  74.733
Broadcast regulations applicable to LPTV, TV  74.780
 translators, and TV boosters.
Broadcasting emergency information (All       74.21
 services).
 
                      C
 
Changes of Equipment--
    Experimental Broadcast Stations.........  74.151
    Remote Pickup...........................  74.452
    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.551
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.651
    ITFS....................................  74.951
Channel assignments (LPTV/TV Translator)....  74.702
Channels, Sound (TV Auxiliaries)............  74.603
Charges, Program Service, (Experimental       74.182
 Broadcast Stations).
Classes of stations--
    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.501
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.601
Construction permit, Statement of             74.112
 understanding, (Experimental Broadcast
 Stations).
Copies of the rules--
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.769
    ITFS....................................  74.969
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1269
Cross Reference (All Services)..............  74.5
 
                      D
 
Definitions--
    General.................................  74.2
    Remote Pickup...........................  74.401
    LPTV/TV translators.....................  74.701
    Low Power Auxiliaries...................  74.801
    ITFS....................................  74.901
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1201
Directional antenna required (Aural STL/      74.536
 Relays).
 
                      E
 
Emergency information Broadcasting (All       74.21
 Services).
Emission authorized--
    Experimental Broadcast Stations.........  74.133
    Remote Pickup...........................  74.462
    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.535
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.637
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.736
    ITFS....................................  74.936
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1236
Equipment and installation--
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1250
Equipment authorization--
    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.550
    Remote Pickup...........................  74.451
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.655
    Low Power Auxiliaries...................  74.851
    ITFS....................................  74.952
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1250
Equipment Changes--
    Experimental Broadcast Station..........  74.151
    Remote Pickup...........................  74.452
    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.551
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.651
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.751
    Low Power Auxiliaries...................  74.852
    ITFS....................................  74.951
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1251
Equipment, Notification of--
    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.550
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.655
Equipment Performance--
    FM Tanslators/Boosters..................  74.1250
Equipment tests (All Services)..............  74.13
Experimental Broadcast station..............  74.101
Experimental Broadcast Station, Uses of.....  74.102
Extension of station licenses, Temporary      74.16
 (All Services).
 
                      F
 
Filing of applications, Notification of (All  74.12
 Services).
Frequencies, Authorized (Remote broadcast     74.402
 pickup).
Frequency assignment--
    Experimental Broadcast Stations.........  74.103
    Remote Pickup...........................  74.402
    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.502
    TV Auxiliary............................  74.602
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.702
    Low Power Auxiliaries...................  74.802
    ITFS....................................  74.902
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1202
Frequency monitors and measurements--
    Experimental Broadcast Stations.........  74.162
    Remote Pickup...........................  74.465
    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.562
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.662
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.762
    ITFS....................................  74.962
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1262
Frequency tolerance--
    Experimental Broadcast Stations.........  74.161
    Remote Pickup...........................  74.464
    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.561
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.661
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.761
    ITFS....................................  74.961
    FM Translator/Boosters..................  74.1261
 
                      I
 
Identification of station--
    Experimental Broadcast Stations.........  74.183
    Remote Pickup...........................  74.482
    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.582
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.682
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.783
    Low Power Auxiliaries...................  74.882
    ITFS....................................  74.982
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1283
Information on the Internet, FM translator    74.1290
 and booster stations.
Inspection of station by FCC (All Services).  74.3
Interference--
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.703
    ITFS....................................  74.903
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1203
Interference avoidance (TV Auxiliaries).....  74.604
Interference--safety of life and property     74.23
 (All Services).
ITFS--
    Application processing..................  74.911
    Application requirements from part 73...  74.910
    Interference............................  74.903
    Petition to deny........................  74.912
    Purpose and permissible service.........  74.931
    Response station hubs...................  74.939
    Response stations (individually           74.940
     licensed).
    Response stations (ITFS; individually     74.949
     licensed).
    Signal booster stations.................  74.985
    Transmission standards..................  74.938
    Wireless cable use......................  74.990
 

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                      L
 
Land mobile station protection (from LPTV)..  74.709
License period, Station (All Services)......  74.15
Licenses, Posting of--
    Experimental Broadcast Stations.........  74.165
    Remote pickup broadcast stations........  74.432
    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.564
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.664
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.765
    Low power auxiliary stations............  74.832
    ITFS....................................  74.965
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1265
Licenses, station, Temporary extension (All   74.16
 Services).
Licensing requirements--
    Experimental Broadcast Stations.........  74.131
    Remote Pickup...........................  74.432
    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.532
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.632
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.732
    Low Power Auxiliaries...................  74.832
    ITFS....................................  74.932
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1232
Lighting and Marking of antenna structures    74.30
 (All Services).
Limitations on power--
    Experimental Broadcast Stations.........  74.132
    Remote Pickup...........................  74.461
    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.534
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.636
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.735
    ITFS....................................  74.935
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1235
LPTV, Broadcast rules applicable to.........  74.780
 
                      M
 
Marking and lighting of antenna structures    74.30
 (All Services).
Modification of transmission systems--
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.751
    ITFS....................................  74.951
    FM Translators and Boosters.............  74.1251
Modulation limits--
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.663
    ITFS....................................  74.970
Modulation monitors and measurements (ITFS).  74.971
Modulation requirements (Remote Pickup).....  74.463
Monitors and measurements, Frequency--
    Experimental Broadcast Stations.........  74.162
    Remote Pickup...........................  74.465
    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.562
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.662
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.762
    ITFS....................................  74.962
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1262
Multiple ownership--
    Experimental Broadcast Stations.........  74.134
    LPTV/TV Translator......................  74.732
 
                      N
 
Notification of filing of applications (All   74.12
 Services).
 
                      O
 
Operation, Remote control--
    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.533
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.634
Operation, Short term (All Services)........  74.24
Operation, Time of--
    Experimental Broadcast Stations.........  74.163
    LPTV/TV Translator......................  74.763
    ITFS....................................  74.963
    FM Translator/Boosters..................  74.1263
Operation, Unattended (and/or attended)--
    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.533
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.635
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.734
    ITFS....................................  74.934
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1234
Operator requirements, General (All           74.18
 Services).
Orders, Additional (All Services)...........  73.28
Ownership, Multiple--
    Experimental Broadcast Stations.........  74.134
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.732
 
                      P
 
Permissible service--
    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.531
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.631
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.731
    Low Power Auxiliaries...................  74.831
    ITFS....................................  74.931
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1231
Petitions to deny: ITFS.....................  74.912
Posting of licenses--
    Experimental Broadcast Stations.........  74.165
    Remote pickup broadcast stations........  74.432
    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.564
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.664
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.765
    Low power auxiliary stations............  74.832
    ITFS....................................  74.965
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1265
Power limitations--
    Experimental Broadcast Stations.........  74.132
    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.534
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.636
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.735
    ITFS....................................  74.935
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1235
Program or service tests (All Services).....  74.14
Program service, Charges (Experimental        74.182
 Broadcast Stations).
Protection by LPTV--
    To broadcast stations...................  74.705
    To other LPTV and TV Translator stations  74.707
    To Land Mobile stations.................  74.709
Purpose of service--
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.731
    ITFS....................................  74.931
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1231
 
                      R
 
Rebroadcasts--
    Experimental Broadcast Stations.........  74.184
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.784
    ITFS....................................  74.984
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1284
Records, Station (Experimental Broadcast      74.181
 Stations).
Regulations, Broadcast, applicable to LPTV    74.780
 and TV translators.
Relay stations, Automatic, (Remote Pickup)..  74.436
Remote pickup broadcast frequencies.........  74.402
Remote control operation--
    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.533
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.634
Remote pickup stations, Rules special to....  74.431
Renewal, Supplementary report (Experimental   74.113
 Broadcast Stations).
Response station hubs (ITFS)................  74.939
Response stations (ITFS; individually         74.940
 licensed).
Rules, Copies of--
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.769
    ITFS....................................  74.969
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1269
Rules special to Remote Pickup stations.....  74.431
 
                      S
 
Safety of life and property-interference      74.23
 jeopardy (All services).
Scope (of Subpart--General).................  74.1
Service or program tests (All Services).....  74.14
Service, Permissible--

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    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.531
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.631
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.731
    Low Power Auxiliaries...................  74.831
    ITFS....................................  74.931
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1231
Service, Scope of (Low Power Auxiliaries)...  74.831
Short term operation (All services).........  74.24
Signal boosters--
    UHF translator (LPTV/TV Translators)....  74.733
    ITFS....................................  74.985
Sound channels (TV Auxiliaries).............  74.603
Statement of understanding (Construction      74.112
 permit-Experimental Broadcast Stations).
Station identification--
    Experimental Broadcast Stations.........  74.183
    Remote Pickup...........................  74.482
    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.582
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.682
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.783
    Low Power Auxiliaries...................  74.882
    ITFS....................................  74.982
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1283
Station inspection by FCC (All Services)....  74.3
Station license period (All Services).......  74.15
Station records (Experimental Broadcast       74.181
 Stations).
 
                      T
 
Technical requirements (Low Power             74.861
 Auxiliaries).
Temporary authorizations--
    Remote Pickup...........................  74.433
    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.537
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.633
    Low Power Auxiliaries...................  74.833
Temporary extension of stations licenses      74.16
 (All Services).
Tests, Equipment (All Services).............  74.13
Tests, Service or program (All Services)....  74.14
Time of operation--
    Experimental Broadcast Stations.........  74.163
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.763
    ITFS....................................  74.963
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1263
Tolerance, Frequency--
    Experimental Broadcast Stations.........  74.161
    Remote Pickup...........................  74.464
    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.561
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.661
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.761
    ITFS....................................  74.961
    FM Translator/Boosters..................  74.1261
Translator signal boosters, UHF (LPTV/TV      74.733
 Translators).
Translators, TV, Purpose of (LPTV/TV          74.731
 Translators).
Transmission standards (ITFS)...............  74.938
Transmission system facilities (LPTV/TV       74.750
 Translators).
Transmission systems, modification of--
    LPTV/TV Translator......................  74.751
    ITFS....................................  74.951
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1251
Transmissions, Permissible (Low Power         74.831
 Auxiliaries).
Transmitter power (Remote Pickup)...........  74.461
Transmitters and associated equipment (FM     74.1250
 Translators/Boosters).
TV boosters, Broadcast rules applicable to    74.780
 (LPTV/TV Translators/TV Boosters.
TV Broadcast station protection (from LPTV/   74.705
 TV Translators).
TV, Low Power and translators, protection to  74.707
 (LPTV/TV Translators).
TV translators, Broadcast rules applicable    74.780
 to (LPTV/TV Translators).
 
                      U
 
UHF translator signal boosters (LPTV/TV       74.733
 Translators).
Unattended operation--
    Aural broadcast auxiliary stations......  74.531
    TV Auxiliaries..........................  74.635
    LPTV/TV Translators.....................  74.734
    ITFS....................................  74.934
    FM Translators/Boosters.................  74.1234
Use of common antenna structure (All          74.22
 services).
                V [Reserved]
 
                      W
 
Wireless cable usage of ITFS................  74.990
               X-Z [Reserved]
 


[50 FR 38535, Sept. 23, 1985, as amended at 51 FR 34622, Sept. 30, 1986; 
52 FR 37316, Oct. 6, 1987; 52 FR 47569, Dec. 15, 1987; 63 FR 33879, June 
22, 1998; 63 FR 65127, Nov. 25, 1998; 64 FR 63744, Nov. 22, 1999]



PART 76_MULTICHANNEL VIDEO AND CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE--Table of Contents




                            Subpart A_General

Sec.
76.1 Purpose.
76.3 Other pertinent rules.
76.5 Definitions.
76.6 General pleading requirements.
76.7 General special relief, waiver, enforcement, complaint, show cause, 
          forfeiture, and declaratory ruling procedures.
76.8 Status conference.
76.9 Confidentiality of proprietary information.
76.10 Review.
76.11 Lockbox enforcement.

                    Subpart B_Registration Statements

76.29 Special temporary authority.

Subpart C--Federal-State/Local Regulatory Relationships [Reserved]

           Subpart D_Carriage of Television Broadcast Signals

76.51 Major television markets.
76.53 Reference points.
76.54 Significantly viewed signals; method to be followed for special 
          showings.
76.55 Definitions applicable to the must-carry rules.
76.56 Signal carriage obligations.
76.57 Channel positioning.
76.59 Modification of television markets.
76.60 Compensation for carriage.
76.61 Disputes concerning carriage.
76.62 Manner of carriage.
76.64 Retransmission consent.
76.65 Good faith and exclusive retransmission consent complaints.
76.66 Satellite broadcast signal carriage.

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76.70 Exemption from input selector switch rules.

           Subpart E_Equal Employment Opportunity Requirements

76.71 Scope of application.
76.73 General EEO policy.
76.75 Specific EEO program requirements.
76.77 Reporting requirements and enforcement.
76.79 Records available for public inspection.

Subpart F_Network Non-duplication Protection, Syndicated Exclusivity and 
                             Sports Blackout

76.92 Cable network non-duplication; extent of protection.
76.93 Parties entitled to network non-duplication protection.
76.94 Notification.
76.95 Exceptions.
76.101 Cable syndicated program exclusivity: extent of protection.
76.103 Parties entitled to syndicated exclusivity.
76.105 Notification.
76.106 Exceptions.
76.107 Exclusivity contracts.
76.108 Indemnification contracts.
76.109 Requirements for invocation of protection.
76.110 Substitutions.
76.111 Cable sports blackout.
76.120 Network non-duplication protection, syndicated exclusivity and 
          sports blackout rules for satellite carriers: Definitions.
76.122 Satellite network non-duplication.
76.123 Satellite syndicated program exclusivity.
76.124 Requirements for invocation of protection.
76.125 Indemnification contracts.
76.127 Satellite sports blackout.
76.128 Application of sports blackout rules.
76.130 Substitutions.

                         Subpart G_Cablecasting

76.205 Origination cablecasts by legally qualified candidates for public 
          office; equal opportunities.
76.206 Candidate rates.
76.209 Fairness doctrine; personal attacks; political editorials.
76.213 Lotteries.
76.225 Commercial limits in children's programs.
76.227 [Reserved]

                Subpart H_General Operating Requirements

76.309 Customer service obligations.

                       Subpart I_Forms and Reports

76.403 Cable television system reports.

                  Subpart J_Ownership of Cable Systems

76.501 Cross-ownership.
76.502 Time limits applicable to franchise authority consideration of 
          transfer applications.
76.503 National subscriber limits.
76.504 Limits on carriage of vertically integrated programming.
76.505 Prohibition on buy outs.

                      Subpart K_Technical Standards

76.601 Performance tests.
76.605 Technical standards.
76.606 Closed captioning.
76.609 Measurements.
76.610 Operation in the frequency bands 108-137 and 225-400 MHz--scope 
          of application.
76.611 Cable television basic signal leakage performance criteria.
76.612 Cable television frequency separation standards.
76.613 Interference from a multichannel video programming distributor 
          (MVPD).
76.614 Cable television system regular monitoring.
76.616 Operation near certain aeronautical and marine emergency radio 
          frequencies.
76.617 Responsibility for interference.
76.618 Grandfathering.
76.619 Grandfathered operation in the frequency bands 108-136 and 225-
          400 MHz.
76.620 Non-cable multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs).
76.630 Compatibility with consumer electronics equipment.

                    Subpart L_Cable Television Access

76.701 Leased access channels.
76.702 Public access.

                      Subpart M_Cable Inside Wiring

76.800 Definitions.
76.801 Scope.
76.802 Disposition of cable home wiring.
76.804 Disposition of home run wiring.
76.805 Access to molding.
76.806 Pre-termination access to cable home wiring.

                     Subpart N_Cable Rate Regulation

76.901 Definitions.
76.905 Standards for identification of cable systems subject to 
          effective competition.
76.906 Presumption of no effective competition.
76.907 Petition for a determination of effective competition.
76.910 Franchising authority certification.

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76.911 Petition for reconsideration of certification.
76.912 Joint certification.
76.913 Assumption of jurisdiction by the Commission.
76.914 Revocation of certification.
76.916 Petition for recertification.
76.917 Notification of certification withdrawal.
76.920 Composition of the basic tier.
76.921 Buy-through of other tiers prohibited.
76.922 Rates for the basic service tier and cable programming service 
          tiers.
76.923 Rates for equipment and installation used to receive the basic 
          service tier.
76.924 Allocation to service cost categories.
76.925 Costs of franchise requirements.
76.930 Initiation of review of basic cable service and equipment rates.
76.933 Franchising authority review of basic cable rates and equipment 
          costs.
76.934 Small systems and small cable companies.
76.935 Participation of interested parties.
76.936 Written decision.
76.937 Burden of proof.
76.938 Proprietary information.
76.939 Truthful written statements and responses to requests of 
          franchising authority.
76.940 Prospective rate reduction.
76.941 Rate prescription.
76.942 Refunds.
76.943 Fines.
76.944 Commission review of franchising authority decisions on rates for 
          the basic service tier and associated equipment.
76.945 Procedures for Commission review of basic service rates.
76.946 Advertising of rates.
76.950 Complaints regarding cable programming service rates.
76.951 Standard complaint form; other filing requirements.
76.952 Information to be provided by cable operator on monthly 
          subscriber bills.
76.953 Limitation on filing a complaint.
76.954 Initial review of complaint; minimum showing requirement; 
          dismissal of defective complaints.
76.955 Additional opportunity to file corrected complaint.
76.956 Cable operator response.
76.957 Commission adjudication of the complaint.
76.960 Prospective rate reductions.
76.961 Refunds.
76.962 Implementation and certification of compliance.
76.963 Forfeiture.
76.970 Commercial leased access rates.
76.971 Commercial leased access terms and conditions.
76.975 Commercial leased access dispute resolution.
76.977 Minority and educational programming used in lieu of designated 
          commercial leased access capacity.
76.980 Charges for customer changes.
76.981 Negative option billing.
76.982 Continuation of rate agreements.
76.983 Discrimination.
76.984 Geographically uniform rate structure.
76.985 Subscriber bill itemization.
76.986 ``A la carte'' offerings.
76.987 New product tiers.
76.990 Small cable operators.

            Subpart O_Competitive Access to Cable Programming

76.1000 Definitions.
76.1001 Unfair practices generally.
76.1002 Specific unfair practices prohibited.
76.1003 Program access proceedings.
76.1004 Applicability of program access rules to common carriers and 
          affiliates.
76.1005-76.1010 [Reserved]

        Subpart P_Competitive Availability of Navigation Devices

76.1200 Definitions.
76.1201 Rights of subscribers to use or attach navigation devices.
76.1202 Availability of navigation devices.
76.1203 Incidence of harm.
76.1204 Availability of equipment performing conditional access or 
          security functions.
76.1205 Availability of interface information.
76.1206 Equipment sale or lease charge subsidy prohibition.
76.1207 Waivers.
76.1208 Sunset of regulations.
76.1209 Theft of service.
76.1210 Effect on other rules.

               Subpart Q_Regulation of Carriage Agreements

76.1300 Definitions.
76.1301 Prohibited practices.
76.1302 Carriage agreement proceedings.
76.1303-1305 [Reserved]

             Subpart R_Telecommunications Act Implementation

76.1400 Purpose.
76.1402 CPST rate complaints.
76.1404 Use of cable facilities by local exchange carriers.

                      Subpart S_Open Video Systems

76.1500 Definitions.
76.1501 Qualifications to be an open video system operator.
76.1502 Certification.

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76.1503 Carriage of video programming providers on open video systems.
76.1504 Rates, terms and conditions for carriage on open video systems.
76.1505 Public, educational and governmental access.
76.1506 Carriage of television broadcast signals.
76.1507 Competitive access to satellite cable programming.
76.1508 Network non-duplication.
76.1509 Syndicated program exclusivity.
76.1510 Application of certain Title VI provisions.
76.1511 Fees.
76.1512 Programming information.
76.1513 Open video dispute resolution.
76.1514 Bundling of video and local exchange services.

                            Subpart T_Notices

76.1601 Deletion or repositioning of broadcast signals.
76.1602 Customer service--general information.
76.1603 Customer service--rate and service changes.
76.1604 Charges for customer service changes.
76.1605 New product tier.
76.1606 Rate change while complaint pending.
76.1607 Principal headend.
76.1608 System technical integration requiring uniform election of must-
          carry or retransmission consent status.
76.1609 Non-duplication and syndicated exclusivity.
76.1610 Change of operational information.
76.1611 Political cable rates and classes of time.
76.1612 Personal attack.
76.1613 Political editorials.
76.1614 Identification of must-carry signals.
76.1615 Sponsorship identification.
76.1616 Contracts with local exchange carriers.
76.1617 Initial must-carry notice.
76.1618 Basic tier availability.
76.1619 Information on subscriber bills.
76.1620 Availability of signals.
76.1621 Equipment compatibility offer.
76.1622 Consumer education program on compatibility.

           Subpart U_Documents to be Maintained for Inspection

76.1700 Records to be maintained by cable system operators.
76.1701 Political file.
76.1702 Equal employment opportunity.
76.1703 Commercial matter on children's programs.
76.1704 Proof of performance test data.
76.1705 Performance tests (channels delivered).
76.1706 Signal leakage logs and repair records.
76.1707 Leased access.
76.1708 Principal headend.
76.1709 Availability of signals.
76.1710 Operator interests in video programming.
76.1711 Emergency alert system (EAS) tests and activation.
76.1712 Open video system (OVS) requests for carriage.
76.1713 Complaint resolution.
76.1714 FCC rules and regulations.
76.1715 Sponsorship identification.
76.1716 Subscriber records and public inspection file.
76.1717 Compliance with technical standards.

                      Subpart V_Reports and Filings

76.1800 Additional reports and filings.
76.1801 Registration statement.
76.1802 Equal employment opportunity.
76.1803 Signal leakage monitoring.
76.1804 Aeronautical frequencies: leakage monitoring (CLI).
76.1805 Alternative rate regulation agreements.

Alphabetical Index--Part 76

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 153, 154, 301, 302, 303, 303a, 307, 
308, 309, 312, 317, 325, 338, 339, 503, 521, 522, 531, 532, 533, 534, 
535, 536, 537, 543, 544, 544a, 545, 548, 549, 552, 554, 556, 558, 560, 
561, 571, 572, and 573.

    Source: 37 FR 3278, Feb. 12, 1972, unless otherwise noted.



                            Subpart A_General



Sec.  76.1  Purpose.

    The rules and regulations set forth in this part provide for the 
certification of cable television systems and for their operation in 
conformity with standards for carriage of television broadcast signals, 
program exclusivity, cablecasting, access channels, and related matters.



Sec.  76.3  Other pertinent rules.

    Other pertinent provisions of the Commission's rules and regulations 
relating to Multichannel Video and the Cable Television Service are 
included in the following parts of this chapter:

Part 1--Practice and Procedure.
Part 11--Emergency Alert System (EAS).
Part 21--Domestic Public Radio Services (Other Than Maritime Mobile).
Part 63--Extension of Lines and Discontinuance of Service by Carriers.

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Part 64--Miscellaneous Rules Relating to Common Carriers.
Part 78--Cable Television Relay Service.
Part 79--Closed Captioning of Video Programming.
Part 91--Industrial Radio Services.

[65 FR 53614, Sept. 5, 2000]



Sec.  76.5  Definitions.

    (a) Cable system or cable television system. A facility consisting 
of a set of closed transmission paths and associated signal generation, 
reception, and control equipment that is designed to provide cable 
service which includes video programming and which is provided to 
multiple subscribers within a community, but such term does not include:
    (1) A facility that services only to retransmit the television 
signals of one or more television broadcast stations;
    (2) A facility that serves subscribers without using any public 
right-of-way;
    (3) A facility of a common carrier which is subject, in whole or in 
part, to the provisions of Title II of the Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended, except that such facility shall be considered a cable system 
to the extent such facility is used in the transmission of video 
programming directly to subscribers, unless the extent of such use is 
solely to provide interactive on-demand services;
    (4) An open video system that complies with Section 653 of the 
Communications Act; or
    (5) Any facilities of any electric utility used solely for operating 
its electric utility systems.

    Note to paragraph(a): The provisions of Subparts D and F of this 
part shall also apply to all facilities defined previously as cable 
systems on or before April 28, 1985, except those that serve subscribers 
without using any public right-of-way.

    (b) Television station; television broadcast station. Any television 
broadcast station operating on a channel regularly assigned to its 
community by Sec.  73.606 or Sec.  73.622 of this chapter, and any 
television broadcast station licensed by a foreign government: Provided, 
however, That a television broadcast station licensed by a foreign 
government shall not be entitled to assert a claim to carriage, program 
exclusivity, or retransmission consent authorization pursuant to subpart 
D or F of this part, but may otherwise be carried if consistent with the 
rules on any service tier. Further provided that a television broadcast 
station operating on channels regularly assigned to its community by 
both Sec. Sec.  73.606 and 73.622 of this chapter may assert a claim for 
carriage pursuant to subpart D of this part only for a channel assigned 
pursuant to Sec.  73.606.
    (c) Television translator station. A television broadcast translator 
station as defined in Sec.  74.701 of this chapter.
    (d) Grade A and Grade B contours. The field intensity contours 
defined in Sec.  73.683(a) of this chapter.
    (e) Specified zone of a television broadcast station. The area 
extending 56.3 air km (35 air miles) from the reference point in the 
community to which that station is licensed or authorized by the 
Commission. A list of reference points is contained in Sec.  76.53. A 
television broadcast station that is authorized but not operating has a 
specified zone that terminates eighteen (18) months after the initial 
grant of its construction permit.
    (f) Major television market. The specified zone of a commercial 
television station licensed to a community listed in Sec.  76.51, or a 
combination of such specified zones where more than one community is 
listed.
    (g) Designated community in a major television market. A community 
listed in Sec.  76.51.
    (h) Smaller television market. The specified zone of a commercial 
television station licensed to a community that is not listed in Sec.  
76.51.
    (i) Significantly viewed. Viewed in other than cable television 
households as follows: (1) For a full or partial network station--a 
share of viewing hours of at least 3 percent (total week hours), and a 
net weekly circulation of at least 25 percent; and (2) for an 
independent station--a share of viewing hours of at least 2 percent 
(total week hours), and a net weekly circulation of at least 5 percent. 
See Sec.  76.54.

    Note: As used in this paragraph, ``share of viewing hours'' means 
the total hours that noncable television households viewed the subject 
station during the week, expressed as a percentage of the total hours 
these households viewed all stations during the period,

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and ``net weekly circulation'' means the number of noncable television 
households that viewed the station for 5 minutes or more during the 
entire week, expressed as a percentage of the total noncable television 
households in the survey area.

    (j) Full network station. A commercial television broadcast station 
that generally carries in weekly prime time hours 85 percent of the 
hours of programing offered by one of the three major national 
television networks with which it has a primary affiliation (i.e., right 
of first refusal or first call).
    (k) Partial network station. A commercial television broadcast 
station that generally carries in prime time more than 10 hours of 
programming per week offered by the three major national television 
networks, but less than the amount specified in paragraph (j) of this 
section.
    (l) Independent station. A commercial television broadcast station 
that generally carries in prime time not more than 10 hours of 
programing per week offered by the three major national television 
networks.
    (m) A network program is any program delivered simultaneously to 
more than one broadcast station regional or national, commercial or 
noncommercial.
    (n) Prime time. The 5-hour period from 6 to 11 p.m., local time, 
except that in the central time zone the relevant period shall be 
between the hours of 5 and 10 p.m., and in the mountain time zone each 
station shall elect whether the period shall be 6 to 11 p.m. or 5 to 10 
p.m.

    Note: Unless the Commission is notified to the contrary, a station 
in the mountain time zone shall be presumed to have elected the 6 to 11 
p.m. period.

    (o) Cablecasting. Programming (exclusive of broadcast signals) 
carried on a cable television system. See paragraphs (y), (z) and (aa) 
(Classes II, III, and IV cable television channels) of this section.
    (p) Origination cablecasting. Programing (exclusive of broadcast 
signals) carried on a cable television system over one or more channels 
and subject to the exclusive control of the cable operator.
    (q) Legally qualified candidate. (1) Any person who:
    (i) Has publicly announced his or her intention to run for 
nomination or office;
    (ii) Is qualified under the applicable local, State or Federal law 
to hold the office for which he or she is a candidate; and
    (iii) Has met the qualifications set forth in either paragraphs 
(q)(2), (3) or (4) of this section.
    (2) A person seeking election to any public office including that of 
President or Vice President of the United States, or nomination for any 
public office except that of President or Vice President, by means of a 
primary, general or special election, shall be considered a legally 
qualified candidate if, in addition to meeting the criteria set forth in 
paragraph (q)(1) of this section, that person:
    (i) Has qualified for a place on the ballot, or
    (ii) Has publicly committed himself or herself to seeking election 
by the write-in method and is eligible under applicable law to be voted 
for by sticker, by writing in his or her name on the ballot or by other 
method, and makes a substantial showing that he or she is a bona fide 
candidate for nomination or office.

Persons seeking election to the office of President or Vice President of 
the United States shall, for the purposes of the Communications Act and 
the rules thereunder, be considered legally qualified candidates only in 
those States or territories (or the District of Columbia) in which they 
have met the requirements set forth in paragraphs (q) (1) and (2) of 
this rule; except that any such person who has met the requirements set 
forth in paragraphs (q) (1) and (2) in at least 10 States (or nine and 
the District of Columbia) shall be considered a legally qualified 
candidate for election in all States, territories and the District of 
Columbia for purposes of this Act.
    (3) A person seeking nomination to any public office except that of 
President or Vice President of the United States, by means of a 
convention, caucus or similar procedure, shall be considered a legally 
qualified candidate if, in addition to meeting the requirements set 
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this section, that person makes a substantial showing that he or she is 
a bona fide candidate for such nomination; except that no person shall 
be considered a legally qualified candidate for nomination by the means 
set forth in this paragraph prior to 90 days before the beginning of the 
convention, caucus or similar procedure in which he or she seeks 
nomination.
    (4) A person seeking nomination for the office of President or Vice 
President of the United States shall, for the purposes of the 
Communications Act and the rules thereunder, be considered a legally 
qualified candidate only in those States or territories (or the District 
of Columbia) in which, in addition meeting the requirements set forth in 
paragraph (q)(1) of this section.
    (i) He or she, or proposed delegates on his or her behalf, have 
qualified for the primary of Presidential preference ballot in that 
State, territory or the District of Columbia, or
    (ii) He or she has made a substantial showing of bona fide candidacy 
for such nomination in that State, territory of the District of 
Columbia; except that such person meeting the requirements set forth in 
paragraph (q) (1) and (4) in at least 10 States (or nine and the 
District of Columbia) shall be considered a legally qualified candidate 
for nomination in all States, territories and the District of Columbia 
for purposes of the Act.
    (5) The term ``substantial showing'' of bona fide candidacy as used 
in paragraph (q) (2), (3) and (4) of this section means evidence that 
the person claiming to be a candidate has engaged to a substantial 
degree in activities commonly associated with political campaigning. 
Such activities normally would include making campaign speeches, 
distributing campaign literature, issuing press releases, maintaining a 
campaign headquarters (even though the headquarters in some instances 
might be the residence of the candidate or his campaign manager). Not 
all of the listed activities are necessarily required in each case to 
demonstrate a substantial showing, and there may be activities not 
listed herein which would contribute to such a showing.
    (r) Class I cable television channel. A signaling path provided by a 
cable television system to relay to subscriber terminals television 
broadcast programs that are received off-the-air or are obtained by 
microwave or by direct connection to a television broadcast station.
    (s) Class II cable television channel. A signaling path provided by 
a cable television system to deliver to subscriber terminals television 
signals that are intended for reception by a television broadcast 
receiver without the use of an auxilliary decoding device and which 
signals are not involved in a broadcast transmission path.
    (t) Class III cable television channel. A signaling path provided by 
a cable television system to deliver to subscriber terminals signals 
that are intended for reception by equipment other than a television 
broadcast receiver or by a television broadcast receiver only when used 
with auxiliary decoding equipment.
    (u) Class IV cable television channel. A signaling path provided by 
a cable television system to transmit signals of any type from a 
subscriber terminal to another point in the cable television system.
    (v) Subscriber terminal. The cable television system terminal to 
which a subscriber's equipment is connected. Separate terminals may be 
provided for delivery of signals of various classes.

    Note: Terminal devices interconnected to subscriber terminals of a 
cable system shall comply with subpart H of part 15.

    (w) System noise. That combination of undesired and fluctuating 
disturbances within a cable television channel that degrades the 
transmission of the desired signal and that is due to modulation 
processes or thermal or other noise-producing effects, but does not 
include hum and other undesired signals of discrete frequency. System 
noise is specified in terms of its rms voltage or its mean power level 
as measured in the 4 MHz bandwidth between 1.25 and 5.25 MHz above the 
lower channel boundary of a cable television channel.

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    (x) Terminal isolation. The attenuation, at any subscriber terminal, 
between that terminal and any other subscriber terminal in the cable 
television system.
    (y) Visual signal level. The rms voltage produced by the visual 
signal during the transmission of synchronizing pulses.
    (z) Affiliate. When used in relation to any person, another person 
who owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common 
ownership or control with, such person.
    (aa) Person. An individual, partnership, association, joint stock 
company, trust, corporation, or governmental entity.
    (bb) Significant interest. A cognizable interest for attributing 
interests in broadcast, cable, and newspaper properties pursuant to 
Sec. Sec.  73.3555, 73.3615, and 76.501.
    (cc) Cable system operator. Any person or group of persons (1) who 
provides cable service over a cable system and directly or through one 
or more affiliates owns a significant interest in such cable system; or 
(2) who otherwise controls or is responsible for, through any 
arrangement, the management and operation of such a cable system.
    (dd) System community unit: Community unit. A cable television 
system, or portion of a cable television system, that operates or will 
operate within a separate and distinct community or municipal entity 
(including unincorporated communities within unincorporated areas and 
including single, discrete unincorporated areas).
    (ee) Subscribers. A member of the general public who receives 
broadcast programming distributed by a cable television system and does 
not further distribute it.
    (ff) Cable service. The one-way transmission to subscribers of video 
programming, or other programming service; and, subscriber interaction, 
if any, which is required for the selection or use of such video 
programming or other programming service. For the purposes of this 
definition, ``video programming'' is programming provided by, or 
generally considered comparable to programming provided by, a television 
broadcast station; and, ``other programming service'' is information 
that a cable operator makes available to all subscribers generally.
    (gg) [Reserved]
    (hh) Input selector switch. Any device that enables a viewer to 
select between cable service and off-the-air television signals. Such a 
device may be more sophisticated than a mere two-sided switch, may 
utilize other cable interface equipment, and may be built into consumer 
television receivers.
    (ii) A syndicated program is any program sold, licensed, distributed 
or offered to television station licensees in more than one market 
within the United States other than as network programming as defined in 
Sec.  76.5(m).
    (jj) Rural area. A community unit with a density of less than 19 
households per route kilometer or thirty households per route mile of 
coaxial and/or fiber optic cable trunk and feeder line.
    (kk) Technically integrated. Having 75% or more of the video 
channels received from a common headend.
    (ll) Cable home wiring. The internal wiring contained within the 
premises of a subscriber which begins at the demarcation point. Cable 
home wiring includes passive splitters on the subscriber's side of the 
demarcation point, but does not include any active elements such as 
amplifiers, converter or decoder boxes, or remote control units.
    (mm) Demarcation point. (1) For new and existing single unit 
installations, the demarcation point shall be a point at (or about) 
twelve inches outside of where the cable wire enters the subscriber's 
premises.
    (2) For new and existing multiple dwelling unit installations with 
non-loop-through wiring configurations, the demarcation point shall be a 
point at (or about) twelve inches outside of where the cable wire enters 
the subscriber's dwelling unit, or, where the wire is physically 
inaccessible at such point, the closest practicable point thereto that 
does not require access to the individual subscriber's dwelling unit.
    (3) For new and existing multiple dwelling unit installations with 
loop-through wiring configurations, the demarcation points shall be at 
(or about) twelve inches outside of where the cable wire enters or exits 
the first and

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last individual dwelling units on the loop, or, where the wire is 
physically inaccessible at such point(s), the closest practicable point 
thereto that does not require access to an individual subscriber's 
dwelling unit.
    (4) As used in this paragraph (mm)(3), the term ``physically 
inaccessible'' describes a location that:
    (i) Would require significant modification of, or significant damage 
to, preexisting structural elements, and
    (ii) Would add significantly to the physical difficulty and/or cost 
of accessing the subscriber's home wiring.

    Note to Sec.  76.5 paragraph (mm)(4):
     For example, wiring embedded in brick, metal conduit, cinder 
blocks, or sheet rock with limited or without access openings would 
likely be physically inaccessible; wiring enclosed within hallway 
molding would not.

    (nn) Activated channels. Those channels engineered at the headend of 
a cable system for the provision of services generally available to 
residential subscribers of the cable system, regardless of whether such 
services actually are provided, including any channel designated for 
public, educational or governmental use.
    (oo) Usable activated channels. Those activated channels of a cable 
system, except those channels whose use for the distribution of 
broadcast signals would conflict with technical and safety regulations. 
See part 76, subpart K.
    (pp) Principal headend. (1) The headend, in the case of a cable 
system with a single headend or,
    (2) In the case of a cable system with more than one headend, the 
principal headend designated by the cable operator, except that such 
designation shall not undermine or evade the requirements of subpart D 
of this part. The designation of a principal headend shall be made by 
May 3, 1993, and each cable system shall place in its public file the 
location of its designated principal headend by June 17, 1993, as 
provided in Sec.  76.1708. Except for good cause, an operator may not 
change its choice of principal headend.
    (qq) Emergency Alert System (EAS). The EAS is composed of broadcast 
networks; cable networks and program suppliers; AM, FM and TV broadcast 
stations; Low Power TV (LPTV) stations; cable systems and wireless cable 
systems; and other entities and industries operating on an organized 
basis during emergencies at the National, State, or local levels.

[37 FR 3278, Feb. 12, 1972]

    Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec.  76.5, 
see the List of CFR Sections Affected which appears in the Finding Aids 
section of the printed volume and on GPO Access.

    Effective Date Note: At 61 FR 6137, Feb. 16, 1996, in Sec.  76.5, 
paragraph (ll) was revised. Paragraph (ll) contains information 
collection and recordkeeping requirements and will not become effective 
until approval has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.



Sec.  76.6  General pleading requirements.

    (a) General pleading requirements. All written submissions, both 
substantive and procedural, must conform to the following standards:
    (1) A pleading must be clear, concise, and explicit. All matters 
concerning a claim, defense or requested remedy, should be pleaded fully 
and with specificity.
    (2) Pleadings must contain facts which, if true, are sufficient to 
warrant a grant of the relief requested.
    (3) Facts must be supported by relevant documentation or affidavit.
    (4) The original of all pleadings and submissions by any party shall 
be signed by that party, or by the party's attorney. Complaints must be 
signed by the complainant. The signing party shall state his or her 
address and telephone number and the date on which the document was 
signed. Copies should be conformed to the original. Each submission must 
contain a written verification that the signatory has read the 
submission and to the best of his or her knowledge, information and 
belief formed after reasonable inquiry, it is well grounded in fact and 
is warranted by existing law or a good faith argument for the extension, 
modification or reversal of existing law; and that it is not interposed 
for any improper purpose. If any pleading or other submission is signed 
in violation of this provision, the Commission shall upon motion or upon 
its own initiative impose appropriate sanctions.

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    (5) Legal arguments must be supported by appropriate judicial, 
Commission, or statutory authority. Opposing authorities must be 
distinguished. Copies must be provided of all non-Commission authorities 
relied upon which are not routinely available in national reporting 
systems, such as unpublished decisions or slip opinions of courts or 
administrative agencies.
    (6) Parties are responsible for the continuing accuracy and 
completeness of all information and supporting authority furnished in a 
pending complaint proceeding. Information submitted, as well as relevant 
legal authorities, must be current and updated as necessary and in a 
timely manner at any time before a decision is rendered on the merits of 
the complaint.
    (b) Copies to be Filed. Unless otherwise directed by specific 
regulation or the Commission, an original and two (2) copies of all 
pleadings shall be filed in accordance with Sec.  0.401(a) of this 
chapter, except that petitions requiring fees as set forth at part 1, 
subpart G of this chapter must be filed in accordance with Sec.  
0.401(b) of this chapter.
    (c) Frivolous pleadings. It shall be unlawful for any party to file 
a frivolous pleading with the Commission. Any violation of this 
paragraph shall constitute an abuse of process subject to appropriate 
sanctions.

[64 FR 6569, Feb. 10, 1999]



Sec.  76.7  General special relief, waiver, enforcement, complaint, show 
cause, forfeiture, and declaratory ruling procedures.

    (a) Initiating pleadings. In addition to the general pleading 
requirements, initiating pleadings must adhere to the following 
requirements:
    (1) Petitions. On petition by any interested party, cable television 
system operator, a multichannel video programming distributor, local 
franchising authority, or an applicant, permittee, or licensee of a 
television broadcast or translator station, the Commission may waive any 
provision of this part 76, impose additional or different requirements, 
issue a ruling on a complaint or disputed question, issue a show cause 
order, revoke the certification of the local franchising authority, or 
initiate a forfeiture proceeding. Petitions may be submitted informally 
by letter.
    (2) Complaints. Complaints shall conform to the relevant rule 
section under which the complaint is being filed.
    (3) Certificate of service. Petitions and Complaints shall be 
accompanied by a certificate of service on any cable television system 
operator, franchising authority, station licensee, permittee, or 
applicant, or other interested person who is likely to be directly 
affected if the relief requested is granted.
    (4) Statement of relief requested. (i) The petition or complaint 
shall state the relief requested. It shall state fully and precisely all 
pertinent facts and considerations relied on to demonstrate the need for 
the relief requested and to support a determination that a grant of such 
relief would serve the public interest.
    (ii) The petition or complaint shall set forth all steps taken by 
the parties to resolve the problem, except where the only relief sought 
is a clarification or interpretation of the rules.
    (iii) A petition or complaint may, on request of the filing party, 
be dismissed without prejudice as a matter of right prior to the 
adoption date of any final action taken by the Commission with respect 
to the petition or complaint. A request for the return of an initiating 
document will be regarded as a request for dismissal.
    (5) Failure to prosecute. Failure to prosecute petition or 
complaint, or failure to respond to official correspondence or request 
for additional information, will be cause for dismissal. Such dismissal 
will be without prejudice if it occurs prior to the adoption date of any 
final action taken by the Commission with respect to the initiating 
pleading.
    (b) Responsive pleadings. In addition to the general pleading 
requirements, responsive pleadings must adhere to the following 
requirements:
    (1) Comments/oppositions to petitions. Unless otherwise directed by 
the Commission, interested persons may submit comments or oppositions 
within twenty (20) days after the date of public notice of the filing of 
such petition. Comments or oppositions shall be served on the petitioner 
and on all persons listed in petitioner's certificate of

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service, and shall contain a detailed full showing, supported by 
affidavit, of any facts or considerations relied on.
    (2) Answers to complaints. (i) Unless otherwise directed by the 
Commission, any party who is served with a complaint shall file an 
answer in accordance with the following, and the relevant rule section 
under which the complaint is being filed.
    (ii) The answer shall be filed within 20 days of service of the 
complaint, unless another period is set forth in the relevant rule 
section.
    (iii) The answer shall advise the parties and the Commission fully 
and completely of the nature of any and all defenses, and shall respond 
specifically to all material allegations of the complaint. Collateral or 
immaterial issues shall be avoided in answers and every effort should be 
made to narrow the issues. Any party against whom a complaint is filed 
failing to file and serve an answer within the time and in the manner 
prescribed by these rules may be deemed in default and an order may be 
entered against defendant in accordance with the allegations contained 
in the complaint.
    (iv) The answer shall admit or deny the averments on which the 
adverse party relies. If the defendant is without knowledge or 
information sufficient to form a belief as to the truth of an averment, 
the defendant shall so state and this has the effect of a denial. When a 
defendant intends in good faith to deny only part of an averment, the 
answer shall specify so much of it as is true and shall deny only the 
remainder. The defendant may make its denials as specific denials of 
designated averments or paragraphs, or may generally deny all the 
averments except such designated averments or paragraphs as the 
defendant expressly admits. When the defendant intends to controvert all 
averments, the defendant may do so by general denial.
    (v) Averments in a complaint are deemed to be admitted when not 
denied in the answer.
    (c) Reply. In addition to the general pleading requirements, reply 
comments and replies must adhere to the following requirements:
    (1) The petitioner or complainant may file a reply to a responsive 
pleading which shall be served on all persons who have filed pleadings 
and shall also contain a detailed full showing, supported by affidavit, 
of any additional facts or considerations relied on. Unless expressly 
permitted by the Commission, reply comments and replies to an answer 
shall not contain new matters.
    (2) Failure to reply will not be deemed an admission of any 
allegations contained in the responsive pleading, except with respect to 
any affirmative defense set forth therein.
    (3) Unless otherwise directed by the Commission or the relevant rule 
section, comments and replies to answers must be filed within ten (10) 
days after submission of the responsive pleading.
    (d) Motions. Except as provided in this section, or upon a showing 
of extraordinary circumstances, additional motions or pleadings by any 
party will not be accepted.
    (e) Additional procedures and written submissions. (1) The 
Commission may specify other procedures, such as oral argument or 
evidentiary hearing directed to particular aspects, as it deems 
appropriate. In the event that an evidentiary hearing is required, the 
Commission will determine, on the basis of the pleadings and such other 
procedures as it may specify, whether temporary relief should be 
afforded any party pending the hearing and the nature of any such 
temporary relief.
    (2) The Commission may require the parties to submit any additional 
information it deems appropriate for a full, fair, and expeditious 
resolution of the proceeding, including copies of all contracts and 
documents reflecting arrangements and understandings alleged to violate 
the requirements set forth in the Communications Act and in this part, 
as well as affidavits and exhibits.
    (3) The Commission may, in its discretion, require the parties to 
file briefs summarizing the facts and issues presented in the pleadings 
and other record evidence.
    (i) These briefs shall contain the findings of fact and conclusions 
of law which that party is urging the Commission to adopt, with specific 
citations to the record, and supported by relevant authority and 
analysis.

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    (ii) Any briefs submitted shall be filed concurrently by both the 
complainant and defendant at such time as is designated by the staff. 
Such briefs shall not exceed fifty (50) pages.
    (iii) Reply briefs may be submitted by either party within twenty 
(20) days from the date initial briefs are due. Reply briefs shall not 
exceed thirty (30) pages.
    (f) Discovery. (1) The Commission staff may in its discretion order 
discovery limited to the issues specified by the Commission. Such 
discovery may include answers to written interrogatories, depositions or 
document production.
    (2) The Commission staff may in its discretion direct the parties to 
submit discovery proposals, together with a memorandum in support of the 
discovery requested. Such discovery requests may include answers to 
written interrogatories, document production or depositions. The 
Commission staff may hold a status conference with the parties, pursuant 
to Sec.  76.8 of this part, to determine the scope of discovery, or 
direct the parties regarding the scope of discovery. If the Commission 
staff determines that extensive discovery is required or that 
depositions are warranted, the staff may advise the parties that the 
proceeding will be referred to an administrative law judge in accordance 
with paragraph (g) of this section.
    (g) Referral to administrative law judge. (1) After reviewing the 
pleadings, and at any stage of the proceeding thereafter, the Commission 
staff may, in its discretion, designate any proceeding or discrete 
issues arising out of any proceeding for an adjudicatory hearing before 
an administrative law judge.
    (2) Before designation for hearing, the staff shall notify, either 
orally or in writing, the parties to the proceeding of its intent to so 
designate, and the parties shall be given a period of ten (10) days to 
elect to resolve the dispute through alternative dispute resolution 
procedures, or to proceed with an adjudicatory hearing. Such election 
shall be submitted in writing to the Commission.
    (3) Unless otherwise directed by the Commission, or upon motion by 
the Media Bureau Chief, the Media Bureau Chief shall not be deemed to be 
a party to a proceeding designated for a hearing before an 
administrative law judge pursuant to this paragraph (g).
    (h) System community units outside the Contiguous States. On a 
finding that the public interest so requires, the Commission may 
determine that a system community unit operating or proposing to operate 
in a community located outside of the 48 contiguous states shall comply 
with provisions of subparts D, F, and G of this part in addition to the 
provisions thereof otherwise applicable.
    (i) Commission ruling. The Commission, after consideration of the 
pleadings, may determine whether the public interest would be served by 
the grant, in whole or in part, or denial of the request, or may issue a 
ruling on the complaint or dispute, issue an order to show cause, or 
initiate a forfeiture proceeding.

    Notes 1 through 4 to Sec.  76.7: 
    Note 1: After issuance of an order to show cause pursuant to this 
section, the rules of procedure in Title 47, part 1, subpart A, 
Sec. Sec.  1.91-1.95 of this chapter shall apply.
    Note 2: Nothing in this section is intended to prevent the 
Commission from initiating show cause or forfeiture proceedings on its 
own motion; Provided, however, that show cause proceedings and 
forfeiture proceedings pursuant to Sec.  1.80(g) of this chapter will 
not be initiated by such motion until the affected parties are given an 
opportunity to respond to the Commission's charges.
    Note 3: Forfeiture proceedings are generally nonhearing matters 
conducted pursuant to the provisions of Sec.  1.80(f) of this chapter 
(Notice of Apparent Liability). Petitioners who contend that the 
alternative hearing procedures of Sec.  1.80(g) of this chapter should 
be followed in a particular case must support this contention with a 
specific showing of the facts and considerations relied on.
    Note 4: To the extent a conflict is perceived between the general 
pleading requirements of this section, and the procedural requirements 
of a specific section, the procedural requirements of the specific 
section should be followed.

[64 FR 6569, Feb. 10, 1999, as amended at 67 FR 13234, Mar. 21, 2002]



Sec.  76.8  Status conference.

    (a) In any proceeding subject to the part 76 rules, the Commission 
staff may in its discretion direct the attorneys and/or the parties to 
appear for a conference to consider:

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    (1) Simplification or narrowing of the issues;
    (2) The necessity for or desirability of amendments to the 
pleadings, additional pleadings, or other evidentiary submissions;
    (3) Obtaining admissions of fact or stipulations between the parties 
as to any or all of the matters in controversy;
    (4) Settlement of the matters in controversy by agreement of the 
parties;
    (5) The necessity for and extent of discovery, including objections 
to interrogatories or requests for written documents;
    (6) The need and schedule for filing briefs, and the date for any 
further conferences; and
    (7) Such other matters that may aid in the disposition of the 
proceeding.
    (b) Any party may request that a conference be held at any time 
after an initiating document has been filed.
    (c) Conferences will be scheduled by the Commission at such time and 
place as it may designate, to be conducted in person or by telephone 
conference call.
    (d) The failure of any attorney or party, following advance notice 
with an opportunity to be present, to appear at a scheduled conference 
will be deemed a waiver and will not preclude the Commission from 
conferring with those parties or counsel present.
    (e) During a status conference, the Commission staff may issue oral 
rulings pertaining to a variety of matters relevant to the conduct of 
the proceeding including, inter alia, procedural matters, discovery, and 
the submission of briefs or other evidentiary materials. These rulings 
will be promptly memorialized in writing and served on the parties. When 
such rulings require a party to take affirmative action not subject to 
deadlines established by another provision of this subpart, such action 
will be required within ten (10) days from the date of the written 
memorialization unless otherwise directed by the staff.

[64 FR 6571, Feb. 10, 1999]



Sec.  76.9  Confidentiality of proprietary information.

    (a) Any materials filed in the course of a proceeding under this 
provision may be designated as proprietary by that party if the party 
believes in good faith that the materials fall within an exemption to 
disclosure contained in the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 
552(b). Any party asserting confidentiality for such materials shall so 
indicate by clearly marking each page, or portion thereof, for which a 
proprietary designation is claimed. If a proprietary designation is 
challenged, the party claiming confidentiality will have the burden of 
demonstrating, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the material 
designated as proprietary falls under the standards for nondisclosure 
enunciated in FOIA.
    (b) Submissions containing information claimed to be proprietary 
under this section shall be submitted to the Commission in confidence 
pursuant to the requirements of Sec.  0.459 of this chapter and clearly 
marked ``Not for Public Inspection.'' An edited version removing all 
proprietary data shall be filed with the Commission for inclusion in the 
public file within five (5) days from the date the unedited reply is 
submitted, and shall be served on the opposing parties.
    (c) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, materials 
marked as proprietary may be disclosed solely to the following persons, 
only for use in the proceeding, and only to the extent necessary to 
assist in the prosecution or defense of the case:
    (i) Counsel of record representing the parties in the proceeding and 
any support personnel employed by such attorneys;
    (ii) Officers or employees of the parties in the proceeding who are 
named by another party as being directly involved in the proceeding;
    (iii) Consultants or expert witnesses retained by the parties;
    (iv) The Commission and its staff; and
    (v) Court reporters and stenographers in accordance with the terms 
and conditions of this section.
    (d) The Commission will entertain, subject to a proper showing, a 
party's request to further restrict access to proprietary information as 
specified by the party. The other parties will have an opportunity to 
respond to such requests.

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    (e) The persons designated in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section 
shall not disclose information designated as proprietary to any person 
who is not authorized under this section to receive such information, 
and shall not use the information in any activity or function other than 
the prosecution or defense of the case before the Commission. Each 
individual who is provided access to the information by the opposing 
party shall sign a notarized statement affirmatively stating, or shall 
certify under penalty of perjury, that the individual has personally 
reviewed the Commission's rules and understands the limitations they 
impose on the signing party.
    (f) No copies of materials marked proprietary may be made except 
copies to be used by persons designated in paragraphs (c) and (d) of 
this section. Each party shall maintain a log recording the number of 
copies made of all proprietary material and the persons to whom the 
copies have been provided.
    (g) Upon termination of the complaint proceeding, including all 
appeals and petitions, all originals and reproductions of any 
proprietary materials, along with the log recording persons who received 
copies of such materials, shall be provided to the producing party. In 
addition, upon final termination of the proceeding, any notes or other 
work product derived in whole or in part from the proprietary materials 
of an opposing or third party shall be destroyed.

[64 FR 6571, Feb. 10, 1999]



Sec.  76.10  Review.

    (a) Interlocutory review. (1) Except as provided below, no party may 
seek review of interlocutory rulings until a decision on the merits has 
been issued by the staff or administrative law judge.
    (2) Rulings listed in this paragraph are reviewable as a matter of 
right. An application for review of such ruling may not be deferred and 
raised as an exception to a decision on the merits.
    (i) If the staff's ruling denies or terminates the right of any 
person to participate as a party to the proceeding, such person, as a 
matter of right, may file an application for review of that ruling.
    (ii) If the staff's ruling requires production of documents or other 
written evidence, over objection based on a claim of privilege, the 
ruling on the claim of privilege is reviewable as a matter of right.
    (iii) If the staff's ruling denies a motion to disqualify a staff 
person from participating in the proceeding, the ruling is reviewable as 
a matter of right.
    (b) Petitions for reconsideration. Petitions for reconsideration of 
interlocutory actions by the Commission's staff or by an administrative 
law judge will not be entertained. Petitions for reconsideration of a 
decision on the merits made by the Commission's staff should be filed in 
accordance with Sec. Sec.  1.104 through 1.106 of this chapter.
    (c) Application for review. (1) Any party to a part 76 proceeding 
aggrieved by any decision on the merits issued by the staff pursuant to 
delegated authority may file an application for review by the Commission 
in accordance with Sec.  1.115 of this chapter.
    (2) Any party to a part 76 proceeding aggrieved by any decision on 
the merits by an administrative law judge may file an appeal of the 
decision directly with the Commission, in accordance with Sec. Sec.  
1.276(a) and 1.277(a) through (c) of this chapter, except that in 
proceedings brought pursuant to Sec. Sec.  76.1003, 76.1302, and 76.1513 
of this part, unless a stay is granted by the Commission, the decision 
by the administrative law judge will become effective upon release and 
will remain in effect pending appeal.

[64 FR 6571, Feb. 10, 1999]



Sec.  76.11  Lockbox enforcement.

    Any party aggrieved by the failure or refusal of a cable operator to 
provided a lockbox as provided for in Title VI of the Communications Act 
may petition the Commission for relief in accordance with the provisions 
and procedures set forth in Sec.  76.7 for petitions for special relief.

[50 FR 18661, May 2, 1985]

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                    Subpart B_Registration Statements



Sec.  76.29  Special temporary authority.

    (a) In circumstances requiring the temporary use of community units 
for operations not authorized by the Commission's rules, a cable 
television system may request special temporary authority to operate. 
The Commission may grant special temporary authority, upon a finding 
that the public interest would be served thereby, for a period not to 
exceed ninety (90) days, and may extend such authority, upon a like 
finding, for one additional period, not to exceed ninety (90) days.
    (b) Requests for special temporary authority may be submitted 
informally, by letter, and shall contain the following:
    (1) Name and address of the applicant cable system.
    (2) Community in which the community unit is located.
    (3) Type of operation to be conducted.
    (4) Date of commencement of proposed operations.
    (5) Duration of time for which temporary authority is required.
    (6) All pertinent facts and considerations relied on to demonstrate 
the need for special temporary authority and to support a determination 
that a grant of such authority would serve the public interest.
    (7) A certificate of service on all interested parties.
    (c) A request for special temporary authority shall be filed at 
least ten (10) days prior to the date of commencement of the proposed 
operations, or shall be accompanied by a statement of reasons for the 
delay in submitting such request.
    (d) A grant of special temporary authority may be rescinded by the 
Commission at any time upon a finding of facts which warrant such 
action.

[39 FR 35166, Sept. 30, 1974; 42 FR 19346, Apr. 13, 1977, as amended at 
43 FR 49008, Oct. 20, 1978]

Subpart C--Federal-State/Local Regulatory Relationships [Reserved]



           Subpart D_Carriage of Television Broadcast Signals



Sec.  76.51  Major television markets.

    For purposes of the cable television rules, the following is a list 
of the major television markets and their designated communities:
    (a) First 50 major television markets:
    (1) New York, New York-Linden-Paterson-Newark, New Jersey.
    (2) Los Angeles-San Bernardino-Corona-Riverside-Anaheim, Calif.
    (3) Chicago, Ill.
    (4) Philadelphia, Pa.-Burlington, N.J.
    (5) Detroit, Mich.
    (6) Boston-Cambridge-Worcester-Lawrence, Mass.
    (7) San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif.
    (8) Cleveland-Lorain-Akron, Ohio.
    (9) Washington, DC.
    (10) Pittsburgh, Pa.
    (11) St. Louis, Mo.
    (12) Dallas-Fort Worth, Tex.
    (13) Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
    (14) Baltimore, Md.
    (15) Houston, Tex.
    (16) Indianapolis-Bloomington, Ind.
    (17) Cincinnati, Ohio-Newport, Ky.
    (18) Atlanta-Rome, Ga.
    (19) Hartford-New Haven-New Britain-Waterbury-New London, Ct.
    (20) Seattle-Tacoma, Wash.
    (21) Miami, Fla.
    (22) Kansas City, Mo.
    (23) Milwaukee, Wis.
    (24) Buffalo, N.Y.
    (25) Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, Calif.
    (26) Memphis, Tenn.
    (27) Columbus-Chillicothe, Ohio.
    (28) Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida.
    (29) Portland, Oreg.
    (30) Nashville, Tenn.
    (31) New Orleans, La.
    (32) Denver-Castle Rock, Colorado.
    (33) Providence, R.I.-New Bedford, Mass.
    (34) Albany-Schenectady-Troy, N.Y.
    (35) Syracuse, N.Y.
    (36) Charleston-Huntington, W. Va.
    (37) Kalamazoo-Grand Rapids-Battle Creek, Mich.
    (38) Louisville, Ky.
    (39) Oklahoma City, Okla.
    (40) Birmingham, Ala.
    (41) Dayton-Kettering, Ohio.

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    (42) Charlotte, N.C.
    (43) Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz.
    (44) Norfolk-Newport News-Portsmouth-Hampton, Va.
    (45) San Antonio, Tex.
    (46) Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, S.C.-Asheville, N.C.
    (47) Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, N.C.
    (48) Salt Lake City, Utah.
    (49) Wilkes Barre-Scranton, Pa.
    (50) Little Rock-Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
    (b) Second 50 major television markets:
    (51) San Diego, Calif.
    (52) Toledo, Ohio.
    (53) Omaha, Nebr.
    (54) Tulsa, Okla.
    (55) Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne-Cocoa-Clermont, Florida.
    (56) Rochester, N.Y.
    (57) Harrisburg-Lancaster-York, Pa.
    (58) Texarkana, Tex.-Shreveport, La.
    (59) Mobile, Ala.-Pensacola, Fla.
    (60) Davenport, Iowa-Rock Island-Moline, Ill.
    (61) Flint-Bay City-Saginaw, Mich.
    (62) Green Bay, Wis.
    (63) Richmond-Petersburg, Va.
    (64) Springfield-Decatur-Champaign, Illinois.
    (65) Cedar Rapids-Waterloo, Iowa.
    (66) Des Moines-Ames, Iowa.
    (67) Wichita-Hutchinson, Kans.
    (68) Jacksonville, Fla.
    (69) Cape Girardeau, Mo.-Paducah, Ky.-Harrisburg, Ill.
    (70) Roanoke-Lynchburg, Va.
    (71) Knoxville, Tenn.
    (72) Fresno-Visalia-Hanford-Clovis, California.
    (73) Raleigh-Durham-Goldsboro-Fayetteville, North Carolina.
    (74) Johnstown-Altoona, Pa.
    (75) Portland-Poland Spring, Maine.
    (76) Spokane, Wash.
    (77) Jackson, Miss.
    (78) Chattanooga, Tenn.
    (79) Youngstown, Ohio.
    (80) South Bend-Elkhart, Ind.
    (81) Albuquerque, N. Mex.
    (82) Fort Wayne-Roanoke, Ind.
    (83) Peoria, Ill.
    (84) Greenville-Washington-New Bern, N.C.
    (85) Sioux Falls-Mitchell, S. Dak.
    (86) Evansville, Ind.
    (87) Baton Rouge, La.
    (88) Beaumont-Port Arthur, Tex.
    (89) Duluth, Minn.-Superior, Minn.
    (90) Wheeling, W. Va.-Steubenville, Ohio.
    (91) Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney, Nebr.
    (92) Lansing-Onondaga, Mich.
    (93) Madison, Wis.
    (94) Columbus, Ga.
    (95) Amarillo, Tex.
    (96) Huntsville-Decatur, Ala.
    (97) Rockford-Freeport, Ill.
    (98) Fargo-Valley City, N.D.
    (99) Monroe, La.-El Dorado, Ark.
    (100) Columbia, S.C.

    Note: Requests for changes to this list shall be made in the form of 
a petition for rulemaking pursuant to Sec.  1.401 of this chapter, 
except that such petitions shall not be subject to the public notice 
provisions of Sec.  1.403 of this chapter.

[37 FR 3278, Feb. 12, 1972, as amended at 37 FR 13866, July 14, 1972; 39 
FR 24373, July 2, 1974; 39 FR 27572, July 30, 1974; 39 FR 37988, Oct. 
25, 1974; 58 FR 17359, Apr. 2, 1993; 58 FR 30995, May 28, 1993; 58 FR 
64168, Dec. 6, 1993; 58 FR 67694, Dec. 22, 1993; 59 FR 25344, May 16, 
1994; 59 FR 46358, Sept. 8, 1994; 60 FR 45376, Aug. 31, 1995; 60 FR 
51928, Oct. 4, 1995; 61 FR 18292, Apr. 25, 1996; 65 FR 68101, Nov. 14, 
2000]



Sec.  76.53  Reference points.

    The following list of reference points shall be used to identify the 
boundaries of the major and smaller television markets (defined in Sec.  
76.5). Where a community's reference point is not given, the geographic 
coordinates of the main post office in the community shall be used.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
              State and community                 Latitude    Longitude
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama:
  Anniston....................................  33[deg]39[m  85[deg]49[m
                                                 in]49[sec]   in]47[sec]
  Birmingham..................................  33[deg]31[m  86[deg]48[m
                                                 in]01[sec]   in]36[sec]
  Decatur.....................................  34[deg]36[m  86[deg]58[m
                                                 in]35[sec]   in]45[sec]
  Demopolis...................................  32[deg]30[m  87[deg]50[m
                                                 in]56[sec]   in]07[sec]
  Dothan......................................  31[deg]13[m  85[deg]23[m
                                                 in]27[sec]   in]35[sec]
  Dozier......................................  31[deg]29[m  86[deg]21[m
                                                 in]30[sec]   in]59[sec]
  Florence....................................  34[deg]48[m  87[deg]40[m
                                                 in]05[sec]   in]31[sec]
  Huntsville..................................  34[deg]44[m  86[deg]35[m
                                                 in]18[sec]   in]19[sec]
  Louisville..................................  31[deg]47[m  85[deg]33[m
                                                 in]00[sec]   in]09[sec]
  Mobile......................................  30[deg]41[m  88[deg]02[m
                                                 in]36[sec]   in]33[sec]
  Montgomery..................................  32[deg]22[m  86[deg]18[m
                                                 in]33[sec]   in]31[sec]
  Mount Cheaha State Park.....................  33[deg]29[m  85[deg]48[m
                                                 in]26[sec]   in]30[sec]
  Selma.......................................  24[deg]24[m  87[deg]01[m
                                                 in]26[sec]   in]15[sec]
  Tuscaloosa..................................  33[deg]12[m  87[deg]33[m
                                                 in]05[sec]   in]44[sec]
Alaska:
  Anchorage...................................  61[deg]13[m  149[deg]53[
                                                 in]09[sec]  min]29[sec]
  College.....................................  64[deg]51[m  147[deg]48[
                                                 in]22[sec]  min]38[sec]
  Fairbanks...................................  64[deg]50[m  147[deg]41[
                                                 in]35[sec]  min]51[sec]
  Juneau......................................  58[deg]18[m  134[deg]25[
                                                 in]06[sec]  min]09[sec]
  Sitka.......................................  57[deg]02[m  135[deg]20[
                                                 in]58[sec]  min]12[sec]
Arizona:
  Flagstaff...................................  35[deg]11[m  111[deg]39[
                                                 in]54[sec]  min]02[sec]
  Mesa........................................  33[deg]24[m  111[deg]49[
                                                 in]54[sec]  min]41[sec]

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  Nogales.....................................  31[deg]20[m  110[deg]56[
                                                 in]14[sec]  min]12[sec]
  Phoenix.....................................  33[deg]27[m  112[deg]04[
                                                 in]12[sec]  min]28[sec]
  Tucson......................................  32[deg]13[m  110[deg]58[
                                                 in]15[sec]  min]08[sec]
  Yuma........................................  32[deg]43[m  114[deg]37[
                                                 in]16[sec]  min]01[sec]
Arkansas:
  El Dorado...................................  33[deg]12[m  92[deg]39[m
                                                 in]39[sec]   in]40[sec]
  Fayetteville................................  36[deg]03[m  94[deg]09[m
                                                 in]41[sec]   in]38[sec]
  Fort Smith..................................  35[deg]23[m  94[deg]25[m
                                                 in]10[sec]   in]36[sec]
  Jonesboro...................................  35[deg]50[m  90[deg]42[m
                                                 in]14[sec]   in]11[sec]
  Little Rock.................................  34[deg]44[m  92[deg]16[m
                                                 in]42[sec]   in]37[sec]
California:
  Bakersfield.................................  35[deg]22[m  119[deg]01[
                                                 in]31[sec]  min]16[sec]
  Chico.......................................  39[deg]44[m  121[deg]49[
                                                 in]07[sec]  min]57[sec]
  Concord.....................................  37[deg]58[m  122[deg]01[
                                                 in]46[sec]  min]51[sec]
  Corona......................................  33[deg]52[m  117[deg]33[
                                                 in]35[sec]  min]56[sec]
  El Centro...................................  32[deg]47[m  115[deg]32[
                                                 in]25[sec]  min]45[sec]
  Eureka......................................  40[deg]48[m  124[deg]09[
                                                 in]08[sec]  min]46[sec]
  Fontana.....................................  34[deg]05[m  117[deg]26[
                                                 in]45[sec]  min]29[sec]
  Fresno......................................  36[deg]44[m  119[deg]47[
                                                 in]12[sec]  min]11[sec]
  Guasti......................................  34[deg]03[m  117[deg]35[
                                                 in]48[sec]  min]10[sec]
  Hanford.....................................  36[deg]19[m  119[deg]38[
                                                 in]51[sec]  min]48[sec]
  Los Angeles.................................  34[deg]03[m  118[deg]14[
                                                 in]15[sec]  min]28[sec]
  Modesto.....................................  37[deg]38[m  120[deg]59[
                                                 in]26[sec]  min]44[sec]
  Monterey....................................  36[deg]35[m  121[deg]53[
                                                 in]44[sec]  min]39[sec]
  Oakland.....................................  37[deg]48[m  122[deg]15[
                                                 in]03[sec]  min]54[sec]
  Palm Springs................................  33[deg]49[m  116[deg]32[
                                                 in]22[sec]  min]46[sec]
  Redding.....................................  40[deg]34[m  122[deg]23[
                                                 in]57[sec]  min]34[sec]
  Sacramento..................................  38[deg]34[m  121[deg]29[
                                                 in]57[sec]  min]41[sec]
  Salinas.....................................  36[deg]40[m  121[deg]39[
                                                 in]24[sec]  min]25[sec]
  San Bernardino..............................  34[deg]06[m  117[deg]17[
                                                 in]30[sec]  min]28[sec]
  San Diego...................................  32[deg]42[m  117[deg]09[
                                                 in]53[sec]  min]21[sec]
  San Francisco...............................  37[deg]46[m  122[deg]24[
                                                 in]39[sec]  min]40[sec]
  San Jose....................................  37[deg]20[m  121[deg]53[
                                                 in]16[sec]  min]24[sec]
  San Luis Obispo.............................  35[deg]16[m  120[deg]39[
                                                 in]49[sec]  min]34[sec]
  San Mateo...................................  37[deg]34[m  122[deg]19[
                                                 in]08[sec]  min]16[sec]
  Santa Barbara...............................  34[deg]25[m  119[deg]41[
                                                 in]18[sec]  min]55[sec]
  Santa Maria.................................  34[deg]57[m  120[deg]26[
                                                 in]02[sec]  min]10[sec]
  Stockton....................................  37[deg]57[m  121[deg]17[
                                                 in]30[sec]  min]16[sec]
  Tulare......................................  36[deg]12[m  119[deg]20[
                                                 in]31[sec]  min]35[sec]
  Ventura.....................................  34[deg]16[m  119[deg]17[
                                                 in]47[sec]  min]22[sec]
  Visalia.....................................  36[deg]19[m  119[deg]17[
                                                 in]46[sec]  min]30[sec]
Colorado:
  Colorado Springs............................  38[deg]50[m  104[deg]49[
                                                 in]07[sec]  min]16[sec]
  Denver......................................  39[deg]44[m  104[deg]59[
                                                 in]58[sec]  min]22[sec]
  Durango.....................................  37[deg]16[m  107[deg]52[
                                                 in]29[sec]  min]25[sec]
  Grand Junction..............................  39[deg]04[m  108[deg]33[
                                                 in]06[sec]  min]54[sec]
  Montrose....................................  38[deg]28[m  107[deg]52[
                                                 in]44[sec]  min]31[sec]
  Pueblo......................................  38[deg]16[m  104[deg]36[
                                                 in]17[sec]  min]33[sec]
  Sterling....................................  40[deg]37[m  103[deg]12[
                                                 in]29[sec]  min]25[sec]
Connecticut:
  Bridgeport..................................  41[deg]10[m  73[deg]11[m
                                                 in]49[sec]   in]22[sec]
  Hartford....................................  41[deg]46[m  72[deg]40[m
                                                 in]12[sec]   in]49[sec]
  New Britain.................................  41[deg]40[m  72[deg]47[m
                                                 in]02[sec]   in]08[sec]
  New Haven...................................  41[deg]18[m  72[deg]55[m
                                                 in]25[sec]   in]30[sec]
  Norwich.....................................  41[deg]31[m  72[deg]04[m
                                                 in]36[sec]   in]31[sec]
  Waterbury...................................  41[deg]33[m  73[deg]02[m
                                                 in]13[sec]   in]31[sec]
Delaware:
  Wilmington..................................  39[deg]44[m  75[deg]32[m
                                                 in]46[sec]   in]51[sec]
District of Columbia:
  Washington..................................  38[deg]53[m  77[deg]00[m
                                                 in]51[sec]   in]33[sec]
Florida:
  Clearwater..................................  27[deg]57[m  82[deg]47[m
                                                 in]56[sec]   in]51[sec]
  Daytona Beach...............................  29[deg]12[m  81[deg]01[m
                                                 in]44[sec]   in]10[sec]
  Fort Lauderdale.............................  26[deg]07[m  80[deg]08[m
                                                 in]11[sec]   in]34[sec]
  Fort Myers..................................  26[deg]38[m  81[deg]52[m
                                                 in]42[sec]   in]06[sec]
  Fort Pierce.................................  27[deg]26[m  80[deg]19[m
                                                 in]48[sec]   in]38[sec]
  Gainesville.................................  29[deg]38[m  82[deg]19[m
                                                 in]56[sec]   in]19[sec]
  Jacksonville................................  30[deg]19[m  81[deg]39[m
                                                 in]44[sec]   in]42[sec]
  Largo.......................................  27[deg]54[m  82[deg]47[m
                                                 in]54[sec]   in]32[sec]
  Leesburg....................................  28[deg]48[m  81[deg]52[m
                                                 in]43[sec]   in]30[sec]
  Melbourne...................................  28[deg]04[m  80[deg]36[m
                                                 in]41[sec]   in]29[sec]
  Miami.......................................  25[deg]46[m  80[deg]11[m
                                                 in]37[sec]   in]32[sec]
  Ocala.......................................  29[deg]11[m  82[deg]08[m
                                                 in]34[sec]   in]14[sec]
  Orlando.....................................  28[deg]32[m  81[deg]22[m
                                                 in]42[sec]   in]38[sec]
  Panama City.................................  30[deg]09[m  85[deg]39[m
                                                 in]24[sec]   in]47[sec]
  Pensacola...................................  30[deg]24[m  87[deg]12[m
                                                 in]51[sec]   in]56[sec]
  St. Petersburg..............................  27[deg]46[m  82[deg]38[m
                                                 in]18[sec]   in]16[sec]
  Sarasota....................................  27[deg]20[m  82[deg]32[m
                                                 in]05[sec]   in]29[sec]
  Tallahassee.................................  30[deg]26[m  84[deg]16[m
                                                 in]30[sec]   in]50[sec]
  Tampa.......................................  27[deg]56[m  82[deg]27[m
                                                 in]58[sec]   in]26[sec]
  West Palm Beach.............................  26[deg]42[m  80[deg]03[m
                                                 in]36[sec]   in]05[sec]
Georgia:
  Albany......................................  31[deg]34[m  84[deg]09[m
                                                 in]36[sec]   in]22[sec]
  Athens......................................  33[deg]57[m  83[deg]22[m
                                                 in]34[sec]   in]39[sec]
  Atlanta.....................................  33[deg]45[m  84[deg]23[m
                                                 in]10[sec]   in]37[sec]
  Augusta.....................................  33[deg]28[m  81[deg]58[m
                                                 in]20[sec]   in]00[sec]
  Chatsworth..................................  34[deg]46[m  84[deg]46[m
                                                 in]08[sec]   in]10[sec]
  Cochran.....................................  32[deg]23[m  83[deg]21[m
                                                 in]18[sec]   in]18[sec]
  Columbus....................................  32[deg]28[m  84[deg]59[m
                                                 in]07[sec]   in]24[sec]
  Dawson......................................  31[deg]46[m  84[deg]26[m
                                                 in]33[sec]   in]20[sec]
  Macon.......................................  32[deg]50[m  83[deg]37[m
                                                 in]12[sec]   in]36[sec]
  Pelham......................................  31[deg]07[m  84[deg]09[m
                                                 in]42[sec]   in]02[sec]
  Savannah....................................  32[deg]04[m  81[deg]05[m
                                                 in]42[sec]   in]37[sec]
  Thomasville.................................  30[deg]50[m  83[deg]58[m
                                                 in]25[sec]   in]59[sec]
  Waycross....................................  31[deg]12[m  82[deg]21[m
                                                 in]19[sec]   in]47[sec]
  Wrens.......................................  33[deg]12[m  82[deg]23[m
                                                 in]21[sec]   in]23[sec]
Guam:
  Agana.......................................  13[deg]28[m  144[deg]45[
                                                 in]23[sec]  min]00[sec]
Hawaii:
  Hilo........................................  19[deg]43[m  155[deg]05[
                                                 in]42[sec]  min]30[sec]
  Honolulu....................................  21[deg]18[m  157[deg]51[
                                                 in]36[sec]  min]48[sec]
  Wailuku.....................................  20[deg]53[m  156[deg]30[
                                                 in]21[sec]  min]27[sec]
Idaho:
  Boise.......................................  43[deg]37[m  116[deg]11[
                                                 in]07[sec]  min]58[sec]
  Idaho Falls.................................  43[deg]29[m  112[deg]02[
                                                 in]39[sec]  min]28[sec]
  Lewiston....................................  46[deg]25[m  117[deg]01[
                                                 in]05[sec]  min]10[sec]
  Moscow......................................  46[deg]43[m  116[deg]59[
                                                 in]58[sec]  min]54[sec]
  Pocatello...................................  42[deg]51[m  112[deg]27[
                                                 in]38[sec]  min]01[sec]
  Twin Falls..................................  42[deg]33[m  114[deg]28[
                                                 in]25[sec]  min]21[sec]
Illinois:
  Aurora......................................  41[deg]45[m  88[deg]18[m
                                                 in]22[sec]   in]56[sec]
  Bloomington.................................  40[deg]28[m  88[deg]59[m
                                                 in]58[sec]   in]32[sec]
  Carbondale..................................  37[deg]43[m  89[deg]13[m
                                                 in]38[sec]   in]00[sec]
  Champaign...................................  40[deg]07[m  88[deg]14[m
                                                 in]05[sec]   in]48[sec]
  Chicago.....................................  41[deg]52[m  87[deg]38[m
                                                 in]28[sec]   in]22[sec]
  Decatur.....................................  39[deg]50[m  88[deg]57[m
                                                 in]37[sec]   in]11[sec]
  Elgin.......................................  42[deg]02[m  88[deg]16[m
                                                 in]14[sec]   in]53[sec]
  Freeport....................................  42[deg]17[m  89[deg]37[m
                                                 in]57[sec]   in]07[sec]
  Harrisburg..................................  37[deg]44[m  88[deg]32[m
                                                 in]20[sec]   in]25[sec]
  Jacksonville................................  39[deg]44[m  90[deg]13[m
                                                 in]03[sec]   in]44[sec]
  Joliet......................................  41[deg]31[m  88[deg]04[m
                                                 in]37[sec]   in]52[sec]
  La Salle....................................  41[deg]19[m  89[deg]05[m
                                                 in]49[sec]   in]44[sec]
  Moline......................................  41[deg]30[m  90[deg]30[m
                                                 in]31[sec]   in]49[sec]
  Mount Vernon................................  38[deg]18[m  88[deg]54[m
                                                 in]29[sec]   in]26[sec]
  Olney.......................................  38[deg]43[m  88[deg]05[m
                                                 in]47[sec]   in]00[sec]
  Peoria......................................  40[deg]41[m  89[deg]35[m
                                                 in]42[sec]   in]33[sec]
  Quincy......................................  39[deg]55[m  91[deg]24[m
                                                 in]59[sec]   in]12[sec]
  Rockford....................................  42[deg]16[m  89[deg]05[m
                                                 in]07[sec]   in]48[sec]
  Rock Island.................................  41[deg]30[m  90[deg]34[m
                                                 in]40[sec]   in]24[sec]
  Springfield.................................  39[deg]47[m  89[deg]38[m
                                                 in]58[sec]   in]51[sec]
  Urbana......................................  40[deg]06[m  88[deg]13[m
                                                 in]41[sec]   in]13[sec]
Indiana:
  Bloomington.................................  39[deg]09[m  86[deg]31[m
                                                 in]56[sec]   in]52[sec]
  Elkhart.....................................  41[deg]40[m  85[deg]58[m
                                                 in]56[sec]   in]15[sec]
  Evansville..................................  37[deg]58[m  87[deg]34[m
                                                 in]20[sec]   in]21[sec]
  Fort Wayne..................................  41[deg]04[m  85[deg]08[m
                                                 in]21[sec]   in]26[sec]
  Gary........................................  41[deg]35[m  87[deg]20[m
                                                 in]59[sec]   in]07[sec]
  Hammond.....................................  41[deg]35[m  87[deg]27[m
                                                 in]13[sec]   in]43[sec]
  Indianapolis................................  39[deg]46[m  86[deg]09[m
                                                 in]07[sec]   in]46[sec]
  Lafayette...................................  40[deg]25[m  86[deg]53[m
                                                 in]11[sec]   in]39[sec]
  Marion......................................  40[deg]33[m  85[deg]39[m
                                                 in]17[sec]   in]49[sec]
  Muncie......................................  40[deg]11[m  85[deg]23[m
                                                 in]28[sec]   in]16[sec]
  Richmond....................................  39[deg]49[m  84[deg]53[m
                                                 in]49[sec]   in]26[sec]
  Roanoke.....................................  40[deg]57[m  85[deg]22[m
                                                 in]50[sec]   in]30[sec]
  St. John....................................  41[deg]27[m  87[deg]28[m
                                                 in]00[sec]   in]13[sec]
  South Bend..................................  41[deg]40[m  86[deg]15[m
                                                 in]33[sec]   in]01[sec]
  Terre Haute.................................  39[deg]28[m  87[deg]24[m
                                                 in]03[sec]   in]26[sec]
  Vincennes...................................  38[deg]40[m  87[deg]31[m
                                                 in]52[sec]   in]12[sec]

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Iowa:
  Ames........................................  42[deg]01[m  93[deg]36[m
                                                 in]36[sec]   in]44[sec]
  Cedar Rapids................................  41[deg]58[m  91[deg]39[m
                                                 in]48[sec]   in]48[sec]
  Davenport...................................  41[deg]31[m  90[deg]34[m
                                                 in]24[sec]   in]21[sec]
  Des Moines..................................  41[deg]35[m  93[deg]37[m
                                                 in]14[sec]   in]00[sec]
  Dubuque.....................................  42[deg]29[m  90[deg]40[m
                                                 in]55[sec]   in]08[sec]
  Fort Dodge..................................  42[deg]30[m  94[deg]11[m
                                                 in]12[sec]   in]05[sec]
  Iowa City...................................  41[deg]39[m  91[deg]31[m
                                                 in]37[sec]   in]52[sec]
  Mason City..................................  43[deg]09[m  93[deg]12[m
                                                 in]15[sec]   in]00[sec]
  Sioux City..................................  42[deg]29[m  96[deg]24[m
                                                 in]46[sec]   in]30[sec]
  Waterloo....................................  42[deg]29[m  92[deg]20[m
                                                 in]40[sec]   in]20[sec]
Kansas:
  Ensign......................................  37[deg]38[m  100[deg]14[
                                                 in]48[sec]  min]00[sec]
  Garden City.................................  37[deg]57[m  100[deg]52[
                                                 in]54[sec]  min]20[sec]
  Goodland....................................  39[deg]20[m  101[deg]42[
                                                 in]53[sec]  min]35[sec]
  Great Bend..................................  38[deg]22[m  98[deg]45[m
                                                 in]04[sec]   in]58[sec]
  Hays........................................  38[deg]52[m  99[deg]19[m
                                                 in]16[sec]   in]57[sec]
  Hutchinson..................................  38[deg]03[m  97[deg]55[m
                                                 in]11[sec]   in]20[sec]
  Pittsburg...................................  37[deg]24[m  94[deg]42[m
                                                 in]50[sec]   in]11[sec]
  Salina......................................  38[deg]50[m  97[deg]36[m
                                                 in]36[sec]   in]46[sec]
  Topeka......................................  39[deg]03[m  95[deg]40[m
                                                 in]16[sec]   in]23[sec]
  Wichita.....................................  37[deg]41[m  97[deg]20[m
                                                 in]30[sec]   in]16[sec]
Kentucky:
  Ashland.....................................  38[deg]28[m  82[deg]38[m
                                                 in]36[sec]   in]23[sec]
  Bowling Green...............................  36[deg]59[m  86[deg]26[m
                                                 in]41[sec]   in]33[sec]
  Covington...................................  39[deg]05[m  84[deg]30[m
                                                 in]00[sec]   in]29[sec]
  Elizabethtown...............................  37[deg]41[m  85[deg]51[m
                                                 in]38[sec]   in]35[sec]
  Hazard......................................  37[deg]14[m  83[deg]11[m
                                                 in]54[sec]   in]31[sec]
  Lexington...................................  38[deg]02[m  84[deg]29[m
                                                 in]50[sec]   in]46[sec]
  Louisville..................................  38[deg]14[m  85[deg]45[m
                                                 in]47[sec]   in]49[sec]
  Madisonville................................  37[deg]19[m  87[deg]29[m
                                                 in]45[sec]   in]54[sec]
  Morehead....................................  38[deg]10[m  83[deg]26[m
                                                 in]53[sec]   in]08[sec]
  Murray......................................  36[deg]36[m  88[deg]18[m
                                                 in]35[sec]   in]39[sec]
  Newport.....................................  39[deg]05[m  84[deg]29[m
                                                 in]28[sec]   in]20[sec]
  Owensboro...................................  37[deg]46[m  87[deg]06[m
                                                 in]27[sec]   in]46[sec]
  Owenton.....................................  38[deg]32[m  84[deg]50[m
                                                 in]11[sec]   in]16[sec]
  Paducah.....................................  37[deg]05[m  88[deg]35[m
                                                 in]13[sec]   in]56[sec]
  Pikesville..................................  37[deg]28[m  82[deg]31[m
                                                 in]49[sec]   in]09[sec]
  Somerset....................................  37[deg]05[m  84[deg]36[m
                                                 in]35[sec]   in]17[sec]
Louisiana:
  Alexandria..................................  31[deg]18[m  92[deg]26[m
                                                 in]33[sec]   in]47[sec]
  Baton Rouge.................................  30[deg]26[m  91[deg]11[m
                                                 in]58[sec]   in]00[sec]
  Houma.......................................  29[deg]35[m  90[deg]43[m
                                                 in]34[sec]   in]09[sec]
  Lafayette...................................  30[deg]13[m  92[deg]01[m
                                                 in]24[sec]   in]06[sec]
  Lake Charles................................  30[deg]13[m  93[deg]12[m
                                                 in]45[sec]   in]52[sec]
  Monroe......................................  32[deg]30[m  92[deg]06[m
                                                 in]02[sec]   in]55[sec]
  New Orleans.................................  29[deg]56[m  90[deg]04[m
                                                 in]53[sec]   in]10[sec]
  Shreveport..................................  32[deg]30[m  93[deg]44[m
                                                 in]46[sec]   in]58[sec]
  West Monroe.................................  32[deg]30[m  92[deg]08[m
                                                 in]51[sec]   in]13[sec]
Maine:
  Augusta.....................................  44[deg]18[m  69[deg]46[m
                                                 in]53[sec]   in]29[sec]
  Bangor......................................  44[deg]48[m  68[deg]46[m
                                                 in]13[sec]   in]18[sec]
  Calais......................................  45[deg]11[m  67[deg]16[m
                                                 in]04[sec]   in]43[sec]
  Orono.......................................  44[deg]53[m  68[deg]40[m
                                                 in]15[sec]   in]12[sec]
  Poland Spring...............................  44[deg]01[m  70[deg]21[m
                                                 in]42[sec]   in]40[sec]
  Portland....................................  43[deg]39[m  70[deg]15[m
                                                 in]33[sec]   in]19[sec]
  Presque Isle................................  46[deg]40[m  68[deg]00[m
                                                 in]57[sec]   in]52[sec]
Maryland:
  Baltimore...................................  39[deg]17[m  76[deg]36[m
                                                 in]26[sec]   in]45[sec]
  Cumberland..................................  39[deg]39[m  78[deg]45[m
                                                 in]01[sec]   in]45[sec]
  Hagerstown..................................  39[deg]38[m  77[deg]43[m
                                                 in]39[sec]   in]15[sec]
  Salisbury...................................  38[deg]21[m  75[deg]35[m
                                                 in]56[sec]   in]56[sec]
Massachusetts:
  Adams.......................................  42[deg]37[m  73[deg]07[m
                                                 in]30[sec]   in]05[sec]
  Boston......................................  42[deg]21[m  71[deg]03[m
                                                 in]24[sec]   in]25[sec]
  Cambridge...................................  42[deg]21[m  71[deg]06[m
                                                 in]58[sec]   in]24[sec]
  Greenfield..................................  42[deg]35[m  72[deg]35[m
                                                 in]15[sec]   in]54[sec]
  New Bedford.................................  41[deg]38[m  70[deg]55[m
                                                 in]13[sec]   in]41[sec]
  Springfield.................................  42[deg]06[m  72[deg]35[m
                                                 in]21[sec]   in]32[sec]
  Worcester...................................  42[deg]15[m  71[deg]48[m
                                                 in]37[sec]   in]17[sec]
Michigan:
  Allen Park..................................  42[deg]15[m  83[deg]12[m
                                                 in]12[sec]   in]57[sec]
  Battle Creek................................  42[deg]18[m  85[deg]10[m
                                                 in]58[sec]   in]48[sec]
  Bay City....................................  43[deg]36[m  83[deg]53[m
                                                 in]04[sec]   in]15[sec]
  Cadillac....................................  44[deg]15[m  85[deg]23[m
                                                 in]10[sec]   in]52[sec]
  Cheboygan...................................  45[deg]38[m  84[deg]28[m
                                                 in]38[sec]   in]38[sec]
  Detroit.....................................  42[deg]19[m  83[deg]02[m
                                                 in]48[sec]   in]57[sec]
  Escanaba....................................  45[deg]44[m  87[deg]03[m
                                                 in]45[sec]   in]18[sec]
  Flint.......................................  43[deg]00[m  83[deg]41[m
                                                 in]50[sec]   in]33[sec]
  Grand Rapids................................  42[deg]58[m  85[deg]40[m
                                                 in]03[sec]   in]13[sec]
  Jackson.....................................  42[deg]14[m  84[deg]24[m
                                                 in]43[sec]   in]22[sec]
  Kalamazoo...................................  42[deg]17[m  85[deg]35[m
                                                 in]29[sec]   in]14[sec]
  Lansing.....................................  42[deg]44[m  84[deg]33[m
                                                 in]01[sec]   in]15[sec]
  Marquette...................................  46[deg]32[m  87[deg]23[m
                                                 in]37[sec]   in]43[sec]
  Mount Pleasant..............................  43[deg]16[m  84[deg]46[m
                                                 in]12[sec]   in]31[sec]
  Muskegon....................................  43[deg]14[m  86[deg]15[m
                                                 in]17[sec]   in]02[sec]
  Onondaga....................................  42[deg]26[m  84[deg]33[m
                                                 in]41[sec]   in]43[sec]
  Saginaw.....................................  43[deg]25[m  83[deg]56[m
                                                 in]52[sec]   in]05[sec]
  Sault Ste. Marie............................  46[deg]29[m  84[deg]20[m
                                                 in]58[sec]   in]37[sec]
  Traverse City...............................  44[deg]45[m  85[deg]37[m
                                                 in]47[sec]   in]25[sec]
  University Center...........................  43[deg]33[m  83[deg]59[m
                                                 in]31[sec]   in]09[sec]
Minnesota:
  Alexandria..................................  45[deg]53[m  95[deg]22[m
                                                 in]06[sec]   in]39[sec]
  Appleton....................................  45[deg]12[m  96[deg]01[m
                                                 in]00[sec]   in]02[sec]
  Austin......................................  43[deg]39[m  92[deg]58[m
                                                 in]57[sec]   in]20[sec]
  Duluth......................................  46[deg]46[m  92[deg]06[m
                                                 in]56[sec]   in]24[sec]
  Hibbing.....................................  47[deg]25[m  92[deg]56[m
                                                 in]43[sec]   in]21[sec]
  Mankato.....................................  44[deg]09[m  94[deg]00[m
                                                 in]49[sec]   in]09[sec]
  Minneapolis.................................  44[deg]58[m  93[deg]15[m
                                                 in]57[sec]   in]43[sec]
  Rochester...................................  44[deg]01[m  92[deg]28[m
                                                 in]21[sec]   in]03[sec]
  St. Cloud...................................  45[deg]33[m  94[deg]09[m
                                                 in]35[sec]   in]38[sec]
  St. Paul....................................  44[deg]56[m  93[deg]05[m
                                                 in]50[sec]   in]11[sec]
  Walker......................................  47[deg]05[m  94[deg]35[m
                                                 in]57[sec]   in]12[sec]
Mississippi:
  Biloxi......................................  30[deg]23[m  88[deg]53[m
                                                 in]43[sec]   in]08[sec]
  Bude........................................  31[deg]27[m  90[deg]50[m
                                                 in]46[sec]   in]34[sec]
  Columbus....................................  33[deg]29[m  88[deg]25[m
                                                 in]40[sec]   in]33[sec]
  Greenwood...................................  33[deg]31[m  90[deg]10[m
                                                 in]05[sec]   in]55[sec]
  Gulfport....................................  30[deg]22[m  89[deg]05[m
                                                 in]04[sec]   in]36[sec]
  Jackson.....................................  32[deg]17[m  90[deg]11[m
                                                 in]56[sec]   in]06[sec]
  Laurel......................................  31[deg]41[m  89[deg]07[m
                                                 in]40[sec]   in]48[sec]
  Meridian....................................  32[deg]21[m  88[deg]42[m
                                                 in]57[sec]   in]02[sec]
  Oxford......................................  34[deg]22[m  89[deg]31[m
                                                 in]00[sec]   in]07[sec]
  State College...............................  33[deg]27[m  88[deg]47[m
                                                 in]18[sec]   in]13[sec]
  Tupelo......................................  34[deg]15[m  88[deg]42[m
                                                 in]26[sec]   in]30[sec]
Missouri:
  Cape Girardeau..............................  37[deg]18[m  89[deg]31[m
                                                 in]29[sec]   in]29[sec]
  Columbia....................................  38[deg]57[m  92[deg]19[m
                                                 in]03[sec]   in]46[sec]
  Hannibal....................................  39[deg]42[m  91[deg]22[m
                                                 in]24[sec]   in]45[sec]
  Jefferson City..............................  38[deg]34[m  92[deg]10[m
                                                 in]40[sec]   in]24[sec]
  Joplin......................................  37[deg]05[m  94[deg]30[m
                                                 in]26[sec]   in]50[sec]
  Kansas City.................................  39[deg]04[m  94[deg]35[m
                                                 in]56[sec]   in]20[sec]
  Kirksville..................................  40[deg]11[m  92[deg]34[m
                                                 in]37[sec]   in]58[sec]
  Poplar Bluff................................  36[deg]45[m  90[deg]23[m
                                                 in]20[sec]   in]38[sec]
  St. Joseph..................................  39[deg]45[m  94[deg]51[m
                                                 in]57[sec]   in]02[sec]
  St. Louis...................................  38[deg]37[m  90[deg]12[m
                                                 in]45[sec]   in]22[sec]
  Sedalia.....................................  38[deg]42[m  93[deg]13[m
                                                 in]08[sec]   in]26[sec]
  Springfield.................................  37[deg]13[m  93[deg]17[m
                                                 in]03[sec]   in]32[sec]
Montana:
  Anaconda....................................  46[deg]07[m  112[deg]57[
                                                 in]40[sec]  min]12[sec]
  Billings....................................  45[deg]47[m  108[deg]30[
                                                 in]00[sec]  min]04[sec]
  Butte.......................................  46[deg]01[m  112[deg]32[
                                                 in]06[sec]  min]11[sec]
  Glendive....................................  47[deg]06[m  104[deg]43[
                                                 in]42[sec]  min]02[sec]
  Great Falls.................................  47[deg]29[m  111[deg]18[
                                                 in]33[sec]  min]23[sec]
  Helena......................................  46[deg]35[m  112[deg]02[
                                                 in]33[sec]  min]24[sec]
  Kalispell...................................  48[deg]11[m  114[deg]18[
                                                 in]45[sec]  min]44[sec]
  Miles City..................................  46[deg]24[m  105[deg]50[
                                                 in]34[sec]  min]30[sec]
  Missoula....................................  46[deg]52[m  113[deg]59[
                                                 in]23[sec]  min]29[sec]
Nebraska:
  Albion......................................  41[deg]41[m  97[deg]59[m
                                                 in]23[sec]   in]53[sec]
  Alliance....................................  42[deg]06[m  102[deg]52[
                                                 in]04[sec]  min]08[sec]
  Bassett.....................................  42[deg]35[m  99[deg]32[m
                                                 in]00[sec]   in]10[sec]
  Grand Island................................  40[deg]55[m  98[deg]20[m
                                                 in]33[sec]   in]23[sec]
  Hastings....................................  40[deg]35[m  98[deg]23[m
                                                 in]21[sec]   in]20[sec]
  Hayes Center................................  40[deg]30[m  101[deg]01[
                                                 in]36[sec]  min]18[sec]
  Hay Springs.................................  42[deg]41[m  102[deg]41[
                                                 in]03[sec]  min]22[sec]
  Kearney.....................................  40[deg]41[m  99[deg]04[m
                                                 in]58[sec]   in]53[sec]
  Lexington...................................  40[deg]46[m  99[deg]44[m
                                                 in]30[sec]   in]41[sec]

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  Lincoln.....................................  40[deg]48[m  96[deg]42[m
                                                 in]59[sec]   in]15[sec]
  McCook......................................  40[deg]12[m  100[deg]37[
                                                 in]02[sec]  min]32[sec]
  Merriman....................................  42[deg]55[m  101[deg]42[
                                                 in]07[sec]  min]02[sec]
  Norfolk.....................................  42[deg]01[m  97[deg]24[m
                                                 in]56[sec]   in]42[sec]
  North Platte................................  41[deg]08[m  100[deg]45[
                                                 in]14[sec]  min]43[sec]
  Omaha.......................................  41[deg]15[m  95[deg]56[m
                                                 in]42[sec]   in]14[sec]
  Scottsbluff.................................  41[deg]51[m  103[deg]39[
                                                 in]40[sec]  min]00[sec]
  Superior....................................  40[deg]01[m  98[deg]04[m
                                                 in]12[sec]   in]00[sec]
Nevada:
  Elko........................................  40[deg]50[m  115[deg]45[
                                                 in]00[sec]  min]41[sec]
  Henderson...................................  36[deg]02[m  114[deg]58[
                                                 in]00[sec]  min]57[sec]
  Las Vegas...................................  36[deg]10[m  115[deg]08[
                                                 in]20[sec]  min]37[sec]
  Reno........................................  39[deg]31[m  119[deg]48[
                                                 in]27[sec]  min]40[sec]
New Hampshire:
  Berlin......................................  44[deg]28[m  71[deg]10[m
                                                 in]20[sec]   in]43[sec]
  Durham......................................  43[deg]08[m  70[deg]55[m
                                                 in]02[sec]   in]35[sec]
  Hanover.....................................  43[deg]42[m  72[deg]17[m
                                                 in]03[sec]   in]24[sec]
  Keene.......................................  42[deg]56[m  72[deg]16[m
                                                 in]02[sec]   in]44[sec]
  Lebanon.....................................  43[deg]38[m  72[deg]15[m
                                                 in]34[sec]   in]12[sec]
  Littleton...................................  44[deg]18[m  71[deg]46[m
                                                 in]22[sec]   in]13[sec]
  Manchester..................................  42[deg]59[m  71[deg]27[m
                                                 in]28[sec]   in]41[sec]
New Jersey:
  Atlantic City...............................  39[deg]21[m  74[deg]25[m
                                                 in]32[sec]   in]53[sec]
  Burlington..................................  40[deg]04[m  74[deg]51[m
                                                 in]21[sec]   in]47[sec]
  Camden......................................  39[deg]56[m  75[deg]07[m
                                                 in]45[sec]   in]20[sec]
  Glen Ridge..................................  40[deg]48[m  74[deg]12[m
                                                 in]16[sec]   in]14[sec]
  Linden......................................  40[deg]37[m  74[deg]15[m
                                                 in]57[sec]   in]22[sec]
  Newark......................................  40[deg]44[m  74[deg]10[m
                                                 in]14[sec]   in]19[sec]
  New Brunswick...............................  40[deg]29[m  74[deg]26[m
                                                 in]38[sec]   in]49[sec]
  Paterson....................................  40[deg]54[m  74[deg]09[m
                                                 in]51[sec]   in]51[sec]
  Trenton.....................................  40[deg]13[m  74[deg]45[m
                                                 in]16[sec]   in]28[sec]
  Vineland....................................  39[deg]29[m  75[deg]01[m
                                                 in]13[sec]   in]17[sec]
  Wildwood....................................  38[deg]59[m  74[deg]48[m
                                                 in]18[sec]   in]43[sec]
New Mexico:
  Albuquerque.................................  35[deg]05[m  106[deg]39[
                                                 in]01[sec]  min]05[sec]
  Carlsbad....................................  32[deg]25[m  104[deg]13[
                                                 in]09[sec]  min]47[sec]
  Clovis......................................  34[deg]24[m  103[deg]12[
                                                 in]11[sec]  min]08[sec]
  Portales....................................  34[deg]10[m  103[deg]20[
                                                 in]58[sec]  min]10[sec]
  Roswell.....................................  33[deg]23[m  104[deg]31[
                                                 in]47[sec]  min]26[sec]
New York:
  Albany......................................  42[deg]39[m  73[deg]45[m
                                                 in]01[sec]   in]01[sec]
  Binghamton..................................  42[deg]06[m  75[deg]54[m
                                                 in]03[sec]   in]47[sec]
  Buffalo.....................................  42[deg]52[m  78[deg]52[m
                                                 in]52[sec]   in]21[sec]
  Carthage....................................  43[deg]58[m  75[deg]36[m
                                                 in]50[sec]   in]26[sec]
  Elmira......................................  42[deg]05[m  76[deg]48[m
                                                 in]26[sec]   in]22[sec]
  Garden City.................................  40[deg]43[m  73[deg]38[m
                                                 in]26[sec]   in]03[sec]
  Ithaca......................................  42[deg]26[m  76[deg]29[m
                                                 in]33[sec]   in]42[sec]
  Jamestown...................................  42[deg]05[m  79[deg]14[m
                                                 in]45[sec]   in]40[sec]
  New York....................................  40[deg]45[m  73[deg]59[m
                                                 in]06[sec]   in]39[sec]
  North Pole..................................  44[deg]23[m  73[deg]51[m
                                                 in]59[sec]   in]00[sec]
  Norwood.....................................  44[deg]45[m  75[deg]59[m
                                                 in]00[sec]   in]39[sec]
  Oneonta.....................................  42[deg]27[m  75[deg]03[m
                                                 in]21[sec]   in]42[sec]
  Patchogue...................................  40[deg]45[m  73[deg]00[m
                                                 in]56[sec]   in]42[sec]
  Plattsburgh.................................  44[deg]42[m  73[deg]27[m
                                                 in]03[sec]   in]07[sec]
  Riverhead...................................  40[deg]55[m  72[deg]39[m
                                                 in]06[sec]   in]51[sec]
  Rochester...................................  43[deg]09[m  77[deg]36[m
                                                 in]41[sec]   in]21[sec]
  Schenectady.................................  42[deg]48[m  73[deg]56[m
                                                 in]52[sec]   in]24[sec]
  Syracuse....................................  43[deg]03[m  76[deg]09[m
                                                 in]04[sec]   in]14[sec]
  Utica.......................................  43[deg]06[m  75[deg]13[m
                                                 in]12[sec]   in]33[sec]
  Watertown...................................  43[deg]58[m  75[deg]54[m
                                                 in]30[sec]   in]48[sec]
North Carolina:
  Asheville...................................  35[deg]35[m  82[deg]33[m
                                                 in]42[sec]   in]26[sec]
  Chapel Hill.................................  35[deg]54[m  79[deg]03[m
                                                 in]51[sec]   in]11[sec]
  Charlotte...................................  35[deg]13[m  80[deg]50[m
                                                 in]44[sec]   in]45[sec]
  Columbia....................................  35[deg]55[m  76[deg]15[m
                                                 in]06[sec]   in]04[sec]
  Concord.....................................  35[deg]24[m  80[deg]34[m
                                                 in]29[sec]   in]45[sec]
  Durham......................................  35[deg]59[m  78[deg]54[m
                                                 in]48[sec]   in]00[sec]
  Fayetteville................................  35[deg]03[m  78[deg]52[m
                                                 in]12[sec]   in]54[sec]
  Greensboro..................................  36[deg]04[m  79[deg]47[m
                                                 in]17[sec]   in]25[sec]
  Greenville..................................  35[deg]36[m  77[deg]22[m
                                                 in]49[sec]   in]22[sec]
  Hickory.....................................  35[deg]43[m  81[deg]20[m
                                                 in]54[sec]   in]20[sec]
  High Point..................................  35[deg]57[m  80[deg]00[m
                                                 in]14[sec]   in]15[sec]
  Jacksonville................................  34[deg]45[m  77[deg]25[m
                                                 in]00[sec]   in]54[sec]
  Linville....................................  36[deg]04[m  81[deg]52[m
                                                 in]06[sec]   in]16[sec]
  New Bern....................................  35[deg]06[m  77[deg]02[m
                                                 in]33[sec]   in]23[sec]
  Raleigh.....................................  35[deg]46[m  78[deg]38[m
                                                 in]38[sec]   in]21[sec]
  Washington..................................  35[deg]32[m  77[deg]03[m
                                                 in]35[sec]   in]16[sec]
  Wilmington..................................  34[deg]14[m  77[deg]56[m
                                                 in]14[sec]   in]58[sec]
  Winston-Salem...............................  36[deg]05[m  80[deg]14[m
                                                 in]52[sec]   in]42[sec]
North Dakota:
  Bismark.....................................  46[deg]48[m  100[deg]47[
                                                 in]23[sec]  min]17[sec]
  Devils Lake.................................  48[deg]06[m  98[deg]51[m
                                                 in]42[sec]   in]29[sec]
  Dickinson...................................  46[deg]52[m  102[deg]47[
                                                 in]55[sec]  min]06[sec]
  Fargo.......................................  46[deg]52[m  96[deg]47[m
                                                 in]30[sec]   in]18[sec]
  Minot.......................................  48[deg]14[m  101[deg]17[
                                                 in]09[sec]  min]38[sec]
  Pembina.....................................  48[deg]58[m  97[deg]14[m
                                                 in]00[sec]   in]37[sec]
  Valley City.................................  46[deg]55[m  98[deg]00[m
                                                 in]31[sec]   in]04[sec]
  Williston...................................  48[deg]08[m  103[deg]36[
                                                 in]47[sec]  min]59[sec]
Ohio:
  Akron.......................................  41[deg]05[m  81[deg]30[m
                                                 in]00[sec]   in]44[sec]
  Athens......................................  39[deg]19[m  82[deg]06[m
                                                 in]38[sec]   in]09[sec]
  Bowling Green...............................  41[deg]22[m  83[deg]39[m
                                                 in]37[sec]   in]03[sec]
  Canton......................................  40[deg]47[m  81[deg]22[m
                                                 in]50[sec]   in]37[sec]
  Cincinnati..................................  39[deg]06[m  84[deg]30[m
                                                 in]07[sec]   in]35[sec]
  Cleveland...................................  41[deg]29[m  81[deg]41[m
                                                 in]51[sec]   in]50[sec]
  Columbus....................................  39[deg]57[m  83[deg]00[m
                                                 in]47[sec]   in]17[sec]
  Dayton......................................  39[deg]45[m  84[deg]11[m
                                                 in]32[sec]   in]43[sec]
  Kettering...................................  39[deg]41[m  84[deg]10[m
                                                 in]22[sec]   in]07[sec]
  Lima........................................  40[deg]44[m  84[deg]06[m
                                                 in]29[sec]   in]34[sec]
  Lorain......................................  41[deg]27[m  82[deg]10[m
                                                 in]48[sec]   in]23[sec]
  Marion......................................  40[deg]35[m  83[deg]07[m
                                                 in]14[sec]   in]36[sec]
  Newark......................................  40[deg]03[m  82[deg]24[m
                                                 in]35[sec]   in]15[sec]
  Oxford......................................  39[deg]30[m  84[deg]44[m
                                                 in]28[sec]   in]26[sec]
  Portsmouth..................................  38[deg]44[m  82[deg]59[m
                                                 in]06[sec]   in]39[sec]
  Springfield.................................  39[deg]55[m  83[deg]48[m
                                                 in]38[sec]   in]29[sec]
  Steubenville................................  40[deg]21[m  80[deg]36[m
                                                 in]42[sec]   in]53[sec]
  Toledo......................................  41[deg]39[m  83[deg]32[m
                                                 in]14[sec]   in]39[sec]
  Youngstown..................................  41[deg]05[m  80[deg]39[m
                                                 in]57[sec]   in]02[sec]
  Zanesville..................................  39[deg]56[m  82[deg]00[m
                                                 in]59[sec]   in]56[sec]
Oklahoma:
  Ada.........................................  34[deg]46[m  96[deg]40[m
                                                 in]24[sec]   in]36[sec]
  Ardmore.....................................  34[deg]10[m  97[deg]07[m
                                                 in]18[sec]   in]50[sec]
  Lawton......................................  34[deg]36[m  98[deg]23[m
                                                 in]27[sec]   in]41[sec]
  Oklahoma City...............................  35[deg]28[m  97[deg]31[m
                                                 in]26[sec]   in]04[sec]
  Sayre.......................................  35[deg]17[m  99[deg]38[m
                                                 in]34[sec]   in]23[sec]
  Tulsa.......................................  36[deg]09[m  95[deg]59[m
                                                 in]12[sec]   in]34[sec]
Oregon:
  Coos Bay....................................  43[deg]22[m  124[deg]13[
                                                 in]02[sec]  min]09[sec]
  Corvallis...................................  44[deg]34[m  123[deg]16[
                                                 in]10[sec]  min]12[sec]
  Eugene......................................  44[deg]03[m  123[deg]05[
                                                 in]16[sec]  min]30[sec]
  Klamath Falls...............................  42[deg]13[m  121[deg]46[
                                                 in]32[sec]  min]32[sec]
  La Grande...................................  45[deg]19[m  118[deg]05[
                                                 in]47[sec]  min]45[sec]
  Medford.....................................  42[deg]19[m  122[deg]52[
                                                 in]33[sec]  min]31[sec]
  Portland....................................  45[deg]31[m  122[deg]40[
                                                 in]06[sec]  min]35[sec]
  Roseburg....................................  43[deg]12[m  123[deg]20[
                                                 in]34[sec]  min]26[sec]
  Salem.......................................  44[deg]56[m  123[deg]01[
                                                 in]21[sec]  min]59[sec]
Pennsylvania:
  Allentown...................................  40[deg]36[m  75[deg]28[m
                                                 in]11[sec]   in]06[sec]
  Altoona.....................................  40[deg]30[m  78[deg]24[m
                                                 in]55[sec]   in]03[sec]
  Bethlehem...................................  40[deg]37[m  75[deg]21[m
                                                 in]57[sec]   in]36[sec]
  Clearfield..................................  41[deg]01[m  78[deg]26[m
                                                 in]20[sec]   in]10[sec]
  Erie........................................  42[deg]07[m  80[deg]04[m
                                                 in]15[sec]   in]57[sec]
  Harrisburg..................................  40[deg]15[m  76[deg]52[m
                                                 in]43[sec]   in]59[sec]
  Hershey.....................................  40[deg]17[m  76[deg]39[m
                                                 in]04[sec]   in]01[sec]
  Johnstown...................................  40[deg]19[m  78[deg]55[m
                                                 in]35[sec]   in]03[sec]
  Lancaster...................................  40[deg]02[m  76[deg]18[m
                                                 in]25[sec]   in]29[sec]
  Philadelphia................................  39[deg]56[m  75[deg]09[m
                                                 in]58[sec]   in]21[sec]
  Pittsburgh..................................  40[deg]26[m  80[deg]00[m
                                                 in]19[sec]   in]00[sec]
  Reading.....................................  40[deg]20[m  75[deg]55[m
                                                 in]09[sec]   in]40[sec]
  Scranton....................................  41[deg]24[m  75[deg]39[m
                                                 in]32[sec]   in]46[sec]
  Wilkes-Barre................................  41[deg]14[m  75[deg]53[m
                                                 in]32[sec]   in]17[sec]
  York........................................  39[deg]57[m  76[deg]43[m
                                                 in]35[sec]   in]36[sec]
Puerto Rico:
  Aguadilla...................................  18[deg]25[m  67[deg]09[m
                                                 in]53[sec]   in]18[sec]
  Arecibo.....................................  18[deg]28[m  66[deg]43[m
                                                 in]26[sec]   in]39[sec]
  Caguas......................................  18[deg]13[m  66[deg]02[m
                                                 in]59[sec]   in]06[sec]
  Fajardo.....................................  18[deg]19[m  65[deg]39[m
                                                 in]35[sec]   in]21[sec]
  Mayaguez....................................  18[deg]12[m  67[deg]08[m
                                                 in]16[sec]   in]36[sec]

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  Ponce.......................................  18[deg]00[m  66[deg]36[m
                                                 in]51[sec]   in]58[sec]
  San Juan....................................  18[deg]26[m  66[deg]03[m
                                                 in]55[sec]   in]55[sec]
Rhode Island:
  Providence..................................  41[deg]49[m  71[deg]24[m
                                                 in]32[sec]   in]41[sec]
South Carolina:
  Allendale...................................  33[deg]00[m  81[deg]18[m
                                                 in]30[sec]   in]26[sec]
  Anderson....................................  34[deg]30[m  82[deg]38[m
                                                 in]06[sec]   in]54[sec]
  Charleston..................................  32[deg]46[m  79[deg]55[m
                                                 in]35[sec]   in]53[sec]
  Columbia....................................  34[deg]00[m  81[deg]02[m
                                                 in]02[sec]   in]00[sec]
  Florence....................................  34[deg]11[m  79[deg]46[m
                                                 in]49[sec]   in]06[sec]
  Greenville..................................  34[deg]50[m  82[deg]24[m
                                                 in]50[sec]   in]01[sec]
  Spartanburg.................................  34[deg]57[m  81[deg]56[m
                                                 in]03[sec]   in]06[sec]
South Dakota:
  Aberdeen....................................  45[deg]27[m  98[deg]29[m
                                                 in]31[sec]   in]03[sec]
  Brookings...................................  44[deg]18[m  96[deg]47[m
                                                 in]38[sec]   in]53[sec]
  Florence....................................  45[deg]03[m  97[deg]19[m
                                                 in]14[sec]   in]35[sec]
  Lead........................................  44[deg]21[m  103[deg]46[
                                                 in]07[sec]  min]03[sec]
  Mitchell....................................  43[deg]42[m  98[deg]01[m
                                                 in]48[sec]   in]36[sec]
  Pierre......................................  44[deg]22[m  100[deg]20[
                                                 in]06[sec]  min]57[sec]
  Rapid City..................................  44[deg]04[m  103[deg]13[
                                                 in]52[sec]  min]11[sec]
  Reliance....................................  43[deg]52[m  99[deg]36[m
                                                 in]45[sec]   in]18[sec]
  Sioux Falls.................................  43[deg]32[m  96[deg]43[m
                                                 in]35[sec]   in]35[sec]
  Vermillion..................................  42[deg]46[m  96[deg]55[m
                                                 in]52[sec]   in]35[sec]
Tennessee:
  Chattanooga.................................  35[deg]02[m  85[deg]18[m
                                                 in]41[sec]   in]32[sec]
  Jackson.....................................  35[deg]36[m  88[deg]49[m
                                                 in]48[sec]   in]15[sec]
  Johnson City................................  36[deg]19[m  82[deg]20[m
                                                 in]04[sec]   in]56[sec]
  Kingsport...................................  36[deg]32[m  82[deg]33[m
                                                 in]57[sec]   in]44[sec]
  Knoxville...................................  35[deg]57[m  83[deg]55[m
                                                 in]39[sec]   in]07[sec]
  Lexington...................................  35[deg]38[m  88[deg]23[m
                                                 in]58[sec]   in]31[sec]
  Memphis.....................................  35[deg]08[m  90[deg]03[m
                                                 in]46[sec]   in]13[sec]
  Nashville...................................  36[deg]09[m  86[deg]46[m
                                                 in]33[sec]   in]55[sec]
  Sneedville..................................  36[deg]31[m  83[deg]13[m
                                                 in]46[sec]   in]04[sec]
Texas:
  Abilene.....................................  32[deg]27[m  99[deg]43[m
                                                 in]05[sec]   in]51[sec]
  Amarillo....................................  35[deg]12[m  101[deg]50[
                                                 in]27[sec]  min]04[sec]
  Austin......................................  30[deg]16[m  97[deg]44[m
                                                 in]09[sec]   in]37[sec]
  Beaumont....................................  30[deg]05[m  94[deg]06[m
                                                 in]20[sec]   in]09[sec]
  Belton......................................  31[deg]03[m  97[deg]27[m
                                                 in]31[sec]   in]39[sec]
  Big Spring..................................  32[deg]15[m  101[deg]28[
                                                 in]03[sec]  min]38[sec]
  Bryan.......................................  30[deg]38[m  96[deg]21[m
                                                 in]48[sec]   in]31[sec]
  College Station.............................  30[deg]37[m  96[deg]20[m
                                                 in]05[sec]   in]41[sec]
  Corpus Christi..............................  27[deg]47[m  97[deg]23[m
                                                 in]51[sec]   in]45[sec]
  Dallas......................................  32[deg]47[m  96[deg]47[m
                                                 in]09[sec]   in]37[sec]
  El Paso.....................................  31[deg]45[m  106[deg]29[
                                                 in]36[sec]  min]11[sec]
  Fort Worth..................................  32[deg]44[m  97[deg]19[m
                                                 in]55[sec]   in]44[sec]
  Galveston...................................  29[deg]18[m  94[deg]47[m
                                                 in]10[sec]   in]43[sec]
  Harlingen...................................  26[deg]11[m  97[deg]41[m
                                                 in]29[sec]   in]35[sec]
  Houston.....................................  29[deg]45[m  95[deg]21[m
                                                 in]26[sec]   in]37[sec]
  Laredo......................................  27[deg]30[m  99[deg]30[m
                                                 in]22[sec]   in]30[sec]
  Longview....................................  32[deg]28[m  94[deg]43[m
                                                 in]24[sec]   in]45[sec]
  Lubbock.....................................  33[deg]35[m  101[deg]50[
                                                 in]05[sec]  min]33[sec]
  Lufkin......................................  31[deg]20[m  94[deg]43[m
                                                 in]14[sec]   in]21[sec]
  Midland.....................................  31[deg]59[m  102[deg]04[
                                                 in]54[sec]  min]31[sec]
  Monahans....................................  31[deg]35[m  102[deg]53[
                                                 in]16[sec]  min]26[sec]
  Nacogdoches.................................  31[deg]36[m  94[deg]39[m
                                                 in]13[sec]   in]20[sec]
  Odessa......................................  31[deg]50[m  102[deg]22[
                                                 in]49[sec]  min]01[sec]
  Port Arthur.................................  29[deg]52[m  93[deg]56[m
                                                 in]09[sec]   in]01[sec]
  Richardson..................................  32[deg]57[m  96[deg]44[m
                                                 in]06[sec]   in]05[sec]
  Rosenberg...................................  29[deg]33[m  95[deg]48[m
                                                 in]30[sec]   in]15[sec]
  San Angelo..................................  31[deg]27[m  100[deg]26[
                                                 in]39[sec]  min]03[sec]
  San Antonio.................................  29[deg]25[m  98[deg]29[m
                                                 in]37[sec]   in]06[sec]
  Sweetwater..................................  32[deg]28[m  100[deg]24[
                                                 in]24[sec]  min]18[sec]
  Temple......................................  31[deg]06[m  97[deg]20[m
                                                 in]02[sec]   in]22[sec]
  Texarkana...................................  33[deg]25[m  94[deg]02[m
                                                 in]29[sec]   in]34[sec]
  Tyler.......................................  32[deg]21[m  95[deg]17[m
                                                 in]21[sec]   in]52[sec]
  Victoria....................................  28[deg]48[m  97[deg]00[m
                                                 in]01[sec]   in]06[sec]
  Waco........................................  31[deg]33[m  97[deg]08[m
                                                 in]12[sec]   in]00[sec]
  Weslaco.....................................  26[deg]09[m  97[deg]59[m
                                                 in]24[sec]   in]33[sec]
  Wichita Falls...............................  33[deg]54[m  98[deg]29[m
                                                 in]34[sec]   in]28[sec]
Utah:
  Logan.......................................  41[deg]44[m  111[deg]50[
                                                 in]03[sec]  min]11[sec]
  Ogden.......................................  41[deg]13[m  111[deg]58[
                                                 in]31[sec]  min]21[sec]
  Provo.......................................  40[deg]14[m  111[deg]39[
                                                 in]07[sec]  min]34[sec]
  Salt Lake City..............................  40[deg]45[m  111[deg]53[
                                                 in]23[sec]  min]26[sec]
Vermont:
  Burlington..................................  44[deg]28[m  73[deg]12[m
                                                 in]34[sec]   in]46[sec]
  Rutland.....................................  43[deg]36[m  72[deg]58[m
                                                 in]29[sec]   in]56[sec]
  St. Johnsbury...............................  44[deg]25[m  72[deg]01[m
                                                 in]16[sec]   in]13[sec]
  Windsor.....................................  43[deg]28[m  72[deg]23[m
                                                 in]38[sec]   in]32[sec]
Virginia:
  Bristol.....................................  36[deg]35[m  82[deg]11[m
                                                 in]48[sec]   in]04[sec]
  Charlottesville.............................  38[deg]01[m  78[deg]28[m
                                                 in]52[sec]   in]50[sec]
  Goldvein....................................  38[deg]26[m  77[deg]39[m
                                                 in]54[sec]   in]19[sec]
  Hampton.....................................  37[deg]01[m  76[deg]20[m
                                                 in]32[sec]   in]32[sec]
  Harrisonburg................................  38[deg]27[m  78[deg]52[m
                                                 in]01[sec]   in]07[sec]
  Lynchburg...................................  37[deg]24[m  79[deg]08[m
                                                 in]51[sec]   in]37[sec]
  Norfolk.....................................  36[deg]51[m  76[deg]17[m
                                                 in]10[sec]   in]21[sec]
  Norton......................................  36[deg]56[m  82[deg]37[m
                                                 in]05[sec]   in]31[sec]
  Petersburg..................................  37[deg]13[m  77[deg]24[m
                                                 in]40[sec]   in]15[sec]
  Portsmouth..................................  36[deg]50[m  76[deg]17[m
                                                 in]12[sec]   in]54[sec]
  Richmond....................................  37[deg]32[m  77[deg]26[m
                                                 in]15[sec]   in]09[sec]
  Roanoke.....................................  37[deg]16[m  79[deg]56[m
                                                 in]13[sec]   in]44[sec]
  Staunton....................................  38[deg]09[m  79[deg]04[m
                                                 in]02[sec]   in]34[sec]
Virgin Islands:
  Charlotte Amalie............................  18[deg]20[m  64[deg]55[m
                                                 in]36[sec]   in]53[sec]
  Christiansted...............................  17[deg]44[m  64[deg]42[m
                                                 in]44[sec]   in]21[sec]
Washington:
  Bellingham..................................  48[deg]45[m  122[deg]28[
                                                 in]02[sec]  min]36[sec]
  Kennewick...................................  46[deg]12[m  119[deg]08[
                                                 in]28[sec]  min]32[sec]
  Lakewood Center.............................  47[deg]07[m  122[deg]31[
                                                 in]37[sec]  min]15[sec]
  Pasco.......................................  46[deg]13[m  119[deg]05[
                                                 in]50[sec]  min]27[sec]
  Pullman.....................................  46[deg]43[m  117[deg]10[
                                                 in]42[sec]  min]46[sec]
  Richland....................................  46[deg]16[m  119[deg]16[
                                                 in]36[sec]  min]21[sec]
  Seattle.....................................  47[deg]36[m  122[deg]20[
                                                 in]32[sec]  min]12[sec]
  Spokane.....................................  47[deg]39[m  117[deg]25[
                                                 in]32[sec]  min]33[sec]
  Tacoma......................................  47[deg]14[m  122[deg]26[
                                                 in]59[sec]  min]15[sec]
  Yakima......................................  46[deg]36[m  120[deg]30[
                                                 in]09[sec]  min]39[sec]
West Virginia:
  Bluefield...................................  37[deg]15[m  81[deg]13[m
                                                 in]29[sec]   in]20[sec]
  Charleston..................................  38[deg]21[m  81[deg]37[m
                                                 in]01[sec]   in]52[sec]
  Clarksburg..................................  39[deg]16[m  80[deg]20[m
                                                 in]50[sec]   in]38[sec]
  Grandview...................................  37[deg]49[m  81[deg]04[m
                                                 in]28[sec]   in]20[sec]
  Huntington..................................  38[deg]25[m  82[deg]26[m
                                                 in]12[sec]   in]33[sec]
  Morgantown..................................  39[deg]37[m  79[deg]57[m
                                                 in]41[sec]   in]28[sec]
  Oak Hill....................................  37[deg]58[m  81[deg]08[m
                                                 in]31[sec]   in]45[sec]
  Parkersburg.................................  39[deg]15[m  81[deg]33[m
                                                 in]57[sec]   in]46[sec]
  Weston......................................  39[deg]02[m  80[deg]28[m
                                                 in]19[sec]   in]05[sec]
  Wheeling....................................  40[deg]04[m  80[deg]43[m
                                                 in]03[sec]   in]20[sec]
Wisconsin:
  Eau Claire..................................  44[deg]48[m  91[deg]29[m
                                                 in]31[sec]   in]49[sec]
  Fond Du Lac.................................  43[deg]46[m  88[deg]26[m
                                                 in]35[sec]   in]52[sec]
  Green Bay...................................  44[deg]30[m  88[deg]00[m
                                                 in]48[sec]   in]50[sec]
  Janesville..................................  42[deg]40[m  89[deg]01[m
                                                 in]52[sec]   in]39[sec]
  Kenosha.....................................  42[deg]35[m  87[deg]49[m
                                                 in]04[sec]   in]14[sec]
  La Crosse...................................  43[deg]48[m  91[deg]15[m
                                                 in]48[sec]   in]02[sec]
  Madison.....................................  43[deg]04[m  89[deg]22[m
                                                 in]23[sec]   in]55[sec]
  Milwaukee...................................  43[deg]02[m  87[deg]54[m
                                                 in]19[sec]   in]15[sec]
  Rhinelander.................................  45[deg]38[m  89[deg]24[m
                                                 in]09[sec]   in]50[sec]
  Superior....................................  46[deg]43[m  92[deg]06[m
                                                 in]14[sec]   in]07[sec]
  Wausau......................................  44[deg]57[m  89[deg]37[m
                                                 in]30[sec]   in]40[sec]
Wyoming:
  Casper......................................  42[deg]51[m  106[deg]19[
                                                 in]00[sec]  min]22[sec]
  Cheyenne....................................  41[deg]08[m  104[deg]49[
                                                 in]09[sec]  min]07[sec]
  Rawlins.....................................  41[deg]47[m  107[deg]14[
                                                 in]23[sec]  min]37[sec]
  Riverton....................................  43[deg]01[m  108[deg]23[
                                                 in]29[sec]  min]03[sec]
------------------------------------------------------------------------


[37 FR 3278, Feb. 12, 1972, as amended at 37 FR 13866, July 14, 1972; 51 
FR 18451, May 20, 1986; 51 FR 44608, Dec. 11, 1986; 54 FR 25716, June 
19, 1989; 56 FR 49707, Oct. 1, 1991]

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Sec.  76.54  Significantly viewed signals; method to be followed for special showings.

    (a) Signals that are significantly viewed in a county (and thus are 
deemed to be significantly viewed within all communities within the 
county) are those that are listed in Appendix A of the memorandum 
opinion and order on reconsideration of the Cable Television Report and 
Order (Docket 18397 et al.), FCC 72-530.
    (b) Significant viewing in a cable television community for signals 
not shown as significantly viewed under paragraph (a) or (d) of this 
section may be demonstrated by an independent professional audience 
survey of non-cable television homes that covers at least two weekly 
periods separated by at least thirty (30) days but no more than one of 
which shall be a week between the months of April and September. If two 
surveys are taken, they shall include samples sufficient to assure that 
the combined surveys result in an average figure at least one standard 
error above the required viewing level. If surveys are taken for more 
than 2-weekly periods in any 12 months, all such surveys must result in 
an average figure at least one standard error above the required viewing 
level. If a cable television system serves more than one community, a 
single survey may be taken, provided that the sample includes non-cable 
television homes from each community that are proportional to the 
population.
    (c) Notice of a survey to be made pursuant to paragraph (b) of this 
section shall be served on all licensees or permittees of television 
broadcast stations within whose predicted Grade B contour the cable 
community or communities are located, in whole or in part, and on all 
other system community units, franchisees, and franchise applicants in 
the cable community or communities at least (30) days prior to the 
initial survey period. Furthermore, if a survey is undertaken pursuant 
to the provisions of Sec.  76.33(a)(2)(i) of the rules, notice shall 
also be served on the franchising authority. Such notice shall include 
the name of the survey organization and a description of the procedures 
to be used. Objections to survey organizations or procedures shall be 
served on the party sponsoring the survey within twenty (20) days after 
receipt of such notice.
    (d) Signals of television broadcast stations not encompassed by the 
surveys (for the periods May 1970, November 1970 and February/March 
1971) used in establishing appendix B of the Memorandum Opinion and 
Order on Reconsideration of Cable Television Report and Order, FCC 72-
530, 36 FCC 2d 326 (1972), may be demonstrated as significantly viewed 
on a county-wide basis by independent professional audience surveys 
which cover three separate, consecutive four-week periods and are 
otherwise comparable to the surveys used in compiling the above-
referenced appendix B: Provided, however, That such demonstration shall 
be based upon audience survey data for the first three years of the 
subject station's broadcast operations.

[37 FR 3278, Feb. 12, 1972, as amended at 37 FR 13866, July 14, 1972; 40 
FR 48930, Oct. 20, 1975; 41 FR 32429, Aug. 3, 1976; 42 FR 19346, Apr. 
13, 1977; 53 FR 17051, May 13, 1988; 56 FR 33392, July 22, 1991]



Sec.  76.55  Definitions applicable to the must-carry rules.

    For purposes of the must-carry rules set forth in this subpart, the 
following definitions apply:
    (a) Qualified noncommercial educational (NCE) television station. A 
qualified NCE television station is any television broadcast station 
which
    (1)(i) Under the rules and regulations of the Commission in effect 
on March 29, 1990, is licensed by the Commission as an NCE television 
broadcast station and which is owned and operated by a public agency, 
nonprofit foundation, corporation, or association; and
    (ii) Has as its licensee an entity which is eligible to receive a 
community service grant, or any successor grant thereto, from the 
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, or any successor organization 
thereto, on the basis of the formula set forth in section 396(k)(6)(B) 
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended; or
    (2) Is owned and operated by a municipality and transmits 
noncommercial programs for educational programs for educational 
purposes, as defined in

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Sec.  73.621 of this chapter, for at least 50 percent of its broadcast 
week.
    (3) This definition includes:
    (i) The translator of any NCE television station with five watts or 
higher power serving the franchise area,
    (ii) A full-service station or translator if such station or 
translator is licensed to a channel reserved for NCE use pursuant to 
Sec.  73.606 of this chapter, or any successor regulations thereto, and
    (iii) Such stations and translators operating on channels not so 
reserved but otherwise qualified as NCE stations.

    Note to paragraph (a): For the purposes of Sec.  76.55(a), ``serving 
the franchise area'' will be based on the predicted protected contour of 
the NCE translator.

    (b) Qualified local noncommercial educational (NCE) television 
station. A qualified local NCE television station is a qualified NCE 
television station:
    (1) That is licensed to a community whose reference point, as 
defined in Sec.  76.53 is within 80.45 km (50 miles) of the principal 
headend, as defined in Sec.  76.5(pp), of the cable system; or
    (2) Whose Grade B service contour encompasses the principal headend, 
as defined in Sec.  76.5(pp), of the cable system.
    (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a cable operator 
shall not be required to add the signal of a qualified local 
noncommercial educational television station not already carried under 
the provision of Sec.  76.56(a)(5), where such signal would be 
considered a distant signal for copyright purposes unless such station 
agrees to indemnify the cable operator for any increased copyright 
liability resulting from carriage of such signal on the cable system.
    (c) Local commercial television station. A local commercial 
television station is any full power television broadcast station, other 
than a qualified NCE television station as defined in paragraph (a) of 
this section, licensed and operating on a channel regularly assigned to 
its community by the Commission that, with respect to a particular cable 
system, is within the same television market, as defined below in 
paragraph (e) of this section, as the cable system, except that the term 
local commercial television station does not include:
    (1) Low power television stations, television translator stations, 
and passive repeaters with operate pursuant to part 74 of this chapter.
    (2) A television broadcast station that would be considered a 
distant signal under the capable compulsory copyright license, 17 U.S.C. 
111, if such station does not agree to indemnify the cable operator for 
any increased copyright liability resulting from carriage on the cable 
system; or
    (3) A television broadcast station that does not deliver to the 
principal headend, as defined in Sec.  76.5(pp), of a cable system 
either a signal level of -45dBm for UHF signals or -49dBm for VHF 
signals at the input terminals of the signal processing equipment, i.e., 
the input to the first active component of the signal processing 
equipment relevant to the signal at issue, if such station does not 
agree to be responsible for the costs of delivering to the cable system 
a signal of good quality or a baseband video signal.
    (d) Qualified low power station. A qualified low power station is 
any television broadcast station conforming to the low power television 
rules contained in part 74 of this chapter, only if:
    (1) Such station broadcasts for at least the minimum number of hours 
of operation required by the Commission for full power television 
broadcast stations under part 73 of this chapter;
    (2) Such station meets all obligations and requirements applicable 
to full power television broadcast stations under part 73 of this 
chapter, with respect to the broadcast of nonentertainment programming; 
programming and rates involving political candidates, election issues, 
controversial issues of public importance, editorials, and personal 
attacks; programming for children; and equal employment opportunity; and 
the Commission determines that the provision of such programming by such 
station would address local news and informational needs which are not 
being adequately served by full power television broadcast stations 
because of the geographic distance of such full power stations from the 
low power station's community of license;

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    (3) Such station complies with interference regulations consistent 
with its secondary status pursuant to part 74 of this chapter;
    (4) Such station is located no more than 56.32 km (35 miles) from 
the cable system's principal headend, as defined in Sec.  76.5(pp), and 
delivers to that headend an over-the-air signal of good quality;
    (5) The community of license of such station and the franchise area 
of the cable system are both located outside of the largest 160 
Metropolitan Statistical Areas, ranked by population, as determined by 
the Office of Management and Budget on June 30, 1990, and the population 
of such community of license on such date did not exceed 35,000; and
    (6) There is no full power television broadcast station licensed to 
any community within the county or other equivalent political 
subdivision (of a State) served by the cable system.

    Note to paragraph (d): For the purposes of this section, a good 
quality signal shall mean a signal level of either -45 dBm for UHF 
signals or -49 dBm for VHF signals at the input terminals of the signal 
processing equipment, or a baseband video signal.

    (e) Television market. (1) Until January 1, 2000, a commercial 
broadcast television station's market, unless amended pursuant to Sec.  
76.59, shall be defined as its Area of Dominant Influence (ADI) as 
determined by Arbitron and published in the Arbitron 1991-1992 
Television ADI Market Guide, as noted below, except that for areas 
outside the contiguous 48 states, the market of a station shall be 
defined using Nielsen's Designated Market Area (DMA), where applicable, 
as published in the Nielsen 1991-92 DMA Market and Demographic Rank 
Report, and that Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam will 
each be considered a single market.
    (2) Effective January 1, 2000, a commercial broadcast television 
station's market, unless amended pursuant to Sec.  76.59, shall be 
defined as its Designated Market Area (DMA) as determined by Nielsen 
Media Research and published in its Nielsen Station Index Directory and 
Nielsen Station Index US Television Household Estimates or any successor 
publications.
    (i) For the 1999 election pursuant to Sec.  76.64(f), which becomes 
effective on January 1, 2000, DMA assignments specified in the 1997-98 
Nielsen Station Index Directory and September 1997 Nielsen Station Index 
US Television Household Estimates, available from Nielsen Media 
Research, 770 Broadway, New York, NY, shall be used.
    (ii) The applicable DMA list for the 2002 election pursuant to Sec.  
76.64(f) will be the DMA assignments specified in the 2000-2001 list, 
and so forth for each triennial election pursuant to Sec.  76.64(f).
    (3) In addition, the county in which a station's community of 
license is located will be considered within its market.
    (4) A cable system's television market(s) shall be the one or more 
ADI markets in which the communities it serves are located until January 
1, 2000, and the one or more DMA markets in which the communities it 
serves are located thereafter.
    (5) In the absence of any mandatory carriage complaint or market 
modification petition, cable operators in communities that shift from 
one market to another, due to the change in 1999-2000 from ADI to DMA, 
will be permitted to treat their systems as either in the new DMA 
market, or with respect to the specific stations carried prior to the 
market change from ADI to DMA, as in both the old ADI market and the new 
DMA market.
    (6) If the change from the ADI market definition to the DMA market 
definition in 1999-2000 results in the filing of a mandatory carriage 
complaint, any affected party may respond to that complaint by filing a 
market modification request pursuant to Sec.  76.59, and these two 
actions may be jointly decided by the Commission.

    Note to paragraph (e): For the 1996 must-carry/retransimission 
consent election, the ADI assignments specified in the 1991-1992 
Television ADI Market Guide, available from the Arbitron Ratings Co., 
9705 Patuxent Woods Drive, Columbia, MD, will apply. For the 1999 
election, which becomes effective on January 1, 2000, DMA assignments 
specified in the 1997-98 DMA Market and Demographic Rank Report, 
available from Nielsen Media Research, 299 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 
shall be used. The applicable DMA list for the 2002 election will be the 
2000-2001 list, etc.


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    (f) Network. For purposes of the must-carry rules, a commercial 
television network is an entity that offers programming on a regular 
basis for 15 or more hours per week to at least 25 affiliates in 10 or 
more states.

[58 FR 17359, Apr. 2, 1993, as amended at 58 FR 44951, Aug. 25, 1993; 59 
FR 62344, Dec. 5, 1994; 61 FR 29313, June 10, 1996; 64 FR 42617, Aug. 5, 
1999; 68 FR 17312, Apr. 9, 2003]



Sec.  76.56  Signal carriage obligations.

    (a) Carriage of qualified noncommercial educational stations. A 
cable television system shall carry qualified NCE television stations in 
accordance with the following provisions:
    (1) Each cable operator shall carry on its cable television system 
any qualified local NCE television station requesting carriage, except 
that
    (i) Systems with 12 or fewer usable activated channels, as defined 
in Sec.  76.6(oo), shall be required to carry the signal of one such 
station;
    (ii) Systems with 13 to 36 usable activated channels, as defined in 
Sec.  76.5(oo), shall be required to carry at least one qualified local 
NCE station, but not more than three such stations; and
    (iii) Systems with more than 36 usable activated channels shall be 
required to carry the signals of all qualified local NCE television 
stations requesting carriage, but in any event at least three such 
signals; however a cable system with more than 36 channels shall not be 
required to carry an additional qualified local NCE station whose 
programming substantially duplicates the programming of another 
qualified local NCE station being carried on the system.

    Note: For purposes of this paragraph, a station will be deemed to 
``substantially duplicate'' the programming of another station if it 
broadcasts the same programming, simultaneous or non-simultaneous, for 
more than 50 percent of prime time, as defined in Sec.  76.5(n), and 
more than 50 percent outside of prime time over a three-month period.

    (2)(i) In the case of a cable system with 12 or fewer channels that 
operates beyond the presence of any qualified local NCE stations, the 
cable operator shall import one qualified NCE television station.
    (ii) A cable system with between 13 and 36 channels that operates 
beyond the presence of any qualified local NCE stations, the cable 
operator shall import at least one qualified NCE television station.
    (3) A cable system with 12 or fewer usable activated channels shall 
not be required to remove any programming service provided to 
subscribers as of March 29, 1990, to satisfy these requirements, except 
that the first available channel must be used to satisfy these 
requirements.
    (4) A cable system with 13 to 36 usable activated channels which 
carries the signal of a qualified local NCE station affiliated with a 
State public television network shall not be required to carry more than 
one qualified local NCE station affiliated with such network, if the 
programming of such additional stations substantially duplicates, as 
defined in the note in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, the programming 
of a qualified local NCE television station receiving carriage.
    (5) Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph (a)(1) of this 
section, all cable operators shall continue to provide carriage to all 
qualified local NCE television stations whose signals were carried on 
their systems as of March 29, 1990. In the case of a cable system that 
is required to import a distance qualified NCE signal, and such system 
imported the signal of a qualified NCE station as of March 29, 1990, 
such cable system shall continue to import such signal until such time 
as a qualified local NCE signal is available to the cable system. This 
requirements may be waived with respect to a particular cable operator 
and a particular NCE station, upon the written consent of the cable 
operator and the station.
    (b) Carriage of local commercial television stations. Effective June 
2, 1993, a cable television system shall carry local commercial 
broadcast television stations in accordance with the following 
provisions:
    (1) A cable system with 12 or fewer usable activated channels, as 
defined in Sec.  76.5(oo), shall carry the signals of at least three 
qualified local commercial television stations, except that if such 
system serves 300 or fewer subscribers it shall not be subject to these 
requirements as long as it does not delete from carriage the signal of a 
broadcast

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television station which was carried on that system on October 5, 1992.
    (2) A cable system with more than 12 usable activated channels, as 
defined in Sec.  76.5(oo), shall carry local commercial television 
stations up to one-third of the aggregate number of usable activated 
channels of such system.
    (3) If there are not enough local commercial television stations to 
fill the channels set aside under paragraphs (b)(1) and (b)(2) of this 
section, a cable operator of a system with 35 or fewer usable activated 
channels, as defined in Sec.  76.5(oo), shall, if such stations exist, 
carry one qualified low power television station and a cable system with 
more than 35 usable activated channels shall carry two qualified low 
power stations.
    (4) Whenever the number of local commercial television stations 
exceeds the maximum number of signals a cable system is required to 
carry under paragraph (b)(1) or (b)(2) of this section, the cable 
operator shall have discretion in selecting which such stations shall be 
carried on its cable system, except that
    (i) Under no circumstances shall a cable operator carry a qualified 
low power station in lieu of a local commercial television station; and
    (ii) If the cable operator elects to carry an affiliate of a 
broadcast network, as defined in Sec.  76.55(f), such cable operator 
shall carry the affiliate of such broadcast network whose community of 
license reference point, as defined in Sec.  76.53, is closest to the 
principal headend, as defined in Sec.  76.5(pp), of the cable system.
    (5) A cable operator is not required to carry the signal of any 
local commercial television station that substantially duplicates the 
signal of another local commercial television station that is carried on 
its cable system, or to carry the signals of more than one local 
commercial television station affiliated with a particular broadcast 
network, as defined in Sec.  76.55(f). However, if a cable operator 
declines to carry duplicating signals, such cable operator shall carry 
the station whose community of license reference point, as defined in 
Sec.  76.53, is closest to the principal headend of the cable system. 
For purposes of this paragraph, substantially duplicates means that a 
station regularly simultaneously broadcasts the identical programming as 
another station for more than 50 percent of the broadcast week. For 
purposes of this definition, only identical episodes of a television 
series are considered duplicative and commercial inserts are excluded 
from the comparison. When the stations being compared are licensed to 
communities in different time zones, programming aired by a station 
within one hour of the identical program being broadcast by another 
station will be considered duplicative.
    (6) [Removed]
    (7) A local commercial television station carried to fulfill the 
requirements of this paragraph, which subsequently elects retransmission 
consent pursuant to Sec.  76.64, shall continue to be carried by the 
cable system until the effective date of such retransmission consent 
election.
    (c) Use of public, educational, or governmental (PEG) channels. A 
cable operator required to carry more than one signal of a qualified low 
power station or to add qualified local NCE stations in fulfillment of 
these must-carry obligations may do so, subject to approval by the 
franchising authority pursuant to Section 611 of the Communications Act 
of 1934, as amended, by placing such additional station on public, 
educational, or governmental channels not in use for their designated 
purposes.
    (d) Availability of signals. (1) Local commercial television 
stations carried in fulfillment of the requirements of this section 
shall be provided to every subscriber of a cable system. Such signals 
shall be viewable via cable on all television receivers of a subscriber 
which are connected to a cable system by a cable operator or for which a 
cable operator provides a connection.
    (2) Qualified local NCE television stations carried in fulfillment 
of the carriage obligations of a cable operator under this section shall 
be available to every subscriber as part of the cable system's lowest 
priced service tier that includes the retransmission of local commercial 
television broadcast signals.
    (e) Carriage of additional broadcast television signals on such 
system shall

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be at the discretion of the cable operator, subject to the 
retransmission consent rules, Sec.  76.64. A cable system may also carry 
any ancillary or other transmission contained in the broadcast 
television signal.

    Note 1 to Sec.  76.56: Section 76.1620 provides notification 
requirements for a cable operator who authorizes subscribers to install 
additional receiver connections, but does not provide the subscriber 
with such connections, or with the equipment and materials for such 
connections.
    Note 2 to Sec.  76.56: Section 76.1614 provides response 
requirements for a cable operator who receives a written request to 
identify its must-carry signals.
    Note 3 to Sec.  76.56: Section 76.1709 provides recordkeeping 
requirements with regard to a cable operator's list of must-carry 
signals.

[58 FR 17360, Apr. 2, 1993, as amended at 58 FR 39161, July 22, 1993; 58 
FR 40368, July 28, 1993; 59 FR 62344, Dec. 5, 1994; 65 FR 53614, Sept. 
5, 2000; 66 FR 16553, Mar. 26, 2001]



Sec.  76.57  Channel positioning.

    (a) At the election of the licensee of a local commercial broadcast 
television station, and for the purpose of this section, a qualified low 
power television station, carried in fulfillment of the must-carry 
obligations, a cable operator shall carry such signal on the cable 
system channel number on which the local commercial television station 
is broadcast over the air, or on the channel on which it was carried on 
July 19, 1985, or on the channel on which it was carried on January 1, 
1992.
    (b) At the election of the licensee of a qualified local NCE 
broadcast television station carried in fulfillment of the must-carry 
obligations, a cable operator shall carry such signal on the cable 
system channel number on which the qualified NCE television station is 
broadcast over the air, or on the channel on which it was carried on 
July 19, 1985.
    (c) With respect to digital signals of a television station carried 
in fulfillment of the must-carry obligations, a cable operator shall 
carry the information necessary to identify and tune to the broadcast 
television signal.
    (d) Any signal carried in fulfillment of the must-carry obligations 
may be carried on such other channel number as is mutually agreed upon 
by the station and the cable operator.
    (e) At the time a local commercial station elects must-carry status 
pursuant to Sec.  76.64, such station shall notify the cable system of 
its choice of channel position as specified in paragraphs (a), (b), and 
(d) of this section. A qualified NCE stations shall notify the cable 
system of its choice of channel position when it requests carriage. 
Channel positioning requests from local commercial stations shall be 
fulfilled by the cable operator no later than October 6, 1993.
    (f) Pursuant to Sec.  76.64(f)(3), a local commercial broadcast 
television station that fails to make an election is deemed a must-carry 
station. A cable operator shall carry such a television station on the 
cable system channel number on which the local commercial television 
station is broadcast over the air, or on the channel on which it was 
carried on July 19, 1985, or on the channel on which it was carried on 
January 1, 1992. In the event that none of these specified channel 
positions is available due to a channel positioning request from a 
commercial television station affirmatively asserting its must-carry 
rights or such a request from a qualified local noncommercial 
educational station, the cable operator shall place the signal of such a 
television station on a channel of the cable system's choice, so long as 
that channel is included on the basic service tier.

    Note to Sec.  76.57: Any existing agreement for channel position 
between a local commercial station entitled to must-carry status and a 
cable operator entered into prior to June 26, 1990, may continue through 
the expiration of such agreement.

[58 FR 17361, Apr. 2, 1993, as amended at 58 FR 40368, July 28, 1993; 59 
FR 62345, Dec. 5, 1994; 66 FR 16553, Mar. 26, 2001]



Sec.  76.59  Modification of television markets.

    (a) The Commission, following a written request from a broadcast 
station or a cable system, may deem that the television market of a 
particular commercial television broadcast station should include 
additional communities within its television market or exclude 
communities from such station's television market. In this respect, 
communities may be considered part of more than one television market.

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    (b) Such requests for modification of a television market shall be 
submitted in accordance with Sec.  76.7, petitions for special relief, 
and shall include the following evidence:
    (1) A map or maps illustrating the relevant community locations and 
geographic features, station transmitter sites, cable system headend 
locations, terrain features that would affect station reception, mileage 
between the community and the television station transmitter site, 
transportation routes and any other evidence contributing to the scope 
of the market.
    (2) Grade B contour maps delineating the station's technical service 
area and showing the location of the cable system headends and 
communities in relation to the service areas.

    Note to paragraph (b)(2): Service area maps using Longley-Rice 
(version 1.2.2) propagation curves may also be included to support a 
technical service exhibit.

    (3) Available data on shopping and labor patterns in the local 
market.
    (4) Television station programming information derived from station 
logs or the local edition of the television guide.
    (5) Cable system channel line-up cards or other exhibits 
establishing historic carriage, such as television guide listings.
    (6) Published audience data for the relevant station showing its 
average all day audience (i.e., the reported audience averaged over 
Sunday-Saturday, 7 a.m.-1 a.m., or an equivalent time period) for both 
cable and noncable households or other specific audience indicia, such 
as station advertising and sales data or viewer contribution records.
    (c) Petitions for Special Relief to modify television markets that 
do not include such evidence shall be dismissed without prejudice and 
may be refiled at a later date with the appropriate filing fee.
    (d) A cable operator shall not delete from carriage the signal of a 
commercial television station during the pendency of any proceeding 
pursuant to this section.

[58 FR 17361, Apr. 2, 1993, as amended at 64 FR 33796, June 24, 1999; 67 
FR 53892, Aug. 22, 2002]



Sec.  76.60  Compensation for carriage.

    A cable operator is prohibited from accepting or requesting monetary 
payment or other valuable consideration in exchange either for carriage 
or channel positioning of any broadcast television station carried in 
fulfillment of the must-carry requirements, except that
    (a) Any such station may be required to bear the costs associated 
with delivering a good quality signal or a baseband video signal to the 
principal headend of the cable system; or
    (b) A cable operator may accept payments from stations which would 
be considered distant signals under the cable compulsory copyright 
license, 17 U.S.C. 111, as indemnification for any increased copyright 
liability resulting from carriage of such signal.

    Note: A cable operator may continue to accept monetary payment or 
other valuable consideration in exchange for carriage or channel 
positioning of the signal of any local commercial television station 
carried in fulfillment of the must-carry requirements, through, but not 
beyond, the date of expiration of an agreement between a cable operator 
and a local commercial television station entered into prior to June 26, 
1990.

    (c) A cable operator may accept payments from stations pursuant to a 
retransmission consent agreement, even if such station will be counted 
towards the must-carry complement, as long as all other applicable rules 
are adhered to.

[58 FR 17362, Apr. 2, 1993, as amended at 59 FR 62345, Dec. 5, 1994]



Sec.  76.61  Disputes concerning carriage.

    (a) Complaints regarding carriage of local commercial television 
stations. (1) Whenever a local commercial television station or a 
qualified low power television station believes that a cable operator 
has failed to meet its carriage or channel positioning obligations, 
pursuant to Sec. Sec.  76.56 and 76.57, such station shall notify the 
operator, in writing, of the alleged failure and identify its reasons 
for believing that the cable operator is obligated to carry the signal 
of such station or position such signal on a particular channel.

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    (2) The cable operator shall, within 30 days of receipt of such 
written notification, respond in writing to such notification and either 
commence to carry the signal of such station in accordance with the 
terms requested or state its reasons for believing that it is not 
obligated to carry such signal or is in compliance with the channel 
positioning and repositioning and other requirements of the must-carry 
rules. If a refusal for carriage is based on the station's distance from 
the cable system's principal headend, the operator's response shall 
include the location of such headend. If a cable operator denies 
carriage on the basis of the failure of the station to deliver a good 
quality signal at the cable system's principal headend, the cable 
operator must provide a list of equipment used to make the measurements, 
the point of measurement and a list and detailed description of the 
reception and over-the-air signal processing equipment used, including 
sketches such as block diagrams and a description of the methodology 
used for processing the signal at issue, in its response.
    (3) A local commercial television station or qualified low power 
television station that is denied carriage or channel positioning or 
repositioning in accordance with the must-carry rules by a cable 
operator may file a complaint with the Commission in accordance with the 
procedures set forth in Sec.  76.7 of this part. In addition to the 
requirements of Sec.  76.7 of this part, such complaint shall 
specifically:
    (i) Allege the manner in which such cable operator has failed to 
meet its obligations and the basis for such allegations.
    (ii) Be accompanied by the notice from the complainant to the cable 
television system operator, and the cable television system operator's 
response, if any. If no timely response was received, the complaint 
shall so state.
    (iii) Establish the complaint is being filed within the sixty-day 
deadline stated in paragraph (a)(5) of this section.
    (4) If the Commission determines that a cable operator has failed to 
meet its must-carry obligations, the Commission shall order that, within 
45 days of such order or such other time period as the Commission may 
specify, the cable operator reposition the complaining station or, in 
the case of an obligation to carry a station, commence or resume 
carriage of the station and continue such carriage for at least 12 
months. If the Commission determines that the cable operator has fully 
met the must-carry requirements, it shall dismiss the complaint.
    (5) No must-carry complaint filed pursuant to paragraph (a) of this 
section will be accepted by the Commission if filed more than sixty (60) 
days after--
    (i) The denial by a cable television system operator of request for 
carriage or channel position contained in the notice required by 
paragraph (a)(1) of this section, or
    (ii) The failure to respond to such notice within the time period 
allowed by paragraph (a)(2) of this section.
    (b) Complaints regarding carriage of qualified local NCE television 
stations. (1) Whenever a qualified local NCE television station believes 
that a cable operator has failed to comply with the signal carriage or 
channel positioning requirements, pursuant to Sec. Sec.  76.56 through 
76.57 of this part, the station may file a complaint with the Commission 
in accordance with the procedures set forth in Sec.  76.7 of this part. 
In addition to the requirements of Sec.  76.7 of this part, such 
complaint shall specifically:
    (i) Allege the manner in which such cable operator has failed to 
comply with such requirements and state the basis for such allegations.
    (ii) Be accompanied by any relevant correspondence between the 
complainant and the cable television system operator.
    (2) If the Commission determines that a cable operator has failed to 
meet its must-carry obligations, the Commission shall order that, within 
45 days of such order or such other period as the Commission may 
specify, the cable operator reposition the complaining station or, in 
the case of an obligation to carry a station, commence or resume 
carriage of the station and continue such carriage for a period of time 
the Commission deems appropriate for the specific case under 
consideration. If the Commission determines that the cable operator has 
fully met the must-

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carry requirements, it shall dismiss the complaint.
    (3) With respect to must-carry complaints filed pursuant to 
paragraph (b) of this section, such complaints may be filed at any time 
the complainant believes that the cable television system operator has 
failed to comply with the applicable provisions of subpart D of this 
part.

[58 FR 17362, Apr. 2, 1993, as amended at 64 FR 6572, Feb. 10, 1999]



Sec.  76.62  Manner of carriage.

    (a) Cable operators shall carry the entirety of the program schedule 
of any television station (including low power television stations) 
carried by the system unless carriage of specific programming is 
prohibited, and other programming authorized to be substituted, under 
Sec.  76.67 or subpart F of part 76, or unless carriage is pursuant to a 
valid retransmission consent agreement for the entire signal or any 
portion thereof as provided in Sec.  76.64.
    (b) Each such television broadcast signal carried shall be carried 
without material degradation, and, for analog signals, in compliance 
with technical standards set forth in subpart K of this part.
    (c) Each local commercial television station whose signal is carried 
shall, to the extent technically feasible and consistent with good 
engineering practice, be provided no less than the same quality of 
signal processing and carriage provided for carriage of any other type 
of standard television signal.
    (d) Each qualified local noncommercial educational television 
station whose signal is carried shall be provided with bandwidth and 
technical capacity equivalent to that provided to commercial television 
broadcast stations carried.
    (e) Each commercial broadcast television station carried pursuant to 
Sec.  76.56 shall include in its entirety the primary video, 
accompanying audio, and closed captioning data contained in line 21 of 
the vertical blanking interval and, to the extent technically feasible, 
program-related material carried in the vertical blanking interval or on 
subcarriers. Where appropriate and feasible, operators may delete signal 
enhancements, such as ghost-canceling, from the broadcast signal and 
employ such enhancements at the system headend or headends.
    (f) Each qualified local NCE television station carried pursuant to 
Sec.  76.56 shall include in its entirety the primary video, 
accompanying audio, and closed captioning data contained in line 21 of 
the vertical blanking interval and, to the extent technically feasible, 
program-related material carried in the vertical blanking interval or on 
subcarriers, that may be necessary for receipt of programming by 
handicapped persons or for educational or language purposes.
    (g) With respect to carriage of digital signals, operators are not 
required to carry ancillary or supplementary transmissions or non-
program related video material.

[58 FR 17362, Apr. 2, 1993, as amended at 59 FR 62345, Dec. 5, 1994; 66 
FR 16553, Mar. 26, 2001]



Sec.  76.64  Retransmission consent.

    (a) After 12:01 a.m. on October 6, 1993, no multichannel video 
programming distributor shall retransmit the signal of any commercial 
broadcasting station without the express authority of the originating 
station, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section.
    (b) A commercial broadcast signal may be retransmitted without 
express authority of the originating station if--
    (1) The distributor is a cable system and the signal is that of a 
commercial television station (including a low-power television station) 
that is being carried pursuant to the Commission's must-carry rules set 
forth in Sec.  76.56;
    (2) The multichannel video programming distributor obtains the 
signal of a superstation that is distributed by a satellite carrier and 
the originating station was a superstation on May 1, 1991, and the 
distribution is made only to areas outside the local market of the 
originating station; or
    (3) The distributor is a satellite carrier and the signal is 
transmitted directly to a home satellite antenna, provided that:
    (i) The broadcast station is not owned or operated by, or affiliated 
with, a broadcasting network and its

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signal was retransmitted by a satellite carrier on May 1, 1991, or
    (ii) The broadcast station is owned or operated by, or affiliated 
with a broadcasting network, and the household receiving the signal is 
an unserved household.
    (c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
    (1) A satellite carrier is an entity that uses the facilities of a 
satellite or satellite service licensed by the Federal Communications 
Commission, to establish and operate a channel of communications for 
point-to-multipoint distribution of television station signals, and that 
owns or leases a capacity or service on a satellite in order to provide 
such point-to-multipoint distribution, except to the extent that such 
entity provides such distribution pursuant to tariff under the 
Communications Act of 1934, other than for private home viewing;
    (2) A superstation is a television broadcast station other than a 
network station, licensed by the Federal Communications Commission that 
is secondarily transmitted by a satellite carrier;
    (3) An unserved household with respect to a television network is a 
household that
    (i) Cannot receive, through the use of a conventional outdoor 
rooftop receiving antenna, an over-the-air signal of grade B intensity 
of a primary network station affiliated with that network, and
    (ii) Has not, within 90 days before the date on which that household 
subscribes, either initially or on renewal, received secondary 
transmissions by a satellite carrier of a network station affiliated 
with that network, subscribed to a cable system that provides the signal 
of a primary network station affiliated with the network.
    (4) A primary network station is a network station that broadcasts 
or rebroadcasts the basic programming service of a particular national 
network;
    (5) The terms ``network station,'' and ``secondary transmission'' 
have the meanings given them in 17 U.S.C. 111(f).
    (d) A multichannel video program distributor is an entity such as, 
but not limited to, a cable operator, a multichannel multipoint 
distribution service, a direct broadcast satellite service, a television 
receive-only satellite program distributor, or a satellite master 
antenna television system operator, that makes available for purchase, 
by subscribers or customers, multiple channels of video programming.
    (e) The retransmission consent requirements of this section are not 
applicable to broadcast signals received by master antenna television 
facilities or by direct over-the-air reception in conjunction with the 
provision of service by a multichannel video program distributor 
provided that the multichannel video program distributor makes reception 
of such signals available without charge and at the subscribers option 
and provided further that the antenna facility used for the reception of 
such signals is either owned by the subscriber or the building owner; or 
under the control and available for purchase by the subscriber or the 
building owner upon termination of service.
    (f) Commercial television stations are required to make elections 
between retransmission consent and must-carry status according to the 
following schedule:
    (1) The initial election must be made by June 17, 1993.
    (2) Subsequent elections must be made at three year intervals; the 
second election must be made by October 1, 1996 and will take effect on 
January 1, 1997; the third election must be made by October 1, 1999 and 
will take effect on January 1, 2000, etc.
    (3) Television stations that fail to make an election by the 
specified deadline will be deemed to have elected must carry status for 
the relevant three-year period.
    (4) New television stations and stations that return their analog 
spectrum allocation and broadcast in digital only shall make their 
initial election any time between 60 days prior to commencing broadcast 
and 30 days after commencing broadcast or commencing broadcasting in 
digital only; such initial election shall take effect 90 days after it 
is made.
    (5) Television broadcast stations that become eligible for must 
carry status

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with respect to a cable system or systems due to a change in the market 
definition may, within 30 days of the effective date of the new 
definition, elect must-carry status with respect to such system or 
systems. Such elections shall take effect 90 days after they are made.
    (g) If one or more franchise areas served by a cable system overlaps 
with one or more franchise areas served by another cable system, 
television broadcast stations are required to make the same election for 
both cable systems.
    (h) On or before each must-carry/retransmission consent election 
deadline, each television broadcast station shall place copies of all of 
its election statements in the station's public file, and shall send via 
certified mail to each cable system in the station's defined market a 
copy of the station's election statement with respect to that operator.
    (i) Notwithstanding a television station's election of must-carry 
status, if a cable operator proposes to retransmit that station's signal 
without according the station must-carry rights (i.e., pursuant to Sec.  
76.56(e)), the operator must obtain the station's express authority 
prior to retransmitting its signal.
    (j) Retransmission consent agreements between a broadcast station 
and a multichannel video programming distributor shall be in writing and 
shall specify the extent of the consent being granted, whether for the 
entire signal or any portion of the signal. This rule applies for either 
the analog or the digital signal of a television station.
    (k) A cable system commencing new operation is required to notify 
all local commercial and noncommercial broadcast stations of its intent 
to commence service. The cable operator must send such notification, by 
certified mail, at least 60 days prior to commencing cable service. 
Commercial broadcast stations must notify the cable system within 30 
days of the receipt of such notice of their election for either must-
carry or retransmission consent with respect to such new cable system. 
If the commercial broadcast station elects must-carry, it must also 
indicate its channel position in its election statement to the cable 
system. Such election shall remain valid for the remainder of any three-
year election interval, as established in Sec.  76.64(f)(2). 
Noncommercial educational broadcast stations should notify the cable 
operator of their request for carriage and their channel position. The 
new cable system must notify each station if its signal quality does not 
meet the standards for carriage and if any copyright liability would be 
incurred for the carriage of such signal. Pursuant to Sec.  76.57(e), a 
commercial broadcast station which fails to respond to such a notice 
shall be deemed to be a must-carry station for the remainder of the 
current three-year election period.
    (l) Exclusive retransmission consent agreements are prohibited. No 
television broadcast station shall make or negotiate any agreement with 
one multichannel video programming distributor for carriage to the 
exclusion of other multichannel video programming distributors. This 
paragraph shall terminate at midnight on December 31, 2005.
    (m) A multichannel video programming distributor providing an all-
band FM radio broadcast service (a service that does not involve the 
individual processing of specific broadcast signals) shall obtain 
retransmission consents from all FM radio broadcast stations that are 
included on the service that have transmitters located within 92 
kilometers (57 miles) of the receiving antenna for such service. 
Stations outside of this 92 kilometer (57 miles) radius shall be 
presumed not to be carried in an all-band reception mode but may 
affirmatively assert retransmission consent rights by providing 30 days 
advance notice to the distributor.

    Note 1 to Sec.  76.64: Section 76.1608 provides notification 
requirements for a cable system that changes its technical configuration 
in such a way as to integrate two formerly separate cable systems.

[58 FR 17363, Apr. 2, 1993, as amended at 59 FR 62345, Dec. 5, 1994; 65 
FR 15575, Mar. 23, 2000; 65 FR 53615, Sept. 5, 2000; 66 FR 16553, Mar. 
26, 2001; 67 FR 17015, Apr. 9, 2002]



Sec.  76.65  Good faith and exclusive retransmission consent complaints.

    (a) Duty to negotiate in good faith. Television broadcast stations 
that provide retransmission consent shall negotiate in good faith the 
terms and conditions

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of such agreements to fulfill the duties established by section 
325(b)(3)(C) of the Communciations Act 47 U.S.C. 325; provided, however, 
that it shall not be a failure to negotiate in good faith if the 
television broadcast station proposes or enters into retransmission 
consent agreements containing different terms and conditions, including 
price terms, with different multichannel video programming distributors 
if such different terms and conditions are based on competitive 
marketplace considerations. If a television broadcast station negotiates 
with multichannel video programming distributors in accordance with the 
rules and procedures set forth in this section, failure to reach an 
agreement is not an indication of a failure to negotiate in good faith.
    (b) Good faith negotiation--(1) Standards. The following actions or 
practices violate a broadcast television station's duty to negotiate 
retransmission consent agreements in good faith:
    (i) Refusal by a television broadcast station to negotiate 
retransmission consent with any multichannel video programming 
distributor;
    (ii) Refusal by a television broadcast station to designate a 
representative with authority make binding representations on 
retransmission consent;
    (iii) Refusal by a television broadcast station to meet and 
negotiate retransmission consent at reasonable times and locations, or 
acting in a manner that unreasonably delays retransmission consent 
negotiations;
    (iv) Refusal by a television broadcast station to put forth more 
than a single, unilateral proposal.
    (v) Failure of a television broadcast station to respond to a 
retransmission consent proposal of a multichannel video programming 
distributor, including the reasons for the rejection of any such 
proposal;
    (vi) Execution by a television broadcast station of an agreement 
with any party, a term or condition of which, requires that such 
television broadcast station not enter into a retransmission consent 
agreement with any multichannel video programming distributor; and
    (vii) Refusal by a television broadcast station to execute a written 
retransmission consent agreement that sets forth the full understanding 
of the television broadcast station and the multichannel video 
programming distributor.
    (2) Totality of the circumstances. In addition to the standards set 
forth in section 76.65(b)(1), a multichannel video programming 
distributor may demonstrate, based on the totality of the circumstances 
of a particular retransmission consent negotiation, that a television 
broadcast station breached its duty to negotiate in good faith as set 
forth in section 76.65(a).
    (c) Any multichannel video programming distributor aggrieved by 
conduct that it believes constitutes a violation of the regulations set 
forth in this section or Sec.  76.64(l) may commence an adjudicatory 
proceeding at the Commission to obtain enforcement of the rules through 
the filing of a complaint. The complaint shall be filed and responded to 
in accordance with the procedures specified in Sec.  76.7.
    (d) Burden of proof. In any complaint proceeding brought under this 
section, the burden of proof as to the existence of a violation shall be 
on the complainant.
    (e) Time limit on filing of complaints. Any complaint filed pursuant 
to this subsection must be filed within one year of the date on which 
one of the following events occurs:
    (1) A complainant multichannel video programming provider enters 
into a retransmission consent agreement with a television broadcast 
station that the complainant alleges to violate one or more of the rules 
contained in this subpart; or
    (2) A television broadcast station engages in retransmission consent 
negotiations with a complainant that the complainant alleges to violate 
one or more of the rules contained in this subpart, and such negotiation 
is unrelated to any existing contract between the complainant and the 
television broadcast station; or
    (3) The complainant has notified the television broadcast station 
that it intends to file a complaint with the Commission based on a 
request to negotiate retransmission consent that has been denied, 
unreasonably delayed, or unacknowledged in violation of one or

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more of the rules contained in this subpart.
    (f) Termination of rules. This section shall terminate at midnight 
on December 31, 2005.

[65 FR 15575, Mar. 23, 2000, as amended at 68 FR 52127, Sept. 2, 2003]



Sec.  76.66  Satellite broadcast signal carriage.

    (a) Definitions--(1) Satellite carrier. A satellite carrier is an 
entity that uses the facilities of a satellite or satellite service 
licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, and operates in the 
Fixed-Satellite Service under part 25 of title 47 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations or the Direct Broadcast Satellite Service under part 100 of 
title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations, to establish and operate a 
channel of communications for point-to-multipoint distribution of 
television station signals, and that owns or leases a capacity or a 
service on a satellite in order to provide such point-to-multipoint 
distribution, except to the extent that such entity provides such 
distribution pursuant to tariff under the Communications Act of 1934, 
other than for private home viewing.
    (2) Secondary transmission. A secondary transmission is the further 
transmitting of a primary transmission simultaneously with the primary 
transmission.
    (3) Subscriber. A subscriber is a person who receives a secondary 
transmission service from a satellite carrier and pays a fee for the 
service, directly or indirectly, to the satellite carrier or to a 
distributor.
    (4) Television broadcast station. A television broadcast station is 
an over-the-air commercial or noncommercial television broadcast station 
licensed by the Commission under subpart E of part 73 of title 47, Code 
of Federal Regulations, except that such term does not include a low-
power or translator television station.
    (5) Television network. For purposes of this section, a television 
network is an entity which offers an interconnected program service on a 
regular basis for 15 or more hours per week to at least 25 affiliated 
broadcast stations in 10 or more States.
    (6) Local-into-local television service. A satellite carrier is 
providing local-into-local service when it retransmits a local 
television station signal back into the local market of that television 
station for reception by subscribers.
    (b) Signal carriage obligations. (1) Each satellite carrier 
providing, under section 122 of title 17, United States Code, secondary 
transmissions to subscribers located within the local market of a 
television broadcast station of a primary transmission made by that 
station, shall carry upon request the signals of all television 
broadcast stations located within that local market, subject to section 
325(b) of title 47, United States Code, and other paragraphs in this 
section.
    (2) No satellite carrier shall be required to carry local television 
broadcast stations, pursuant to this section, until January 1, 2002.
    (c) Election cycle. In television markets where a satellite carrier 
is providing local-into-local service, a commercial television broadcast 
station may elect either retransmission consent, pursuant to section 325 
of title 47 United States Code, or mandatory carriage, pursuant to 
section 338, title 47 United States Code.
    (1) The first retransmission consent-mandatory carriage election 
cycle shall be for a four-year period commencing on January 1, 2002 and 
ending December 31, 2005.
    (2) The second retransmission consent-mandatory carriage election 
cycle, and all cycles thereafter, shall be for a period of three years 
(e.g. the second election cycle commences on January 1, 2006 and ends at 
midnight on December 31, 2008).
    (3) A commercial television station must notify a satellite carrier, 
by July 1, 2001, of its retransmission consent-mandatory carriage 
election for the first election cycle commencing January 1, 2002.
    (4) Except as provided in paragraphs (d)(2) and (d)(3) of this 
section, local commercial television broadcast stations shall make their 
retransmission consent-mandatory carriage election by October 1st of the 
year preceding the new cycle for all election cycles after the first 
election cycle.

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    (5) A noncommercial television station must request carriage by July 
1, 2001 for the first election cycle and must renew its carriage request 
at the same time a commercial television station must make its 
retransmission consent-mandatory carriage election for all subsequent 
cycles.
    (d) Carriage procedures--(1) Carriage requests. (i) An election for 
mandatory carriage made by a television broadcast station shall be 
treated as a request for carriage. For purposes of this paragraph 
concerning carriage procedures, the term election request includes an 
election of retransmission consent or mandatory carriage.
    (ii) An election request made by a television station must be in 
writing and sent to the satellite carrier's principal place of business, 
by certified mail, return receipt requested.
    (iii) A television station's written notification shall include the:
    (A) Station's call sign;
    (B) Name of the appropriate station contact person;
    (C) Station's address for purposes of receiving official 
correspondence;
    (D) Station's community of license;
    (E) Station's DMA assignment; and
    (F) For commercial television stations, its election of mandatory 
carriage or retransmission consent.
    (iv) Within 30 days of receiving a television station's carriage 
request, a satellite carrier shall notify in writing:
    (A) those local television stations it will not carry, along with 
the reasons for such a decision; and
    (B) those local television stations it intends to carry.
    (v) A satellite carrier is not required to carry a television 
station, for the duration of the election cycle, if the station fails to 
assert its carriage rights by the deadlines established in this section.
    (2) New local-into-local service. (i) A new satellite carrier or a 
satellite carrier providing local service in a market for the first time 
on or after July 1, 2001, must notify local television stations of its 
intent to provide local-into-local service at least 60 days before it 
intends to provide service or decides to enter into a new television 
market. This notification shall include information on the location of 
the satellite carrier's designated local receive facility in that 
particular market.
    (ii) A local television station shall make its election request, in 
writing, sent to the satellite carrier's principal place of business by 
certified mail, return receipt requested, no more than 30 days after the 
station's receipt of the satellite carrier's notice of intent to provide 
local-into-local service in a new television market. This written 
notification shall include the information required by paragraph 
(d)(1)(iii) of this section.
    (iii) A satellite carrier shall commence carriage of a local station 
by the later of 90 days from receipt of an election of mandatory 
carriage or upon commencing local-into-local service in the new 
television market.
    (iv) Within 30 days of receiving a local television station's 
election of mandatory carriage in a new television market, a satellite 
carrier shall notify in writing: Those local television stations it will 
not carry, along with the reasons for such decision, and those local 
television stations it intends to carry.
    (3) New television stations. (i) A television station providing 
over-the-air service in a market for the first time on or after July 1, 
2001, shall be considered a new television station for satellite 
carriage purposes.
    (ii) A new television station shall make its election request, in 
writing, sent to the satellite carrier's principal place of business by 
certified mail, return receipt requested, between 60 days prior to 
commencing broadcasting and 30 days after commencing broadcasting. This 
written notification shall include the information required by paragraph 
(d)(1)(iii) of this section.
    (iii) A satellite carrier shall commence carriage within 90 days of 
receiving the request for carriage from the television broadcast station 
or whenever the new television station provides over-the-air service.
    (iv) Within 30 days of receiving a new television station's election 
of mandatory carriage, a satellite carrier shall notify the station in 
writing that it will not carry the station, along with the reasons for 
such decision, or that it intends to carry the station.

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    (4) Television broadcast stations must send election requests as 
provided in paragraphs (d)(1), (2), and (3) of this section on or before 
the relevant deadline.
    (e) Market definitions. (1) A local market, in the case of both 
commercial and noncommercial television broadcast stations, is the 
designated market area in which a station is located, and
    (i) In the case of a commercial television broadcast station, all 
commercial television broadcast stations licensed to a community within 
the same designated market area within the same local market; and
    (ii) In the case of a noncommercial educational television broadcast 
station, the market includes any station that is licensed to a community 
within the same designated market area as the noncommercial educational 
television broadcast station.
    (2) A designated market area is the market area, as determined by 
Nielsen Media Research and published in the 1999-2000 Nielsen Station 
Index Directory and Nielsen Station Index United States Television 
Household Estimates or any successor publication.
    (3) A satellite carrier shall use the 1999-2000 Nielsen Station 
Index Directory and Nielsen Station Index United States Television 
Household Estimates to define television markets for the first 
retransmission consent-mandatory carriage election cycle commencing on 
January 1, 2002 and ending on December 31, 2005. The 2003-2004 Nielsen 
Station Index Directory and Nielsen Station Index United States 
Television Household Estimates shall be used for the second 
retransmission consent-mandatory carriage election cycle commencing 
January 1, 2006 and ending December 31, 2008, and so forth for each 
triennial election pursuant to this section. Provided, however, that a 
county deleted from a market by Nielsen need not be subtracted from a 
market in which a satellite carrier provides local-into-local service, 
if that county is assigned to that market in the 1999-2000 Nielsen 
Station Index Directory or any subsequent issue of that publication.
    (4) A local market includes all counties to which stations assigned 
to that market are licensed.
    (f) Receive facilities. (1) A local receive facility is the 
reception point in each local market which a satellite carrier 
designates for delivery of the signal of the station for purposes of 
retransmission.
    (2) A satellite carrier may establish another receive facility to 
serve a market if the location of such a facility is acceptable to at 
least one-half the stations with carriage rights in that market.
    (3) Except as provided in 76.66(d)(2), a satellite carrier providing 
local-into-local service must notify local television stations of the 
location of the receive facility by June 1, 2001 for the first election 
cycle and at least 120 days prior to the commencement of all election 
cycles thereafter.
    (4) A satellite carrier may relocate its local receive facility at 
the commencement of each election cycle. A satellite carrier is also 
permitted to relocate its local receive facility during the course of an 
election cycle, if it bears the signal delivery costs of the television 
stations affected by such a move. A satellite carrier relocating its 
local receive facility must provide 60 days notice to all local 
television stations carried in the affected television market.
    (g) Good quality signal. (1) A television station asserting its 
right to carriage shall be required to bear the costs associated with 
delivering a good quality signal to the designated local receive 
facility of the satellite carrier or to another facility that is 
acceptable to at least one-half the stations asserting the right to 
carriage in the local market.
    (2) To be considered a good quality signal for satellite carriage 
purposes, a television station shall deliver to the local receive 
facility of a satellite carrier either a signal level of -45dBm for UHF 
signals or -49dBm for VHF signals at the input terminals of the signal 
processing equipment.
    (3) A satellite carrier is not required to carry a television 
station that does not agree to be responsible for the costs of 
delivering a good quality signal to the receive facility.
    (h) Duplicating signals. (1) A satellite carrier shall not be 
required to carry upon request the signal of any local

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television broadcast station that substantially duplicates the signal of 
another local television broadcast station which is secondarily 
transmitted by the satellite carrier within the same local market, or 
the signals of more than one local commercial television broadcast 
station in a single local market that is affiliated with a particular 
television network unless such stations are licensed to communities in 
different States.
    (2) A satellite carrier may select which duplicating signal in a 
market it shall carry.
    (3) A satellite carrier may select which network affiliate in a 
market it shall carry.
    (4) A satellite carrier is permitted to drop a local television 
station whenever that station meets the substantial duplication criteria 
set forth in this paragraph. A satellite carrier must add a television 
station to its channel line-up if such station no longer duplicates the 
programming of another local television station.
    (5) A satellite carrier shall provide notice to its subscribers, and 
to the affected television station, whenever it adds or deletes a 
station's signal in a particular local market pursuant to this 
paragraph.
    (6) A commercial television station substantially duplicates the 
programming of another commercial television station if it 
simultaneously broadcasts the identical programming of another station 
for more than 50 percent of the broadcast week.
    (7) A noncommercial television station substantially duplicates the 
programming of another noncommercial station if it simultaneously 
broadcasts the same programming as another noncommercial station for 
more than 50 percent of prime time, as defined by Sec.  76.5(n), and 
more than 50 percent outside of prime time over a three month period, 
Provided, however, that after three noncommercial television stations 
are carried, the test of duplication shall be whether more than 50 
percent of prime time programming and more than 50 percent outside of 
prime time programming is duplicative on a non-simultaneous basis.
    (i) Channel positioning. (1) No satellite carrier shall be required 
to provide the signal of a local television broadcast station to 
subscribers in that station's local market on any particular channel 
number or to provide the signals in any particular order, except that 
the satellite carrier shall retransmit the signal of the local 
television broadcast stations to subscribers in the stations' local 
market on contiguous channels.
    (2) The television stations subject to this paragraph include those 
carried under retransmission consent.
    (3) All local television stations carried under mandatory carriage 
in a particular television market must be offered to subscribers at 
rates comparable to local television stations carried under 
retransmission consent in that same market.
    (4) Within a market, no satellite carrier shall provide local-into-
local service in a manner that requires subscribers to obtain additional 
equipment at their own expense or for an additional carrier charge in 
order to obtain one or more local television broadcast signals if such 
equipment is not required for the receipt of other local television 
broadcast signals.
    (5) All television stations carried under mandatory carriage, in a 
particular market, shall be presented to subscribers in the same manner 
as television stations that elected retransmission consent, in that same 
market, on any navigational device, on-screen program guide, or menu 
provided by the satellite carrier.
    (j) Manner of carriage. (1) Each television station carried by a 
satellite carrier, pursuant to this section, shall include in its 
entirety the primary video, accompanying audio, and closed captioning 
data contained in line 21 of the vertical blanking interval and, to the 
extent technically feasible, program-related material carried in the 
vertical blanking interval or on subcarriers. For noncommercial 
educational television stations, a satellite carrier must also carry any 
program-related material that may be necessary for receipt of 
programming by persons with disabilities or for educational or language 
purposes. Secondary audio programming must also be carried. Where 
appropriate and feasible, satellite carriers may delete signal 
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broadcast signal and employ such enhancements at the local receive 
facility.
    (2) A satellite carrier, at its discretion, may carry any ancillary 
service transmission on the vertical blanking interval or the aural 
baseband of any television broadcast signal, including, but not limited 
to, multichannel television sound and teletext.
    (k) Material degradation. Each local television station whose signal 
is carried under mandatory carriage shall, to the extent technically 
feasible and consistent with good engineering practice, be provided with 
the same quality of signal processing provided to television stations 
electing retransmission consent. A satellite carrier is permitted to use 
reasonable digital compression techniques in the carriage of local 
television stations.
    (l) Compensation for carriage. (1) A satellite carrier shall not 
accept or request monetary payment or other valuable consideration in 
exchange either for carriage of local television broadcast stations in 
fulfillment of the mandatory carriage requirements of this section or 
for channel positioning rights provided to such stations under this 
section, except that any such station may be required to bear the costs 
associated with delivering a good quality signal to the receive facility 
of the satellite carrier.
    (2) A satellite carrier may accept payments from a station pursuant 
to a retransmission consent agreement.
    (m) Remedies. (1) Whenever a local television broadcast station 
believes that a satellite carrier has failed to meet its obligations 
under this section, such station shall notify the carrier, in writing, 
of the alleged failure and identify its reasons for believing that the 
satellite carrier failed to comply with such obligations.
    (2) The satellite carrier shall, within 30 days after such written 
notification, respond in writing to such notification and comply with 
such obligations or state its reasons for believing that it is in 
compliance with such obligations.
    (3) A local television broadcast station that disputes a response by 
a satellite carrier that it is in compliance with such obligations may 
obtain review of such denial or response by filing a complaint with the 
Commission, in accordance with Sec.  76.7 of title 47, Code of Federal 
Regulations. Such complaint shall allege the manner in which such 
satellite carrier has failed to meet its obligations and the basis for 
such allegations.
    (4) The satellite carrier against which a complaint is filed is 
permitted to present data and arguments to establish that there has been 
no failure to meet its obligations under this section.
    (5) The Commission shall determine whether the satellite carrier has 
met its obligations under this section. If the Commission determines 
that the satellite carrier has failed to meet such obligations, the 
Commission shall order the satellite carrier to take appropriate 
remedial action. If the Commission determines that the satellite carrier 
has fully met the requirements of this section, it shall dismiss the 
complaint.
    (6) The Commission will not accept any complaint filed later than 60 
days after a satellite carrier, either implicitly or explicitly, denies 
a television station's carriage request.

[66 FR 7430, Jan. 23, 2001, as amended at 66 FR 49135, Sept. 26, 2001]



Sec.  76.70  Exemption from input selector switch rules.

    (a) In any case of cable systems serving communities where no 
portion of the community is covered by the predicted Grade B contour of 
at least one full service broadcast television station, or non-
commercial educational television translator station operating with 5 or 
more watts output power and where the signals of no such broadcast 
stations are ``significantly viewed'' in the county where such a cable 
system is located, the cable system shall be exempt from the provisions 
of Sec.  76.66. Cable systems may be eligible for this exemption where 
they demonstrate with engineering studies prepared in accordance with 
Sec.  73.686 of this chapter or other showings that broadcast signals 
meeting the above criteria are not actually viewable within the 
community.
    (b) Where a new full service broadcast television station, or new 
non-commercial educational television

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translator station with 5 or more watts, or an existing such station of 
either type with newly upgraded facilities provides predicted Grade B 
service to a community served by a cable system previously exempt under 
paragraph (a) of this section, or the signal of any such broadcast 
station is newly determined to be ``significantly viewed'' in the county 
where such a cable system is located, the cable system at that time is 
required to comply fully with the provisions of Sec.  76.66. Cable 
systems may retain their exemption under paragraph (a) of this section 
where they demonstrate with engineering studies prepared in accordance 
with Sec.  73.686 of this chapter or other showings that broadcast 
signals meeting the above criteria are not actually viewable within the 
community.

[54 FR 25716, June 19, 1989]



           Subpart E_Equal Employment Opportunity Requirements

    Source: 50 FR 40855, Oct. 7, 1985, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  76.71  Scope of application.

    (a) The provisions of this subpart shall apply to any corporation, 
partnership, association, joint-stock company, or trust engaged 
primarily in the management or operation of any cable system. Cable 
entities subject to these provisions include those systems defined in 
Sec.  76.5(a), all satellite master antenna television systems serving 
50 or more subscribers, and any multichannel video programming 
distributor. For purposes of the provisions of this subpart, a 
multichannel video programming distributor is an entity such as, but not 
limited to, a cable operator, a multipoint distribution service, a 
multichannel multipoint distribution service, a direct broadcast 
satellite service, a television receive-only satellite program 
distributor, or a video dialtone program service provider, who makes 
available for purchase, by subscribers or customers, multiple channels 
of video programming, whether or not a licensee. Multichannel video 
programming distributors do not include any entity which lacks control 
over the video programming distributed. For purposes of this subpart, an 
entity has control over the video programming it distributes, if it 
selects video programming channels or programs and determines how they 
are presented for sale to consumers. Nothwithstanding the foregoing, the 
regulations in this subpart are not applicable to the owners or 
originators (of programs or channels of programming) that distribute six 
or fewer channels of commonly-owned video programming over a leased 
transport facility. For purposes of this subpart, programming services 
are ``commonly-owned'' if the same entity holds a majority of the stock 
(or is a general partner) of each program service.
    (b) Employment units. The provisions of this subpart shall apply to 
cable entities as employment units. Each cable entity may be considered 
a separate employment unit; however, where two or more cable entities 
are under common ownership or control and are interrelated in their 
local management, operation, and utilization of employees, they shall 
constitute a single employment unit.
    (c) Headquarters office. A multiple cable operator shall treat as a 
separate employment unit each headquarters office to the extent the work 
of that office is primarily related to the operation of more than one 
employment unit as described in paragraph (b) of this section.

[50 FR 40855, Oct. 7, 1985, as amended at 58 FR 42250, Aug. 9, 1993]



Sec.  76.73  General EEO policy.

    (a) Equal opportunity in employment shall be afforded by each cable 
entity to all qualified persons, and no person shall be discriminated 
against in employment by such entity because of race, color, religion, 
national origin, age or sex.
    (b) Each employment unit shall establish, maintain, and carry out a 
positive continuing program of specific practices designed to assure 
equal opportunity to every aspect of cable system employment policy and 
practice. Under the terms of its program, an employment unit shall:

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    (1) Define the responsibility of each level of management to ensure 
a positive application and vigorous enforcement of its policy of equal 
opportunity, and establish a procedure to review and control managerial 
and supervisory performance;
    (2) Inform its employees and recognized employee organizations of 
the positive equal employment opportunity policy and program and enlist 
their cooperation;
    (3) Communicate its equal employment opportunity policy and progam 
and its employment needs to sources of qualified applicants without 
regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age or sex, and 
solicit their recruitment assistance on a continuing basis;
    (4) Conduct a continuing program to exclude every form of prejudice 
or discrimination based upon race, color, religion, national origin, age 
or sex from its personnel policies and practices and working conditions; 
and
    (5) Conduct a continuing review of job structure and employment 
practices and adopt positive recruitment, training, job design, and 
other measures needed to ensure genuine equality of opportunity to 
participate fully in all organizational units, occupations, and levels 
of responsibility.



Sec.  76.75  Specific EEO program requirements.

    Under the terms of its program, an employment unit must:
    (a) Disseminate its equal employment opportunity program to job 
applicants, employees, and those with whom it regularly does business. 
For example, this requirement may be met by:
    (1) Posting notices in the employment unit's office and places of 
employment informing employees, and applicants for employment, of their 
equal employment opportunity rights, and their right to notify the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission, the Federal Communications 
Commission, or other appropriate agency, if they believe they have been 
discriminated against. Where a significant percentage of employees, 
employment applicants, or residents of the community of a cable 
television system of the relevant labor area are Hispanic, such notices 
should be posted in Spanish and English. Similar use should be made of 
other languages in such posted equal employment opportunity notices, 
where appropriate;
    (2) Placing a notice in bold type on the employment application 
informing prospective employees that discrimination because of race, 
color, religion, national origin, age or sex is prohibited and that they 
may notify the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Federal 
Communications Commission, or other appropriate agency if they believe 
they have been discriminated against.
    (b) Establish, maintain and carry out a positive continuing program 
of outreach activities designed to ensure equal opportunity and 
nondiscrimination in employment. The following activities shall be 
undertaken by each employment unit:
    (1) Recruit for every full-time job vacancy in its operation. A job 
filled by an internal promotion is not considered a vacancy for which 
recruitment is necessary. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted 
to require a multichannel video programming distributor to grant 
preferential treatment to any individual or group based on race, 
national origin, color, religion, age, or gender.
    (i) An employment unit shall use recruitment sources for each 
vacancy sufficient in its reasonable, good faith judgment to widely 
disseminate information concerning the vacancy.
    (ii) In addition to using such recruitment sources, a multichannel 
video programming distributor employment unit shall provide notification 
of each full-time vacancy to any organization that distributes 
information about employment opportunities to job seekers or refers job 
seekers to employers, upon request by such organization. To be entitled 
to notice of vacancies, the requesting organization must provide the 
multichannel video programming distributor employment unit with its 
name, mailing address, e-mail address (if applicable), telephone number, 
and contact person, and identify the category or categories of vacancies 
of which it requests notice. (An organization may request notice of all 
vacancies).

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    (2) Engage in at least two (if the unit has more than ten full-time 
employees and is not located in a smaller market) or one (if the unit 
has six to ten full-time employees and/or is located, in whole or in 
part, in a smaller market) of the following initiatives during each 
twelve-month period preceding the filing of an EEO program annual 
report:
    (i) Participation in at least two job fairs by unit personnel who 
have substantial responsibility in the making of hiring decisions;
    (ii) Hosting of at least one job fair;
    (iii) Co-sponsoring at least one job fair with organizations in the 
business and professional community whose membership includes 
substantial participation of women and minorities;
    (iv) Participation in at least two events sponsored by organizations 
representing groups present in the community interested in multichannel 
video programming distributor employment issues, including conventions, 
career days, workshops, and similar activities;
    (v) Establishment of an internship program designed to assist 
members of the community in acquiring skills needed for multichannel 
video programming distributor employment;
    (vi) Participation in job banks, Internet programs, and other 
programs designed to promote outreach generally (i.e., that are not 
primarily directed to providing notification of specific job vacancies);
    (vii) Participation in a scholarship program designed to assist 
students interested in pursuing a career in multichannel video 
programming communications;
    (viii) Establishment of training programs designed to enable unit 
personnel to acquire skills that could qualify them for higher level 
positions;
    (ix) Establishment of a mentoring program for unit personnel;
    (x) Participation in at least two events or programs sponsored by 
educational institutions relating to career opportunities in 
multichannel video programming communications;
    (xi) Sponsorship of at least one event in the community designed to 
inform and educate members of the public as to employment opportunities 
in multichannel video programming communications;
    (xii) Listing of each upper-level category opening in a job bank or 
newsletter of media trade groups whose membership includes substantial 
participation of women and minorities;
    (xiii) Provision of assistance to unaffiliated non-profit entities 
in the maintenance of web sites that provide counseling on the process 
of searching for multichannel video programming employment and/or other 
career development assistance pertinent to multichannel video 
programming communications;
    (xiv) Provision of training to management level personnel as to 
methods of ensuring equal employment opportunity and preventing 
discrimination;
    (xv) Provision of training to personnel of unaffiliated non-profit 
organizations interested in multichannel video programming employment 
opportunities that would enable them to better refer job candidates for 
multichannel video programming positions;
    (xvi) Participation in other activities reasonably calculated by the 
unit to further the goal of disseminating information as to employment 
opportunities in multichannel video programming to job candidates who 
might otherwise be unaware of such opportunities.
    (c) Retain records sufficient to document that it has satisfied the 
requirements of paragraphs (b)(1) and (b)(2) of this section. Such 
records, which may be maintained in an electronic format, shall be 
retained for a period of seven years. Such records need not be submitted 
to the Commission unless specifically requested. The following records 
shall be maintained:
    (1) Listings of all full-time job vacancies filled by the cable 
employment unit, identified by job title;
    (2) For each such vacancy, the recruitment sources utilized to fill 
the vacancy (including, if applicable, organizations entitled to 
notification pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section, which 
should be separately identified), identified by name, address, contact 
person, and telephone number;
    (3) Dated copies of all advertisements, bulletins, letters, faxes, 
e-

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mails, or other communications announcing job vacancies;
    (4) Documentation necessary to demonstrate performance of the 
initiatives required by paragraph (b)(2) of this section, if applicable, 
including information sufficient to fully disclose the nature of the 
initiative and the scope of the unit's participation, including the unit 
personnel involved;
    (5) The total number of interviewees for each vacancy and the 
referral sources for each interviewee; and
    (6) The date each vacancy was filled and the recruitment source that 
referred the hiree.
    (d) Undertake to offer promotions of minorities and women in a non-
discriminatory fashion to positions of greater responsibility. For 
example, this requirement may be met by:
    (1) Instructing those who make decisions on placement and promotion 
that minority employees and females are to be considered without 
discrimination, and that job areas in which there is little or no 
minority or female representation should be reviewed to determine 
whether this results from discrimination;
    (2) Giving minority groups and female employees equal opportunity 
for positions which lead to higher positions. Inquiring as to the 
interest and skills of all lower paid employees with respect to any of 
the higher paid positions, followed by assistance, counselling, and 
effective measures to enable employees with interest and potential to 
qualify themselves for such positions;
    (3) Providing opportunity to perform overtime work on a basis that 
does not discriminate against qualified minority group or female 
employees.
    (e) Encourage minority and female entrepreneurs to conduct business 
with all parts of its operation. For example, this requirement may be 
met by:
    (1) Recruiting as wide as possible a pool of qualified entrepreneurs 
from sources such as employee referrals, community groups, contractors, 
associations, and other sources likely to be representative of minority 
and female interests.
    (f) A multichannel video programming distributor shall analyze its 
recruitment program on an ongoing basis to ensure that it is effective 
in achieving broad outreach, and address any problems found as a result 
of its analysis.
    (g) Analyze on an ongoing basis its efforts to recruit, hire, 
promote and use services without discrimination on the basis of race, 
national origin, color, religion, age, or sex and explain any 
difficulties encountered in implementing its equal employment 
opportunity program. For example, this requirement may be met by:
    (1) Where union agreements exist, cooperating with the union or 
unions in the development of programs to ensure all persons equal 
opportunity for employment, and including an effective nondiscrimination 
clause in new or renegotiated union agreements;
    (2) Reviewing seniority practices to ensure that such practices are 
nondiscriminatory;
    (3) Examining rates of pay and fringe benefits for employees having 
the same duties, and eliminating any inequities based upon race, 
national origin, color, religion, age, or sex discrimination;
    (4) Evaluating the recruitment program to ensure that it is 
effective in achieving a broad outreach to potential applicants.
    (5) Utilizing media for recruitment purposes in a manner that will 
contain no indication, either explicit or implicit, of a preference for 
one race, national origin, color, religion, age, or sex over another; 
and
    (6) Avoiding the use of selection techniques or tests that have the 
effect of discriminating against qualified minority groups or women.
    (h) A full-time employee is a permanent employee whose regular work 
schedule is 30 hours per week or more.
    (i) The provisions of paragraphs (b)(1)(ii), (b)(2), (c), and (f) of 
this section shall not apply to multichannel video programming 
distributor employment units that have fewer than six full-time 
employees.
    (j) For the purposes of this rule, a smaller market includes 
metropolitan areas as defined by the Office of Management and Budget 
with a population of fewer than 250,000 persons and areas

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outside of all metropolitan areas as defined by the Office of Management 
and Budget.

[50 FR 40855, Oct. 7, 1985, as amended at 65 FR 7457, Feb. 15, 2000; 68 
FR 691, Jan. 7, 2003]



Sec.  76.77  Reporting requirements and enforcement.

    (a) EEO program annual reports. Information concerning a unit's 
compliance with the EEO recruitment requirements shall be filed by each 
employment unit with six or more full-time employees on FCC Form 396-C 
on or before September 30 of each year. If a multichannel video 
programming distributor acquires a unit during the twelve months covered 
by the EEO program annual report, the recruitment activity in the report 
shall cover the period starting with the date the entity acquired the 
unit.
    (b) Certification of Compliance. The Commission will use the 
recruitment information submitted on a unit's EEO program annual report 
to determine whether the unit is in compliance with the provisions of 
this subpart. Units found to be in compliance with these rules will 
receive a Certificate of Compliance. Units found not to be in compliance 
will receive notice that they are not certified for a given year.
    (c) Investigations. The Commission will investigate each unit at 
least once every five years. Employment units are required to submit 
supplemental investigation information with their regular EEO program 
annual reports in the years they are investigated. If an entity acquires 
a unit during the period covered by the supplemental investigation, the 
information submitted by the unit as part of the investigation shall 
cover the period starting with the date the operator acquired the unit. 
The supplemental investigation information shall include a copy of the 
unit's EEO public file report for the preceding year.
    (d) Records and inquiries. Employment units subject to this subpart 
shall maintain records of their recruitment activity in accordance with 
Sec.  76.75 to demonstrate whether they are in compliance with the EEO 
rules. Units shall ensure that they maintain records sufficient to 
verify the accuracy of information provided in their EEO program annual 
reports and the supplemental investigation responses required by Sec.  
76.1702 to be kept in a unit's public file. To determine compliance with 
the EEO rules, the Commission may conduct inquiries of employment units 
at random or if the Commission has evidence of a possible violation of 
the EEO rules. Upon request, employment units shall make records 
available to the Commission for its review.
    (e) Public complaints. The public may file complaints based on EEO 
program annual reports, supplemental investigation information, or the 
contents of a unit's public file.
    (f) Sanctions and remedies. The Commission may issue appropriate 
sanctions and remedies for any violation of the EEO rules.

[68 FR 692, Jan. 7, 2003]



Sec.  76.79  Records available for public inspection.

    A copy of every annual employment report, and any other employment 
report filed with the Commission, and complaint report that has been 
filed with the Commission, and copies of all exhibits, letters, and 
other documents filed as part thereof, all amendments thereto, all 
correspondence between the cable entity and the Commission pertaining to 
the reports after they have been filed in all documents incorporated 
therein by reference, unless specifically exempted from the requirement, 
are open for public inspection at the offices of the Commission in 
Washington, DC.

    Note to Sec.  76.59: Cable operators must also comply with the 
public file requirements Sec.  76.1702.

[65 FR 7459, Feb. 15, 2000]



Subpart F_Network Non-duplication Protection, Syndicated Exclusivity and 
                             Sports Blackout

    Source: 65 FR 68101, Nov. 14, 2000, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  76.92  Cable network non-duplication; extent of protection.

    (a) Upon receiving notification pursuant to Sec.  76.94, a cable 
community unit located in whole or in part within

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the geographic zone for a network program, the network non-duplication 
rights to which are held by a commercial television station licensed by 
the Commission, shall not carry that program as broadcast by any other 
television signal, except as otherwise provided below.
    (b) For purposes of this section, the order of nonduplication 
priority of television signals carried by a community unit is as 
follows:
    (1) First, all television broadcast stations within whose specified 
zone the community of the community unit is located, in whole or in 
part;
    (2) Second, all smaller market television broadcast stations within 
whose secondary zone the community of the community unit is located, in 
whole or in part.
    (c) For purposes of this section, all noncommercial educational 
television broadcast stations licensed to a community located in whole 
or in part within a major television market as specified in Sec.  76.51 
shall be treated in the same manner as a major market commercial 
television broadcast station, and all noncommercial educational 
television broadcast stations not licensed to a community located in 
whole or in part within a major television market shall be treated in 
the same manner as a smaller market television broadcast station.
    (d) Any community unit operating in a community to which a 100-watt 
or higher power translator is located within the predicted Grade B 
signal contour of the television broadcast station that the translator 
station retransmits, and which translator is carried by the community 
unit shall, upon request of such translator station licensee or 
permittee, delete the duplicating network programming of any television 
broadcast station whose reference point (See Sec.  76.53) is more than 
88.5 km (55 miles) from the community of the community unit.
    (e) Any community unit which operates in a community located in 
whole or in part within the secondary zone of a smaller market 
television broadcast station is not required to delete the duplicating 
network programming of any major market television broadcast station 
whose reference point (See Sec.  76.53) is also within 88.5 km (55 
miles) of the community of the community unit.
    (f) A community unit is not required to delete the duplicating 
network programming of any television broadcast station which is 
significantly viewed in the cable television community pursuant to Sec.  
76.54.
    (g) A community unit is not required to delete the duplicating 
network programming of any qualified NCE television broadcast station 
that is carried in fulfillment of the cable television system's 
mandatory signal carriage obligations, pursuant to Sec.  76.56.

    Note: With respect to network programming, the geographic zone 
within which the television station is entitled to enforce network non-
duplication protection and priority of shall be that geographic area 
agreed upon between the network and the television station. In no event 
shall such rights exceed the area within which the television station 
may acquire broadcast territorial exclusivity rights as defined in Sec.  
73.658(m) of this Chapter, except that small market television stations 
shall be entitled to a secondary protection zone of 32.2 additional 
kilometers (20 additional miles). To the extent rights are obtained for 
any hyphenated market named in Sec.  76.51, such rights shall not exceed 
those permitted under Sec.  73.658(m) of this Chapter for each named 
community in that market.



Sec.  76.93  Parties entitled to network non-duplication protection.

    Television broadcast station licensees shall be entitled to exercise 
non-duplication rights pursuant to Sec.  76.92 in accordance with the 
contractual provisions of the network-affiliate agreement.



Sec.  76.94  Notification.

    (a) In order to exercise non-duplication rights pursuant to Sec.  
76.92, television stations shall notify each cable television system 
operator of the non-duplication sought in accordance with the 
requirements of this section. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph 
(b) of this section, non-duplication protection notices shall include 
the following information:
    (1) The name and address of the party requesting non-duplication 
protection and the television broadcast station holding the non-
duplication right;

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    (2) The name of the program or series (including specific episodes 
where necessary) for which protection is sought; and
    (3) The dates on which protection is to begin and end.
    (b) Broadcasters entering into contracts providing for network non-
duplication protection shall notify affected cable systems within 60 
calendar days of the signing of such a contract. In the event the 
broadcaster is unable based on the information contained in the 
contract, to furnish all the information required by paragraph (a) of 
this section at that time, the broadcaster must provide modified notices 
that contain the following information:
    (1) The name of the network (or networks) which has (or have) 
extended non-duplication protection to the broadcaster;
    (2) The time periods by time of day (local time) and by network (if 
more than one) for each day of the week that the broadcaster will be 
broadcasting programs from that network (or networks) and for which non-
duplication protection is requested; and
    (3) The duration and extent (e.g., simultaneous, same-day, seven-
day, etc.) of the non-duplication protection which has been agreed upon 
by the network (or networks) and the broadcaster.
    (c) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d) of this section, a 
broadcaster shall be entitled to non-duplication protection beginning on 
the later of:
    (1) The date specified in its notice (as described in paragraphs (a) 
or (b) of this section, whichever is applicable) to the cable television 
system; or
    (2) The first day of the calendar week (Sunday through Saturday) 
that begins 60 days after the cable television system receives notice 
from the broadcaster.
    (d) A broadcaster shall provide the following information to the 
cable television system under the following circumstances:
    (1) In the event the protection specified in the notices described 
in paragraphs (a) or (b) of this section has been limited or ended prior 
to the time specified in the notice, or in the event a time period, as 
identified to the cable system in a notice pursuant to paragraph (b) of 
this section, for which a broadcaster has obtained protection is shifted 
to another time of day or another day (but not expanded), the 
broadcaster shall, as soon as possible, inform each cable television 
system operator that has previously received the notice of all changes 
from the original notice. Notice to be furnished ``as soon as possible'' 
under this paragraph shall be furnished by telephone, telegraph, 
facsimile, overnight mail or other similar expedient means.
    (2) In the event the protection specified in the modified notices 
described in paragraph (b) of this section has been expanded, the 
broadcaster shall, at least 60 calendar days prior to broadcast of a 
protected program entitled to such expanded protection, notify each 
cable system operator that has previously received notice of all changes 
from the original notice.
    (e) In determining which programs must be deleted from a television 
signal, a cable television system operator may rely on information from 
any of the following sources published or otherwise made available:
    (1) Newspapers or magazines of general circulation.
    (2) A television station whose programs may be subject to deletion. 
If a cable television system asks a television station for information 
about its program schedule, the television station shall answer the 
request:
    (i) Within ten business days following the television station's 
receipt of the request; or
    (ii) Sixty days before the program or programs mentioned in the 
request for information will be broadcast; whichever comes later.
    (3) The broadcaster requesting exclusivity.
    (f) A broadcaster exercising exclusivity pursuant to Sec.  76.92 
shall provide to the cable system, upon request, an exact copy of those 
portions of the contracts, such portions to be signed by both the 
network and the broadcaster, setting forth in full the provisions 
pertinent to the duration, nature, and extent of the non-duplication 
terms concerning broadcast signal exhibition to which the parties have 
agreed.

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Sec.  76.95  Exceptions.

    (a) The provisions of Sec. Sec.  76.92 through 76.94 shall not apply 
to a cable system serving fewer than 1,000 subscribers. Within 60 days 
following the provision of service to 1,000 subscribers, the operator of 
each such system shall file a notice to that effect with the Commission, 
and serve a copy of that notice on every television station that would 
be entitled to exercise network non-duplication protection against it.
    (b) Network non-duplication protection need not be extended to a 
higher priority station for one hour following the scheduled time of 
completion of the broadcast of a live sports event by that station or by 
a lower priority station against which a cable community unit would 
otherwise be required to provide non-duplication protection following 
the scheduled time of completion.



Sec.  76.101  Cable syndicated program exclusivity: extent of protection.

    Upon receiving notification pursuant to Sec.  76.105, a cable 
community unit located in whole or in part within the geographic zone 
for a syndicated program, the syndicated exclusivity rights to which are 
held by a commercial television station licensed by the Commission, 
shall not carry that program as broadcast by any other television 
signal, except as otherwise provided below.

    Note: With respect to each syndicated program, the geographic zone 
within which the television station is entitled to enforce syndicated 
exclusivity rights shall be that geographic area agreed upon between the 
non-network program supplier, producer or distributor and the television 
station. In no event shall such zone exceed the area within which the 
television station has acquired broadcast territorial exclusivity rights 
as defined in Sec.  73.658(m) of this Chapter. To the extent rights are 
obtained for any hyphenated market named in Sec.  76.51, such rights 
shall not exceed those permitted under Sec.  73.658(m) of this Chapter 
for each named community in that market.



Sec.  76.103  Parties entitled to syndicated exclusivity.

    (a) Television broadcast station licensees shall be entitled to 
exercise exclusivity rights pursuant to Sec.  76.101 in accordance with 
the contractual provisions of their syndicated program license 
agreements, consistent with Sec.  76.109.
    (b) Distributors of syndicated programming shall be entitled to 
exercise exclusive rights pursuant to Sec.  76.101 for a period of one 
year from the initial broadcast syndication licensing of such 
programming anywhere in the United States; provided, however, that 
distributors shall not be entitled to exercise such rights in areas in 
which the programming has already been licensed.



Sec.  76.105  Notification.

    (a) In order to exercise exclusivity rights pursuant to Sec.  
76.101, distributors or television stations shall notify each cable 
television system operator of the exclusivity sought in accordance with 
the requirements of this section. Syndicated program exclusivity notices 
shall include the following information:
    (1) The name and address of the party requesting exclusivity and the 
television broadcast station or other party holding the exclusive right;
    (2) The name of the program or series (including specific episodes 
where necessary) for which exclusivity is sought;
    (3) The dates on which exclusivity is to begin and end.
    (b) Broadcasters entering into contracts on or after August 18, 
1988, which contain syndicated exclusivity protection shall notify 
affected cable systems within sixty calendar days of the signing of such 
a contract. Broadcasters who have entered into contracts prior to August 
18, 1988, and who comply with the requirements specified in Sec.  76.109 
shall notify affected cable systems on or before June 19, 1989. A 
broadcaster shall be entitled to exclusivity protection beginning on the 
later of:
    (1) The date specified in its notice to the cable television system; 
or
    (2) The first day of the calendar week (Sunday through Saturday) 
that begins 60 days after the cable television system receives notice 
from the broadcaster;
    (c) In determining which programs must be deleted from a television 
broadcast signal, a cable television system operator may rely on 
information

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from any of the following sources published or otherwise made available.
    (1) Newspapers or magazines of general circulation;
    (2) A television station whose programs may be subject to deletion. 
If a cable television system asks a television station for information 
about its program schedule, the television station shall answer the 
request:
    (i) Within ten business days following the television station's 
receipt of the request; or
    (ii) Sixty days before the program or programs mentioned in the 
request for information will be broadcast; whichever comes later.
    (3) The distributor or television station requesting exclusivity.
    (d) In the event the exclusivity specified in paragraph (a) of this 
section has been limited or has ended prior to the time specified in the 
notice, the distributor or broadcaster who has supplied the original 
notice shall, as soon as possible, inform each cable television system 
operator that has previously received the notice of all changes from the 
original notice. In the event the original notice specified contingent 
dates on which exclusivity is to begin and/or end, the distributor or 
broadcaster shall, as soon as possible, notify the cable television 
system operator of the occurrence of the relevant contingency. Notice to 
be furnished ``as soon as possible'' under this paragraph shall be 
furnished by telephone, telegraph, facsimile, overnight mail or other 
similar expedient means.



Sec.  76.106  Exceptions.

    (a) Notwithstanding the requirements of Sec. Sec.  76.101 through 
76.105, a broadcast signal is not required to be deleted from a cable 
community unit when that cable community unit falls, in whole or in 
part, within that signal's grade B contour, or when the signal is 
significantly viewed pursuant to Sec.  76.54 in the cable community.
    (b) The provisions of Sec. Sec.  76.101 through 76.105 shall not 
apply to a cable system serving fewer than 1,000 subscribers. Within 60 
days following the provision of service to 1,000 subscribers, the 
operator of each such system shall file a notice to that effect with the 
Commission, and serve a copy of that notice on every television station 
that would be entitled to exercise syndicated exclusivity protection 
against it.



Sec.  76.107  Exclusivity contracts.

    A distributor or television station exercising exclusivity pursuant 
to Sec.  76.101 shall provide to the cable system, upon request, an 
exact copy of those portions of the exclusivity contracts, such portions 
to be signed by both the distributor and the television station, setting 
forth in full the provisions pertinent to the duration, nature, and 
extent of the exclusivity terms concerning broadcast signal exhibition 
to which the parties have agreed.



Sec.  76.108  Indemnification contracts.

    No licensee shall enter into any contract to indemnify a cable 
system for liability resulting from failure to delete programming in 
accordance with the provisions of this subpart unless the licensee has a 
reasonable basis for concluding that such program deletion is not 
required by this subpart.



Sec.  76.109  Requirements for invocation of protection.

    For a station licensee to be eligible to invoke the provisions of 
Sec.  76.101, it must have a contract or other written indicia that it 
holds syndicated exclusivity rights for the exhibition of the program in 
question. Contracts entered on or after August 18, 1988, must contain 
the following words: ``the licensee [or substitute name] shall, by the 
terms of this contract, be entitled to invoke the protection against 
duplication of programming imported under the Compulsory Copyright 
License, as provided in Sec.  76.101 of the FCC rules [or `as provided 
in the FCC's syndicated exclusivity rules'].'' Contracts entered into 
prior to August 18, 1988, must contain either the foregoing language or 
a clear and specific reference to the licensee's authority to exercise 
exclusivity rights as to the specific programming against cable 
television broadcast signal carriage by the cable system in question 
upon the contingency that the government reimposed syndicated 
exclusivity protection. In the absence of such a specific reference in 
contracts entered into prior to August 18, 1988, the provisions of these

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rules may be invoked only if the contract is amended to include the 
specific language referenced in this section or a specific written 
acknowledgment is obtained from the party from whom the broadcast 
exhibition rights were obtained that the existing contract was intended, 
or should now be construed by agreement of the parties, to include such 
rights. A general acknowledgment by a supplier of exhibition rights that 
specific contract language was intended to convey rights under these 
rules will be accepted with respect to all contracts containing that 
specific language. Nothing in this section shall be construed as a grant 
of exclusive rights to a broadcaster where such rights are not agreed to 
by the parties.



Sec.  76.110  Substitutions.

    Whenever, pursuant to the requirements of the syndicated exclusivity 
rules, a community unit is required to delete a television program on a 
broadcast signal that is permitted to be carried under the Commission's 
rules, such community unit may, consistent with these rules and the 
sports blackout rules at Sec.  76.111, substitute a program from any 
other television broadcast station. Programs substituted pursuant to 
this section may be carried to their completion.



Sec.  76.111  Cable sports blackout.

    (a) No community unit located in whole or in part within the 
specified zone of a television broadcast station licensed to a community 
in which a sports event is taking place, shall, on request of the holder 
of the broadcast rights to that event, or its agent, carry the live 
television broadcast of that event if the event is not available live on 
a television broadcast station meeting the criteria specified in Sec.  
76.128. For purposes of this section, if there is no television station 
licensed to the community in which the sports event is taking place, the 
applicable specified zone shall be that of the television station 
licensed to the community with which the sports event or team is 
identified, or, if the event or local team is not identified with any 
particular community, the nearest community to which a television 
station is licensed.
    (b) Notification of the programming to be deleted pursuant to this 
section shall include the following information:
    (1) As to programming to be deleted from television broadcast 
signals regularly carried by the community unit:
    (i) The name and address of the party requesting the program 
deletion;
    (ii) The date, time and expected duration of the sports event the 
television broadcast of which is to be deleted;
    (iii) The call letters of the television broadcast station(s) from 
which the deletion is to be made.
    (2) As to programming to be deleted from television broadcast 
signals not regularly carried by the community unit:
    (i) The name and address of the party requesting the program 
deletion;
    (ii) The date, time and expected duration of the sports event the 
television broadcast of which is to be deleted.
    (c) Notifications given pursuant to this section must be received, 
as to regularly scheduled events, no later than the Monday preceding the 
calendar week (Sunday through Saturday) during which the program 
deletion is to be made. Notifications as to events not regularly 
scheduled and revisions of notices previously submitted, must be 
received within twenty-four (24) hours after the time of the telecast to 
be deleted is known, but in any event no later than twenty-four (24) 
hours from the time the subject telecast is to take place.
    (d) Whenever, pursuant to this section, a community unit is required 
to delete a television program on a signal regularly carried by the 
community unit, such community unit may, consistent with the rules 
contained in subpart F of this part, substitute a program from any other 
television broadcast station. A program substituted may be carried to 
its completion, and the community unit need not return to its regularly 
carried signal until it can do so without interrupting a program already 
in progress.
    (e) The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to require 
the deletion of any portion of a television signal which a community 
unit was lawfully carrying prior to March 31, 1972.

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    (f) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any community 
unit having fewer than 1,000 subscribers.



Sec.  76.120  Network non-duplication protection, syndicated exclusivity 
and sports blackout rules for satellite carriers: Definitions.

    For purposes of Sec. Sec.  76.122-76.130, the following definitions 
apply:
    (a) Satellite carrier. The term ``satellite carrier'' means an 
entity that uses the facilities of a satellite or satellite service 
licensed by the Federal Communications Commission and operates in the 
Fixed-Satellite Service under part 25 of title 47 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations or the Direct Broadcast Satellite Service under part 100 of 
title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations, to establish and operate a 
channel of communications for point-to-multipoint distribution of 
television station signals, and that owns or leases a capacity or 
service on a satellite in order to provide such point-to-multipoint 
distribution, except to the extent that such entity provides such 
distribution pursuant to tariff under the Communications Act of 1934, 
other than for private home viewing.
    (b) Nationally distributed superstation. The term ``nationally 
distributed superstation'' means a television broadcast station, 
licensed by the Commission, that--
    (1) Is not owned or operated by or affiliated with a television 
network that, as of January 1, 1995, offered interconnected program 
service on a regular basis for 15 or more hours per week to at least 25 
affiliated television licensees in 10 or more States;
    (2) On May 1, 1991, was retransmitted by a satellite carrier and was 
not a network station at that time; and
    (3) Was, as of July 1, 1998, retransmitted by a satellite carrier 
under the statutory license of Section 119 of title 17, United States 
Code.
    (c) Television network. The term ``television network'' means a 
television network in the United States which offers an interconnected 
program service on a regular basis for 15 or more hours per week to at 
least 25 affiliated broadcast stations in 10 or more States.
    (d) Network station. The term ``network station'' means--
    (1) A television broadcast station, including any translator station 
or terrestrial satellite station that rebroadcasts all or substantially 
all of the programming broadcast by a network station, that is owned or 
operated by, or affiliated with, one or more of the television networks 
in the United States which offer an interconnected program service on a 
regular basis for 15 or more hours per week to at least 25 of its 
affiliated television licensees in 10 or more States; or
    (2) A noncommercial educational broadcast station (as defined in 
Section 397 of the Communications Act of 1934); except that the term 
does not include the signal of the Alaska Rural Communications Service, 
or any successor entity to that service.
    (e) Zone of protection. The term ``zone of protection'' means--
    (1) With respect to network non-duplication, the zone of protection 
within which the television station is entitled to enforce network non-
duplication protection shall be that geographic area agreed upon between 
the network and the television station. In no event shall such rights 
exceed the area within which the television station may acquire 
broadcast territorial exclusivity rights as defined in Sec.  73.658(m) 
of this Chapter, except that small market television stations shall be 
entitled to a secondary protection zone of 32.2 additional kilometers 
(20 additional miles). To the extent rights are obtained for any 
hyphenated market named in Sec.  76.51, such rights shall not exceed 
those permitted under Sec.  73.658(m) of this Chapter for each named 
community in that market.
    (2) With respect to each syndicated program, the zone of protection 
within which the television station is entitled to enforce syndicated 
exclusivity rights shall be that geographic area agreed upon between the 
non-network program supplier, producer or distributor and the television 
station. In no event shall such zone exceed the area within which the 
television station has acquired broadcast territorial exclusivity rights 
as defined in Sec.  73.658(m) of this Chapter. To the extent rights are 
obtained for any hyphenated market named in Sec.  76.51, such rights 
shall not exceed those permitted

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under Sec.  73.658(m) of this chapter for each named community in that 
market.
    (3) With respect to sports blackout, the zone of protection is the 
``specified zone'' of a television broadcast station, as defined in 
Sec.  76.5(e). If there is no television station licensed to the 
community in which the sports event is taking place, the applicable 
specified zone shall be that of the television station licensed to the 
community with which the sports event or team is identified, or, if the 
event or local team is not identified with any particular community, the 
nearest community to which a television station is licensed.



Sec.  76.122  Satellite network non-duplication.

    (a) Upon receiving notification pursuant to paragraph (c) of this 
section, a satellite carrier shall not deliver, to subscribers within 
zip code areas located in whole or in part within the zone of protection 
of a commercial television station licensed by the Commission, a program 
carried on a nationally distributed superstation when the network non-
duplication rights to such program are held by the commercial television 
station providing notice, except as provided in paragraphs (j), (k) or 
(l) of this section.
    (b) Television broadcast station licensees shall be entitled to 
exercise non-duplication rights pursuant to Sec.  76.122 in accordance 
with the contractual provisions of the network-affiliate agreement, and 
as provided in Sec.  76.124.
    (c) In order to exercise non-duplication rights pursuant to Sec.  
76.122, television stations shall notify each satellite carrier of the 
non-duplication sought in accordance with the requirements of this 
section. Non-duplication protection notices shall include the following 
information:
    (1) The name and address of the party requesting non-duplication 
protection and the television broadcast station holding the non-
duplication right;
    (2) Where the agreement between network and affiliate so identifies, 
the name of the program or series (including specific episodes where 
necessary) for which protection is sought;
    (3) The dates on which protection is to begin and end;
    (4) The name of the network (or networks) which has (or have) 
extended non-duplication protection to the broadcaster;
    (5) The time periods by time of day (local time) and by network (if 
more than one) for each day of the week that the broadcaster will be 
broadcasting programs from that network (or networks) and for which non-
duplication protection is requested;
    (6) The duration and extent (e.g., simultaneous, same-day, seven-
day, etc.) of the non-duplication protection which has been agreed upon 
by the network (or networks) and the broadcaster; and
    (7) A list of the U.S. postal zip code(s) that encompass the zone of 
protection under these rules.
    (d) Broadcasters entering into contracts providing for network non-
duplication protection shall notify affected satellite carriers within 
60 calendar days of the signing of such a contract; provided, however, 
that for such contracts signed before November 29, 2000, the broadcaster 
may provide notice on or before January 31, 2001, or with respect to 
pre-November 29, 2000 contracts that require amendment in order to 
invoke the provisions of these rules, notification may be given within 
sixty calendar days of the signing of such amendment.
    (e) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a broadcaster 
shall be entitled to non-duplication protection beginning on the later 
of:
    (1) The date specified in its notice to the satellite carrier; or
    (2) The first day of the calendar week (Sunday through Saturday) 
that begins 60 days after the satellite carrier receives notice from the 
broadcaster; Provided, however, that with respect to notifications given 
pursuant to this section prior to June 1, 2001, a satellite carrier is 
not required to provide non-duplication protection until 120 days after 
the satellite carrier receives such notification.
    (f) A broadcaster shall provide the following information to the 
satellite carrier under the following circumstances:

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    (1) In the event the protection specified in the notices described 
in paragraph (c) of this section has been limited or ended prior to the 
time specified in the notice, or in the event a time period, as 
identified to the satellite carrier in a notice pursuant to paragraph 
(c) of this section, for which a broadcaster has obtained protection is 
shifted to another time of day or another day (but not expanded), the 
broadcaster shall, as soon as possible, inform each satellite carrier 
that has previously received the notice of all changes from the original 
notice. Notice to be furnished ``as soon as possible'' under this 
paragraph shall be furnished by telephone, telegraph, facsimile, e-mail, 
overnight mail or other similar expedient means.
    (2) In the event the protection specified in the notices described 
in paragraph (c) of this section has been expanded, the broadcaster 
shall, at least 60 calendar days prior to broadcast of a protected 
program entitled to such expanded protection, notify each satellite 
carrier that has previously received notice of all changes from the 
original notice.
    (g) In determining which programs must be deleted from a television 
signal, a satellite carrier may rely on information from newspapers or 
magazines of general circulation, the broadcaster requesting exclusivity 
protection, or the nationally distributed superstation.
    (h) If a satellite carrier asks a nationally distributed 
superstation for information about its program schedule, the nationally 
distributed superstation shall answer the request:
    (i) Within ten business days following its receipt of the request; 
or
    (ii) Sixty days before the program or programs mentioned in the 
request for information will be broadcast, whichever comes later.
    (i) A broadcaster exercising exclusivity pursuant to this section 
shall provide to the satellite carrier, upon request, an exact copy of 
those portions of the contracts, such portions to be signed by both the 
network and the broadcaster, setting forth in full the provisions 
pertinent to the duration, nature, and extent of the non-duplication 
terms concerning broadcast signal exhibition to which the parties have 
agreed.
    (j) A satellite carrier is not required to delete the duplicating 
programming of any nationally distributed superstation that is carried 
by the satellite carrier as a local station with the station's 
retransmission consent pursuant to Sec.  76.64
    (i) Within the station's local market;
    (ii) If the station is ``significantly viewed,'' pursuant to Sec.  
76.54, in zip code areas included within the zone of protection; or
    (iii) If the zone of protection falls, in whole or in part, within 
that signal's grade B contour.
    (k) A satellite carrier is not required to delete the duplicating 
programming of any nationally distributed superstation from an 
individual subscriber who is located outside the zone of protection, 
notwithstanding that the subscriber lives within a zip code provided by 
the broadcaster pursuant to paragraph (c) of this section.
    (l) A satellite carrier is not required to delete programming if it 
has fewer than 1,000 subscribers within the relevant protected zone who 
subscribe to the nationally distributed superstation carrying the 
programming for which deletion is requested pursuant to paragraph (c) of 
this section.

[65 FR 68101, Nov. 14, 2000, as amended at 67 FR 68951, Nov. 14, 2002]



Sec.  76.123  Satellite syndicated program exclusivity.

    (a) Upon receiving notification pursuant to paragraph (d) of this 
section, a satellite carrier shall not deliver, to subscribers located 
within zip code areas in whole or in part within the zone of protection 
of a commercial television station licensed by the Commission, a program 
carried on a nationally distributed superstation when the syndicated 
program exclusivity rights to such program are held by the commercial 
television station providing notice, except as provided in paragraphs 
(k), (l) and (m) of this section.

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    (b) Television broadcast station licensees shall be entitled to 
exercise exclusivity rights pursuant to this Section in accordance with 
the contractual provisions of their syndicated program license 
agreements, consistent with Sec.  76.124.
    (c) Distributors of syndicated programming shall be entitled to 
exercise exclusive rights pursuant to this Section for a period of one 
year from the initial broadcast syndication licensing of such 
programming anywhere in the United States; provided, however, that 
distributors shall not be entitled to exercise such rights in areas in 
which the programming has already been licensed.
    (d) In order to exercise exclusivity rights pursuant to this 
Section, distributors of syndicated programming or television broadcast 
stations shall notify each satellite carrier of the exclusivity sought 
in accordance with the requirements of this paragraph. Syndicated 
program exclusivity notices shall include the following information:
    (1) The name and address of the party requesting exclusivity and the 
television broadcast station or other party holding the exclusive right;
    (2)The name of the program or series (including specific episodes 
where necessary) for which exclusivity is sought;
    (3)The dates on which exclusivity is to begin and end; and
    (4) A list of the U.S. postal zip code(s) that encompass the zone of 
protection under these rules.
    (e) A distributor or television station exercising exclusivity 
pursuant to this Section shall provide to the satellite carrier, upon 
request, an exact copy of those portions of the exclusivity contracts, 
such portions to be signed by both the distributor and the television 
station, setting forth in full the provisions pertinent to the duration, 
nature, and extent of the exclusivity terms concerning broadcast signal 
exhibition to which the parties have agreed.
    (f) Television broadcast stations or distributors entering into 
contracts on or after November 29, 2000, which contain syndicated 
exclusivity protection with respect to satellite retransmission of 
programming, shall notify affected satellite carriers within sixty 
calendar days of the signing of such a contract. Television broadcast 
stations or distributors who have entered into contracts prior to 
November 29, 2000, and who comply with the requirements specified in 
Sec.  76.124 shall notify affected satellite carriers on or before 
January 31, 2001; provided, however, that with respect to pre-November 
29, 2000 contracts that require amendment in order to invoke the 
provisions of these rules, notification may be given within sixty 
calendar days of the signing of such amendment.
    (g) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a television 
broadcast station shall be entitled to exclusivity protection beginning 
on the later of:
    (1) The date specified in its notice to the satellite carrier; or
    (2) The first day of the calendar week (Sunday through Saturday) 
that begins 60 days after the satellite carrier receives notice from the 
broadcaster.
    Provided, however, that with respect to notifications given pursuant 
to this section prior to June 1, 2001, a satellite carrier is not 
required to provide syndicated exclusivity protection until 120 days 
after the satellite carrier receives such notification.
    (h) In determining which programs must be deleted from a television 
broadcast signal, a satellite carrier may rely on information from the 
distributor or television broadcast station requesting exclusivity; 
newspapers or magazines of general circulation; or the nationally 
distributed superstation whose programs may be subject to deletion.
    (i) If a satellite carrier asks a nationally distributed 
superstation for information about its program schedule, the nationally 
distributed superstation shall answer the request:
    (1) Within ten business days following the its receipt of the 
request; or
    (2) Sixty days before the program or programs mentioned in the 
request for information will be broadcast; whichever comes later.
    (j) In the event the exclusivity specified in paragraph (a) of this 
section has been limited or has ended prior to the time specified in the 
notice, the distributor or broadcaster who has supplied the original 
notice shall, as soon

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as possible, inform each satellite carrier that has previously received 
the notice of all changes from the original notice. In the event the 
original notice specified contingent dates on which exclusivity is to 
begin and/or end, the distributor or broadcaster shall, as soon as 
possible, notify the satellite carrier of the occurrence of the relevant 
contingency. Notice to be furnished ``as soon as possible'' under this 
Subsection shall be furnished by telephone, telegraph, facsimile, e-
mail, overnight mail or other similar expedient means.
    (k) A satellite carrier is not required to delete the programming of 
any nationally distributed superstation that is carried by the satellite 
carrier as a local station with the station's retransmission consent 
pursuant to Sec.  76.64:
    (1) Within the station's local market;
    (2) If the station is ``significantly viewed,'' pursuant to Sec.  
76.54, in zip code areas included within the zone of protection; or
    (3) If the zone of protection falls, in whole or in part, within 
that signal's grade B contour.
    (l) A satellite carrier is not required to delete the duplicating 
programming of any nationally distributed superstation from an 
individual subscriber who is located outside the zone of protection, 
notwithstanding that the subscriber lives within a zip code provided by 
the broadcaster pursuant to paragraph (d) of this section.
    (m) A satellite carrier is not required to delete programming if it 
has fewer than 1,000 subscribers within the relevant protected zone who 
subscribe to the nationally distributed superstation carrying the 
programming for which deletion is requested pursuant to paragraph (d) of 
this section.



Sec.  76.124  Requirements for invocation of protection.

    For a television broadcast station licensee or distributor of 
syndicated programming to be eligible to invoke the provisions of Sec.  
76.122 or Sec.  76.123 of this subpart, it must have a contract or other 
written indicia that it holds network program non-duplication or 
syndicated exclusivity rights for the exhibition of the program in 
question. Contracts entered on or after November 29, 2000, must contain 
the following words: ``the licensee [or substitute name] shall, by the 
terms of this contract, be entitled to invoke the protection against 
duplication of programming imported under the Statutory Copyright 
License, as provided in Sec.  76.122 or Sec.  76.123 of the FCC rules 
[or 'as provided in the FCC's satellite network non-duplication or 
syndicated exclusivity rules'].'' Contracts entered into prior to 
November 29, 2000, must contain the foregoing language plus a clear and 
specific reference to the licensee's authority to exercise exclusivity 
rights as to the specific programming against signal carriage by the 
satellite carrier in question, or by satellite carriage in general in a 
protected, geographic or specified zone. In the absence of such a 
specific reference in contracts entered into prior to November 29, 2000, 
the provisions of these rules may be invoked only if the contract is 
amended to include the specific language referenced in this section or a 
specific written acknowledgment is obtained from the party from whom the 
broadcast exhibition rights were obtained that the existing contract was 
intended, or should now be construed by agreement of the parties, to 
include such rights. A general acknowledgment by a supplier of 
exhibition rights that specific contract language was intended to convey 
rights under these rules will be accepted with respect to all contracts 
containing that specific language. Nothing in this section shall be 
construed as a grant of exclusive rights to a broadcaster where such 
rights are not agreed to by the parties.



Sec.  76.125  Indemnification contracts.

    No television broadcast station licensee shall enter into any 
contract to indemnify a satellite carrier for liability resulting from 
failure to delete programming in accordance with the provisions of this 
Subpart unless the licensee has a reasonable basis for concluding that 
such program deletion is not required by this Subpart.



Sec.  76.127  Satellite sports blackout.

    (a) Upon the request of the holder of the broadcast rights to a 
sports event, or its agent, no satellite carrier shall retransmit to 
subscribers within the

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area comprising the specified zone a ``nationally distributed 
superstation'' or ``network station'' carrying the live television 
broadcast of a sports event if the event is not available live on a 
television broadcast station meeting the criteria specified in Sec.  
76.128. For purposes of this section, if there is no television station 
licensed to the community in which the sports event is taking place, the 
applicable specified zone shall be that of the television station 
licensed to the community with which the sports event or team is 
identified, or, if the event or local team is not identified with any 
particular community, the nearest community to which a television 
station is licensed.
    (b) Notification of the programming to be deleted pursuant to this 
Section shall include the following information:
    (1) The name and address of the party requesting the program 
deletion;
    (2) The date, time and expected duration of the sports event the 
television broadcast of which is to be deleted;
    (3) The call letters of the nationally distributed superstation or 
network station(s) from which the deletion is to be made;
    (4) The U.S. postal zip codes that encompass the specified zone.
    (c) Notifications given pursuant to this section must be received by 
the satellite carrier:
    (1) With respect to regularly scheduled events, within forty-eight 
(48) hours after the time of the telecast to be deleted is known; or, 
for events that comprise a season or pre-season period, fifteen (15) 
days prior to the first event of the season or pre-season, respectively; 
and no later than the Monday preceding the calendar week (Sunday-
Saturday) during which the program deletion is to be made.
    (2) As to events not regularly scheduled and revisions of notices 
previously submitted, within twenty-four (24) hours after the time of 
the telecast to be deleted is known, but in any event no later than 
twenty-four (24) hours from the time the subject telecast is to take 
place.
    (d) A satellite carrier is not required to delete a sports event 
from an individual subscriber who is located outside the specified zone, 
notwithstanding that the subscriber lives within a zip code provided by 
the holder of the broadcast rights pursuant to paragraph (b) of this 
section.
    (e) A satellite carrier is not required to delete a sports event if 
it has fewer than 1,000 subscribers within the relevant specified zone 
who subscribe to the nationally distributed superstation or network 
station carrying the sports event for which deletion is requested 
pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section.
    (f) Notwithstanding paragraph (c) of this section, for sports events 
to be deleted on or before March 31, 2001, notification must be received 
by satellite carriers at least 60 full days prior to the day the 
telecast is to be deleted.

[65 FR 68101, Nov. 14, 2000, as amended at 68 FR 14341, Mar. 25, 2003]



Sec.  76.128  Application of sports blackout rules.

    The cable and satellite sports blackout rules (Sec. Sec.  76.111 and 
76.127) may apply when the sports event is not available live on any of 
the following television broadcast stations carried by a cable system or 
other MVPD:
    (a) Television broadcast stations within whose specified zone the 
community of the community unit or the community within which the 
sporting event is taking place is located, in whole or in part;
    (b) For communities in television markets other than major markets 
as defined in Sec.  76.51, television broadcast stations within whose 
Grade B contours the community of the community unit or the community 
within which the sporting event is taking place is located, in whole or 
in part;
    (c) Television broadcast stations licensed to other designated 
communities which are generally considered to be part of the same 
television market (Example: Burlington, Vt.-Plattsburgh, N.Y. or 
Cincinnati, Ohio-Newport, Ky., television markets);
    (d) Television broadcast stations that are significantly viewed, 
pursuant to Sec.  76.54, in the community unit or community within the 
specified zone.

[65 FR 68101, Nov. 14, 2000, as amended at 67 FR 68951, Nov. 14, 2002]

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Sec.  76.130  Substitutions.

    Whenever, pursuant to the requirements of the network program non-
duplication, syndicated program exclusivity, or sports blackout rules, a 
satellite carrier is required to delete a television program from 
retransmission to satellite subscribers within a zip code area, such 
satellite carrier may, consistent with this Subpart, substitute a 
program from any other television broadcast station for which the 
satellite carrier has obtained the necessary legal rights and 
permissions, including but not limited to copyright and retransmission 
consent. Programs substituted pursuant to this section may be carried to 
their completion.



                         Subpart G_Cablecasting



Sec.  76.205  Origination cablecasts by legally qualified candidates for 
public office; equal opportunities.

    (a) General requirements. No cable television system is required to 
permit the use of its facilities by any legally qualified candidate for 
public office, but if any system shall permit any such candidate to use 
its facilities, it shall afford equal opportunities to all other 
candidates for that office to use such facilities. Such system shall 
have no power of censorship over the material broadcast by any such 
candidate. Appearance by a legally qualified candidate on any:
    (1) Bona fide newscast;
    (2) Bona fide news interview;
    (3) Bona fide news documentary (if the appearance of the candidate 
is incidental to the presentation of the subject or subjects covered by 
the news documentary); or
    (4) On-the-spot coverage of bona fide news events (including, but 
not limited to political conventions and activities incidental thereto) 
shall not be deemed to be use of a system. (section 315(a) of the 
Communications Act.)
    (b) Uses. As used in this section and Sec.  76.206, the term ``use'' 
means a candidate appearance (including by voice or picture) that is not 
exempt under paragraphs 76.205 (a)(1) through (a)(4) of this section.
    (c) Timing of request. A request for equal opportunities must be 
submitted to the system within 1 week of the day on which the first 
prior use giving rise to the right of equal opportunities occurred: 
Provided, however, That where the person was not a candidate at the time 
of such first prior use, he or she shall submit his or her request 
within 1 week of the first subsequent use after he or she has become a 
legally qualified candidate for the office in question.
    (d) Burden of proof. A candidate requesting equal opportunities of 
the system or complaining of noncompliance to the Commission shall have 
the burden of proving that he or she and his or her opponent are legally 
qualified candidates for the same public office.
    (e) Discrimination between candidates. In making time available to 
candidates for public office, no system shall make any discrimination 
between candidates in practices, regulations, facilities, or services 
for or in connection with the service rendered pursuant to this part, or 
make or give any preference to any candidate for public office or 
subject any such candidate to any prejudice or disadvantage; nor shall 
any system make any contract or other agreement which shall have the 
effect of permitting any legally qualified candidate for any public 
office to cablecast to the exclusion of other legally qualified 
candidates for the same public office.

[57 FR 210, Jan. 3, 1992, as amended at 59 FR 14568, Mar. 29, 1994]



Sec.  76.206  Candidate rates.

    (a) Charges for use of cable television systems. The charges, if 
any, made for the use of any system by any person who is a legally 
qualified candidate for any public office in connection with his or her 
campaign for nomination for election, or election, to such office shall 
not exceed:
    (1) During the 45 days preceding the date of a primary or primary 
runoff election and during the 60 days preceding the date of a general 
or special election in which such person is a candidate, the lowest unit 
charge of the system for the same class and amount of time for the same 
period.
    (i) A candidate shall be charged no more per unit than the system 
charges its most favored commercial advertisers for the same classes and 
amounts

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of time for the same periods. Any system practices offered to commercial 
advertisers that enhance the value of advertising spots must be 
disclosed and made available to candidates upon equal terms. Such 
practices include but are not limited to any discount privileges that 
affect the value of advertising, such as bonus spots, time-sensitive 
make goods, preemption priorities, or any other factors that enhance the 
value of the announcement.
    (ii) The Commission recognizes non-preemptible, preemptible with 
notice, immediately preemptible and run-of-schedule as distinct classes 
of time.
    (iii) Systems may establish and define their own reasonable classes 
of immediately preemptible time so long as the differences between such 
classes are based on one or more demonstrable benefits associated with 
each class and are not based solely upon price or identity of the 
advertiser. Such demonstrable benefits include, but are not limited to, 
varying levels of preemption protection, scheduling flexibility, or 
associated privileges, such as guaranteed time-sensitive make goods. 
Systems may not use class distinctions to defeat the purpose of the 
lowest unit charge requirement. All classes must be fully disclosed and 
made available to candidates.
    (iv) Systems may establish reasonable classes of preemptible with 
notice time so long as they clearly define all such classes, fully 
disclose them and make them available to candidates.
    (v) Systems may treat non-preemptible and fixed position as distinct 
classes of time provided that systems articulate clearly the differences 
between such classes, fully disclose them, and make them available to 
candidates.
    (vi) Systems shall not establish a separate, premium-priced class of 
time sold only to candidates. Systems may sell higher-priced non-
preemptible or fixed time to candidates if such a class of time is made 
available on a bona fide basis to both candidates and commercial 
advertisers, and provided such class is not functionally equivalent to 
any lower-priced class of time sold to commercial advertisers.
    (vii) [Reserved]
    (viii) Lowest unit charge may be calculated on a weekly basis with 
respect to time that is sold on a weekly basis, such as rotations 
through particular programs or dayparts. Systems electing to calculate 
the lowest unit charge by such a method must include in that calculation 
all rates for all announcements scheduled in the rotation, including 
announcements aired under long-term advertising contracts. Systems may 
implement rate increases during election periods only to the extent that 
such increases constitute ``ordinary business practices,'' such as 
seasonal program changes or changes in audience ratings.
    (ix) Systems shall review their advertising records periodically 
throughout the election period to determine whether compliance with this 
section requires that candidates receive rebates or credits. Where 
necessary, systems shall issue such rebates or credits promptly.
    (x) Unit rates charged as part of any package, whether individually 
negotiated or generally available to all advertisers, must be included 
in the lowest unit charge calculation for the same class and length of 
time in the same time period. A candidate cannot be required to purchase 
advertising in every program or daypart in a package as a condition for 
obtaining package unit rates.
    (xi) Systems are not required to include non-cash promotional 
merchandising incentives in lowest unit charge calculations; provided, 
however, that all such incentives must be offered to candidates as part 
of any purchases permitted by the system. Bonus spots, however, must be 
included in the calculation of the lowest unit charge calculation.
    (xii) Make goods, defined as the rescheduling of preempted 
advertising, shall be provided to candidates prior to election day if a 
system has provided a time-sensitive make good during the year preceding 
the pre-election periods, respectively set forth in paragraph (a)(1) of 
this section, to any commercial advertiser who purchased time in the 
same class.
    (xiii) Systems must disclose and make available to candidates any

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make good policies provided to commercial advertisers. If a system 
places a make good for any commercial advertiser or other candidate in a 
more valuable program or daypart, the value of such make good must be 
included in the calculation of the lowest unit charge for that program 
or daypart.
    (2) At any time other than the respective periods set forth in 
paragraph (a)(1) of this section, systems may charge legally qualified 
candidates for public office no more than the charges made for 
comparable use of the system by commercial advertisers. The rates, if 
any, charged all such candidates for the same office shall be uniform 
and shall not be rebated by any means, direct or indirect. A candidate 
shall be charged no more than the rate the system would charge for 
comparable commercial advertising. All discount privileges otherwise 
offered by a system to commercial advertisers must be disclosed and made 
available upon equal terms to all candidates for public office.
    (b) If a system permits a candidate to use its cablecast facilities, 
the system shall make all discount privileges offered to commercial 
advertisers, including the lowest unit charges for each class and length 
of time in the same time period and all corresponding discount 
privileges, available on equal terms to all candidates. This duty 
includes an affirmative duty to disclose to candidates information about 
rates, terms, conditions and all value-enhancing discount privileges 
offered to commercial advertisers, as provided in Sec.  76.1611. Systems 
may use reasonable discretion in making the disclosure; provided, 
however, that the disclosure includes, at a minimum, the following 
information:
    (1) A description and definition of each class of time available to 
commercial advertisers sufficiently complete enough to allow candidates 
to identify and understand what specific attributes differentiate each 
class;
    (2) A description of the lowest unit charge and related privileges 
(such as priorities against preemption and make goods prior to specific 
deadlines) for each class of time offered to commercial advertisers;
    (3) A description of the system's method of selling preemptible time 
based upon advertiser demand, commonly known as the ``current selling 
level,'' with the stipulation that candidates will be able to purchase 
at these demand-generated rates in the same manner as commercial 
advertisers;
    (4) An approximation of the likelihood of preemption for each kind 
of preemptible time; and
    (5) An explanation of the system's sales practices, if any, that are 
based on audience delivery, with the stipulation that candidates will be 
able to purchase this kind of time, if available to commercial 
advertisers.
    (c) Once disclosure is made, systems shall negotiate in good faith 
to actually sell time to candidates in accordance with the disclosure.

[57 FR 210, Jan. 3, 1992, as amended at 57 FR 27709, June 22, 1992; 65 
FR 53615, Sept. 5, 2000]



Sec.  76.209  Fairness doctrine; personal attacks; political editorials.

    A cable television system operator engaging in origination 
cablecasting shall afford reasonable opportunity for the discussion of 
conflicting views on issues of public importance.

    Note to Sec.  76.209: See public notice, ``Applicability of the 
Fairness Doctrine in the Handling of Controversial Issues of Public 
Importance,'' 29 FR 10415.

[65 FR 66644, Nov. 7, 2000]



Sec.  76.213  Lotteries.

    (a) No cable television system operator, except as in paragraph (c), 
when engaged in origination cablecasting shall transmit or permit to be 
transmitted on the origination cablecasting channel or channels any 
advertisement of or information concerning any lottery, gift, 
enterprise, or similar scheme, offering prizes dependent in whole or in 
part upon lot or chance, or any list of prizes drawn or awarded by means 
of any such lottery, gift enterprise, or scheme, whether said list 
contains any part or all of such prizes.
    (b) The determination whether a particular program comes within the 
provisions of paragraph (a) of this section depends on the facts of each 
case. However, the Commission will in any event

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consider that a program comes within the provisions of paragraph (a) of 
this section if in connection with such program a prize consisting of 
money or thing of value is awarded to any person whose selection is 
dependent in whole or in part upon lot or chance, if as a condition of 
winning or competing for such prize, such winner or winners are required 
to furnish any money or thing of value or are required to have in their 
possession any product sold, manufactured, furnished, or distributed by 
a sponsor of a program cablecast on the system in question.
    (c) The provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section shall 
not apply to advertisements or lists of prizes or information 
concerning:
    (1) A lottery conducted by a State acting under authority of State 
law which is transmitted:
    (i) By a cable system located in that State;
    (ii) By a cable system located in another State which conducts such 
a lottery; or
    (iii) By a cable system located in another State which is integrated 
with a cable system described in paragraphs (c)(1)(i) or (c)(1)(ii) of 
this section, if termination of the receipt of such transmission by the 
cable systems in such other State would be technically infeasible.
    (2) Any gaming conducted by an Indian Tribe pursuant to the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act. (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.).
    (3) A lottery, gift enterprise or similar scheme, other than one 
described in paragraph (c)(1) of this section, that is authorized or not 
otherwise prohibited by the State in which it is conducted and which is:
    (i) Conducted by a not-for-profit organization or a governmental 
organization; or
    (ii) Conducted as a promotional activity by a commercial 
organization and is clearly occasional and ancillary to the primary 
business of that organization.
    (d) For the purposes of paragraph (c) lottery means the pooling of 
proceeds derived from the sale of tickets or chances and allotting those 
proceeds or parts thereof by chance to one or more chance takers or 
ticket purchasers. It does not include the placing or accepting of bets 
or wagers on sporting events or contests.
    (e) For purposes of paragraph (c)(3)(i) of this section, the term 
``not-for-profit organization'' means any organization that would 
qualify as tax exempt under section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986.

[37 FR 3278, Feb. 12, 1972, as amended at 40 FR 6210, Feb. 10, 1975; 42 
FR 13947, Apr. 13, 1977; 54 FR 20856, May 15, 1989; 55 FR 18888, May 7, 
1990]



Sec.  76.225  Commercial limits in children's programs.

    (a) No cable operator shall air more than 10.5 minutes of commercial 
matter per hour during children's programming on weekends, or more than 
12 minutes of commercial matter per hour on weekdays.
    (b) This rule shall not apply to programs aired on a broadcast 
television channel which the cable operator passively carries, or to 
access channels over which the cable operator may not exercise editorial 
control, pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 531(e) and 532(c)(2).

    Note 1 to Sec.  76.225: Commercial matter means air time sold for 
purposes of selling a product or service.
    Note 2 to Sec.  76.225: For purposes of this section, children's 
programming refers to programs originally produced and broadcast 
primarily for an audience of children 12 years old and younger.
    Note 3 to Sec.  76.225: Section 76.1703 contains recordkeeping 
requirements for cable operators with regard to children's programming.

[56 FR 19616, Apr. 29, 1991, as amended at 65 FR 53615, Sept. 5, 2000]



Sec.  76.227  [Resserved]



                Subpart H_General Operating Requirements



Sec.  76.309  Customer service obligations.

    (a) A cable franchise authority may enforce the customer service 
standards set forth in paragraph (c) of this section against cable 
operators. The franchise authority must provide affected cable operators 
ninety (90) days written notice of its intent to enforce the standards.
    (b) Nothing in this rule should be construed to prevent or prohibit:

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    (1) A franchising authority and a cable operator from agreeing to 
customer service requirements that exceed the standards set forth in 
paragraph (c) of this section;
    (2) A franchising authority from enforcing, through the end of the 
franchise term, pre-existing customer service requirements that exceed 
the standards set forth in paragraph (c) of this section and are 
contained in current franchise agreements;
    (3) Any State or any franchising authority from enacting or 
enforcing any consumer protection law, to the extent not specifically 
preempted herein; or
    (4) The establishment or enforcement of any State or municipal law 
or regulation concerning customer service that imposes customer service 
requirements that exceed, or address matters not addressed by the 
standards set forth in paragraph (c) of this section.
    (c) Effective July 1, 1993, a cable operator shall be subject to the 
following customer service standards:
    (1) Cable system office hours and telephone availability--
    (i) The cable operator will maintain a local, toll-free or collect 
call telephone access line which will be available to its subscribers 24 
hours a day, seven days a week.
    (A) Trained company representatives will be available to respond to 
customer telephone inquiries during normal business hours.
    (B) After normal business hours, the access line may be answered by 
a service or an automated response system, including an answering 
machine. Inquiries received after normal business hours must be 
responded to by a trained company representative on the next business 
day.
    (ii) Under normal operating conditions, telephone answer time by a 
customer representative, including wait time, shall not exceed thirty 
(30) seconds when the connection is made. If the call needs to be 
transferred, transfer time shall not exceed thirty (30) seconds. These 
standards shall be met no less than ninety (90) percent of the time 
under normal operating conditions, measured on a quarterly basis.
    (iii) The operator will not be required to acquire equipment or 
perform surveys to measure compliance with the telephone answering 
standards above unless an historical record of complaints indicates a 
clear failure to comply.
    (iv) Under normal operating conditions, the customer will receive a 
busy signal less than three (3) percent of the time.
    (v) Customer service center and bill payment locations will be open 
at least during normal business hours and will be conveniently located.
    (2) Installations, outages and service calls. Under normal operating 
conditions, each of the following four standards will be met no less 
than ninety five (95) percent of the time measured on a quarterly basis:
    (i) Standard installations will be performed within seven (7) 
business days after an order has been placed. ``Standard'' installations 
are those that are located up to 125 feet from the existing distribution 
system.
    (ii) Excluding conditions beyond the control of the operator, the 
cable operator will begin working on ``service interruptions'' promptly 
and in no event later than 24 hours after the interruption becomes 
known. The cable operator must begin actions to correct other service 
problems the next business day after notification of the service 
problem.
    (iii) The ``appointment window'' alternatives for installations, 
service calls, and other installation activities will be either a 
specific time or, at maximum, a four-hour time block during normal 
business hours. (The operator may schedule service calls and other 
installation activities outside of normal business hours for the express 
convenience of the customer.)
    (iv) An operator may not cancel an appointment with a customer after 
the close of business on the business day prior to the scheduled 
appointment.
    (v) If a cable operator representative is running late for an 
appointment with a customer and will not be able to keep the appointment 
as scheduled, the customer will be contacted. The appointment will be 
rescheduled, as necessary, at a time which is convenient for the 
customer.
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    (i) Refunds--Refund checks will be issued promptly, but no later 
than either--
    (A) The customer's next billing cycle following resolution of the 
request or thirty (30) days, whichever is earlier, or
    (B) The return of the equipment supplied by the cable operator if 
service is terminated.
    (ii) Credits--Credits for service will be issued no later than the 
customer's next billing cycle following the determination that a credit 
is warranted.
    (4) Definitions--
    (i) Normal business hours--The term ``normal business hours'' means 
those hours during which most similar businesses in the community are 
open to serve customers. In all cases, ``normal business hours'' must 
include some evening hours at least one night per week and/or some 
weekend hours.
    (ii) Normal operating conditions--The term ``normal operating 
conditions'' means those service conditions which are within the control 
of the cable operator. Those conditions which are not within the control 
of the cable operator include, but are not limited to, natural 
disasters, civil disturbances, power outages, telephone network outages, 
and severe or unusual weather conditions. Those conditions which are 
ordinarily within the control of the cable operator include, but are not 
limited to, special promotions, pay-per-view events, rate increases, 
regular peak or seasonal demand periods, and maintenance or upgrade of 
the cable system.
    (iii) Service interruption--The term ``service interruption'' means 
the loss of picture or sound on one or more cable channels.

    Note to Sec.  76.309: Section 76.1602 contains notification 
requirements for cable operators with regard to operator obligations to 
subscribers and general information to be provided to customers 
regarding service. Section 76.1603 contains subscriber notification 
requirements governing rate and service changes. Section 76.1619 
contains notification requirements for cable operators with regard to 
subscriber bill information and operator response procedures pertaining 
to bill disputes.

[58 FR 21109, Apr. 19, 1993, as amended at 61 FR 18977, Apr. 30, 1996; 
65 FR 53615, Sept. 5, 2000; 67 FR 1650, Jan. 14, 2002]



                       Subpart I_Forms and Reports



Sec.  76.403  Cable television system reports.

    The operator of every operational cable television system that 
serves 20,000 or more subscribers shall file with the Commission a Form 
325 soliciting general information and frequency and signal distribution 
information on a Physical System Identification Number (``PSID'') basis. 
These forms shall be completed and filed with (returned to) the 
Commission within 60 days after the Commission notifies the operator 
that the form is due.

    Note: The Commission retains its authority to require Form 325 to be 
filed by a sampling of cable operators with less than 20,000 
subscribers.

[64 FR 28108, May 25, 1999, as amended at 68 FR 27003, May 19, 2003]

    Effective Date Note: At 68 FR 27003, May 19, 2003, Sec.  76.403 was 
amended by revising the second sentence. This sentence contains 
information collection and recordkeeping requirements and will not 
become effective until approval has been given by the Office of 
Management and Budget.



                  Subpart J_Ownership of Cable Systems



Sec.  76.501  Cross-ownership.

    (a)-(c) [Reserved]
    (d) No cable operator shall offer satellite master antenna 
television service (``SMATV''), as that service is defined in Sec.  
76.5(a)(2), separate and apart from any franchised cable service in any 
portion of the franchise area served by that cable operator's cable 
system, either directly or indirectly through an affiliate owned, 
operated, controlled, or under common control with the cable operator.
    (e)(1) A cable operator may directly or indirectly, through an 
affiliate owned, operated, controlled by, or under common control with 
the cable operator, offer SMATV service within its franchise area if the 
cable operator's SMATV system was owned, operated, controlled by or 
under common control with the cable operator as of October 5, 1992.
    (2) A cable operator may directly or indirectly, through an 
affiliate owned,

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operated, controlled by, or under common control with the cable 
operator, offer service within its franchise area through SMATV 
facilities, provided such service is offered in accordance with the 
terms and conditions of a cable franchise agreement.
    (f) The restrictions in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this section shall 
not apply to any cable operator in any franchise area in which a cable 
operator is subject to effective competition as determined under section 
623(l) of the Communications Act.

    Note 1 to Sec.  76.501: Actual working control, in whatever manner 
exercised, shall be deemed a cognizable interest.
    Note 2 to Sec.  76.501: In applying the provisions of this section, 
ownership and other interests in an entity or entities covered by this 
rule will be attributed to their holders and deemed cognizable pursuant 
to the following criteria:
    (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, partnership and direct 
ownership interests and any voting stock interest amounting to 5% or 
more of the outstanding voting stock of a corporation will be 
cognizable;
    (b) Investment companies, as defined in 15 U.S.C. 80a-3, insurance 
companies and banks holding stock through their trust departments in 
trust accounts will be considered to have a cognizable interest only if 
they hold 20% or more of the outstanding voting stock of a corporation, 
or if any of the officers or directors of the corporation are 
representatives of the investment company, insurance company or bank 
concerned. Holdings by a bank or insurance company will be aggregated if 
the bank or insurance company has any right to determine how the stock 
will be voted. Holdings by investment companies will be aggregated if 
under common management.
    (c) Attribution of ownership interests in an entity covered by this 
rule that are held indirectly by any party through one or more 
intervening corporations will be determined by successive multiplication 
of the ownership percentages for each link in the vertical ownership 
chain and application of the relevant attribution benchmark to the 
resulting product, except that wherever the ownership percentage for any 
link in the chain exceeds 50%, it shall not be included for purposes of 
this multiplication. [For example, if A owns 10% of company X, which 
owns 60% of company Y, which owns 25% of ``Licensee,'' then X's interest 
in ``Licensee'' would be 25% (the same as Y's interest since X's 
interest in Y exceeds 50%), and A's interest in ``Licensee'' would be 
2.5% (0.1 x 0.25). Under the 5% attribution benchmark, X's interest in 
``Licensee'' would be cognizable, while A's interest would not be 
cognizable.]
    (d) Voting stock interests held in trust shall be attributed to any 
person who holds or shares the power to vote such stock, to any person 
who has the sole power to sell such stock, and to any person who has the 
right to revoke the trust at will or to replace the trustee at will. If 
the trustee has a familial, personal or extra-trust business 
relationship to the grantor or the beneficiary, the grantor or 
beneficiary, as appropriate, will be attributed with the stock interests 
held in trust. An otherwise qualified trust will be ineffective to 
insulate the grantor or beneficiary from attribution with the trust's 
assets unless all voting stock interests held by the grantor or 
beneficiary in the relevant entity covered by this rule are subject to 
said trust.
    (e) Subject to paragraph (i) of this Note, holders of non-voting 
stock shall not be attributed an interest in the issuing entity. Subject 
to paragraph (i) of this Note, holders of debt and instruments such as 
warrants, convertible debentures, options or other non-voting interests 
with rights of conversion to voting interests shall not be attributed 
unless and until conversion is effected.
    (f)(1) Subject to paragraph (i) of this Note, a limited partnership 
interest shall be attributed to a limited partner unless that partner is 
not materially involved, directly or indirectly, in the management or 
operation of the media-related activities of the partnership and the 
relevant entity so certifies. An interest in a Limited Liability Company 
(``LLC'') or Registered Limited Liability Partnership (``RLLP'') shall 
be attributed to the interest holder unless that interest holder is not 
materially involved, directly or indirectly, in the management or 
operation of the media-related activities of the partnership and the 
relevant entity so certifies.
    (2) In the case of a limited partnership, in order for an entity to 
make the certification set forth in paragraph (g)(1) of this section, it 
must verify that the partnership agreement or certificate of limited 
partnership, with respect to the particular limited partner exempt from 
attribution, establishes that the exempt limited partner has no material 
involvement, directly or indirectly, in the management or operation of 
the media activities of the partnership. In the case of an LLC or RLLP, 
in order for an entity to make the certification set forth in paragraph 
(g)(1) of this section, it must verify that the organizational document, 
with respect to the particular interest holder exempt from attribution, 
establishes that the exempt interest holder has no material involvement, 
directly or indirectly, in the management or operation of the media 
activities of the LLC or

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RLLP. The criteria which would assume adequate insulation for purposes 
of these certifications are described in the Memorandum Opinion and 
Order in MM Docket No. 83-46, FCC 85-252 (released June 24, 1985), as 
modified on reconsideration in the Memorandum Opinion and Order in MM 
Docket No. 83-46, FCC 86-410 (released November 28, 1986). Irrespective 
of the terms of the certificate of limited partnership or partnership 
agreement, or other organizational document in the case of an LLC or 
RLLP, however, no such certification shall be made if the individual or 
entity making the certification has actual knowledge of any material 
involvement of the limited partners, or other interest holders in the 
case of an LLC or RLLP, in the management or operation of the media 
businesses of the partnership or LLC or RLLP.
    (3) In the case of an LLC or RLLP, the entity seeking insulation 
shall certify, in addition, that the relevant state statute authorizing 
LLCs permits an LLC member to insulate itself as required by our 
criteria.
    (g) Officers and directors of an entity covered by this rule are 
considered to have a cognizable interest in the entity with which they 
are so associated. If any such entity engages in businesses in addition 
to its primary media business, it may request the Commission to waive 
attribution for any officer or director whose duties and 
responsibilities are wholly unrelated to its primary business. The 
officers and directors of a parent company of a media entity, with an 
attributable interest in any such subsidiary entity, shall be deemed to 
have a cognizable interest in the subsidiary unless the duties and 
responsibilities of the officer or director involved are wholly 
unrelated to the media subsidiary, and a certification properly 
documenting this fact is submitted to the Commission. The officers and 
directors of a sister corporation of a media entity shall not be 
attributed with ownership of that entity by virtue of such status.
    (h) Discrete ownership interests held by the same individual or 
entity will be aggregated in determining whether or not an interest is 
cognizable under this section. An individual or entity will be deemed to 
have a cognizable investment if:
    (1) The sum of the interests held by or through ``passive 
investors'' is equal to or exceeds 20 percent; or
    (2) The sum of the interests other than those held by or through 
``passive investors'' is equal to or exceeds 5 percent; or
    (3) The sum of the interests computed under paragraph (i)(1) of this 
section plus the sum of the interests computed under paragraph (i)(2) of 
this section is equal to or exceeds 20 percent.
    (i) Notwithstanding paragraphs (e) and (f) of this Note, the holder 
of an equity or debt interest or interests in an entity covered by this 
rule shall have that interest attributed if the equity (including all 
stockholdings, whether voting or nonvoting, common or preferred, and 
partnership interests) and debt interest or interests, in the aggregate, 
exceed 33 percent of the total asset value (all equity plus all debt) of 
that entity, provided however that:
    (1) in applying the provisions of paragraph (i) of this note to 
Sec. Sec.  76.501, 76.505 and 76.905(b)(2), the holder of an equity or 
debt interest or interests in a broadcast station, cable system, SMATV 
or multiple video distribution provider subject to Sec. Sec.  76.501, 
76.505, or 76.905(b)(2) (``interest holder'') shall have that interest 
attributed if the equity (including all stockholdings, whether voting or 
nonvoting, common or preferred, and partnership interests) and debt 
interest or interests, in the aggregate, exceed 33 percent of the total 
asset value (defined as the aggregate of all equity plus all debt) of 
that entity; and
    (i) the interest holder also holds an interest in a broadcast 
station, cable system, SMATV, or multiple video distribution provider 
that operates in the same market, is subject to Sec. Sec.  76.501, 
76.505, or 76.905(b)(2) and is attributable without reference to this 
paragraph (i); or
    (ii) the interest holder supplies over fifteen percent of the total 
weekly broadcast programming hours of the station in which the interest 
is held.
    (2) For purposes of applying subparagraph (i)(1), the term 
``market'' will be defined as it is defined under the rule that is being 
applied.
    Note 3 to Sec.  76.501: In cases where record and beneficial 
ownership of voting stock is not identical (e.g., bank nominees holding 
stock as record owners for the benefit of mutual funds, brokerage houses 
holding stock in street names for benefit of customers, investment 
advisors holding stock in their own names for the benefit of clients, 
and insurance companies holding stock), the party having the right to 
determine how the stock will be voted will be considered to own it for 
purposes of this subpart.
    Note 4 to Sec.  76.501: Paragraph (a) of this section will not be 
applied so as to require the divestiture of ownership interests 
proscribed herein solely because of the transfer of such interests to 
heirs or legatees by will or intestacy, provided that the degree or 
extent of the proscribed cross-ownership is not increased by such 
transfer.
    Note 5 to Sec.  76.501: Certifications pursuant to this section and 
these notes shall be sent to the attention of the Media Bureau, Federal 
Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.
    Note 6 to Sec.  76.501: In applying paragraph (a) of Sec.  76.501, 
for purposes of paragraph note 2(i) of this section, attribution of 
ownership interests in an entity covered by this rule that are held 
indirectly by any party through one

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or more intervening organizations will be determined by successive 
multiplication of the ownership percentages for each link in the 
vertical ownership chain and application of the relevant attribution 
benchmark to the resulting product. The ownership percentage for any 
link in the chain that exceeds 50% shall be included. [For example, if A 
owns 10% of company X, which owns 60% of company Y, which owns 25% of 
``Licensee,'' then X's interest in ``Licensee'' would 15% (0.6x0.25), 
and A's interest in ``Licensee'' would be 1.5% (0.1x0.6x0.25).]

[58 FR 27677, May 11, 1993, as amended at 60 FR 37834, July 24, 1995; 61 
FR 15388, Apr. 8, 1996; 64 FR 50646, Sept. 17, 1999; 64 FR 67194, Dec. 
1, 1999; 66 FR 9973, Feb. 13, 2001; 67 FR 13234, Mar. 21, 2002; 68 FR 
13237, Mar. 19, 2003]



Sec.  76.502  Time limits applicable to franchise authority consideration 
of transfer applications.

    (a) A franchise authority shall have 120 days from the date of 
submission of a completed FCC Form 394, together with all exhibits, and 
any additional information required by the terms of the franchise 
agreement or applicable state or local law to act upon an application to 
sell, assign, or otherwise transfer controlling ownership of a cable 
system.
    (b) A franchise authority that questions the accuracy of the 
information provided under paragraph (a) must notify the cable operator 
within 30 days of the filing of such information, or such information 
shall be deemed accepted, unless the cable operator has failed to 
provide any additional information reasonably requested by the franchise 
authority within 10 days of such request.
    (c) If the franchise authority fails to act upon such transfer 
request within 120 days, such request shall be deemed granted unless the 
franchise authority and the requesting party otherwise agree to an 
extension of time.

[61 FR 15388, Apr. 8, 1996]



Sec.  76.503  National subscriber limits.

    (a) Subject to paragraph (b) of this section, no cable operator 
shall serve more than 30% of all multichannel-video programming 
subscribers nationwide through multichannel video programming 
distributors owned by such operator or in which such cable operator 
holds an attributable interest.
    (b) Cable subscribers that a cable operator does not serve through 
incumbent cable franchises shall be excluded from the cable operator's 
limit.
    (c) For purposes of this section, ``incumbent cable franchise'' 
means a cable franchise in existence as of October 20, 1999 and all 
successors in interest to these franchises.
    (d) Subscribers that a cable operator serves through incumbent cable 
franchises shall include all subscribers served by those incumbent cable 
franchises, regardless of when the subscribers were added to the 
incumbent cable franchise system.
    (e) ``Multichannel video-programming subscribers'' means subscribers 
who receive multichannel video-programming from cable systems, direct 
broadcast satellite services, direct-to-home satellite services, 
multichannel multipoint distribution services, local multipoint 
distribution services, satellite master antenna television services (as 
defined in Sec.  76.5(a)(2)), and open video systems.
    (f) ``Cable operator'' means any person or entity that owns or has 
an attributable interest in an incumbent cable franchise.
    (g) Prior to acquiring additional multichannel video-programming 
providers, any cable operator that serves 20% or more of multichannel 
video-programming subscribers nationwide shall certify to the 
Commission, concurrent with its applications to the Commission for 
transfer of licenses at issue in the acquisition, that no violation of 
the national subscriber limits prescribed in this section will occur as 
a result of such acquisition.

    Note 1 to Sec.  76.503: Certifications made under this section shall 
be sent to the attention of the Media Bureau, Federal Communications 
Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.
    Note 2 to Sec.  76.503: Attributable Interest shall be defined by 
reference to the criteria set forth in Notes 1 through 5 to Sec.  76.501 
provided however, that:
    (a) Notes 2(f) and 2(g) to Sec.  76.501 to shall not apply;
    (b)(1) Subject to Note 2(i) to Sec.  76.501, a limited partnership 
interest shall be attributed to a limited partner unless that partner is 
not materially involved, directly or indirectly, in the management or 
operation of the video programming-related activities of the partnership 
and the relevant entity so

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certifies. An interest in a Limited Liability Company (``LLC'') or 
Registered Limited Liability Partnership (``RLLP'') shall be attributed 
to the interest holder unless that interest holder is not materially 
involved, directly or indirectly, in the management or operation of the 
video programming-related activities of the partnership and the relevant 
entity so certifies.
    (2) In the case of a limited partnership, in order for an entity to 
make the certification set forth in paragraph (b)(1) of this section, it 
must verify that the partnership agreement or certificate of limited 
partnership, with respect to the particular limited partner exempt from 
attribution, establishes that the exempt limited partner has no material 
involvement, directly or indirectly, in the management or operation of 
the video programming activities of the partnership. In the case of an 
LLC or RLLP, in order for an entity to make the certification set forth 
in paragraph (g)(1) of this section, it must verify that the 
organizational document, with respect to the particular interest holder 
exempt from attribution, establishes that the exempt interest holder has 
no material involvement, directly or indirectly, in the management or 
operation of the video programming activities of the LLC or RLLP. The 
criteria which would assume adequate insulation for purposes of these 
certifications are described in the Report and Order, FCC No. 99-288, CS 
Docket No. 98-82 (released October 20, 1999). In order for the 
Commission to accept the certification, the certification must be 
accompanied by facts, e.g. in the form of documents, affidavits or 
declarations, that demonstrate that these insulation criteria are met. 
Irrespective of the terms of the certificate of limited partnership or 
partnership agreement, or other organizational document in the case of 
an LLC or RLLP, however, no such certification shall be made if the 
individual or entity making the certification has actual knowledge of 
any material involvement of the limited partners, or other interest 
holders in the case of an LLC or RLLP, in the management or operation of 
the video-programming activities of the partnership or LLC or RLLP.
    (3) In the case of an LLC or RLLP, the entity seeking insulation 
shall certify, in addition, that the relevant state statute authorizing 
LLCs permits an LLC member to insulate itself as required by our 
criteria.
    (c) Officers and directors of an entity covered by this rule are 
considered to have a cognizable interest in the entity with which they 
are so associated. If any such entity engages in activities other than 
video-programming activities, it may request the Commission to waive 
attribution for any officer or director whose duties and 
responsibilities are wholly unrelated to the entity's video-programming 
activities. In the case of common or appointed directors and officers, 
if common or appointed directors or officers have duties and 
responsibilities that are wholly unrelated to video-programming 
activities for both entities, the relevant entity may request the 
Commission to waive attribution of the director or officer. The officers 
and directors of a parent company of a video-programming business, with 
an attributable interest in any such subsidiary entity, shall be deemed 
to have a cognizable interest in the subsidiary unless the duties and 
responsibilities of the officer or director involved are wholly 
unrelated to the video-programming subsidiary, and a certification 
properly documenting this fact is submitted to the Commission. The 
officers and directors of a sister corporation of a cable system shall 
not be attributed with ownership of that entity by virtue of such 
status.

[64 FR 67195, 67199, Dec. 1, 1999, as amended at 67 FR 13234, Mar. 21, 
2002]



Sec.  76.504  Limits on carriage of vertically integrated programming.

    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section no cable operator 
shall devote more than 40 percent of its activated channels to the 
carriage of national video programming services owned by the cable 
operator or in which the cable operator has an attributable interest.
    (b) The channel occupancy limits set forth in paragraph (a) of this 
section shall apply only to channel capacity up to 75 channels.
    (c) A cable operator may devote two additional channels or up to 45 
percent of its channel capacity, whichever is greater, to the carriage 
of video programming services owned by the cable operator or in which 
the cable operator has an attributable interest provided such video 
programming services are minority-controlled.
    (d) Cable operators carrying video programming services owned by the 
cable operator or in which the cable operator holds an attributable 
interest in excess of limits set forth in paragraph (a) of this section 
as of December 4, 1992, shall not be precluded by the restrictions in 
this section.
    (e) Minority-controlled means more than 50 percent owned by one or 
more members of a minority group.
    (f) Minority means Black, Hispanic, American Indian, Alaska Native, 
Asian and Pacific Islander.

    Note 1: Attributable interest shall be defined by reference to the 
criteria set forth in

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Notes 1 through 5 to Sec.  76.501 provided however, that:
    (a) Notes 2(f) and 2(g) to Sec.  76.501 to shall not apply;
    (b)(1) Subject to Note 2(i) to Sec.  76.501, a limited partnership 
interest shall be attributed to a limited partner unless that partner is 
not materially involved, directly or indirectly, in the management or 
operation of the video programming-related activities of the partnership 
and the relevant entity so certifies. An interest in a Limited Liability 
Company (``LLC'') or Registered Limited Liability Partnership (``RLLP'') 
shall be attributed to the interest holder unless that interest holder 
is not materially involved, directly or indirectly, in the management or 
operation of the video programming-related activities of the partnership 
and the relevant entity so certifies.
    (2) In the case of a limited partnership, in order for an entity to 
make the certification set forth in paragraph (b)(1) of this section, it 
must verify that the partnership agreement or certificate of limited 
partnership, with respect to the particular limited partner exempt from 
attribution, establishes that the exempt limited partner has no material 
involvement, directly or indirectly, in the management or operation of 
the video programming activities of the partnership. In the case of an 
LLC or RLLP, in order for an entity to make the certification set forth 
in paragraph (g)(1) of this section, it must verify that the 
organizational document, with respect to the particular interest holder 
exempt from attribution, establishes that the exempt interest holder has 
no material involvement, directly or indirectly, in the management or 
operation of the video programming activities of the LLC or RLLP. The 
criteria which would assume adequate insulation for purposes of these 
certifications are described in the Report and Order, FCC No. 99-288, CS 
Docket No. 98-82 (released October 20, 1999). In order for the 
Commission to accept the certification, the certification must be 
accompanied by facts, e.g. in the form of documents, affidavits or 
declarations, that demonstrate that these insulation criteria are met. 
Irrespective of the terms of the certificate of limited partnership or 
partnership agreement, or other organizational document in the case of 
an LLC or RLLP, however, no such certification shall be made if the 
individual or entity making the certification has actual knowledge of 
any material involvement of the limited partners, or other interest 
holders in the case of an LLC or RLLP, in the management or operation of 
the video-programming activities of the partnership or LLC or RLLP.
    (3) In the case of an LLC or RLLP, the entity seeking insulation 
shall certify, in addition, that the relevant state statute authorizing 
LLCs permits an LLC member to insulate itself as required by our 
criteria.
    (c) Officers and directors of an entity covered by this rule are 
considered to have a cognizable interest in the entity with which they 
are so associated. If any such entity engages in activities other than 
video-programming activities, it may request the Commission to waive 
attribution for any officer or director whose duties and 
responsibilities are wholly unrelated to the entity's video-programming 
activities. In the case of common or appointed directors and officers, 
if common or appointed directors or officers have duties and 
responsibilities that are wholly unrelated to video-programming 
activities for both entities, the relevant entity may request the 
Commission to waive attribution of the director or officer. The officers 
and directors of a parent company of a video-programming business, with 
an attributable interest in any such subsidiary entity, shall be deemed 
to have a cognizable interest in the subsidiary unless the duties and 
responsibilities of the officer or director involved are wholly 
unrelated to the video-programming subsidiary, and a certification 
properly documenting this fact is submitted to the Commission. The 
officers and directors of a sister corporation of a cable system shall 
not be attributed with ownership of that entity by virtue of such 
status.
    Note 2 to Sec.  76.504: Section 76.1710 contains recordkeeping 
requirements for cable operators with regard to attributable interests.

[58 FR 60141, Nov. 15, 1993, as amended at 64 FR 67196, Dec. 1, 1999; 65 
FR 53615, Sept. 5, 2000]



Sec.  76.505  Prohibition on buy outs.

    (a) No local exchange carrier or any affiliate of such carrier owned 
by, operated by, controlled by, or under common control with such 
carrier may purchase or otherwise acquire directly or indirectly more 
than a 10 percent financial interest, or any management interest, in any 
cable operator providing cable service within the local exchange 
carrier's telephone service area.
    (b) No cable operator or affiliate of a cable operator that is owned 
by, operated by, controlled by, or under common ownership with such 
cable operator may purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or 
indirectly, more than a 10 percent financial interest, or any management 
interest, in any local exchange carrier providing telephone exchange 
service within such cable operator's franchise area.
    (c) A local exchange carrier and a cable operator whose telephone 
service

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area and cable franchise area, respectively, are in the same market may 
not enter into any joint venture or partnership to provide video 
programming directly to subscribers or to provide telecommunications 
services within such market.
    (d) Exceptions:
    (1) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this section, a 
local exchange carrier (with respect to a cable system located in its 
telephone service area) and a cable operator (with respect to the 
facilities of a local exchange carrier used to provide telephone 
exchange service in its cable franchise area) may obtain a controlling 
interest in, management interest in, or enter into a joint venture or 
partnership with the operator of such system or facilities for the use 
of such system or facilities to the extent that:
    (i) Such system or facilities only serve incorporated or 
unincorporated :
    (A) Places or territories that have fewer than 35,000 inhabitants; 
and
    (B) Are outside an urbanized area, as defined by the Bureau of the 
Census; and
    (ii) In the case of a local exchange carrier, such system, in the 
aggregate with any other system in which such carrier has an interest, 
serves less than 10 percent of the households in the telephone service 
area of such carrier.
    (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (c) of this section, a local exchange 
carrier may obtain, with the concurrence of the cable operator on the 
rates, terms, and conditions, the use of that part of the transmission 
facilities of a cable system extending from the last multi-user terminal 
to the premises of the end user, if such use is reasonably limited in 
scope and duration, as determined by the Commission.
    (3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (c) of this section, a local 
exchange carrier may obtain a controlling interest in, or form a joint 
venture or other partnership with, or provide financing to, a cable 
system (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as ``the subject cable 
system'') if:
    (i) The subject cable system operates in a television market that is 
not in the top 25 markets, and such market has more than 1 cable system 
operator, and the subject cable system is not the cable system with the 
most subscribers in such television market;
    (ii) The subject cable system and the cable system with the most 
subscribers in such television market held on May 1, 1995, cable 
television franchises from the largest municipality in the television 
market and the boundaries of such franchises were identical on such 
date;
    (iii) The subject cable system is not owned by or under common 
ownership or control of any one of the 50 cable system operators with 
the most subscribers as such operators existed on May 1, 1995; and
    (iv) The system with the most subscribers in the television market 
is owned by or under common ownership or control of any one of the 10 
largest cable system operators as such operators existed on May 1, 1995.
    (4) Paragraph (a) of this section does not apply to any cable system 
if:
    (i) The cable system serves no more than 17,000 cable subscribers, 
of which no less than 8,000 live within an urban area, and no less than 
6,000 live within a nonurbanized area as of June 1, 1995;
    (ii) The cable system is not owned by, or under common ownership or 
control with, any of the 50 largest cable system operators in existence 
on June 1, 1995; and
    (iii) The cable system operates in a television market that was not 
in the top 100 television markets as of June 1, 1995.
    (5) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (c) of this section, a local 
exchange carrier with less than $100,000,000 in annual operating 
revenues (or any affiliate of such carrier owned by, operated by, 
controlled by, or under common control with such carrier) may purchase 
or otherwise acquire more than a 10 percent financial interest in, or 
any management interest in, or enter into a joint venture or partnership 
with, any cable system within the local exchange carrier's telephone 
service area that serves no more than 20,000 cable subscribers, if no 
more than 12,000 of those subscribers live within an urbanized area, as 
defined by the Bureau of the Census.
    (6) The Commission may waive the restrictions of paragraphs (a), 
(b), or (c) of this section only if:

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    (i) The Commission determines that, because of the nature of the 
market served by the affected cable system or facilities used to provide 
telephone exchange service:
    (A) The affected cable operator or local exchange carrier would be 
subjected to undue economic distress by the enforcement of such 
provisions;
    (B) The system or facilities would not be economically viable if 
such provisions were enforced; or
    (C) The anticompetitive effects of the proposed transaction are 
clearly outweighed in the public interest by the probable effect of the 
transaction in meeting the convenience and needs of the community to be 
served; and
    (ii) The local franchising authority approves of such waiver.
    (e) For purposes of this section, the term ``telephone service 
area'' when used in connection with a common carrier subject in whole or 
in part to title II of the Communications Act means the area within 
which such carrier provided telephone exchange service as of January 1, 
1993, but if any common carrier after such date transfers its telephone 
exchange service facilities to another common carrier, the area to which 
such facilities provide telephone exchange service shall be treated as 
part of the telephone service area of the acquiring common carrier and 
not of the selling common carrier.
    (f) For purposes of this section, entities are affiliated if either 
entity has an attributable interest in the other or if a third party has 
an attributable interest in both entities.
    (g) Attributable interest shall be defined by reference to the 
criteria set forth in Notes 1 through 5 to Sec.  76.501.

[61 FR 18977, Apr. 30, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 67196, Dec. 1, 1999]



                      Subpart K_Technical Standards



Sec.  76.601  Performance tests.

    (a) The operator of each cable television system shall be 
responsible for insuring that each such system is designed, installed, 
and operated in a manner that fully complies with the provisions of this 
subpart.
    (b) The operator of each cable television system shall conduct 
complete performance tests of that system at least twice each calendar 
year (at intervals not to exceed seven months), unless otherwise noted 
below. The performance tests shall be directed at determining the extent 
to which the system complies with all the technical standards set forth 
in Sec.  76.605(a) and shall be as follows:
    (1) For cable television systems with 1000 or more subscribers but 
with 12,500 or fewer subscribers, proof-of-performance tests conducted 
pursuant to this section shall include measurements taken at six (6) 
widely separated points. However, within each cable system, one 
additional test point shall be added for every additional 12,500 
subscribers or fraction thereof (e.g., 7 test points if 12,501 to 25,000 
subscribers; 8 test points if 25,001 to 37,500 subscribers, etc.). In 
addition, for technically integrated portions of cable systems that are 
not mechanically continuous (i.e., employing microwave connections), at 
least one test point will be required for each portion of the cable 
system served by a technically integrated microwave hub. The proof-of-
performance test points chosen shall be balanced to represent all 
geographic areas served by the cable system. At least one-third of the 
test points shall be representative of subscriber terminals most distant 
from the system input and from each microwave receiver (if microwave 
transmissions are employed), in terms of cable length. The measurements 
may be taken at convenient monitoring points in the cable network: 
Provided, that data shall be included to relate the measured performance 
of the system as would be viewed from a nearby subscriber terminal. An 
identification of the instruments, including the makes, model numbers, 
and the most recent date of calibration, a description of the procedures 
utilized, and a statement of the qualifications of the person performing 
the tests shall also be included.
    (2) Proof-of-performance tests to determine the extent to which a 
cable television system complies with the standards set forth in Sec.  
76.605(a) (3), (4), and (5) shall be made on each of the NTSC or similar 
video channels of that system. Unless otherwise as noted, proof-of-
performance tests for all other

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standards in Sec.  76.605(a) shall be made on a minimum of four (4) 
channels plus one additional channel for every 100 MHz, or fraction 
thereof, of cable distribution system upper frequency limit (e.g., 5 
channels for cable television systems with a cable distribution system 
upper frequency limit of 101 to 216 MHz; 6 channels for cable television 
systems with a cable distribution system upper frequency limit of 217-
300 MHz; 7 channels for cable television systems with a cable 
distribution upper frequency limit to 300 to 400 MHz, etc.). The 
channels selected for testing must be representative of all the channels 
within the cable television system.
    (3) The operator of each cable television system shall conduct semi-
annual proof-of-performance tests of that system, to determine the 
extent to which the system complies with the technical standards set 
forth in Sec.  76.605(a)(4) as follows. The visual signal level on each 
channel shall be measured and recorded, along with the date and time of 
the measurement, once every six hours (at intervals of not less than 
five hours or no more than seven hours after the previous measurement), 
to include the warmest and the coldest times, during a 24-hour period in 
January or February and in July or August.
    (4) The operator of each cable television system shall conduct 
triennial proof-of-performance tests of its system to determine the 
extent to which the system complies with the technical standards set 
forth in Sec.  76.605(a)(11).
    (c) Successful completion of the performance tests required by 
paragraph (b) of this section does not relieve the system of the 
obligation to comply with all pertinent technical standards at all 
subscriber terminals. Additional tests, repeat tests, or tests involving 
specified subscriber terminals may be required by the Commission or the 
local franchiser to secure compliance with the technical standards.
    (d) The provisions of paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section shall 
not apply to any cable television system having fewer than 1,000 
subscribers: Provided, however, that any cable television system using 
any frequency spectrum other than that allocated to over-the-air 
television and FM broadcasting (as described in Sec. Sec.  73.603 and 
73.210 of this chapter) is required to conduct all tests, measurements 
and monitoring of signal leakage that are required by this subpart. A 
cable television system operator complying with the monitoring, logging 
and the leakage repair requirements of Sec.  76.614, shall be considered 
to have met the requirements of this paragraph. However, the leakage log 
shall be retained for five years rather than the two years prescribed in 
Sec.  76.1706.

    Note 1 to Sec.  76.601: Prior to requiring any additional testing 
pursuant to Sec.  76.601(c), the local franchising authority shall 
notify the cable operator who will be allowed thirty days to come into 
compliance with any perceived signal quality problems which need to be 
corrected. The Commission may request cable operators to test their 
systems at any time.
    Note 2 to Sec.  76.601: Section 76.1717 contains recordkeeping 
requirements for each system operator in order to show compliance with 
the technical rules of this subpart.
    Note 3 to Sec.  76.601: Section 76.1704 contains recordkeeping 
requirements for proof of performance tests.

[65 FR 53615, Sept. 5, 2000]



Sec.  76.605  Technical standards.

    (a) As of December 30, 1992, unless otherwise noted, the following 
requirements apply to the performance of a cable television system as 
measured at any subscriber terminal with a matched impedance at the 
termination point or at the output of the modulating or processing 
equipment (generally the headend) of the cable television system or 
otherwise as noted. The requirements are applicable to each NTSC or 
similar video downstream cable television channel in the system:
    (1)(i) The cable television channels delivered to the subscriber's 
terminal shall be capable of being received and displayed by TV 
broadcast receivers used for off-the-air reception of TV broadcast 
signals, as authorized under part 73 of this chapter; and
    (ii) Cable television systems shall transmit signals to subscriber 
premises equipment on frequencies in accordance with the channel 
allocation plan set forth in the Electronics Industries Association's 
``Cable Television Channel Identification Plan, EIA IS-132,

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May 1994'' (EIA IS-132). This incorporation by reference was approved by 
the Director of the Federal Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 522(a) 
and 1 CFR Part 51. Cable systems are required to use this channel 
allocation plan for signals transmitted in the frequency range 54 MHz to 
1002 MHz. This incorporation by reference was approved by the Director 
of the Federal Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 522(a) and 1 CFR 
Part 51. Copies of EIA IS-132 may be obtained from: Global Engineering 
Documents, 2805 McGraw Ave., Irvine CA 92714. Copies of EIA IS-132 may 
be inspected during normal business hours at the following locations: 
Federal Communications Commission, 1919 M Street, NW, Dockets Branch 
(Room 239), Washington, DC, or the Office of the Federal Register, 800 
North Capitol Street, NW., suite 700, Washington, DC. This requirement 
is applicable on May 31, 1995, for new and re-built cable systems, and 
on June 30, 1997, for all cable systems.
    (2) The aural center frequency of the aural carrier must be 4.5 MHz 
+- 5 kHz above the frequency of the visual carrier at the output of the 
modulating or processing equipment of a cable television system, and at 
the subscriber terminal.
    (3) The visual signal level, across a terminating impedance which 
correctly matches the internal impedance of the cable system as viewed 
from the subscriber terminal, shall not be less than 1 millivolt across 
an internal impedance of 75 ohms (0 dBmV). Additionally, as measured at 
the end of a 30 meter (100 foot) cable drop that is connected to the 
subscriber tap, it shall not be less than 1.41 millivolts across an 
internal impedance of 75 ohms (+3 dBmV). (At other impedance values, the 
minimum visual signal level, as viewed from the subscriber terminal, 
shall be the square root of 0.0133 (Z) millivolts and, as measured at 
the end of a 30 meter (100 foot) cable drop that is connected to the 
subscriber tap, shall be 2 times the square root of 0.00662(Z) 
millivolts, where Z is the appropriate impedance value.)
    (4) The visual signal level on each channel, as measured at the end 
of a 30 meter cable drop that is connected to the subscriber tap, shall 
not vary more than 8 decibels within any six-month interval, which must 
include four tests performed in six-hour increments during a 24-hour 
period in July or August and during a 24-hour period in January or 
February, and shall be maintained within:
    (i) 3 decibels (dB) of the visual signal level of any visual carrier 
within a 6 MHz nominal frequency separation;
    (ii) 10 dB of the visual signal level on any other channel on a 
cable television system of up to 300 MHz of cable distribution system 
upper frequency limit, with a 1 dB increase for each additional 100 MHz 
of cable distribution system upper frequency limit (e.g., 11 dB for a 
system at 301-400 MHz; 12 dB for a system at 401-500 MHz, etc.); and
    (iii) A maximum level such that signal degradation due to overload 
in the subscriber's receiver or terminal does not occur.
    (5) The rms voltage of the aural signal shall be maintained between 
10 and 17 decibels below the associated visual signal level. This 
requirement must be met both at the subscriber terminal and at the 
output of the modulating and processing equipment (generally the 
headend). For subscriber terminals that use equipment which modulate and 
remodulate the signal (e.g., baseband converters), the rms voltage of 
the aural signal shall be maintained between 6.5 and 17 decibels below 
the associated visual signal level at the subscriber terminal.
    (6) The amplitude characteristic shall be within a range of +-2 
decibels from 0.75 MHz to 5.0 MHz above the lower boundary frequency of 
the cable television channel, referenced to the average of the highest 
and lowest amplitudes within these frequency boundaries.
    (i) Prior to December 30, 1999, the amplitude characteristic may be 
measured after a subscriber tap and before a converter that is provided 
and maintained by the cable operator.
    (ii) As of December 30, 1999, the amplitude characteristic shall be 
measured at the subscriber terminal.
    (7) The ratio of RF visual signal level to system noise shall be as 
follows:
    (i) From June 30, 1992, to June 30, 1993, shall not be less than 36 
decibels.

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    (ii) From June 30, 1993 to June 30, 1995, shall not be less than 40 
decibels.
    (iii) As of June 30, 1995, shall not be less then 43 decibels.
    (iv) For class I cable television channels, the requirements of 
paragraphs (a)(7)(i), (a)(7)(ii) and (a)(7)(iii) of this section are 
applicable only to:
    (A) Each signal which is delivered by a cable television system to 
subscribers within the predicted Grade B contour for that signal;
    (B) Each signal which is first picked up within its predicted Grade 
B contour;
    (C) Each signal that is first received by the cable television 
system by direct video feed from a TV broadcast station, a low power TV 
station, or a TV translator station.
    (8) The ratio of visual signal level to the rms amplitude of any 
coherent disturbances such as intermodulation products, second and third 
order distortions or discrete-frequency interfering signals not 
operating on proper offset assignments shall be as follows:
    (i) The ratio of visual signal level to coherent disturbances shall 
not be less than 51 decibels for noncoherent channel cable television 
systems, when measured with modulated carriers and time averaged; and
    (ii) The ratio of visual signal level to coherent disturbances which 
are frequency-coincident with the visual carrier shall not be less than 
47 decibels for coherent channel cable systems, when measured with 
modulated carriers and time averaged.
    (9) The terminal isolation provided to each subscriber terminal:
    (i) Shall not be less than 18 decibels. In lieu of periodic testing, 
the cable operator may use specifications provided by the manufacturer 
for the terminal isolation equipment to meet this standard; and
    (ii) Shall be sufficient to prevent reflections caused by open-
circuited or short-circuited subscriber terminals from producing visible 
picture impairments at any other subscriber terminal.
    (10) The peak-to-peak variation in visual signal level caused by 
undesired low frequency disturbances (hum or repetitive transients) 
generated within the system, or by inadequate low frequency response, 
shall not exceed 3 percent of the visual signal level. Measurements made 
on a single channel using a single unmodulated carrier may be used to 
demonstrate compliance with this parameter at each test location.
    (11) As of June 30, 1995, the following requirements apply to the 
performance of the cable television system as measured at the output of 
the modulating or processing equipment (generally the headend) of the 
system:
    (i) The chrominance-luminance delay inequality (or chroma delay), 
which is the change in delay time of the chrominance component of the 
signal relative to the luminance component, shall be within 170 
nanoseconds.
    (ii) The differential gain for the color subcarrier of the 
television signal, which is measured as the difference in amplitude 
between the largest and smallest segments of the chrominance signal 
(divided by the largest and expressed in percent), shall not exceed +-
20%.
    (iii) The differential phase for the color subcarrier of the 
television signal which is measured as the largest phase difference in 
degrees between each segment of the chrominance signal and reference 
segment (the segment at the blanking level of O IRE), shall not exceed 
+-10 degrees.
    (12) As an exception to the general provision requiring measurements 
to be made at subscriber terminals, and without regard to the type of 
signals carried by the cable television system, signal leakage from a 
cable television system shall be measured in accordance with the 
procedures outlined in Sec.  76.609(h) and shall be limited as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   Signal
                                                  leakage
                  Frequencies                      limit     Distance in
                                                (micro-volt/  meters (m)
                                                   meter)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Less than and including 54 MHz, and over 216             15           30
 MHz..........................................
Over 54 up to and including 216 MHz...........           20            3
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) Cable television systems distributing signals by using methods 
such as nonconventional coaxial cable techniques, noncoaxial copper 
cable techniques, specialized coaxial cable and

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fiber optical cable hybridization techniques or specialized compression 
techniques or specialized receiving devices, and which, because of their 
basic design, cannot comply with one or more of the technical standards 
set forth in paragraph (a) of this section, may be permitted to operate: 
Provided, That an adequate showing is made pursuant to Sec.  76.7 which 
establishes that the public interest is benefited. In such instances, 
the Commission may prescribe special technical requirements to ensure 
that subscribers to such systems are provided with an equivalent level 
of good quality service.

    Note 1: Local franchising authorities of systems serving fewer than 
1000 subscribers may adopt standards less stringent than those in Sec.  
76.605(a). Any such agreement shall be reduced to writing and be 
associated with the system's proof-of-performance records.
    Note 2: For systems serving rural areas as defined in Sec.  76.5, 
the system may negotiate with its local franchising authority for 
standards less stringent than those in Sec. Sec.  76.605(a)(3), 
76.605(a)(7), 76.605(a)(8), 76.605(a)(10) and 76.605(a)(11). Any such 
agreement shall be reduced to writing and be associated with the 
system's proof-of-performance records.
    Note 3: The requirements of this section shall not apply to devices 
subject to the provisions of Sec. Sec.  15.601 through 15.626.
    Note 4: Should subscriber complaints arise from a system failing to 
meet Sec.  76.605(a)(6) prior to December 30, 1999, the cable operator 
will be required to provide a converter that will allow the system to 
meet the standard immediately at the complaining subscriber's terminal. 
Further, should the problem be found to be system-wide, the Commission 
may order all converters on the system be changed to meet the standard.
    Note 5: Should subscriber complaints arise from a system failing to 
meet Sec.  76.605(a)(10), the cable operator will be required to remedy 
the complaint and perform test measurements on Sec.  76.605(a)(10) 
containing the full number of channels as indicated in Sec.  
76.601(b)(2) at the complaining subscriber's terminal. Further, should 
the problem be found to be system-wide, the Commission may order that 
the full number of channels as indicated in Sec.  76.601(b)(2) be tested 
at all required locations for future proof-of-performance tests.
    Note 6: No State or franchising authority may prohibit, condition, 
or restrict a cable system's use of any type of subscriber equipment or 
any transmission technology.

[37 FR 3278, Feb. 12, 1972, as amended at 37 FR 13867, July 14, 1972; 40 
FR 2690, Jan. 15, 1975; 40 FR 3296, Jan. 21, 1975; 41 FR 53028, Dec. 3, 
1976; 42 FR 21782, Apr. 29, 1977; 47 FR 21503, May 18, 1982; 50 FR 
52466, Dec. 24, 1985; 51 FR 1255, Jan. 10, 1986; 52 FR 22461, June 12, 
1987; 57 FR 11002, Apr. 1, 1992; 57 FR 61010, Dec. 23, 1992; 58 FR 
44952, Aug. 25, 1993; 59 FR 25342, May 16, 1994; 61 FR 18510, Apr. 26, 
1996; 61 FR 18978, Apr. 30, 1996; 65 FR 53616, Sept. 5, 2000]



Sec.  76.606  Closed captioning.

    (a) As of June 30, 1992, the operator of each cable television 
system shall not take any action to remove or alter closed captioning 
data contained on line 21 of the vertical blanking interval.
    (b) As of July 1, 1993, the operator of each cable television system 
shall deliver intact closed captioning data contained on line 21 of the 
vertical blanking interval, as it arrives at the headend or from another 
origination source, to subscriber terminals and (when so delivered to 
the cable system) in a format that can be recovered and displayed by 
decoders meeting Sec.  15.119 of this chapter.

[57 FR 11003, Apr. 1, 1992]



Sec.  76.609  Measurements.

    (a) Measurements made to demonstrate conformity with the performance 
requirements set forth in Sec. Sec.  76.601 and 76.605 shall be made 
under conditions which reflect system performance during normal 
operations, including the effect of any microwave relay operated in the 
Cable Television Relay (CARS) Service intervening between pickup antenna 
and the cable distribution network. Amplifiers shall be operated at 
normal gains, either by the insertion of appropriate signals or by 
manual adjustment. Special signals inserted in a cable television 
channel for measurement purposes should be operated at levels 
approximating those used for normal operation. Pilot tones, auxiliary or 
substitute signals, and nontelevision signals normally carried on the 
cable television system should be operated at normal levels to the 
extent possible. Some exemplary, but not

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mandatory, measurement procedures are set forth in this section.
    (b) When it may be necessary to remove the television signal 
normally carried on a cable television channel in order to facilitate a 
performance measurement, it will be permissible to disconnect the 
antenna which serves the channel under measurement and to substitute 
therefor a matching resistance termination. Other antennas and inputs 
should remain connected and normal signal levels should be maintained on 
other channels.
    (c) As may be necessary to ensure satisfactory service to a 
subscriber, the Commission may require additional tests to demonstrate 
system performance or may specify the use of different test procedures.
    (d) The frequency response of a cable television channel may be 
determined by one of the following methods, as appropriate:
    (1) By using a swept frequency or a manually variable signal 
generator at the sending end and a calibrated attenuator and frequency-
selective voltmeter at the subscriber terminal; or
    (2) By using either a multiburst generator or vertical interval test 
signals and either a modulator or processor at the sending end, and by 
using either a demodulator and either an oscilloscope display or a 
waveform monitor display at the subscriber terminal.
    (e) System noise may be measured using a frequency-selective 
voltmeter (field strength meter) which has been suitably calibrated to 
indicate rms noise or average power level and which has a known 
bandwidth. With the system operating at normal level and with a properly 
matched resistive termination substituted for the antenna, noise power 
indications at the subscriber terminal are taken in successive 
increments of frequency equal to the bandwidth of the frequency-
selective voltmeter, summing the power indications to obtain the total 
noise power present over a 4 MHz band centered within the cable 
television channel. If it is established that the noise level is 
constant within this bandwidth, a single measurement may be taken which 
is corrected by an appropriate factor representing the ratio of 4 MHz to 
the noise bandwidth of the frequency-selective voltmeter. If an 
amplifier is inserted between the frequency-selective voltmeter and the 
subscriber terminal in order to facilitate this measurement, it should 
have a bandwidth of at least 4 MHz and appropriate corrections must be 
made to account for its gain and noise figure. Alternatively, 
measurements made in accordance with the NCTA Recommended Practices for 
Measurements on Cable Television Systems, 2nd edition, November 1989, on 
noise measurement may be employed.
    (f) The amplitude of discrete frequency interfering signals within a 
cable television channel may be determined with either a spectrum 
analyzer or with a frequency-selective voltmeter (field strength meter), 
which instruments have been calibrated for adequate accuracy. If 
calibration accuracy is in doubt, measurements may be referenced to a 
calibrated signal generator, or a calibrated variable attenuator, 
substituted at the point of measurement. If an amplifier is used between 
the subscriber terminal and the measuring instrument, appropriate 
corrections must be made to account for its gain.
    (g) The terminal isolation between any two terminals in the cable 
television system may be measured by applying a signal of known 
amplitude to one terminal and measuring the amplitude of that signal at 
the other terminal. The frequency of the signal should be close to the 
midfrequency of the channel being tested. Measurements of terminal 
isolation are not required when either:
    (1) The manufacturer's specifications for subscriber tap isolation 
based on a representative sample of no less than 500 subscribers taps or
    (2) Laboratory tests performed by or for the operator of a cable 
television system on a representative sample of no less than 50 
subscriber taps, indicates that the terminal isolation standard of Sec.  
76.605(a)(9) is met.

To demonstrate compliance with Sec.  76.605(a)(9), the operator of a 
cable television system shall attach either such manufacturer's 
specifications or laboratory measurements as an exhibit to each proof-
of-performance record.

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    (h) Measurements to determine the field strength of the signal 
leakage emanated by the cable television system shall be made in 
accordance with standard engineering procedures. Measurements made on 
frequencies above 25 MHz shall include the following:
    (1) A field strength meter of adequate accuracy using a horizontal 
dipole antenna shall be employed.
    (2) Field strength shall be expressed in terms of the rms value of 
synchronizing peak for each cable television channel for which signal 
leakage can be measured.
    (3) The resonant half wave dipole antenna shall be placed 3 meters 
from and positioned directly below the system components and at 3 meters 
above ground. Where such placement results in a separation of less than 
3 meters between the center of the dipole antenna and the system 
components, or less than 3 meters between the dipole and ground level, 
the dipole shall be repositioned to provide a separation of 3 meters 
from the system components at a height of 3 meters or more above ground.
    (4) The horizontal dipole antenna shall be rotated about a vertical 
axis and the maximum meter reading shall be used.
    (5) Measurements shall be made where other conductors are 3 or more 
meters (10 or more feet) away from the measuring antenna.
    (i) For systems using cable traps and filters to control the 
delivery of specific channels to the subscriber terminal, measurements 
made to determine compliance with Sec.  76.605(a) (5) and (6) may be 
performed at the location immediately prior to the trap or filter for 
the specific channel. The effects of these traps or filters, as 
certified by the system engineer or the equipment manufacturer, must be 
attached to each proof-of-performance record.
    (j) Measurements made to determine the differential gain, 
differential phase and the chrominance-luminance delay inequality 
(chroma delay) shall be made in accordance with the NCTA Recommended 
Practices for Measurements on Cable Television Systems, 2nd edition, 
November 1989, on these parameters.

[37 FR 3278, Feb. 12, 1972, as amended at 37 FR 13867, July 14, 1972; 41 
FR 10067, Mar. 9, 1976; 42 FR 21782, Apr. 29, 1977; 49 FR 45441, Nov. 
16, 1984; 57 FR 11004, Apr. 1, 1992; 57 FR 61011, Dec. 23, 1992; 58 FR 
44952, Aug. 25, 1993]



Sec.  76.610  Operation in the frequency bands 108-137 and 225-400 MHz--scope 
of application.

    The provisions of Sec. Sec.  76.611 (effective July 1, 1990), 
76.612, 76.613, 76.614 and 76.1803 and 76.1804 are applicable to all 
cable television systems transmitting carriers or other signal 
components carried at an average power level equal to or greater than 
10-4 watts across a 25 kHz bandwidth in any 160 microsecond 
period, at any point in the cable distribution system in the frequency 
bands 108-137 and 225-400 MHz for any purpose. For grandfathered 
systems, refer to Sec. Sec.  76.618 and 76.619.

    Note 1: See the provisions of Sec.  76.616 for cable operation near 
certain aeronautical and marine emergency radio frequencies.
    Note 2: Until January 1, 1990, the band 136-137 MHz is allocated as 
an alternative allocation to the space operation, meteorological-
satellite service and the space research service on a primary basis. 
After January 1, 1990, the space service will become secondary to 
aeronautical mobile service radio. Until January 1, 1990, the band 136 
to 137 MHz is excluded from the rule sections regarding protection of 
aeronautical frequencies.

[50 FR 29399, July 19, 1985, as amended at 65 FR 53616, Sept. 5, 2000]



Sec.  76.611  Cable television basic signal leakage performance criteria.

    (a) No cable television system shall commence or provide service in 
the frequency bands 108-137 and 225-400 MHz unless such systems is in 
compliance with one of the following cable television basic signal 
leakage performance criteria:
    (1) prior to carriage of signals in the aeronautical radio bands and 
at least once each calendar year, with no more than 12 months between 
successive tests thereafter, based on a sampling of at least 75% of the 
cable strand, and including any portion of the cable system which are 
known to have or can reasonably be expected to have less leakage 
integrity than the average of the

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system, the cable operator demonstrates compliance with a cumulative 
signal leakage index by showing either that (i) 10 log I3000 
is equal to or less than -7 or (ii) 10 log I00 is equal to or 
less than 64, using one of the following formula:
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC01MR91.113

[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC01MR91.114

where:
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC01MR91.115

ri is the distance (in meters) between the leakage source and 
the center of the cable television system;
[thetas] is the fraction of the system cable length actually examined 
for leakage sources and is equal to the strand kilometers (strand miles) 
of plant tested divided by the total strand kilometers (strand miles) in 
the plant;
Ri is the slant height distance (in meters) from leakage 
source i to a point 3000 meters above the center of the cable television 
system;
Ei is the electric field strength in microvolts per meter 
([mu]V/m) measured pursuant to Sec.  76.609(h) 3 meters from the leak i; 
and
n is the number of leaks found of field strength equal to or greater 
than 50 [mu]V/m pursuant to Section 76.609(h).


The sum is carried over all leaks i detected in the cable examined; or
    (2) prior to carriage of signals in the aeronautical radio bands and 
at least once each calendar year, with no more than 12 months between 
successive tests thereafter, the cable operator demonstrates by 
measurement in the airspace that at no point does the field strength 
generated by the cable system exceed 10 microvolts per meter ([mu]V/m) 
RMS at an altitude of 450 meters above the average terrain of the cable 
system. The measurement system (including the receiving antenna) shall 
be calibrated against a known field of 10 [mu]V/m RMS produced by a well 
characterized antenna consisting of orthogonal reasonant dipoles, both 
parallel to and one quarter wavelength above the ground plane of a 
diameter of two meters or more at ground level. The dipoles shall have 
centers collocated and be excited 90 degrees apart. The half-power 
bandwidth of the detector shall be 25 kHz. If an aeronautical receiver 
is used for this purpose it shall meet the standards of the Radio 
Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RCTA) for aeronautical 
communications receivers. The aircraft antenna shall be horizontally 
polarized. Calibration shall be made in the community unit or, if more 
than one, in any of the community units of the physical system within a 
reasonable time period to performing the measurements. If data is 
recorded digitally the 90th percentile level of points recorded over the 
cable system shall not exceed 10 [mu]V/m RMS; if analog recordings is 
used the peak values of the curves, when smoothed according to good 
engineering practices, shall not exceed 10 [mu]V/m RMS.
    (b) In paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section the unmodulated 
test signal used on the cable plant shall: (1) Be within the VHF 
aeronautical band 108-137 MHz or any other frequency in which the 
results can be correlated to the VHF aeronautical band and (2) have an 
average power level equal to the average power level of the strongest 
cable television carrier on the system.
    (c) In paragraph (a)(1) and (2) of this section, if a modulated test 
signal is used, the test signal and detector technique must, when 
considered together, yield the same result as though an unmodulated test 
signal were used in conjunction with a detection technique which would 
yield the RMS value of said unmodulated carrier.
    (d) If a sampling of at least 75% of the cable strand (and including 
any portions of the cable system which are known to have or can 
reasonably be expected to have less leakage integrity than the average 
of the system) as described in paragraph (a)(1) cannot be obtained by 
the cable operator or is otherwise not reasonably feasible, the cable 
operator shall perform the airspace measurements described in paragraph 
(a)(2).
    (e) Prior to providing service to any subscriber on a new section of 
cable plant, the operator shall show compliance with either: (1) The 
basic signal leakage criteria in accordance with

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paragraph (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section for the entire plant in 
operation or (2) a showing shall be made indicating that no individual 
leak in the new section of the plant exceeds 20 [mu]V/m at 3 meters in 
accordance with Sec.  76.609 fo the Rules.
    (f) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this section, a cable operator 
shall be permitted to operate on any frequency which is offset pursuant 
to Sec.  76.612 in the frequency band 108-137 MHz for the purpose of 
demonstrating compliance with the cable television basic signal leakage 
performance criteria.

[50 FR 29399, July 19, 1985, as amended at 53 FR 2499, Jan. 28, 1988; 53 
FR 5684, Feb. 25, 1988; 58 FR 44952, Aug. 25, 1993]



Sec.  76.612  Cable television frequency separation standards.

    All cable television systems which operate in the frequency bands 
108-137 and 225-400 MHz shall comply with the following frequency 
separation standards:
    (a) In the aeronautical radiocommunication bands 118-137, 225-328.6 
and 335.4-400 MHz, the frequency of all carrier signals or signal 
components carried at an average power level equal to or greater than 
10-4 watts in a 25 kHz bandwidth in any 160 microsecond 
period must operate at frequencies offset from certain frequencies which 
may be used by aeronautical radio services operated by Commission 
licensees or by the United States Government or its Agencies. The 
aeronautical frequencies from which offsets must be maintained are those 
frequencies which are within one of the aeronautical bands defined in 
this subparagraph, and when expressed in MHz and divided by 0.025 yield 
an integer. The offset must meet one of the following two criteria:
    (1) All such cable carriers or signal components shall be offset by 
12.5 kHz with a frequency tolerance of +-5 kHz; or
    (2) The fundamental frequency from which the visual carrier 
frequencies are derived by multiplication by an integer number which 
shall be 6.0003 MHz with a tolerance of +-1 Hz (Harmonically Related 
Carrier (HRC) comb generators only).
    (b) In the aeronautical radionavigation bands 108-118 and 328.6-
335.4 MHz, the frequency of all carrier signals or signal components 
carrier at an average power level equal to or greater than 
10-4 watts in a 25 kHz bandwidth in any 160 microsecond 
period shall be offset by 25 kHz with a tolerance of +-5 kHz. The 
aeronautical radionavigation frequencies from which offsets must be 
maintained are defined as follows:
    (1) Within the aeronautical band 108-118 MHz when expressed in MHz 
and divided by 0.025 yield an even integer.
    (2) Within the band 328.6-335.4 MHz, the radionavigation glide path 
channels are listed in Section 87.501 of the Rules.

    Note: The HRC system, as described above, will meet this requirement 
in the 328.6-335.4 MHz navigation glide path band. Those Incrementally 
Related Carriers (IRC) systems, with comb generator reference 
frequencies set at certain odd multiples equal to or greater than 3 
times the 0.0125 MHz aeronautical communications band offset, e.g. (6n + 
1.250 +- 0.0375) MHz, may also meet the 25 kHz offset requirement in the 
navigation glide path band.

[50 FR 29400, July 19, 1985]



Sec.  76.613  Interference from a multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD).

    (a) Harmful interference is any emission, radiation or induction 
which endangers the functioning of a radionavigation service or of other 
safety services or seriously degrades, obstructs or repeatedly 
interrupts a radiocommunication service operating in accordance with 
this chapter.
    (b) An MVPD that causes harmful interference shall promptly take 
appropriate measures to eliminate the harmful interference.
    (c) If harmful interference to radio communications involving the 
safety of life and protection of property cannot be promptly eliminated 
by the application of suitable techniques, operation of the offending 
MVPD or appropriate elements thereof shall immediately be suspended upon 
notification by the District Director and/or Resident Agent of the 
Commission's local field office, and shall not be resumed until the 
interference has been eliminated to the satisfaction of the District 
Director and/or Resident Agent. When

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authorized by the District Director and/or Resident Agent, short test 
operations may be made during the period of suspended operation to check 
the efficacy of remedial measures.
    (d) The MVPD may be required by the District Director and/or 
Resident Agent to prepare and submit a report regarding the cause(s) of 
the interference, corrective measures planned or taken, and the efficacy 
of the remedial measures.

[42 FR 41296, Aug. 16, 1977, as amended at 62 FR 61031, Nov. 14, 1997]



Sec.  76.614  Cable television system regular monitoring.

    Cable television operators transmitting carriers in the frequency 
bands 108-137 and 225-400 MHz shall provide for a program of regular 
monitoring for signal leakage by substantially covering the plant every 
three months. The incorporation of this monitoring program into the 
daily activities of existing service personnel in the discharge of their 
normal duties will generally cover all portions of the system and will 
therefore meet this requirement. Monitoring equipment and procedures 
utilized by a cable operator shall be adequate to detect a leakage 
source which produces a field strength in these bands of 20 uV/m or 
greater at a distance of 3 meters. During regular monitoring, any 
leakage source which produces a field strength of 20 uV/m or greater at 
a distance of 3 meters in the aeronautical radio frequency bands shall 
be noted and such leakage sources shall be repaired within a reasonable 
period of time.

    Note 1 to Sec.  76.614: Section 76.1706 contains signal leakage 
recordkeeping requirements applicable to cable operators.

[65 FR 53616, Sept. 5, 2000]



Sec.  76.616  Operation near certain aeronautical and marine emergency radio 
frequencies.

    The transmission of carriers or other signal components capable of 
delivering peak power levels equal to or greater than 10-5 
watts at any point in a cable television system is prohibited within 100 
kHz of the frequency 121.5 MHz, and is prohibited withn 50 kHz of the 
two frequencies 156.8 MHz and 243.0 MHz.

[50 FR 29401, July 19, 1985]



Sec.  76.617  Responsibility for interference.

    Interference resulting from the use of cable system terminal 
equipment (including subscriber terminal, input selector switch and any 
other accessories) shall be the responsibility of the cable system 
terminal equipment operator in accordance with the provisions of part 15 
of this chapter: provided, however, that the operator of a cable system 
to which the cable system terminal equipment is connected shall be 
responsible for detecting and eliminating any signal leakage where that 
leakage would cause interference outside the subscriber's premises and/
or would cause the cable system to exceed the Part 76 signal leakage 
requirements. In cases where excessive signal leakage occurs, the cable 
operator shall be required only to discontinue service to the subscriber 
until the problem is corrected.

[53 FR 46619, Nov. 18, 1989]



Sec.  76.618  Grandfathering.

    Cable television systems are permitted to use aeronautical 
frequencies which were requested or granted for use by November 30, 
1984, under Section 76.619 of the Rules until July 1, 1990.

[50 FR 29401, July 19, 1985]



Sec.  76.619  Grandfathered Operation in the frequency bands 108-136 and 225-400 MHz.

    All cable television systems operating in a grandfathered status 
under Sec.  76.618 of the Rules and transmitting carriers or other 
signal components capable of delivering peak power equal to or greater 
than 10-5 watts at any point in the cable system in the 
frequency bands 108-136 and 225-400 MHz for any purpose are subject to 
the following requirements:
    (a) The operator of the cable system shall notify the Commission 
annually of all signals carried in these bands, noting the type of 
information carried by the signal (television, aural, or pilot carrier 
and system control, etc.). The

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timely filing of FCC Form 325, Schedule 2, will meet this requirement.
    (b) The operator of the cable system shall notify the Commission of 
the proposed extension of the system radius in these bands. Notification 
shall include carrier and subcarrier frequencies, types of modulation, 
the previously notified geographical coordinates, the new system radius 
and the maximum peak power occurring at any location in the cable 
distribution system. No system shall extend its radius in these bands 
without prior Commission authorization.
    (c) The operator of the cable system shall maintain at its local 
office a current listing of all signals carried in these bands, noting 
carrier and subcarrier frequencies, types of modulation, and maximum 
peak power which occurs at any location within the cable distribution 
system.
    (d) The operator of the system shall provide for regular monitoring 
of the cable system for signal leakage covering all portions of the 
cable system at least once each calendar year. Monitoring equipment and 
procedures shall be adequate to detect leakage sources which produce 
field strengths in these bands of 20 microvolts per meter at a distance 
of 3 meters. The operator shall maintain a log showing the date and 
location of each leakage source identified, the date on which the 
leakage was eliminated, and the probable cause of the leakage. The log 
shall be kept on file for a period of two (2) years, and shall be made 
to authorized representatives of the Commission on request.
    (e) All carrier signals or signal components capable of delivering 
peak power equal to or greater than 10-5 watts must be 
operated at frequencies offset from aeronautical radio services operated 
by Commission licensees or by the United States Government or its 
agencies within 111 km (60 nautical miles) of any portion of the cable 
system as given in paragraph (f) of this section. (The limit of 111 km 
may be increased by the Commission in cases of ``extended service 
volumes'' as defined by the Federal Aviation Administration or other 
federal government agency for low altitude radio navigation or 
communication services). If an operator of a cable system is notified by 
the Commission that a change in operation of an aeronautical radio 
service will place the cable system in conflict with any of the offset 
criteria, the cable system operator is responsible for eliminating such 
conflict within 30 days of notification.
    (f) A minimum frequency offset between the nominal carrier frequency 
of an aeronautical radio service qualifying under paragraph (d) of this 
Section and the nominal frequency of any cable system carrier or signal 
component capable of delivering peak power equal to or greater than 
10-5 watts shall be maintained or exceeded at all times. The 
minimum frequency offsets are as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Frequencies                   Minimun frequency offsets
------------------------------------------------------------------------
108-118 MHz...............................  (50+T) kHz.
328.6-335.4 MHz...........................  ............................
108-136 MHz...............................  ............................
225-328.6 MHz.............................  (100+T) kHz.
335.4-400 MHz.............................  ............................
------------------------------------------------------------------------


In this table, T is the absolute value of the frequency tolerance of the 
cable television signal. The actual frequency tolerance will depend on 
the equipment and operating procedures of the cable system, but in no 
case shall the frequency tolerance T exceed +-25 kHz in the bands 108-
136 and 225-400 MHz.

[50 FR 29401, July 19, 1985]



Sec.  76.620   Non-cable multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs).

    Sections 76.605(a)(12), 76.610, 76.611, 76.612, 76.614, 76.1803, 
76.1804, 76.616, and 76.617 shall apply to all non-cable MVPDs. 
Exception: Non-cable MVPDs serving less than 1000 subscribers and less 
than 1000 units do not have to comply with Sec.  76.1804(g).

[68 FR 27003, May 19, 2003]

    Effective Date Note: At 68 FR 27003, May 19, 2003, Sec.  76.620 was 
revised. This section contains information collection and recordkeeping 
requirements and will not become effective until approval has been given 
by the Office of Management and Budget.



Sec.  76.630  Compatibility with consumer electronics equipment.

    (a) Cable system operators shall not scramble or otherwise encrypt 
signals carried on the basic service tier. Requests for waivers of this 
prohibition

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must demonstrate either a substantial problem with theft of basic tier 
service or a strong need to scramble basic signals for other reasons. As 
part of this showing, cable operators are required to notify subscribers 
by mail of waiver requests. The notice to subscribers must be mailed no 
later than thirty calendar days from the date the request waiver was 
filed with the Commission, and cable operators must inform the 
Commission in writing, as soon as possible, of that notification date. 
The notification to subscribers must state:

    On (date of waiver request was filed with the Commission), (cable 
operator's name) filed with the Federal Communications Commission a 
request for waiver of the rule prohibiting scrambling of channels on the 
basic tier of service. 47 CFR 76.630(a). The request for waiver states 
(a brief summary of the waiver request). A copy of the request for 
waiver is on file for public inspection at (the address of the cable 
operator's local place of business).
    Individuals who wish to comment on this request for waiver should 
mail comments to the Federal Communications Commission by no later than 
30 days from (the date the notification was mailed to subscribers). 
Those comments should be addressed to the: Federal Communications 
Commission, Media Bureau, Washington, DC 20554, and should include the 
name of the cable operator to whom the comments are applicable. 
Individuals should also send a copy of their comments to (the cable 
operator at its local place of business). Cable operators may file 
comments in reply no later than 7 days from the date subscriber comments 
must be filed.

    (b) Cable system operators that provide their subscribers with cable 
system terminal devices and other customer premises equipment that 
incorporates remote control capability shall permit the remote operation 
of such devices with commercially available remote control units or 
otherwise take no action that would prevent the devices from being 
operated by a commercially available remote control unit. Cable system 
operators are advised that this requirement obliges them to actively 
enable the remote control functions of customer premises equipment where 
those functions do not operate without a special activation procedure. 
Cable system operators may, however, disable the remote control 
functions of a subscriber's customer premises equipment where requested 
by the subscriber.

    Note 1 to Sec.  76.630: The provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of 
this section are applicable July 31, 1994, and June 30, 1994, 
respectively.
    Note 2 to Sec.  76.630: Sec.  76.1621 contains certain requirements 
pertaining to a cable operator's offer to supply subscribers with 
special equipment that will enable the simultaneous reception of 
multiple signals.
    Note 3 to Sec.  76.630: Sec.  76.1622 contains certain requirements 
pertaining to the provision of a consumer education program on 
compatibility matters to subscribers.
    Note 4 to Sec.  76.630: Cable operators must comply with the 
notification requirements pertaining to the waiver of the prohibition 
against scrambling and encryption, and comply with the public file 
requirement in connection with such waiver.

[59 FR 25342, May 16, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 18510, Apr. 26, 1996; 65 
FR 53616, Sept. 5, 2000; 67 FR 1650, Jan. 14, 2002; 67 FR 13235, Mar. 
21, 2002]



                    Subpart L_Cable Television Access



Sec.  76.701  Leased access channels.

    (a) Notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 532(b)(2) (Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended, section 612), a cable operator, in accordance with 47 U.S.C. 
532(h) (Cable Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, section 
10(a)), may adopt and enforce prospectively a written and published 
policy of prohibiting programming which, it reasonably believes, 
describes or depicts sexual or excretory activities or organs in a 
patently offensive manner as measured by contemporary community 
standards.
    (b) A cable operator may refuse to transmit any leased access 
program or portion of a leased access program that the operator 
reasonably believes contains obscenity, indecency or nudity.

    Note to paragraph (b): ``Nudity'' in paragraph (b) is interpreted to 
mean nudity that is obscene or indecent.

[62 FR 28373, May 23, 1997, as amended at 64 FR 35950, July 2, 1999]



Sec.  76.702  Public access.

    A cable operator may refuse to transmit any public access program or 
portion of a public access program that

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the operator reasonably believes contains obscenity.

[62 FR 28373, May 23, 1997]



                      Subpart M_Cable Inside Wiring



Sec.  76.800   Definitions.

    (a) MDU. A multiple dwelling unit building (e.g., an apartment 
building, condominium building or cooperative).
    (b) MDU owner. The entity that owns or controls the common areas of 
a multiple dwelling unit building.
    (c) MVPD. A multichannel video programming distributor, as that term 
is defined in Section 602(13) of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 
522(13).
    (d) Home run wiring. The wiring from the demarcation point to the 
point at which the MVPD's wiring becomes devoted to an individual 
subscriber or individual loop.

[62 FR 61031, Nov. 14, 1997]



Sec.  76.801  Scope.

    The provisions of this subpart set forth rules and regulations for 
the disposition, after a subscriber voluntarily terminates cable 
service, of that cable home wiring installed by the cable system 
operator or its contractor within the premises of the subscriber. The 
provisions do not apply where the cable home wiring belongs to the 
subscriber, such as where the operator has transferred ownership to the 
subscriber, the operator has been treating the wiring as belonging to 
the subscriber for tax purposes, or the wiring is considered to be a 
fixture by state or local law in the subscriber's jurisdiction. Nothing 
in this subpart shall affect the cable system operator's rights and 
responsibilities under Sec.  76.617 to prevent excessive signal leakage 
while providing cable service, or the cable operator's right to access 
the subscriber's property or premises.

[58 FR 11971, Mar. 2, 1993]



Sec.  76.802  Disposition of cable home wiring.

    (a)(1) Upon voluntary termination of cable service by a subscriber 
in a single unit installation, a cable operator shall not remove the 
cable home wiring unless it gives the subscriber the opportunity to 
purchase the wiring at the replacement cost, and the subscriber 
declines. If the subscriber declines to purchase the cable home wiring, 
the cable system operator must then remove the cable home wiring within 
seven days of the subscriber's decision, under normal operating 
conditions, or make no subsequent attempt to remove it or to restrict 
its use.
    (2) Upon voluntary termination of cable service by an individual 
subscriber in a multiple-unit installation, a cable operator shall not 
be entitled to remove the cable home wiring unless: it gives the 
subscriber the opportunity to purchase the wiring at the replacement 
cost; the subscriber declines, and neither the MDU owner nor an 
alternative MVPD, where permitted by the MDU owner, has provided 
reasonable advance notice to the incumbent provider that it would 
purchase the cable home wiring pursuant to this section if and when a 
subscriber declines. If the cable system operator is entitled to remove 
the cable home wiring, it must then remove the wiring within seven days 
of the subscriber's decision, under normal operating conditions, or make 
no subsequent attempt to remove it or to restrict its use.
    (3) The cost of the cable home wiring is to be based on the 
replacement cost per foot of the wiring on the subscriber's side of the 
demarcation point multiplied by the length in feet of such wiring, and 
the replacement cost of any passive splitters located on the 
subscriber's side of the demarcation point.
    (b) During the initial telephone call in which a subscriber contacts 
a cable operator to voluntarily terminate cable service, the cable 
operator--if it owns and intends to remove the home wiring--must inform 
the subscriber:
    (1) That the cable operator owns the home wiring;
    (2) That the cable operator intends to remove the home wiring;
    (3) That the subscriber has the right to purchase the home wiring; 
and
    (4) What the per-foot replacement cost and total charge for the 
wiring would be (the total charge may be based on either the actual 
length of cable wiring and the actual number of

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passive splitters on the customer's side of the demarcation point, or a 
reasonable approximation thereof; in either event, the information 
necessary for calculating the total charge must be available for use 
during the initial phone call).
    (c) If the subscriber voluntarily terminates cable service in 
person, the procedures set forth in paragraph (b) of this section apply.
    (d) If the subscriber requests termination of cable service in 
writing, it is the operator's responsibility--if it wishes to remove the 
wiring--to make reasonable efforts to contact the subscriber prior to 
the date of service termination and follow the procedures set forth in 
paragraph (b) of this section.
    (e) If the cable operator fails to adhere to the procedures 
described in paragraph (b) of this section, it will be deemed to have 
relinquished immediately any and all ownership interests in the home 
wiring; thus, the operator will not be entitled to compensation for the 
wiring and shall make no subsequent attempt to remove it or restrict its 
use.
    (f) If the cable operator adheres to the procedures described in 
paragraph (b) of this section, and, at that point, the subscriber agrees 
to purchase the wiring, constructive ownership over the home wiring will 
transfer to the subscriber immediately, and the subscriber will be 
permitted to authorize a competing service provider to connect with and 
use the home wiring.
    (g) If the cable operator adheres to the procedures described in 
paragraph (b) of this section, and the subscriber asks for more time to 
make a decision regarding whether to purchase the home wiring, the seven 
(7) day period described in paragraph (b) of this section will not begin 
running until the subscriber declines to purchase the wiring; in 
addition, the subscriber may not use the wiring to connect to an 
alternative service provider until the subscriber notifies the operator 
whether or not the subscriber wishes to purchase the wiring.
    (h) If an alternative video programming service provider connects 
its wiring to the home wiring before the incumbent cable operator has 
terminated service and has capped off its line to prevent signal 
leakage, the alternative video programming service provider shall be 
responsible for ensuring that the incumbent's wiring is properly capped 
off in accordance with the Commission's signal leakage requirements. See 
Subpart K (technical standards) of the Commission's Cable Television 
Service rules (47 CFR 76.605(a)(13) and 76.610 through 76.617).
    (i) Where the subscriber terminates cable service but will not be 
using the home wiring to receive another alternative video programming 
service, the cable operator shall properly cap off its own line in 
accordance with the Commission's signal leakage requirements. See 
Subpart K (technical standards) of the Commission's Cable Television 
Service rules (47 CFR 76.605(a)(13) and 76.610 through 76.617).
    (j) Cable operators are prohibited from using any ownership 
interests they may have in property located on the subscriber's side of 
the demarcation point, such as molding or conduit, to prevent, impede, 
or in any way interfere with, a subscriber's right to use his or her 
home wiring to receive an alternative service. In addition, incumbent 
cable operators must take reasonable steps within their control to 
ensure that an alternative service provider has access to the home 
wiring at the demarcation point. Cable operators and alternative 
multichannel video programming delivery service providers are required 
to minimize the potential for signal leakage in accordance with the 
guidelines set forth in 47 CFR 76.605(a)(13) and 76.610 through 76.617, 
theft of service and unnecessary disruption of the consumer's premises.
    (k) Definitions--Normal operating conditions--The term ``normal 
operating conditions'' shall have the same meaning as at 47 CFR 
76.309(c)(4)(ii).
    (l) The provisions of Sec.  76.802 shall apply to all MVPDs in the 
same manner that they apply to cable operators.

[61 FR 6137, Feb. 16, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 61031, Nov. 14, 1997; 68 
FR 13855, Mar. 21, 2003]

    Effective Date Notes: 1. At 61 FR 6137, Feb. 16, 1996, Sec.  76.802 
was revised. This section contains information collection and 
recordkeeping requirements and will not become effective until approval 
has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.

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    2. At 68 FR 13855, Mar. 21, 2003, Sec.  76.802 was amended by 
revising paragraph (l). This paragraph contains information collection 
and recordkeeping requirements and will not become effective until 
approval has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.



Sec.  76.804  Disposition of home run wiring.

    (a) Building-by-building disposition of home run wiring. (1) Where 
an MVPD owns the home run wiring in an MDU and does not (or will not at 
the conclusion of the notice period) have a legally enforceable right to 
remain on the premises against the wishes of the MDU owner, the MDU 
owner may give the MVPD a minimum of 90 days' written notice that its 
access to the entire building will be terminated to invoke the 
procedures in this section. The MVPD will then have 30 days to notify 
the MDU owner in writing of its election for all the home run wiring 
inside the MDU building: to remove the wiring and restore the MDU 
building consistent with state law within 30 days of the end of the 90-
day notice period or within 30 days of actual service termination, 
whichever occurs first; to abandon and not disable the wiring at the end 
of the 90-day notice period; or to sell the wiring to the MDU building 
owner. If the incumbent provider elects to remove or abandon the wiring, 
and it intends to terminate service before the end of the 90-day notice 
period, the incumbent provider shall notify the MDU owner at the time of 
this election of the date on which it intends to terminate service. If 
the incumbent provider elects to remove its wiring and restore the 
building consistent with state law, it must do so within 30 days of the 
end of the 90-day notice period or within 30 days of actual service 
termination, which ever occurs first. For purposes of abandonment, 
passive devices, including splitters, shall be considered part of the 
home run wiring. The incumbent provider that has elected to abandon its 
home run wiring may remove its amplifiers or other active devices used 
in the wiring if an equivalent replacement can easily be reattached. In 
addition, an incumbent provider removing any active elements shall 
comply with the notice requirements and other rules regarding the 
removal of home run wiring. If the MDU owner declines to purchase the 
home run wiring, the MDU owner may permit an alternative provider that 
has been authorized to provide service to the MDU to negotiate to 
purchase the wiring.
    (2) If the incumbent provider elects to sell the home run wiring 
under paragraph (a)(1) of this section, the incumbent and the MDU owner 
or alternative provider shall have 30 days from the date of election to 
negotiate a price. If the parties are unable to agree on a price within 
that 30-day time period, the incumbent must elect: to abandon without 
disabling the wiring; to remove the wiring and restore the MDU 
consistent with state law; or to submit the price determination to 
binding arbitration by an independent expert. If the incumbent provider 
chooses to abandon or remove its wiring, it must notify the MDU owner at 
the time of this election if and when it intends to terminate service 
before the end of the 90-day notice period. If the incumbent service 
provider elects to abandon its wiring at this point, the abandonment 
shall become effective at the end of the 90-day notice period or upon 
service termination, whichever occurs first. If the incumbent elects at 
this point to remove its wiring and restore the building consistent with 
state law, it must do so within 30 days of the end of the 90-day notice 
period or within 30 days of actual service termination, which ever 
occurs first.
    (3) If the incumbent elects to submit to binding arbitration, the 
parties shall have seven days to agree on an independent expert or to 
each designate an expert who will pick a third expert within an 
additional seven days. The independent expert chosen will be required to 
assess a reasonable price for the home run wiring by the end of the 90-
day notice period. If the incumbent elects to submit the matter to 
binding arbitration and the MDU owner (or the alternative provider) 
refuses to participate, the incumbent shall have no further obligations 
under the Commission's home run wiring disposition procedures. If the 
incumbent fails to comply with any of the deadlines established herein, 
it shall be deemed to have elected to abandon its home run

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wiring at the end of the 90-day notice period.
    (4) The MDU owner shall be permitted to exercise the rights of 
individual subscribers under this subsection for purposes of the 
disposition of the cable home wiring under Sec.  76.802. When an MDU 
owner notifies an incumbent provider under this section that the 
incumbent provider's access to the entire building will be terminated 
and that the MDU owner seeks to use the home run wiring for another 
service, the incumbent provider shall, in accordance with our current 
home wiring rules: offer to sell to the MDU owner any home wiring within 
the individual dwelling units that the incumbent provider owns and 
intends to remove; and provide the MDU owner with the total per-foot 
replacement cost of such home wiring. This information must be provided 
to the MDU owner within 30 days of the initial notice that the 
incumbent's access to the building will be terminated. If the MDU owner 
declines to purchase the cable home wiring, the MDU owner may allow the 
alternative provider to purchase the home wiring upon service 
termination under the terms and conditions of Sec.  76.802. If the MDU 
owner or the alternative provider elects to purchase the home wiring 
under these rules, it must so notify the incumbent MVPD provider not 
later than 30 days before the incumbent's termination of access to the 
building will become effective. If the MDU owner and the alternative 
provider fail to elect to purchase the home wiring, the incumbent 
provider must then remove the cable home wiring, under normal operating 
conditions, within 30 days of actual service termination, or make no 
subsequent attempt to remove it or to restrict its use.
    (5) The parties shall cooperate to avoid disruption in service to 
subscribers to the extent possible.
    (b) Unit-by-unit disposition of home run wiring:
    (1) Where an MVPD owns the home run wiring in an MDU and does not 
(or will not at the conclusion of the notice period) have a legally 
enforceable right to maintain any particular home run wire dedicated to 
a particular unit on the premises against the MDU owner's wishes, the 
MDU owner may permit multiple MVPDs to compete for the right to use the 
individual home run wires dedicated to each unit in the MDU. The MDU 
owner must provide at least 60 days' written notice to the incumbent 
MVPD of the MDU owner's intention to invoke this procedure. The 
incumbent MVPD will then have 30 days to provide a single written 
election to the MDU owner as to whether, for each and every one of its 
home run wires dedicated to a subscriber who chooses an alternative 
provider's service, the incumbent MVPD will: remove the wiring and 
restore the MDU building consistent with state law; abandon the wiring 
without disabling it; or sell the wiring to the MDU owner. If the MDU 
owner refuses to purchase the home run wiring, the MDU owner may permit 
the alternative provider to purchase it. If the alternative provider is 
permitted to purchase the wiring, it will be required to make a similar 
election within this 30-day period for each home run wire solely 
dedicated to a subscriber who switches back from the alternative 
provider to the incumbent MVPD.
    (2) If the incumbent provider elects to sell the home run wiring 
under paragraph (b)(1), the incumbent and the MDU owner or alternative 
provider shall have 30 days from the date of election to negotiate a 
price. During this 30-day negotiation period, the parties may arrange 
for an up-front lump sum payment in lieu of a unit-by-unit payment. If 
the parties are unable to agree on a price during this 30-day time 
period, the incumbent must elect: to abandon without disabling the 
wiring; to remove the wiring and restore the MDU consistent with state 
law; or to submit the price determination to binding arbitration by an 
independent expert. If the incumbent elects to submit to binding 
arbitration, the parties shall have seven days to agree on an 
independent expert or to each designate an expert who will pick a third 
expert within an additional seven days. The independent expert chosen 
will be required to assess a reasonable price for the home run wiring 
within 14 days. If subscribers wish to switch service providers after 
the expiration of the 60-day notice period but before the expert

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issues its price determination, the procedures set forth in paragraph 
(b)(3) of this section shall be followed, subject to the price 
established by the arbitrator. If the incumbent elects to submit the 
matter to binding arbitration and the MDU owner (or the alternative 
provider) refuses to participate, the incumbent shall have no further 
obligations under the Commission's home run wiring disposition 
procedures.
    (3) When an MVPD that is currently providing service to a subscriber 
is notified either orally or in writing that that subscriber wishes to 
terminate service and that another service provider intends to use the 
existing home run wire to provide service to that particular subscriber, 
a provider that has elected to remove its home run wiring pursuant to 
paragraph (b)(1) or (b)(2) of this section will have seven days to 
remove its home run wiring and restore the building consistent with 
state law. If the subscriber has requested service termination more than 
seven days in the future, the seven-day removal period shall begin on 
the date of actual service termination (and, in any event, shall end no 
later than seven days after the requested date of termination). If the 
provider has elected to abandon or sell the wiring pursuant to paragraph 
(b)(1) or (b)(2) of this section, the abandonment or sale will become 
effective upon actual service termination or upon the requested date of 
termination, whichever occurs first. For purposes of abandonment, 
passive devices, including splitters, shall be considered part of the 
home run wiring. The incumbent provider may remove its amplifiers or 
other active devices used in the wiring if an equivalent replacement can 
easily be reattached. In addition, an incumbent provider removing any 
active elements shall comply with the notice requirements and other 
rules regarding the removal of home run wiring. If the incumbent 
provider intends to terminate service prior to the end of the seven-day 
period, the incumbent shall inform the party requesting service 
termination, at the time of such request, of the date on which service 
will be terminated. The incumbent provider shall make the home run 
wiring accessible to the alternative provider within the 24-hour period 
prior to actual service termination.
    (4) If the incumbent provider fails to comply with any of the 
deadlines established herein, the home run wiring shall be considered 
abandoned, and the incumbent may not prevent the alternative provider 
from using the home run wiring immediately to provide service. The 
alternative provider or the MDU owner may act as the subscriber's agent 
in providing notice of a subscriber's desire to change services, 
consistent with state law. If a subscriber's service is terminated 
without notification that another service provider intends to use the 
existing home run wiring to provide service to that particular 
subscriber, the incumbent provider will not be required to carry out its 
election to sell, remove or abandon the home run wiring; the incumbent 
provider will be required to carry out its election, however, if and 
when it receives notice that a subscriber wishes to use the home run 
wiring to receive an alternative service. Section 76.802 of the 
Commission's rules regarding the disposition of cable home wiring will 
apply where a subscriber's service is terminated without notifying the 
incumbent provider that the subscriber wishes to use the home run wiring 
to receive an alternative service.
    (5) The parties shall cooperate to avoid disruption in service to 
subscribers to the extent possible.
    (6) Section 76.802 of the Commission's rules regarding the 
disposition of cable home wiring will continue to apply to the wiring on 
the subscriber's side of the cable demarcation point.
    (c) The procedures set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this 
section shall apply unless and until the incumbent provider obtains a 
court ruling or an injunction within forty-five (45) days following the 
initial notice enjoining its displacement.
    (d) After the effective date of this rule, MVPDs shall include a 
provision in all service contracts entered into with MDU owners setting 
forth the disposition of any home run wiring in the MDU upon the 
termination of the contract.
    (e) Incumbents are prohibited from using any ownership interest they 
may have in property located on or near the

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home run wiring, such as molding or conduit, to prevent, impede, or in 
any way interfere with, the ability of an alternative MVPD to use the 
home run wiring pursuant to this section.
    (f) Section 76.804 shall apply to all MVPDs.

[62 FR 61032, Nov. 14, 1997, as amended at 68 FR 13855, Mar. 21, 2003]

    Effective Date Note: At 68 FR 13855, Mar. 21, 2003, Sec.  76.804 was 
amended by revising paragraph (b)(3). This paragraph contains 
information collection and recordkeeping requirements and will not 
become effective until approval has been given by the Office of 
Management and Budget.



Sec.  76.805  Access to molding.

    (a) An MVPD shall be permitted to install one or more home run wires 
within the existing molding of an MDU where the MDU owner finds that 
there is sufficient space to permit the installation of the additional 
wiring without interfering with the ability of an existing MVPD to 
provide service, and gives its affirmative consent to such installation. 
This paragraph shall not apply where the incumbent provider has an 
exclusive contractual right to occupy the molding.
    (b) If an MDU owner finds that there is insufficient space in 
existing molding to permit the installation of the new wiring without 
interfering with the ability of an existing MVPD to provide service, but 
gives its affirmative consent to the installation of larger molding and 
additional wiring, the MDU owner (with or without the assistance of the 
incumbent and/or the alternative provider) shall be permitted to remove 
the existing molding, return such molding to the incumbent, if 
appropriate, and install additional wiring and larger molding in order 
to contain the additional wiring. This paragraph shall not apply where 
the incumbent provider possesses a contractual right to maintain its 
molding on the premises without alteration by the MDU owner.
    (c) The alternative provider shall be required to pay any and all 
installation costs associated with the implementation of paragraphs (a) 
or (b) of this section, including the costs of restoring the MDU owner's 
property to its original condition, and the costs of repairing any 
damage to the incumbent provider's wiring or other property.

[62 FR 61033, Nov. 14, 1997]



Sec.  76.806  Pre-termination access to cable home wiring.

    (a) Prior to termination of service, a customer may: install or 
provide for the installation of their own cable home wiring; or connect 
additional home wiring, splitters or other equipment within their 
premises to the wiring owned by the cable operator, so long as no 
electronic or physical harm is caused to the cable system and the 
physical integrity of the cable operator's wiring remains intact.
    (b) Cable operators may require that home wiring (including passive 
splitters, connectors and other equipment used in the installation of 
home wiring) meets reasonable technical specifications, not to exceed 
the technical specifications of such equipment installed by the cable 
operator; provided however, that if electronic or physical harm is 
caused to the cable system, the cable operator may impose additional 
technical specifications to eliminate such harm. To the extent a 
customer's installations or rearrangements of wiring degrade the signal 
quality of or interfere with other customers' signals, or cause 
electronic or physical harm to the cable system, the cable operator may 
discontinue service to that subscriber until the degradation or 
interference is resolved.
    (c) Customers shall not physically cut, substantially alter, 
improperly terminate or otherwise destroy cable operator-owned home 
wiring.
    (d) Section 76.806 shall apply to all MVPDs.

[62 FR 61034, Nov. 14, 1997, as amended at 68 FR 13855, Mar. 21, 2003]



                     Subpart N_Cable Rate Regulation

    Source: 58 FR 29753, May 21, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

    Effective Date Note: The effective date of the amendments to part 
76, published at 58 FR 29737 (May 21, 1993), extended to October 1, 
1993, by an order published at 58 FR 33560 (June 18, 1993), and moved to 
September 1, 1993, by an order published at 58 FR 41042 (August 2, 
1993), is temporarily stayed for those cable systems that have 1,000 or 
fewer

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subscribers. This limited, temporary stay is effective September 1, 
1993, and will remain in effect until the Commission terminates the stay 
and establishes a new effective date in an order on reconsideration 
addressing the administrative burdens and costs of compliance for small 
cable systems. The Commission will publish in the Federal Register the 
new effective date of the rules with respect to small cable systems at 
that time.



Sec.  76.901  Definitions.

    (a) Basic service. The basic service tier shall, at a minimum, 
include all signals of domestic television broadcast stations provided 
to any subscriber (except a signal secondarily transmitted by satellite 
carrier beyond the local service area of such station, regardless of how 
such signal is ultimately received by the cable system) any public, 
educational, and governmental programming required by the franchise to 
be carried on the basic tier, and any additional video programming 
signals a service added to the basic tier by the cable operator.
    (b) Cable programming service. Cable programming service includes 
any video programming provided over a cable system, regardless of 
service tier, including installation or rental of equipment used for the 
receipt of such video programming, other than:
    (1) Video programming carried on the basic service tier as defined 
in this section;
    (2) Video programming offered on a pay-per-channel or pay-per-
program basis; or
    (3) A combination of multiple channels of pay-per-channel or pay-
per-program video programming offered on a multiplexed or time-shifted 
basis so long as the combined service:
    (i) Consists of commonly-identified video programming; and
    (ii) Is not bundled with any regulated tier of service.
    (c) Small System. A small system is a cable television system that 
serves 15,000 or fewer subscribers. The service area of a small system 
shall be determined by the number of subscribers that are served by the 
system's principal headend, including any other headends or microwave 
receive sites that are technically integrated to the principal headend.
    (d) New Product Tier. A new product tier (``NPT'') is a cable 
programming service tier meeting the conditions set forth in Sec.  
76.987.
    (e) Small cable company. A small cable company is a cable television 
operator that serves a total of 400,000 or fewer subscribers over one or 
more cable systems.
    (f) Small cable operator. A small cable operator is an operator 
that, directly or through an affiliate, serves in the aggregate fewer 
than 1 percent of all subscribers in the United States and is not 
affiliated with any entity or entities whose gross annual revenues in 
the aggregate exceed $250,000,000. For purposes of this definition, an 
operator shall be deemed affiliated with another entity if that entity 
holds a 20 percent or greater equity interest (not including truly 
passive investment) in the operator or exercises de jure or de facto 
control over the operator.

    Note 1 to paragraph (f): Using the most reliable sources publicly 
available, the Commission periodically will determine and give public 
notice of the subscriber count that will serve as the 1 percent 
threshold until a new number is calculated.
    Note 2 to paragraph (f): For a discussion of passive interests with 
respect to small cable operators, see Implementation of Cable Act Reform 
Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Report and Order in CS 
Docket No. 96-85, FCC 99-57 (released March 29, 1999).
    Note 3 to paragraph (f): If two or more entities unaffiliated with 
each other each hold an equity interest in the small cable operator, the 
equity interests of the unaffiliated entities will not be aggregated 
with each other for the purpose of determining whether an entity meets 
or passes the 20 percent affiliation threshold.

[58 FR 29753, May 21, 1993, as amended at 59 FR 62623, Dec. 6, 1994; 60 
FR 35864, July 12, 1995; 64 FR 35950, July 2, 1999]



Sec.  76.905  Standards for identification of cable systems subject to 
effective competition.

    (a) Only the rates of cable systems that are not subject to 
effective competition may be regulated.
    (b) A cable system is subject to effective competition when any one 
of the following conditions is met:

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    (1) Fewer than 30 percent of the households in its franchise area 
subscribe to the cable service of a cable system.
    (2) The franchise area is:
    (i) Served by at least two unaffiliated multichannel video 
programming distributors each of which offers comparable programming to 
at least 50 percent of the households in the franchise area; and
    (ii) the number of households subscribing to multichannel video 
programming other than the largest multichannel video programming 
distributor exceeds 15 percent of the households in the franchise area.
    (3) A multichannel video programming distributor, operated by the 
franchising authority for that franchise area, offers video programming 
to at least 50 percent of the households in the franchise area.
    (4) A local exchange carrier or its affiliate (or any multichannel 
video programming distributor using the facilities of such carrier or 
its affiliate) offers video programming services directly to subscribers 
by any means (other than direct-to-home satellite services) in the 
franchise area of an unaffiliated cable operator which is providing 
cable service in that franchise area, but only if the video programming 
services so offered in that area are comparable to the video programming 
services provided by the unaffiliated cable operator in that area.
    (c) For purposes of paragraphs (b)(1) through (b)(3) of this 
section, each separately billed or billable customer will count as a 
household subscribing to or being offered video programming services, 
with the exception of multiple dwelling buildings billed as a single 
customer. Individual units of multiple dwelling buildings will count as 
separate households. The term ``households'' shall not include those 
dwellings that are used solely for seasonal, occasional, or recreational 
use.
    (d) A multichannel video program distributor, for purposes of this 
section, is an entity such as, but not limited to, a cable operator, a 
multichannel multipoint distribution service, a direct broadcast 
satellite service, a television receive-only satellite program 
distributor, a video dialtone service provider, or a satellite master 
antenna television service provider that makes available for purchase, 
by subscribers or customers, multiple channels of video programming.
    (e) Service of a multichannel video programming distributor will be 
deemed offered:
    (1) When the multichannel video programming distributor is 
physically able to deliver service to potential subscribers, with the 
addition of no or only minimal additional investment by the distributor, 
in order for an individual subscriber to receive service; and
    (2) When no regulatory, technical or other impediments to households 
taking service exist, and potential subscribers in the franchise area 
are reasonably aware that they may purchase the services of the 
multichannel video programming distributor.
    (f) For purposes of determining the number of households subscribing 
to the services of a multichannel video programming distributor other 
than the largest multichannel video programming distributor, under 
paragraph (b)(2)(ii) of this section, the number of subscribers of all 
multichannel video programming distributors that offer service in the 
franchise area will be aggregated.
    (g) In order to offer comparable programming as that term is used in 
this section, a competing multichannel video programming distributor 
must offer at least 12 channels of video programming, including at least 
one channel of nonbroadcast service programming.
    (h) For purposes of paragraph (b)(2) of this section, entities are 
affiliated if either entity has an attributable interest in the other or 
if a third party has an attributable interest in both entities. 
Attributable interest shall be defined by reference to the criteria set 
forth in Notes 1 through 5 to Sec.  76.501.
    (i) For purposes of paragraph (b)(4) of this section, entities are 
affiliated if either entity has an attributable interest in the other or 
if a third party has an attributable interest in both entities. 
Attributable interest shall be defined as follows:

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    (1) A 10% partnership or voting equity interest in a corporation 
will be cognizable.
    (2) Subject to paragraph (i)(3), a limited partnership interest of 
10% or more shall be attributed to a limited partner unless that partner 
is not materially involved, directly or indirectly, in the management or 
operation of the media-related activities of the partnership and the 
relevant entity so certifies. An interest in a Limited Liability Company 
(``LLC'') or Registered Limited Liability Partnership (``RLLP'') shall 
be attributed to the interest holder unless that interest holder is not 
materially involved, directly or indirectly, in the management or 
operation of the media-related activities of the partnership and the 
relevant entity so certifies. Certifications must be made pursuant to 
the guidelines set forth in Note 2(f) to Sec.  76.501.
    (3) Notwithstanding paragraph (i)(2), the holder of an equity or 
debt interest or interests in an entity covered by this rule shall have 
that interest attributed if the equity (including all stockholdings, 
whether voting or nonvoting, common or preferred, and partnership 
interests) and debt interest or interests, in the aggregate, exceed 33 
percent of the total asset value (all equity plus all debt) of that 
entity.
    (4) Discrete ownership interests held by the same individual or 
entity will be aggregated in determining whether or not an interest is 
cognizable under this section. An individual or entity will be deemed to 
have a cognizable investment if the sum of the interests other than 
those held by or through ``passive investors'' is equal to or exceeds 
10%.

[58 FR 29753, May 21, 1993, as amended at 59 FR 17972, Apr. 15, 1994; 61 
FR 18978, Apr. 30, 1996; 62 FR 6495, Feb. 12, 1997; 64 FR 35950, July 2, 
1999; 64 FR 67196, Dec. 1, 1999]



Sec.  76.906  Presumption of no effective competition.

    In the absence of a demonstration to the contrary, cable systems are 
presumed not to be subject to effective competition.



Sec.  76.907  Petition for a determination of effective competition.

    (a) A cable operator (or other interested party) may file a petition 
for a determination of effective competition with the Commission 
pursuant to the Commission's procedural rules in Sec.  76.7.
    (b) The cable operator bears the burden of rebutting the presumption 
that effective competition does not exist with evidence that effective 
competition, as defined in Sec.  76.905, exists in the franchise area.

    Note to paragraph (b): The criteria for determining effective 
competition pursuant to Sec.  76.905(b)(4) are described in 
Implementation of Cable Act Reform Provisions of the Telecommunications 
Act of 1996, Report and Order in CS Docket No. 96-85, FCC 99-57 
(released March 29, 1999).

    (c) If the evidence establishing effective competition is not 
otherwise available, cable operators may request from a competitor 
information regarding the competitor's reach and number of subscribers. 
A competitor must respond to such request within 15 days. Such responses 
may be limited to numerical totals. In addition, with respect to 
petitions filed seeking to demonstrate the presence of effective 
competition pursuant to Sec.  76.905(b)(4), the Commission may issue an 
order directing one or more persons to produce information relevant to 
the petition's disposition.

[64 FR 35950, July 2, 1999]



Sec.  76.910  Franchising authority certification.

    (a) A franchising authority must be certified by the Commission in 
order to regulate the basic service tier and associated equipment of a 
cable system within its jurisdiction.
    (b) To be certified, the franchising authority must file with the 
Commission a written certification that:
    (1) The franchising authority will adopt and administer regulations 
with respect to the rates for the basic service tier that are consistent 
with the regulations prescribed by the Commission for regulation of the 
basic service tier;
    (2) The franchising authority has the legal authority to adopt, and 
the personnel to administer, such regulations;
    (3) Procedural laws and regulations applicable to rate regulation 
proceedings by such authority provide a

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reasonable opportunity for consideration of the views of interested 
parties; and
    (4) The cable system in question is not subject to effective 
competition. Unless a franchising authority has actual knowledge to the 
contrary, the franchising authority may rely on the presumption in Sec.  
76.906 that the cable operator is not subject to effective competition.
    (c) The written certification described in paragraph (b) of this 
section shall be made by filing the FCC form designated for that 
purpose. The form must be filed by
    (1) Registered mail, return receipt requested, or
    (2) Hand-delivery to the Commission and a date-stamped copy 
obtained. The date on the return receipt or on the date-stamped copy is 
the date filed.
    (d) A copy of the certification form described in paragraph (c) of 
this section must be served on the cable operator before or on the same 
day it is filed with the Commission.
    (e) Unless the Commission notifies the franchising authority 
otherwise, the certification will become effective 30 days after the 
date filed, provided, however, That the franchising authority may not 
regulate the rates of a cable system unless it:
    (1) Adopts regulations:
    (i) Consistent with the Commission's regulations governing the basic 
tier; and
    (ii) Providing a reasonable opportunity for consideration of the 
views of interested parties, within 120 days of the effective date of 
certification; and
    (2) Notifies the cable operator that the authority has been 
certified and has adopted the regulations required by paragraph (e)(1) 
of this section.
    (f) If the Commission denies a franchising authority's 
certification, the Commission will notify the franchising authority of 
any revisions or modifications necessary to obtain approval.



Sec.  76.911  Petition for reconsideration of certification.

    (a) A cable operator (or other interested party) may challenge a 
franchising authority's certification by filing a petition for 
reconsideration pursuant to Sec.  1.106. The petition may allege either 
of the following:
    (1) The cable operator is not subject to rate regulation because 
effective competition exists as defined in Sec.  76.905. Sections 
76.907(b) and (c) apply to petitions filed under this section.
    (2) The franchising authority does not meet the certification 
standards set forth in 47 U.S.C. 543(a)(3).
    (b) Stay of rate regulation. (1) The filing of a petition for 
reconsideration pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of this section will 
automatically stay the imposition of rate regulation pending the outcome 
of the reconsideration proceeding.
    (2) A petitioner filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of this section 
may request a stay of rate regulation.
    (3) In any case in which a stay of rate regulation has been granted, 
if the petition for reconsideration is denied, the cable operator may be 
required to refund any rates or portion of rates above the permitted 
tier charge or permitted equipment charge which were collected from the 
date the operator implements a prospective rate reduction back in time 
to September 1, 1993, or one year, whichever is shorter.
    (c) The filing of a petition for reconsideration alleging the 
presence of effective competition based on frivolous grounds is 
prohibited, and may be subject to forfeitures.
    (d) If the Commission upholds a challenge to a certification filed 
pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of this section, the Commission will notify 
the franchising authority of the revisions necessary to secure approval 
and provide the authority an opportunity to amend its certification 
however necessary to secure approval. Provided, however, That pending 
approval of certification, the Commission will assume jurisdiction over 
basic cable service rates in that franchise area.

[58 FR 29753, May 21, 1993, as amended at 58 FR 46735, Sept. 2, 1993; 64 
FR 35950, July 2, 1999]



Sec. 76.912  Joint certification.

    (a) Franchising authorities may apply for joint certification and 
may engage in joint regulation, including, but not limited to, joint 
hearings, data

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collection, and ratemaking. Franchising authorities jointly certified to 
regulate their cable system(s) may make independent rate decisions.
    (b) Franchising authorities may apply for joint certification 
regardless of whether the authorities are served by the same cable 
system or by different cable systems and regardless of whether the rates 
in each franchising area are uniform.



Sec.  76.913  Assumption of jurisdiction by the Commission.

    (a) Upon denial or revocation of the franchising authority's 
certification, the Commission will regulate rates for cable services and 
associated equipment of a cable system not subject to effective 
competition, as defined in Sec.  76.905, in a franchise area. Such 
regulation by the Commission will continue until the franchising 
authority has obtained certification or recertification.
    (b) A franchising authority unable to meet certification standards 
may petition the Commission to regulate the rates for basic cable 
service and associated equipment of its franchisee when:
    (1) The franchising authority lacks the resources to administer rate 
regulation.
    (2) The franchising authority lacks the legal authority to regulate 
basic service rates; Provided, however, That the authority must submit 
with its request a statement detailing the nature of the legal 
infirmity.
    (c) The Commission will regulate basic service rates pursuant to 
this Section until the franchising authority qualifies to exercise 
jurisdiction pursuant to Sec.  76.916.

[58 FR 29753, May 21, 1993, as amended at 62 FR 6495, Feb. 12, 1997]

    Effective Date Note: At 62 FR 6495, Feb. 12, 1997, in Sec.  76.913, 
paragraph (b)(1) was revised. This amendment contains information 
collection and recordkeeping requirements and will not become effective 
until approval has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.



Sec.  76.914  Revocation of certification.

    (a) A franchising authority's certification shall be revoked if:
    (1) After the franchising authority has been given a reasonable 
opportunity to comment and cure any minor nonconformance, it is 
determined that state and local laws and regulations are in substantial 
and material conflict with the Commission's regulations governing cable 
rates.
    (2) After being given an opportunity to cure the defect, a 
franchising authority fails to fulfill one of the three conditions for 
certification, set forth in 47 U.S.C. 543(a)(3), or any of the 
provisions of Sec.  76.910(b).
    (b) In all cases of revocation, the Commission will assume 
jurisdiction over basic service rates until an authority becomes 
recertified. The Commission will also notify the franchising authority 
regarding the corrective action that may be taken.
    (c) A cable operator may file a petition for special relief pursuant 
to Sec.  76.7 of this part seeking revocation of a franchising 
authority's certification.
    (d) While a petition for revocation is pending, and absent grant of 
a stay, the franchising authority may continue to regulate the basic 
service rates of its franchisees.

[58 FR 29753, May 21, 1993, as amended at 59 FR 17972, Apr. 15, 1994; 64 
FR 6572, Feb. 10, 1999]



Sec.  76.916  Petition for recertification.

    (a) After its request for certification has been denied or its 
existing certification has been revoked, a franchising authority wishing 
to assume jurisdiction to regulate basic service and associated 
equipment rates must file a ``Petition for Recertification'' accompanied 
by a copy of the earlier decision denying or revoking certification.
    (b) The petition must:
    (1) Meet the requirements set forth in 47 U.S.C. 543(a)(3);
    (2) State that the cable system is not subject to effective 
competition; and
    (3) Contain a clear showing, supported by either objectively 
verifiable data such as a state statute, or by affidavit, that the 
reasons for the earlier denial or revocation no longer pertain.
    (c) The petition must be served on the cable operator and on any 
interested party that participated in the proceeding denying or revoking 
the original certification.
    (d) Oppositions may be filed within 15 days after the petition is 
filed, and

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must be served on the petitioner. Replies may be filed within seven days 
of filing of oppositions, and must be served on the opposing party(ies).



Sec.  76.917  Notification of certification withdrawal.

    A franchising authority that has been certified to regulate rates 
may, at any time, notify the Commission that it no longer intends to 
regulate basic cable rates. Such notification shall include the 
franchising authority's determination that rate regulation no longer 
serves the interests of cable subscribers served by the cable system 
within the franchising authority's jurisdiction, and that it has 
received no consideration for its withdrawal of certification. Such 
notification shall be served on the cable operator. The Commission 
retains the right to review such determinations and to request the 
factual finding of the franchising authority underlying its decision to 
withdraw certification. The franchising authority's withdrawal becomes 
effective upon notification to the Commission.

[59 FR 17972, Apr. 15, 1994]



Sec.  76.920  Composition of the basic tier.

    Every subscriber of a cable system must subscribe to the basic tier 
in order to subscribe to any other tier of video programming or to 
purchase any other video programming.



Sec.  76.921  Buy-through of other tiers prohibited.

    (a) No cable system operator, other than an operator subject to 
effective competition, may require the subscription to any tier other 
than the basic service tier as a condition of subscription to video 
programming offered on a per channel or per program charge basis. A 
cable operator may, however, require the subscription to one or more 
tiers of cable programming services as a condition of access to one or 
more tiers of cable programming services.
    (b) A cable operator not subject to effective competition may not 
discriminate between subscribers to the basic service tier and other 
subscribers with regard to the rates charged for video programming 
offered on a per-channel or per-program charge basis.
    (c) With respect to cable systems not subject to effective 
competition, prior to October 5, 2002, the provisions of paragraph (a) 
of this section shall not apply to any cable system that lacks the 
capacity to offer basic service and all programming distributed on a per 
channel or per program basis without also providing other intermediate 
tiers of service:
    (1) By controlling subscriber access to nonbasic channels of service 
through addressable equipment electronically controlled from a central 
control point; or
    (2) Through the installation, noninstallation, or removal of 
frequency filters (traps) at the premises of subscribers without other 
alteration in system configuration or design and without causing 
degradation in the technical quality of service provided.
    (d) With respect to cable systems not subject to effective 
competition, any retiering of channels or services that is not 
undertaken in order to accomplish legitimate regulatory, technical, or 
customer service objectives and that is intended to frustrate or has the 
effect of frustrating compliance with paragraphs (a) through (c) of this 
section is prohibited.

[62 FR 6495, Feb. 12, 1997]



Sec.  76.922  Rates for the basic service tier and cable programming services 
tiers.

    (a) Basic and cable programming service tier rates. Basic service 
tier and cable programming service rates shall be subject to regulation 
by the Commission and by state and local authorities, as is appropriate, 
in order to assure that they are in compliance with the requirements of 
47 U.S.C. 543. Rates that are demonstrated, in accordance with this 
part, not to exceed the ``Initial Permitted Per Channel Charge'' or the 
``Subsequent Permitted Per Channel Charge'' as described in this 
section, or the equipment charges as specified in Sec.  76.923, will be 
accepted as in compliance. The maximum monthly charge per subscriber for 
a tier of regulated programming services offered by a cable system shall 
consist of a permitted per channel charge multiplied by the number of 
channels on the tier, plus a charge for franchise fees. The

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maximum monthly charges for regulated programming services shall not 
include any charges for equipment or installations. Charges for 
equipment and installations are to be calculated separately pursuant to 
Sec.  76.923. The same rate-making methodology (either the benchmark 
methodology found in paragraph (b) of this section, or a cost-of-service 
showing) shall be used to set initial rates on all rate regulated tiers, 
and shall continue to provide the basis for subsequent permitted 
charges.
    (b) Permitted charge on May 15, 1994. (1) The permitted charge for a 
tier of regulated program service shall be, at the election of the cable 
system, either:
    (i) A rate determined pursuant to a cost-of-service showing;
    (ii) The full reduction rate;
    (iii) The transition rate, if the system is eligible for transition 
relief; or
    (iv) A rate based on a streamlined rate reduction, if the system is 
eligible to implement such a rate reduction. Except where noted, the 
term ``rate'' in this subsection means a rate measured on an average 
regulated revenue per subscriber basis.
    (2) Full reduction rate. The ``full reduction rate'' on May 15, 1994 
is the system's September 30, 1992 rate, measured on an average 
regulated revenue per subscriber basis, reduced by 17 percent, and then 
adjusted for the following:
    (i) The establishment of permitted equipment rates as required by 
Sec.  76.923;
    (ii) Inflation measured by the GNP-PI between October 1, 1992 and 
September 30, 1993;
    (iii) Changes in the number of program channels subject to 
regulation that are offered on the system's program tiers between 
September 30, 1992 and the earlier of the initial date of regulation for 
any tier or February 28, 1994; and
    (iv) Changes in external costs that have occurred between the 
earlier of the initial date of regulation for any tier or February 28, 
1994, and March 31, 1994.
    (3) March 31, 1994 benchmark rate. The ``March 31, 1994 benchmark 
rate'' is the rate so designated using the calculations in Form 1200.
    (4) Transition rates--(i) Termination of transition relief for 
systems other than low price systems. Systems other than low-price 
systems that already have established a transition rate as of the 
effective date of this rule may maintain their current rates, as 
adjusted under the price cap requirements of Sec.  76.922(d), until two 
years from the effective date of this rule. These systems must begin 
charging reasonable rates in accordance with applicable rules, other 
than transition relief, no later than that date.
    (ii) Low-price systems. Low price systems shall be eligible to 
establish a transition rate for a tier.
    (A) A low-price system is a system:
    (1) Whose March 31, 1994 rate is below its March 31, 1994 benchmark 
rate, or
    (2) Whose March 31, 1994 rate is above its March 31, 1994 benchmark 
rate, but whose March 31, 1994 full reduction rate is below its March 
31, 1994 benchmark rate, as defined in Sec.  76.922(b)(2), above.
    (B) The transition rate on May 15, 1994 for a system whose March 31, 
1994 rate is below its March 31, 1994 benchmark rate is the system's 
March 31, 1994 rate. The March 31, 1994 rate is in both cases adjusted:
    (1) To establish permitted rates for equipment as required by Sec.  
76.923 if such rates have not already been established; and
    (2) For changes in external costs incurred between the earlier of 
initial date of regulation of any tier or February 28, 1994, and March 
31, 1994, to the extent changes in such costs are not already reflected 
in the system's March 31, 1994 rate. The transition rate on May 15, 1994 
for a system whose March 31, 1994 adjusted rate is above its March 31, 
1994 benchmark rate, but whose March 31, 1994 full reduction rate is 
below its March 31, 1994 benchmark rate, is the March 31, 1994 benchmark 
rate, adjusted to establish permitted rates for equipment as required by 
Sec.  76.923 if such rates have not already been established.
    (iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the transition rate for a tier 
shall be adjusted to reflect any determination by a local franchising 
authority and/or the Commission that the rate in effect on March 31, 
1994 was higher (or lower) than that permitted under applicable

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Commission regulations. A filing reflecting the adjusted rate shall be 
submitted to all relevant authorities within 30 days after issuance of 
the local franchising authority and/or Commission determination. A 
system whose March 31, 1994 rate is determined by a local franchising 
authority or the Commission to be too high under the Commission's rate 
regulations in effect before May 15, 1994 will be subject to any refund 
liability that may accrue under those rules. In addition, the system 
will be liable for refund liability under the rules in effect on and 
after May 15, 1994. Such refund liability will be measured by the 
difference in the system's March 31, 1994 rate and its permitted March 
31, 1994 rate as calculated under the Commission's rate regulations in 
effect before May 15, 1994. The refund liability will accrue according 
to the time periods set forth in Sec. Sec.  76.942, and 76.961 of the 
Commission's rules.
    (5) Streamlined rate reductions. (i) Upon becoming subject to rate 
regulation, a small system owned by a small cable company may make a 
streamlined rate reduction, subject to the following conditions, in lieu 
of establishing initial rates pursuant to the other methods of rate 
regulation set forth in this subpart:
    (A) Small systems that are owned by small cable companies and that 
have not already restructured their rates to comply with the 
Commission's rules may establish rates for regulated program services 
and equipment by making a streamlined rate reduction. Small systems 
owned by small cable companies shall not be eligible for streamlined 
rate reductions if they are owned or controlled by, or are under common 
control or affiliated with, a cable operator that exceeds these 
subscriber limits. For purposes of this rule, a small system will be 
considered ``affiliated with'' such an operator if the operator has a 20 
percent or greater equity interest in the small system.
    (B) The streamlined rate for a tier on May 15, 1994 shall be the 
system's March 31, 1994 rate for the tier, reduced by 14 percent. A 
small system that elects to establish its rate for a tier by 
implementing this streamlined rate reduction must also reduce, at the 
same time, each billed item of regulated cable service, including 
equipment, by 14 percent. Regulated rates established using the 
streamlined rate reduction process shall remain in effect until:
    (1) Adoption of a further order by the Commission establishing a 
schedule of average equipment costs;
    (2) The system increases its rates using the calculations and time 
periods set forth in FCC Form 1211; or
    (3) The system elects to establish permitted rates under another 
available option set forth in paragraph (b)(1) of this section.
    (C) Implementation and notification. An eligible small system that 
elects to use the streamlined rate reduction process must implement the 
required rate reductions and provide written notice of such reductions 
to subscribers, the local franchising authority and the Commission 
according to the following schedule:
    (1) Within 60 days from the date it receives the initial notice of 
regulation from the franchising authority or the Commission, the small 
system must provide written notice to subscribers and the franchising 
authority, or to the Commission if the Commission is regulating the 
basic tier, that it is electing to set its regulated rates by the 
streamlined rate reduction process. The system must then implement the 
streamlined rate reductions within 30 days after the written 
notification has been provided to subscribers and the local franchise 
authority or Commission.
    (2) If a cable programming services complaint is filed against the 
system, the system must provide the required written notice, described 
in paragraph (b)(5)(iii)(C)(1) of this section, to subscribers, the 
local franchising authority or the Commission within 60 days after the 
complaint is filed. The system must then implement the streamlined rate 
reductions within 30 days after the written notification has been 
provided.
    (3) A small system is required to give written notice of, and to 
implement, the rates that are produced by the streamlined rate reduction 
process only once. If a system has already provided notice of, and 
implemented, the streamlined rate reductions when a given tier becomes 
subject to regulation, it must report to the relevant

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regulator (either the franchising authority or the Commission) in 
writing within 30 days of becoming subject to regulation that it has 
already provided the required notice and implemented the required rate 
reductions.
    (ii) The stremlined rate for a tier on May 15, 1994 shall be the 
system's March 31, 1994 rate for the tier, reduced by 14 percent. A 
small system that elects to establish its rate for a tier by 
implementing this streamlined rate reduction must also reduce, at the 
same time, each billed item of regulated cable service, including 
equipment, by 14 percent. Regulated rates established using the 
streamlined rate reduction process shall remain in effect until:
    (A) Adoption of a further order by the Commission establishing a 
schedule of average equipment costs;
    (B) The system increases its rates using the calculations and time 
periods set forth in FCC Form 1211; or
    (C) The system elects to establish permitted rates under another 
available option set forth in paragraph (b)(1) of this section.
    (iii) Implementation and notification. An eligible small system that 
elects to use the streamlined rate reduction process must implement the 
required rate reductions and provide written notice of such reductions 
to subscribers, the local franchising authority and the Commission 
according to the following schedule:
    (A) Where the franchising authority has been certified by the 
Commission to regulate the small system's basic service tier rates as of 
May 15, 1994, the system must notify the franchising authority and its 
subscribers in writing that it is electing to set its regulated rates by 
the streamline rate reduction process. Such notice must be given by June 
15, 1994, and must also describe the new rates that will result from the 
streamlined rate reduction process. Those rates must then be implemented 
within 30 days after the written notification has been provided to 
subscribers and the local franchising authority.
    (B) Where the franchising authority has not been certified to 
regulate basic service tier rates by May 15, 1994, the small system must 
provide the written notice to subscribers and the franchising authority, 
described in paragraph (b)(5)(iii)(A) of this section, within 30 days 
from the date it receives the initial notice of regulation from the 
franchising authority. The system must then implement the streamlined 
rate reductions within 30 days after the written notification has been 
provided to subscribers and the local franchise authority.
    (C) Where the Commission is regulating the small system's basic 
service tier rates as of May 15, 1994, the system must notify the 
Commission and its subscribers in writing that it is electing to set its 
regulated rates by the streamlined rate reduction process. Such notice 
must be given by June 15, 1994, and must also describe the new rates 
that will result from the streamlined rate reduction process. Those 
rates must then be implemented within 30 days after the written 
notification has been provided to subscribers and the Commission.
    (D) Where the Commission begins regulating basic service rates after 
May 15, 1994, the small system must provide the written notice to 
subscribers and the Commission, described in paragraph (b)(5)(iii)(C) of 
this section, within 30 days from the date it receives an initial notice 
of regulation. The system must then implement the streamlined rate 
reductions within 30 days after the written notification has been 
provided to subscribers and the Commission.
    (E) If a complaint about its cable programming service rates has 
been filed with the Commission on or before May 15, 1994, the small 
system must provide the written notice described in paragraph 
(b)(5)(iii)(A) of this section, to subscribers, the local franchising 
authority and the Commission by June 15, 1994. If a cable programming 
services complaint is filed against the system after May 15, 1994, the 
system must provide the required written notice to subscribers, the 
local franchising authority or the Commission within 30 days after the 
complaint is filed. The system must then implement the streamlined rate 
reductions within 30 days after the written notification has been 
provided.
    (F) A small system is required to give written notice of, and to 
implement, the rates that are produced by the

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streamlined rate reduction process only once. If a system has already 
provided notice of, and implemented, the streamlined rate reductions 
when a given tier becomes subject to regulation, it must report to the 
relevant regulator (either the franchising authority or the Commission) 
in writing within 30 days of becoming subject to regulation that it has 
already provided the required notice and implemented the required rate 
reductions.
    (6) Establishment of initial regulated rates. (i) Cable systems, 
other than those eligible for streamlined rate reductions, shall file 
FCC Forms 1200, 1205, and 1215 for a tier that is regulated on May 15, 
1994 by June 15, 1994, or thirty days after the initial date of 
regulation for the tier. A system that becomes subject to regulation for 
the first time on or after July 1, 1994 shall also file FCC Form 1210 at 
the time it files FCC Forms 1200, 1205 and 1215.
    (ii) A cable system will not incur refund liability under the 
Commission's rules governing regulated cable rates on and after May 15, 
1994 if:
    (A) Between March 31, 1994 and July 14, 1994, the system does not 
change the rate for, or restructure in any fashion, any program service 
or equipment offering that is subject to regulation under the 1992 Cable 
Act; and
    (B) The system establishes a permitted rate defined in paragraph (b) 
of this section by July 14, 1994. The deferral of refund liability 
permitted by this subsection will terminate if, after March 31, 1994, 
the system changes any rate for, or restructures, any program service or 
equipment offering subject to regulation, and in all events will expire 
on July 14, 1994. Moreover, the deferral of refund liability permitted 
by this paragraph does not apply to refund liability that occurs because 
the system's March 31, 1994 rates for program services and equipment 
subject to regulation are higher than the levels permitted under the 
Commission's rules in effect before May 15, 1994.
    (7) For purposes of this section, the initial date of regulation for 
the basic service tier shall be the date on which notice is given 
pursuant to Sec.  76.910, that the provision of the basic service tier 
is subject to regulation. For a cable programming services tier, the 
initial date of regulation shall be the first date on which a complaint 
on the appropriate form is filed with the Commission concerning rates 
charged for the cable programming services tier.
    (8) For purposes of this section, rates in effect on the initial 
date of regulation or on September 30, 1992 shall be the rates charged 
to subscribers for service received on that date.
    (9) Updating data calculations.
    (i) For purposes of this section, if:
    (A) A cable operator, prior to becoming subject to regulation, 
revised its rates to comply with the Commission's rules; and
    (B) The data on which the cable operator relied was current and 
accurate at the time of revision, and the rate is accurate and justified 
by the prior data; and
    (C) Through no fault of the cable operator, the rates that resulted 
from using such data differ from the rates that would result from using 
data current and accurate at the time the cable operator's system 
becomes subject to regulation; then the cable operator is not required 
to change its rates to reflect the data current at the time it becomes 
subject to regulation.
    (ii) Notwithstanding the above, any subsequent changes in a cable 
operator's rates must be made from rate levels derived from data [that 
was current as of the date of the rate change].
    (iii) For purposes of this subsection, if the rates charged by a 
cable operator are not justified by an analysis based on the data 
available at the time it initially adjusted its rates, the cable 
operator must adjust its rates in accordance with the most accurate data 
available at the time of the analysis.
    (c) Subsequent permitted charge. (1) The permitted charge for a tier 
after May 15, 1994 shall be, at the election of the cable system, 
either:
    (i) A rate determined pursuant to a cost-of-service showing,
    (ii) A rate determined by application of the Commission's price cap 
requirements set forth in paragraph (d) of this section to a permitted 
rate determined in accordance with paragraph (b) of this section, or
    (iii) A rate determined by application of the Commission's price cap 
requirements set forth in paragraph (e) of this

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section to a permitted rate determined in accordance with paragraph (b) 
of this section.
    (2) The Commission's price cap requirements allow a system to adjust 
its permitted charges for inflation, changes in the number of regulated 
channels on tiers, or changes in external costs. After May 15, 1994, 
adjustments for changes in external costs shall be calculated by 
subtracting external costs from the system's permitted charge and making 
changes to that ``external cost component'' as necessary. The remaining 
charge, referred to as the ``residual component,'' will be adjusted 
annually for inflation. Cable systems may adjust their rates by using 
the price cap rules contained in either paragraph (d) or (e) of this 
section. In addition, cable systems may further adjust their rates using 
the methodologies set forth in paragraph (n) of this section.
    (3) An operator may switch between the quarterly rate adjustment 
option contained in paragraph (d) of this section and the annual rate 
adjustment option contained in paragraph (e) of this section, provided 
that:
    (i) Whenever an operator switches from the current quarterly system 
to the annual system, the operator may not file a Form 1240 earlier than 
90 days after the operator proposed its last rate adjustment on a Form 
1210; and
    (ii) When an operator changes from the annual system to the 
quarterly system, the operator may not return to a quarterly adjustment 
using a Form 1210 until a full quarter after it has filed a true up of 
its annual rate on a Form 1240 for the preceding filing period.
    (4) An operator that does not set its rates pursuant to a cost-of-
service filing must use the quarterly rate adjustment methodology 
pursuant to paragraph (d) of this section or annual rate adjustment 
methodology pursuant to paragraph (e) of this section for both its basic 
service tier and its cable programming services tier(s).
    (d) Quarterly rate adjustment method--(1) Calendar year quarters. 
All systems using the quarterly rate adjustment methodology must use the 
following calendar year quarters when adjusting rates under the price 
cap requirements. The first quarter shall run from January 1 through 
March 31 of the relevant year; the second quarter shall run from April 1 
through June 30; the third quarter shall run from July 1 through 
September 30; and the fourth quarter shall run from October 1 through 
December 31.
    (2) Inflation adjustments. The residual component of a system's 
permitted charge may be adjusted annually for inflation. The annual 
inflation adjustment shall be used on inflation occurring from June 30 
of the previous year to June 30 of the year in which the inflation 
adjustment is made, except that the first annual inflation adjustment 
shall cover inflation from September 30, 1993 until June 30 of the year 
in which the inflation adjustment is made. The adjustment may be made 
after September 30, but no later than August 31, of the next calendar 
year. Adjustments shall be based on changes in the Gross National 
Product Price Index as published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of 
the United States Department of Commerce. Cable systems that establish a 
transition rate pursuant to paragraph (b)(4) of thissection may not 
begin adjusting rates on account of inflation before April 1, 1995. 
Between April 1, 1995 and August 31, 1995 cable systems that established 
a transition rate may adjust their rates to reflect the net of a 5.21% 
inflation adjustment minus any inflation adjustments they have already 
received. Low price systems that had their March 31, 1994 rates above 
the benchmark, but their full reduction rate below the benchmark will be 
permitted to adjust their rates to reflect the full 5.21% inflation 
factor unless the rate reduction was less than the inflation adjustment 
received on an FCC Form 393 for rates established prior to May 15, 1994. 
If the rate reduction established by a low price system that reduced its 
rate to the benchmark was less than the inflation adjustment received on 
an FCC Form 393, the system will be permitted to receive the 5.21% 
inflation adjustment minus the difference between the rate reduction and 
the inflation adjustment the system made on its FCC Form 393. Cable 
systems that established a transition rate

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may make future inflation adjustments on an annual basis with all other 
cable operators, no earlier than October 1 of each year and no later 
than August 31 of the following year to reflect the final GNP-PI through 
June 30 of the applicable year.
    (3) External costs. (i) Permitted charges for a tier may be adjusted 
up to quarterly to reflect changes in external costs experienced by the 
cable system as defined by paragraph (f) of this section. In all events, 
a system must adjust its rates annually to reflect any decreases in 
external costs that have not previously been accounted for in the 
system's rates. A system must also adjust its rates annually to reflect 
any changes in external costs, inflation and the number of channels on 
regulated tiers that occurred during the year if the system wishes to 
have such changes reflected in its regulated rates. A system that does 
not adjust its permitted rates annually to account for those changes 
will not be permitted to increase its rates subsequently to reflect the 
changes.
    (ii) A system must adjust its rates in the next calendar year 
quarter for any decrease in programming costs that results from the 
deletion of a channel or channels from a regulated tier.
    (iii) Any rate increase made to reflect an increase in external 
costs must also fully account for all other changes in external costs, 
inflation and the number of channels on regulated tiers that occurred 
during the same period. Rate adjustments made to reflect changes in 
external costs shall be based on any changes in those external costs 
that occurred from the end of the last quarter for which an adjustment 
was previously made through the end of the quarter that has most 
recently closed preceding the filing of the FCC Form 1210 (or FCC Form 
1211, where applicable). A system may adjust its rates after the close 
of a quarter to reflect changes in external costs that occurred during 
that quarter as soon as it has sufficient information to calculate the 
rate change.
    (e) Annual rate adjustment method--(1) Generally. Except as provided 
for in paragraphs (e)(2)(iii)(B) and (e)(2)(iii)(C) of this section and 
Section 76.923(o), operators that elect the annual rate adjustment 
method may not adjust their rates more than annually to reflect 
inflation, changes in external costs, changes in the number of regulated 
channels, and changes in equipment costs. Operators that make rate 
adjustments using this method must file on the same date a Form 1240 for 
the purpose of making rate adjustments to reflect inflation, changes in 
external costs and changes in the number of regulated channels and a 
Form 1205 for the purpose of adjusting rates for regulated equipment and 
installation. Operators may choose the annual filing date, but they must 
notify the franchising authority of their proposed filing date prior to 
their filing. Franchising authorities or their designees may reject the 
annual filing date chosen by the operator for good cause. If the 
franchising authority finds good cause to reject the proposed filing 
date, the franchising authority and the operator should work together in 
an effort to reach a mutually acceptable date. If no agreement can be 
reached, the franchising authority may set the filing date up to 60 days 
later than the date chosen by the operator. An operator may change its 
filing date from year-to-year, but except as described in paragraphs 
(e)(2)(iii)(B) and (e)(2)(iii)(C) of this section, at least twelve 
months must pass before the operator can implement its next annual 
adjustment.
    (2) Projecting inflation, changes in external costs, and changes in 
number of regulated channels. An operator that elects the annual rate 
adjustment method may adjust its rates to reflect inflation, changes in 
external costs and changes in the number of regulated channels that are 
projected for the 12 months following the date the operator is scheduled 
to make its rate adjustment pursuant to Section 76.933(g).
    (i) Inflation Adjustments. The residual component of a system's 
permitted charge may be adjusted annually to project for the 12 months 
following the date the operator is scheduled to make a rate adjustment. 
The annual inflation adjustment shall be based on inflation that 
occurred in the most recently completed July 1 to June 30 period. 
Adjustments shall be based on changes in

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the Gross National Product Price Index as published by the Bureau of 
Economic Analysis of the United States Department of Commerce.
    (ii) External costs. (A) Permitted charges for a tier may be 
adjusted annually to reflect changes in external costs experienced but 
not yet accounted for by the cable system, as well as for projections in 
these external costs for the 12-month period on which the filing is 
based. In order that rates be adjusted for projections in external 
costs, the operator must demonstrate that such projections are 
reasonably certain and reasonably quantifiable. Projections involving 
copyright fees, retransmission consent fees, other programming costs, 
Commission regulatory fees, and cable specific taxes are presumed to be 
reasonably certain and reasonably quantifiable. Operators may project 
for increases in franchise related costs to the extent that they are 
reasonably certain and reasonably quantifiable, but such changes are not 
presumed reasonably certain and reasonably quantifiable. Operators may 
pass through increases in franchise fees pursuant to Section 76.933(g).
    (B) In all events, a system must adjust its rates every twelve 
months to reflect any net decreases in external costs that have not 
previously been accounted for in the system's rates.
    (C) Any rate increase made to reflect increases or projected 
increases in external costs must also fully account for all other 
changes and projected changes in external costs, inflation and the 
number of channels on regulated tiers that occurred or will occur during 
the same period. Rate adjustments made to reflect changes in external 
costs shall be based on any changes, plus projections, in those external 
costs that occurred or will occur in the relevant time periods since the 
periods used in the operator's most recent previous FCC Form 1240.
    (iii) Channel adjustments. (A) Permitted charges for a tier may be 
adjusted annually to reflect changes not yet accounted for in the number 
of regulated channels provided by the cable system, as well as for 
projected changes in the number of regulated channels for the 12-month 
period on which the filing is based. In order that rates be adjusted for 
projected changes to the number of regulated channels, the operator must 
demonstrate that such projections are reasonably certain and reasonably 
quantifiable.
    (B) An operator may make rate adjustments for the addition of 
required channels to the basic service tier that are required under 
federal or local law at any time such additions occur, subject to the 
filing requirements of Section 76.933(g)(2), regardless of whether such 
additions occur outside of the annual filing cycle. Required channels 
may include must-carry, local origination, public, educational and 
governmental access and leased access channels. Should the operator 
elect not to pass through the costs immediately, it may accrue the costs 
of the additional channels plus interest, as described in paragraph 
(e)(3) of this section.
    (C) An operator may make one additional rate adjustment during the 
year to reflect channel additions to the cable programming services 
tiers or, where the operator offers only one regulated tier, the basic 
service tier. Operators may make this additional rate adjustment at any 
time during the year, subject to the filing requirements of Section 
76.933(g)(2), regardless of whether the channel addition occurs outside 
of the annual filing cycle. Should the operator elect not to pass 
through the costs immediately, it may accrue the costs of the additional 
channels plus interest, as described in paragraph (e)(3) of this 
section.
    (3) True-up and accrual of charges not projected. As part of the 
annual rate adjustment, an operator must ``true up'' its previously 
projected inflation, changes in external costs and changes in the number 
of regulated channels and adjust its rates for these actual cost 
changes. The operator must decrease its rates for overestimation of its 
projected cost changes, and may increase its rates to adjust for 
underestimation of its projected cost changes.
    (i) Where an operator has underestimated costs, future rates may be 
increased to permit recovery of the accrued costs plus 11.25% interest 
between the date the costs are incurred and the date the operator is 
entitled to make its rate adjustment.

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    (ii) Per channel adjustment. Operators may increase rates by a per 
channel adjustment of up to 20 cents per subscriber per month, exclusive 
of programming costs, for each channel added to a CPST between May 15, 
1994, and December 31, 1997, except that an operator may take the per 
channel adjustment only for channel additions that result in an increase 
in the highest number of channels offered on all CPSTs as compared to 
May 14, 1994, and each date thereafter. Any revenues received from a 
programmer, or shared by a programmer and an operator in connection with 
the addition of a channel to a CPST shall first be deducted from 
programming costs for that channel pursuant to paragraph (d)(3)(x) of 
this section and then, to the extent revenues received from the 
programmer are greater than the programming costs, shall be deducted 
from the per channel adjustment. This deduction will apply on a channel 
by channel basis. With respect to the per channel adjustment only, this 
deduction shall not apply to revenues received by an operator from a 
programmer as commissions on sales of products or services offered 
through home shopping services.
    (iii) If an operator has underestimated its cost changes and elects 
not to recover these accrued costs with interest on the date the 
operator is entitled to make its annual rate adjustment, the interest 
will cease to accrue as of the date the operator is entitled to make the 
annual rate adjustment, but the operator will not lose its ability to 
recover such costs and interest. An operator may recover accrued costs 
between the date such costs are incurred and the date the operator 
actually implements its rate adjustment.
    (iv) Operators that use the annual methodology in their next filing 
after the release date of this Order may accrue costs and interest 
incurred since July 1, 1995 in that filing. Operators that file a Form 
1210 in their next filing after the release date of this Order, and 
elect to use Form 1240 in a subsequent filing, may accrue costs incurred 
since the end of the last quarter to which a Form 1210 applies.
    (4) Sunset provision. The Commission will review paragraph (e) of 
this section prior to December 31, 1998 to determine whether the annual 
rate adjustment methodology should be kept, and whether the quarterly 
system should be eliminated and replaced with the annual rate adjustment 
method.
    (f) External costs. (1) External costs shall consist of costs in the 
following categories:
    (i) State and local taxes applicable to the provision of cable 
television service;
    (ii) Franchise fees;
    (iii) Costs of complying with franchise requirements, including 
costs of providing public, educational, and governmental access channels 
as required by the franchising authority;
    (iv) Retransmission consent fees and copyright fees incurred for the 
carriage of broadcast signals;
    (v) Other programming costs; and
    (vi) Commission cable television system regulatory fees imposed 
pursuant to 47 U.S.C. Sec.  159.
    (vii) Headend equipment costs necessary for the carriage of digital 
broadcast signals.
    (2) The permitted charge for a regulated tier shall be adjusted on 
account of programming costs, copyright fees and retransmission consent 
fees only for the program channels or broadcast signals offered on that 
tier.
    (3) The permitted charge shall not be adjusted for costs of 
retransmission consent fees or changes in those fees incurred prior to 
October 6, 1994.
    (4) The starting date for adjustments on account of external costs 
for a tier of regulated programming service shall be the earlier of the 
initial date of regulation for any basic or cable service tier or 
February 28, 1994. Except, for regulated FCC Form 1200 rates set on the 
basis of rates at September 30, 1992 (using either March 31, 1994 rates 
initially determined from FCC Form 393 Worksheet 2 or using Form 1200 
Full Reduction Rates from Line J6), the starting date shall be September 
30, 1992. Operators in this latter group may make adjustment for changes 
in external costs for the period between September 30, 1992, and the 
initial date of regulation or February 28, 1994, whichever is 
applicable, based either on

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changes in the GNP-PI over that period or on the actual change in the 
external costs over that period. Thereafter, adjustment for external 
costs may be made on the basis of actual changes in external costs only.
    (5) Changes in franchise fees shall not result in an adjustment to 
permitted charges, but rather shall be calculated separately as part of 
the maximum monthly charge per subscriber for a tier of regulated 
programming service.
    (6) Adjustments to permitted charges to reflect changes in the costs 
of programming purchased from affiliated programmers, as defined in 
Sec.  76.901, shall be permitted as long as the price charged to the 
affiliated system reflects either prevailing company prices offered in 
the marketplace to third parties (where the affiliated program supplier 
has established such prices) or the fair market value of the 
programming.
    (i) For purposes of this section, entities are affiliated if either 
entity has an attributable interest in the other or if a third party has 
an attributable interest in both entities.
    (ii) Attributable interest shall be defined by reference to the 
criteria set forth in Notes 1 through 5 to Sec.  76.501 provided, 
however, that:
    (A) The limited partner and LLC/LLP/RLLP insulation provisions of 
Note 2(f) shall not apply; and
    (B) The provisions of Note 2(a) regarding five (5) percent interests 
shall include all voting or nonvoting stock or limited partnership 
equity interests of five (5) percent or more.
    (7) Adjustments to permitted charges on account of increases in 
costs of programming shall be further adjusted to reflect any revenues 
received by the operator from the programmer. Such adjustments shall 
apply on a channel-by-channel basis.
    (8) In calculating programming expense, operators may add a mark-up 
of 7.5% for increases in programming costs occurring after March 31, 
1994, except that operators may not file for or take the 7.5% mark-up on 
programming costs for new channels added on or after May 15, 1994 for 
which the operator has used the methodology set forth in paragraph 
(g)(3) of this section for adjusting rates for channels added to cable 
programming service tiers. Operators shall reduce rates by decreases in 
programming expense plus an additional 7.5% for decreases occurring 
after May 15, 1994 except with respect to programming cost decreases on 
channels added after May 15, 1994 for which the rate adjustment 
methodology in paragraph (g)(3) of this section was used.
    (g) Changes in the number of channels on regulated tiers. (1) 
Generally. A system may adjust the residual component of its permitted 
rate for a tier to reflect changes in the number of channels offeredon 
the tier on a quarterly basis. Cable systems shall use FCC Form 1210 (or 
FCC Form 1211, where applicable) or FCC Form 1240 to justify rate 
changes made on account of changes in the number of channels on a basic 
service tier (``BST'') or a cable programming service tier (``CPST''). 
Such rate adjustments shall be based on any changes in the number of 
regulated channels that occurred from the end of the last quarter for 
which an adjustment was previously made through the end of the quarter 
that has most recently closed preceding the filing of the FCC Form 1210 
(or FCC Form 1211, where applicable) or FCC Form 1240. However, when a 
system deletes channels in a calendar quarter, the system must adjust 
the residual component of the tier charge in the next calendar quarter 
to reflect that deletion. Operators must elect between the channel 
addition rules in paragraphs (g)(2) and (g)(3) of this section the first 
time they adjust rates after December 31, 1994, to reflect a channel 
addition to a CPST that occurred on or after May 15, 1994, and must use 
the elected methodology for all rate adjustments through December 31, 
1997. A system that adjusted rates after May 15, 1994, but before 
January 1, 1995 on account of a change in the number of channels on a 
CPST that occurred after May 15, 1994, may elect to revise its rates to 
charge the rates permitted by paragraph (g)(3) of this section on or 
after January 1, 1995, but is not required to do so as a condition for 
using the methodology in paragraph (g)(3) of this section for rate 
adjustments after January 1, 1995. Rates

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for the BST will be governed exclusively by paragraph (g)(2) of this 
section, except that where a system offered only one tier on May 14, 
1994, the cable operator will be allowed to elect between paragraphs 
(g)(2) and (g)(3) of this section as if the tier was a CPST.
    (2) Adjusting rates for increases in the number of channels offered 
between May 15, 1994, and December 31, 1997, on a basic service tier and 
at the election of the operator on a cable programming service tier. The 
following table shall be used to adjust permitted rates for increases in 
the number of channels offered between May 15, 1994, and December 31, 
1997, on a basic service tier and subject to the conditions in paragraph 
(g)(1) of this section at the election of the operator on a CPST. The 
entries in the table provide the cents per channel per subscriber per 
month by which cable operators will adjust the residual component using 
FCC Form 1210 (or FCC Form 1211, where applicable) or FCC Form 1240.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Per-channel
             Average No. of regulated channels                adjustment
                                                                factor
------------------------------------------------------------------------
7..........................................................        $0.52
7.5........................................................         0.45
8..........................................................         0.40
8.5........................................................         0.36
9..........................................................         0.33
9.5........................................................         0.29
10.........................................................         0.27
10.5.......................................................         0.24
11.........................................................         0.22
11.5.......................................................         0.20
12.........................................................         0.19
12.5.......................................................         0.17
13.........................................................         0.16
13.5.......................................................         0.15
14.........................................................         0.14
14.5.......................................................         0.13
15-15.5....................................................         0.12
16.........................................................         0.11
16.5-17....................................................         0.10
17.5-18....................................................         0.09
18.5-19....................................................         0.08
19.5-21.5..................................................         0.07
22-23.5....................................................         0.06
24-26......................................................         0.05
26.5-29.5..................................................         0.04
30-35.5....................................................         0.03
36-46......................................................         0.02
46.5-99.5..................................................         0.01
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    In order to adjust the residual component of the tier charge when 
there is an increase in the number of channels on a tier, the operator 
shall perform the following calculations:
    (i) Take the sum of the old total number of channels on tiers 
subject to regulation (i.e., tiers that are, or could be, regulated but 
excluding New Product Tiers) and the new total number of channels and 
divide the resulting number by two;
    (ii) Consult the above table to find the applicable per channel 
adjustment factor for the number of channels produced by the 
calculations in step (1). For each tier for which there has been an 
increase in the number of channels, multiply the per-channel adjustment 
factor times the change in the number of channels on that tier. The 
result is the total adjustment for that tier.
    (3) Alternative methodology for adjusting rates for changes in the 
number of channels offered on a cable programming service tier or a 
single tier system between May 15, 1994, and December 31, 1997. This 
paragraph at the Operator's discretion as set forth in paragraph (g)(1) 
of this section shall be used to adjust permitted rates for a CPST after 
December 31, 1994, for changes in the number of channels offered on a 
CPST between May 15, 1994, and December 31, 1997. For purposes of 
paragraph (g)(3) of this section, a single tier system may be treated as 
if it were a CPST.
    (i) Operators cap attributable to new channels on all CPSTs through 
December 31, 1997. Operators electing to use the methodology set forth 
in this paragraph may increase their rates between January 1, 1995, and 
December 31, 1997, by up to 20 cents per channel, exclusive of 
programming costs, for new channels added to CPSTs on or after May 15, 
1994, except that they may not make rate adjustments totalling more than 
$1.20 per month, per subscriber through December 31, 1996, and by more 
than $1.40 per month, per subscriber through December 31, 1997 (the 
``Operator's Cap''). Except to the extent that the programming costs of 
such channels are covered by the License Fee Reserve provided for in 
paragraph (g)(3)(iii) of this section, programming costs associated with 
channels for which a rate adjustment is made pursuant to this paragraph 
(g)(3) of this section must fall within the Operators' Cap if the 
programming costs (including any increases therein) are reflected in 
rates before January 1, 1997. Inflation adjustments pursuant to 
paragraph (d)(2) or (e)(2) of this section are

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not counted against the Operator's Cap.
    (ii) Per channel adjustment. Operators may increase rates by a per 
channel adjustment of up to 20 cents per subscriber per month, exclusive 
of programming costs, for each channel added to a CPST between May 15, 
1994, and December 31, 1997, except that an operator may take the per 
channel adjustment only for channel additions that result in an increase 
in the highest number of channels offered on all CPSTs as compared to 
May 14, 1994, and each date thereafter. Any revenues received from a 
programmer, or shared by a programmer and an operator in connection with 
the addition of a channel to a CPST shall first be deducted from 
programming costs for that channel pursuant to paragraph (f)(7) of this 
section and then, to the extent revenues received from the programmer 
are greater than the programming costs, shall be deducted from the per 
channel adjustment. This deduction will apply on a channel by channel 
basis.
    (iii) License fee reserve. In addition to the rate adjustments 
permitted in paragraphs (g)(3)(i) and (g)(3)(ii) of this section, 
operators that make channel additions on or after May 15, 1994 may 
increase their rates by a total of 30 cents per month, per subscriber 
between January 1, 1995, and December 31, 1996, for license fees 
associated with such channels (the ``License Fee Reserve''). The License 
Fee Reserve may be applied against the initial license fee and any 
increase in the license fee for such channels during this period. An 
operator may pass-through to subscribers more than the 30 cents between 
January 1, 1995, and December 31, 1996, for license fees associated with 
channels added after May 15, 1994, provided that the total amount 
recovered from subscribers for such channels, including the License Fee 
Reserve, does not exceed $1.50 per subscriber, per month. After December 
31, 1996, license fees may be passed through to subscribers pursuant to 
paragraph (f) of this section, except that license fees associated with 
channels added pursuant to this paragraph (3) will not be eligible for 
the 7.5% mark-up on increases in programming costs.
    (iv) Timing. For purposes of determining whether a rate increase 
counts against the maximum rate increases specified in paragraphs 
(g)(3)(i) through (g)(3)(ii) of this section, the relevant date shall be 
when rates are increased as a result of channel additions, not when the 
addition occurs.
    (4) Deletion of channels. When dropping a channel from a BST or 
CPST, operators shall reflect the net reduction in external costs in 
their rates pursuant to paragraphs (d)(3)(i) and (d)(3)(ii) of this 
section, or paragraphs (e)(2)(ii)(A) and (e)(2)(ii)(B) of this section. 
With respect to channels to which the 7.5% mark-up on programming costs 
applied pursuant to paragraph (f)(8) of this section, the operator shall 
treat the mark-up as part of its programming costs and subtract the 
mark-up from its external costs. Operators shall also reduce the price 
of that tier by the ``residual'' associated with that channel. For 
channels that were on a BST or CPST on May 14, 1994, or channels added 
after that date pursuant to paragraph (g)(2) of this section, the per 
channel residual is the charge for their tier, minus the external costs 
for the tier, and any per channel adjustments made after that date, 
divided by the total number of channels on the tier minus the number of 
channels on the tier that received the per channel adjustment specified 
in paragraph (g)(3) of this section. For channels added to a CPST after 
May 14, 1994, pursuant to paragraph (g)(3) of this section, the 
residuals shall be the actual per channel adjustment taken for that 
channel when it was added to the tier.
    (5) Movement of Channels Between Tiers. When a channel is moved from 
a CPST or a BST to another CPST or BST, the price of the tier from which 
the channel is dropped shall be reduced to reflect the decrease in 
programming costs and residual as described in paragraph (g)(4) of this 
section. The residual associated with the shifted channel shall then be 
converted from per subscriber to aggregate numbers to ensure aggregate 
revenues from the channel remain the same when the channel is moved. The 
aggregate residual associated with the shifted channel may be shifted to 
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is being moved. The residual shall then be converted to per subscriber 
figures on the new tier, plus any subsequent inflation adjustment. The 
price of the tier to which the channel is shifted may then be increased 
to reflect this amount. The price of that tier may also be increased to 
reflect any increase in programming cost. An operator may not shift a 
channel for which it received a per channel adjustment pursuant to 
paragraph (g)(3) of this section from a CPST to a BST.
    (6) Substitution of channels on a BST or CPST. If an operator 
substitutes a new channel for an existing channel on a CPST or a BST, no 
per channel adjustment may be made. Operators substituting channels on a 
CPST or a BST shall be required to reflect any reduction in programming 
costs in their rates and may reflect any increase in programming costs 
pursuant to paragraphs (d)(3)(i) and (d)(3)(ii), or paragraphs 
(e)(2)(ii)(A) and (e)(2)(ii)(B) of this section. If the programming cost 
for the new channel is greater than the programming cost for the 
replaced channel, and the operator chooses to pass that increase through 
to subscribers, the excess shall count against the License Fee Reserve 
or the Operator Cap when the increased cost is passed through to 
subscribers. Where an operator substitutes a new channel for a channel 
on which a 7.5% mark-up on programming costs was taken pursuant to 
paragraph (f)(8) of this section, the operator may retain the 7.5% mark-
up on the license fee of the dropped channel to the extent that it is no 
greater than 7.5% of programming cost of the new service.
    (7) Headend upgrades. When adding channels to CPSTs and single-tier 
systems, cable systems that are owned by a small cable company and incur 
additional monthly per subscriber headend costs of one full cent or more 
for an additional channel may choose among the methodologies set forth 
in paragraphs (g)(2) and (g)(3) of this section. In addition, such 
systems may increase rates to recover the actual cost of the headend 
equipment required to add up to seven such channels to CPSTs and single-
tier systems, not to exceed $5,000 per additional channel. Rate 
increases pursuant to this paragraph may occur between January 1, 1995, 
and December 31, 1997, as a result of additional channels offered on 
those tiers after May 14, 1994. Headend costs shall be depreciated over 
the useful life of the equipment. The rate of return on this investment 
shall not exceed 11.25 percent. In order to recover costs for headend 
equipment pursuant to this paragraph, systems must certify to the 
Commission their eligibility to use this paragraph, and the level of 
costs they have actually incurred for adding the headend equipment and 
the depreciation schedule for the equipment.
    (8) Sunset provision. Paragraph (g) of this section shall cease to 
be effective on January 1, 1998 unless renewed by the Commission.
    (h) Permitted charges for a tier shall be determined in accordance 
with forms and associated instructions established by the Commission.
    (i) Cost of Service Charge. (1) For purposes of this section, a 
monthly cost-of-service charge for a basic service tier or a cable 
programming service tier is an amount equal to the annual revenue 
requirement for that tier divided by a number that is equal to 12 times 
the average number of subscribers to that tier during the test year, 
except that a monthly charge for a system or tier in service less than 
one year shall be equal to the projected annual revenue requirement for 
the first 12 months of operation or service divided by a number that is 
equal to 12 times the projected average number of subscribers during the 
first 12 months of operation or service. The calculation of the average 
number of subscribers shall include all subscribers, regardless of 
whether they receive service at full rates or at discounts.
    (2) A test year for an initial regulated charge is the cable 
operator's fiscal year preceding the initial date of regulation. A test 
year for a change in the basic service charge that is after the initial 
date of regulation is the cable operator's fiscal year preceding the 
mailing or other delivery of written notice pursuant to Section 76.932. 
A test year for a change in a cable programming service charge after the 
initial date of regulation is the cable operator's fiscal year preceding 
the filing of a complaint regarding the increase.

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    (3) The annual revenue requirement for a tier is the sum of the 
return component and the expense component for that tier.
    (4) The return component for a tier is the average allowable test 
year ratebase allocable to the tier adjusted for known and measurable 
changes occurring between the end of the test year and the effective 
date of the rate multiplied by the rate of return specified by the 
Commission or franchising authority.
    (5) The expense component for a tier is the sum of allowable test 
year expenses allocable to the tier adjusted for known and measurable 
changes occurring between the end of the test year and the effective 
date of the rate.
    (6) The ratebase may include the following:
    (i) Prudent investment by a cable operator in tangible plant that is 
used and useful in the provision of regulated cable services less 
accumulated depreciation. Tangible plant in service shall be valued at 
the actual money cost (or the money value of any consideration other 
than money) at the time it was first used to provide cable service, 
except that in the case of systems purchased before May 15, 1994 shall 
be presumed to equal 66% of the total purchase price allocable to assets 
(including tangible and intangible assets) used to provide regulated 
services. The 66% allowance shall not be used to justify any rate 
increase taken after the effective date of this rule. The actual money 
cost of plant may include an allowance for funds used during 
construction at the prime rate or the operator's actual cost of funds 
during construction. Cost overruns are presumed to be imprudent 
investment in the absence of a showing that the overrun occurred through 
no fault of the operator.
    (ii) An allowance for start-up losses including depreciation, 
amortization and interest expenses related to assets that are included 
in the ratebase. Capitalized start-up losses, may include cumulative net 
losses, plus any unrecovered interest expenses connected to funding the 
regulated ratebase, amortized over the unexpired life of the franchise, 
commencing with the end of the loss accumulation phase. However, losses 
attributable to accelerated depreciation methodologies are not 
permitted.
    (iii) An allowance for start-up losses, if any, that is equal to the 
lesser of the first two years of operating costs or accumulated losses 
incurred until the system reached the end of its prematurity stage as 
defined in Financial Accounting Standards Board Standard 51 (``FASB 
51'') less straight-line amortization over a reasonable period not 
exceeding 15 years that commences at the end of the prematurity phase of 
operation.
    (iv) Intangible assets less amortization that reflect the original 
costs prudently incurred by a cable operator in organizing and 
incorporating a company that provides regulated cable services, 
obtaining a government franchise to provide regulated cable services, or 
obtaining patents that are used and useful in the provision of cable 
services.
    (v) The cost of customer lists if such costs were capitalized during 
the prematurity phase of operations less amortization.
    (vi) An amount for working capital to the extent that an allowance 
or disallowance for funds needed to sustain the ongoing operations of 
the regulated cable service is demonstrated.
    (vii) Other intangible assets to the extent the cable operator 
demonstrates that the asset reflects costs incurred in an activity or 
transaction that produced concrete benefits or savings for subscribers 
to regulated cable services that would not have been realized otherwise 
and the cable operator demonstrates that a return on such an asset does 
not exceed the value of such a subscriber benefit.
    (viii) The portion of the capacity of plant not currently in service 
that will be placed in service within twelve months of the end of the 
test year.
    (7) Deferred income taxes accrued after the date upon which the 
operator became subject to regulation shall be deducted from items 
included in the ratebase.
    (8) Allowable expenses may include the following:
    (i) All regular expenses normally incurred by a cable operator in 
the provision of regulated cable service, but not

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including any lobbying expense, charitable contributions, penalties and 
fines paid on account of violations of statutes or rules, or membership 
fees in social, service, recreational or athletic clubs or 
organizations.
    (ii) Reasonable depreciation expense attributable to tangible assets 
allowable in the ratebase.
    (iii) Reasonable amortization expense for prematurely abandoned 
tangible assets formerly includable in the ratebase that are amortized 
over the remainder of the original expected life of the asset.
    (iv) Reasonable amortization expense for start-up losses and 
capitalized intangible assets that are includable in ratebase.
    (v) Taxes other than income taxes attributable to the provision of 
regulated cable services.
    (vi) An income tax allowance.
    (j) Network upgrade rate increase. (1) Cable operators that 
undertake significant network upgrades requiring added capital 
investment may justify an increase in rates for regulated services by 
demonstrating that the capital investment will benefit subscribers, 
including providing television broadcast programming in a digital 
format.
    (2) A rate increase on account of upgrades shall not be assessed on 
customers until the upgrade is complete and providing benefits to 
customers of regulated services.
    (3) Cable operators seeking an upgrade rate increase have the burden 
of demonstrating the amount of the net increase in costs, taking into 
account current depreciation expense, likely changes in maintenance and 
other costs, changes in regulated revenues and expected economies of 
scale.
    (4) Cable operators seeking a rate increase for network upgrades 
shall allocate net cost increases in conformance with the cost 
allocation rules as set forth in Sec.  76.924.
    (5) Cable operators that undertake significant upgrades shall be 
permitted to increase rates by adding the benchmark/price cap rate to 
the rate increment necessary to recover the net increase in cost 
attributable to the upgrade.
    (k) Hardship rate relief. A cable operator may adjust charges by an 
amount specified by the Commission for the cable programming service 
tier or the franchising authority for the basic service tier if it is 
determined that:
    (1) Total revenues from cable operations, measured at the highest 
level of the cable operator's cable service organization, will not be 
sufficient to enable the operator to attract capital or maintain credit 
necessary to enable the operator to continue to provide cable service;
    (2) The cable operator has prudent and efficient management; and
    (3) Adjusted charges on account of hardship will not result in total 
charges for regulated cable services that are excessive in comparison to 
charges of similarly situated systems.
    (l) Cost of service showing. A cable operator that elects to 
establish a charge, or to justify an existing or changed charge for 
regulated cable service, based on a cost-of-service showing must submit 
data to the Commission or the franchising authority in accordance with 
forms established by the Commission. The cable operator must also submit 
any additional information requested by franchising authorities or the 
Commission to resolve questions in cost-of-service proceedings.
    (m) Subsequent Cost of Service Charges. No cable operator may use a 
cost-of-service showing to justify an increase in any charge established 
on a cost-of-service basis for a period of 2 years after that rate takes 
effect, except that the Commission or the franchising authority may 
waive this prohibition upon a showing of unusual circumstances that 
would create undue hardship for a cable operator.
    (n) Further rate adjustments--Uniform rates. A cable operator that 
has established rates in accordance with this section may then be 
permitted to establish a uniform rate for uniform services offered in 
multiple franchise areas. This rate shall be determined in

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accordance with the Commission's procedures and requirements set forth 
in CS Docket No. 95-174.

[58 FR 29753, May 21, 1993, as amended at 58 FR 46735, Sept. 2, 1993; 59 
FR 17957, 17973, 17989, Apr. 15, 1994; 59 FR 53115, Oct. 21, 1994; 59 FR 
62623, Dec. 6, 1994; 60 FR 4865, Jan. 25, 1995; 60 FR 10514, Feb. 27, 
1995; 60 FR 35864, July 12, 1995; 60 FR 52113, Oct. 5, 1995; 60 FR 
54817, Oct. 26, 1995; 61 FR 9367, Mar. 8, 1996; 61 FR 45359, Aug. 29, 
1996; 62 FR 6495, Feb. 12, 1997; 62 FR 15121, 15127, Mar. 31, 1997; 62 
FR 53576, Oct. 15, 1997; 64 FR 67197, Dec. 1, 1999; 66 FR 16554, Mar. 
26, 2001]

    Effective Date Notes: 1. At 60 FR 62633, Dec. 6, 1994, in Sec.  
76.922, paragraph (e) was revised. Paragraphs (e)(1) and (e)(2) contain 
information collection and recordkeeping requirements and will not 
become effective until approval has been given by the Office of 
Management and Budget.
    2. At 60 FR 52113, Oct. 5, 1995, in Sec.  76.922, paragraphs (e) 
through (k) were redesignated as (g) through (m); (c), (d), and new (g) 
through new (m) were revised; a new (e) and a new (f) were added. This 
amendment contains information collection and recordkeeping requirements 
and will not become effective until 30 days after approval has been 
given by the Office of Management and Budget.
    3. At 61 FR 9367, Mar. 8, 1996, in Sec.  76.922, paragraphs 
(i)(6)(i) and (i)(7) were revised; (i)(6)(ii) through (vii) were 
redesignated as (i)(6)(iii) through (viii); a new (i)(6)(ii) was added. 
This amendment contains information collection and recordkeeping 
requirements and will not become effective until approval has been given 
by the Office of Management and Budget.
    4. At 62 FR 6495, Feb. 12, 1997, in Sec.  76.922, paragraph (f)(4) 
was revised. This amendment contains information collection and 
recordkeeping requirements and will not become effective until approval 
has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.



Sec.  76.923  Rates for equipment and installation used to receive the basic 
service tier.

    (a) Scope. (1) The equipment regulated under this section consists 
of all equipment in a subscriber's home, provided and maintained by the 
operator, that is used to receive the basic service tier, regardless of 
whether such equipment is additionally used to receive other tiers of 
regulated programming service and/or unregulated service. Such equipment 
shall include, but is not limited to:
    (i) Converter boxes;
    (ii) Remote control units; and
    (iii) Inside wiring.
    (2) Subscriber charges for such equipment shall not exceed charges 
based on actual costs in accordance with the requirements set forth in 
this section.
    Subscriber charges for such equipment shall not exceed charges based 
on actual costs in accordance with the requirements set forth below.
    (b) Unbundling. A cable operator shall establish rates for remote 
control units, converter boxes, other customer equipment, installation, 
and additional connections separate from rates for basic tier service. 
In addition, the rates for such equipment and installations shall be 
unbundled one from the other.
    (c) Equipment basket. A cable operator shall establish an Equipment 
Basket, which shall include all costs associated with providing customer 
equipment and installation under this section. Equipment Basket costs 
shall be limited to the direct and indirect material and labor costs of 
providing, leasing, installing, repairing, and servicing customer 
equipment, as determined in accordance with the cost accounting and cost 
allocation requirements of Sec.  76.924, except that operators do not 
have to aggregate costs in a manner consistent with the accounting 
practices of the operator on April 3, 1993. The Equipment Basket shall 
not include general administrative overhead including marketing 
expenses. The Equipment Basket shall include a reasonable profit.
    (1) Customer equipment. Costs of customer equipment included in the 
Equipment Basket may be aggregated, on a franchise, system, regional, or 
company level, into broad categories. Except to the extent indicated in 
paragraph (c)(2) of this section, such categorization may be made, 
provided that each category includes only equipment of the same type, 
regardless of the levels of functionality of the equipment within each 
such broad category. When submitting its equipment costs based on 
average charges, the cable operator must provide a general description 
of the averaging methodology employed and a justification that its 
averaging methodology produces reasonable equipment rates. Equipment 
rates

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should be set at the same organizational level at which an operator 
aggregates its costs.
    (2) Basic service tier only equipment. Costs of customer equipment 
used by basic-only subscribers may not be aggregated with the costs of 
equipment used by non-basic-only subscribers. Costs of customer 
equipment used by basic-only subscribers may, however, be aggregated, 
consistent with an operator's aggregation under paragraph (c)(1) of this 
section, on a franchise, system, regional, or company level. The 
prohibition against aggregation applies to subscribers, not to a 
particular type of equipment. Alternatively, operators may base its 
basic-only subscriber cost aggregation on the assumption that all basic-
only subscribers use equipment that is the lowest level and least 
expensive model of equipment offered by the operator, even if some 
basic-only subscribers actually have higher level, more expensive 
equipment.
    (3) Installation costs. Installation costs, consistent with an 
operator's aggregation under paragraph (c)(1) of this section, may be 
aggregated, on a franchise, system, regional, or company level. When 
submitting its installation costs based on average charges, the cable 
operator must provide a general description of the averaging methodology 
employed and a justification that its averaging methodology produces 
reasonable equipment rates. Installation rates should be set at the same 
organizational level at which an operator aggregates its costs.
    (d) Hourly service charge. A cable operator shall establish charges 
for equipment and installation using the Hourly Service Charge (HSC) 
methodology. The HSC shall equal the operator's annual Equipment Basket 
costs, excluding the purchase cost of customer equipment, divided by the 
total person hours involved in installing, repairing, and servicing 
customer equipment during the same period. The HSC is calculated 
according to the following formula:
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC01MR91.116

Where, EB=annual Equipment Basket Cost; CE=annual purchase cost of all 
    customer equipment; and H=person hours involved in installing and 
    repairing equipment per year. The purchase cost of customer 
    equipment shall include the cable operator's invoice price plus all 
    other costs incurred with respect to the equipment until the time it 
    is provided to the customer.
    (e) Installation charges. Installation charges shall be either:
    (1) The HSC multiplied by the actual time spent on each individual 
installation; or
    (2) The HSC multiplied by the average time spent on a specific type 
of installation.
    (f) Remote charges. Monthly charges for rental of a remote control 
unit shall consist of the average annual unit purchase cost of remotes 
leased, including acquisition price and incidental costs such as sales 
tax, financing and storage up to the time it is provided to the 
customer, added to the product of the HSC times the average number of 
hours annually repairing or servicing a remote, divided by 12 to 
determine the monthly lease rate for a remote according to the following 
formula:
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR25JN96.006

Where, HR = average hours repair per year; and UCE = average annual unit 
cost of remote.

    (g) Other equipment charges. The monthly charge for rental of 
converter boxes and other customer equipment shall be calculated in the 
same manner as for remote control units. Separate charges may be 
established for each category of other customer equipment.
    (h) Additional connection charges. The costs of installation and 
monthly use of additional connections shall be recovered as charges 
associated with the installation and equipment cost categories, and at 
rate levels determined by the actual cost methodology presented in the 
foregoing paragraphs (e), (f), and (g) of this section. An operator may 
recover additional programming costs and the costs of signal boosters

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on the customers premises, if any, associated with the additional 
connection as a separate monthly unbundled charge for additional 
connections.
    (i) Charges for equipment sold. A cable operator may sell customer 
premises equipment to a subscriber. The equipment price shall recover 
the operator's cost of the equipment, including costs associated with 
storing and preparing the equipment for sale up to the time it is sold 
to the customer, plus a reasonable profit. An operator may sell service 
contracts for the maintenance and repair of equipment sold to 
subscribers. The charge for a service contract shall be the HSC times 
the estimated average number of hours for maintenance and repair over 
the life of the equipment.
    (j) Promotions. A cable operator may offer equipment or installation 
at charges below those determined under paragraphs (e) through (g) of 
this section, as long as those offerings are reasonable in scope in 
relation to the operator's overall offerings in the Equipment Basket and 
not unreasonably discriminatory. Operators may not recover the cost of a 
promotional offering by increasing charges for other Equipment Basket 
elements, or by increasing programming service rates above the maximum 
monthly charge per subscriber prescribed by these rules. As part of a 
general cost-of-service showing, an operator may include the cost of 
promotions in its general system overhead costs.
    (k) Franchise fees. Equipment charges may include a properly 
allocated portion of franchise fees.
    (l) Company-wide averaging of equipment costs. For the purpose of 
developing unbundled equipment charges as required by paragraph (b) of 
this section, a cable operator may average the equipment costs of its 
small systems at any level, or several levels, within its operations. 
This company-wide averaging applies only to an operator's small systems 
as defined in Sec.  76.901(c); is permitted only for equipment charges, 
not installation charges; and may be established only for similar types 
of equipment. When submitting its equipment costs based on average 
charges to the local franchising authority or the Commission, an 
operator that elects company-wide averaging of equipment costs must 
provide a general description of the averaging methodology employed and 
a justification that its averaging methodology produces reasonable 
equipment rates. The local authority or the Commission may require the 
operator to set equipment rates based on the operator's level of 
averaging in effect on April 3, 1993, as required by Sec.  76.924(d).
    (m) Cable operators shall set charges for equipment and 
installations to recover Equipment Basket costs. Such charges shall be 
set, consistent with the level at which Equipment Basket costs are 
aggregated as provided in Sec.  76.923(c). Cable operators shall 
maintain adequate documentation to demonstrate that charges for the sale 
and lease of equipment and for installations have been developed in 
accordance with the rules set forth in this section.
    (n) Timing of Filings. An operator shall file FCC Form 1205 in order 
to establish its maximum permitted rates at the following times:
    (1) When the operator sets its initial rates under either the 
benchmark system or through a cost-of-service showing;
    (2) Within 60 days of the end of its fiscal year, for an operator 
that adjusts its rates under the system described in Section 76.922(d) 
that allows it to file up to quarterly;
    (3) On the same date it files its FCC Form 1240, for an operator 
that adjusts its rates under the annual rate adjustment system described 
in Section 76.922(e). If an operator elects not to file an FCC Form 1240 
for a particular year, the operator must file a Form 1205 on the 
anniversary date of its last Form 1205 filing; and
    (4) When seeking to adjust its rates to reflect the offering of new 
types of customer equipment other than in conjunction with an annual 
filing of Form 1205, 60 days before it seeks to adjust its rates to 
reflect the offering of new types of customer equipment.
    (o) Introduction of new equipment. In setting the permitted charge 
for a new type of equipment at a time other than at its annual filing, 
an operator shall

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only complete Schedule C and the relevant step of the Worksheet for 
Calculating Permitted Equipment and Installation Charges of a Form 1205. 
The operator shall rely on entries from its most recently filed FCC Form 
1205 for information not specifically related to the new equipment, 
including but not limited to the Hourly Service Charge. In calculating 
the annual maintenance and service hours for the new equipment, the 
operator should base its entry on the average annual expected time 
required to maintain the unit, i.e., expected service hours required 
over the life of the equipment unit being introduced divided by the 
equipment unit's expected life.

[58 FR 29753, May 21, 1993, as amended at 59 FR 17960, 17973, Apr. 15, 
1994; 60 FR 52118, Oct. 5, 1995; 61 FR 32709, June 25, 1996]

    Effective Date Note: At 60 FR 52118, Oct. 5, 1995, in Sec.  76.923, 
paragraphs (n) and (o) were added. This amendment contains information 
collection and recordkeeping requirements and will not become effective 
until 30 days after approval has been given by the Office of Management 
and Budget.



Sec.  76.924  Allocation to service cost categories.

    (a) Applicability. The requirements of this section are applicable 
to cable operators for which the basic service tier is regulated by 
local franchising authorities or the Commission, or, with respect to a 
cable programming services tier, for which a complaint has been filed 
with the Commission. The requirements of this section are applicable for 
purposes of rate adjustments on account of external costs and for cost-
of-service showings.
    (b) Accounting requirements. Cable operators electing cost-of-
service regulation or seeking rate adjustments due to changes in 
external costs shall maintain their accounts:
    (1) in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and
    (2) in a manner that will enable identification of appropriate 
investments, revenues, and expenses.
    (c) Accounts level. Except to the extent indicated below, cable 
operators electing cost of service regulation or seeking adjustments due 
to changes in external costs shall identify investments, expenses and 
revenues at the franchise, system, regional, and/or company level(s) in 
a manner consistent with the accounting practices of the operator on 
April 3, 1993. However, in all events, cable operators shall identify at 
the franchise level their costs of franchise requirements, franchise 
fees, local taxes and local programming.
    (d) Summary accounts. (1) Cable operators filing for cost-of-service 
regulation, other than small systems owned by small cable companies, 
shall report all investments, expenses, and revenue and income 
adjustments accounted for at the franchise, system, regional and/or 
company level(s) to the summary accounts listed below.

                                Ratebase

Net Working Capital
Headend
Trunk and Distribution Facilities
Drops
Customer Premises Equipment
Construction/Maintenance Facilities and Equipment
Programming Production Facilities and Equipment
Business Offices Facilities and Equipment
Other Tangible Assets
Accumulated Depreciation
Plant Under Construction
Organization and Franchise Costs
Subscriber Lists
Capitalized Start-up Losses
Goodwill
Other Intangibles
Accumulated Amortization
Deferred Taxes

                           Operating Expenses

Cable Plant Employee Payroll
Cable Plant Power Expense
Pole Rental, Duct, Other Rental for Cable Plant
Cable Plant Depreciation Expense
Cable Plant Expenses--Other
Plant Support Employee Payroll Expense
Plant Support Depreciation Expense
Plant Support Expense--Other
Programming Activities Employee Payroll
Programming Acquisition Expense
Programming Activities Depreciation Expense
Programming Expense--Other
Customer Services Expense
Advertising Activities Expense
Management Fees
General and Administrative Expenses
Selling General and Administrative Depreciation Expenses
Selling General and Administrative Expenses--Other

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Amortization Expense--Franchise and Organizational Costs
Amortization Expense--Customer Lists
Amortization Expense--Capitalized Start-up Loss
Amortization Expense--Goodwill
Amortization Expense--Other Intangibles
Operating Taxes
Other Expenses (Excluding Franchise Fees)
Franchise Fees
Interest on Funded Debt
Interest on Capital Leases
Other Interest Expenses

                     Revenue and Income Adjustments

Advertising Revenues
Other Cable Revenue Offsets
Gains and Losses on Sale of Assets
Extraordinary Items
Other Adjustments

    (2) Except as provided in Sec.  76.934(h), small systems owned by 
small cable companies that file for cost-of-service regulation shall 
report all investments, expenses, and revenue and income adjustments 
accounted for at the franchise, system, regional and/or company level(s) 
to the following summary accounts:

                                Ratebase

Net Working Capital
Headend, Trunk and Distribution System and Support Facilities and 
Equipment
Drops
Customer Premises Equipment
Production and Office Facilities, Furniture and Equipment
Other Tangible Assets
Accumulated Depreciation
Plant Under Construction
Goodwill
Other Intangibles
Accumulated Amortization
Deferred Taxes

                           Operating Expenses

Cable Plant Maintenance, Support and Operations Expense
Programming Production and Acquisition Expense
Customer Services Expense
Advertising Activities Expense
Management Fees
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Depreciation Expense
Amortization Expense--Goodwill
Amortization Expense--Other Intangibles
Other Operating Expense (Excluding Franchise Fees)
Franchise Fees
Interest Expense

                     Revenue and Income Adjustments

Advertising Revenues
Other Cable Revenue Offsets
Gains and Losses on Sale of Assets
Extraordinary Items
Other Adjustments

    (e) Allocation to service cost categories. (1) For cable operators 
electing cost-of-service regulation, investments, expenses, and revenues 
contained in the summary accounts identified in paragraph (d) of this 
section shall be allocated among the Equipment Basket, as specified in 
Sec.  76.923, and the following service cost categories:
    (i) Basic service cost category. The basic service category, shall 
include the cost of providing basic service as defined by Sec.  
76.901(a). The basic service cost category may only include allowable 
costs as defined by Sec. Sec.  76.922(g) through 76.922(k).
    (ii) Cable programming services cost category. The cable programming 
services category shall include the cost of providing cable programming 
services as defined by Sec.  76.901(b). This service cost category shall 
contain subcategories that represent each programming tier that is 
offered as a part of the operator's cable programming services. All 
costs that are allocated to the cable programming service cost cateogry 
shall be further allocated among the programming tiers in this category. 
The cable programming service cost category may include only allowable 
costs as defined in Sec.  76.922(g) through 76.922(k).
    (iii) All other services cost category. The all other services cost 
category shall include the costs of providing all other services that 
are not included the basic service or a cable programming services cost 
categories as defined in paragraphs (e)(1)(i) and (ii) of this section.
    (2) Cable operators seeking an adjustment due to changes in external 
costs identified in FCC Form 1210 shall allocate such costs among the 
equipment basket, as specified in Sec.  76.923, and the following 
service cost categories:
    (i) The basic service category as defined by paragraph (e)(1)(i) of 
this section;
    (ii) The cable programming services category as defined by paragraph 
(e)(1)(ii) of this section;

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    (iii) The all other services cost category as defined by paragraph 
(e)(1)(iii) of this section.
    (f) Cost allocation requirements. (1) Allocations of investments, 
expenses and revenues among the service cost categories and the 
equipment basket shall be made at the organizational level in which such 
costs and revenues have been identified for accounting purposes pursuant 
to Sec.  76.924(c).
    (2) Costs of programming and retransmission consent fees shall be 
directly assigned or allocated only to the service cost category in 
which the programming or broadcast signal at issue is offered.
    (3) Costs of franchise fees shall be allocated among the equipment 
basket and the service cost categories in a manner that is most 
consistent with the methodology of assessment of franchise fees by local 
authorities.
    (4) Costs of public, educational, and governmental access channels 
carried on the basic tier shall be directly assigned to the basic tier 
where possible.
    (5) Commission cable television system regulatory fees imposed 
pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 159 shall be directly assigned to the basic 
service tier.
    (6) All other costs that are incurred exclusively to support the 
equipment basket or a specific service cost category shall be directly 
assigned to that service cost category or the equipment basket where 
possible.
    (7) Costs that are not directly assigned shall be allocated to the 
service cost categories in accordance with the following allocation 
procedures:
    (i) Wherever possible, common costs for which no allocator has been 
specified by the Commission are to be allocated among the service cost 
categories and the equipment basket based on direct analysis of the 
origin of the costs.
    (ii) Where allocation based on direct analysis is not possible, 
common costs for which no allocator has been specified by the Commission 
shall, if possible, be allocated among the service costs categories and 
the equipment basket based on indirect, cost-causative linkage to other 
costs directly assigned or allocated to the service cost categories and 
the equipment basket.
    (iii) Where neither direct nor indirect measures of cost allocation 
can be found, common costs shall be allocated to each service cost 
category based on the ratio of all other costs directly assigned and 
attributed to a service cost category over total costs directly or 
indirectly assigned and directly or indirectly attributable.
    (g) Cost identification at the franchise level. After costs have 
been directly assigned to and allocated among the service cost 
categories and the equipment basket, cable operators that have 
aggregated costs at a higher level than the franchise level must 
identify all applicable costs at the franchise level in the following 
manner:
    (1) Recoverable costs that have been identified at the highest 
organizational level at which costs have been identified shall be 
allocated to the next (lower) organizational level at which recoverable 
costs have been identified on the basis of the ratio of the total number 
of subscribers served at the lower level to the total number of 
subscribers served at the higher level.
    (2) Cable operators shall repeat the procedure specified in 
paragraph (g)(1) of this section at every organizational level at which 
recoverable costs have been identified until such costs have been 
allocated to the franchise level.
    (h) Part-time channels. In situations where a single channel is 
divided on a part-time basis and is used to deliver service associated 
with different tiers or with pay per channel or pay per view service, a 
reasonable and documented allocation of that channel between services 
shall be required along with the associated revenues and costs.
    (i) Transactions and affiliates. Adjustments on account of external 
costs and rates set on a cost-of-service basis shall exclude any amounts 
not calculated in accordance with the following:
    (1) Charges for assets purchased by or transferred to the regulated 
activity of a cable operator from affiliates shall equal the invoice 
price if that price is determined by a prevailing company price. The 
invoice price is the prevailing company price if the affiliate has sold 
a substantial number of like assets to nonaffiliates. If a prevailing 
company price for the assets received

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by the regulated activity is not available, the changes for such assets 
shall be the lower of their cost to the originating activity of the 
affiliated group less all applicable valuation reserves, or their fair 
market value.
    (2) The proceeds from assets sold or transferred from the regulated 
activity of the cable operator to affiliates shall equal the prevailing 
company price if the cable operator has sold a substantial number of 
like assets to nonaffiliates. If a prevailing company price is not 
available, the proceeds from such sales shall be determined at the 
higher of cost less all applicable valuation reserves, or estimated fair 
market value of the asset.
    (3) Charges for services provided to the regulated activity of a 
cable operator by an affiliate shall equal the invoice price if that 
price is determined by a prevailing company price. The invoice price is 
the prevailing company price if the affiliate has sold like services to 
a substantial number of nonaffiliates. If a prevailing company price for 
the services received by the regulated activity is not available, the 
charges of such services shall be at cost.
    (4) The proceeds from services sold or transferred from the 
regulated activity of the cable operator to affiliates shall equal the 
prevailing company price if the cable operator has sold like services to 
a substantial number of nonaffiliates. If a prevailing company price is 
not available, the proceeds from such sales shall be determined at cost.
    (5) For purposes of Sec.  76.924(i)(1) through 76.924(i)(4), costs 
shall be determined in accordance with the standards and procedures 
specified in Sec.  76.922 and paragraphs (b) and (d) of this section.
    (6) For purposes of this section, entities are affiliated if either 
entity has an attributable interest in the other or if a third party has 
an attributable interest in both entities.
    (7) Attributable interest shall be defined by reference to the 
criteria set forth in Notes 1 through 5 to Sec.  76.501 provided, 
however, that:
    (i) The limited partner and LLC/LLP/RLLP insulation provisions of 
Note 2(f) shall not apply; and
    (ii) The provisions of Note 2(a) regarding five (5) percent 
interests shall include all voting or nonvoting stock or limited 
partnership equity interests of five (5) percent or more.
    (j) Unrelated expenses and revenues. Cable operators shall exclude 
from cost categories used to develop rates for the provision of 
regulated cable service, equipment, and leased commercial access, any 
direct or indirect expenses and revenues not related to the provision of 
such services. Common costs of providing regulated cable service, 
equipment, and leased commercial access and unrelated activities shall 
be allocated between them in accordance with paragraph (f) of this 
section.

[58 FR 29753, May 21, 1993, as amended at 59 FR 17990, Apr. 15, 1994; 59 
FR 53115, Oct. 21, 1994; 60 FR 35865, July 12, 1995; 61 FR 9367, Mar. 8, 
1996; 64 FR 67197, Dec. 1, 1999]

    Effective Date Note: At 61 FR 9367, Mar. 8, 1996, in Sec.  76.924, 
the section heading and paragraphs (e)(1)(iii) and (2)(iii) were 
revised; (e)(1)(iv), (v), (2)(iv), and (v) were removed. This amendment 
contains information collection and recordkeeping requirements and will 
not become effective until approval has been given by the Office of 
Management and Budget.



Sec.  76.925  Costs of franchise requirements.

    (a) Franchise requirement costs may include cost increases required 
by the franchising authority in the following categories:
    (1) Costs of providing PEG access channels;
    (2) Costs of PEG access programming;
    (3) Costs of technical and customer service standards to the extent 
that they exceed federal standards;
    (4) Costs of institutional networks and the provision of video 
services, voice transmissions and data transmissions to or from 
governmental institutions and educational institutions, including 
private schools, to the extent such services are required by the 
franchise agreement; and
    (5) When the operator is not already in the process of upgrading the 
system, costs of removing cable from utility poles and placing the same 
cable underground.

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    (b) The costs of satisfying franchise requirements to support 
public, educational, and governmental channels shall consist of the sum 
of:
    (1) All per channel costs for the number of channels used to meet 
franchise requirements for public, educational, and governmental 
channels;
    (2) Any direct costs of meeting such franchise requirements; and
    (3) A reasonable allocation of general and administrative overhead.
    (c) The costs of satisfying any requirements under the franchise 
other than PEG access costs shall consist of the direct and indirect 
costs including a reasonable allocation of general and administrative 
overhead.

[58 FR 29753, May 21, 1993, as amended at 60 FR 52119, Oct. 5, 1995]

    Effective Date Note: At 60 FR 52119, Oct. 5, 1995, in Sec.  76.925, 
paragraphs (a) and (b) were redesignated as (b) and (c); a new (a) was 
added; a new (c) was revised. This amendment contains information 
collection and recordkeeping requirements and will not become effective 
until 30 days after approval has been given by the Office of Management 
and Budget.



Sec.  76.930  Initiation of review of basic cable service and equipment rates.

    A cable operator shall file its schedule of rates for the basic 
service tier and associated equipment with a franchising authority 
within 30 days of receiving written notification from the franchising 
authority that the franchising authority has been certified by the 
Commission to regulate rates for the basic service tier. Basic service 
and equipment rate schedule filings for existing rates or proposed rate 
increases (including increases in the baseline channel change that 
results from reductions in the number of channels in a tier) must use 
the appropriate official FCC form, a copy thereof, or a copy generated 
by FCC software. Failure to file on the official FCC form, a copy 
thereof, or a copy generated by FCC software, may result in the 
imposition of sanctions specified in Sec.  76.937(d). A cable operator 
shall include rate cards and channel line-ups with its filing and 
include an explanation of any discrepancy in the figures provided in 
these documents and its rate filing.

[59 FR 17973, Apr. 15, 1994]



Sec.  76.933  Franchising authority review of basic cable rates and equipment costs.

    (a) After a cable operator has submitted for review its existing 
rates for the basic service tier and associated equipment costs, or a 
proposed increase in these rates (including increases in the baseline 
channel change that results from reductions in the number of channels in 
a tier) under the quarterly rate adjustment system pursuant to Section 
76.922(d), the existing rates will remain in effect or the proposed 
rates will become effective after 30 days from the date of submission; 
Provided, however, that the franchising authority may toll this 30-day 
deadline for an additional time by issuing a brief written order as 
described in paragraph (b) within 30 days of the rate submission 
explaining that it needs additional time to review the rates.
    (b) If the franchising authority is unable to determine, based upon 
the material submitted by the cable operator, that the existing, or 
proposed rates under the quarterly adjustment system pursuant to Section 
76.922(d), are within the Commission's permitted basic service tier 
charge or actual cost of equipment as defined in Sec. Sec.  76.922 and 
76.923, or if a cable operator has submitted a cost-of-service showing 
pursuant Sec. Sec.  76.937(c) and 76.924, seeking to justify a rate 
above the Commission's basic service tier charge as defined in 
Sec. Sec.  76.922 and 76.923, the franchising authority may toll the 30-
day deadline in paragraph (a) of this section to request and/or consider 
additional information or to consider the comments from interested 
parties as follows:
    (1) For an additional 90 days in cases not involving cost-of-service 
showings; or
    (2) For an additional 150 days in cases involving cost-of-service 
showings.
    (c) If a franchising authority has availed itself of the additional 
90 or 150 days permitted in paragraph (b) of this section, and has taken 
no action within these additional time periods, then the proposed rates 
will go into effect at the

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end of the 90 or 150 day periods, or existing rates will remain in 
effect at such times, subject to refunds if the franchising authority 
subsequently issues a written decision disapproving any portion of such 
rates: Provided, however, That in order to order refunds, a franchising 
authority must have issued a brief written order to the cable operator 
by the end of the 90 or 150-day period permitted in paragraph (b) of 
this section directing the operator to keep an accurate account of all 
amounts received by reason of the rate in issue and on whose behalf such 
amounts were paid.
    (d) A franchising authority may request, pursuant to a petition for 
special relief under Sec.  76.7, that the Commission examine a cable 
operator's cost-of-service showing, submitted to the franchising 
authority as justification of basic tier rates, within 30 days of 
receipt of a cost-of-service showing. In its petition, the franchising 
authority shall document its reasons for seeking Commission assistance. 
The franchising authority shall issue an order stating that it is 
seeking Commission assistance and serve a copy before the 30-day 
deadline on the cable operator submitting the cost showing. The cable 
operator shall deliver a copy of the cost showing, together with all 
relevant attachments, to the Commission within 15 days of receipt of the 
local authority's notice to seek Commission assistance. The Commission 
shall notify the local franchising authority and the cable operator of 
its ruling and of the basic tier rate, as established by the Commission. 
The rate shall take effect upon implementation by the franchising 
authority of such ruling and refund liability shall be governed thereon. 
The Commission's ruling shall be binding on the franchising authority 
and the cable operator. A cable operator or franchising authority may 
seek reconsideration of the ruling pursuant to Sec.  1.106(a)(1) of this 
chapter or review by the Commission pursuant to Sec.  1.115(a) of this 
chapter.
    (e) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section, when 
the franchising authority is regulating basic service tier rates, a 
cable operator that sets its rates pursuant to the quarterly rate 
adjustment system pursuant to Sec.  76.922(d) may increase its rates for 
basic service to reflect the imposition of, or increase in, franchise 
fees or Commission cable television system regulatory fees imposed 
pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 159. For the purposes of paragraphs (a) through 
(c) of this section, the increased rate attributable to Commission 
regulatory fees or franchise fees shall be treated as an ``existing 
rate'', subject to subsequent review and refund if the franchising 
authority determines that the increase in basic tier rates exceeds the 
increase in regulatory fees or in franchise fees allocable to the basic 
tier. This determination shall be appealable to the Commission pursuant 
to Sec.  76.944. When the Commission is regulating basic service tier 
rates pursuant to Sec.  76.945 or cable programming service rates 
pursuant to Sec.  76.960, an increase in those rates resulting from 
franchise fees or Commission regulatory fees shall be reviewed by the 
Commission pursuant to the mechanisms set forth in Sec.  76.945. A cable 
operator must adjust its rates to reflect decreases in franchise fees or 
Commission regulatory fees within the periods set forth in Sec.  
76.922(d)(3)(i),(iii).
    (f) For an operator that sets its rates pursuant to the quarterly 
rate adjustment system pursuant to Section 76.922(d), cable television 
system regulatory fees assessed by the Commission pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 
Sec.  159 shall be recovered in monthly installments during the fiscal 
year following the year for which the payment was imposed. Payments 
shall be collected in equal monthly installments, except that for so 
many months as may be necessary to avoid fractional payments, an 
additional $0.01 payment per month may be collected. All such additional 
payments shall be collected in the last month or months of the fiscal 
year, so that once collections of such payments begin there shall be no 
month remaining in the year in which the operator is not entitled to 
such an additional payment. Operators may not assess interest. Operators 
may provide notice of the entire fiscal year's regulatory fee pass-
through in a single notice.
    (g) A cable operator that submits for review a proposed change in 
its existing rates for the basic service tier and associated equipment 
costs using the

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annual filing system pursuant to Section 76.922(e) shall do so no later 
than 90 days from the effective date of the proposed rates. The 
franchising authority will have 90 days from the date of the filing to 
review it. However, if the franchising authority or its designee 
concludes that the operator has submitted a facially incomplete filing, 
the franchising authority's deadline for issuing a decision, the date on 
which rates may go into effect if no decision is issued, and the period 
for which refunds are payable will be tolled while the franchising 
authority is waiting for this information, provided that, in order to 
toll these effective dates, the franchising authority or its designee 
must notify the operator of the incomplete filing within 45 days of the 
date the filing is made.
    (1) If there is a material change in an operator's circumstances 
during the 90-day review period and the change affects the operator's 
rate change filing, the operator may file an amendment to its Form 1240 
prior to the end of the 90-day review period. If the operator files such 
an amendment, the franchising authority will have at least 30 days to 
review the filing. Therefore, if the amendment is filed more than 60 
days after the operator made its initial filing, the operator's proposed 
rate change may not go into effect any earlier than 30 days after the 
filing of its amendment. However, if the operator files its amended 
application on or prior to the sixtieth day of the 90-day review period, 
the operator may implement its proposed rate adjustment, as modified by 
the amendment, 90 days after its initial filing.
    (2) If a franchising authority has taken no action within the 90-day 
review period, then the proposed rates may go into effect at the end of 
the review period, subject to a prospective rate reduction and refund if 
the franchising authority subsequently issues a written decision 
disapproving any portion of such rates, provided, however, that in order 
to order a prospective rate reduction and refund, if an operator 
inquires as to whether the franchising authority intends to issue a rate 
order after the initial review period, the franchising authority or its 
designee must notify the operator of its intent in this regard within 15 
days of the operator's inquiry. If a proposed rate goes into effect 
before the franchising authority issues its rate order, the franchising 
authority will have 12 months from the date the operator filed for the 
rate adjustment to issue its rate order. In the event that the 
franchising authority does not act within this 12-month period, it may 
not at a later date order a refund or a prospective rate reduction with 
respect to the rate filing.
    (3) At the time an operator files its rates with the franchising 
authority, the operator may give customers notice of the proposed rate 
changes. Such notice should state that the proposed rate change is 
subject to approval by the franchising authority. If the operator is 
only permitted a smaller increase than was provided for in the notice, 
the operator must provide an explanation to subscribers on the bill in 
which the rate adjustment is implemented. If the operator is not 
permitted to implement any of the rate increase that was provided for in 
the notice, the operator must provide an explanation to subscribers 
within 60 days of the date of the franchising authority's decision. 
Additional advance notice is only required in the unlikely event that 
the rate exceeds the previously noticed rate.
    (4) If an operator files for a rate adjustment under Section 
76.922(e)(2)(iii)(B) for the addition of required channels to the basic 
service tier that the operator is required by federal or local law to 
carry, or, if a single-tier operator files for a rate adjustment based 
on a mid-year channel addition allowed under Section 
76.922(e)(2)(iii)(C), the franchising authority has 60 days to review 
the requested rate. The proposed rate shall take effect at the end of 
this 60-day period unless the franchising authority rejects the proposed 
rate as unreasonable. In order to order refunds and prospective rate 
reductions, the franchising authority shall be subject to the 
requirements described in paragraph (g)(1) of this section.
    (5) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) through (f) of this section, when 
the franchising authority is regulating

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basic service tier rates, a cable operator may increase its rates for 
basic service to reflect the imposition of, or increase in, franchise 
fees. The increased rate attributable to Commission regulatory fees or 
franchise fees shall be subject to subsequent review and refund if the 
franchising authority determines that the increase in basic tier rates 
exceeds the increase in regulatory fees or in franchise fees allocable 
to the basic tier. This determination shall be appealable to the 
Commission pursuant to Sec.  76.944. When the Commission is regulating 
basic service tier rates pursuant to Sec.  76.945 or cable programming 
service rates pursuant to Sec.  76.960, an increase in those rates 
resulting from franchise fees or Commission regulatory fees shall be 
reviewed by the Commission pursuant to the mechanisms set forth in Sec.  
76.945.
    (h) If an operator files an FCC Form 1205 for the purpose of setting 
the rate for a new type of equipment under Section 76.923(o), the 
franchising authority has 60 days to review the requested rate. The 
proposed rate shall take effect at the end of this 60-day period unless 
the franchising authority rejects the proposed rate as unreasonable.
    (1) If the operator's most recent rate filing was based on the 
system that enables them to file up to once per quarter found at Section 
76.922(d), the franchising authority must issue an accounting order 
before the end of the 60-day period in order to order refunds and 
prospective rate reductions.
    (2) If the operator's most recent rate filing was based on the 
annual rate system at Section 76.922(e), in order to order refunds and 
prospective rate reductions, the franchising authority shall be subject 
to the requirements described in paragraph (g)(1) of this section.

[58 FR 29753, May 21, 1993, as amended at 59 FR 17973, Apr. 15, 1994; 59 
FR 53115, Oct. 21, 1994; 60 FR 52119, Oct. 5, 1995; 61 FR 18978, Apr. 
30, 1996]

    Effective Date Note: At 60 FR 52119, Oct. 5, 1995, in Sec.  76.933, 
paragraphs (a), (b), (e), and (f) were revised; (g) and (h) were added. 
This amendment contains information collection and recordkeeping 
requirements and will not become effective until 30 days after approval 
has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.



Sec.  76.934  Small systems and small cable companies.

    (a) For purposes of rules governing the reasonableness of rates 
charged by small systems, the size of a system or company shall be 
determined by reference to its size as of the date the system files with 
its franchising authority or the Commission the documentation necessary 
to qualify for the relief sought or, at the option of the company, by 
reference to system or company size as of the effective date of this 
paragraph. Where relief is dependent upon the size of both the system 
and the company, the operator must measure the size of both the system 
and the company as of the same date. A small system shall be considered 
affiliated with a cable company if the company holds a 20 percent or 
greater equity interest in the system or exercises de jure control over 
the system.
    (b) A franchising authority that has been certified, pursuant to 
Sec.  76.910, to regulate rates for basic service and associated 
equipment may permit a small system as defined in Sec.  76.901 to 
certify that the small system's rates for basic service and associated 
equipment comply with Sec.  76.922, the Commission's substantive rate 
regulations.
    (c) Initial regulation of small systems:
    (1) If certified by the Commission, a local franchising authority 
may provide an initial notice of regulation to a small system, as 
defined by Sec.  76.901(c), on May 15, 1994. Any initial notice of 
regulation issued by a certified local franchising authority prior to 
May 15, 1994 shall be considered as having been issued on May 15, 1994.
    (2) The Commission will accept complaints concerning the rates for 
cable programming service tiers provided by small systems on or after 
May 15, 1994. Any complaints filed with the Commission about the rates 
for a cable programming service tier provided by a small system prior to 
May 15, 1994 shall be considered as having been filed on May 15, 1994.
    (3) A small system that receives an initial notice of regulation 
from its local franchising authority, or a complaint filed with the 
Commission for its cable programming service tier, must

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respond within the time periods prescribed in Sec. Sec.  76.930 and 
76.956.
    (d) Statutory period for filing initial complaint: A complaint 
concerning a rate for cable programming service or associated equipment 
provided by a small system that was in effect on May 15, 1994 must be 
filed within 180 days from May 15, 1994.
    (e) Petitions for extension of time: Small systems may obtain an 
extension of time to establish compliance with rate regulations provided 
they can demonstrate that timely compliance would result in severe 
economic hardship. Requests for extension of time should be addressed to 
the local franchising authority concerning basic service and equipment 
rates and to the Commission concerning rates for a cable programming 
service tier and associated equipment. The filing of a request for an 
extension of time to comply with the rate regulations will not toll the 
effective date of rate regulation for small systems or alter refund 
liability for rates that exceed permitted levels after May 15, 1994.
    (f) Small Systems Owned by Small Cable Companies. Small systems 
owned by small cable companies shall have 90 days from their initial 
date of regulation on a tier to bring their rates for that tier into 
compliance with the requirements of Sections 76.922 and 76.923. Such 
systems shall have sixty days from the initial date of regulation to 
file FCC Forms 1200, 1205, 1210, 1211, 1215, 1220, 1225, 1230, and 1240 
and any similar forms as appropriate. Rates established during the 90-
day period shall not be subject to prior approval by franchising 
authorities or the Commission, but shall be subject to refund pursuant 
to sections 76.942 and 76.961.
    (g) Alternative rate regulation agreements:
    (1) Local franchising authorities, certified pursuant to Sec.  
76.910, and small systems owned by small cable companies may enter into 
alternative rate regulation agreements affecting the basic service tier 
and the cable programming service tier.
    (i) Small systems must file with the Commission a copy of the 
operative alternative rate regulation agreement within 30 days after its 
effective date.
    (ii) [Reserved]
    (2) Alternative rate regulation agreements affecting the cable 
programming service tier shall take into account, among other factors, 
the following:
    (i) The rates for similarly situated cable systems offering 
comparable cable programming services, taking into account similarities 
in facilities, regulatory and governmental costs, the number of 
subscribers, and other relevant factors;
    (ii) The rates for cable systems, if any, that are subject to 
effective competition;
    (iii) The history of the rates for cable programming services of the 
system, including the relationship of such rates to changes in general 
consumer prices;
    (iv) The rates, as a whole, for all the cable programming, cable 
equipment, and cable services provided by the system, other than 
programming provided on a per channel or per program basis;
    (v) Capital and operating costs of the cable system, including the 
quality and costs of the customer service provided by the cable system; 
and
    (vi) The revenues received by a cable operator from advertising from 
programming that is carried as part of the service for which a rate is 
being established, and changes in such revenues, or from other 
considerations obtained in connection with the cable programming 
services concerned. The rate agreed to in such an alternative rate 
regulation agreement shall be deemed to be a reasonable rate.
    (3) Certified local franchising authorities shall provide a 
reasonable opportunity for consideration of the views of interested 
parties prior to finally entering into an alternative rate regulation 
agreement.
    (4) A basic service rate decision by a certified local franchising 
authority made pursuant to an alternative rate regulation agreement may 
be appealed by an interested party to the Commission pursuant to Sec.  
76.944 as if the decision were made according to Sec. Sec.  76.922 and 
76.923.

    Note to paragraph (g) of Sec.  76.934:
    Small systems owned by small cable companies must comply with the 
alternative rate agreement filing requirements of Sec.  76.1805.

    (h) Small system cost-of-service showings:

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    (1) At any time, a small system owned by a small cable company may 
establish new rates, or justify existing rates, for regulated program 
services in accordance with the small cable company cost-of-service 
methodology described below.
    (2) The maximum annual per subscriber rate permitted initially by 
the small cable company cost-of-service methodology shall be calculated 
by adding
    (i) The system's annual operating expenses to
    (ii) The product of its net rate base and its rate of return, and 
then dividing that sum by (iii) the product of
    (A) The total number of channels carried on the system's basic and 
cable programming service tiers and
    (B) The number of subscribers. The annual rate so calculated must 
then be divided by 12 to arrive at a monthly rate.
    (3) The system shall calculate its maximum permitted rate as 
described in paragraph (b) of this section by completing Form 1230. The 
system shall file Form 1230 as follows:
    (i) Where the franchising authority has been certified by the 
Commission to regulate the system's basic service tier rates, the system 
shall file Form 1230 with the franchising authority.
    (ii) Where the Commission is regulating the system's basic service 
tier rates, the system shall file Form 1230 with the Commission.
    (iii) Where a complaint about the system's cable programming service 
rates is filed with the Commission, the system shall file Form 1230 with 
the Commission.
    (4) In completing Form 1230:
    (i) The annual operating expenses reported by the system shall equal 
the system's operating expenses allocable to its basic and cable 
programming service tiers for the most recent 12 month period for which 
the system has the relevant data readily available, adjusted for known 
and measurable changes occurring between the end of the 12 month period 
and the effective date of the rate. Expenses shall include all regular 
expenses normally incurred by a cable operator in the provision of 
regulated cable service, but shall not include any lobbying expense, 
charitable contributions, penalties and fines paid one account of 
statutes or rules, or membership fees in social service, recreational or 
athletic clubs or associations.
    (ii) The net rate base of a system is the value of all of the 
system's assets, less depreciation.
    (iii) The rate of return claimed by the system shall reflect the 
operator's actual cost of debt, its cost of equity, or an assumed cost 
of equity, and its capital structure, or an assumed capital structure.
    (iv) The number of subscribers reported by the system shall be 
calculated according to the most recent reliable data maintained by the 
system.
    (v) The number of channels reported by the system shall be the 
number of channels it has on its basic and cable programming service 
tiers on the day it files Form 1230.
    (vi) In establishing its operating expenses, net rate base, and 
reasonable rate of return, a system may rely on previously existing 
information such as tax forms or company financial statements, rather 
than create or recreate financial calculations. To the extent existing 
information is incomplete or otherwise insufficient to make exact 
calculations, the system may establish its operating expenses, net rate 
base, and reasonable rate of return on the basis of reasonable, good 
faith estimates.
    (5) After the system files Form 1230, review by the franchising 
authority, or the Commission when appropriate, shall be governed by 
Sec.  76.933, subject to the following conditions.
    (i) If the maximum rate established on Form 1230 does not exceed 
$1.24 per channel, the rate shall be rebuttably presumed reasonable. To 
disallow such a rate, the franchising authority shall bear the burden of 
showing that the operator did not reasonably interpret and allocate its 
cost and expense data in deriving its annual operating expenses, its net 
rate base, and a reasonable rate of return. If the maximum rate 
established on Form 1230 exceeds $1.24 per channel, the franchising 
authority shall bear such burden only if the rate that the cable 
operator actually seeks

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to charge does not exceed $1.24 per channel.
    (ii) In the course of reviewing Form 1230, a franchising authority 
shall be permitted to obtain from the cable operator the information 
necessary for judging the validity of methods used for calculating its 
operating costs, rate base, and rate of return. If the maximum rate 
established in Form 1230 does not exceed $1.24 per channel, any request 
for information by the franchising authority shall be limited to 
existing relevant documents or other data compilations and should not 
require the operator to create documents, although the operator should 
replicate responsive documents that are missing or destroyed.
    (iii) A system may file with the Media Bureau an interlocutory 
appeal from any decision by the franchising authority requesting 
information from the system or tolling the effective date of a system's 
proposed rates. The appeal may be made by an informal letter to the 
Chief of the Media Bureau, served on the franchising authority. The 
franchising authority must respond within seven days of its receipt of 
the appeal and shall serve the operator with its response. The operator 
shall have four days from its receipt of the response in which to file a 
reply, if desired. If the maximum rate established on Form 1230 does not 
exceed $1.24 per channel, the burden shall be on the franchising 
authority to show the reasonableness of its order. If the maximum rate 
established on Form 1230 exceeds $1.24 per channel, the burden shall be 
on the operator to show the unreasonableness of the order.
    (iv) In reviewing Form 1230 and issuing a decision, the franchising 
authority shall determine the reasonableness of the maximum rate 
permitted by the form, not simply the rate which the operator intends to 
establish.
    (v) A final decision of the franchising authority with respect to 
the requested rate shall be subject to appeal pursuant to Sec.  76.944. 
The filing of an appeal shall stay the effectiveness of the final 
decision pending the disposition of the appeal by the Commission. An 
operator may bifurcate its appeal of a final rate decision by initially 
limiting the scope of the appeal to the reasonableness of any request 
for information made by the franchising authority. The operator may 
defer addressing the substantive rate-setting decision of the 
franchising authority until after the Commission has ruled on the 
reasonableness of the request for information. At its option, the 
operator may forego the bifurcated appeal and address both the request 
for documentation and the substantive rate-setting decision in a single 
appeal. When filing an appeal from a final rate-setting decision by the 
franchising authority, the operator may raise as an issue the scope of 
the request for information only if that request was not approved by the 
Commission on a previous interlocutory appeal by the operator.
    (6) Complaints concerning the rates charged for a cable programming 
services tier by a system that has elected the small cable company cost-
of-service methodology may be filed pursuant to Sec.  76.957. Upon 
receipt of a complaint, the Commission shall review the system's rates 
in accordance with the standards set forth above with respect to basic 
tier rates.
    (7) Unless otherwise ordered by the franchising authority or the 
Commission, the system may establish its per channel rate at any level 
that does not exceed the maximum rate permitted by Form 1230, provided 
that the system has given the required written notice to subscribers. If 
the system establishes its per channel rate at a level that is less than 
the maximum amount permitted by the form, it may increase rates at any 
time thereafter to the maximum amount upon providing the required 
written notice to subscribers.
    (8) After determining the maximum rate permitted by Form 1230, the 
system may adjust that rate in accordance with this paragraph. Electing 
to adjust rates pursuant to one of the options set forth below shall not 
prohibit the system from electing a different option when adjusting 
rates thereafter. The system may adjust its maximum permitted rate 
without adjusting the actual rate it charges subscribers.
    (i) The system may adjust its maximum permitted rate in accordance 
with the price cap requirements set forth in Sec.  76.922(d).

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    (ii) The system may adjust its maximum permitted rate in accordance 
with the requirements set forth in Sec.  76.922(e) for changes in the 
number of channels on regulated tiers. For any system that files Form 
1230, no rate adjustments made prior to the effective date of this rule 
shall be charged against the system's Operator's Cap and License Reserve 
Fee described in Sec.  76.922(e)(3).
    (iii) The system may adjust its maximum permitted rate by filing a 
new Form 1230 that permits a higher rate.
    (iv) The system may adjust its maximum permitted rate by complying 
with any of the options set forth in Sec.  76.922(b)(1) for which it 
qualifies or under an alternative rate agreement as provided in 
paragraph (g) of this section.
    (9) In any rate proceeding before a franchising authority in which a 
final decision had not been issued as of June 5, 1995, a small system 
owned by a small cable company may elect the form of rate regulation set 
forth in this section to justify the rates that are the subject of the 
proceeding, if the system and affiliated company were a small system and 
small company respectively as of the June 5, 1995 and as of the period 
during which the disputed rates were in effect. However, the validity of 
a final rate decision made by a franchising authority before June 5, 
1995 is not affected.
    (10) In any proceeding before the Commission involving a cable 
programming services tier complaint in which a final decision had not 
been issued as of June 5, 1995, a small system owned by a small cable 
company may elect the form of rate regulation set forth in this section 
to justify rates charged prior to the adoption of this rule and to 
establish new rates. For purposes of this paragraph, a decision shall 
not be deemed final until the operator has exhausted or is time-barred 
from pursuing any avenue of appeal, review, or reconsideration.
    (11) A system that is eligible to establish its rates in accordance 
with the small system cost-of-service approach shall remain eligible for 
so long as the system serves no more than 15,000 subscribers. When a 
system that has established rates in accordance with the small system 
cost-of-service approach exceeds 15,000 subscribers, the system may 
maintain its then existing rates. After exceeding the 15,000 subscriber 
limit, any further rate adjustments shall not reflect increases in 
external costs, inflation or channel additions until the system has re-
established initial permitted rates in accordance with some other method 
of rate regulation prescribed in this subpart.

    Note: For rules governing small cable operators, see Sec.  76.990 of 
this subpart.

[60 FR 35865, July 12, 1995, as amended at 60 FR 52120, Oct. 5, 1995; 62 
FR 53576, Oct. 15, 1997; 64 FR 35950, July 2, 1999; 65 FR 53617, Sept. 
5, 2000; 67 FR 13235, Mar. 21, 2002]

    Effective Date Note: At 60 FR 52120, Oct. 5, 1995, in Sec.  76.934, 
paragraph (f) was revised. Paragraph (f) contains information collection 
and recordkeeping requirements and will not become effective until 30 
days after approval has been given by the Office of Management and 
Budget.



Sec.  76.935  Participation of interested parties.

    In order to regulate basic tier rates or associated equipment costs, 
a franchising authority must have procedural laws or regulations 
applicable to rate regulation proceedings that provide a reasonable 
opportunity for consideration of the views of interested parties. Such 
rules must take into account the 30, 120, or 180-day time periods that 
franchising authorities have to review rates under Sec.  76.933.



Sec.  76.936  Written decision.

    (a) A franchising authority must issue a written decision in a 
ratemaking proceeding whenever it disapproves an initial rate for the 
basic service tier or associated equipment in whole or in part, 
disapproves a request for a rate increase in whole or in part, or 
approves a request for an increase in whole or in part over the 
objections of interested parties. A franchising authority is not 
required to issue a written decision that approves an unopposed existing 
or proposed rate for the basic service tier or associated equipment.

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    (b) Public notice must be given of any written decision required in 
paragraph (a) of this section, including releasing the text of any 
written decision to the public.



Sec.  76.937  Burden of proof.

    (a) A cable operator has the burden of proving that its existing or 
proposed rates for basic service and associated equipment comply with 47 
U.S.C. 543, and Sec. Sec.  76.922 and 76.923.
    (b) For an existing or a proposed rate for basic tier service or 
associated equipment that is within the permitted tier charge and actual 
cost of equipment as set forth in Sec. Sec.  76.922 and 76.923, the 
cable operator must submit the appropriate FCC form.
    (c) For an existing or a proposed rate for basic tier service that 
exceeds the permitted tier charge as set forth in Sec. Sec.  76.922 and 
76.923, the cable operator must submit a cost-of-service showing to 
justify the proposed rate.
    (d) A franchising authority or the Commission may find a cable 
operator that does not attempt to demonstrate the reasonableness of its 
rates in default and, using the best information available, enter an 
order finding the cable operator's rates unreasonable and mandating 
appropriate relief, as specified in Sec. Sec.  76.940, 76.941, and 
76.942.
    (e) A franchising authority or the Commission may order a cable 
operator that has filed a facially incomplete form to file supplemental 
information, and the franchising authority's deadline to rule on the 
reasonableness of the proposed rates will be tolled pending the receipt 
of such information. A franchising authority may set reasonable 
deadlines for the filing of such information, and may find the cable 
operator in default and mandate appropriate relief, pursuant to 
paragraph (d) of this section, for the cable operator's failure to 
comply with the deadline or otherwise provide complete information in 
good faith.

[58 FR 29753, May 21, 1993, as amended at 59 FR 17973, Apr. 15, 1994]



Sec.  76.938  Proprietary information.

    A franchising authority may require the production of proprietary 
information to make a rate determination in those cases where cable 
operators have submitted initial rates, or have proposed rate increases, 
pursuant to an FCC Form 393 (and/or FCC Forms 1200/1205) filing or a 
cost-of-service showing. The franchising authority shall state a 
justification for each item of information requested and, where related 
to an FCC Form 393 (and/or FCC Forms 1200/1205) filing, indicate the 
question or section of the form to which the request specifically 
relates. Upon request to the franchising authority, the parties to a 
rate proceeding shall have access to such information, subject to the 
franchising authority's procedures governing non-disclosure by the 
parties. Public access to such proprietary information shall be governed 
by applicable state or local law.

[59 FR 17973, Apr. 15, 1994]



Sec.  76.939  Truthful written statements and responses to requests of 
franchising authority.

    Cable operators shall comply with franchising authorities' and the 
Commission's requests for information, orders, and decisions. Any 
information submitted to a franchising authority or the Commission in 
making a rate determination pursuant to an FCC Form 393 (and/or FCC 
Forms 1200/1205) filing or a cost-of-service showing is subject to the 
provisions of Sec.  1.17 of this chapter.

[68 FR 15098, Mar. 28, 2003]



Sec.  76.940  Prospective rate reduction.

    A franchising authority may order a cable operator to implement a 
reduction in basic service tier or associated equipment rates where 
necessary to bring rates into compliance with the standards set forth in 
Sec. Sec.  76.922 and 76.923



Sec.  76.941  Rate prescription.

    A franchising authority may prescribe a reasonable rate for the 
basic service tier or associated equipment after it determines that a 
proposed rate is unreasonable.



Sec.  76.942  Refunds.

    (a) A franchising authority (or the Commission, pursuant to Sec.  
76.945) may order a cable operator to refund to subscribers that portion 
of previously paid

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rates determined to be in excess of the permitted tier charge or above 
the actual cost of equipment, unless the operator has submitted a cost-
of-service showing which justifies the rate charged as reasonable. An 
operator's liability for refunds shall be based on the difference 
between the old bundled rates and the sum of the new unbundled program 
service charge(s) and the new unbundled equipment charge(s). Where an 
operator was charging separately for program services and equipment but 
the rates were not in compliance with the Commission's rules, the 
operator's refund liability shall be based on the difference between the 
sum of the old charges and the sum of the new, unbundled program service 
and equipment charges. Before ordering a cable operator to refund 
previously paid rates to subscribers, a franchising authority (or the 
Commission) must give the operator notice and opportunity to comment.
    (b) An operator's liability for refunds in limited to a one-year 
period, except that an operator that fails to comply with a valid rate 
order issued by a franchising authority or the Commission shall be 
liable for refunds commencing from the effective date of such order 
until such time as it complies with such order.
    (c) The refund period shall run as follows:
    (1) From the date the operator implements a prospective rate 
reduction back in time to September 1, 1993, or one year, whichever is 
shorter.
    (2) From the date a franchising authority issues an accounting order 
pursuant to Sec.  76.933(c), to the date a prospective rate reduction is 
issued, then back in time from the date of the accounting order to the 
effective date of the rules; however, the total refund period shall not 
exceed one year from the date of the accounting order.
    (3) Refund liability shall be calculated on the reasonableness of 
the rates as determined by the rules in effect during the period under 
review by the franchising authority or the Commission.
    (d) The cable operator, in its discretion, may implement a refund in 
the following manner:
    (1) By returning overcharges to those subscribers who actually paid 
the overcharges, either through direct payment or as a specifically 
identified credit to those subscribers' bills; or
    (2) By means of a prospective percentage reduction in the rates for 
the basic service tier or associated equipment to cover the cumulative 
overcharge. This shall be reflected as a specifically identified, one-
time credit on prospective bills to the class of subscribers that 
currently subscribe to the cable system.
    (e) Refunds shall include interest computed at applicable rates 
published by the Internal Revenue Service for tax refunds and additional 
tax payments.
    (f) Once an operator has implemented a rate refund to subscribers in 
accordance with a refund order by the franchising authority (or the 
Commission, pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section), the franchising 
authority must return to the cable operator an amount equal to that 
portion of the franchise fee that was paid on the total amount of the 
refund to subscribers. The franchising authority must promptly return 
the franchise fee overcharge either in an immediate lump sum payment, or 
the cable operator may deduct it from the cable system's future 
franchise fee payments. The franchising authority has the discretion to 
determine a reasonable repayment period, but interest shall accrue on 
any outstanding portion of the franchise fee starting on the date the 
operator has completed implementation of the refund order. In 
determining the amount of the refund, the franchise fee overcharge 
should be offset against franchise fees the operator holds on behalf of 
the franchising authority for lump sum payment. The interest rate on any 
refund owed to the operator presumptively shall be 11.25%.

[58 FR 29753, May 21, 1993, as amended at 58 FR 46736, Sept. 2, 1993; 59 
FR 17974, Apr. 15, 1994; 60 FR 52120, Oct. 5, 1995]

    Effective Date Note: At 60 FR 52120, Oct. 5, 1995, in Sec.  76.942, 
paragraph (f) was revised. Paragraph (f) contains information collection 
and recordkeeping requirements and will not beecome effective until 30 
days after approval has been given by the Office of Management and 
Budget.

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Sec.  76.943  Fines.

    (a) A franchising authority may impose fines or monetary forfeitures 
on a cable operator that does not comply with a rate decision or refund 
order directed specifically at the cable operator, provided the 
franchising authority has such power under state or local laws.
    (b) If a cable operator willfully fails to comply with the terms of 
any franchising authority's order, decision, or request for information, 
as required by Sec.  76.939, the Commission may, in addition to other 
remedies, impose a forfeiture pursuant to section 503(b) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 503(b).
    (c) A cable operator shall not be subject to forfeiture because its 
rate for basic service or equipment is determined to be unreasonable.

[58 FR 29753, May 21, 1993, as amended at 59 FR 17974, Apr. 15, 1994]



Sec.  76.944  Commission review of franchising authority decisions on rates 
for the basic service tier and associated equipment.

    (a) The Commission shall be the sole forum for appeals of decisions 
by franchising authorities on rates for the basic service tier or 
associated equipment involving whether or not a franchising authority 
has acted consistently with the Cable Act or Sec. Sec.  76.922 and 
76.923. Appeals of ratemaking decisions by franchising authorities that 
do not depend upon determining whether a franchising authority has acted 
consistently with the Cable Act or Sec. Sec.  76.922 and 76.923, may be 
heard in state or local courts.
    (b) Any participant at the franchising authority level in a 
ratemaking proceeding may file an appeal of the franchising authority's 
decision with the Commission within 30 days of release of the text of 
the franchising authority's decision as computed under Sec.  1.4(b) of 
this chapter. Appeals shall be served on the franchising authority or 
other authority that issued the rate decision. Where the state is the 
appropriate decisionmaking authority, the state shall forward a copy of 
the appeal to the appropriate local official(s). Oppositions may be 
filed within 15 days after the appeals is filed, and must be served on 
the party(ies) appealing the rate decision. Replies may be filed 7 days 
after the last day for oppositions and shall be served on the parties to 
the proceeding.
    (c) An operator that uses the annual rate adjustment method under 
Section 76.922(e) may include in its next true up under Section 
76.922(e)(3) any amounts to which the operator would have been entitled 
but for a franchising authority decision that is not upheld on appeal.

[58 FR 29753, May 21, 1993, as amended at 59 FR 17974, Apr. 15, 1994; 60 
FR 52121, Oct. 5, 1995]

    Effective Date Note: At 60 FR 52121, Oct. 5, 1995, in Sec.  76.944, 
paragraph (c) was added. Paragraph (c) contains information collection 
and recordkeeping requirements and will not become effective until 30 
days after approval has been given by the Office of Management and 
Budget.



Sec.  76.945  Procedures for Commission review of basic service rates.

    (a) Upon assumption of rate regulation authority, the Commission 
will notify the cable operator and require the cable operator to file 
its basic rate schedule with the Commission within 30 days, with a copy 
to the local franchising authority.
    (b) Basic service and equipment rate schedule filings for existing 
rates or proposed rate increases (including increases in the baseline 
channel change that results from reductions in the number of channels in 
a tier) must use the official FCC form, a copy thereof, or a copy 
generated by FCC software. Failure to file on the official FCC form or a 
copy may result in the imposition of sanctions specified in Sec.  
76.937(d). Cable operators seeking to justify the reasonableness of 
existing or proposed rates above the permitted tier rate must submit a 
cost-of-service showing sufficient to support a finding that the rates 
are reasonable.
    (c) Filings proposing annual adjustments or rates within the rates 
regulation standards in Sec. Sec.  76.922 and 76.923, must be made 30 
days prior to the proposed effective date and can become effective on 
the proposed effective date unless the Commission issues an order 
deferring the effective date or denying the rate proposal. Petitions 
opposing such filings must be filed within 15

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days of public notice of the filing by the cable operator and be 
accompanied by a certificate that service was made on the cable operator 
and the local franchising authority. The cable operator may file an 
opposition within five days of filing of the petition, certifying to 
service on both the petitioner and the local franchising authority.
    (d) Filings proposing a rate not within the rate regulation 
standards of Sec. Sec.  76.922 and 76.923, must be made 90 days before 
the requested effective date. Petitions opposing such filings must be 
filed within 30 days of public notice of the filing, and be accompanied 
by a certificate that service was made on the cable operator and the 
local franchising authority. The cable operator may file an opposition 
within 10 days of the filing of the petition, and certifying that 
service was made on the petitioner and the local franchising authority.

[58 FR 29753, May 21, 1993, as amended at 59 FR 17974, Apr. 15, 1994]



Sec.  76.946  Advertising of rates.

    Cable operators that advertise rates for basic service and cable 
programming service tiers shall be required to advertise rates that 
include all costs and fees. Cable systems that cover multiple franchise 
areas having differing franchise fees or other franchise costs, 
different channel line-ups, or different rate structures may advertise a 
complete range of fees without specific identification of the rate for 
each individual area. In such circumstances, the operator may advertise 
a ``fee plus'' rate that indicates the core rate plus the range of 
possible additions, depending on the particular location of the 
subscriber.

[59 FR 17974, Apr. 15, 1994]



Sec.  76.950  Complaints regarding cable programming service rates.

    (a) A franchising authority may file with the Commission a complaint 
challenging the reasonableness of its cable operator's rate for cable 
programming service, or the reasonableness of the cable operator's 
charges for installation or rental of equipment used for the receipt of 
cable programming service. The franchise authority may file a complaint 
with the Commission only upon receipt of more than one subscriber 
complaint made to the franchise authority within 90 days after the 
effective date of the challenged rate increase.
    (b) This section shall not apply to cable programming services 
provided after March 31, 1999.

[61 FR 18979, Apr. 30, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 35950, July 2, 1999]



Sec.  76.951  Standard complaint form; other filing requirements.

    (a) Any complaint regarding a cable operator's rate for cable 
programming service or associated equipment must be filed using standard 
complaint form, FCC 329.
    (b) The following information must be provided on the standard 
complaint form:
    (1) The name, mailing address and phone number of the franchising 
authority that is filing the complaint;
    (2) The name, mailing address, and FCC community unit identifier of 
the relevant cable operator;
    (3) A description of the cable programming service or associated 
equipment involved and, if applicable, how the service or associated 
equipment has changed;
    (4) The current rate for the cable programming service or associated 
equipment at issue and, if the complainant is challenging the 
reasonableness of a rate increase, the most recent rate for the service 
or associated equipment immediately prior to the rate increase;
    (5) If the complainant is filing a corrected complaint, an 
indication of the date the complainant filed the prior complaint and the 
date the complainant received notification from the Commission that the 
prior complaint was defective;
    (6) A certification that a copy of the complaint, including all 
attachments, is being served contemporaneously via certified mail on the 
cable operator;
    (7) An indication that the complainant franchising authority 
received more than one subscriber complaint within 90 days of the 
operator's imposition of the rate in question; and

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    (8) A certification that, to the best of the complainant's 
knowledge, the information provided on the form is true and correct.

[61 FR 18979, Apr. 30, 1996]



Sec.  76.952  Information to be provided by cable operator on monthly 
subscriber bills.

    All cable operators must provide the following information to 
subscribers on monthly bills:
    (a) The name, mailing address and phone number of the franchising 
authority, unless the franchising authority in writing requests the 
cable operator to omit such information.
    (b) The FCC community unit identifier for the cable system.

[58 FR 29753, May 21, 1993, as amended at 59 FR 17960, Apr. 15, 1994; 64 
FR 35950, July 2, 1999]



Sec.  76.953  Limitation on filing a complaint.

    (a) Complaint regarding a rate change. A complaint alleging an 
unreasonable rate for cable programming service or associated equipment 
may be filed against a cable operator only in the event of a rate 
change, including an increase or decrease in rates, or a change in rates 
that results from a change in a system's service tiers. A rate change 
may involve an implicit rate increase (such as deleting channels from a 
tier without a corresponding lowering of the rate for that tier). A 
complaint regarding a rate change for cable programming service or 
associated equipment may be filed against a cable operator only in the 
event of a rate change.
    (b) Late-filed complaints will be dismissed with prejudice.

[58 FR 29753, May 21, 1993, as amended at 58 FR 46736, Sept. 2, 1993; 59 
FR 17960, 17974, Apr. 15, 1994; 60 FR 35868, July 12, 1995; 61 FR 18979, 
Apr. 30, 1996]



Sec.  76.954  Initial review of complaint; minimum showing requirement; 
dismissal of defective complaints.

    (a) The Commission will conduct an initial review of a complaint to 
determine if it meets the minimum showing required to allow the 
complaint to go forward. The minimum showing shall be satisfied if the 
complaint is filed using the standard complaint form described in Sec.  
76.951 and includes all information and attachments required by that 
form. A complainant will not be required, as part of the minimum 
showing, to provide the underlying information and calculations 
necessary to judge the cable programming service rate in question 
against the Commission's rate standards.
    (b) A complaint that does not meet the minimum showing requirement 
described in paragraph (a) of this section will be considered defective. 
A defective complaint will be dismissed without prejudice to filing a 
corrected complaint as provided by Sec.  76.955. The Commission will 
notify the complainant by mail of the dismissal. The filing of a 
complaint on the applicable form, but which is otherwise defective, will 
toll the limitation period established by Sec.  76.953.



Sec.  76.955  Additional opportunity to file corrected complaint.

    (a) If the Commission dismisses an initial complaint without 
prejudice pursuant to Sec.  76.954, the complainant shall have one 
additional opportunity to cure the defect and file a corrected 
complaint.
    (b) For a complaint filed on the applicable form but is otherwise 
defective, the complainant must cure the defect and file a corrected 
complaint with the Commission within 30 days from the date of the 
Commission's dismissal notice. Failure to cure the defect and file a 
corrected complaint within this time period will result in dismissal of 
the complaint with prejudice.



Sec.  76.956  Cable operator response.

    (a) Unless otherwise directed by the local franchising authority, a 
cable operator must file with the local franchise authority a response 
to the complaint. The response shall indicate when the cable operator 
received notice of the complaint. Service by mail is complete upon 
mailing. See Sec.  1.47(f) of this chapter. The response shall include 
the information required by the appropriate FCC form, including rate 
cards, channel line-ups, and an explanation of any discrepancy in the 
figures provided in these documents and the rate filing. The cable 
operator

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must file its response with the local franchise authority via first 
class mail.
    (b) The burden shall be on the cable operator to prove that the 
service rate or equipment charge in question is not unreasonable. The 
cable operator may carry its burden in the following manner:
    (1) For a service rate at or below the permitted level, by providing 
information and calculations that demonstrate that the rate in question 
falls at or below the permitted level;
    (2) For a service rate that exceeds the permitted level;
    (i) By providing proof that the cable system has reduced the rate 
for the cable programming service at issue to a level at or below the 
permitted level; or
    (ii) By providing detailed cost-based information that demonstrates 
that the rate in question is reasonable despite the fact that it exceeds 
the permitted level.
    (3) For a charge for equipment installation or rental, by providing 
information that demonstrates that the charge is based on the cable 
operator's actual cost.
    (c) In addition to responding to the merits of a complaint, the 
cable operator may also move for dismissal of the complaint for failure 
to meet the minimum showing requirement. Any such motion for dismissal 
must state with particularity the reasons the cable operator believes 
the complaint is defective and shall not relieve the cable operator of 
its obligation to respond to the merits of the complaint.
    (d) A cable operator may file a consolidated response to multiple 
complaints regarding the identical rate or rate increase. A consolidated 
response must be filed within 30 days from the date of service of the 
first complaint received, unless the Commission notifies the cable 
operator to the contrary. A cable operator may amend a consolidated 
response to address new issues raised by complaints received after the 
cable operator's initial response.
    (e) A cable operator that fails to file and serve a response to a 
valid complaint may be deemed in default. If the Commission deems a 
cable operator in default, the Commission may enter an order against the 
cable operator finding the rate to be unreasonable and mandating 
appropriate relief.
    (f) A cable operator need not respond to any complaint that is:
    (1) Not filed on the applicable form; or
    (2) That the Commission determined is defective and has so notified 
the cable operator.

[58 FR 29753, May 21, 1993, as amended at 59 FR 17975, Apr. 15, 1994; 61 
FR 18979, Apr. 30, 1996; 64 FR 35950, July 2, 1999]



Sec.  76.957  Commission adjudication of the complaint.

    The Commission will consider the complaint and the cable operator's 
response and then determine by written decision whether the rate for the 
cable programming service or associated equipment is unreasonable or 
not. In making its determination, the Commission will only review the 
amount of the rate increase subject to the complaint. If the Commission 
determines that the rate change in question is unreasonable, it will 
grant the complaint and may order appropriate relief, including, but not 
limited to, prospective rate reductions and refunds. If it determines 
that the rate in question is reasonable, the Commission will deny the 
complaint.

[60 FR 52121, Oct. 5, 1995]

    Effective Date Note: At 60 FR 52121, Oct. 5, 1995, Sec.  76.957 was 
revised. This section contains information collection and recordkeeping 
requirements and will not become effective until 30 days after approval 
has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.



Sec.  76.960  Prospective rate reductions.

    Upon a finding that a rate for cable programming service or 
associated equipment is unreasonable, the Commission may order the cable 
operator to implement a prospective rate reduction to the class of 
customers subscribing to the cable programming service at issue.
    (a) For an operator that adjusts its rates using the quarterly rate 
adjustment system pursuant to Section 76.922(d), the Commission's 
decision regarding a prospective rate reduction shall remain binding on 
the cable operator for one year unless the Commission specifies 
otherwise.

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    (b) For an operator that adjusts its rates using the annual rate 
adjustment system pursuant to Section 76.922(e), for one year following 
the Commission's decision, the operator shall provide the Commission at 
least 30 days' notice of any proposed change.

[60 FR 52121, Oct. 5, 1995]

    Effective Date Note: At 60 FR 52121, Oct. 5, 1995, Sec.  76.960 was 
revised. This section contains information collection and recordkeeping 
requirements and will not become effective until 30 days after approval 
has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.



Sec.  76.961  Refunds.

    (a) Upon a finding that a rate for cable programming service or 
associated equipment is unreasonable, the Commission may order the cable 
operator to refund to subscribers that portion of previously paid rates 
which is deemed unreasonable.
    (b) The cumulative refund due subscribers shall be calculated from 
the date of the first complaint filed with the franchising authority 
until the date a cable operator implements a prospective rate reduction 
as ordered by the Commission pursuant to Sec.  76.960. The Commission 
shall calculate refund liability according to the rules in effect for 
determining the reasonableness of the rates for the period of time 
covered by the complaint.
    (c) The cable operator, in its discretion, may implement a refund in 
the following manner:
    (1) By returning overcharges to those subscribers who actually paid 
the overcharges, either through direct payment or as a specifically 
identified, one-time credit to those subscribers' bills; or
    (2) By means of a prospective percentage reduction in the 
unreasonable cable programming service rate or equipment charge to cover 
the cumulative overcharge. This shall be reflected as a specifically 
identified, one-time credit on prospective bills to the class of 
subscribers that currently subscribe to the cable programming service or 
associated equipment at issue.
    (d) Refunds shall include interest computed at applicable rates 
published by the Internal Revenue Service for tax refunds and additional 
tax payments. Interest shall accrue from the date a valid complaint is 
filed until the refund issues.
    (e) At the time the Commission orders a cable operator to pay 
refunds to subscribers, the franchising authority must return to the 
cable operator an amount equal to that portion of the franchise fee that 
was paid on the total amount of the refund to subscribers. The 
franchising authority may return the franchise fee overcharge either in 
an immediate lump sum payment, or the cable operator may deduct it from 
the cable system's future franchise fee payments.

[58 FR 29753, May 21, 1993, as amended at 59 FR 17975, Apr. 15, 1994; 64 
FR 35950, July 2, 1999]



Sec.  76.962  Implementation and certification of compliance.

    (a) Implementation. A cable operator must implement remedial 
requirements, including prospective rate reductions and refunds, within 
60 days from the date the Commission releases an order mandating a 
remedy.
    (b) Certification of compliance. A cable operator must certify to 
the Commission its compliance with any Commission order mandating 
remedial requirements. Such certification shall:
    (1) Be filed with the Commission within 90 days from the date the 
Commission releases an order mandating a remedy;
    (2) Reference the applicable Commission order;
    (3) State that the cable operator has complied fully with all 
provisions of the Commission's order;
    (4) Include a description of the precise measures the cable operator 
has taken to implement the remedies ordered by the Commission; and
    (5) Be signed by an authorized representative of the cable operator.



Sec.  76.963  Forfeiture.

    (a) If any cable operator willfully fails to comply with the terms 
of any Commission order, including an order mandating remedial 
requirements after a finding of unreasonable cable programming service 
or equipment rates, or any Commission rule, the Commission may, in 
addition to other remedies, impose a forfeiture pursuant to Section 
503(b) of the Communications

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Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 503(b).
    (b) A cable operator shall not be subject to forfeiture because its 
rate for cable programming service or equipment is determined to be 
unreasonable.



Sec.  76.970  Commercial leased access rates.

    (a) Cable operators shall designate channel capacity for commercial 
use by persons unaffiliated with the operator in accordance with the 
requirement of 47 U.S.C. 532. For purposes of 47 U.S.C. 532(b)(1)(A) and 
(B), only those channels that must be carried pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 534 
and 535 qualify as channels that are required for use by Federal law or 
regulation. For cable systems with 100 or fewer channels, channels that 
cannot be used due to technical and safety regulations of the Federal 
Government (e.g., aeronautical channels) shall be excluded when 
calculating the set-aside requirement.
    (b) In determining whether an entity is an ``affiliate'' for 
purposes of commercial leased access, entities are affiliated if either 
entity has an attributable interest in the other or if a third party has 
an attributable interest in both entities.
    (c) Attributable interest shall be defined by reference to the 
criteria set forth in Notes 1-5 to Sec.  76.501 provided, however, that:
    (1) The limited partner and LLC/LLP/RLLP insulation provisions of 
Note 2(f) shall not apply; and
    (2) The provisions of Note 2(a) regarding five (5) percent interests 
shall include all voting or nonvoting stock or limited partnership 
equity interests of five (5) percent or more.
    (d) The maximum commercial leased access rate that a cable operator 
may charge for full-time channel placement on a tier exceeding a 
subscriber penetration of 50 percent is the average implicit fee for 
full-time channel placement on all such tier(s).
    (e) The average implicit fee identified in paragraph (c) of this 
section for a full-time channel on a tier with a subscriber penetration 
over 50 percent shall be calculated by first calculating the total 
amount the operator receives in subscriber revenue per month for the 
programming on all such tier(s), and then subtracting the total amount 
it pays in programming costs per month for such tier(s) (the ``total 
implicit fee calculation''). A weighting scheme that accounts for 
differences in the number of subscribers and channels on all such 
tier(s) must be used to determine how much of the total implicit fee 
calculation will be recovered from any particular tier. The weighting 
scheme is determined in two steps. First, the number of subscribers is 
multiplied by the number of channels (the result is the number of 
``subscriber-channels'') on each tier with subscriber penetration over 
50 percent. For instance, a tier with 10 channels and 1,000 subscribers 
would have a total of 10,000 subscriber-channels. Second, the 
subscriber-channels on each of these tiers is divided by the total 
subscriber-channels on all such tiers. Given the percent of subscriber-
channels for the particular tier, the implicit fee for the tier is 
computed by multiplying the subscriber-channel percentage for the tier 
by the total implicit fee calculation. Finally, to calculate the average 
implicit fee per channel, the implicit fee for the tier must be divided 
by the corresponding number of channels on the tier. The final result is 
the maximum rate per month that the operator may charge the leased 
access programmer for a full-time channel on that particulartier. The 
average implicit fee shall be calculated by using all channels carried 
on any tier exceeding 50 percent subscriber penetration (including 
channels devoted to affiliated programming, must-carry and public, 
educational and government access channels). In the event of an 
agreement to lease capacity on a tier with less than 50 percent 
penetration, the average implicit fee should be determined on the basis 
of subscriber revenues and programming costs for that tier alone. The 
license fees for affiliated channels used in determining the average 
implicit fee shall reflect the prevailing company prices offered in the 
marketplace to third parties. If a prevailing company price does not 
exist, the license fee for that programming shall be priced at the 
programmer's cost or the fair market value, whichever is lower. The 
average implicit fee shall be

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based on contracts in effect in the previous calendar year. The implicit 
fee for a contracted service may not include fees, stated or implied, 
for services other than the provision of channel capacity (e.g., billing 
and collection, marketing, or studio services).
    (f) The maximum commercial leased access rate that a cable operator 
may charge for full-time channel placement as an a la carte service is 
the highest implicit fee on an aggregate basis for full-time channel 
placement as an a la carte service.
    (g) The highest implicit fee on an aggregate basis for full-time 
channel placement as an a la carte service shall be calculated by first 
determining the total amount received by the operator in subscriber 
revenue per month for each non-leased access a la carte channel on its 
system (including affiliated a la carte channels) and deducting the 
total amount paid by the operator in programming costs (including 
license and copyright fees) per month for programming on such individual 
channels. This calculation will result in implicit fees determined on an 
aggregate basis, and the highest of these implicit fees shall be the 
maximum rate per month that the operator may charge the leased access 
programmer for placement as a full-time a la carte channel. The license 
fees for affiliated channels used in determining the highest implicit 
fee shall reflect the prevailing company prices offered in the 
marketplace to third parties. If a prevailing company price does not 
exist, the license fee for that programming shall be priced at the 
programmer's cost or the fair market value, whichever is lower. The 
highest implicit fee shall be based on contracts in effect in the 
previous calendar year. The implicit fee for a contracted service may 
not include fees, stated or implied, for services other than the 
provision of channel capacity (e.g., billing and collection, marketing, 
or studio services). Any subscriber revenue received by a cable operator 
for an a la carte leased access service shall be passed through to the 
leased access programmer.
    (h) The maximum commercial leased access rate that a cable operator 
may charge for part-time channel placement shall be determined by either 
prorating the maximum full-time rate uniformly, or by developing a 
schedule of and applying different rates for different times of the day, 
provided that the total of the rates for a 24-hour period does not 
exceed the maximum daily leased access rate.
    (i)(1) Cable system operators shall provide prospective leased 
access programmers with the following information within 15 calendar 
days of the date on which a request for leased access information is 
made:
    (i) How much of the operator's leased access set-aside capacity is 
available;
    (ii) A complete schedule of the operator's full-time and part-time 
leased access rates;
    (iii) Rates associated with technical and studio costs; and
    (iv) If specifically requested, a sample leased access contract.
    (2) Operators of systems subject to small system relief shall 
provide the information required in paragraph (h)(1) of this section 
within 30 calendar days of a bona fide request from a prospective leased 
access programmer. For these purposes, systems subject to small system 
relief are systems that either:
    (i) Qualify as small systems under Sec.  76.901(c) and are owned by 
a small cable company as defined under Sec.  76.901(e); or
    (ii) Have been granted special relief.
    (3) Bona fide requests, as used in this section, are defined as 
requests from potential leased access programmers that have provided the 
following information:
    (i) The desired length of a contract term;
    (ii) The time slot desired;
    (iii) The anticipated commencement date for carriage; and
    (iv) The nature of the programming.
    (4) All requests for leased access must be made in writing and must 
specify the date on which the request was sent to the operator.
    (5) Operators shall maintain, for Commission inspection, sufficient 
supporting documentation to justify the scheduled rates, including 
supporting contracts, calculations of the implicit fees, and 
justifications for all adjustments.

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    (i) Cable operators are permitted to negotiate rates below the 
maximum rates permitted in paragraphs (c) through (g) of this section.

[58 FR 29753, May 21, 1993, as amended at 61 FR 16400, Apr. 15, 1996; 62 
FR 11380, Mar. 12, 1997; 64 FR 67197, Dec. 1, 1999]



Sec.  76.971  Commercial leased access terms and conditions.

    (a)(1) Cable operators shall place leased access programmers that 
request access to a tier actually used by most subscribers on any tier 
that has a subscriber penetration of more than 50 percent, unless there 
are technical or other compelling reasons for denying access to such 
tiers.
    (2) Cable operators shall be permitted to make reasonable selections 
when placing leased access channels at specific channel locations. The 
Commission will evaluate disputes involving channel placement on a case-
by-case basis and will consider any evidence that an operator has acted 
unreasonably in this regard.
    (3) On systems with available leased access capacity sufficient to 
satisfy current leased access demand, cable operators shall be required 
to accommodate as expeditiously as possible all leased access requests 
for programming that is not obscene or indecent. On systems with 
insufficient available leased access capacity to satisfy current leased 
access demand, cable operators shall be permitted to select from among 
leased access programmers using objective, content-neutral criteria.
    (4) Cable operators that have not satisfied their statutory leased 
access requirements shall accommodate part-time leased access requests 
as set forth in this paragraph. Cable operators shall not be required to 
accept leases for less than one half-hour of programming. Cable 
operators may accommodate part-time leased access requests by opening 
additional channels for part-time use or providing comparable time slots 
on channels currently carrying leased or non-leased access programming. 
The comparability of time slots shall be determined by objective factors 
such as day of the week, time of day, and audience share. A cable 
operator that is unable to provide a comparable timeslot to accommodate 
a part-time programming request shall be required to open an additional 
channel for part-time use unless such operator has at least one channel 
designated for part-time leased access use that is programmed with less 
than 18 hours of part-time leased access programming every day. However, 
regardless of the availability of partially programmed part-time leased 
access channels, a cable operator shall be required to open an 
additional channel to accommodate any request for part-time leased 
access for at least eight contiguous hours, for the same time period 
every day, for at least a year. Once an operator has opened a vacant 
channel to accommodate such a request, our other leased access rules 
apply. If, however, the operator has accommodated such a request on a 
channel already carrying an existing full-time non-leased access 
programmer, the operator does not have to accommodate other part-time 
requests of less than eight hours on that channel until all other 
existing part-time leased access channels are substantially filled with 
leased access programming.
    (b) Cable operators may not apply programming production standards 
to leased access that are any higher than those applied to public, 
educational and governmental access channels.
    (c) Cable operators are required to provide unaffiliated leased 
access users the minimal level of technical support necessary for users 
to present their material on the air, and may not unreasonably refuse to 
cooperate with a leased access user in order to prevent that user from 
obtaining channel capacity. Leased access users must reimburse operators 
for the reasonable cost of any technical support actually provided by 
the operator that is beyond that provided for non-leased access 
programmers on the system. A cable operator may charge leased access 
programmers for the use of technical equipment that is provided at no 
charge for public, educational and governmental access programming, 
provided that the operator's franchise agreement requires it to provide 
the equipment and does not preclude such use, and the equipment is not 
being used for any other non-leased access

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programming. Cable operators that are required to purchase technical 
equipment in order to accommodate a leased access programmer shall have 
the option of either requiring the leased access programmer to pay the 
full purchase price of the equipment, or purchasing the equipment and 
leasing it to the leased access programmer at a reasonable rate. Leased 
access programmers that are required to pay the full purchase price of 
additional equipment shall have all rights of ownership associated with 
the equipment under applicable state and local law.
    (d) Cable operators may require reasonable security deposits or 
other assurances from users who are unable to prepay in full for access 
to leased commercial channels. Cable operators may impose reasonable 
insurance requirements on leased access programmers. Cable operators 
shall bear the burden of proof in establishing reasonableness.
    (e) Cable operators may not set terms and conditions for commercial 
leased access use based on content, except:
    (1) To the limited extent necessary to establish a reasonable price 
for the commercial use of designated channel capacity by an unaffiliated 
person; or
    (2) To comply with 47 U.S.C. 532 (h), (j) and Sec.  76.701.
    (f)(1) A cable operator shall provide billing and collection 
services for commercial leased access cable programmers, unless the 
operator demonstrates the existence of third party billing and 
collection services which in terms of cost and accessibility, offer 
leased access programmers an alternative substantially equivalent to 
that offered to comparable non-leased access programmers.
    (2) If an operator can make the showing required in paragraph (f)(1) 
of this section, it must, to the extent technically feasible make 
available data necessary to enable a third party to bill and collect for 
the leased access user.
    (g) Cable operators shall not unreasonably limit the length of 
leased access contracts. The termination provisions of leased access 
contracts shall be commercially reasonable and may not allow operators 
to terminate leased access contracts without a reasonable basis.
    (h) Cable operators may not prohibit the resale of leased access 
capacity to persons unaffiliated with the operator, but may provide in 
their leased access contracts that any sublessees will be subject to the 
non-price terms and conditions that apply to the initial lessee, and 
that, if the capacity is resold, the rate for the capacity shall be the 
maximum permissible rate.

[58 FR 29753, May 21, 1993, as amended at 61 FR 16401, Apr. 15, 1996; 62 
FR 11381, Mar. 12, 1997]



Sec.  76.975  Commercial leased access dispute resolution.

    (a) Any person aggrieved by the failure or refusal of a cable 
operator to make commercial channel capacity available in accordance 
with the provisions of Title VI of the Communications Act may bring an 
action in the district court of the United States for the Judicial 
district in which the cable system is located to compel that such 
capacity be made available.
    (b)(1) Any person aggrieved by the failure or refusal of a cable 
operator to make commercial channel capacity available or to charge 
rates for such capacity in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of 
the Communications Act, or our implementing regulations, Sec. Sec.  
76.970 and 76.971, may file a petition for relief with the Commission. 
Persons alleging that a cable operator's leased access rate is 
unreasonable must receive a determination of the cable operator's 
maximum permitted rate from an independent accountant prior to filing a 
petition for relief with the Commission.
    (2) Parties to a dispute over leased access rates shall have five 
business days to agree on a mutually acceptable accountant from the date 
on which the programmer provides the cable operator with a written 
request for a review of its leased access rates. Parties that fail to 
agree on a mutually acceptable accountant within five business days of 
the programmer's request for a review shall each be required to select 
an independent accountant on the sixth business day. The two accountants 
selected shall have five business days to select a third independent 
accountant to perform the review. Operators of systems subject to small 
system

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relief shall have 14 business days to select an independent accountant 
when an agreement cannot be reached. For these purposes, systems subject 
to small system relief are systems that either:
    (i) Qualify as small systems under Sec.  76.901(c) and are owned by 
a small cable company as defined under Sec.  76.901(e); or
    (ii) Have been granted special relief.
    (3) The final accountant's report must be completed within 60 days 
of the date on which the final accountant is selected to perform the 
review. The final accountant's report must, at a minimum, state the 
maximum permitted rate, and explain how it was determined without 
revealing proprietary information. The report must be signed, dated and 
certified by the accountant. The report shall be filed in the cable 
system's local public file.
    (4) If the accountant's report indicates that the cable operator's 
leased access rate exceeds the maximum permitted rate by more than a de 
minimis amount, the cable operator shall be required to pay the full 
cost of the review. If the final accountant's report does not indicate 
that the cable operator's leased access rate exceeds the maximum 
permitted rate by more than a de minimis amount, each party shall be 
required to split the cost of the final accountant's review, and to pay 
its own expenses incurred in making the review.
    (5) Parties may use alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes 
to settle disputes that are not resolved by the final accountant's 
report.
    (c) A petition must contain a concise statement of the facts 
constituting a violation of the statute or the Commission's Rules, the 
specific statute(s) or rule(s) violated, and certify that the petition 
was served on the cable operator. Where a petition is based on 
allegations that a cable operator's leased access rates are 
unreasonable, the petitioner must attach a copy of the final 
accountant's report. In proceedings before the Commission, there will be 
a rebuttable presumption that the final accountant's report is correct.
    (d) Where a petition is not based on allegations that a cable 
operator's leased access rates are unreasonable, the petition must be 
filed within 60 days of the alleged violation. Where a petition is based 
on allegations that the cable operator's leased access rates are 
unreasonable, the petition must be filed within 60 days of the final 
accountant's report, or within 60 days of the termination of ADR 
proceedings. Aggrieved parties must certify that their petition was 
filed within 60 days of the termination of ADR proceedings in order to 
file a petition later than 60 days after completion of the final 
accountant's report. Cable operators may rebut such certifications.
    (e) The cable operator or other respondent will have 30 days from 
the filing of the petition to file a response. If a leased access rate 
is disputed, the response must show that the rate charged is not higher 
than the maximum permitted rate for such leased access, and must be 
supported by the affidavit of a responsible company official. If, after 
a response is submitted, the staff finds a prima facie violation of our 
rules, the staff may require a respondent to produce additional 
information, or specify other procedures necessary for resolution of the 
proceeding.
    (f) The Commission, after consideration of the pleadings, may grant 
the relief requested, in whole or in part, including, but not limited to 
ordering refunds, injunctive measures, or forfeitures pursuant 47 U.S.C. 
503, denying the petition, or issuing a ruling on the petition or 
dispute.
    (g) To be afforded relief, the petitioner must show by clear and 
convincing evidence that the cable operator has violated the 
Commission's leased access provisions in 47 U.S.C. 532 or Sec. Sec.  
76.970 and 76.971, or otherwise acted unreasonably or in bad faith in 
failing or refusing to make capacity available or to charge lawful rates 
for such capacity to an unaffiliated leased access programmer.
    (h) During the pendency of a dispute, a party seeking to lease 
channel capacity for commercial purposes, shall comply with the rates, 
terms and conditions prescribed by the cable operator, subject to refund 
or other appropriate remedy.

[58 FR 29753, May 21, 1993, as amended at 62 FR 11382, Mar. 12, 1997]

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Sec.  76.977  Minority and educational programming used in lieu of designated 
commercial leased access capacity.

    (a) A cable operator required by this section to designate channel 
capacity for commercial use pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 532, may use any such 
channel capacity for the provision of programming from a qualified 
minority programming source or from any qualified educational 
programming sources, whether or not such source is affiliated with cable 
operator. The channel capacity used to provide programming from a 
qualified minority programming source or from any qualified educational 
programming source pursuant to this section may not exceed 33 percent of 
the channel capacity designated pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 532 and must be 
located on a tier with more than 50 percent subscriber penetration.
    (b) For purposes of this section, a qualified minority programming 
source is a programming source that devotes substantially all of its 
programming to coverage of minority viewpoints, or to programming 
directed at members of minority groups, and which is over 50 percent 
minority-owned.
    (c) For purposes of this section, a qualified educational 
programming source is a programming source that devotes substantially 
all of its programming to educational or instructional programming that 
promotes public understanding of mathematics, the sciences, the 
humanities, or the arts and has a documented annual expenditure on 
programming exceeding $15 million. The annual expenditure on programming 
means all annual costs incurred by the programming source to produce or 
acquire programs which are scheduled to be televised, and specifically 
excludes marketing, promotion, satellite transmission and operational 
costs, and general administrative costs.
    (d) For purposes of paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, 
substantially all means that 90% or more of the programming offered must 
be devoted to minority or educational purposes, as defined in paragraphs 
(b) and (c) of this section, respectively.
    (e) For purposes of paragraph (b) of this section, ``minority'' is 
defined as in 47 U.S.C. 309(i)(3)(c)(ii) to include Blacks, Hispanics, 
American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asians and Pacific Islanders.

[58 FR 29753, May 21, 1993, as amended at 62 FR 11382, Mar. 12, 1997]



Sec.  76.980  Charges for customer changes.

    (a) This section shall govern charges for any changes in service 
tiers or equipment provided to the subscriber that are initiated at the 
request of a subscriber after initial service installation.
    (b) The charge for customer changes in service tiers effected solely 
by coded entry on a computer terminal or by other similarly simple 
methods shall be a nominal amount, not exceeding actual costs, as 
defined in paragraph (c) of this section.
    (c) The charge for customers changes in service tiers or equipment 
that involve more than coded entry on a computer or other similarly 
simple method shall be based on actual cost. The actual cost charge 
shall be either the HSC, as defined in Section 76.923 of the rules, 
multiplied by the number of persons hours needed to implement the 
change, or the HSC multiplied by the average number of persons hours 
involved in implementing customer changes.
    (d) A cable operator may establish a higher charge for changes 
effected solely by coded entry on a computer terminal or by other 
similarly simple methods, subject to approval by the franchising 
authority, for a subscriber changing service tiers more than two times 
in a twelve month period, except for such changes ordered in response to 
a change in price or channel line-up.
    (e) Downgrade charges that are the same as, or lower than, upgrade 
charges are evidence of the reasonableness of such downgrade charges.
    (f) For 30 days after notice of retiering or rate increases, a 
customer may obtain changes in service tiers at no additional charge.

    Note 1 to Sec.  76.980: Cable operators must also notify subscribers 
of potential charges for customer service changes, as provided in Sec.  
76.1604.

[58 FR 29753, May 21, 1993, as amended at 65 FR 53617, Sept. 5, 2000]

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Sec.  76.981  Negative option billing.

    (a) A cable operator shall not charge a subscriber for any service 
or equipment that the subscriber has not affirmatively requested by 
name. A subscriber's failure to refuse a cable operator's proposal to 
provide such service or equipment is not an affirmative request for 
service or equipment. A subscriber's affirmative request for service or 
equipment may be made orally or in writing.
    (b) The requirements of paragraph (a) of this section shall not 
preclude the adjustment of rates to reflect inflation, cost of living 
and other external costs, the addition or deletion of a specific program 
from a service offering, the addition or deletion of specific channels 
from an existing tier or service, the restructuring or division of 
existing tiers of service, or the adjustment of rates as a result of the 
addition, deletion or substitution of channels pursuant to Sec.  76.922, 
provided that such changes do not constitute a fundamental change in the 
nature of an existing service or tier of service and are otherwise 
consistent with applicable regulations.
    (c) State and local governments may not enforce state and local 
consumer protection laws that conflict with or undermine paragraph (a) 
or (b) of this section or any other sections of this Subpart that were 
established pursuant to Section 3 of the 1992 Cable Act, 47 U.S.C. 543.

[59 FR 62625, Dec. 6, 1994]



Sec.  76.982  Continuation of rate agreements.

    During the term of an agreement executed before July 1, 1990, by a 
franchising authority and a cable operator providing for the regulation 
of basic cable service rates, where there was not effective competition 
under Commission rules in effect on that date, the franchising authority 
may regulate basic cable rates without following section 623 of the 1992 
Cable Act or Sec. Sec.  76.910 through 76.942. A franchising authority 
regulating basic cable rates pursuant to such a rate agreement is not 
required to file for certification during the remaining term of the 
agreement but shall notify the Commission of its intent to continue 
regulating basic cable rates.



Sec.  76.983  Discrimination.

    (a) No Federal agency, state, or local franchising authority may 
prohibit a cable operator from offering reasonable discounts to senior 
citizens or to economically disadvantaged groups.
    (1) Such discounts must be offered equally to all subscribers in the 
franchise area who qualify as members of these categories, or any 
reasonable subcategory thereof.
    (2) For purposes of this section, members of economically 
disadvantaged groups are those individuals who receive federal, state or 
local welfare assistance.
    (b) Nothing herein shall preclude any Federal agency, state, or 
local franchising authority from requiring and regulating the reception 
of cable service by hearing impaired individuals.



Sec.  76.984  Geographically uniform rate structure.

    (a) The rates charged by cable operators for basic service, cable 
programming service, and associated equipment and installation shall be 
provided pursuant to a rate structure that is uniform throughout each 
franchise area in which cable service is provided.
    (b) This section does not prohibit the establishment by cable 
operators of reasonable categories of service and customers with 
separate rates and terms and conditions of service, within a franchise 
area.
    (c) This section does not apply to:
    (1) A cable operator with respect to the provision of cable service 
over its cable system in any geographic area in which the video 
programming services offered by the operator in that area are subject to 
effective competition, or
    (2) Any video programming offered on a per channel or per program 
basis.
    (3) Bulk discounts to multiple dwelling units shall not be subject 
to this section, except that a cable operator of a cable system that is 
not subject to effective competition may not charge predatory prices to 
a multiple dwelling unit. Upon a prima facie showing by a complainant 
that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the discounted price 
is predatory, the cable system

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shall have the burden of showing that its discounted price is not 
predatory.

    Note 1 to paragraph (c)(3): Discovery procedures for predatory 
pricing complaints. Requests for discovery will be addressed pursuant to 
the procedures specified in Sec.  76.7(f).
    Note 2 to paragraph (c)(3): Confidential information. Parties 
submitting material believed to be exempt from disclosure pursuant to 
the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(b), and the 
Commission's rules, Sec.  0.457 of this chapter, should follow the 
procedures in Sec.  0.459 of this chapter and Sec.  76.9.

[59 FR 17975, Apr. 15, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 18979, Apr. 30, 1996; 
64 FR 35951, July 2, 1999]



Sec.  76.985  Subscriber bill itemization.

    (a) Cable operators may identify as a separate line item of each 
regular subscriber bill the following:
    (1) The amount of the total bill assessed as a franchise fee and the 
identity of the franchising authority to which the fee is paid.
    (2) The amount of the total bill assessed to satisfy any 
requirements imposed on the cable operator by the franchise agreement to 
support public, educational, or governmental channels or the use of such 
channels.
    (3) The amount of any other fee, tax, assessment, or charge of any 
kind imposed by any governmental authority on the transaction between 
the operator and the subscriber. In order for a governmental fee or 
assessment to be separately identified under this section, it must be 
directly imposed by a governmental body on a transaction between a 
subscriber and an operator.
    (b) The charge identified on the subscriber bill as the total charge 
for cable service should include all fees and costs itemized pursuant to 
this section.
    (c) Local franchising authorities may adopt regulations consistent 
with this section.

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Sec.  76.986  ``A la carte'' offerings.

    (a) Collective offerings of unregulated per-channel or per-program 
(``a la carte'') video programming shall be regulated as CPSTs pursuant 
to Sec.  76.922.

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For purposes of this section, ``multiplexed'' channels shall be treated 
as one channel.
    (b) A discounted package price offered by a cable system is not 
unreasonable with respect to any collective offering of channels if the 
component channels' collective offering also have been continuously 
available on the system on a per channel basis since April 1, 1993.
    (c) A collective offering of per channel offerings may be treated as 
New Product Tier if:
    (1) The collective offering meets the conditions set forth in Sec.  
76.987; or
    (2) The operator had reasonable grounds to believe the collective 
offering involving only a small number of migrated channels complied 
with the Commission's requirements as of the date it was first offered.
    (d) In reviewing a basic service rate filing, local franchising 
authorities may make an initial decision addressing whether a collective 
offering of ``a la carte'' channels will be treated as a cable 
programming service tier that is an NPT under Sec.  76.987 or a CPST 
that is regulated under Sec.  76.922. The franchising authority must 
make this initial decision within the 30 day period established for 
review of basic cable rates and equipment costs in Sec.  76.933(a), or 
within the first 60 days of an extended 120 day period (if the franchise 
authority has requested an additional 90 days) pursuant to Sec.  
76.933(b). The franchising authority shall provide notice of its 
decision to the cable system and shall provide public notice of its 
initial decision within seven days pursuant to local procedural rules 
for public notice. Operators or consumers may make an interlocutory 
appeal of the initial decision to the Commission within 14 days of the 
initial decision. Operators shall provide notice to franchise 
authorities of their decision whether or not to appeal to the Commission 
within this period. Consumers shall provide notice to franchise 
authorities of their decision to appeal to the Commission within this 
period.
    (e) A limited initial decision under paragraph (b) of this section 
shall toll the time periods under Sec.  76.933 within which local 
authorities must decide local rate cases. The time period shall resume 
running seven days after the Commission decides the interlocutory 
appeal, or seven days following the expiration of the period in which an 
interlocutory appeal pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section may be 
filed.
    (f) A local franchising authority alternatively may decide whether a 
collective offering of ``a la carte'' channels will be treated as an NPT 
as a part of its final decision setting rates for the basic service 
tier. That decision may then be appealed to the Commission as provided 
for under Sec.  76.945.

[59 FR 62625, Dec. 6, 1994]



Sec.  76.987  New product tiers.

    (a) Operators may establish a category of CPSTs, referred to as 
``new product tiers'' (``NPTs''), and offer these tiers to subscribers 
at prices they elect.
    (b) In order to be eligible to offer NPTs, cable operators must meet 
the following conditions:
    (1) Operators offering NPTs are prohibited from making fundamental 
changes to what they offer on their BSTs and CPSTs offerings on 
September 30, 1994. Operators may drop channels or move channels between 
BSTs and/or CPSTs or to an a la carte offering so long as the 
aggregation of such changes do not constitute a fundamental change in 
their BST or CPSTs.
    (2) Operators may not drop channels that were offered on their BSTs 
or CPSTs on September 30, 1994 and move them to NPTs unless they wait at 
least two years from the date the channels were dropped from the BSTs or 
CPSTs. Time shifted versions, slightly altered versions or renamed 
versions of channels offered on BSTs and CPSTs on September 30, 1994 
shall not be exempt from this restriction.
    (3) Operators must market their BSTs and CPSTs so that customers 
should be reasonably aware that:
    (i) Those tiers are being offered to the public;
    (ii) The names of the channels available on those tiers; and
    (iii) The price of the tiers. A subscriber may not be charged for an 
NPT unless the cable operator has obtained the subscriber's affirmative 
consent. Changes to the fundamental nature of

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an NPT must be approved by subscribers in accordance with Sec.  76.981.
    (4) Operators may not require the subscription to any tier, other 
than a BST, as a condition for subscribing to an NPT and operators may 
not require subscription to an NPT as a condition for subscribing to a 
CPST. These restrictions will not apply to cable operators prior to 
October 5, 2002, if such operators lack the capacity to offer BSTs and 
NPTs without also providing other intermediate tiers of service as 
provided in Sec.  76.900(c).
    (c) Operators may offer the same service on NPTs as are on one or 
more BSTs or CPSTs. A channel that occupied a CPST or BST part-time on 
September 30, 1994 also may be offered full-time on an NPT as long as it 
continues to be offered at least part-time on CPST or BST, under 
substantially the same conditions as before it was offered on the NPT. 
If a channel occupies a BST or CPST (regulated pursuant to Sec.  76.922) 
full-time on September 30, 1994, and is subsequently reduced to part-
time on the BST or CPST, that channel may not be offered on an NPT full-
time. Operators that offer a channel both on an NPT and a BST or CPST 
will have a continuing obligation to ensure that subscribers are aware 
that the channels are available on the CPST or BST.
    (d) Operators may temporarily place new channels on CPSTs for 
marketing purposes and then move them to NPTs. In order for an operator 
to move a channel from a CPST to an NPT pursuant to this paragraph, the 
channel must not have been offered on a BST or CPST prior to October 1, 
1994.
    (e) After initially electing to offer an NPT, a cable operator may 
cease to provide the NPT, upon proper notice to subscribers pursuant to 
Sec.  76.1603. If an operator drops an NPT and subsequently determines 
to reestablish that tier, at the time of the reestablishment it must 
comply with the conditions for offering NPTs set forth in paragraph (b) 
of this section.
    (f) If the Commission receives a complaint about an NPT, the 
operator need not file the rate justification provided in Sec.  76.956, 
but shall within the time period provided by that rule file 
documentation that the NPT meets all the conditions set forth in this 
section.

    Note 1 to Sec.  76.987: Cable operators offering a NPT must comply 
with the notice requirement of Sec.  76.1605.

[59 FR 62625, Dec. 6, 1994, as amended at 65 FR 53617, Sept. 5, 2000]



Sec.  76.990  Small cable operators.

    (a) Effective February 8, 1996, a small cable operator is exempt 
from rate regulation on its cable programming services tier, or on its 
basic service tier if that tier was the only service tier subject to 
rate regulation as of December 31, 1994, in any franchise area in which 
that operator services 50,000 or fewer subscribers.
    (b) Procedures. (1) A small cable operator, may certify in writing 
to its franchise authority at any time that it meets all criteria 
necessary to qualify as a small operator. Upon request of the local 
franchising authority, the operator shall identify in writing all of its 
affiliates that provide cable service, the total subscriber base of 
itself and each affiliate, and the aggregate gross revenues of its cable 
and non-cable affiliates. Within 90 days of receiving the original 
certification, the local franchising authority shall determine whether 
the operator qualifies for deregulation and shall notify the operator in 
writing of its decision, although this 90-day period shall be tolled for 
so long as it takes the operator to respond to a proper request for 
information by the local franchising authority. An operator may appeal 
to the Commission a local franchise authority's information request if 
the operator seeks to challenge the information request as unduly or 
unreasonably burdensome. If the local franchising authority finds that 
the operator does not qualify for deregulation, its notice shall state 
the grounds for that decision. The operator may appeal the local 
franchising authority's decision to the Commission within 30 days.
    (2) Once the operator has certified its eligibility for deregulation 
on the basic service tier, the local franchising authority shall not 
prohibit the operator from taking a rate increase and shall

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not order the operator to make any refunds unless and until the local 
franchising authority has rejected the certification in a final order 
that is no longer subject to appeal or that the Commission has affirmed. 
The operator shall be liable for refunds for revenues gained (beyond 
revenues that could be gained under regulation) as a result of any rate 
increase taken during the period in which it claimed to be deregulated, 
plus interest, in the event the operator is later found not to be 
deregulated. The one-year limitation on refund liability will not be 
applicable during that period to ensure that the filing of an invalid 
small operator certification does not reduce any refund liability that 
the operator would otherwise incur.
    (3) Within 30 days of being served with a local franchising 
authority's notice that the local franchising authority intends to file 
a cable programming services tier rate complaint, an operator may 
certify to the local franchising authority that it meets the criteria 
for qualification as a small cable operator. This certification shall be 
filed in accordance with the cable programming services rate complaint 
procedure set forth in Sec.  76.1402. Absent a cable programming 
services rate complaint, the operator may request a declaration of CPST 
rate deregulation from the Commission pursuant to Sec.  76.7.
    (c) Transition from small cable operator status. If a small cable 
operator subsequently becomes ineligible for small operator status, the 
operator will become subject to regulation but may maintain the rates it 
charged prior to losing small cable operator status if such rates (with 
an allowance for minor variations) were in effect for the three months 
preceding the loss of small cable operator status. Subsequent rate 
increases following the loss of small cable operator status will be 
subject to generally applicable regulations governing rate increases.

    Note to Sec.  76.990: For rules governing small cable systems and 
small cable companies, see Sec.  76.934.

[64 FR 35951, July 2, 1999]



            Subpart O_Competitive Access to Cable Programming



Sec.  76.1000  Definitions.

    As used in this subpart:
    (a) Area served by cable system. The term ``area served'' by a cable 
system means an area actually passed by a cable system and which can be 
connected for a standard connection fee.
    (b) Cognizable interests. In applying the provisions of this 
subpart, ownership and other interests in cable operators, satellite 
cable programming vendors or satellite broadcast programming vendors 
will be attributed to their holders and subject the interest holders to 
the rules of this subpart. Cognizable and attributable interests shall 
be defined by reference to the criteria set forth in Notes 1 through 5 
to Sec.  76.501 provided, however, that:
    (1) The limited partner and LLC/LLP/RLLP insulation provisions of 
Note 2(f) shall not apply; and
    (2) The provisions of Note 2(a) regarding five (5) percent interests 
shall include all voting or nonvoting stock or limited partnership 
equity interests of five (5) percent or more.
    (c) Buying groups. The term ``buying group'' or ``agent,'' for 
purposes of the definition of a multichannel video programming 
distributor set forth in paragraph (e) of this section, means an entity 
representing the interests of more than one entity distributing 
multichannel video programming that:
    (1) Agrees to be financially liable for any fees due pursuant to a 
satellite cable programming, or satellite broadcast programming, 
contract which it signs as a contracting party as a representative of 
its members or whose members, as contracting parties, agree to joint and 
several liability; and
    (2) Agrees to uniform billing and standardized contract provisions 
for individual members; and
    (3) Agrees either collectively or individually on reasonable 
technical quality standards for the individual members of the group.
    (d) Competing distributors. The term ``competing,'' as used with 
respect to competing multichannel video programming distributors, means 
distributors whose actual or proposed service areas overlap.

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    (e) Multichannel video programming distributor. The term 
``multichannel video programming distributor'' means an entity engaged 
in the business of making available for purchase, by subscribers or 
customers, multiple channels of video programming. Such entities 
include, but are not limited to, a cable operator, a multichannel 
multipoint distribution service, a direct broadcast satellite service, a 
television receive-only satellite program distributor, and a satellite 
master antenna television system operator, as well as buying groups or 
agents of all such entities.

    Note to paragraph (e): A video programming provider that provides 
more than one channel of video programming on an open video system is a 
multichannel video programming distributor for purposes of this subpart 
O and Section 76.1507.

    (f) Satellite broadcast programming. The term ``satellite broadcast 
programming'' means broadcast video programming when such programming is 
retransmitted by satellite and the entity retransmitting such 
programming is not the broadcaster or an entity performing such 
retransmission on behalf of and with the specific consent of the 
broadcaster.
    (g) Satellite broadcast programming vendor. The term ``satellite 
broadcast programming vendor'' means a fixed service satellite carrier 
that provides service pursuant to section 119 of title 17, United States 
Code, with respect to satellite broadcast programming.
    (h) Satellite cable programming. The term ``satellite cable 
programming'' means video programming which is transmitted via satellite 
and which is primarily intended for direct receipt by cable operators 
for their retransmission to cable subscribers, except that such term 
does not include satellite broadcast programming.

    Note to paragraph (h): Satellite programming which is primarily 
intended for the direct receipt by open video system operators for their 
retransmission to open video system subscribers shall be included within 
the definition of satellite cable programming.

    (i) Satellite cable programming vendor. The term ``satellite cable 
programming vendor'' means a person engaged in the production, creation, 
or wholesale distribution for sale of satellite cable programming, but 
does not include a satellite broadcast programming vendor.
    (j) Similarly situated. The term `'similarly situated'' means, for 
the purposes of evaluating alternative programming contracts offered by 
a defendant programming vendor, that an alternative multichannel video 
programming distributor has been identified by the defendant as being 
more properly compared to the complainant in order to determine whether 
a violation of Sec.  76.1002(b) has occurred. The analysis of whether an 
alternative multichannel video programming distributor is properly 
comparable to the complainant includes consideration of, but is not 
limited to, such factors as whether the alternative multichannel video 
programming distributor operates within a geographic region proximate to 
the complainant, has roughly the same number of subscribers as the 
complainant, and purchases a similar service as the complainant. Such 
alternative multichannel video programming distributor, however, must 
use the same distribution technology as the ``competing'' distributor 
with whom the complainant seeks to compare itself.
    (k) Subdistribution agreement. The term ``subdistribution 
agreement'' means an arrangement by which a local cable operator is 
given the right by a satellite cable programming vendor or satellite 
broadcast programming vendor to distribute the vendor's programming to 
competing multichannel video programming distributors.

[58 FR 27670, May 11, 1993, as amended at 61 FR 28708, June 5, 1996; 64 
FR 67197, Dec. 1, 1999]



Sec.  76.1001  Unfair practices generally.

    No cable operator, satellite cable programming vendor in which a 
cable operator has an attributable interest, or satellite broadcast 
programming vendor shall engage in unfair methods of competition or 
unfair or deceptive acts or practices, the purpose or effect of which is 
to hinder significantly or prevent any multichannel video programming 
distributor from providing satellite cable programming or satellite 
broadcast programming to subscribers or consumers.

[58 FR 27671, May 11, 1993]

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Sec.  76.1002  Specific unfair practices prohibited.

    (a) Undue or improper influence. No cable operator that has an 
attributable interest in a satellite cable programming vendor or in a 
satellite broadcast programming vendor shall unduly or improperly 
influence the decision of such vendor to sell, or unduly or improperly 
influence such vendor's prices, terms and conditions for the sale of, 
satellite cable programming or satellite broadcast programming to any 
unaffiliated multichannel video programming distributor.
    (b) Discrimination in prices, terms or conditions. No satellite 
cable programming vendor in which a cable operator has an attributable 
interest, or satellite broadcast programming vendor, shall discriminate 
in the prices, terms, and conditions of sale or delivery of satellite 
cable programming or satellite broadcast programming among or between 
competing cable systems, competing cable operators, or any competing 
multichannel video programming distributors. Nothing in this subsection, 
however, shall preclude:
    (1) The imposition of reasonable requirements for creditworthiness, 
offering of service, and financial stability and standards regarding 
character and technical quality;

    Note 1: Vendors are permitted to create a distinct class or classes 
of service in pricing based on credit considerations or financial 
stability, although any such distinctions must be applied for reasons 
for other than a multichannel video programming distributor's 
technology. Vendors are not permitted to manifest factors such as 
creditworthiness or financial stability in price differentials if such 
factors are already taken into account through different terms or 
conditions such as special credit requirements or payment guarantees.
    Note 2: Vendors may establish price differentials based on factors 
related to offering of service, or difference related to the actual 
service exchanged between the vendor and the distributor, as manifested 
in standardly applied contract terms based on a distributor's particular 
characteristics or willingness to provide secondary services that are 
reflected as a discount or surcharge in the programming service's price. 
Such factors include, but are not limited to, penetration of programming 
to subscribers or to particular systems; retail price of programming to 
the consumer for pay services; amount and type of promotional or 
advertising services by a distributor; a distributor's purchase of 
programming in a package or a la carte; channel position; importance of 
location for non-volume reasons; prepayment discounts; contract 
duration; date of purchase, especially purchase of service at launch; 
meeting competition at the distributor level; and other legitimate 
factors as standardly applied in a technology neutral fashion.

    (2) The establishment of different prices, terms, and conditions to 
take into account actual and reasonable differences in the cost of 
creation, sale, delivery, or transmission of satellite cable programming 
or satellite broadcast programming;

    Note: Vendors may base price differentials, in whole or in part, on 
differences in the cost of delivering a programming service to 
particular distributors, such as differences in costs, or additional 
costs, incurred for advertising expenses, copyright fees, customer 
service, and signal security. Vendors may base price differentials on 
cost differences that occur within a given technology as well as between 
technologies. A price differential for a program service may not be 
based on a distributor's retail costs in delivering service to 
subscribers unless the program vendor can demonstrate that subscribers 
do not or will not benefit from the distributor's cost savings that 
result from a lower programming price.

    (3) The establishment of different prices, terms, and conditions 
which take into account economies of scale, cost savings, or other 
direct and legitimate economic benefits reasonably attributable to the 
number of subscribers served by the distributor; or

    Note: Vendors may use volume-related justifications to establish 
price differentials to the extent that such justifications are made 
available to similarly situated distributors on a technology-neutral 
basis. When relying upon standardized volume-related factors that are 
made available to all multichannel video programming distributors using 
all technologies, the vendor may be required to demonstrate that such 
volume discounts are reasonably related to direct and legitimate 
economic benefits reasonably attributable to the number of subscribers 
served by the distributor if questions arise about the application of 
that discount. In such demonstrations, vendors will not be required to 
provide a strict cost justification for the structure of such standard 
volume-related factors, but may also identify non-cost economic benefits 
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    (4) Entering into exclusive contracts in areas that are permitted 
under paragraphs (c)(2) and (c)(4) of this section.
    (c) Exclusive contracts and practices--(1) Unserved areas. No cable 
operator shall engage in any practice or activity or enter into any 
understanding or arrangement, including exclusive contracts, with a 
satellite cable programming vendor or satellite broadcast programming 
vendor for satellite cable programming or satellite broadcast 
programming that prevents a multichannel video programming distributor 
from obtaining such programming from any satellite cable programming 
vendor in which a cable operator has an attributable interest, or any 
satellite broadcast programming vendor in which a cable operator has an 
attributable interest for distribution to persons in areas not served by 
a cable operator as of October 5, 1992.
    (2) Served areas. No cable operator shall enter into any exclusive 
contracts, or engage in any practice, activity or arrangement tantamount 
to an exclusive contract, for satellite cable programming or satellite 
broadcast programming with a satellite cable programming vendor in which 
a cable operator has an attributable interest or a satellite broadcast 
programming vendor in which a cable operator has an attributable 
interest, with respect to areas served by a cable operator, unless the 
Commission determines in accordance with paragraph (c)(4) of this 
section that such contract, practice, activity or arrangement is in the 
public interest.
    (3) Specific arrangements: Subdistribution agreements--(i) Served 
areas. No cable operator shall enter into any subdistribution agreement 
or arrangement for satellite cable programming or satellite broadcast 
programming with a satellite cable programming vendor in which a cable 
operator has an attributable interest or a satellite broadcast 
programming vendor in which a cable operator has an attributable 
interest, with respect to areas served by a cable operator, unless such 
agreement or arrangement complies with the limitations set forth in 
paragraph (c)(3)(iii) of this section.
    (ii) Limitations on subdistribution agreements in served areas. No 
cable operator engaged in subdistribution of satellite cable programming 
or satellite broadcast programming may require a competing multichannel 
video programming distributor to
    (A) Purchase additional or unrelated programming as a condition of 
such subdistribution; or
    (B) Provide access to private property in exchange for access to 
programming. In addition, a subdistributor may not charge a competing 
multichannel video programming distributor more for said programming 
than the satellite cable programming vendor or satellite broadcast 
programming vendor itself would be permitted to charge. Any cable 
operator acting as a subdistributor of satellite cable programming or 
satellite broadcast programming must respond to a request for access to 
such programming by a competing multichannel video programming 
distributor within fifteen (15) days of the request. If the request is 
denied, the competing multichannel video programming distributor must be 
permitted to negotiate directly with the satellite cable programming 
vendor or satellite broadcast programming vendor.
    (4) Public interest determination. In determining whether an 
exclusive contract is in the public interest for purposes of paragraph 
(c)(2) of this section, the Commission will consider each of the 
following factors with respect to the effect of such contract on the 
distribution of video programming in areas that are served by a cable 
operator:
    (i) The effect of such exclusive contract on the development of 
competition in local and national multichannel video programming 
distribution markets;
    (ii) The effect of such exclusive contract on competition from 
multichannel video programming distribution technologies other than 
cable;
    (iii) The effect of such exclusive contract on the attraction of 
capital investment in the production and distribution of new satellite 
cable programming;
    (iv) The effect of such exclusive contract on diversity of 
programming in the multichannel video programming distribution market; 
and

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    (v) The duration of the exclusive contract.
    (5) Prior Commission approval required. Any cable operator, 
satellite cable programming vendor in which a cable operator has an 
attributable interest, or satellite broadcast programming vendor in 
which a cable operator has an attributable interest seeking to enforce 
or enter into an exclusive contract in an area served by a cable 
operator must submit a ``Petition for Exclusivity'' to the Commission 
for approval.
    (i) The petition for exclusivity shall contain those portions of the 
contract relevant to exclusivity, including:
    (A) A description of the programming service;
    (B) The extent and duration of exclusivity proposed; and
    (C) Any other terms or provisions directly related to exclusivity or 
to any of the criteria set forth in paragraph (c)(4) of this section. 
The petition for exclusivity shall also include a statement setting 
forth the petitioner's reasons to support a finding that the contract is 
in the public interest, addressing each of the five factors set forth in 
paragraph (c)(4) of this section.
    (ii) Any competing multichannel video programming distributor 
affected by the proposed exclusivity may file an opposition to the 
petition for exclusivity within thirty (30) days of the date on which 
the petition is placed on public notice, setting forth its reasons to 
support a finding that the contract is not in the public interest under 
the criteria set forth in paragraph (c)(4) of this section. Any such 
formal opposition must be served on petitioner on the same day on which 
it is filed with the Commission.
    (iii) The petitioner may file a response within ten (10) days of 
receipt of any formal opposition. The Commission will then approve or 
deny the petition for exclusivity.
    (6) Sunset provision. The prohibition of exclusive contracts set 
forth in paragraph (c)(2) of this section shall cease to be effective on 
October 5, 2007, unless the Commission finds, during a proceeding to be 
conducted during the year preceding such date, that said prohibition 
continues to be necessary to preserve and protect competition and 
diversity in the distribution of video programming.
    (d) Limitations--(1) Geographic limitations. Nothing in this section 
shall require any person who is engaged in the national or regional 
distribution of video programming to make such programming available in 
any geographic area beyond which such programming has been authorized or 
licensed for distribution.
    (2) Applicability to satellite retransmissions. Nothing in this 
section shall apply:
    (i) To the signal of any broadcast affiliate of a national 
television network or other television signal that is retransmitted by 
satellite but that is not satellite broadcast programming; or
    (ii) To any internal satellite communication of any broadcast 
network or cable network that is not satellite broadcast programming.
    (e) Exemptions for prior contracts.--(1) In general. Nothing in this 
section shall affect any contract that grants exclusive distribution 
rights to any person with respect to satellite cable programming and 
that was entered into or before June 1, 1990, except that the provisions 
of paragraph (c)(1) of this section shall apply for distribution to 
persons in areas not served by a cable operator.
    (2) Limitation on renewals. A contract that was entered into on or 
before June 1, 1990, but that was renewed or extended after October 5, 
1992, shall not be exempt under paragraph (e)(1) of this section.
    (f) Application to existing contracts. All contracts, except those 
specified in paragraph (e) of this section, related to the provision of 
satellite cable programming or satellite broadcast programming to any 
multichannel video programming distributor must be brought into 
compliance with the requirements specified in this subpart no later than 
November 15, 1993.

[58 FR 27671, May 11, 1993, as amended at 59 FR 66259, Dec. 23, 1994; 67 
FR 42951, July 30, 2002]



Sec.  76.1003  Program access proceedings.

    (a) Complaints. Any multichannel video programming distributor 
aggrieved by conduct that it believes constitute a violation of the 
regulations

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set forth in this subpart may commence an adjudicatory proceeding at the 
Commission to obtain enforcement of the rules through the filing of a 
complaint. The complaint shall be filed and responded to in accordance 
with the procedures specified in Sec.  76.7 of this part with the 
following additions or changes:
    (b) Prefiling notice required. Any aggrieved multichannel video 
programming distributor intending to file a complaint under this section 
must first notify the potential defendant cable operator, and/or the 
potential defendant satellite cable programming vendor or satellite 
broadcast programming vendor, that it intends to file a complaint with 
the Commission based on actions alleged to violate one or more of the 
provisions contained in Sec. Sec.  76.1001 or 76.1002 of this part. The 
notice must be sufficiently detailed so that its recipient(s) can 
determine the specific nature of the potential complaint. The potential 
complainant must allow a minimum of ten (10) days for the potential 
defendant(s) to respond before filing a complaint with the Commission.
    (c) Contents of complaint. In addition to the requirements of Sec.  
76.7 of this part, a program access complaint shall contain:
    (1) The type of multichannel video programming distributor that 
describes complainant, the address and telephone number of the 
complainant, whether the defendant is a cable operator, satellite 
broadcast programming vendor or satellite cable programming vendor 
(describing each defendant), and the address and telephone number of 
each defendant;
    (2) Evidence that supports complainant's belief that the defendant, 
where necessary, meets the attribution standards for application of the 
program access requirements;
    (3) Evidence that the complainant competes with the defendant cable 
operator, or with a multichannel video programming distributor that is a 
customer of the defendant satellite cable programming or satellite 
broadcast programming vendor;
    (4) In complaints alleging discrimination, documentary evidence such 
as a rate card or a programming contract that demonstrates a 
differential in price, terms or conditions between complainant and a 
competing multichannel video programming distributor or, if no 
programming contract or rate card is submitted with the complaint, an 
affidavit signed by an officer of complainant alleging that a 
differential in price, terms or conditions exits, a description of the 
nature and extent (if known or reasonably estimated by the complainant) 
of the differential, together with a statement that defendant refused to 
provide any further specific comparative information;
    (5) If a programming contract or a rate card is submitted with the 
complaint in support of the alleged violation, specific references to 
the relevant provisions therein;
    (6) In complaints alleging exclusivity violations:
    (i) The identity of both the programmer and cable operator who are 
parties to the alleged prohibited agreement,
    (ii) Evidence that complainant can or does serve the area specified 
in the complaint, and
    (iii) Evidence that the complainant has requested to purchase the 
relevant programming and has been refused or unanswered;
    (7) In complaints alleging a violation of Sec.  76.1001 of this 
part, evidence demonstrating that the behavior complained of has harmed 
complainant.
    (8) The complaint must be accompanied by appropriate evidence 
demonstrating that the required notification pursuant to paragraph (a) 
of this section has been made.
    (d) Damages requests. (1) In a case where recovery of damages is 
sought, the complaint shall contain a clear and unequivocal request for 
damages and appropriate allegations in support of such claim in 
accordance with the requirements of paragraph (d)(3) of this section.
    (2) Damages will not be awarded upon a complaint unless specifically 
requested. Damages may be awarded if the complaint complies fully with 
the requirement of paragraph (d)(3) of this section where the defendant 
knew, or should have known that it was engaging in conduct violative of 
section 628.
    (3) In all cases in which recovery of damages is sought, the 
complainant

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shall include within, or as an attachment to, the complaint, either:
    (i) A computation of each and every category of damages for which 
recovery is sought, along with an identification of all relevant 
documents and materials or such other evidence to be used by the 
complainant to determine the amount of such damages; or
    (ii) An explanation of:
    (A) The information not in the possession of the complaining party 
that is necessary to develop a detailed computation of damages;
    (B) The reason such information is unavailable to the complaining 
party;
    (C) The factual basis the complainant has for believing that such 
evidence of damages exists; and
    (D) A detailed outline of the methodology that would be used to 
create a computation of damages when such evidence is available.
    (e) Answer.
    (1) Any cable operator, satellite cable programming vendor or 
satellite broadcast programming vendor upon which a program access 
complaint is served under this section shall answer within twenty (20) 
days of service of the complaint, unless otherwise directed by the 
Commission.
    (2) An answer to an exclusivity complaint shall provide the 
defendant's reasons for refusing to sell the subject programming to the 
complainant. In addition, the defendant may submit its programming 
contracts covering the area specified in the complaint with its answer 
to refute allegations concerning the existence of an impermissible 
exclusive contract. If there are no contracts governing the specified 
area, the defendant shall so certify in its answer. Any contracts 
submitted pursuant to this provision may be protected as proprietary 
pursuant to Sec.  76.9 of this part.
    (3) An answer to a discrimination complaint shall state the reasons 
for any differential in prices, terms or conditions between the 
complainant and its competitor, and shall specify the particular 
justification set forth in Sec.  76.1002(b) of this part relied upon in 
support of the differential.
    (i) When responding to allegations concerning price discrimination, 
except in cases in which the alleged price differential is de minimis 
(less than or equal to five cents per subscriber or five percent, 
whichever is greater), the defendant shall provide documentary evidence 
to support any argument that the magnitude of the differential is not 
discriminatory.
    (ii) In cases involving a price differential of less than or equal 
to five cents per subscriber or five percent, whichever is greater, the 
answer shall identify the differential as de minimis and state that the 
defendant is therefore not required to justify the magnitude of the 
differential.
    (iii) If the defendant believes that the complainant and its 
competitor are not sufficiently similar, the answer shall set forth the 
reasons supporting this conclusion, and the defendant may submit an 
alternative contract for comparison with a similarly situated 
multichannel video programming distributor that uses the same 
distribution technology as the competitor selected for comparison by the 
complainant. The answer shall state the defendant's reasons for any 
differential between the prices, terms and conditions between the 
complainant and such similarly situated distributor, and shall specify 
the particular justifications in Sec.  76.1002(b) of this part relied 
upon in support of the differential. The defendant shall also provide 
with its answer written documentary evidence to support its 
justification of the magnitude of any price differential between the 
complainant and such similarly situated distributor that is not de 
minimis.
    (4) An answer to a complaint alleging an unreasonable refusal to 
sell programming shall state the defendant's reasons for refusing to 
sell to the complainant, or for refusing to sell to the complainant on 
the same terms and conditions as complainant's competitor, and shall 
specify why the defendant's actions are not discriminatory.
    (f) Reply. Within fifteen (15) days after service of an answer, 
unless otherwise directed by the Commission, the complainant may file 
and serve a reply which shall be responsive to matters contained in the 
answer and shall not contain new matters.
    (g) Time limit on filing of complaints. Any complaint filed pursuant 
to this subsection must be filed within one

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year of the date on which one of the following events occurs:
    (1) The satellite cable programming or satellite broadcast 
programming vendor enters into a contract with the complainant that the 
complainant alleges to violate one or more of the rules contained in 
this subpart; or
    (2) The satellite cable programming or satellite broadcast 
programming vendor offers to sell programming to the complainant 
pursuant to terms that the complainant alleges to violate one or more of 
the rules contained in this subpart, and such offer to sell programming 
is unrelated to any existing contract between the complainant and the 
satellite cable programming or satellite broadcast programming vendor; 
or
    (3) The complainant has notified a cable operator, or a satellite 
cable programming vendor or a satellite broadcast programming vendor 
that it intends to file a complaint with the Commission based on a 
request to purchase or negotiate to purchase satellite cable programming 
or satellite broadcast programming, or has made a request to amend an 
existing contract pertaining to such programming pursuant to Sec.  
76.1002(f) of this part that has been denied or unacknowledged, 
allegedly in violation of one or more of the rules contained in this 
subpart.
    (h) Remedies for violations--(1) Remedies authorized. Upon 
completion of such adjudicatory proceeding, the Commission shall order 
appropriate remedies, including, if necessary, the imposition of 
damages, and/or the establishment of prices, terms, and conditions for 
the sale of programming to the aggrieved multichannel video programming 
distributor. Such order shall set forth a timetable for compliance, and 
shall become effective upon release.
    (2) Additional sanctions. The remedies provided in paragraph (h)(1) 
of this section are in addition to and not in lieu of the sanctions 
available under title V or any other provision of the Communications 
Act.
    (3) Imposition of damages. (i) Bifurcation. In all cases in which 
damages are requested, the Commission may bifurcate the program access 
violation determination from any damage adjudication.
    (ii) Burden of proof. The burden of proof regarding damages rests 
with the complainant, who must demonstrate with specificity the damages 
arising from the program access violation. Requests for damages that 
grossly overstate the amount of damages may result in a Commission 
determination that the complainant failed to satisfy its burden of proof 
to demonstrate with specificity the damages arising from the program 
access violation.
    (iii) Damages adjudication. (A) The Commission may, in its 
discretion, end adjudication of damages with a written order determining 
the sufficiency of the damages computation submitted in accordance with 
paragraph (d)(3)(i) of this section or the damages computation 
methodology submitted in accordance with paragraph (d)(3)(ii)(D) of this 
section, modifying such computation or methodology, or requiring the 
complainant to resubmit such computation or methodology.
    (1) Where the Commission issues a written order approving or 
modifying a damages computation submitted in accordance with paragraph 
(d)(3)(i) of this section, the defendant shall recompense the 
complainant as directed therein.
    (2) Where the Commission issues a written order approving or 
modifying a damages computation methodology submitted in accordance with 
paragraph (d)(3)(ii)(D) of this section, the parties shall negotiate in 
good faith to reach an agreement on the exact amount of damages pursuant 
to the Commission-mandated methodology.
    (B) Within thirty days of the issuance of a paragraph (d)(3)(ii)(D) 
of this section damages methodology order, the parties shall submit 
jointly to the Commission either:
    (1) A statement detailing the parties' agreement as to the amount of 
damages;
    (2) A statement that the parties are continuing to negotiate in good 
faith and a request that the parties be given an extension of time to 
continue negotiations; or
    (3) A statement detailing the bases for the continuing dispute and 
the reasons why no agreement can be reached.

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    (C)(1) In cases in which the parties cannot resolve the amount of 
damages within a reasonable time period, the Commission retains the 
right to determine the actual amount of damages on its own, or through 
the procedures described in paragraph (h)(3)(iii)(C)(2) of this section.
    (2) Issues concerning the amount of damages may be designated by the 
Chief, Media Bureau for hearing before, or, if the parties agree, 
submitted for mediation to, a Commission Administrative Law Judge.
    (D) Interest on the amount of damages awarded will accrue from 
either the date indicated in the Commission's written order issued 
pursuant to paragraph (h)(3)(iii)(A)(1) of this section or the date 
agreed upon by the parties as a result of their negotiations pursuant to 
paragraph (h)(3)(iii)(A)(2) of this section. Interest shall be computed 
at applicable rates published by the Internal Revenue Service for tax 
refunds.

[64 FR 6572, Feb. 10, 1999, as amended at 67 FR 13235, Mar. 21, 2002]



Sec.  76.1004  Applicability of program access rules to common carriers and 
affiliates.

    (a) Any provision that applies to a cable operator under Sec. Sec.  
76.1000 through 76.1003 shall also apply to a common carrier or its 
affiliate that provides video programming by any means directly to 
subscribers. Any such provision that applies to a satellite cable 
programming vendor in which a cable operator has an attributable 
interest shall apply to any satellite cable programming vendor in which 
such common carrier has an attributable interest. For the purposes of 
this section, two or fewer common officers or directors shall not by 
itself establish an attributable interest by a common carrier in a 
satellite cable programming vendor (or its parent company).
    (b) Sections 76.1002(c)(1) through (3) shall be applied to a common 
carrier or its affiliate that provides video programming by any means 
directly to subscribers in such a way that such common carrier or its 
affiliate shall be generally restricted from entering into an exclusive 
arrangement for satellite cable programming or satellite broadcast 
programming with a satellite cable programming vendor in which a common 
carrier or its affiliate has an attributable interest or a satellite 
broadcast programming vendor in which a common carrier or its affiliate 
has an attributable interest, unless the arrangement pertains to an area 
served by a cable system as of October 5, 1992, and the Commission 
determines in accordance with Section Sec.  76.1002(c)(4) that such 
arrangment is in the public interest.

[61 FR 18980, Apr. 30, 1996, as amended at 61 FR 28708, June 5, 1996]



Sec. Sec.  76.1005-76.1010  [Reserved]



        Subpart P_Competitive Availability of Navigation Devices

    Source: 63 FR 38094, July 15, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

    Effective Date Note: At 63 FR 38094, July 15, 1998, subpart P was 
added. This subpart contains information collection and recordkeeping 
requirements and will not become effective until approval has been given 
by the Office of Management and Budget, except for Sec.  76.1204, which 
became effective July 1, 2000.



Sec.  76.1200  Definitions.

    As used in this subpart:
    (a) Multichannel video programming system. A distribution system 
that makes available for purchase, by customers or subscribers, multiple 
channels of video programming other than an open video system as defined 
by Sec.  76.1500(a). Such systems include, but are not limited to, cable 
television systems, multichannel multipoint distribution systems, direct 
broadcast satellite systems, other systems for providing direct-to-home 
multichannel video programming via satellite, and satellite master 
antenna systems.
    (b) Multichannel video programming distributor. A person such as, 
but not limited to, a cable operator, a multichannel multipoint 
distribution service, a direct broadcast satellite service, or a 
television receive-only satellite program distributor, who owns or 
operates a multichannel video programming system.

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    (c) Navigation devices. Devices such as converter boxes, interactive 
communications equipment, and other equipment used by consumers to 
access multichannel video programming and other services offered over 
multichannel video programming systems.
    (d) Affiliate. A person or entity that (directly or indirectly) owns 
or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common ownership or 
control with, another person, as defined in the notes accompanying Sec.  
76.501.
    (e) Conditional access. The mechanisms that provide for selective 
access and denial of specific services and make use of signal security 
that can prevent a signal from being received except by authorized 
users.



Sec.  76.1201  Rights of subscribers to use or attach navigation devices.

    No multichannel video programming distributor shall prevent the 
connection or use of navigation devices to or with its multichannel 
video programming system, except in those circumstances where electronic 
or physical harm would be caused by the attachment or operation of such 
devices or such devices may be used to assist or are intended or 
designed to assist in the unauthorized receipt of service.



Sec.  76.1202  Availability of navigation devices.

    No multichannel video programming distributor shall by contract, 
agreement, patent right, intellectual property right or otherwise 
prevent navigation devices that do not perform conditional access or 
security functions from being made available to subscribers from 
retailers, manufacturers, or other vendors that are unaffiliated with 
such owner or operator, subject to Sec.  76.1209.



Sec.  76.1203  Incidence of harm.

    A multichannel video programming distributor may restrict the 
attachment or use of navigation devices with its system in those 
circumstances where electronic or physical harm would be caused by the 
attachment or operation of such devices or such devices that assist or 
are intended or designed to assist in the unauthorized receipt of 
service. Such restrictions may be accomplished by publishing and 
providing to subscribers standards and descriptions of devices that may 
not be used with or attached to its system. Such standards shall 
foreclose the attachment or use only of such devices as raise reasonable 
and legitimate concerns of electronic or physical harm or theft of 
service. In any situation where theft of service or harm occurs or is 
likely to occur, service may be discontinued.



Sec.  76.1204  Availability of equipment performing conditional access or 
security functions.

    (a)(1) A multichannel video programming distributor that utilizes 
navigation devices to perform conditional access functions shall make 
available equipment that incorporates only the conditional access 
functions of such devices. Commencing on July 1, 2006, no multichannel 
video programming distributor subject to this section shall place in 
service new navigation devices for sale, lease, or use that perform both 
conditional access and other functions in a single integrated device.
    (2) The foregoing requirement shall not apply to a multichannel 
video programming distributor that supports the active use by 
subscribers of navigation devices that: (i) operate throughout the 
continental United States, and (ii) are available from retail outlets 
and other vendors throughout the United States that are not affiliated 
with the owner or operator of the multichannel video programming system.
    (b) Conditional access function equipment made available pursuant to 
paragraph (a)(1) of this section shall be designed to connect to and 
function with other navigation devices available through the use of a 
commonly used interface or an interface that conforms to appropriate 
technical standards promulgated by a national standards organization.
    (c) No multichannel video programming distributor shall by contract, 
agreement, patent, intellectual property right or otherwise preclude the 
addition of features or functions to the equipment made available 
pursuant to this section that are not designed, intended or function to 
defeat the conditional access controls of such devices

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or to provide unauthorized access to service.
    (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, navigation devices need not be 
made available pursuant to this section where:
    (1) It is not reasonably feasible to prevent such devices from being 
used for the unauthorized reception of service; or
    (2) It is not reasonably feasible to separate conditional access 
from other functions without jeopardizing security.
    (e) The requirements of this section shall become applicable on July 
1, 2000.
    (f) Paragraphs (a)(1), (b), and (c) of this section shall not apply 
to the provision of any navigation device that:
    (1) Employs conditional access mechanisms only to access analog 
video programming;
    (2) Is capable only of providing access to analog video programming 
offered over a multichannel video programming distribution system; and
    (3) Does not provide access to any digital transmission of 
multichannel video programming or any other digital service through any 
receiving, decoding, conditional access, or other function, including 
any conversion of digital programming or service to an analog format.

[63 FR 38095, July 15, 1998, as amended at 64 FR 29600, June 2, 1999; 68 
FR 35822, June 17, 2003]



Sec.  76.1205  Availability of interface information.

    Technical information concerning interface parameters that are 
needed to permit navigation devices to operate with multichannel video 
programming systems shall be provided by the system operator upon 
request in a timely manner.



Sec.  76.1206  Equipment sale or lease charge subsidy prohibition.

    Multichannel video programming distributors offering navigation 
devices subject to the provisions of Sec.  76.923 for sale or lease 
directly to subscribers, shall adhere to the standards reflected therein 
relating to rates for equipment and installation and shall separately 
state the charges to consumers for such services and equipment.



Sec.  76.1207  Waivers.

    The Commission may waive a regulation adopted under this subpart for 
a limited time, upon an appropriate showing by a provider of 
multichannel video programming and other services offered over 
multichannel video programming systems, or an equipment provider that 
such a waiver is necessary to assist the development or introduction of 
a new or improved multichannel video programming or other service 
offered over multichannel video programming systems, technology, or 
products. Such waiver requests should be made pursuant to Sec.  76.7. 
Such a waiver shall be effective for all service providers and products 
in the category in which the waiver is granted.



Sec.  76.1208  Sunset of regulations.

    The regulations adopted under this subpart shall cease to apply when 
the Commission determines that (1) the market for multichannel video 
distributors is fully competitive; (2) the market for converter boxes, 
and interactive communications equipment, used in conjunction with that 
service is fully competitive; and (3) elimination of the regulations 
would promote competition and the public interest. Any interested party 
may petition the Commission for such a determination.



Sec.  76.1209  Theft of service.

    Nothing in this subpart shall be construed to authorize or justify 
any use, manufacture, or importation of equipment that would violate 47 
U.S.C. 553 or any other provision of law intended to preclude the 
unauthorized reception of multichannel video programming service.



Sec.  76.1210  Effect on other rules.

    Nothing in this subpart affects Sec.  64.702(d) of the Commission's 
regulations or other Commission regulations governing interconnection 
and competitive provision of customer premises equipment used in 
connection with basic common carrier communications services.

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               Subpart Q_Regulation of Carriage Agreements

    Source: 58 FR 60395, Nov. 16, 1993, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  76.1300  Definitions.

    As used in this subpart:
    (a) Affiliated. For purposes of this subpart, entities are 
affiliated if either entity has an attributable interest in the other or 
if a third party has an attributable interest in both entities.
    (b) Attributable interest. The term ``attributable interest'' shall 
be defined by reference to the criteria set forth in Notes 1 through 5 
to Sec.  76.501 provided, however, that:
    (1) The limited partner and LLC/LLP/RLLP insulation provisions of 
Note 2(f) shall not apply; and
    (2) The provisions of Note 2(a) regarding five (5) percent interests 
shall include all voting or nonvoting stock or limited partnership 
equity interests of five (5) percent or more.
    (c) Buying groups. The term ``buying group'' or ``agent,'' for 
purposes of the definition of a multichannel video programming 
distributor set forth in paragraph (e) of this section, means an entity 
representing the interests of more than one entity distributing 
multichannel video programming that:
    (1) Agrees to be financially liable for any fees due pursuant to a 
satellite cable programming, or satellite broadcast programming, 
contract which it signs as a contracting party as a representative of 
its members or whose members, as contracting parties, agree to joint and 
several liability; and
    (2) Agrees to uniform billing and standardized contract provisions 
for individual members; and
    (3) Agrees either collectively or individually on reasonable 
technical quality standards for the individual members of the group.
    (d) Multichannel video programming distributor. The term 
``multichannel video programming distributor'' means an entity engaged 
in the business of making available for purchase, by subscribers or 
customers, multiple channels of video programming. Such entities 
include, but are not limited to, a cable operator, a multichannel 
multipoint distribution service, a direct broadcast satellite service, a 
television receive-only satellite program distributor, and a satellite 
master antenna television system operator, as well as buying groups or 
agents of all such entities.
    (e) Video programming vendor. The term ``video programming vendor'' 
means a person engaged in the production, creation, or wholesale 
distribution of video programming for sale.

[58 FR 60395, Nov. 16, 1993, as amended at 64 FR 67197, Dec. 1, 1999]



Sec.  76.1301  Prohibited practices.

    (a) Financial interest. No cable operator or other multichannel 
video programming distributor shall require a financial interest in any 
program service as a condition for carriage on one or more of such 
operator's/provider's systems.
    (b) Exclusive rights. No cable operator or other multichannel video 
programming distributor shall coerce any video programming vendor to 
provide, or retaliate against such a vendor for failing to provide, 
exclusive rights against any other multichannel video programming 
distributor as a condition for carriage on a system.
    (c) Discrimination. No multichannel video programming distributor 
shall engage in conduct the effect of which is to unreasonably restrain 
the ability of an unaffiliated video programming vendor to compete 
fairly by discriminating in video programming distribution on the basis 
of affiliation or non-affiliation of vendors in the selection, terms, or 
conditions for carriage of video programming provided by such vendors.



Sec.  76.1302  Carriage agreement proceedings.

    (a) Complaints. Any video programming vendor or multichannel video 
programming distributor aggrieved by conduct that it believes constitute 
a violation of the regulations set forth in this subpart may commence an 
adjudicatory proceeding at the Commission to obtain enforcement of the 
rules through the filing of a complaint. The complaint shall be filed 
and responded to in accordance with the procedures specified in Sec.  
76.7 of this part with the following additions or changes:

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    (b) Prefiling notice required. Any aggrieved video programming 
vendor or multichannel video programming distributor intending to file a 
complaint under this section must first notify the potential defendant 
multichannel video programming distributor that it intends to file a 
complaint with the Commission based on actions alleged to violate one or 
more of the provisions contained in Sec.  76.1301 of this part. The 
notice must be sufficiently detailed so that its recipient(s) can 
determine the specific nature of the potential complaint. The potential 
complainant must allow a minimum of ten (10) days for the potential 
defendant(s) to respond before filing a complaint with the Commission.
    (c) Contents of complaint. In addition to the requirements of Sec.  
76.7 of this part, a carriage agreement complaint shall contain:
    (1) The type of multichannel video programming distributor that 
describes complainant, the address and telephone number of the 
complainant, and the address and telephone number of each defendant;
    (2) Evidence that supports complainant's belief that the defendant, 
where necessary, meets the attribution standards for application of the 
carriage agreement regulations;
    (3) For complaints alleging a violation of Sec.  76.1301(c) of this 
part, evidence that supports complainant's claim that the effect of the 
conduct complained of is to unreasonably restrain the ability of the 
complainant to compete fairly.
    (4) The complaint must be accompanied by appropriate evidence 
demonstrating that the required notification pursuant to paragraph (b) 
of this section has been made.
    (d) Answer. (1) Any multichannel video programming distributor upon 
which a carriage agreement complaint is served under this section shall 
answer within thirty (30) days of service of the complaint, unless 
otherwise directed by the Commission.
    (2) The answer shall address the relief requested in the complaint, 
including legal and documentary support, for such response, and may 
include an alternative relief proposal without any prejudice to any 
denials or defenses raised.
    (e) Reply. Within twenty (20) days after service of an answer, 
unless otherwise directed by the Commission, the complainant may file 
and serve a reply which shall be responsive to matters contained in the 
answer and shall not contain new matters.
    (f) Time limit on filing of complaints. Any complaint filed pursuant 
to this subsection must be filed within one year of the date on which 
one of the following events occurs:
    (1) The multichannel video programming distributor enters into a 
contract with a video programming distributor that a party alleges to 
violate one or more of the rules contained in this section; or
    (2) The multichannel video programming distributor offers to carry 
the video programming vendor's programming pursuant to terms that a 
party alleges to violate one or more of the rules contained in this 
section, and such offer to carry programming is unrelated to any 
existing contract between the complainant and the multichannel video 
programming distributor; or
    (3) A party has notified a multichannel video programming 
distributor that it intends to file a complaint with the Commission 
based on violations of one or more of the rules contained in this 
section.
    (g) Remedies for violations--(1) Remedies authorized. Upon 
completion of such adjudicatory proceeding, the Commission shall order 
appropriate remedies, including, if necessary, mandatory carriage of a 
video programming vendor's programming on defendant's video distribution 
system, or the establishment of prices, terms, and conditions for the 
carriage of a video programming vendor's programming. Such order shall 
set forth a timetable for compliance, and shall become effective upon 
release, unless any order of mandatory carriage would require the 
defendant multichannel video programming distributor to delete existing 
programming from its system to accommodate carriage of a video 
programming vendor's programming. In such instances, if the defendant 
seeks review of the staff, or administrative law judge decision, the 
order for carriage of

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a video programming vendor's programming will not become effective 
unless and until the decision of the staff or administrative law judge 
is upheld by the Commission. If the Commission upholds the remedy 
ordered by the staff or administrative law judge in its entirety, the 
defendant will be required to carry the video programming vendor's 
programming for an additional period equal to the time elapsed between 
the staff or administrative law judge decision and the Commission's 
ruling, on the terms and conditions approved by the Commission.
    (2) Additional sanctions. The remedies provided in paragraph (g)(1) 
of this section are in addition to and not in lieu of the sanctions 
available under title V or any other provision of the Communications 
Act.

[64 FR 6574, Feb. 10, 1999]



Sec. Sec.  76.1303-76.1305  [Reserved]



             Subpart R_Telecommunications Act Implementation

    Source: 61 FR 18980, Apr. 30, 1996, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  76.1400  Purpose.

    The rules and regulations set forth in this subpart provide 
procedures for administering certain aspects of cable regulation. These 
rules and regulations provide guidance for operators, subscribers and 
franchise authorities with respect to matters that are subject to 
immediate implementation under governing statutes but require specific 
regulatory procedures or definitions.



Sec.  76.1402  CPST rate complaints.

    (a) A local franchise authority may file rate complaints with the 
Commission within 180 days of the effective date of a rate increase on 
the cable operator's cable programming services tier if within 90 days 
of that increase the local franchise authority receives more than one 
subscriber complaint concerning the increase.
    (b) Before filing a rate complaint with the Commission, the local 
franchise authority must first give the cable operator written notice, 
including a draft FCC Form 329, of the local franchise authority's 
intent to file the complaint. The local franchise authority must give an 
operator a minimum of 30 days to file with the local franchise authority 
the relevant FCC forms that must be filed to justify a rate increase or, 
where appropriate, certification that the operator is not subject to 
rate regulation. The operator must file a complete response with the 
local franchise authority within the time period specified by the local 
franchise authority. The local franchise authority shall file with the 
Commission the complaint and the operator's response to the Complaint. 
If the operator's response to the complaint asserts that the operator is 
exempt from rate regulation, the operator's response can be filed with 
the local franchise authority without filing specific FCC Forms.



Sec.  76.1404  Use of cable facilities by local exchange carriers.

    (a) For purposes of Sec.  76.505(d)(2), the Commission will 
determine whether use of a cable operator's facilities by a local 
exchange carrier is reasonably limited in scope and duration according 
to the procedures in paragraph (b) of this section.
    (b) Based on the record created by Sec.  76.1617 of the rules, the 
Commission shall determine whether the local exchange carrier's use of 
that part of the transmission facilities of a cable system extending 
from the last multi-use terminal to the premises of the end user is 
reasonably limited in scope and duration. In making this determination, 
the Commission will evaluate whether the proposed joint use of cable 
facilities promotes competition in both services and facilities, and 
encourages long-term investment in telecommunications infrastructure.

[65 FR 53617, Sept. 5, 2000]



                      Subpart S_Open Video Systems

    Source: 61 FR 28708, June 5, 1996, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  76.1500  Definitions.

    (a) Open video system. A facility consisting of a set of 
transmission paths and associated signal generation, reception, and 
control equipment that is

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designed to provide cable service which includes video programming and 
which is provided to multiple subscribers within a community, provided 
that the Commission has certified that such system complies with this 
part.
    (b) Open video system operator (operator). Any person or group of 
persons who provides cable service over an open video system and 
directly or through one or more affiliates owns a significant interest 
in such open video system, or otherwise controls or is responsible for 
the management and operation of such an open video system.
    (c) Video programming provider. Any person or group of persons who 
has the right under the copyright laws to select and contract for 
carriage of specific video programming on an open video system.
    (d) Activated channels. This term shall have the same meaning as 
provided in the cable television rules, 47 CFR 76.5(nn).
    (e) Shared channel. Any channel that carries video programming that 
is selected by more than one video programming provider and offered to 
subscribers.
    (f) Cable service. This term shall have the same meaning as provided 
in the cable television rules, 47 CFR 76.5(ff).
    (g) Affiliated. For purposes of this subpart, entities are 
affiliated if either entity has an attributable interest in the other or 
if a third party has an attributable interest in both entities.
    (h) Attributable Interest. The term ``attributable interest'' shall 
be defined by reference to the criteria set forth in Notes 1 through 5 
to Sec.  76.501 provided, however, that:
    (1) The limited partner and LLC/LLP/RLLP insulation provisions of 
Note 2(f) shall not apply; and
    (2) The provisions of Note 2(a) regarding five (5) percent interests 
shall include all voting or nonvoting stock or limited partnership 
equity interests of five (5) percent or more.
    (i) Other terms. Unless otherwise expressly stated, words not 
defined in this part shall be given their meaning as used in Title 47 of 
the United States Code, as amended, and, if not defined therein, their 
meaning as used in Part 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

[61 FR 28708, June 5, 1996, as amended at 61 FR 43175, Aug. 21, 1996; 64 
FR 67197, Dec. 1, 1999]



Sec.  76.1501  Qualifications to be an open video system operator.

    Any person may obtain a certification to operate an open video 
system pursuant to Section 653(a)(1) of the Communications Act, 47 
U.S.C. 573(a)(1), except that an operator of a cable system may not 
obtain such certification within its cable service area unless it is 
subject to ``effective competition'' as defined in Section 623(l)(1) of 
the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 543(l)(1). The effective competition 
requirement of the preceding sentence does not apply to a local exchange 
carrier that is also a cable operator that seeks open video system 
certification within its cable service area. A cable operator that is 
not subject to effective competition within its cable service area may 
file a petition with the Commission, seeking a finding that particular 
circumstances exist that make it consistent with the public interest, 
convenience, and necessity to allow the operator to convert its cable 
system to an open video system. Nothing herein shall be construed to 
affect the terms of any franchising agreement or other contractual 
agreement.

[65 FR 376, Jan. 5, 2000]



Sec.  76.1502  Certification.

    (a) An operator of an open video system must certify to the 
Commission that it will comply with the Commission's regulations in 47 
CFR 76.1503, 76.1504, 76.1506(m), 76.1508, 76.1509, and 76.1513. The 
Commission must approve such certification prior to the commencement of 
service at such a point in time that would allow the applicant 
sufficient time to comply with the Commission's notification 
requirements.
    (b) Certifications must be verified by an officer or director of the 
applicant, stating that, to the best of his or her information and 
belief, the representations made therein are accurate.
    (c) Certifications must be filed on FCC Form 1275 and must include:

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    (1) The applicant's name, address and telephone number;
    (2) A statement of ownership, including all affiliated entities;
    (3) If the applicant is a cable operator applying for certification 
in its cable franchise area, a statement that the applicant is qualified 
to operate an open video system under Section 76.1501.
    (4) A statement that the applicant agrees to comply and to remain in 
compliance with each of the Commission's regulations in Sec. Sec.  
76.1503, 76.1504, 76.1506(m), 76.1508, 76.1509, and 76.1513;
    (5) If the applicant is required under 47 CFR 64.903(a) of this 
chapter to file a cost allocation manual, a statement that the applicant 
will file changes to its manual at least 60 days before the commencement 
of service;
    (6) A list of the names of the anticipated local communities to be 
served upon completion of the system;
    (7) The anticipated amount and type (i.e., analog or digital) of 
capacity (for switched digital systems, the anticipated number of 
available channel input ports); and
    (8) A statement that the applicant will comply with the Commission's 
notice and enrollment requirements for unaffiliated video programming 
providers.
    (d)(1) On or before the date an FCC Form 1275 is filed with the 
Commission, the applicant must serve a copy of its filing on all local 
communities identified pursuant to paragraph (c)(6) of this section and 
must include a statement informing the local communities of the 
Commission's requirements in paragraph (e) of this section for filing 
oppositions and comments. Service by mail is complete upon mailing, but 
if mailed, the served documents must be postmarked at least 3 days prior 
to the filing of the FCC Form 1275 with the Commission.
    (2) Parties are required to attach a cover sheet to the filing 
indicating that the submission is an open video system certification 
application. The only wording on this cover sheet shall be ``Open Video 
System Certification Application'' and ``Attention: Media Bureau.'' This 
wording shall be located in the center of the page and should be in 
letters at least \1/2\ inch in size. Parties shall also include the 
words ``open video systems'' on their mailing envelope.
    (e)(1) Comments or oppositions to a certification must be filed 
within five calendar days of the Commission's receipt of the 
certification and must be served on the party that filed the 
certification. If, after making the necessary calculations, the due date 
for filing comments falls on a holiday, comments shall be filed on the 
next business day before noon, unless the nearest business day precedes 
the fifth calendar day following a filing, in which case the comments 
will be due on the preceding business day. For example, if the fifth day 
falls on a Saturday, then the filing would be due on that preceding 
Friday. However, if the fifth day falls on Sunday, then the filing will 
be due on the next day, Monday, before noon (or Tuesday, before noon if 
the Monday is a holiday).
    (2) Parties wishing to respond to a FCC Form 1275 filing must submit 
comments or oppositions with the Office of the Secretary and the Bureau 
Chief, Media Bureau. Comments will not be considered properly filed 
unless filed with both of these Offices. Parties are required to attach 
a cover sheet to the filing indicating that the submission is a pleading 
related to an open video system application, the only wording on this 
cover sheet shall be ``Open Video System Certification Application 
Comments.'' This wording shall be located in the center of the page and 
should be in letters at least 1/2 inch in size. Parties shall also 
include the words ``open video systems'' on their mailing envelopes.
    (f) If the Commission does not disapprove the certification 
application within ten days after receipt of an applicant's request, the 
certification application will be deemed approved. If disapproved, the 
applicant may file a revised certification or refile its original 
submission with a statement addressing the issues in dispute. Such 
refilings must be served on any objecting party or parties and on all 
local communities in which the applicant intends to operate. The 
Commission will consider any revised or refiled FCC Form 1275 to be a 
new proceeding and

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any party who filed comments regarding the original FCC Form 1275 will 
have to refile their original comments if they think such comments 
should be considered in the subsequent proceeding.

[61 FR 28708, June 5, 1996, as amended at 61 FR 43175, Aug. 21, 1996; 62 
FR 26238, May 13, 1997; 63 FR 31934, June 11, 1998; 65 FR 377, Jan. 5, 
2000; 67 FR 13235, Mar. 21, 2002]



Sec.  76.1503  Carriage of video programming providers on open video systems.

    (a) Non-discrimination principle. Except as otherwise permitted in 
applicable law or in this part, an operator of an open video system 
shall not discriminate among video programming providers with regard to 
carriage on its open video system, and its rates, terms and conditions 
for such carriage shall be just and reasonable and not unjustly or 
unreasonably discriminatory.
    (b) Demand for carriage. An operator of an open video system shall 
solicit and determine the level of demand for carriage on the system 
among potential video programming providers in a non-discriminatory 
manner.
    (1) Notification. An open video system operator shall file with the 
Secretary of the Federal Communications Commission a ``Notice of 
Intent'' to establish an open video system, which the Commission will 
release in a Public Notice. Parties are required to attach a cover sheet 
to the filing indicating that the submission is an Open Video System 
Notice of Intent. The only wording on this cover sheet shall be ``Open 
Video System Notice of Intent'' and ``Attention: Media Bureau.'' This 
wording shall be located in the center of the page and should be in 
letters at least \1/2\ inch in size. Parties shall also include the 
words ``open video systems'' on their mailing envelopes. Parties must 
submit copies of the Notice of Intent with the Office of the Secretary 
and the Bureau Chief, Media Bureau. The Notice of Intent shall include 
the following information:
    (i) A heading clearly indicating that the document is a Notice of 
Intent to establish an open video system;
    (ii) The name, address and telephone number of the open video system 
operator;
    (iii) A description of the system's projected service area;
    (iv) A description of the system's projected channel capacity, in 
terms of analog, digital and other type(s) of capacity upon activation 
of the system;
    (v) A description of the steps a potential video programming 
provider must follow to seek carriage on the open video system, 
including the name, address and telephone number of a person to contact 
for further information;
    (vi) The starting and ending dates of the initial enrollment period 
for video programming providers;
    (vii) The process for allocating the system's channel capacity, in 
the event that demand for carriage on the system exceeds the system's 
capacity; and
    (viii) A certification that the operator has complied with all 
relevant notification requirements under the Commission's open video 
system regulations concerning must-carry and retransmission consent 
(Sec.  76.1506), including a list of all local commercial and non-
commercial television stations served, and a certificate of service 
showing that the Notice of Intent has been served on all local cable 
franchising authorities entitled to establish requirements concerning 
the designation of channels for public, educational and governmental 
use.
    (2) Information. An open video system operator shall provide the 
following information to a video programming provider within five 
business days of receiving a written request from the provider, unless 
otherwise included in the Notice of Intent:
    (i) The projected activation date of the open video system. If a 
system is to be activated in stages, the operator should describe the 
respective stages and the projected dates on which each stage will be 
activated;
    (ii) A preliminary carriage rate estimate;
    (iii) The information a video programming provider will be required 
to provide to qualify as a video programming provider, e.g., 
creditworthiness;
    (iv) Technical information that is reasonably necessary for 
potential video programming providers to assess whether to seek capacity 
on the open video system, including what type of

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customer premises equipment subscribers will need to receive service;
    (v) Any transmission or reception equipment needed by a video 
programming provider to interface successfully with the open video 
system; and
    (vi) The equipment available to facilitate the carriage of 
unaffiliated video programming and the electronic form(s) that will be 
accepted for processing and subsequent transmission through the system.
    (3) Qualifications of video programming providers. An open video 
system operator may impose reasonable, non-discriminatory requirements 
to assure that a potential video programming provider is qualified to 
obtain capacity on the open video system.
    (c) One-third limit. If carriage demand by video programming 
providers exceeds the activated channel capacity of the open video 
system, the operator of the open video system and its affiliated video 
programming providers may not select the video programming services for 
carriage on more than one-third of the activated channel capacity on 
such system.
    (1) Measuring capacity. For purposes of this section:
    (i) If an open video system carries both analog and digital signals, 
an open video system operator shall measure analog and digital activated 
channel capacity independently;
    (ii) Channels that an open video system is required to carry 
pursuant to the Commission's regulations concerning public, educational 
and governmental channels and must-carry channels shall be included in 
``activated channel capacity'' for purposes of calculating the one-third 
of such capacity on which the open video system operator and its 
affiliates are allowed to select the video programming for carriage. 
Such channels shall not be included in the one-third of capacity on 
which the open video system operator is permitted to select programming 
where demand for carriage exceeds system capacity;
    (iii) Channels that an open video system operator carries pursuant 
to the Commission's regulations concerning retransmission consent shall 
be included in ``activated channel capacity'' for purposes of 
calculating the one-third of such capacity on which the open video 
system operator and its affiliates are allowed to select the video 
programming for carriage. Such channels shall be included in the one-
third of capacity on which the open video system operator is permitted 
to select programming, where demand for carriage exceeds system 
capacity, to the extent that the channels are carried as part of the 
programming service of the operator or its affiliate, subject to 
paragraph (c)(1)(iv); and
    (iv) Any channel on which shared programming is carried shall be 
included in ``activated channel capacity'' for purposes of calculating 
the one-third of such capacity on which the open video system operator 
and its affiliates are allowed to select the video programming for 
carriage. Such channels shall be included in the one-third of capacity 
on which the open video system operator is permitted to select 
programming, where demand for carriage exceeds system capacity, to the 
extent the open video system operator or its affiliate is one of the 
video programming providers sharing such channel.

    Note to paragraph (c)(1)(iv): For example, if the open video system 
operator and two unaffiliated video programming providers each carry a 
programming service that is placed on a shared channel, the shared 
channel shall count as 0.33 channels against the one-third amount of 
capacity allocable to the open video system operator, where demand for 
carriage exceeds system capacity.

    (2) Allocating capacity. An operator of an open video system shall 
allocate activated channel capacity through a fair, open and non-
discriminatory process; the process must be insulated from any bias of 
the open video system operator and verifiable.
    (i) If an open video system carries both analog and digital signals, 
an open video system operator shall treat analog and digital capacity 
separately in allocating system capacity.
    (ii) Subsequent changes in capacity or demand. An open video system 
operator must allocate open capacity, if any, at least once every three 
years, beginning three years from the date of service commencement. Open 
capacity shall be allocated in accordance with this section. Open 
capacity shall include all

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capacity that becomes available during the course of the three-year 
period, as well as capacity in excess of one-third of the system's 
activated channel capacity on which the operator of the open video 
system or its affiliate selects programming.

    Note 1 to paragraph (c)(2)(ii): An open video system operator will 
not be required to comply with the regulations contained in this section 
if there is no open capacity to be allocated at the end of the three 
year period.
    Note 2 to paragraph (c)(2)(ii): An open video system operator shall 
be required to accommodate changes in obligations concerning public, 
educational or governmental channels or must-carry channels in 
accordance with Sections 611, 614 and 615 of the Communications Act and 
the regulations contained in this part.
    Note 3 to paragraph (c)(2)(ii): An open video system operator shall 
be required to comply with the recordkeeping requirements of Sec.  
76.1712.

    (iii) Channel sharing. An open video system operator may carry on 
only one channel any video programming service that is offered by more 
than one video programming provider (including the operator's video 
programming affiliate), provided that subscribers have ready and 
immediate access to any such programming service. Nothing in this 
section shall be construed to impair the rights of programming services.

    Note 1 to paragraph (c)(2)(iii): An open video system operator may 
implement channel sharing only after it becomes apparent that one or 
more video programming services will be offered by multiple video 
programming providers. An open video system operator may not select, in 
advance of any duplication among video programming providers, which 
programming services shall be placed on shared channels.
    Note 2 to paragraph (c)(2)(iii): Each video programming provider 
offering a programming service that is carried on a shared channel must 
have the contractual permission of the video programming service to 
offer the service to subscribers. The placement of a programming service 
on a shared channel, however, is not subject to the approval of the 
video programming service or vendor.
    Note 3 to paragraph (c)(2)(iii): Ready and immediate access in this 
context means that the channel sharing is ``transparent'' to 
subscribers.

    (iv) Open video system operator discretion. Notwithstanding the 
foregoing, an operator of an open video system may:
    (A) Require video programming providers to request and obtain system 
capacity in increments of no less than one full-time channel; however, 
an operator of an open video system may not require video programming 
providers to obtain capacity in increments of more than one full-time 
channel;
    (B) Limit video programming providers from selecting the programming 
on more capacity than the amount of capacity on which the system 
operator and its affiliates are selecting the programming for carriage; 
and
    (v) Notwithstanding the general prohibition on an open video system 
operator's discrimination among video programming providers contained in 
paragraph (a) of this section, a competing, in-region cable operator or 
its affiliate(s) that offer cable service to subscribers located in the 
service area of an open video system shall not be entitled to obtain 
capacity on such open video system, except where a showing is made that 
facilities-based competition will not be significantly impeded.
    (3) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to limit the number 
of channels that the open video system operator and its affiliates, or 
another video programming provider, may offer to provide directly to 
subscribers. Co-packaging is permissible among video programming 
providers, but may not be a condition of carriage. Video programming 
providers may freely elect whether to enter into co-packaging 
arrangements.

    Note to paragraph (c)(3): Any video programming provider on an open 
video system may co-package video programming that is selected by 
itself, an affiliated video programming provider and/or unaffiliated 
video programming providers on the system.

[61 FR 28708, June 5, 1996, as amended at 61 FR 43176, Aug. 21, 1996; 62 
FR 26239, May 13, 1997; 65 FR 377, Jan. 5, 2000; 65 FR 53617, Sept. 5, 
2000; 67 FR 13235, Mar. 21, 2002]



Sec.  76.1504  Rates, terms and conditions for carriage on open video systems.

    (a) Reasonable rate principle. An open video system operator shall 
set rates, terms, and conditions for carriage that are just and 
reasonable, and are not

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unjustly or unreasonably discriminatory.
    (b) Differences in rates. (1) An open video system operator may 
charge different rates to different classes of video programming 
providers, provided that the bases for such differences are not unjust 
or unreasonably discriminatory.
    (2) An open video system operator shall not impose different rates, 
terms, or conditions based on the content of the programming to be 
offered by any unaffiliated video programming provider.
    (c) Just and reasonable rate presumption. A strong presumption will 
apply that carriage rates are just and reasonable for open video system 
operators where at least one unaffiliated video programming provider, or 
unaffiliated programming providers as a group, occupy capacity equal to 
the lesser of one-third of the system capacity or that occupied by the 
open video system operator and its affiliates, and where any rate 
complained of is no higher than the average of the rates paid by 
unaffiliated programmers receiving carriage from the open video system 
operator.
    (d) Examination of rates. Complaints regarding rates shall be 
limited to video programming providers that have sought carriage on the 
open video system. If a video programming provider files a complaint 
against an open video system operator meeting the above just and 
reasonable rate presumption, the burden of proof will rest with the 
complainant. If a complaint is filed against an open video system 
operator that does not meet the just and reasonable rate presumption, 
the open video system operator will bear the burden of proof to 
demonstrate, using the principles set forth below, that the carriage 
rates subject to the complaint are just and reasonable.
    (e) Determining just and reasonable rates subject to complaints 
pursuant to the imputed rate approach or other market based approach. 
Carriage rates subject to complaint shall be found just and reasonable 
if one of the two following tests are met:
    (1) The imputed rate will reflect what the open video system 
operator, or its affiliate, ``pays'' for carriage of its own 
programming. Use of this approach is appropriate in circumstances where 
the pricing is applicable to a new market entrant (the open video system 
operator) that will face competition from an existing incumbent provider 
(the incumbent cable operator), as opposed to circumstances where the 
pricing is used to establisha rate for an essential input service that 
is charged to a competing new entrant by an incumbent provider. With 
respect to new market entrants, an efficient component pricing model 
will produce rates that encourage market entry. If the carriage rate to 
an unaffiliated program provider surpasses what an operator earns from 
carrying its own programming, the rate can be presumed to exceed a just 
and reasonable level. An open video system operator's price to its 
subscribers will be determined by several separate costs components. One 
general category are those costs related to the creative development and 
production of programming. A second category are costs associated with 
packaging various programs for the open video system operator's 
offering. A third category related to the infrastructure or engineering 
costs identified with building and maintaining the open video system. 
Contained in each is a profit allowance attributed to the economic value 
of each component. When an open video system operator provides only 
carriage through its infrastructure, however, the programming and 
packaging flows from the independent program provider, who bears the 
cost. The open video system operator avoids programming and packaging 
costs, including profits. These avoided costs should not be reflected in 
the price charged an independent program provider for carriage. The 
imputed rate also seeks to recognize the loss of subscribers to the open 
video system operator's programming package resulting from carrying 
competing programming.

    Note to paragraph (e)(1): Examples of specific ``avoided costs'' 
include:
    (1) All amounts paid to studios, syndicators, networks or others, 
including but not limited to payments for programming and all related 
rights;
    (2) Packaging, including marketing and other fees;
    (3) Talent fees; and

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    (4) A reasonable overhead allowance for affiliated video service 
support.

    (2) An open video system operator can demonstrate that its carriage 
service rates are just and reasonable through other market based 
approaches.

[61 FR 28708, June 5, 1996, as amended at 61 FR 43176, Aug. 21, 1996]

    Effective Date Note: At 61 FR 43176, Aug. 21, 1996, in Sec.  
76.1504, paragraph (e) was revised. This amendment contains information 
collection and recordkeeping requirements and will not become effective 
until approval has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.



Sec.  76.1505  Public, educational and governmental access.

    (a) An open video system operator shall be subject to public, 
educational and governmental access requirements for every cable 
franchise area with which its system overlaps.
    (b) An open video system operator must ensure that all subscribers 
receive any public, educational and governmental access channels within 
the subscribers' franchise area.
    (c) An open video system operator may negotiate with the local cable 
franchising authority of the jurisdiction(s) which the open video system 
serves to establish the open video system operator's obligations with 
respect to public, educational and governmental access channel capacity, 
services, facilities and equipment. These negotiations may include the 
local cable operator if the local franchising authority, the open video 
system operator and the cable operator so desire.
    (d) If an open video system operator and a local franchising 
authority are unable to reach an agreement regarding the open video 
system operator's obligations with respect to public, educational and 
governmental access channel capacity, services, facilities and equipment 
within the local franchising authority's jurisdiction:
    (1) The open video system operator must satisfy the same public, 
educational and governmental access obligations as the local cable 
operator by providing the same amount of channel capacity for public, 
educational and governmental access and by matching the local cable 
operator's annual financial contributions towards public, educational 
and governmental access services, facilities and equipment that are 
actually used for public, educational and governmental access services, 
facilities and equipment. For in-kind contributions (e.g., cameras, 
production studios), the open video system operator may satisfy its 
statutory obligation by negotiating mutually agreeable terms with the 
local cable operator, so that public, educational and governmental 
access services to the community is improved or increased. If such terms 
cannot be agreed upon, the open video system operator must pay the local 
franchising authority the monetary equivalent of the local cable 
operator's depreciated in-kind contribution, or, in the case of 
facilities, the annual amortization value. Any matching contributions 
provided by the open video system operator must be used to fund 
activities arising under Section 611 of the Communications Act.
    (2) The local franchising authority shall impose the same rules and 
procedures on an open video system operator as it imposes on the local 
cable operator with regard to the open video system operator's use of 
channel capacity designated for public, educational and governmental 
access use when such capacity is not being used for such purposes.
    (3) The local cable operator is required to permit the open video 
system operator to connect with its public, educational and governmental 
access channel feeds. The open video system operator and the cable 
operator may decide how to accomplish this connection, taking into 
consideration the exact physical and technical circumstances of the 
cable and open video systems involved. If the cable and open video 
system operator cannot agree on how to accomplish the connection, the 
local franchising authority may decide. The local franchising authority 
may require that the connection occur on government property or on 
public rights of way.
    (4) The costs of connection to the cable operator's public, 
educational and governmental access channel feed shall be borne by the 
open video system operator. Such costs shall be

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counted towards the open video system operator's matching financial 
contributions set forth in paragraph (d)(4) of this section.
    (5) The local franchising authority may not impose public, 
educational and governmental access obligations on the open video system 
operator that would exceed those imposed on the local cable operator.
    (6) Where there is no existing local cable operator, the open video 
system operator must make a reasonable amount of channel capacity 
available for public, educational and governmental use, as well as 
provide reasonable support for services, facilities and equipment 
relating to such public, educational and governmental use. If a 
franchise agreement previously existed in that franchise area, the local 
franchising authority may elect either to impose the previously existing 
public, educational and governmental access obligations or determine the 
open video system operator's public, educational and governmental access 
obligations by comparison to the franchise agreement for the nearest 
operating cable system that has a commitment to provide public, 
educational and governmental access and that serves a franchise area 
with a similar population size. The local franchising authority shall be 
permitted to make a similar election every 15 years thereafter. Absent a 
previous franchise agreement, the open video system operator shall be 
required to provide channel capacity, services, facilities and equipment 
relating to public, educational and governmental access equivalent to 
that prescribed in the franchise agreement(s) for the nearest operating 
cable system with a commitment to provide public, educational and 
governmental access and that serves a franchise area with a similar 
population size.

    Note to paragraph (d)(6): This paragraph shall apply, for example, 
if a cable operator converts its cable system to an open video system 
under Sec.  76.1501.

    (7) The open video system operator must adjust its system(s) to 
comply with new public, educational and governmental access obligations 
imposed by a cable franchise renewal; provided, however, that an open 
video system operator will not be required to displace other programmers 
using its open video system to accommodate public, educational and 
governmental access channels. The open video system operator shall 
comply with such public, educational and governmental access obligations 
whenever additional capacity is or becomes available, whether it is due 
to increased channel capacity or decreased demand for channel capacity.
    (8) The open video system operator and/or the local franchising 
authority may file a complaint with the Commission, pursuant to our 
dispute resolution procedures set forth in Sec.  76.1514, if the open 
video system operator and the local franchising authority cannot agree 
as to the application of the Commission's rules regarding the open video 
system operator's public, educational and governmental access 
obligations under paragraph (d) of this section.
    (e) If an open video system operator maintains an institutional 
network, as defined in Section 611(f) of the Communications Act, the 
local franchising authority may require that educational and 
governmental access channels be designated on that institutional network 
to the extent such channels are designated on the institutional network 
of the local cable operator.
    (f) An open video system operator shall not exercise any editorial 
control over any public, educational, or governmental use of channel 
capacity provided pursuant to this subsection, provided, however, that 
any open video system operator may prohibit the use on its system of any 
channel capacity of any public, educational, or governmental facility 
for any programming which contains nudity, obscene material, indecent 
material as defined in Sec.  76.701(g), or material soliciting or 
promoting unlawful conduct. For purposes of this section, ``material 
soliciting or promoting unlawful conduct'' shall mean material that is 
otherwise proscribed by law. An open video system operator may require 
any access user, or access manager or administrator agreeing to assume 
the responsibility of certifying, to certify that its programming does 
not contain any of the

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materials described above and that reasonable efforts will be used to 
ensure that live programming does not contain such material.

[61 FR 28708, June 5, 1996, as amended at 61 FR 43176, Aug. 21, 1996]

    Effective Date Note: At 61 FR 43176, Aug. 21, 1996, in Sec.  
76.1505, paragraphs (d)(1), (4), (6) and (8) were revised. This 
amendment contains information collection and recordkeeping requirements 
and will not become effective until approval has been given by the 
Office of Management and Budget.



Sec.  76.1506  Carriage of television broadcast signals.

    (a) The provisions of Subpart D shall apply to open video systems in 
accordance with the provisions contained in this subpart.
    (b) For the purposes of this Subpart S, television stations are 
significantly viewed when they are viewed in households that do not 
receive television signals from multichannel video programming 
distributors as follows:
    (1) For a full or partial network station--a share of viewing hours 
of at least 3 percent (total week hours), and a net weekly circulation 
of at least 25 percent; and
    (2) For an independent station--a share of viewing hours of at least 
2 percent (total week hours), and a net weekly circulation of at least 5 
percent. See Sec.  76.1506(c).

    Note to paragraph (b): As used in this paragraph, ``share of viewing 
hours'' means the total hours that households that do not receive 
television signals from multichannel video programming distributors 
viewed the subject station during the week, expressed as a percentage of 
the total hours these households viewed all stations during the period, 
and ``net weekly circulation'' means the number of households that do 
not receive television signals from multichannel video programming 
distributors that viewed the station for 5 minutes or more during the 
entire week, expressed as a percentage of the total households that do 
not receive television signals from multichannel video programming 
distributors in the survey area.

    (c) Significantly viewed signals; method to be followed for special 
showings. Any provision of Sec.  76.54 that refers to a ``cable 
television community'' or ``cable community or communities'' shall apply 
to an open video system community or communities. Any provision of Sec.  
76.54 that refers to ``non-cable television homes'' shall apply to 
households that do not receive television signals from multichannel 
video programming distributors. Any provision of Sec.  76.54 that refers 
to a ``cable television system'' shall apply to an open video system.
    (d) Definitions applicable to the must-carry rules. Section 76.55 
shall apply to all open video systems in accordance with the provisions 
contained in this section. Any provision of Sec.  76.55 that refers to a 
``cable system'' shall apply to an open video system. Any provision of 
Sec.  76.55 that refers to a ``cable operator'' shall apply to an open 
video system operator. Any provision of Sec.  76.55 that refers to the 
``principal headend'' of a cable system as defined in Sec.  76.5(pp) 
shall apply to the equivalent of the principal headend of an open video 
system. Any provision of Sec.  76.55 that refers to a ``franchise area'' 
shall apply to the service area of an open video system. The provisions 
of Sec.  76.55 that permit cable operators to refuse carriage of signals 
considered distant signals for copyright purposes shall not apply to 
open video system operators. If an open video system operator cannot 
limit its distribution of must-carry signals to the local service area 
of broadcast stations as used in 17 U.S.C. 111(d), it will be liable for 
any increase in copyright fees assessed for distant signal carriage 
under 17 U.S.C. 111.
    (e) Signal carriage obligations. Any provision of Sec.  76.56 that 
refers to a ``cable television system'' or ``cable system'' shall apply 
to an open video system. Any provision of Sec.  76.56 that refers to a 
``cable operator'' shall apply to an open video system operator. Section 
76.56(d)(2) shall apply to open video systems as follows: An open video 
system operator shall make available to every subscriber of the open 
video system all qualified local commercial television stations and all 
qualified non-commercial educational television stations carried in 
fulfillment of its carriage obligations under this section.
    (f) Channel positioning. Open video system operators shall comply 
with the provisions of Sec.  76.57 to the closest extent possible. Any 
provision of Sec.  76.57 that refers to a ``cable operator'' shall

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apply to an open video system operator. Any provision of Sec.  76.57 
that refers to a ``cable system'' shall apply to an open video system, 
except the references to ``cable system'' in Sec.  76.57(d) which shall 
apply to an open video system operator.
    (g) Notification. Any provision of Sec.  76.58 that refers to a 
``cable operator'' shall apply to an open video system operator. Any 
provision of Sec.  76.58 that refers to a ``cable system'' shall apply 
to an open video system. Any provision of Sec.  76.58 that refers to a 
``principal headend'' shall apply to the equivalent of the principal 
headend for an open video system.
    (h) Modification of television markets. Any provision of Sec.  76.59 
that refers to a ``cable system'' shall apply to an open video system. 
Any provision of Sec.  76.59 that refers to a ``cable operator'' shall 
apply to an open video system operator.
    (i) Compensation for carriage. Any provision of Sec.  76.60 that 
refers to a ``cable operator'' shall apply to an open video system 
operator. Any provision of Sec.  76.60 that refers to a ``cable system'' 
shall apply to an open video system. Any provision of Sec.  76.60 that 
refers to a ``principal headend'' shall apply to the equivalent of the 
principal headend for an open video system.
    (j) Disputes concerning carriage. Any provision of Sec.  76.61 that 
refers to a ``cable operator'' shall apply to an open video system 
operator. Any provision of Sec.  76.61 that refers to a ``cable system'' 
shall apply to an open video system. Any provision of Sec.  76.61 that 
refers to a ``principal headend'' shall apply to the equivalent of the 
principal headend for an open video system.
    (k) Manner of carriage. Any provision of Sec.  76.62 that refers to 
a ``cable operator'' shall apply to an open video system operator.
    (l) Retransmission consent. Section 76.64 shall apply to open video 
systems in accordance with the provisions contained in this paragraph.
    (1) Any provision of Sec.  76.64 that refers to a ``cable system'' 
shall apply to an open video system. Any provision of Sec.  76.64 that 
refers to a ``cable operator'' shall apply to an open video system 
operator.
    (2) Must-carry/retransmission consent election notifications shall 
be sent to the open video system operator. An open video system operator 
shall make all must-carry/retransmission consent election notifications 
received available to the appropriate programming providers on its 
system.
    (3) Television broadcast stations are required to make the same 
election for open video systems and cable systems serving the same 
geographic area, unless the overlapping open video system is unable to 
deliver appropriate signals in conformance with the broadcast station's 
elections for all cable systems serving the same geographic area.
    (4) An open video system commencing new operations shall notify all 
local commercial and noncommercial broadcast stations as required under 
paragraph (l) of this section on or before the date on which it files 
with the Commission its Notice of Intent to establish an open video 
system.
    (m) Sports broadcast. Section 76.67 shall apply to open video 
systems in accordance with the provisions contained in this paragraph.
    (1) Any provisions of Sec.  76.67 that refers to a ``community 
unit'' shall apply to an open video system or that portion of an open 
video system that operates or will operate within a separate and 
distinct community or municipal entity (including unincorporated 
communities within unincorporated areas and including single, discrete 
unincorporated areas).
    (2) Notification of programming to be deleted pursuant to this 
section shall be served on the open video system operator. The open 
video system operator shall make all notifications immediately available 
to the appropriate video programming providers on its open video system. 
Operators may effect the deletion of signals for which they have 
received deletion notices unless they receive notice within a reasonable 
time from the appropriate programming provider that the rights claimed 
are invalid. The open video system operator shall not delete signals for 
which it has received notice from the programming provider that the 
rights claimed are invalid. An open video system operator shall be 
subject to sanctions for any violation of this

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subpart. An open video system operator may require indemnification as a 
condition of carriage for any sanctions it may incur in reliance on a 
programmer's claim that certain exclusive or non-duplication rights are 
invalid.
    (n) Exemption from input selector switch rules. Any provision of 
Sec.  76.70 that refers to a ``cable system'' or ``cable systems'' shall 
apply to an open video system or open video systems.
    (o) Special relief and must-carry complaint procedures. The 
procedures set forth in Sec.  76.7 shall apply to special relief and 
must-carry complaints relating to open video systems, and not the 
procedures set forth in Sec.  76.1514 (Dispute resolution). Any 
provision of Sec.  76.7 that refers to a ``cable television system 
operator'' or ``cable operator'' shall apply to an open video system 
operator. Any provision of Sec.  76.7 that refers to a ``cable 
television system'' shall apply to an open video system. Any provision 
of Sec.  76.7 that refers to a ``system community unit'' shall apply to 
an open video system or that portion of an open video system that 
operates or will operate within a separate and distinct community or 
municipal entity (including unincorporated communities within 
unincorporated areas and including single, discrete unincorporated 
areas).

[61 FR 28708, June 5, 1996, as amended at 61 FR 43177, Aug. 21, 1996]

    Effective Date Note: At 61 FR 43177, Aug. 21, 1996, in Sec.  
76.1506, paragraphs (d), (l)(3) and (m)(2) were revised. This amendment 
contains information collection and recordkeeping requirements and will 
not become effective until approval has been given by the Office of 
Management and Budget.



Sec.  76.1507  Competitive access to satellite cable programming.

    (a) Any provision that applies to a cable operator under Sec. Sec.  
76.1000 through 76.1003 shall also apply to an operator of an open video 
system and its affiliate which provides video programming on its open 
video system, except as limited by paragraph (a) (1)-(3) of this 
section. Any such provision that applies to a satellite cable 
programming vendor in which a cable operator has an attributable 
interest shall also apply to any satellite cable programming vendor in 
which an open video system operator has an attributable interest, except 
as limited by paragraph (a) (1)-(3) of this section.
    (1) Section 76.1002(c)(1) shall only restrict the conduct of an open 
video system operator, its affiliate that provides video programming on 
its open video system and a satellite cable programming vendor in which 
an open video system operator has an attributable interest, as follows: 
No open video system operator or its affiliate that provides video 
programming on its open video system shall engage in any practice or 
activity or enter into any understanding or arrangement, including 
exclusive contracts, with a satellite cable programming vendor or 
satellite broadcast programming vendor for satellite cable programming 
or satellite broadcast programming that prevents a multichannel video 
programming distributor from obtaining such programming from any 
satellite cable programming vendor in which an open video system 
operator has an attributable interest, or any satellite broadcasting 
vendor in which an open video system operator has an attributable 
interest for distribution to person in areas not served by a cable 
operator as of October 5, 1992.
    (2) Section 76.1002(c)(2) shall only restrict the conduct of an open 
video system operator, its affiliate that provides video programming on 
its open video system and a satellite cable programming vendor in which 
an open video system operator has an attributable interest, as follows: 
No open video system operator or its affiliate that provides video 
programming on its open video system shall enter into any exclusive 
contracts, or engage in any practice, activity or arrangement tantamount 
to an exclusive contract, for satellite cable programming or satellite 
broadcast programming with a satellite cable programming vendor in which 
an open video system operator has an attributable interest or a 
satellite broadcast programming vendor, unless the Commission determines 
in accordance with Sec.  76.1002(c)(4) that such a contract, practice, 
activity or arrangement is in the public interest.
    (3) Section 76.1002(c)(3) (i) through (ii) shall only restrict the 
conduct of an

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open video system operator, its affiliate that provides video 
programming on its open video system and a satellite cable programming 
vendor in which an open video system operator has an attributable 
interest, as follows:
    (i) Unserved areas. No open video system operator shall enter into 
any subdistribution agreement or arrangement for satellite cable 
programming or satellite broadcast programming with a satellite cable 
programming vendor in which an open video system operator has an 
attributable interest or a satellite broadcast programming vendor in 
which an open video system operator has an attributable interest for 
distribution to persons in areas not served by a cable operator as of 
October 5, 1992.
    (ii) Served areas. No open video system operator shall enter into 
any subdistribution agreement or arrangement for satellite cable 
programming or satellite broadcast programming with a satellite cable 
programming vendor in which an open video system operator has an 
attributable interest or a satellite broadcast programming vendor in 
which an open video system operator has an attributable interest, with 
respect to areas served by a cable operator, unless such agreement or 
arrangement complies with the limitations set forth in Sec.  
76.1002(c)(3)(iii).
    (b) No open video system programming provider in which a cable 
operator has an attributable interest shall:
    (1) Engage in any practice or activity or enter into any 
understanding or arrangement, including exclusive contracts, with a 
satellite cable programming vendor or satellite broadcast programming 
vendor for satellite cable programming or satellite broadcast 
programming that prevents a multichannel video programming distributor 
from obtaining such programming from any satellite cable programming 
vendor in which a cable operator has an attributable interest, or any 
satellite broadcasting vendor in which a cable operator has an 
attributable interest for distribution to person in areas not served by 
a cable operator as of October 5, 1992.
    (2) Enter into any exclusive contracts, or engage in any practice, 
activity or arrangement tantamount to an exclusive contract, for 
satellite cable programming or satellite broadcast programming with a 
satellite cable programming vendor in which a cable operator has an 
attributable interest or a satellite broadcast programming vendor, 
unless the Commission determines in accordance with Section 
76.1002(c)(4) that such a contract, practice, activity or arrangement is 
in the public interest.



Sec.  76.1508  Network non-duplication.

    (a) Sections 76.92 through 76.97 shall apply to open video systems 
in accordance with the provisions contained in this section.
    (b) Any provision of Sec.  76.92 that refers to a ``cable community 
unit'' or ``community unit'' shall apply to an open video system or that 
portion of an open video system that operates or will operate within a 
separate and distinct community or municipal entity (including 
unincorporated communities within unincorporated areas and including 
single, discrete unincorporated areas). Any provision of Sec.  76.92 
that refers to a ``cable television community'' shall apply to an open 
video system community. Any provision of Sec.  76.92 that refers to a 
``cable television system's mandatory signal carriage obligations'' 
shall apply to an open video system's mandatory signal carriage 
obligations.
    (c) Any provision of Sec.  76.94 that refers to a ``cable system 
operator'' or ``cable television system operator'' shall apply to an 
open video system operator. Any provision of Sec.  76.94 that refers to 
a ``cable system'' or ``cable television system'' shall apply to an open 
video system except Sec.  76.94 (e) and (f) which shall apply to an open 
video system operator. Open video system operators shall make all 
notifications and information regarding the exercise of network non-
duplication rights immediately available to all appropriate video 
programming provider on the system. An open video system operator shall 
not be subject to sanctions for any violation of these rules by an 
unaffiliated program supplier if the operator provided proper notices to 
the program supplier and subsequently took prompt steps to stop the 
distribution of

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the infringing program once it was notified of a violation.
    (d) Any provision of Sec.  76.95 that refers to a ``cable system'' 
or a ``cable community unit'' shall apply to an open video system or 
that portion of an open video system that operates or will operate 
within a separate and distinct community or municipal entity (including 
unincorporated communities within unincorporated areas and including 
single, discrete unincorporated areas).



Sec.  76.1509  Syndicated program exclusivity.

    (a) Sections 76.151 through 76.163 shall apply to open video systems 
in accordance with the provisions contained in this section.
    (b) Any provision of Sec.  76.151 that refers to a ``cable community 
unit'' shall apply to an open video system.
    (c) Any provision of Sec.  76.155 that refers to a ``cable system 
operator'' or ``cable television system operator'' shall apply to an 
open video system operator. Any provision of Sec.  76.155 that refers to 
a ``cable system'' or ``cable television system'' shall apply to an open 
video system except Sec.  76.155(c) which shall apply to an open video 
system operator. Open video system operators shall make all 
notifications and information regarding exercise of syndicated program 
exclusivity rights immediately available to all appropriate video 
programming provider on the system. An open video system operator shall 
not be subject to sanctions for any violation of these rules by an 
unaffiliated program supplier if the operator provided proper notices to 
the program supplier and subsequently took prompt steps to stop the 
distribution of the infringing program once it was notified of a 
violation.
    (d) Any provision of Sec.  76.156 that refers to a ``cable 
community'' shall apply to an open video system community. Any provision 
of Sec.  76.156 that refers to a ``cable community unit'' or ``community 
unit'' shall apply to an open video system or that portion of an open 
video system that operates or will operate within a separate and 
distinct community or municipal entity (including unincorporated 
communities within unincorporated areas and including single, discrete 
unincorporated areas). Any provision of Sec. Sec.  76.156 through 
76.158, and 76.163 that refers to a ``cable system'' shall apply to an 
open video system.
    (e) Any provision of Sec.  76.159 that refers to ``cable 
television'' or a ``cable system'' shall apply to an open video system.
    (f) Any provision of Sec.  76.161 that refers to a ``community 
unit'' shall apply to an open video system or that portion of an open 
video system that is affected by this rule.



Sec.  76.1510  Application of certain Title VI provisions.

    The following sections within part 76 shall also apply to open video 
systems; Sec. Sec.  76.71, 76.73, 76.75, 76.77, 76.79, 76.1702, and 
76.1802 (Equal Employment Opportunity Requirements); Sec. Sec.  76.503 
and 76.504 (ownership restrictions); Sec.  76.981 (negative option 
billing); and Sec. Sec.  76.1300, 76.1301 and 76.1302 (regulation of 
carriage agreements); provided, however, that these sections shall apply 
to open video systems only to the extent that they do not conflict with 
this subpart S. Section 631 of the Communications Act (subscriber 
privacy) shall also apply to open video systems.

[67 FR 1650, Jan. 14, 2002]



Sec.  76.1511  Fees.

    An open video system operator may be subject to the payment of fees 
on the gross revenues of the operator for the provision of cable service 
imposed by a local franchising authority or other governmental entity, 
in lieu of the franchise fees permitted under Section 622 of the 
Communications Act. Local governments shall have the authority to assess 
and receive the gross revenue fee. Gross revenues under this paragraph 
means all gross revenues received by an open video system operator or 
its affiliates, including all revenues received from subscribers and all 
carriage revenues received from unaffiliated video programming 
providers. In addition gross revenues under this paragraph includes any 
advertising

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revenues received by an open video system operator or its affiliates in 
connection with the provision of video programming, where such revenues 
are included in the calculation of the incumbent cable operator's cable 
franchise fee. Gross revenues does not include revenues collected by 
unaffiliated video programming providers, such as subscriber or 
advertising revenues. Any gross revenues fee that the open video system 
operator or its affiliate collects from subscribers or video programming 
providers shall be excluded from gross revenues. An operator of an open 
video system or any programming provider may designate that portion of a 
subscriber's bill attributable to the fee as a separate item on the 
bill. An operator of an open video system may recover the gross revenue 
fee from programming providers on a proportional basis as an element of 
the carriage rate.

[61 FR 43177, Aug. 21, 1996]

    Effective Date Note: At 61 FR 43177, Aug. 21, 1996, Sec.  76.1511 
was revised. This section contains information collection and 
recordkeeping requirements and will not become effective until approval 
has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.



Sec.  76.1512  Programming information.

    (a) An open video system operator shall not unreasonably 
discriminate in favor of itself or its affiliates with regard to 
material or information (including advertising) provided by the operator 
to subscribers for the purpose of selecting programming on the open 
video system, or in the way such material or information is provided to 
subscribers.

    Note to paragraph (a): ``Material or information'' as used in 
paragraph (a) of this section means material or information that a 
subscriber uses to actively select programming at the point of program 
selection.

    (b) In accordance with paragraph (a) of this section:
    (1) An open video system operator shall not discriminate in favor of 
itself or its affiliate on any navigational device, guide or menu;
    (2) An open video system operator shall not omit television 
broadcast stations or other unaffiliated video programming services 
carried on the open video system from any navigational device, guide 
(electronic or paper) or menu;
    (3) An open video system operator shall not restrict a video 
programming provider's ability to use part of the provider's channel 
capacity to provide an individualized guide or menu to the provider's 
subscribers;
    (4) Where an open video system operator provides no navigational 
device, guide or menu, its affiliate's navigational device, guide or 
menu shall be subject to the requirements of Section 653(b)(1)(E) of the 
Communications Act;
    (5) An open video system operator may permit video programming 
providers, including its affiliate, to develop and use their own 
navigational devices. If an open video system operator permits video 
programming providers, including its affiliate, to develop and use their 
own navigational devices, the operator must create an electronic menu or 
guide that all video programming providers must carry containing a non-
discriminatory listing of programming providers or programming services 
available on the system and informing the viewer how to obtain 
additional information on each of the services listed;
    (6) An open video system operator must grant access, for programming 
providers that do not wish to use their own navigational device, to the 
navigational device used by the open video system operator or its 
affiliate; and
    (7) If an operator provides an electronic guide or menu that 
complies with paragraph (b)(5) of this section, its programming 
affiliate may create its own menu or guide without being subject to the 
requirements of Section 653(b)(1)(E) of the Communications Act.
    (c) An open video system operator shall ensure that video 
programming providers or copyright holders (or both) are able to 
suitably and uniquely identify their programming services to 
subscribers.
    (d) An open video system operator shall transmit programming 
identification without change or alteration if

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such identification is transmitted as part of the programming signal.

[61 FR 28708, June 5, 1996, as amended at 61 FR 43177, Aug. 21, 1996]

    Effective Date Note: At 61 FR 43177, Aug. 21, 1996, in Sec.  
76.1512, paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) were revised. This amendment 
contains information collection and recordkeeping requirements and will 
not become effective until approval has been given by the Office of 
Management and Budget.



Sec.  76.1513  Open video dispute resolution.

    (a) Complaints. Any party aggrieved by conduct that it believes 
constitute a violation of the regulations set forth in this part or in 
section 653 of the Communications Act (47 U.S.C. 573) may commence an 
adjudicatory proceeding at the Commission to obtain enforcement of the 
rules through the filing of a complaint. The Commission shall resolve 
any such dispute within 180 days after the filing of a complaint. The 
complaint shall be filed and responded to in accordance with the 
procedures specified in Sec.  76.7 of this part with the following 
additions or changes.
    (b) Alternate dispute resolution. An open video system operator may 
not provide in its carriage contracts with programming providers that 
any dispute must be submitted to arbitration, mediation, or any other 
alternative method for dispute resolution prior to submission of a 
complaint to the Commission.
    (c) Notice required prior to filing of complaint. Any aggrieved 
party intending to file a complaint under this section must first notify 
the potential defendant open video system operator that it intends to 
file a complaint with the Commission based on actions alleged to violate 
one or more of the provisions contained in this part or in Section 653 
of the Communications Act. The notice must be in writing and must be 
sufficiently detailed so that its recipient(s) can determine the 
specific nature of the potential complaint. The potential complainant 
must allow a minimum of ten (10) days for the potential defendant(s) to 
respond before filing a complaint with the Commission.
    (d) Contents of complaint. In addition to the requirements of Sec.  
76.7 of this part, an open video system complaint shall contain:
    (1) The type of entity that describes complainant (e.g., individual, 
private association, partnership, or corporation), the address and 
telephone number of the complainant, and the address and telephone 
number of each defendant;
    (2) If discrimination in rates, terms, and conditions of carriage is 
alleged, documentary evidence shall be submitted such as a preliminary 
carriage rate estimate or a programming contract that demonstrates a 
differential in price, terms or conditions between complainant and a 
competing video programming provider or, if no programming contract or 
preliminary carriage rate estimate is submitted with the complaint, an 
affidavit signed by an officer of complainant alleging that a 
differential in price, terms or conditions exists, a description of the 
nature and extent (if known or reasonably estimated by the complainant) 
of the differential, together with a statement that defendant refused to 
provide any further specific comparative information;

    Note to paragraph (d)(2):
    Upon request by a complainant, the preliminary carriage rate 
estimate shall include a calculation of the average of the carriage 
rates paid by the unaffiliated video programming providers receiving 
carriage from the open video system operator, including the information 
needed for any weighting of the individual carriage rates that the 
operator has included in the average rate.

    (3) If a programming contract or a preliminary carriage rate 
estimate is submitted with the complaint in support of the alleged 
violation, specific references to the relevant provisions therein.
    (4) The complaint must be accompanied by appropriate evidence 
demonstrating that the required notification pursuant to paragraph (c) 
of this section has been made.
    (e) Answer. (1) Any open video system operator upon which a 
complaint is served under this section shall answer within thirty (30) 
days of service of the complaint, unless otherwise directed by the 
Commission.
    (2) An answer to a discrimination complaint shall state the reasons 
for

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any differential in prices, terms or conditions between the complainant 
and its competitor, and shall specify the particular justification 
relied upon in support of the differential. Any documents or contracts 
submitted pursuant to this paragraph may be protected as proprietary 
pursuant to Sec.  76.9 of this part.
    (f) Reply. Within twenty (20) days after service of an answer, the 
complainant may file and serve a reply which shall be responsive to 
matters contained in the answer and shall not contain new matters.
    (g) Time limit on filing of complaints. Any complaint filed pursuant 
to this subsection must be filed within one year of the date on which 
one of the following events occurs
    (1) The open video system operator enters into a contract with the 
complainant that the complainant alleges to violate one or more of the 
rules contained in this part; or
    (2) The open video system operator offers to carry programming for 
the complainant pursuant to terms that the complainant alleges to 
violate one or more of the rules contained in this part, and such offer 
to carry programming is unrelated to any existing contract between the 
complainant and the open video system operator; or
    (3) The complainant has notified an open video system operator that 
it intends to file a complaint with the Commission based on a request 
for such operator to carry the complainant's programming on its open 
video system that has been denied or unacknowledged, allegedly in 
violation of one or more of the rules contained in this part.
    (h) Remedies for violations--(1) Remedies authorized. Upon 
completion of such adjudicatory proceeding, the Commission shall order 
appropriate remedies, including, if necessary, the requiring carriage, 
awarding damages to any person denied carriage, or any combination of 
such sanctions. Such order shall set forth a timetable for compliance, 
and shall become effective upon release.
    (2) Additional sanctions. The remedies provided in paragraph (h)(1) 
of this section are in addition to and not in lieu of the sanctions 
available under title V or any other provision of the Communications 
Act.

[61 FR 28708, June 5, 1996, as amended at 61 FR 43178, Aug. 21, 1996; 62 
FR 26239, May 13, 1997; 64 FR 6575, Feb. 10, 1999]



Sec.  76.1514  Bundling of video and local exchange services.

    An open video system operator may offer video and local exchange 
services for sale in a single package at a single price, provided that:
    (a) The open video system operator, where it is the incumbent local 
exchange carrier, may not require that a subscriber purchase its video 
service in order to receive local exchange service; and
    (b) Any local exchange carrier offering such a package must impute 
the unbundled tariff rate for the regulated service.

[61 FR 28708, June 5, 1996, as amended at 61 FR 43178, Aug. 21, 1996]

    Effective Date Note: At 61 FR 43178, Aug. 21, 1996, in Sec.  
76.1514, paragraph (b) was revised. This amendment contains information 
collection and recordkeeping requirements and will not become effective 
until approval has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.



                            Subpart T_Notices

    Source: 65 FR 53617, Sept. 5, 2000, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  76.1601  Deletion or repositioning of broadcast signals.

    Effective April 2, 1993, a cable operator shall provide written 
notice to any broadcast television station at least 30 days prior to 
either deleting from carriage or repositioning that station. Such 
notification shall also be provided to subscribers of the cable system.

    Note 1 to Sec.  76.1601: No deletion or repositioning of a local 
commercial television station shall occur during a period in which major 
television ratings services measure the size of audiences of local 
television stations. For this purpose, such periods are the four 
national four-week ratings periods--generally including February, May, 
July and November--commonly known as audience sweeps.

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Sec.  76.1602  Customer service--general information.

    (a) A cable franchise authority may enforce the customer service 
standards set forth in paragraph (b) of this section against cable 
operators. The franchise authority must provide affected cable operators 
90 days written notice of its intent to enforce standards.
    (b) Effective July 1, 1993, the cable operator shall provide written 
information on each of the following areas at the time of installation 
of service, at least annually to all subscribers, and at any time upon 
request:
    (1) Products and services offered;
    (2) Prices and options for programming services and conditions of 
subscription to programming and other services;
    (3) Installation and service maintenance policies;
    (4) Instructions on how to use the cable service;
    (5) Channel positions of programming carried on the system; and
    (6) Billing and complaint procedures, including the address and 
telephone number of the local franchise authority's cable office.
    (c) Subscribers shall be advised of the procedures for resolution of 
complaints about the quality of the television signal delivered by the 
cable system operator, including the address of the responsible officer 
of the local franchising authority.



Sec.  76.1603  Customer service--rate and service changes.

    (a) A cable franchise authority may enforce the customer service 
standards set forth in paragraph (b) of this section against cable 
operators. The franchise authority must provide affected cable operators 
90 days written notice of its intent to enforce standards.
    (b) Customers will be notified of any changes in rates, programming 
services or channel positions as soon as possible in writing. Notice 
must be given to subscribers a minimum of thirty (30) days in advance of 
such changes if the change is within the control of the cable operator. 
In addition, the cable operator shall notify subscribers 30 days in 
advance of any significant changes in the other information required by 
Sec.  76.1602.
    (c) In addition to the requirement of paragraph (b) of this section 
regarding advance notification to customers of any changes in rates, 
programming services or channel positions, cable systems shall give 30 
days written notice to both subscribers and local franchising 
authorities before implementing any rate or service change. Such notice 
shall state the precise amount of any rate change and briefly explain in 
readily understandable fashion the cause of the rate change (e.g., 
inflation, change in external costs or the addition/deletion of 
channels). When the change involves the addition or deletion of 
channels, each channel added or deleted must be separately identified. 
For purposes of the carriage of digital broadcast signals, the operator 
need only identify for subscribers, the television signal added and not 
whether that signal may be multiplexed during certain dayparts.
    (d) A cable operator shall provide written notice to a subscriber of 
any increase in the price to be charged for the basic service tier or 
associated equipment at least 30 days before any proposed increase is 
effective. The notice should include the name and address of the local 
franchising authority.
    (e) To the extent the operator is required to provide notice of 
service and rate changes to subscribers, the operator may provide such 
notice using any reasonable written means at its sole discretion.
    (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of part 76 of this chapter, 
a cable operator shall not be required to provide prior notice of any 
rate change that is the result of a regulatory fee, franchise fee, or 
any other fee, tax, assessment, or charge of any kind imposed by any 
Federal agency, State, or franchising authority on the transaction 
between the operator and the subscriber.

    Note 1 to Sec.  76.1603: Section 624(h) of the Communications Act, 
47 U.S.C. 544(h), contains additional notification requirements which a 
franchising authority may enforce.

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    Note 2 to Sec.  76.1603: Section 624(d)(3) of the Communications 
Act, 47 U.S.C. 544(d)(3), contains additional notification provisions 
pertaining to cable operators who offer a premium channel without charge 
to cable subscribers who do not subscribe to such premium channel.
    Note 3 to Sec.  76.1603: Section 631 of the Communications Act, 47 
U.S.C. 551, contains additional notification requirements pertaining to 
the protection of subscriber privacy.

[65 FR 53617, Sept. 5, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 16554, Mar. 26, 2001]



Sec.  76.1604  Charges for customer service changes.

    If a cable operator establishes a higher charge for changes effected 
solely by coded entry on a computer terminal or by other similarly 
simple methods, as provided in Sec.  76.980(d), the cable system must 
notify all subscribers in writing that they may be subject to such a 
charge for changing service tiers more than the specified number of 
times in any 12 month period.



Sec.  76.1605  New product tier.

    (a) Within 30 days of the offering of an NPT, operators shall file 
with the Commission a copy of the new rate card that contains the 
following information on their BSTs, CPSTs and NPTs:
    (1) The names of the programming services contained on each tier; 
and
    (2) The price of each tier.
    (b) Operators also must file with the Commission, copies of 
notifications that were sent to subscribers regarding the initial 
offering of NPTs. After this initial filing, cable operators must file 
updated rate cards and copies of customer notifications with the 
Commission within 30 days of rate or service changes affecting the NPT.



Sec.  76.1606  Rate change while complaint pending.

    A regulated cable operator that proposes to change any rate while a 
cable service tier complaint is pending before the Commission shall 
provide the Commission at least 30 days notice of the proposed change.



Sec.  76.1607  Principal headend.

    A cable operator shall provide written notice by certified mail to 
all stations carried on its system pursuant to the must-carry rules at 
least 60 days prior to any change in the designation of its principal 
headend.



Sec.  76.1608  System technical integration requiring uniform election of 
must-carry or retransmission consent status.

    A cable system that changes its technical configuration in such a 
way as to integrate two formerly separate cable systems must give 90 
days notice of its intention to do so to any television broadcast 
stations that have elected must-carry status with respect to one system 
and retransmission consent status with respect to the other. If the 
system and the station do not agree on a uniform election 45 days prior 
to integration, the cable system may require the station to make such a 
uniform election 30 days prior to integration.



Sec.  76.1609  Non-duplication and syndicated exclusivity.

    Within 60 days following the provision of service to 1,000 
subscribers, the operator of each such system shall file a notice to 
that effect with the Commission, and serve a copy of that notice on 
every television station that would be entitled to exercise network non-
duplication protection or syndicated exclusivity protection against it.



76.1610  Change of operational information.

    The Operator shall inform the Commission on FCC Form 324 whenever 
there is a change of cable television system operator; change of legal 
name, change of the operator's mailing address or FCC Registration 
Number (FRN); or change in the operational status of a cable television 
system. Notification must be done within 30 days from the date the 
change occurs and must include the following information, as 
appropriate:
    (a) The legal name of the operator and whether the operator is an 
individual, private association, partnership, corporation, or government 
entity. See Sec.  76.5(cc). If the operator is a

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partnership, the legal name of the partner responsible for 
communications with the Commission shall be supplied;
    (b) The assumed name (if any) used for doing business in each 
community;
    (c) The physical address, including zip code, and e-mail address, if 
applicable, to which all communications are to be directed;
    (d) The nature of the operational status change (e.g., operation 
terminated, merged with another system, inactive, deleted, etc.);
    (e) The names and FCC identifiers (e.g., CA 0001) of the system 
communities affected.
    (f) The operator's FCC Registration Number (FRN) as required under 
part 1, subpart W of this chapter.
    (g) The FCC Registration Number (FRN).

    Note 1 to Sec.  76.1610: FCC system community identifiers are 
routinely assigned upon registration. They have been assigned to all 
reported system communities based on previous Form 325 data. If a system 
community in operation prior to March 31, 1972, has not previously been 
assigned a system community identifier, the operator shall provide the 
following information in lieu of the identifier: Community Name, 
Community Type (i.e., incorporated town, unincorporated settlement, 
etc.), County Name, State, Operator Legal Name, Operator Assumed Name 
for Doing Business in the Community, Operator Mail Address, and Year and 
Month service was first provided by the physical system.

[65 FR 53617, Sept. 5, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 47897, Sept. 14, 2001; 
68 FR 27003, May 19, 2003]

    Effective Date Note: At 68 FR 27003, May 19, 2003, Sec.  76.1610 was 
amended by revising the introductory text, paragraphs (a), (c), and (d) 
and by adding paragraph (g). These paragraphs contain information 
collection and recordkeeping requirements and will not become effective 
until approval has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.



Sec.  76.1611  Political cable rates and classes of time.

    If a system permits a candidate to use its cablecast facilities, the 
system shall disclose to all candidates information about rates, terms, 
conditions and all value-enhancing discount privileges offered to 
commercial advertisers. Systems may use reasonable discretion in making 
the disclosure; provided, however, that the disclosure includes, at a 
minimum, the following information:
    (a) A description and definition of each class of time available to 
commercial advertisers sufficiently complete enough to allow candidates 
to identify and understand what specific attributes differentiate each 
class;
    (b) A description of the lowest unit charge and related privileges 
(such as priorities against preemption and make goods prior to specific 
deadlines) for each class of time offered to commercial advertisers;
    (c) A description of the system's method of selling preemptible time 
based upon advertiser demand, commonly known as the ``current selling 
level,'' with the stipulation that candidates will be able to purchase 
at these demand-generated rates in the same manner as commercial 
advertisers;
    (d) An approximation of the likelihood of preemption for each kind 
of preemptible time; and
    (e) An explanation of the system's sales practices, if any, that are 
based on audience delivery, with the stipulation that candidates will be 
able to purchase this kind of time, if available to commercial 
advertisers.



Sec.  76.1612  Personal attack.

    (a) When, during origination cablecasting of issues of public 
importance, an attack is made upon the honesty, character, integrity, or 
like personal qualities of an identified person or group, the cable 
television system operator shall, within a reasonable time and in no 
event later than one (1) week after the attack, transmit to the person 
or group attacked:
    (1) Notification of the date, time, and identification of the 
cablecast;
    (2) A script or tape (or an accurate summary if a script or tape is 
not available) of the attack; and
    (3) An offer of a reasonable opportunity to respond over the 
system's facilities.
    (b) The provisions of paragraph (a) of this section shall not apply 
to cablecast material which falls within one or more of the following 
categories:
    (1) Personal attacks on foreign groups or foreign public figures;

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    (2) Personal attacks occurring during uses by legally qualified 
candidates;
    (3) Personal attacks made during cablecasts not included in 
paragraph (a)(2) of this section and made by legally qualified 
candidates, their authorized spokespersons or those associated with them 
in the campaign, on other such candidates, their authorized 
spokespersons or persons associated with the candidates in the campaign; 
and
    (4) Bona fide newscasts, bona fide news interviews, and on-the-spot 
coverage of bona fide news events (including commentary or analysis 
contained in the foregoing programs, but, the provisions of paragraph 
(a) of this section shall be applicable to editorials of the cable 
television system operator).



Sec.  76.1613  Political editorials.

    Where a cable television system operator, in an editorial endorses 
or opposes a legally qualified candidate or candidates, the system 
operator shall, within 24 hours of the editorial, transmit the following 
to the other qualified candidate or candidates for the same office or 
the candidate opposed in the editorial:
    (a) Notification of the date, time, and channel of the editorial;
    (b) A script or tape of the editorial; and
    (c) An offer of a reasonable opportunity for a candidate or a 
spokesman of the candidate to respond over the system's facilities: 
Provided, however, that where such editorials are cablecast within 72 
hours prior to the day of the election, the system operator shall comply 
with the provisions of this paragraph sufficiently far in advance of the 
broadcast to enable the candidate or candidates to have a reasonable 
opportunity to prepare a response and to present it in a timely fashion.



Sec.  76.1614  Identification of must-carry signals.

    A cable operator shall respond in writing within 30 days to any 
written request by any person for the identification of the signals 
carried on its system in fulfillment of the must-carry requirements of 
Sec.  76.56.



Sec.  76.1615  Sponsorship identification.

    (a) When a cable television system operator engaged in origination 
cablecasting presents any matter for which money, service, or other 
valuable consideration is either directly or indirectly paid or promised 
to, or charged or accepted by such cable television system operator, the 
cable television system operator, at the time of the cablecast, shall 
announce that such matter is sponsored, paid for, or furnished, either 
in whole or in part, and by whom or on whose behalf such consideration 
was supplied: Provided, however, that ``service or other valuable 
consideration'' shall not include any service or property furnished 
either without or at a nominal charge for use on, or in connection with, 
a cablecast unless it is so furnished in consideration for an 
identification of any person, product, service, trademark, or brand name 
beyond an identification reasonably related to the use of such service 
or property on the cablecast. For the purposes of this section, the term 
``sponsored'' shall be deemed to have the same meaning as ``paid for.'' 
In the case of any political advertisement cablecast under this 
paragraph that concerns candidates for public office, the sponsor shall 
be identified with letters equal to or greater than four (4) percent of 
the vertical picture height that air for not less than four (4) seconds.
    (b) Each cable television system operator engaged in origination 
cablecasting shall exercise reasonable diligence to obtain from 
employees, and from other persons with whom the system operator deals 
directly in connection with any matter for cablecasting, information to 
enable such system operator to make the announcement required by this 
section.
    (c) In the case of any political origination cablecast matter or any 
origination cablecast matter involving the discussion of public 
controversial issues for which any film, record, transcription, talent, 
script, or other material or service of any kind is furnished, either 
directly or indirectly, to a cable television system operator as an 
inducement for cablecasting such matter, an announcement shall be made 
both at the beginning and conclusion of such

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cablecast on which such material or service is used that such film, 
record, transcription, talent, script, or other material or service has 
been furnished to such cable television system operator in connection 
with the transmission of such cablecast matter: Provided, however, that 
in the case of any cablecast of 5 minutes' duration or less, only one 
such announcement need be made either at the beginning or conclusion of 
the cablecast.
    (d) The announcement required by this section shall, in addition to 
stating the fact that the origination cablecasting matter was sponsored, 
paid for or furnished, fully and fairly disclose the true identity of 
the person or persons, or corporation, committee, association or other 
unincorporated group, or other entity by whom or on whose behalf such 
payment is made or promised, or from whom or on whose behalf such 
services or other valuable consideration is received, or by whom the 
material or services referred to in paragraph (c) of this section are 
furnished. Where an agent or other person or entity contracts or 
otherwise makes arrangements with a cable television system operator on 
behalf of another, and such fact is known or by the exercise of 
reasonable diligence, as specified in paragraph (b) of this section, 
could be known to the system operator, the announcement shall disclose 
the identity of the person or persons or entity on whose behalf such 
agent is acting instead of the name of such agent.
    (e) In the case of an origination cablecast advertising commercial 
products or services, an announcement stating the sponsor's corporate or 
trade name, or the name of the sponsor's product, when it is clear that 
the mention of the name of the product constitutes a sponsorship 
identification, shall be deemed sufficient for the purposes of this 
section and only one such announcement need be made at any time during 
the course of the cablecast.
    (f) The announcement otherwise required by this section is waived 
with respect to the origination cablecast of ``want ad'' or classified 
advertisements sponsored by an individual. The waiver granted in this 
paragraph shall not extend to a classified advertisement or want ad 
sponsorship by any form of business enterprise, corporate or otherwise.
    (g) The announcements required by this section are waived with 
respect to feature motion picture film produced initially and primarily 
for theatre exhibition.

    Note to Sec.  76.1615(g): The waiver heretofore granted by the 
Commission in its Report and Order, adopted November 16, 1960 (FCC 60-
1369; 40 FCC 95), continues to apply to programs filmed or recorded on 
or before June 20, 1963, when Sec.  73.654(e) of this chapter, the 
predecessor television rule, went into effect.

    (h) Commission interpretations in connection with the provisions of 
the sponsorship identification rules for the broadcasting services are 
contained in the Commission's Public Notice, entitled ``Applicability of 
Sponsorship Identification Rules,'' dated May 6, 1963 (40 FCC 141), as 
modified by Public Notice, dated April 21, 1975 (FCC 75-418). Further 
interpretations are printed in full in various volumes of the Federal 
Communications Commission Reports. The interpretations made for the 
broadcasting services are equally applicable to origination 
cablecasting.



Sec.  76.1616  Contracts with local exchange carriers.

    Within 10 days of final execution of a contract permitting a local 
exchange carrier to use that part of the transmission facilities of a 
cable system extending from the last multi-user terminal to the premises 
of the end use, the parties shall submit a copy of such contract, along 
with an explanation of how such contract is reasonably limited in scope 
and duration, to the Commission for review. The parties shall serve a 
copy of this submission on the local franchising authority, along with a 
notice of the local franchising authority's right to file comments with 
the Commission consistent with Sec.  76.7.



Sec.  76.1617  Initial must-carry notice.

    (a) Within 60 days of activation of a cable system, a cable operator 
must notify all qualified NCE stations of its designated principal 
headend by certified mail.
    (b) Within 60 days of activation of a cable system, a cable operator 
must notify all local commercial and NCE

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stations that may not be entitled to carriage because they either:
    (1) Fail to meet the standards for delivery of a good quality signal 
to the cable system's principal headend, or
    (2) May cause an increased copyright liability to the cable system.
    (c) Within 60 days of activation of a cable system, a cable operator 
must send by certified mail a copy of a list of all broadcast television 
stations carried by its system and their channel positions to all local 
commercial and noncommercial television stations, including those not 
designated as must-carry stations and those not carried on the system.



Sec.  76.1618  Basic tier availability.

    A cable operator shall provide written notification to subscribers 
of the availability of basic tier service to new subscribers at the time 
of installation. This notification shall include the following 
information:
    (a) That basic tier service is available;
    (b) The cost per month for basic tier service;
    (c) A list of all services included in the basic service tier.



Sec.  76.1619  Information on subscriber bills.

    (a) Effective July 1, 1993, bills must be clear, concise and 
understandable. Bills must be fully itemized, with itemizations 
including, but not limited to, basic and premium service charges and 
equipment charges. Bills will also clearly delineate all activity during 
the billing period, including optional charges, rebates and credits.
    (b) In case of a billing dispute, the cable operator must respond to 
a written complaint from a subscriber within 30 days.
    (c) A cable franchise authority may enforce the customer service 
standards set forth in this section against cable operators. The 
franchise authority must provide affected cable operators 90 days 
written notice of its intent to enforce standards.



Sec.  76.1620  Availability of signals.

    If a cable operator authorizes subscribers to install additional 
receiver connections, but does not provide the subscriber with such 
connections, or with the equipment and materials for such connections, 
the operator shall notify such subscribers of all broadcast stations 
carried on the cable system which cannot be viewed via cable without a 
converter box and shall offer to sell or lease such a converter box to 
such subscribers. Such notification must be provided by June 2, 1993, 
and annually thereafter and to each new subscriber upon initial 
installation. The notice, which may be included in routine billing 
statements, shall identify the signals that are unavailable without an 
additional connection, the manner for obtaining such additional 
connection and instructions for installation.



Sec.  76.1621  Equipment compatibility offer.

    Cable system operators that use scrambling, encryption or similar 
technologies in conjunction with cable system terminal devices, as 
defined in Sec.  15.3(e) of this chapter, that may affect subscribers' 
reception of signals shall offer to supply each subscriber with special 
equipment that will enable the simultaneous reception of multiple 
signals. The equipment offered shall include a single terminal device 
with dual descramblers/decoders and/or timers and bypass switches. Other 
equipment, such as two independent set-top terminal devices may be 
offered at the same time that the single terminal device with dual 
tuners/descramblers is offered. For purposes of this rule, two set-top 
devices linked by a control system that provides functionality 
equivalent to that of a single device with dual descramblers is 
considered to be the same as a terminal device with dual descramblers/
decoders.
    (a) The offer of special equipment shall be made to new subscribers 
at the time they subscribe and to all subscribers at least once each 
year.
    (b) Such special equipment shall, at a minimum, have the capability:
    (1) To allow simultaneous reception of any two scrambled or 
encrypted signals and to provide for tuning to alternative channels on a 
pre-programmed schedule; and
    (2) To allow direct reception of all other signals that do not need 
to be

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processed through descrambling or decryption circuitry (this capability 
can generally be provided through a separate by-pass switch or through 
internal by-pass circuitry in a cable system terminal device).
    (c) Cable system operators shall determine the specific equipment 
needed by individual subscribers on a case-by-case basis, in 
consultation with the subscriber. Cable system operators are required to 
make a good faith effort to provide subscribers with the amount and 
types of special equipment needed to resolve their individual 
compatibility problems.
    (d) Cable operators shall provide such equipment at the request of 
individual subscribers and may charge for purchase or lease of the 
equipment and its installation in accordance with the provisions of the 
rate regulation rules for customer premises equipment used to receive 
the basic service tier, as set forth in Sec.  76.923. Notwithstanding 
the required annual offering, cable operators shall respond to 
subscriber requests for special equipment for reception of multiple 
signals that are made at any time.



Sec.  76.1622  Consumer education program on compatibility.

    Cable system operators shall provide a consumer education program on 
compatibility matters to their subscribers in writing, as follows:
    (a) The consumer information program shall be provided to 
subscribers at the time they first subscribe and at least once a year 
thereafter. Cable operators may choose the time and means by which they 
comply with the annual consumer information requirement. This 
requirement may be satisfied by a once-a-year mailing to all 
subscribers. The information may be included in one of the cable 
system's regular subscriber billings.
    (b) The consumer information program shall include the following 
information:
    (1) Cable system operators shall inform their subscribers that some 
models of TV receivers and videocassette recorders may not be able to 
receive all of the channels offered by the cable system when connected 
directly to the cable system. In conjunction with this information, 
cable system operators shall briefly explain, the types of channel 
compatibility problems that could occur if subscribers connected their 
equipment directly to the cable system and offer suggestions for 
resolving those problems. Such suggestions could include, for example, 
the use of a cable system terminal device such as a set-top channel 
converter. Cable system operators shall also indicate that channel 
compatibility problems associated with reception of programming that is 
not scrambled or encrypted programming could be resolved through use of 
simple converter devices without descrambling or decryption capabilities 
that can be obtained from either the cable system or a third party 
retail vendor.
    (2) In cases where service is received through a cable system 
terminal device, cable system operators shall indicate that subscribers 
may not be able to use special features and functions of their TV 
receivers and videocassette recorders, including features that allow the 
subscriber to: view a program on one channel while simultaneously 
recording a program on another channel; record two or more consecutive 
programs that appear on different channels; and, use advanced picture 
generation and display features such as ``Picture-in-Picture,'' channel 
review and other functions that necessitate channel selection by the 
consumer device.
    (3) In cases where cable system operators offer remote control 
capability with cable system terminal devices and other customer 
premises equipment that is provided to subscribers, they shall advise 
their subscribers that remote control units that are compatible with 
that equipment may be obtained from other sources, such as retail 
outlets. Cable system operators shall also provide a representative list 
of the models of remote control units currently available from retailers 
that are compatible with the customer premises equipment they employ. 
Cable system operators are required to make a good faith effort in 
compiling this list and will not be liable for inadvertent omissions. 
This list shall be current as of no more than six months before the date 
the consumer education program is distributed to subscribers. Cable 
operators

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are also required to encourage subscribers to contact the cable operator 
to inquire about whether a particular remote control unit the subscriber 
might be considering for purchase would be compatible with the 
subscriber's customer premises equipment.



           Subpart U_Documents to be Maintained for Inspection

    Source: 65 FR 53621, Sept. 5, 2000, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  76.1700  Records to be maintained by cable system operators.

    (a) Recordkeeping requirements. The operator of every cable 
television system having fewer than 1,000 subscribers is exempt from the 
public inspection requirements contained in Sec.  76.1701 (political 
file); Sec.  76.1715 (sponsorship identification); Sec.  76.1702 (EEO 
records available for public inspection); Sec.  76.1703 (commercial 
records for children's programming); Sec.  76.1704 (proof-of-performance 
test data); and Sec.  76.1706 (signal leakage logs and repair records). 
The operator of every cable television system having 1000 or more 
subscribers but fewer than 5000 subscribers shall, upon request, provide 
the information required by Sec.  76.1715 (sponsorship identification); 
Sec.  76.1702 (EEO records available for public inspection); Sec.  
76.1703 (commercial records for children's programming); Sec.  76.1704 
(proof-of-performance test data); and Sec.  76.1706 (signal leakage logs 
and repair records) but shall maintain for public inspection a file 
containing a copy of all records required to be kept by Sec.  76.1701 
(political file). The operator of every cable television system having 
5000 or more subscribers shall maintain for public inspection a file 
containing a copy of all records which are required to be kept by Sec.  
76.1701 (political file); Sec.  76.1715 (sponsorship identification); 
Sec.  76.1702 (EEO records available for public inspection); Sec.  
76.1703 (commercial records for children's programming); Sec.  76.1704 
(proof-of-performance test data); and Sec.  76.1706 (signal leakage logs 
and repair records).
    (1)-(2) [Reserved]
    (b) Location of records. The public inspection file shall be 
maintained at the office which the system operator maintains for the 
ordinary collection of subscriber charges, resolution of subscriber 
complaints, and other business or at any accessible place in the 
community served by the system unit(s) (such as a public registry for 
documents or an attorney's office). The public inspection file shall be 
available for public inspection at any time during regular business 
hours.
    (c) All or part of the public inspection file may be maintained in a 
computer database, as long as a computer terminal is made available, at 
the location of the file, to members of the public who wish to review 
the file.
    (d) The records specified in paragraph (a) of this section shall be 
retained for the period specified in Sec. Sec.  76.1701, 76.1702, 
76.1704(a), and 76.1706, respectively.
    (e) Reproduction of records. Copies of any material in the public 
inspection file shall be available for machine reproduction upon request 
made in person, provided the requesting party shall pay the reasonable 
cost of reproduction. Requests for machine copies shall be fulfilled at 
a location specified by the system operator, within a reasonable period 
of time, which in no event shall be longer than seven days. The system 
operator is not required to honor requests made by mail but may do so if 
it chooses.

[65 FR 53621, Sept. 5, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 67117, Dec. 28, 2001; 
67 FR 1650, Jan. 14, 2002]



Sec.  76.1701  Political file.

    (a) Every cable television system shall keep and permit public 
inspection of a complete and orderly record (political file) of all 
requests for cablecast time made by or on behalf of a candidate for 
public office, together with an appropriate notation showing the 
disposition made by the system of such requests, and the charges made, 
if any, if the request is granted. The ``disposition'' includes the 
schedule of time purchased, when spots actually aired, the rates 
charged, and the classes of time purchased.
    (b) When free time is provided for use by or on behalf of 
candidates, a record of the free time provided shall be placed in the 
political file.
    (c) All records required by this paragraph shall be placed in the 
political

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file as soon as possible and shall be retained for a period of two 
years. As soon as possible means immediately absent unusual 
circumstances.
    (d) Where origination cablecasting material is a political matter or 
matter involving the discussion of a controversial issue of public 
importance and a corporation, committee, association or other 
unincorporated group, or other entity is paying for or furnishing the 
matter, the system operator shall, in addition to making the 
announcement required by Sec.  76.1616(a), require that a list of the 
chief executive officers or members of the executive committee or of the 
board of directors of the corporation, committee, association or other 
unincorporated group, or other entity shall be made available for public 
inspection at the local office of the system. Such lists shall be kept 
and made available for a period of two years.



Sec.  76.1702  Equal employment opportunity.

    (a) Every employment unit with six or more full-time employees shall 
maintain for public inspection a file containing copies of all EEO 
program annual reports filed with the Commission pursuant to Sec.  76.77 
and the equal employment opportunity program information described in 
paragraph (b) of this section. These materials shall be placed in the 
unit's public inspection file annually by the date that the unit's EEO 
program annual report is due to be filed and shall be retained for a 
period of five years. The file shall be maintained at the central office 
and at every location with six or more full-time employees. A 
headquarters employment unit file and a file containing a consolidated 
set of all documents pertaining to the other employment units of a 
multichannel video programming distributor that operates multiple units 
shall be maintained at the central office of the headquarters employment 
unit. The multichannel video programming distributor shall provide 
reasonable accommodation at these locations for undisturbed inspection 
of its equal employment opportunity records by members of the public 
during regular business hours.
    (b) The following equal employment opportunity program information 
shall be included annually in the unit's public file, and on the unit's 
web site, if it has one, at the time of the filing of its FCC Form 396-
C:
    (1) A list of all full-time vacancies filled by the multichannel 
video programming distributor employment unit during the preceding year, 
identified by job title;
    (2) For each such vacancy, the recruitment source(s) utilized to 
fill the vacancy (including, if applicable, organizations entitled to 
notification pursuant to Sec.  76.75(b)(1)(ii) of this section, which 
should be separately identified), identified by name, address, contact 
person and telephone number;
    (3) The recruitment source that referred the hiree for each full-
time vacancy during the preceding year;
    (4) Data reflecting the total number of persons interviewed for 
full-time vacancies during the preceding year and the total number of 
interviewees referred by each recruitment source utilized in connection 
with such vacancies; and
    (5) A list and brief description of the initiatives undertaken 
pursuant to Sec.  76.75(b)(2) during the preceding year, if applicable.

[68 FR 693, Jan. 7, 2003]



Sec.  76.1703  Commercial records on children's programs.

    Cable operators airing children's programming must maintain records 
sufficient to verify compliance with Sec.  76.225 and make such records 
available to the public. Such records must be maintained for a period 
sufficient to cover the limitations period specified in 47 U.S.C. 
503(b)(6)(B).



Sec.  76.1704  Proof-of-performance test data.

    (a) The proof of performance tests required by Sec.  76.601 shall be 
maintained on file at the operator's local business office for at least 
five years. The test data shall be made available for inspection by the 
Commission or the local franchiser, upon request.
    (b) The provisions of paragraph (a) of this section shall not apply 
to any cable television system having fewer

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than 1,000 subscribers, subject to the requirements of Sec.  76.601(d).

    Note to Sec.  76.1704: If a signal leakage log is being used to meet 
proof of performance test recordkeeping requirements in accordance with 
Sec.  76.601, such a log must be retained for the period specified in 
Sec.  76.601(d).



Sec.  76.1705  Performance tests (channels delivered).

    The operator of each cable television system shall maintain at its 
local office a current listing of the cable television channels which 
that system delivers to its subscribers.



Sec.  76.1706  Signal leakage logs and repair records.

    Cable operators shall maintain a log showing the date and location 
of each leakage source identified pursuant to Sec.  76.614, the date on 
which the leakage was repaired, and the probable cause of the leakage. 
The log shall be kept on file for a period of two years and shall be 
made available to authorized representatives of the Commission upon 
request.

    Note to Sec.  76.1705: If a signal leakage log is being used to meet 
proof of performance test recordkeeping requirements in accordance with 
Sec.  76.601, such a log must be retained for the period specified in 
Sec.  76.601(d).



Sec.  76.1707  Leased access.

    If a cable operator adopts and enforces a written policy regarding 
indecent leased access programming pursuant to Sec.  76.701, such a 
policy will be considered published pursuant to that rule by inclusion 
of the written policy in the operator's public inspection file.



Sec.  76.1708  Principal headend.

    (a) The operator of every cable television system shall maintain for 
public inspection the designation and location of its principal headend. 
If an operator changes the designation of its principal headend, that 
new designation must be included in its public file.
    (b) Such records must be maintained in accordance with the 
provisions of Sec.  76.1700(b).



Sec.  76.1709  Availability of signals.

    (a) Effective June 17, 1993, the operator of every cable television 
system shall maintain for public inspection a file containing a list of 
all broadcast television stations carried by its system in fulfillment 
of the must-carry requirements pursuant to Sec.  76.56. Such list shall 
include the call sign, community of license, broadcast channel number, 
cable channel number, and in the case of a noncommercial educational 
broadcast station, whether that station was carried by the cable system 
on March 29, 1990.
    (b) Such records must be maintained in accordance with the 
provisions of Sec.  76.1700(b).
    (c) A cable operator shall respond in writing within 30 days to any 
written request by any person for the identification of the signals 
carried on its system in fulfillment of the requirements of Sec.  76.56.



Sec.  76.1710  Operator interests in video programming.

    (a) Cable operators are required to maintain records in their public 
file for a period of three years regarding the nature and extent of 
their attributable interests in all video programming services as well 
as information regarding their carriage of such vertically integrated 
video programming services on cable systems in which they have an 
attributable interest. These records must be made available to local 
franchise authorities, the Commission, or members of the public on 
reasonable notice and during regular business hours.
    (b) ``Attributable interest'' shall be defined by reference to the 
criteria set forth in the Notes to Sec.  76.501.



Sec.  76.1711  Emergency alert system (EAS) tests and activation.

    Every cable system of 1,000 or more subscribers shall keep a record 
of each test and activation of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) 
procedures pursuant to the requirement of part 11 of this chapter and 
the EAS Operating Handbook. These records shall be kept for three years.



Sec.  76.1712  Open video system (OVS) requests for carriage.

    An open video system operator shall maintain a file of qualified 
video programming providers who have requested carriage or additional 
carriage

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since the previous allocation of capacity. Information regarding how a 
video programming provider should apply for carriage must be made 
available upon request.

    Note 1 to Sec.  76.1712: An open video system operator will not be 
required to comply with the regulations contained in this section if 
there is no open capacity to be allocated at the end of the three year 
period described in Sec.  76.1503(c)(2)(ii).



Sec.  76.1713  Complaint resolution.

    Cable system operators shall establish a process for resolving 
complaints from subscribers about the quality of the television signal 
delivered. Aggregate data based upon these complaints shall be made 
available for inspection by the Commission and franchising authorities, 
upon request. These records shall be maintained for at least a one-year 
period.

    Note 1 to Sec.  76.1713: Prior to being referred to the Commission, 
complaints from subscribers about the quality of the television signal 
delivered must be referred to the local franchising authority and the 
cable system operator.



Sec.  76.1714  FCC rules and regulations.

    (a) The operator of a cable television system shall have a current 
copy of part 76 and, if subject to the Emergency Alert System (EAS) 
rules contained in part 11 of this chapter, an EAS Operating Handbook, 
and is expected to be familiar with the rules governing cable television 
systems and the EAS. Copies of the Commission's rules may be obtained 
from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, 
Washington, DC 20402, at nominal cost. Copies of the EAS Operating 
Handbook may be obtained from the Commission's EAS staff, in Washington, 
DC.
    (b) The provisions of paragraph (a) of this section are not 
applicable to any cable television system serving fewer than 1000 
subscribers.
    (c) The licensee of a cable television relay station (CARS) shall 
have a current copy of part 78 of this chapter, and, in cases where 
aeronautical obstruction markings of antennas is required, part 17 of 
this chapter shall be available for use by the operator in charge. Both 
the licensee and the operator or operators responsible for the proper 
operation of the station are expected to be familiar with the rules 
governing cable television relay stations. Copies of the Commission's 
rules may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, Government 
Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402, at nominal cost.



Sec.  76.1715  Sponsorship identification.

    Whenever sponsorship announcements are omitted pursuant to Sec.  
76.1615(f) of subpart T, the cable television system operator shall 
observe the following conditions:
    (a) Maintain a list showing the name, address, and (where available) 
the telephone number of each advertiser;
    (b) Make this list available to members of the public who have a 
legitimate interest in obtaining the information contained in the list.



Sec.  76.1716  Subscriber records and public inspection file.

    The operator of a cable television system shall make the system, its 
public inspection file, and its records of subscribers available for 
inspection upon request by an authorized representative of the 
Commission at any reasonable hour.



Sec.  76.1717  Compliance with technical standards.

    Each system operator shall be prepared to show, on request by an 
authorized representative of the Commission or the local franchising 
authority, that the system does, in fact, comply with the technical 
standards rules in part 76, subpart K.



                      Subpart V_Reports and Filings

    Source: 65 FR 53623, Sept. 5, 2000, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  76.1800  Additional reports and filings.

    In addition to the reports and filings required by this subpart, 
cable operators must provide all notifications which are required by 
Sec.  1.1155 of this chapter (annual regulatory user fees). In addition, 
all cable systems subject to rate regulation must file FCC rate forms 
pursuant to the Commission's

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rate rules contained in subparts N and R of this part.

    Note 1 to Sec.  76.1800: Cable operators are required by the 
Copyright Act to make semi-annual filings of Statements of Account with 
the Licensing Division of the Copyright Office, Library of Congress, 
Washington, DC 20557.
    Note 2 to Sec.  76.1800: The Commission may require certain 
financial information to be submitted pursuant to Section 623(g) of the 
Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 543(g).



Sec.  76.1801  Registration statement.

    (a) A system community unit shall be authorized to commence 
operation only after filing with the Commission the following 
information on FCC Form 322.
    (1) The legal name of the operator, entity identification or social 
security number, and whether the operator is an individual, private 
association, partnership, or corporation. If the operator is a 
partnership, the legal name of the partner responsible for 
communications with the Commission shall be supplied;
    (2) The assumed name (if any) used for doing business in the 
community;
    (3) The mailing address, including zip code; e-mail address, if 
applicable; and telephone number to which communications are to be 
directed;
    (4) The month and year the system began service to subscribers;
    (5) The name of the community or area served and the county in which 
it is located;
    (6) The television broadcast signals to be carried which previously 
have not been certified or registered; and
    (7) The FCC Registration Number (FRN).
    (b) Registration statements, FCC Form 322, shall be signed by the 
operator; by one of the partners, if the operator is a partnership; by 
an officer, if the operator is a corporation; by a member who is an 
officer, if the operator is an unincorporated association; or by any 
duly authorized employee of the operator.
    (c) Registration statements, FCC Form 322, may be signed by the 
operator's attorney in case of the operator's physical disability or of 
his absence from the United States. The attorney shall in that event 
separately set forth the reasons why the registration statement was not 
signed by the operator. In addition, if any matter is stated on the 
basis of the attorney's belief only (rather than the attorney's 
knowledge), the attorney shall separately set forth the reasons for 
believing that such statements are true.

[68 FR 27003, May 19, 2003]

    Effective Date Note: At 68 FR 27003, May 19, 2003, Sec.  76.1801 was 
revised. This section contains information collection and recordkeeping 
requirements and will not become effective until approval has been given 
by the Office of Management and Budget.



Sec.  76.1802  Equal employment opportunity.

    Each employment unit with six or more full-time employees shall file 
an annual employment report on FCC Form 395-A (if cable operator or 
SMATV) or Form 395-M (if MVPD) with the Commission on or before 
September 30 of each year, in accordance with Sec.  76.77.

[65 FR 7459, Feb. 15, 2000]



Sec.  76.1803  Signal leakage monitoring.

    MVPDs subject to Sec.  76.611 must submit the results of ground 
based measurements derived in accordance with Sec.  76.611(a)(1) or 
airspace measurements derived in accordance with Sec.  76.611(a)(2), 
including a description of the method by which compliance with basic 
signal leakage criteria is achieved and the method of calibrating the 
measurement equipment. This information shall be provided to the 
Commission each calendar year via FCC Form 320.

[68 FR 27003, May 19, 2003]

    Effective Date Note: At 68 FR 27003, May 19, 2003, Sec.  76.1803 was 
revised. This section contains information collection and recordkeeping 
requirements and will not become effective until approval has been given 
by the Office of Management and Budget.



Sec.  76.1804  Aeronautical frequencies: leakage monitoring (CLI).

    An MVPD shall notify the Commission before transmitting any carrier 
or other signal component with an average power level across a 25 kHz 
bandwidth in any 160 microsecond time period equal to or greater than 
10-4 watts at any point in the cable distribution

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system on any new frequency or frequencies in the aeronautical radio 
frequency bands (108-137 and 225-400 MHz). The notification shall be 
made on FCC Form 321. Such notification shall include:
    (a) Legal name and local address of the MVPD;
    (b) The names and FCC identifiers (e.g., CA0001) of the system 
communities affected, for a cable system, and the name and FCC 
identifier (e.g., CAB901), for other MVPDs;
    (c) The names and telephone numbers of local system officials who 
are responsible for compliance with Sec. Sec.  76.610 through 76.616 and 
Sec.  76.1803;
    (d) Carrier frequency, tolerance, and type of modulation of all 
carriers in the aeronautical bands at any location in the cable 
distribution system and the maximum of those average powers measured 
over a 2.5 kHz bandwidth as described in the introductory paragraph to 
this rule section;
    (e) The geographical coordinates (in NAD83) of a point near the 
center of the system, together with the distance (in kilometers) from 
the designated point to the most remote point of the plant, existing or 
planned, that defines a circle enclosing the entire plant;
    (f) Certification that the monitoring procedure used is in 
compliance with Sec.  76.614 or description of the routine monitoring 
procedure to be used; and
    (g) For MVPDs subject to Sec.  76.611, the cumulative signal leakage 
index derived under Sec.  76.611(a)(1) or the results of airspace 
measurements derived under Sec.  76.611(a)(2), including a description 
of the method by which compliance with the basic signal leakage criteria 
is achieved and the method of calibrating the measurement equipment.
    (h) Aeronautical Frequency Notifications, FCC Form 321, shall be 
personally signed either electronically or manually by the operator; by 
one of the partners, if the operator is a partnership; by an officer, if 
the operator is a corporation; by a member who is an officer, if the 
operator is an unincorporated association; or by any duly authorized 
employee of the operator.
    (i) Aeronautical Frequency Notifications, FCC Form 321, may be 
signed by the operator's attorney in case of the operator's physical 
disability or of his absence from the United States. The attorney shall 
in that event separately set forth the reasons why the FCC Form 321 was 
not signed by the operator. In addition, if any matter is stated on the 
basis of the attorney's belief only (rather than the attorney's 
knowledge), the attorney shall separately set forth the reasons for 
believing that such statements are true.
    (j) The FCC Registration Number (FRN).

[68 FR 27003, May 19, 2003]

    Effective Date Note: At 68 FR 27003, May 19, 2003, Sec.  76.1804 was 
revised. This section contains information collection and recordkeeping 
requirements and will not become effective until approval has been given 
by the Office of Management and Budget.



Sec.  76.1805  Alternative rate regulation agreements.

    Small systems owned by small cable companies must file with the 
Commission a copy of any operative alternative rate regulation agreement 
entered into with a local franchising authority pursuant to Sec.  
76.934(g), within 30 days after its effective date.

                       Alphabetical Index--Part 76

                     A
 
A and B grade contours.....................  76.5
Access, Channel enforcement................  76.10
Address, operator or status change reports.  76.400
Aeronautical and marine emergency            76.616
 frequencies, Operation near.
Aeronautical band usage, Notification        76.615
 requirements.
Authority, Special temporary...............  76.29
 
                     B
 
B and A grade contours.....................  76.5
Boundaries, TV markets.....................  76.53
Broadcast, Sports..........................  76.67
Broadcast station, TV......................  76.5
 
                     C
 
Cable TV channel: Classes I, II, III, IV...  76.5
Cablecasting...............................  76.5
CATV basic signal leakage performance        76.611
 criteria.
CATV system................................  76.5
CATV system interference...................  76.613
Candidates for public office, Cablecast by.  76.205
Carriage disputes..........................   76.58
Carriage, mandatory, Expiration of.........   76.64
Carriage, Manner of........................   76.62
Carriage of other TV signals...............   76.60
Carriage of TV stations, Mandatory.........   76.56
Carriage of TV stations, Mandatory,           76.70
 Exemption from.
Channel access enforcement.................  76.10
Communities, Designated....................  76.51
Community, Principal contour...............  76.5
Community unit.............................  76.5

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Consumer education-selector switches.......  76.66
Cross-ownership............................  76.501
 
                     D
 
Definitions, Part 76.......................  76.5
Designated communities.....................  76.51
Dismissal: Special relief petitions........  76.8
Disputes concerning carriage...............  76.58
Doctrine, Fairness.........................  76.209
 
                     E
 
Editorials, Political......................  76.209
Enforcement, Channel access................  76.10
Enforcement, Lockbox.......................  76.11
Equal employment opportunity--
    Scope..................................  76.71
    General Policy.........................  76.73
    Program requirements...................  76.75
    Reporting requirements.................  76.77
    Public inspection of records...........  76.79
Exceptions, to rules provisions--
    Network program nonduplication.........  76.95
    Signal leakage performance criteria....  76.618
    Frequency separation standards.........  76.618
 
                     F
 
Fairness doctrine..........................  76.209
File, Public inspection....................  76.305
Forfeitures................................  76.9
Forms, Report..............................  76.403
Frequency bands 108-136; 225-400 MHz,        76.610
 Operation in.
Frequency separation standards.............  76.612
Frequency separation standards, Exception    76.618
 to.
Full network station.......................  76.5
 
                     G
 
Grandfathering, exceptions to rules
 provisions--
    Non-network program exclusivity........  76.99
    Non-applicability of Sec.  Sec.          76.618
     76.611 and 76.612.
    Operation in frequency bands 108-136;    76.619
     225-400 mHz.
 
                    H-I
 
Identification Sponsorship; list retention.  76.221
Independent station........................  76.5
Input selector switches....................  76.66
Input selector switches, consumer education  76.66
Input selector switches, Exemption.........  76.70
Inspection, CATV systems, by FCC...........  76.307
Interference from CATV system..............  76.613
Interference, Receiver-generated,            76.617
 Responsibility.
Isolation, Terminal........................  76.5
 
                    J-L
 
Leakage measurements, Signal...............  76.601
Leakage, Signal, performance criteria......  76.611
Leakage, Signal, performance criteria,       76.618
 Exception.
List retention, Sponsorship identification.  76.221
Lockbox enforcement........................  76.11
Lotteries..................................  76.213
 
                     M
 
Mandatory carriage of TV stations..........  76.56
Mandatory carriage of TV stations,           76.70
 Exemption from.
Manner of carriage.........................  76.62
Marine and aeronautical emergency            76.716
 frequencies, Operation near.
Major TV markets...........................  76.51
Market size operation provisions--
Measurements, Performance..................  76.609
Measurements, Signal leakage...............  76.601
Monitoring, CATV system....................  76.614
Must carry requirements....................  76.55, 76.59, 76.61, 76.64
 
                     N
 
Network nonduplication: protection extent..  76.94
Network nonduplication waivers.............  76.97
Network program nonduplication: Exceptions.  76.95
Network program nonduplication:              76.94
 Notification.
Network programming........................  76.5
Network programs: nonduplication protection  76.92
Network station, Full......................  76.5
Network station, Partial...................  76.5
Noise, System..............................  76.5
Nonduplication protection, Network programs  76.92
Non-network program exclusivity, exceptions  76.99
Notification requirements: aeronautical      76.615
 bands.
Notification requirements: network           76.94
 nonduplication.
 
                     O
 
Operation in frequency bands 108-136 and     76.610
 225-400 MHz.
Operator, address or status change reports.  76.400
Order, Show cause..........................  76.9
Ownership, Cross...........................  76.501
 
                     P
 
Partial network station....................  76.5
Performance measurements...................  76.609
Personal attacks: political cablecasts.....  76.209
Petitions, Dismissal of....................  76.8
Petitions for waiver.......................  76.7
Political editorials.......................  76.209
Possession of rules........................  76.301
Prime time.................................  76.5
Program carriages, STV.....................  76.64
Programming, Network.......................  76.5
Protection extent: network nonduplication..  76.94
Public inspection file.....................  76.305
Public office, Cablecasts by candidates for  76.205
PURPOSE--Part 76...........................  76.1
 
                     Q
 
Qualified TV station, Showing..............  76.55
 
                     R
 
Rate regulation standards..................  76.33
Receiver generated interference............  76.617
Reference points, Major/smaller markets....  76.53
Registration statement: signature..........  76.14
Registration statement.....................  76.12
Relief, Special............................  76.7
Report forms...............................  76.403
Reports: Change of operator, address,        76.400
 status.
Responsibility for receiver-generated        76.617
 interference.
Rule waiver................................  76.7
Rules, Possession..........................  76.301
 
                     S
 
Selector switches, Input...................  76.66
Selector switches, input, Exemption........  76.70
Show cause order...........................  76.9
Signal leakage measurements................  76.601
Signal leakage performance criteria........  76.611
Signature: registration statement..........  76.14
Significantly viewed signals...............  76.54
Special relief.............................  76.7
Special relief petitions, Dismissal of.....  76.8
Special temporary authority................  76.29
Specified zone, TV station.................  76.5

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Sponsorship identification, List retention.  76.221
Sports broadcasts..........................  76.67
Standards for rate regulation..............  76.33
Standards, Technical.......................  76.605
Station protection: network program          76.92
 nonduplication.
Status, operator or address change reports.  76.400
Subscriber terminal........................  76.5
Subscribers................................  76.5
System community unit......................  76.5
System inspection (by FCC).................  76.307
System monitoring..........................  76.614
System noise...............................  76.5
 
                     T
 
Technical standards........................  76.605
Terminal isolation.........................  76.5
Terminal, Subscriber.......................  76.5
Tests, Performance.........................  76.601
Translator station, TV.....................  76.5
TV markets, Boundaries of..................  76.53
TV markets, Major..........................  76.51
TV signals, Carriage non-mandatory.........  76.60
 
                    U-V
 
Vertical blanking interval, Services on....  76.64
 
                     W
 
Waiver, Network nonduplication.............  76.97
Waiver, Rules..............................  76.7
 
                   X-Y-Z
 
Zone, Specified, of TV station.............  76.5
 


[50 FR 38536, Sept. 23, 1985; 50 FR 39114, Sept. 27, 1985, as amended at 
51 FR 34622, Sept. 30, 1986; 52 FR 37316, Oct. 6, 1987]



PART 78_CABLE TELEVISION RELAY SERVICE--Table of Contents




                            Subpart A_General

Sec.
78.1 Purpose.
78.3 Other pertinent rules.
78.5 Definitions.

                   Subpart B_Applications and Licenses

78.11 Permissible service.
78.13 Eligibility for license.
78.15 Contents of applications.
78.16 Who may sign applications.
78.17 Amendment of applications.
78.18 Frequency assignments.
78.19 Interference.
78.20 Acceptance of applications; public notice.
78.21 Dismissal of applications.
78.22 Objections to applications.
78.23 Equipment tests.
78.27 License conditions.
78.29 License period.
78.31 Temporary extension of license.
78.33 Special temporary authority.
78.35 Assignment or transfer of control.
78.36 Frequency coordination.
78.40 Transition of the 1990-2025 MHz band from the Cable Television 
          Relay Service to emerging technologies.

                Subpart C_General Operating Requirements

78.51 Remote control operation.
78.53 Unattended operation.
78.55 Time of operation.
78.57 Station inspection.
78.59 Posting of station and operator licenses.
78.61 Operator requirements.
78.63 Antenna structure marking and lighting.
78.65 Additional orders.
78.67 Copies of rules.
78.69 Station records.
78.75 Equal employment opportunities.

                     Subpart D_Technical Regulations

78.101 Power limitations.
78.103 Emissions and emission limitations.
78.104 Authorized bandwidth and emission designator.
78.105 Antenna systems.
78.106 Interference to geostationary-satellites.
78.107 Equipment and installation.
78.108 Minimum path lengths for fixed links.
78.109 Major and minor modifications to stations.
78.111 Frequency tolerance.
78.113 Frequency monitors and measurements.
78.115 Modulation limits.

Alphabetical Index--Part 78

    Authority: Secs. 2, 3, 4, 301, 303, 307, 308, 309, 48 Stat., as 
amended, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085; 47 U.S.C. 152, 
153, 154, 301, 303, 307, 308, 309.

    Source: 37 FR 3292, Feb. 12, 1972, unless otherwise noted.



                            Subpart A_General



Sec.  78.1  Purpose.

    The rules and regulations set forth in this part provide for the 
licensing and operation of fixed or mobile cable television relay 
service stations (CARS) used for the transmission of television and 
related audio signals, signals of standard and FM broadcast stations, 
signals of instructional television fixed stations, and cablecasting 
from the point of reception to a terminal point from which the signals 
are distributed to the public by cable. In addition

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CARS stations may be used to transmit television and related audio 
signals to TV translator and low power TV stations.

[43 FR 1952, Jan. 13, 1978, as amended at 47 FR 21503, May 18, 1982]



Sec.  78.3  Other pertinent rules.

    Other pertinent provisions of the Commission's rules and regulations 
relating to the cable television relay service (CARS) are included in 
the following parts of this chapter:

Part 0--Commission Organization.
Part 1--Practice and Procedure.
Part 2--Frequency Allocations and Radio Treaty Matters; General Rules 
and Regulations.
Part 17--Construction Marking and Lighting of Antenna Structures.
Part 21--Domestic Public Fixed Radio Services.
Part 74--Experimental, Auxiliary, and Special Broadcast, and Other 
Program Distribution Services.
Part 76--Cable Television Service.
Part 101--Fixed Microwave Services.

[55 FR 46014, Oct. 31, 1990, as amended at 65 FR 38326, June 20, 2000]



Sec.  78.5  Definitions.

    For purposes of this part, the following definitions are applicable. 
For other definitions, see part 76 (Cable Television Service) of this 
chapter.
    (a) Cable television relay service (CARS) station. A fixed or mobile 
station used for the transmission of television and related audio 
signals, signals of standard and FM broadcast stations, signals of 
instructional television fixed stations, and cablecasting from the point 
of reception to a terminal point from the point of reception to a 
terminal point from which the signals are distributed to the public.

    Note: Except where the rules contained in this part make separate 
provision, the term ``Cable Television Relay service'' or ``CARS'' 
includes the term ``Local Distribution Service'' or ``LDS,'' the term 
``Cable Television Relay service Studio to Headend Link'' or ``SHL,'' 
and the term ``Cable Television Relay PICKUP,'' as defined in paragraphs 
(b), (c), and (d) of this section.

    (b) Local distribution service (LDS) station. A fixed CARS station 
used within a cable television system or systems for the transmission of 
television signals and related audio signals, signals of standard and FM 
broadcast stations, signals of instructional television fixed stations, 
and cablecasting from a local transmission point to one or more 
receiving points, from which the communications are distributed to the 
public. LDS stations may also engage in repeatered operation.
    (c) Cable Television Relay Service Studio to Headend Link (SHL) 
station. A fixed CARS station used for the transmission of television 
program material and related communications from a cable television 
studio to the headend of a cable television system.
    (d) Cable Television Relay Service PICKUP station. A land mobile 
CARS station used for the transmission of television signals and related 
communications from the scenes of events occurring at points removed 
from cable television studios to cable television studios or headends.
    (e) Remote control operation. Operation of a station by a qualified 
operator on duty at a control position from which the transmitter is not 
visible but which control position is equipped with suitable control and 
telemetering circuits so that the essential functions that could be 
performed at the transmitter can also be performed from the control 
point.
    (f) Attended operation. Operation of a station by a qualified 
operator on duty at the place where the transmitting apparatus is 
located with the transmitter in plain view of the operator.
    (g) Unattended operation. Operation of a station by automatic means 
whereby the transmitter is turned on and off and performs its functions 
without attention by a qualified operator.
    (h) Authorized bandwidth. The maximum bandwidth authorized to be 
used by a station as specified in the station license. (See Sec. Sec.  
2.202 and 78.104.)
    (i) Cable network-entity. A cable network-entity is an organization 
which produces programs available for simultaneous transmission by cable 
systems serving a combined total of at least 5,000,000 subscribers and 
having distribution facilities or circuits available to such affiliated 
stations or cable systems.
    (j) Other eligible system. A system comprised of microwave radio 
channels in the Multipoint Distribution Service

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and Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Services (as defined in Sec.  
21.2 of this chapter, and, on a part-time basis, in the Instructional 
Television Fixed Service (as defined in Sec.  74.901 of this chapter) 
that delivers multichannel television service over the air to 
subscribers.

[37 FR 3292, Feb. 12, 1972, as amended at 38 FR 16647, June 25, 1973; 39 
FR 26025, July 16, 1974; 43 FR 1953, Jan. 13, 1978; 52 FR 7143, Mar. 9, 
1987; 55 FR 46015, Oct. 31, 1990]



                   Subpart B_Applications and Licenses



Sec.  78.11  Permissible service.

    (a) CARS stations are authorized to relay TV broadcast and low power 
TV and related audio signals, the signals of AM and FM broadcast 
stations, signals of instructional TV fixed stations, and cablecasting 
intended for use by one or more cable television systems or other 
eligible systems. LDS stations are authorized to relay television 
broadcast and related audio signals, the signals of AM and FM broadcast 
stations, signals of instructional television fixed stations, 
cablecasting, and such other communications as may be authorized by the 
Commission. Relaying includes retransmission of signals by intermediate 
relay stations in the system. CARS licensees may interconnect their 
facilities with those of other CARS, common carrier, or television 
auxiliary licensees, and may also retransmit the signals of such CARS, 
common carrier, or television auxiliary stations, provided that the 
program material retransmitted meets the requirements of this paragraph.
    (b) The transmitter of a CARS station using FM transmission may be 
multiplexed to provide additional communication channels for the 
transmission of standard and FM broadcast station programs and 
operational communications directly related to the technical operation 
of the relay system (including voice communications, telemetry signals, 
alerting signals, fault reporting signals, and control signals). A CARS 
station will be authorized only where the principal use is the 
transmission of television broadcast program material or cablecasting: 
Provided, however, That this requirement shall not apply to LDS 
stations.
    (c) CARS station licenses may be issued to cable television owners 
or operators or other eligible system owners or operators, and to 
cooperative enterprises owned by cable television owners or operators or 
other eligible system owners or operators. Television translator 
licensees may be members of such cooperative enterprises.
    (d) CARS systems shall supply program material to cable television 
systems, other eligible systems, and translator stations only in the 
following circumstances.
    (1) Where the licensee of the CARS station or system is owner or 
operator of the cable television systems or other eligible systems 
supplied with program material; or
    (2) Where the licensee of the CARS station or system supplies 
program material to cable television systems, other eligible systems, or 
television translator stations either without charge or on a non-profit, 
cost-sharing basis pursuant to a written contract between the parties 
involved which provides that the CARS licensee shall have exclusive 
control over the operation of the CARS stations licensed to him and that 
contributions to capital and operating expenses are accepted only on a 
cost-sharing, nonprofit basis, prorated on an equitable basis among all 
cable television systems or other eligible systems being supplied with 
program material in whole or in part. Charges for the programming 
material are not subject to this restriction and cable network-entities 
may fully charge for their services. Records showing the cost of the 
service and its nonprofit, cost-sharing nature shall be maintained by 
the CARS licensee and held available for inspection by the Commission.
    (e) The license of a CARS pickup station authorizes the transmission 
of program material, and related communications necessary to the 
accomplishment of such transmission, from the scenes of events occurring 
in places other than a cable television studio or the studio of another 
eligible system, to the studio, headend, or transmitter of its 
associated cable television system or other eligible system, or to such

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other cable television or other eligible systems as are carrying the 
same program material. CARS pickup stations may be used to provide 
temporary CARS studio-to-headend links, studio-to-transmitter links, or 
CARS circuits consistent with this part without further authority of the 
Commission: Provided, however, That prior Commission authority shall be 
obtained if the transmitting antenna to be installed will increase the 
height of any natural formation or manmade structure by more than 6.1 
meters (20 feet) and will be in existence for a period of more than 2 
consecutive days: And provided, further, That if the transmitting 
equipment is to be operated for more than 1 day outside of the area to 
which the CARS station has been licensed, the Commission, the Engineer 
in charge of the district in which the station is licensed to operate, 
and the Engineer in charge of the district in which the equipment will 
be temporarily operated shall be notified at least 1 day prior to such 
operation. If the decision to continue operation for more than 1 day is 
not made until the operation has begun, notice shall be given to the 
Commission and the relevant Engineers in charge within 1 day after such 
decision. In all instances, the Commission and the relevant Engineers in 
charge shall be notified when the transmitting equipment has been 
returned to its licensed area.
    (f) A cable network-entity may use CARS stations to transmit their 
own television program materials to cable television systems, other 
eligible systems, other cable network-entities, broadcast stations, and 
broadcast network-entities: Provided, however, That the bands 2025-2110 
MHz, 6425-6526 MHz and 6875-7125 MHz may be used by cable network-
entities only for CARS pick-up stations.
    (g) The provisions of paragraph (d) of this section and Sec.  78.13 
shall not apply to a licensee who has been licensed in the CARS service 
pursuant to Sec.  101.705 of this chapter, except that paragraph (d) of 
this section shall apply with respect to facilities added or cable 
television and other eligible systems first served after February 1, 
1966.

[37 FR 3292, Feb. 12, 1972, as amended at 37 FR 15926, Aug. 8, 1972; 43 
FR 1953, Jan. 13, 1978; 43 FR 25127, June 9, 1978; 44 FR 32382, June 6, 
1979; 47 FR 21503, May 18, 1982; 50 FR 23421, June 4, 1985; 52 FR 7144, 
Mar. 9, 1987; 55 FR 46015, Oct. 31, 1990; 58 FR 44952, Aug. 25, 1993; 65 
FR 38326, June 20, 2000; 65 FR 48181, Aug. 7, 2000]



Sec.  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 
Multipoint Distribution Service and Multichannel Multipoint Distribution 
Service as defined in Sec.  21.2 of this chapter, or entities that hold 
an executed lease agreement with an MDS or MMDS licensee or conditional 
licensee or with an Instructional Television Fixed Service licensee or 
permittee.
    (e) Licensees, construction permittees, and applicants of channels 
in the Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS) as defined in Sec.  
74.901 if:
    (1) The station is authorized or the application proposes 
authorization as a point-to-point operation; and
    (2) Grant of a CARS license would allow displacement of any E or F 
channel of the ITFS point-to-point operation by a Multipoint 
Distribution Service (MDS) or Multichannel Multipoint Distribution 
Service (MMDS) applicant, conditional licensee, or licensee.
    (f) To private cable operators and other multichannel video 
programming

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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]



Sec.  78.15  Contents of applications.

    (a) Applications for authorization in the Cable Television Relay 
Service shall be submitted on FCC Form 327, and shall contain the 
information requested therein. Applications requiring fees as set forth 
at part 1, subpart G of this chapter must be filed in accordance with 
Sec.  0.401(b) of the rules.
    (b) An application for a CARS studio to headend link or LDS station 
license shall contain a statement that the applicant has investigated 
the possibility of using cable rather than microwave and the reasons why 
it was decided to use microwave rather than cable.

    Note: Each applicant filing pursuant to Sec.  78.15 is responsible 
for the continuing accuracy and completeness of all information in such 
applications. The provisions of Sec.  1.65 are wholly applicable to 
applications pursuant to Sec.  78.15, as well as to amendments filed 
pursuant to Sec.  78.17, and objections filed pursuant to Sec.  78.22, 
except that where the specific provisins of Sec. Sec.  78.15, 78.17, 
78.22 conflict with the provisions of Sec.  1.65, the specific 
provisions are controlling, e.g., where requirements for service on 
specified parties of certain information may vary.

    (c) CARS applicants must follow the procedures prescribed in subpart 
1 of part 1 of this chapter (Sec. Sec.  1.1301 through 1.1319) regarding 
the filing of environmental assessments unless Commission action 
authorizing construction of a CARS station would be categorically 
excluded from the environmental processing requirements under Sec.  
1.1306 of this chapter.

[41 FR 3719, Jan. 23, 1976, as amended at 41 FR 32429, Aug. 3, 1976; 42 
FR 61864, Dec. 7, 1977; 50 FR 23421, June 4, 1985; 52 FR 10231, Mar. 31, 
1987; 55 FR 20398, May 16, 1990]



Sec.  78.16  Who may sign applications.

    (a) Applications, amendments thereto, and related statements of fact 
required by the Commission shall be personally signed by the applicant, 
if the applicant is an individual; by one of the partners, if the 
applicant is a partnership; by an officer, if the applicant is a 
corporation; or by a member who is an officer, if the applicant is an 
unincorporated association. Applications, amendments, and related 
statements of fact filed on behalf of government entities shall be 
signed by such duly elected or appointed officials as may be competent 
to do so under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction.
    (b) Applications, amendments thereto, and related statements of fact 
required by the Commission may be signed by the applicant's attorney in 
case of the applicant's physical disability or of his absence from the 
United States. The attorney shall in that event separately set forth the 
reasons why the application is not signed by the applicant. In addition, 
if any matter is stated on the basis of the attorney's belief only 
(rather than his knowledge), he shall separately set forth his reasons 
for believing that such statements are true.
    (c) Only the original of applications, amendments, or related 
statements of fact need be signed; copies may be conformed.
    (d) Applications, amendments, and related statements of fact need 
not be submitted under oath. Willful false statements made therein, 
however, are punishable by fine and imprisonment, United States Code, 
title 18, section 1001, and by appropriate administrative sanctions, 
including revocation of station license pursuant to section 312(a)(1) of 
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.

[37 FR 15926, Aug. 8, 1972]



Sec.  78.17  Amendment of applications.

    Any application may be amended as a matter of right prior to the 
adoption date of any final action taken by the Commission with respect 
to the application. If a petition to deny has been filed, the amendment 
shall be served on the petitioner.

[68 FR 27004, May 19, 2003]

    Effective Date Note: At 68 FR 27004, May 19, 2003, Sec.  78.17 was 
revised. This section contains information collection and recordkeeping 
requirements and will not become effective until approval has been given 
by the Office of Management and Budget.

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Sec.  78.18  Frequency assignments.

    (a) The Cable Television Relay Service is assigned the band of 
frequencies from 12.70 to 13.20 GHz. This band is shared with the Fixed-
Satellite Service (earth-to-space) from 12.70 to 12.75 GHz and 
Television Auxiliary Broadcast Stations from 12.70 to 13.20 GHz. The 
following channels may be assigned to CARS stations for the propagation 
of radio waves with the indicated polarization:
    (1) For CARS stations using FM transmission:

                            Group A Channels
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Channel
                     Designation                        boundaries (GHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
A01 \1\..............................................      12.700-12.725
A02 \1\..............................................      12.725-12.750
A03 \1\..............................................      12.750-12.775
A04 \1\..............................................      12.775-12.800
A05 \1\..............................................      12.800-12.825
A06 \1\..............................................      12.825-12.850
A07 \1\..............................................      12.850-12.875
A08 \1\..............................................      12.875-12.900
A09 \1\..............................................      12.900-12.925
A10 \1\..............................................      12.925-12.950
A11 \1\..............................................      12.950-12.975
A12 \1\..............................................      12.975-13.000
A13 \1\..............................................      13.000-13.025
A14 \1\..............................................      13.025-13.050
A15 \1\..............................................      13.050-13.075
A16 \1\..............................................      13.075-13.100
A17 \1\..............................................      13.100-13.125
A18 \1\..............................................      13.125-13.150
A19 \1\..............................................  \2\ 13.150-13.175
A20 \1\..............................................  \2\ 13.170-13.200
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Appropriate polarization designation:
 
H=Horizontally polarized propagated radio wave.
V=Vertically polarized propagated radio wave.
R=Right-handed (clockwise) elliptically polarized propagated radio wave.
L=Left-handed (counter-clockwise) elliptically polarized propagated
  radio wave.
 
\2\ See paragraph (l) of this section.
 
Note: Polarization designations shall be in accordance with IEEE
  standard 100-1972 as amended.


                            Group B Channels
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Channel
                     Designation                        boundaries (GHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B01 \1\..............................................    12.7125-12.7375
B02 \1\..............................................    12.7375-12.7625
B03 \1\..............................................    12.7625-12.7875
B04 \1\..............................................    12.7875-12.8125
B05 \1\..............................................    12.8125-12.8375
B06 \1\..............................................    12.8375-12.8625
B07 \1\..............................................    12.8625-12.8875
B08 \1\..............................................    12.8875-12.9125
B09 \1\..............................................    12.9125-12.9375
B10 \1\..............................................    12.9375-12.9625
B11 \1\..............................................    12.9625-12.9875
B12 \1\..............................................    12.9875-13.0125
B13 \1\..............................................    13.0125-13.0375
B14 \1\..............................................    13.0375-13.0625
B15 \1\..............................................    13.0625-13.0875
B16 \1\..............................................    13.0875-13.1125
B17 \1\..............................................    13.1125-13.1375
B18 \1\..............................................       \2\ 13.1375-
                                                                 13.1625
B19 \1\..............................................       \2\ 13.1625-
                                                                 13.1875
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ See footnote 1 following GROUP A CHANNELS.
\2\ See paragraph (l) of this section.
 
Note: Polarization designations shall be in accordance with IEEE
  standard 100-1972 as amended.

    (2) CARS stations using vestigal sideband AM transmission and FM 
transmission requiring a necessary bandwidth of no more than 6 MHz.

                            Group C Channels
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                        Alternate change
           Designation             Channel boundaries   boundaries (GHz)
                                   (GHz) [C channels]    [Ca channels]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C01 \1\..........................  12.7005-12.7065     12.7005-12.7065
C02 \1\..........................  12.7065-12.7125     12.7065-12.7125
C03 \1\..........................  12.7125-12.7185     12.7125-12.7185
C04 \1\..........................  12.7185-12.7225     12.7185-12.7245
                                    \2\
C05 \1\..........................  12.7225-12.7285     12.7245-12.7305
C06 \1\..........................  12.7285-12.7345     12.7305-12.7365
C07 \1\..........................  12.7345-12.7405     12.7365-12.7425
C08 \1\..........................  12.7405-12.7465     12.7425-12.7485
C09 \1\..........................  12.7465-12.7525     12.7485-12.7545
C10 \1\..........................  12.7525-12.7545
                                    \2\
C11 \1\..........................  12.7545-12.7605     12.7545-12.7605
C12 \1\..........................  12.7605-12.7665     12.7605-12.7665
C13 \1\..........................  12.7665-12.7725     12.7665-12.7725
C14 \1\..........................  12.7725-12.7785     12.7725-12.7785
C15 \1\..........................  12.7785-12.7845     12.7785-12.7845
C16 \1\..........................  12.7845-12.7905     12.7845-12.7905
C17 \1\..........................  12.7905-12.7965     12.7905-12.7965
C18 \1\..........................  12.7965-12.8025     12.7965-12.8025
C19 \1\..........................  12.8025-12.8085     12.8025-12.8085
C20 \1\..........................  12.8085-12.8145     12.8085-12.8145
C21 \1\..........................  12.8145-12.8205     12.8145-12.8205
C22 \1\..........................  12.8205-12.8265     12.8205-12.8265
C23 \1\..........................  12.8265-12.8325     12.8265-12.8325
C24 \1\..........................  12.8325-12.8385     12.8325-12.8385

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C25 \1\..........................  12.8385-12.8445     12.8385-12.8445
C26 \1\..........................  12.8445-12.8505     12.8445-12.8505
C27 \1\..........................  12.8505-12.8565     12.8505-12.8565
C28 \1\..........................  12.8565-12.8625     12.8565-12.8625
C29 \1\..........................  12.8625-12.8685     12.8625-12.8685
C30 \1\..........................  12.8685-12.8745     12.8685-12.8745
C31 \1\..........................  12.8745-12.8805     12.8745-12.8805
C32 \1\..........................  12.8805-12.8865     12.8805-12.8865
C33 \1\..........................  12.8865-12.8925     12.8865-12.8925
C34 \1\..........................  12.8925-12.8985     12.8925-12.8985
C35 \1\..........................  12.8985-12.9045     12.8985-12.9045
C36 \1\..........................  12.9045-12.9105     12.9045-12.9105
C37 \1\..........................  12.9105-12.9165     12.9105-12.9165
C38 \1\..........................  12.9165-12.9225     12.9165-12.9225
C39 \1\..........................  12.9225-12.9285     12.9225-12.9285
C40 \1\..........................  12.9285-12.9345     12.9285-12.9345
C41 \1\..........................  12.9345-12.9405     12.9345-12.9405
C42 \1\..........................  12.9405-12.9465     12.9405-12.9465
C43 \1\..........................  12.9465-12.9525     12.9465-12.9525
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ See footnote 1 following GROUP A CHANNELS.
\2\ For transmission of pilot subcarriers or other authorized narrow
  band signals.


                                                Group D Channels
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                            Alternate channel
                          Designation                              Channel boundaries      boundaries (GHz) [Da
                                                                   (GHz) [D channels]           channels]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D01 \1\.......................................................    12.7597-12.7657          12.7597-12.7657
D02 \1\.......................................................    12.7657-12.7717          12.7657-12.7717
D03 \1\.......................................................    12.7717-12.7777          12.7717-12.7777
D04 \1\.......................................................    12.7777-12.7817 \2\      12.7777-12.7837
D05 \1\.......................................................    12.7817-12.7877          12.7837-12.7897
D06 \1\.......................................................    12.7877-12.7937          12.7897-12.7957
D07 \1\.......................................................    12.7937-12.7997          12.7957-12.8017
D08 \1\.......................................................    12.7997-12.8057          12.8017-12.8077
D09 \1\.......................................................    12.8057-12.8117          12.8077-12.8137
D10 \1\.......................................................    12.8117-12.8137 \2\     N/A
D11 \1\.......................................................    12.8137-12.8197          12.8137-12.8197
D12 \1\.......................................................    12.8197-12.8257          12.8197-12.8257
D13 \1\.......................................................    12.8257-12.8317          12.8257-12.8317
D14 \1\.......................................................    12.8317-12.8377          12.8317-12.8377
D15 \1\.......................................................    12.8377-12.8437          12.8377-12.8437
D16 \1\.......................................................    12.8437-12.8497          12.8437-12.8497
D17 \1\.......................................................    12.8497-12.8557          12.8497-12.8557
D18 \1\.......................................................    12.8557-12.8617          12.8557-12.8617
D19 \1\.......................................................    12.8617-12.8677          12.8617-12.8677
D20 \1\.......................................................    12.8677-12.8737          12.8677-12.8737
D21 \1\.......................................................    12.8737-12.8797          12.8737-12.8797
D22 \1\.......................................................    12.8797-12.8857          12.8797-12.8857
D23 \1\.......................................................    12.8857-12.8917          12.8857-12.8917
D24 \1\.......................................................    12.8917-12.8977          12.8917-12.8977
D25 \1\.......................................................    12.8977-12.9037          12.8977-12.9037
D26 \1\.......................................................    12.9037-12.9097          12.9037-12.9097
D27 \1\.......................................................    12.9097-12.9157          12.9097-12.9157
D28 \1\.......................................................    12.9157-12.9217          12.9157-12.9217
D29 \1\.......................................................    12.9217-12.9277          12.9217-12.9277
D30 \1\.......................................................    12.9277-12.9337          12.9277-12.9337
D31 \1\.......................................................    12.9337-12.9397          12.9337-12.9397
D32 \1\.......................................................    12.9397-12.9457          12.9397-12.9457
D33 \1\.......................................................    12.9457-12.9517          12.9457-12.9517
D34 \1\.......................................................    12.9517-12.9577          12.9517-12.9577
D35 \1\.......................................................    12.9577-12.9637          12.9577-12.9637
D36 \1\.......................................................    12.9637-12.9697          12.9637-12.9697
D37 \1\.......................................................    12.9697-12.9757          12.9697-12.9757
D38 \1\.......................................................    12.9757-12.9817          12.9757-12.9817
D39 \1\.......................................................    12.9817-12.9877          12.9817-12.9877
D40 \1\.......................................................    12.9877-12.9937          12.9877-12.9937
D41 \1\.......................................................    12.9937-12.9997          12.9937-12.9997
D42 \1\.......................................................    12.9997-13.0057          12.9997-13.0057

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D43 \1\.......................................................    13.0057-13.0117          13.0057-13.0117
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\1\ See footnote 1 following GROUP A CHANNELS.
 \2\ For transmission of pilot subcarriers or other authorized narrow band signals.


                                                Group E Channels
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                            Alternate channel
                          Designation                              Channel boundaries      boundaries (GHz) [Ea
                                                                   (GHz) [E channels]           channels]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E01 \1\.......................................................    12.9525-12.9585          12.9525-12.9585
E02 \1\.......................................................    12.9585-12.9645          12.9585-12.9645
E03 \1\.......................................................    12.9645-12.9705          12.9645-12.9705
E04 \1\.......................................................    12.9705-12.9745 \2\      12.9705-12.9765
E05 \1\.......................................................    12.9745-12.9805          12.9765-12.9825
E06 \1\.......................................................    12.9805-12.9865          12.9825-12.9885
E07 \1\.......................................................    12.9865-12.9925          12.9885-12.9945
E08 \1\.......................................................    12.9925-12.9985          12.9945-13.0005
E09 \1\.......................................................    12.9985-13.0045          13.0005-13.0065
E10 \1\.......................................................    13.0045-13.0065 \2\     N/A
E11 \1\.......................................................    13.0065-13.0125          13.0065-13.0125
E12 \1\.......................................................    13.0125-13.0185          13.0125-13.0185
E13 \1\.......................................................    13.0185-13.0245          13.0185-13.0245
E14 \1\.......................................................    13.0245-13.0305          13.0245-13.0305
E15 \1\.......................................................    13.0305-13.0365          13.0305-13.0365
E16 \1\.......................................................    13.0365-13.0425          13.0365-13.0425
E17 \1\.......................................................    13.0425-13.0485          13.0425-13.0485
E18 \1\.......................................................    13.0485-13.0545          13.0485-13.0545
E19 \1\.......................................................    13.0545-13.0605          13.0545-13.0605
E20 \1\.......................................................    13.0605-13.0665          13.0605-13.0665
E21 \1\.......................................................    13.0665-13.0725          13.0665-13.0725
E22 \1\.......................................................    13.0725-13.0785          13.0725-13.0785
E23 \1\.......................................................    13.0785-13.0845          13.0785-13.0845
E24 \1\.......................................................    13.0845-13.0905          13.0845-13.0905
E25 \1\.......................................................    13.0905-13.0965          13.0905-13.0965
E26 \1\.......................................................    13.0965-13.1025          13.0965-13.1025
E27 \1\.......................................................    13.1025-13.1085          13.1025-13.1085
E28 \1\.......................................................    13.1085-13.1145          13.1085-13.1145
E29 \1\.......................................................    13.1145-13.1205          13.1145-13.1205
E30 \1\.......................................................    13.1205-13.1265          13.1205-13.1265
E31 \1\.......................................................    13.1265-13.1325          13.1265-13.1325
E32 \1\.......................................................    13.1325-13.1385          13.1325-13.1385
E33 \1\.......................................................    13.1385-13.1445          13.1385-13.1445
E34 \1\.......................................................    13.1445-13.1505 \3\      13.1445-13.1505 \3\
E35 \1\.......................................................    13.1505-13.1565 \3\      13.1505-13.1565 \3\
E36 \1\.......................................................    13.1565-13.1625 \3\      13.1565-13.1625 \3\
E37 \1\.......................................................    13.1625-13.1685 \3\      13.1625-13.1685 \3\
E38 \1\.......................................................    13.1685-13.1745 \3\      13.1685-13.1745 \3\
E39 \1\.......................................................    13.1745-13.1805 \3\      13.1745-13.1805 \3\
E40 \1\.......................................................    13.1805-13.1865 \3\      13.1805-13.1865 \3\
E41 \1\.......................................................    13.1865-13.1925 \3\      13.1865-13.1925 \3\
E42 \1\.......................................................    13.1925-13.1985 \3\      13.1925-13.1985 \3\
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ See footnote 1 following GROUP A CHANNELS.
\2\ For transmission of pilot subcarriers or other authorized narrow band signals.
\3\ See paragraph (l) of this section.


                                                Group F Channels
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                            Alternate channel
                          Designation                              Channel boundaries      boundaries (GHz) [Fa
                                                                   (GHz) [F channels]           channels]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
F01 \1\.......................................................    13.0125-13.0185          13.0125-13.0185
F02 \1\.......................................................    13.0185-13.0245          13.0185-13.0245
F03 \1\.......................................................    13.0245-13.0305          13.0245-13.0305
F04 \1\.......................................................    13.0305-13.0345 \2\      13.0305-13.0365
F05 \1\.......................................................    13.0345-13.0405          13.0365-13.0425
F06 \1\.......................................................    13.0405-13.0465          13.0425-13.0485
F07 \1\.......................................................    13.0465-13.0525          13.0485-13.0545
F08 \1\.......................................................    13.0525-13.0585          13.0545-13.0605
F09 \1\.......................................................    13.0585-13.0645          13.0605-13.0665
F10 \1\.......................................................    13.0645-13.0665 \2\     N/A

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F11 \1\.......................................................    13.0665-13.0725          13.0665-13.0725
F12 \1\.......................................................    13.0725-13.0785          13.0725-13.0785
F13 \1\.......................................................    13.0785-13.0845          13.0785-13.0845
F14 \1\.......................................................    13.0845-13.0905          13.0845-13.0905
F15 \1\.......................................................    13.0905-13.0965          13.0905-13.0965
F16 \1\.......................................................    13.0965-13.1025          13.0965-13.1025
F17 \1\.......................................................    13.1025-13.1085          13.1025-13.1085
F18 \1\.......................................................    13.1085-13.1145          13.1085-13.1145
F19 \1\.......................................................    13.1145-13.1205          13.1145-13.1205
F20 \1\.......................................................    13.1205-13.1265          13.1205-13.1265
F21 \1\.......................................................    13.1265-13.1325          13.1265-13.1325
F22 \1\.......................................................    13.1325-13.1385          13.1325-13.1385
F23 \1\.......................................................    13.1385-13.1445          13.1385-13.1445
F24 \1\.......................................................    13.1445-13.1505 \3\      13.1445-13.1505 \3\
F25 \1\.......................................................    13.1505-13.1565 \3\      13.1505-13.1565 \3\
F26 \1\.......................................................    13.1565-13.1625 \3\      13.1565-13.1625 \3\
F27 \1\.......................................................    13.1625-13.1685 \3\      13.1625-13.1685 \3\
F28 \1\.......................................................    13.1685-13.1745 \3\      13.1685-13.1745 \3\
F29 \1\.......................................................    13.1745-13.1805 \3\      13.1745-13.1805 \3\
F30 \1\.......................................................    13.1805-13.1865 \3\      13.1805-13.1865 \3\
F31 \1\.......................................................    13.1865-13.1925 \3\      13.1865-13.1925 \3\
F32 \1\.......................................................    13.1925-13.1985 \3\      13.1925-13.1985 \3\
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ See footnote 1 following GROUP A CHANNELS.
\2\ For transmission of pilot subcarriers or other authorized narrow band signals.
\3\ See paragraph (l) of this section.

    (3) For CARS stations using AM and FM transmission requiring a 
necessary bandwidth of no more than 12.5 MHz.

                             Group K Channel
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Channel
                     Designation                        boundaries (GHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
K01 \1\..............................................    12.7000-12.7125
K02 \1\..............................................    12.7125-12.7250
K03 \1\..............................................    12.7250-12.7375
K04 \1\..............................................    12.7375-12.7500
K05 \1\..............................................    12.7500-12.7625
K06 \1\..............................................    12.7625-12.7750
K07 \1\..............................................    12.7750-12.7875
K08 \1\..............................................    12.7875-12.8000
K09 \1\..............................................    12.8000-12.8125
K10 \1\..............................................    12.8125-12.8250
K11 \1\..............................................    12.8250-12.8375
K12 \1\..............................................    12.8375-12.8500
K13 \1\..............................................    12.8500-12.8625
K14 \1\..............................................    12.8625-12.8750
K15 \1\..............................................    12.8750-12.8875
K16 \1\..............................................    12.8875-12.9000
K17 \1\..............................................    12.9000-12.9125
K18 \1\..............................................    12.9125-12.9250
K19 \1\..............................................    12.9250-12.9375
K20 \1\..............................................    12.9375-12.9500
K21 \1\..............................................    12.9500-12.9625
K22 \1\..............................................    12.9625-12.9750
K23 \1\..............................................    12.9750-12.9875
K24 \1\..............................................    12.9875-13.0000
K25 \1\..............................................    13.0000-13.0125
K26 \1\..............................................    13.0125-13.0250
K27 \1\..............................................    13.0250-13.0375
K28 \1\..............................................    13.0375-13.0500
K29 \1\..............................................    13.0500-13.0625
K30 \1\..............................................    13.0625-13.0750
K31 \1\..............................................    13.0750-13.0875
K32 \1\..............................................    13.0875-13.1000
K33 \1\..............................................    13.1000-13.1125
K34 \1\..............................................    13.1125-13.1250
K35 \1\..............................................    13.1250-13.1375
K36 \1\..............................................    13.1375-13.1500
K37 \1\ \2\..........................................    13.1500-13.1625
K38 \1\ \2\..........................................    13.1625-13.1750
K39 \1\ \2\..........................................    13.1750-13.1875
K40 \1\ \2\..........................................    13.1875-13.2000
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ See footnote 1 following GROUP A CHANNELS.
\2\ See paragraph (l) of this section.

    (4) The Cable Television Relay Service is also assigned the 
following frequencies in the 17,700-19,700 MHz band. These frequencies 
are co-equally shared with stations in other services under parts 25, 
74, and 101 of this chapter. Cable Television Relay Service stations 
operating on frequencies in the sub-bands 18.3-18.58 GHz and 19.26-19.3 
GHz that were licensed or had applications pending before the Commission 
as of September 18, 1998 may continue those operations on a shared co-
primary basis with other services under parts 25, 74, and 101 of this 
chapter. Such stations, however, are subject to relocation by licensees 
in the fixed-satellite service. Such relocation is subject to the 
provisions of Sec. Sec.  101.85 through 101.97 of this chapter. No new 
applications for part 78 licenses will be accepted in the 19.26-19.3 GHz 
band

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after June 8, 2000, and no new applications for part 78 licenses will be 
accepted in the 18.3-18.58 GHz band after November 19, 2002.
    (i) 2 MHz maximum authorized bandwidth channel:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Receive
                  Transmit (receive) (MHz)                    (transmit)
                                                                (MHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
18141.0....................................................          n/a
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (ii) 6 MHz maximum authorized bandwidth channels:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Receive
                  Transmit (receive) (MHz)                    (transmit)
                                                                (MHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           216 MHz Separation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
18145.0....................................................          n/a
18151.0....................................................      18367.0
18157.0....................................................      18373.0
18163.0....................................................      18379.0
18169.0....................................................      18385.0
18175.0....................................................      18391.0
18181.0....................................................      18397.0
18187.0....................................................      18403.0
18193.0....................................................      18409.0
18199.0....................................................      18415.0
18205.0....................................................      18421.0
18211.0....................................................      18427.0
18217.0....................................................      18433.0
18223.0....................................................      18439.0
18229.0....................................................      18445.0
18235.0....................................................      18451.0
18241.0....................................................      18457.0
18247.0....................................................      18463.0
18253.0....................................................      18469.0
18259.0....................................................      18475.0
18265.0....................................................      18481.0
18271.0....................................................      18487.0
18277.0....................................................      18493.0
18283.0....................................................      18499.0
18289.0....................................................      18505.0
18295.0....................................................      18511.0
18301.0....................................................      18517.0
18307.0....................................................      18523.0
18313.0....................................................      18529.0
18319.0....................................................      18535.0
18325.0....................................................      18541.0
18331.0....................................................      18547.0
18337.0....................................................      18553.0
18343.0....................................................      18559.0
18349.0....................................................      18565.0
18355.0....................................................      18571.0
18361.0....................................................      18577.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (iii) 10 MHz maximum authorized bandwidth channels:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Receive
                  Transmit (receive) (MHz)                    (transmit)
                                                                (MHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           1560 MHz Separation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
17705.0....................................................      19265.0
17715.0....................................................      19275.0
17725.0....................................................      19285.0
17735.0....................................................      19295.0
17745.0....................................................      19305.0
17755.0....................................................      19315.0
17765.0....................................................      19325.0
17775.0....................................................      19335.0
17785.0....................................................      19345.0
17795.0....................................................      19355.0
17805.0....................................................      19365.0
17815.0....................................................      19375.0
17825.0....................................................      19385.0
17835.0....................................................      19395.0
17845.0....................................................      19405.0
17855.0....................................................      19415.0
17865.0....................................................      19425.0
17875.0....................................................      19435.0
17885.0....................................................      19445.0
17895.0....................................................      19455.0
17905.0....................................................      19465.0
17915.0....................................................      19475.0
17925.0....................................................      19485.0
17935.0....................................................      19495.0
17945.0....................................................      19505.0
17955.0....................................................      19515.0
17965.0....................................................      19525.0
17975.0....................................................      19535.0
17985.0....................................................      19545.0
17995.0....................................................      19555.0
18005.0....................................................      19565.0
18015.0....................................................      19575.0
18025.0....................................................      19585.0
18035.0....................................................      19595.0
18045.0....................................................      19605.0
18055.0....................................................      19615.0
18065.0....................................................      19625.0
18075.0....................................................      19635.0
18085.0....................................................      19645.0
18095.0....................................................      19655.0
18105.0....................................................      19665.0
18115.0....................................................      19675.0
18125.0....................................................      19685.0
18135.0....................................................      19695.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (iv) 20 MHz maximum authorized bandwidth channels:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Receive
                  Transmit (receive) (MHz)                    (transmit)
                                                                (MHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           1560 MHz Separation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 17710.0...................................................      19270.0
17730.0....................................................      19290.0
17750.0....................................................      19310.0
17770.0....................................................      19330.0
17790.0....................................................      19350.0
17810.0....................................................      19370.0
17830.0....................................................      19390.0
17850.0....................................................      19410.0
17870.0....................................................      19430.0
17890.0....................................................      19450.0
17910.0....................................................      19470.0
17930.0....................................................      19490.0
17950.0....................................................      19510.0
17970.0....................................................      19530.0
17990.0....................................................      19550.0
18010.0....................................................      19570.0
18030.0....................................................      19590.0
18050.0....................................................      19610.0
18070.0....................................................      19630.0
18090.0....................................................      19650.0
18110.0....................................................      19670.0
18130.0....................................................      19690.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------


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    (v) 40 MHz maximum authorized bandwidth channels:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Receive
                  Transmit (receive) (MHz)                    (transmit)
                                                                (MHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           1560 MHz Separation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 17720.0...................................................      19280.0
17760.0....................................................      19320.0
17800.0....................................................      19360.0
17840.0....................................................      19400.0
17880.0....................................................      19440.0
17920.0....................................................      19480.0
17960.0....................................................      19520.0
18000.0....................................................      19560.0
18040.0....................................................      19600.0
18080.0....................................................      19640.0
18120.0....................................................      19680.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (vi) 80 MHz maximum authorized bandwidth channels:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Receive
                  Transmit (receive) (MHz)                    (transmit)
                                                                (MHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           1560 MHz Separation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 17740.0...................................................      19300.0
17820.0....................................................      19380.0
17900.0....................................................      19460.0
17980.0....................................................      19540.0
18060.0....................................................      19620.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (5) 6425 to 6525 MHz--Mobile only. Paired and unpaired operations 
permitted. Use of this spectrum for direct delivery of video programs to 
the general public or multi-channel cable distribution is not permitted. 
This band is co-equally shared with mobile stations licensed pursuant to 
Parts 74 and 101 of the Commission's Rules. The following channel plans 
apply.
    (i) 1 MHz maximum authorized bandwidth channels.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Transmit (or receive) (MHz)          Receive (or transmit) (MHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
6425.5....................................  6475.5
6450.5....................................  6500.5
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (ii) 8 MHz maximum authorized bandwidth channels.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Transmit (or receive) (MHz)          Receive (or transmit) (MHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
6430.0....................................  6480.0
6438.0....................................  6488.0
6446.0....................................  6596.0
6455.0....................................  6505.0
6463.0....................................  6513.0
6471.0....................................  6521.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (iii) 25 MHz maximum authorized bandwidth channels.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Transmit (or receive) (MHz)          Receive (or transmit) (MHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
6437.5....................................  6487.5
6462.5....................................  6512.5
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (6) 1990-2110 MHz--Mobile only. (i) Use of this spectrum for direct 
delivery of video programs to the general public or multi-channel cable 
distribution is not permitted. This band is co-equally shared with 
stations licensed pursuant to parts 74 and 101 of the Commission's 
Rules. (Common carriers may use this band pursuant to provisions of 
Sec.  101.803(b)). The following channeling plan applies subject to the 
provisions of Sec.  74.604.

                          Frequency Band (MHz)

1990-2008
2008-2025
2025-2042
2042-2059
2059-2076
2076-2093
2093-2110

    (ii) After a licensee has been relocated in accordance with the 
provisions of Sec.  78.40, operations will be in the band 2025-2110 MHz. 
The following channel plan will apply, subject to the provisions of 
Sec.  74.604 of this chapter:

                          Frequency Band (MHz)

2025-2037.4
2037.4-2049.5
2049.5-2061.6
2061.6-2073.7
2073.7-2085.8
2085.8-2097.9
2097.9-2110

    (7) 6875-7125 MHz--Mobile only. Use of this spectrum for direct 
delivery of video programs to the general public or multi-channel cable 
distribution is not permitted. This band is co-equally shared with 
stations licensed pursuant to parts 74 and 101 of the Commission's 
Rules. (Common carriers may use this band pursuant to provisions of 
Sec.  101.803(b)). The following channeling plan applies subject to the 
provisions of Sec.  74.604.

                          Frequency Band (MHz)

6875--6900
6900--6925
6925--6950
6950--6975
6975--7000
7000--7025

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7025--7050
7050--7075
7075--7100
7100--7125

    (b) Television Auxiliary Broadcast Service stations may be assigned 
channels in the band 12.70-13.20 GHz subject to the condition that no 
harmful interference is caused to fixed CARS stations authorized at the 
time of such grants. Translator Relay stations are assigned on a 
secondary basis. New CARS stations shall not cause harmful interference 
to television STL and intercity relay stations authorized at the time of 
such grants. Television pickup stations and CARS pickup stations will be 
assigned channels in the band on a co-equal basis subject to the 
conditions that they accept interference from and cause no interference 
to existing or subsequently authorized television STL, television 
intercity relay, or fixed CARS stations. Channels in the 13.150-13.200 
GHz band will be assigned exclusively to television pickup and CARS 
pickup stations on a co-equal basis. A cable television system operator 
will normally be limited in any one area to the assignment of not more 
than three channels for CARS pickup use: Provided, however, That 
additional channels may be assigned upon a satisfactory showing that 
additional channels are necessary and are available.
    (c) An application for a CARS station shall be specific with regard 
to the channel or channels requested. Channels shall be identified by 
the appropriate designations set forth in paragraph (a) of this section.
    (d) For CARS Fixed stations using FM transmission with an authorized 
bandwidth per channel of 25 MHz, to conserve spectrum applicants are 
encouraged to use alternate A and B channels such that adjacent R.F. 
carriers are spaced 12.5 MHz. As example, a fixed station in the CARS, 
relaying several channels, would use A01, B01, A02, B02, A03, etc.
    (e) For CARS stations using vestigial sideband AM transmissions, 
channels from only the Groups C, D, E or F and those frequencies listed 
in paragraph (a)(4)(ii) of this section normally will be assigned a 
station, although upon adequate showing variations in the use of 
channels in Groups C, D, E or F and those frequencies listed in 
paragraph (a)(4)(ii) of this section may be authorized on a case-by-case 
basis in order to avoid potential interference or to permit a more 
efficient use. In situations where the number or the arrangement of 
channels available in these groups is not adequate, or in order to avoid 
potential interference, or in order to achieve the required VHF 
channelization arrangement on the cable television system or for 
repeated operations, or for two way transmission, or upon the showing of 
other good cause, the use of channels in the Groups C, D, E or F and 
those frequencies listed in paragraph (a)(4)(ii) of this section may be 
authorized. Applicants are encouraged to apply for adjacent channels 
within each group of channels, except that different channel 
arrangements may be authorized when required to conform to the required 
channelization arrangement at VHF on the cable television system, when 
it is necessary to transmit non-adjacent off-the-air channels or signals 
intended to fill non-adjacent slots in the spectrum, or to avoid 
potential interference, or upon other showing of good cause.
    (f) For vestigial sideband AM transmission, the assigned visual 
carrier frequency for each channel listed in Groups C, D, E or F and 
those frequencies listed in paragraph (a)(4)(ii) of this section shall 
be 1.25 MHz above the lower channel-edge frequency. The center frequency 
for the accompanying FM aural carrier in each channel shall be 4.5 MHz 
above the corresponding visual carrier frequency.
    (g) For CARS stations using double sideband AM transmission or FM 
transmission with authorized bandwidth of no more than 12.5 MHz, Group K 
channels normally will be assigned to a station, although upon adequate 
showing variations in the use of channels in Group K may be authorized 
on a case-by-case basis in order to avoid potential interference or to 
permit a more efficient use.
    (h) For double sideband AM transmission, the assigned carrier 
frequency for each channel listed in Group K shall be 6.25 MHz above the 
lower boundary frequency for each channel,

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and the sideband frequencies corresponding to the carrier frequency of 
the accompanying FM aural signal shall be 4.5 MHz above and below the 
visual carrier frequency.
    (i) All stations shall employ no more than a 12.5 MHz authorized 
bandwidth per channel except in any one or more of the following 
circumstances:
    (1) The station is a CARS pickup station;
    (2) The transmission path is more than 16.1 km (10 miles) in length;
    (3) The station was authorized or an application was on file 
therefor prior to July 26, 1973.
    (4) Other good cause has been shown that use of a bandwidth of 12.5 
MHz or less per channel would be inefficient, impractical, or otherwise 
contrary to the public interest.
    (j) Should any conflict arise among applications for stations in 
this band, priority will be based on the filing date of an application 
completed in accordance with the instructions thereon.
    (k) Applicants for Group K channels shall apply for adjacent 
channels and the requested channels shall overlap the least possible 
number of Group A channels, except that different channel arrangements 
may be authorized upon an adequate showing that the foregoing 
arrangement cannot be used or would be contrary to the public interest, 
or in order to avoid potential interference or to permit a more 
efficient use.
    (l) The band 13.15-13.20 GHz is reserved for television pickup and 
CARS pickup stations inside a 50 km radius of the 100 television markets 
delineated in Sec.  76.51 of this chapter. Outside a 50 km radius of the 
100 television markets delineated in Sec.  76.51 of this chapter, 
television pickup stations, CARS stations and NGSO FSS gateway earth 
stations shall operate on a primary co-equal basis. The band 13.20-
13.2125 GHz is reserved for television pickup stations on a primary 
basis and CARS pickup stations on a secondary basis inside a 50 km 
radius of the 100 television markets delineated in Sec.  76.51 of this 
chapter. Outside a 50 km radius of the 100 markets delineated in Sec.  
76.51 of this chapter, television pickup stations and NGSO FSS gateway 
earth stations shall operate on a co-primary basis, CARS stations shall 
operate on a secondary basis. Fixed television auxiliary stations 
licensed pursuant to applications accepted for filing before September 
1, 1979, may continue operation on channels in the 13.15-13.25 GHz band, 
subject to periodic license renewals. NGSO FSS gateway uplink 
transmissions in the 13.15-13.2125 GHz segment shall be limited to a 
maximum EIRP of 3.2 dBW towards 0 degrees on the radio horizon. These 
provisions shall not apply to GSO FSS operations in the 12.75-13.25 GHz 
band.
    (m) CARS stations may be authorized for use of the band from 13.20 
to 13.25 GHz on a secondary basis to Television Broadcast Auxiliary 
Stations. CARS stations are also secondary to NGSO FSS gateway earth 
station uplink operations. Any CARS application seeking authorization 
for use of the 13.20 to 13.25 GHz band must demonstrate that the 
applicant has exhausted all spectrum available to it in the 12.70 to 
13.20 GHz band. Applications for use of this band must specify whether 
the channels are 6 MHz, 12.5 MHz, or 25 MHz wide and give the upper and 
lower boundaries and the polarization for each channel.

[37 FR 3292, Feb. 12, 1972. Redesignated at 37 FR 15926, Aug. 8, 1972]

    Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec.  
78.18, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume and on GPO Access.



Sec.  78.19  Interference.

    (a) Applications for CARS stations shall endeavor to select an 
assignable frequency or frequencies which will be least likely to result 
in interference to other licensees in the same area since the FCC itself 
does not undertake frequency coordination.
    (b) Applicants for CARS stations shall take full advantage of all 
known techniques, such as the geometric arrangement of transmitters and 
receivers, the use of minimum power required to provide the needed 
service, and the use of highly directive transmitting and receiving 
antenna systems, to prevent interference to the reception of television 
STL, television intercity relay, and other CARS stations.

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    (c)(1) Radio Astronomy and Radio Research Installations. In order to 
minimize harmful interference at the National Radio Astronomy 
Observatory site located at Green Bank, Pocahontas County, W. Va., and 
at the Naval Radio Research Observatory at Sugar Grove, Pendleton 
County, W.Va., an applicant for authority to construct a CARS station, 
except a CARS pickup station, or for authority to make changes in the 
frequency, power, antenna height, or antenna directivity of an existing 
station within the area bounded by 39[deg]15[min] N. on the north, 
78[deg]30[min] W. on the east, 37[deg]30[min] N. on the south and 
80[deg]30[min] W. on the west shall, at the time of filing such 
application with the Commission, simultaneously notify the Director, 
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Post Office Box No. 2, Green Bank, 
WV 24944, in writing, of the technical particulars of the proposed 
station. Such notification shall include the geographical coordinates of 
the antenna, antenna height, antenna directivity if any, proposed 
frequency, type of emission, and power. In addition, the applicant shall 
indicate in his application to the Commission the date notification was 
made to the Observatory. After receipt of such application, the 
Commission will allow a period of 20 days for comments or objections in 
response to the notifications indicated. If an objection to the proposed 
operation is received during the 20-day period from the National Radio 
Astronomy Observatory for itself or on behalf of the Naval Radio 
Research Observatory, the Commission will consider all aspects of the 
problem and take whatever action is deemed appropriate.
    (2) Any applicant for a new permanent base or fixed station 
authorization to be located on the islands of Puerto Rico, Desecheo, 
Mona, Vieques, and Culebra, or for a modification of an existing 
authorization which would change the frequency, power, antenna height, 
directivity, or location of a station on these islands and would 
increase the likelihood of the authorized facility causing interference, 
shall notify the Interference Office, Arecibo Observatory, Post Office 
Box 995, Arecibo, Puerto Rico 00613, in writing or electronically, of 
the technical parameters of the proposal. Applicants may wish to consult 
interference guidelines, which will be provided by Cornell University. 
Applicants who choose to transmit information electronically should e-
mail to: [email protected]
    (i) The notification to the Interference Office, Arecibo Observatory 
shall be made prior to, or simultaneously with, the filing of the 
application with the Commission. The notification shall state the 
geographical coordinates of the transmit antenna (NAD-83 datum), antenna 
height above ground, ground elevation at the antenna, antenna 
directivity and gain, proposed frequency and FCC Rule Part, type of 
emission, effective isotropic radiated power, and whether the proposed 
use is itinerant. Generally, submission of the information in the 
technical portion of the FCC license application is adequate 
notification. In addition, the applicant shall indicate in its 
application to the Commission the date notification was made to the 
Arecibo Observatory.
    (ii) After receipt of such applications, the Commission will allow 
the Arecibo Observatory a period of 20 days for comments or objections 
in response to the notification indicated. The applicant will be 
required to make reasonable efforts in order to resolve or mitigate any 
potential interference problem with the Arecibo Observatory and to file 
either an amendment to the application or a modification application, as 
appropriate. If the Commission determines that an applicant has 
satisfied its responsibility to make reasonable efforts to protect the 
Observatory from interference, its application may be granted.
    (iii) The provisions of this paragraph do not apply to operations 
that transmit on frequencies above 15 GHz.
    (d) Protection for Table Mountain Radio Receiving Zone, Boulder 
County, Colorado: Applicants for a station authorization to operate in 
the vicinity of Boulder County, Colorado under this part are advised to 
give due consideration, prior to filing applications, to the need to 
protect the Table Mountain Radio Receiving Zone from harmful 
interference. These are the research laboratories of the Department of 
Commerce, Boulder County, Colorado. To

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prevent degradation of the present ambient radio signal level at the 
site, the Department of Commerce seeks to ensure that the field 
strengths of any radiated signals (excluding reflected signals) received 
on this 1800 acre site (in the vicinity of coordinates 
40[deg]07[min]50[sec]N Latitude, 
105[deg]14[min]40[sec]W Longitude) resulting from new 
assignments (other than mobile stations) or from the modification or 
relocation of existing facilities do not exceed the following values:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 In authorized bandwidth
                                                       of service
                                               -------------------------
                Frequency range                    Field      Power flux
                                                  strength   density \1\
                                                   (mV/m)     (dBW/m\2\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Below 540 kHz.................................           10        -65.8
540 to 1600 kHz...............................           20        -59.8
1.6 to 470 MHz................................           10    \2\ -65.8
470 to 890 MHz................................           30    \2\ -56.2
Above 890 MHz.................................            1    \2\ -85.8
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Equivalent values of power flux density are caculated assuming free
  space characteristic impedance of 376.7=120[pi] ohms.
\2\ Space stations shall conform to the power flux density limits at the
  earth's surface specified in appropriate parts of the FCC rules, but
  in no case should exceed the above levels in any 4 kHz band for all
  angles of arrival.

    (1) Advance consultation is recomended particularly for those 
applicants who have no reliable data which indicates whether the field 
strength or power flux density figures in the above table would be 
exceeded by their proposed radio facilities (except mobile stations). In 
such instances, the following is a suggested guide for determining 
whether coordination is recommended:
    (i) All stations within 2.4 km (1.5 statute miles);
    (ii) Stations within 4.8 km (3 statute miles) with 50 watts or more 
effective radiated power (ERP) in the primary plane of polarization in 
the azimuthal direction of the Table Mountain Radio Receiving Zone;
    (iii) Stations within 16 km (10 statute miles) with 1 kW or more ERP 
in the primary plane of polarization in the azimuthal direction of the 
Table Mountain Radio Receiving Zone;
    (iv) Stations within 80 km (50 statute miles) with 25 kW or more ERP 
in the primary plane of polarization in the azimuthal direction of the 
Table Mountain Radio Receiving Zone.
    (2) Applicants concerned are urged to communicate with the Radio 
Frequency Management Coordinator, Department of Commerce, Research 
Support Services, NOAA R/E5X2, Boulder Laboratories, Boulder, CO 80303; 
telephone (303) 497-6548, in advance of filing their applications with 
the Commission.
    (3) The Commission will not screen applications to determine whether 
advance consultation has taken place. However, applicants are advised 
that such consultation can avoid objections from the Department of 
Commerce or proceedings to modify any authorization which may be granted 
which, in fact, delivers a signal at the site in excess of the field 
strength specified herein.
    (e) Protection for Federal Communications Commission monitoring 
stations:
    (1) Applicants in the vicinity of an FCC monitoring station for a 
radio station authorization to operate new transmitting facilities or 
changed transmitting facilities which would increase the field strength 
produced over the monitoring station over that previously authorized are 
advised to give consideration, prior to filing applications, to the 
possible need to protect the FCC stations from harmful interference. 
Geographical coordinates of the facilities which require protection are 
listed in Sec.  0.121(c) of the Commission's Rules. Applications for 
stations (except mobile stations) which will produce on any frequency a 
direct wave fundamental field strength of greater than 10 mV/m in the 
authorized bandwidth of service (-65.8 dBW/m2 power flux density 
assuming a free space characteristic impedance of 120 ohms) at the 
referenced coordinates, may be examined to determine extent of possible 
interference. Depending on the theoretical field strength value and 
existing root-sum-square or other ambient radio field signal levels at 
the indicated coordinates, a clause protecting the monitoring station 
may be added to the station authorization.
    (2) In the event that calculated value of expected field exceeds 10 
mV/m (-65.8 dBW/m2) at the reference coordinates, or if there is any 
question whether field strength levels might exceed the threshold value, 
advance consultation with the FCC to discuss any

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protection necessary should be considered. Prospective applicants may 
communicate with: Chief, Compliance and Information Bureau, Federal 
Communications Commission, Washington, D.C. 20554, Telephone (202) 632-
6980.
    (3) Advance consultation is suggested particularly for those 
applicants who have no reliable data which indicates whether the field 
strength or power flux density figure indicated would be exceeded by 
their proposed radio facilities (except mobile stations). In such 
instances, the following is a suggested guide for determining whether an 
applicant should coordinate:
    (i) All stations within 2.4 kilometers (1.5 statute miles);
    (ii) Stations within 4.8 kilometers (3 statute miles) with 50 watts 
or more average effective radiated power (ERP) in the primary plane of 
polarization in the azimuthal direction of the Monitoring Stations.
    (iii) Stations within 16 kilometers (10 statute miles) with 1 kW or 
more average ERP in the primary plane of polarization in the azimuthal 
direction of the Monitoring Station;
    (iv) Stations within 80 kilometers (50 statute miles) with 25 kW or 
more average ERP in the primary plane of polarization in the azimuthal 
direction of the Monitoring Station;
    (4) Advance coordination for stations operating above 1000 MHz is 
recommended only where the proposed station is in the vicinity of a 
monitoring station designated as a satellite monitoring facility in 
section 0.121(c) of the Commission's Rules and also meets the criteria 
outlined in paragraphs (f) (2) and (3) of this section.
    (5) The Commission will not screen applications to determine whether 
advance consultation has taken place. However, applicants are advised 
that such consultation can avoid objections from the Federal 
Communications Commission or modification of any authorization which 
will cause harmful interference.
    (f) Protection to the Federal Government's receive earth station 
perations in the Denver, Colorado and Washington D.C. areas in the 
17,800 to 19,700 MHz band.
    (1) With the exception of applicants for a station authorization to 
operate within a 5 km radius of 39[deg]40[min]23[sec] N Lat. and 
105[deg]13[min]03[sec] W Long (Morrison, CO), applicants will not be 
authorized to operate within a 50 km radius of 39[deg]43[min]00[sec] N 
Lat. and 104[deg]46[min]00[sec] W Long. (Denver, CO) and within a 50 km 
radius of 38[deg]48[min]00[sec] N Lat. and 76[deg]52[min]00[sec] W Long. 
(Washington, DC).
    (2) To minimize or avoid harmful interference to Government 
Satellite Earth Stations located in the Denver, Colorado and Washington, 
DC areas, any application for a new station license to operate in the 
17.8-19.7 GHz band, or for modification of an existing station license 
in this band which would change the frequency, power, emission, 
modulation, polarization, antenna height or directivity, or location of 
such a station, must be coordinated with the Federal Government by the 
Commission before an authorization will be issued, if the station or 
proposed station is located in whole or in part within any of the areas 
defined by the following rectangles or circles:
    (i) A circular area within a 5 km radius of 39[deg]40[min]23[sec] N 
Lat. and 105[deg]13[min]03[sec] W Long. (Morrison, CO)
    (ii) Within the rectangular areas defined as follows (vicinity of 
Denver, CO):

Rectangle 1:
414[deg]30[min]00[sec] N. Lat. on the north
103[deg]10[min]00[sec] W. Long. on the east
38[deg]30[min]00[sec] N. Lat. on the south
106[deg]30[min]00[sec] W. Long. on the west
Rectangle 2:
38[deg]30[min]00[sec] N. Lat. on the north
105[deg]00[min]00[sec] W. Long. on the east
37[deg]30[min]00[sec] N. Lat. on the south
105[deg]50[min]00[sec] W. Long. on the west
Rectangle 3:
40[deg]08[min]00[sec] N. Lat. on the north
107[deg]00[min]00[sec] W. Long. on the east
39[deg]56[min]00[sec] N. Lat. on the south
107[deg]15[min]00[sec] W. Long. on the west

    (iii) Within the rectangle and circle areas as follows (vicinity of 
Washington, DC):

Rectangle
38[deg]40[min]00[sec] N. Lat. on the north
78[deg]50[min]00[sec] W. Long. on the east
38[deg]10[min]00[sec] N. Lat. on the south
79[deg]20[min]00[sec] W. Long. on the west or

    or

    (iv) Within a radius of 178 km of 38[deg]48[min]00[sec] N. Lat. / 
76[deg]52[min]00[sec] W. Long.


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    Note to Sec.  78.19: The coordinates cited in this section are 
specified in terms of the ``North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83)'' with 
an accuracy of -30 meters with respect to the ``National Spacial 
Reference System.''

[37 FR 3292, Feb. 12, 1972, as amended at 37 FR 15926, Aug. 8, 1972; 37 
FR 26733, Dec. 15, 1972; 38 FR 1920, Jan. 19, 1973; 42 FR 33037, June 
29, 1977; 44 FR 77167, Dec. 31, 1979; 45 FR 78694, Nov. 26, 1980; 50 FR 
32418, Aug. 12, 1985; 50 FR 40863, Oct. 7, 1985; 50 FR 45406, Oct. 31, 
1985; 58 FR 44952, Aug. 25, 1993; 61 FR 8478, Mar. 5, 1996; 62 FR 55533, 
55538, Oct. 27, 1997]



Sec.  78.20  Acceptance of applications; public notice.

    (a) Applications which are tendered for filing are dated upon 
receipt and then forwarded to the Media Bureau where an examination is 
made to ascertain whether the applications are complete. Applications 
found to be complete or substantially complete, are accepted for filing 
and are given a file number. In case of minor defects as to 
completeness, the applicant will be required to supply the missing 
information. Applications which are not substantially complete will be 
returned to the applicant. Applications requiring fees as set forth at 
part 1, subpart G, of this chapter must be filed in accordance with 
Sec.  0.401(b) of this chapter.
    (b) Acceptance of an application for filing means only that it has 
been the subject of a preliminary review by the Commission's 
administrative staff as to completeness. Applications which are 
determined to be clearly not in accordance with the Commission's rules 
or other requirements, unless accompanied by an appropriate request for 
waiver, will be considered defective and will not be accepted for 
filing, or if inadvertently accepted for filing, will be dismissed. 
Requests for waiver shall show the nature of the waiver or exception 
desired and shall set forth the reasons in support thereof.
    (c) The Commission will give public notice of all applications and 
major amendments thereto which have been accepted for filing. No 
application shall be acted on less than thirty (30) days from the date 
of public notice.

[37 FR 15926, Aug. 8, 1972, as amended at 52 FR 10231, Mar. 31, 1987; 67 
FR 13235, Mar. 21, 2002; 68 FR 27004, May 19, 2003]

    Effective Date Note: At 68 FR 27003, May 19, 2003, Sec.  78.20 was 
amended by revising the first sentence of paragraph (a). This sentence 
contains information collection and recordkeeping requirements and will 
not become effective until approval has been given by the Office of 
Management and Budget.



Sec.  78.21  Dismissal of applications.

    (a) Any application may, on request of the applicant, be dismissed 
without prejudice as a matter of right prior to the adoption date of any 
final action taken by the Commission with respect to the application. An 
applicant's request for the return of an application will be regarded as 
a request for dismissal.
    (b) Failure to prosecute an application, or failure to respond to 
official correspondence or request for additional information, will be 
cause for dismissal. Such dismissal will be without prejudice if it 
occurs prior to the adoption date of any final action taken by the 
Commission with respect to the application.

[37 FR 15927, Aug. 8, 1972]



Sec.  78.22  Objections to applications.

    (a) Any party in interest may file a petition to deny any 
application (whether as originally filed or as amended) no later than 
thirty (30) days after issuance of a public notice of the acceptance for 
filing of any such application or amendment thereto. Petitions to deny 
shall contain specific allegations of fact sufficient to show that the 
petitioner is a party in interest and that a grant of the application 
would be prima facie inconsistent with the public interest, convenience, 
and necessity. Such allegations of fact shall, except for those of which 
official notice may be taken, be supported by affidavit of a person or 
persons with personal knowledge thereof.
    (b) The applicant may file an opposition to any petition to deny, 
and the petitioner may file a reply to such opposition (see Sec.  1.45 
of this chapter), in which allegations of fact or denials thereof shall 
be supported by affidavit of a person or persons with personal knowledge 
thereof.
    (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section, 
before Commission action on any application for an instrument of 
authorization, any person may file informal objections to

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the grant. Such objections may be submitted in letter form (without 
extra copies) and shall be signed by the objector. The limitation on 
pleadings and time for filing pleadings provided for in Sec.  1.45 of 
this chapter shall not be applicable to any objections duly filed 
pursuant to this paragraph.

[37 FR 15927, Aug. 8, 1972, as amended at 50 FR 23421, June 4, 1985]



Sec.  78.23  Equipment tests.

    (a) Following the grant of a CARS license, the licensee, during the 
process of construction of the station, may, without further authority 
from the Commission, conduct equipment tests for the purpose of such 
adjustments and measurements as may be necessary to assure compliance 
with the terms of the authorization, the technical provisions of the 
application therefore, the rules and regulations, and the applicable 
engineering standards.
    (b) The Commission may notify the licensee to conduct no tests or 
may cancel, suspend, or change the date for the beginning of equipment 
tests as and when such action may appear to be in the public interest, 
convenience, and necessity.
    (c) The test authorized in this section shall be conducted only as a 
necessary part of construction.

[50 FR 23421, June 4, 1985]



Sec.  78.27  License conditions.

    (a) Authorizations (including initial grants, modifications, 
assignments or transfers of control, and renewals) in the Cable 
Television Relay Service to serve cable television systems and other 
eligible systems, shall contain the condition that cable television 
systems shall operate in compliance with the provisions of part 76 
(Cable Television Service) of this chapter and that other eligible 
systems shall operate in compliance with the provisions of part 21 and 
part 74 of this chapter.
    (b) CARS stations licensed under this subpart are required to 
commence operation within one year of the date of the license grant.
    (1) The licensee of a CARS station shall notify the Commission in 
writing when the station commences operation. Such noitification shall 
be submitted on or before the last day of the authorized one year 
construction period; otherwise, the station license shall be 
automatically forfeited.
    (2) CARS licensees needing additional time to complete construction 
of the station and commence operation shall request an extension of time 
30 days before the expiration of the one year construction period. 
Exceptions to the 30-day advance filing requirement may be granted where 
unanticipated delays occur.

[50 FR 23421, June 4, 1985, as amended at 55 FR 46015, Oct. 31, 1990]



Sec.  78.29  License period.

    Licenses for CARS stations will be issued for a period not to exceed 
five (5) years. On and after February 1, 1966, licenses for CARS 
stations ordinarily will be issued for a period expiring on February 1, 
1971, and, when regularly renewed, at 5-year intervals thereafter. When 
a license is granted subsequent to the last renewal date for CARS 
stations, the license will be issued only for the unexpired period of 
the current license term of such stations. The license renewal date 
applicable to CARS stations may be varied as necessary to permit the 
orderly processing of renewal applications, and individual station 
licenses may be granted or renwed for a shorter period of time than that 
generally prescribed for CARS stations, if the Commission finds that the 
public interest, convenience, and necessity would be served by such 
action.



Sec.  78.31  Temporary extension of license.

    Where there is pending before the Commission any application, 
investigation, or proceeding which, after hearing, might lead to or make 
necessary the modification of, revocation of or the refusal to renew an 
existing cable television relay station license, the Commission will 
grant a temporary extension of such license: Provided, however, That no 
such temporary extension shall be construed as a finding by the 
Commission that the operation of any CARS station thereunder will serve 
the public interest, convenience, and necessity beyond the express terms 
of such temporary extension of license:

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And provided, further, That such temporary extension of license will in 
nowise affect or limit the action of the Commission with respect to any 
pending application or proceeding.



Sec.  78.33  Special temporary authority.

    (a) Notwithstanding the requirements of Sec. Sec.  78.15 and 78.20, 
in circumstances requiring immediate or temporary use of facilities, a 
request may be made for special temporary authority to install and 
operate new equipment or to operate licensed equipment in a manner 
different from that authorized in a station license. Any such request 
may be in letter form, and shall be submitted in duplicate: Provided, 
however, That in cases of emergency involving danger to life or property 
or due to damage to equipment, such request may be made by telephone or 
telegraph with the understanding that a written request shall be 
submitted within ten (10) days thereafter.
    (b) Special temporary authority may also be requested to conduct a 
field survey to determine necessary data in connection with the 
preparation of a formal application for installation of a radio system 
under this part. Such authority may be granted to equipment suppliers 
and others who are not operators of cable television systems or other 
eligible systems, as well as to cable operators or other eligible system 
operators, to conduct equipment, program, service, and path tests.
    (c) Any request for special temporary authority shall be clear and 
complete within itself as to the authority requested. In addition, such 
requests shall contain the following information:
    (1) Name, address, and citizenship of applicant;
    (2) Grounds for special action, including a description of any 
emergency or damage to equipment;
    (3) Type of operation to be conducted;
    (4) Purpose of operation;
    (5) Time and date of proposed operation;
    (6) Class of station and nature of service;
    (7) Location of station;
    (8) Equipment to be used, specifying manufacturer, model number, and 
number of units;
    (9) Frequency or frequencies desired, consistent with Sec.  78.18: 
Provided, however, That in the case of events of widespread interest and 
importance that cannot be transmitted successfully on these frequencies, 
frequencies assigned to other services may be requested on a showing 
that operation thereon will not cause interference to established 
stations: And provided, further, That in no case will a cable television 
relay service operation be authorized on frequencies employed for the 
safety of life and property;
    (10) Plate power input to final radio frequency stage;
    (11) Type of emission;
    (12) Description of antenna to be used, including height. In the 
event that the proposed antenna installations will increase the height 
of any natural formation, or existing manmade structure, by more than 
6.1 meters (20 feet), a vertical plan sketch showing the height of the 
structures proposed to be erected, the height above ground of any 
existing structure, the elevation of the site above mean sea level, and 
the geographic coordinates of the proposed sites shall be submitted with 
the application.
    (d) Except in emergencies involving safety of life or property or 
due to damage to equipment, a request for special temporary authority 
shall be filed at least ten (10) days prior to the date of proposed 
operation, or shall be accompanied by a statement of reasons for the 
delay in submitting such request.
    (e) If the Commission finds that special temporary authority is in 
the public interest, it may grant such authority for a period not 
exceeding ninety (90) days, and, on a like finding, may extend such 
authority for one additional period not to exceed ninety (90) days.

[37 FR 15927, Aug. 8, 1972, as amended at 55 FR 46015, Oct. 31, 1990; 58 
FR 44952, Aug. 25, 1993]



Sec.  78.35  Assignment or transfer of control.

    (a) No assignment of the license of a cable television relay station 
or transfer of control of a CARS licensee shall occur without prior FCC 
authorization.

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    (b) If an assignment or transfer of control does not involve a 
substantial change of interests, the provisions of Sec. Sec.  78.20(c) 
and 78.22, concerning public notice and objections, shall be waived.
    (c) Licensees of CARS stations are not required to submit 
applications for assignment or transfer of control or otherwise notify 
the FCC in cases where the change in ownership does not affect the 
identity or controlling interest of the licensee.
    (d) If an assignment or transfer of control involves a substantial 
change of interest, and requires prior FCC approval, the CARS licensee 
is required to file FCC Form 327 with the Commission.
    (e) Licensees are required to notify the Commission of consummation 
of an approved transfer or assignment. The assignee or transferee is 
responsible for providing this notification, including the date the 
transaction was consummated. The transaction must be consummated and 
notification provided to the Commission within 60 days of public notice 
of approval, and notification of consummation must occur no later than 
30 days after actual consummation, unless a request for an extension of 
time to consummate is filed.

[37 FR 15927, Aug. 8, 1972, as amended at 50 FR 23421, June 4, 1985; 68 
FR 27004, May 19, 2003]

    Effective Date Note: At 68 FR 27004, May 19, 2003, Sec.  78.35 was 
amended by adding paragraphs (d) and (e). These paragraphs contain 
information collection and recordkeeping requirements and will not 
become effective until approval has been given by the Office of 
Management and Budget.



Sec.  78.36  Frequency coordination.

    (a) Coordination of all frequency assignments for fixed stations in 
all bands above 2110 MHz, and for mobile (temporary fixed) stations in 
the bands 6425-6525 MHz and 17.7-19.7 GHz, will be in accordance with 
the procedure established in paragraph (b) of this section, except that 
the prior coordination process for mobile (temporary fixed) assignments 
may be completed orally and the period allowed for response to a 
coordination notification may be less than 30 days if the parties agree. 
Coordination of all frequency assignments for all mobile (temporary 
fixed) stations in all bands above 2110 MHz, except the bands 6425-6525 
MHz and 17.7-19.7 GHz, will be conducted in accordance with the 
procedure established in paragraph (b) of this section or with the 
procedure in paragraph (d) of this section. Coordination of all 
frequency assignments for all fixed stations in the band 1990-2110 MHz 
will be in accordance with the procedure established in paragraph (c) of 
this section. Coordination of all frequency assignments for all mobile 
(temporary fixed) stations in the band 1990-2110 MHz will be conducted 
in accordance with the procedure in paragraph (d) of this section.
    (b) Frequency coordination for all fixed stations in all bands above 
2110 MHz, and for all mobile (temporary fixed) stations in the bands 
6425-6525 MHz and 17.7-19.7 GHz. For each frequency authorized under 
this part, the interference protection criteria in Sec.  101.105(a), 
(b), and (c) of this chapter and the following frequency usage 
coordination procedures will apply:
    (1) General requirements. Proposed frequency usage must be prior 
coordinated with existing licensees, permittees, and applicants in the 
area, and other applicants with previously filed applications, whose 
facilities could affect or be affected by the new proposal in terms of 
frequency interference on active channels, applied-for channels, or 
channels coordinated for future growth. Coordination must be completed 
prior to filing an application for regular authorization, or a major 
amendment to a pending application, or any major modification to a 
license. In coordinating frequency usage with stations in the fixed 
satellite service, applicants for stations in the bands 6425-6525 MHz 
and 17.7-19.7 GHz must also comply with the requirements of Sec.  
101.21(f). In engineering a system or modification thereto, the 
applicant must, by appropriate studies and analyses, select sites, 
transmitters, antennas and frequencies that will avoid interference in 
excess of permissible levels to other users. All applicants and 
licensees must cooperate fully and make reasonable efforts to resolve 
technical problems and conflicts that may inhibit the most effective and 
efficient use of the radio spectrum; however, the

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party being coordinated with is not obligated to suggest changes or re-
engineer a proposal in cases involving conflicts. Applicants should make 
every reasonable effort to avoid blocking the growth of systems as prior 
coordinated. The applicant must identify in the application all entities 
with which the technical proposal was coordinated. In the event that 
technical problems are not resolved, an explanation must be submitted 
with the application. Where technical problems are resolved by an 
agreement or operating arrangement between the parties that would 
require special procedures be taken to reduce the likelihood of 
interference in excess of permissible levels (such as the use of 
artificial site shielding) or would result in a reduction of quality or 
capacity of either system, the details thereof may be contained in the 
application.
    (2) Coordination procedure guidelines are as follows:
    (i) Coordination involves two separate elements: Notification and 
response. Both or either may be oral or in written form. To be 
acceptable for filing, all applications and major technical amendments 
must certify that coordination, including response, has been completed. 
The names of the licensees, permittees and applicants with which 
coordination was accomplished must be specified. If such notice and/or 
response is oral, the party providing such notice or response must 
supply written documentation of the communication upon request;
    (ii) Notification must include relevant technical details of the 
proposal. At minimum, this should include, as applicable, the following:
    (A) Applicant's name and address,
    (B) Transmitting station name,
    (C) Transmitting station coordinates,
    (D) Frequencies and polarizations to be added, changed or deleted,
    (E) Transmitting equipment type, its stability, actual output power, 
emission designator, and type of modulation (loading),
    (F) Transmitting antenna type(s), model, gain and, if required, a 
radiation pattern provided or certified by the manufacturer,
    (G) Transmitting antenna center line height(s) above ground level 
and ground elevation above mean sea level,
    (H) Receiving station name,
    (I) Receiving station coordinates,
    (J) Receiving antenna type(s), model, gain, and, if required, a 
radiation pattern provided or certified by the manufacturer,
    (K) Receiving antenna center line height(s) above ground level and 
ground elevation above mean sea level,
    (L) Path azimuth and distance,
    (M) Estimated transmitter transmission line loss expressed in dB,
    (N) Estimated receiver transmission line loss expressed in dB,
    (O) For a system utilizing ATPC, maximum transmit power, coordinated 
transmit power, and nominal transmit power.
    Note to paragraph (b)(2)(ii): The position location of antenna sites 
shall be determined to an accuracy of no less than +-1 second in the 
horizontal dimensions (latitude and longitude) and +-1 meter in the 
vertical dimension (ground elevation) with respect to the National 
Spacial Reference System.
    (iii) For transmitters employing digital modulation techniques, the 
notification should clearly identify the type of modulation. Upon 
request, additional details of the operating characteristics of the 
equipment must also be furnished;
    (iv) Response to notification should be made as quickly as possible, 
even if no technical problems are anticipated. Any response to 
notification indicating potential interference must specify the 
technical details and must be provided to the applicant, in writing, 
within the 30-day notification period. Every reasonable effort should be 
made by all applicants, permittees and licensees to eliminate all 
problems and conflicts. If no response to notification is received 
within 30 days, the applicant will be deemed to have made reasonable 
efforts to coordinate and may file its application without a response;
    (v) The 30-day notification period is calculated from the date of 
receipt by the applicant, permittee, or licensee being notified. If 
notification is by mail, this date may be ascertained by:
    (A) The return receipt on certified mail;
    (B) The enclosure of a card to be dated and returned by the 
recipient; or
    (C) A conservative estimate of the time required for the mail to 
reach its

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destination. In the last case, the estimated date when the 30-day period 
would expire should be stated in the notification.
    (vi) An expedited prior coordination period (less than 30 days) may 
be requested when deemed necessary by a notifying party. The 
coordination notice should be identified as ``expedited'' and the 
requested response date should be clearly indicated. However, 
circumstances preventing a timely response from the receiving party 
should be accommodated accordingly. It is the responsibility of the 
notifying party to receive written concurrence (or verbal, with written 
to follow) from affected parties or their coordination representatives.
    (vii) All technical problems that come to light during coordination 
must be resolved unless a statement is included with the application to 
the effect that the applicant is unable or unwilling to resolve the 
conflict and briefly the reason therefore;
    (viii) Where a number of technical changes become necessary for a 
system during the course of coordination, an attempt should be made to 
minimize the number of separate notifications for these changes. Where 
the changes are incorporated into a completely revised notice, the items 
that were changed from the previous notice should be identified. When 
changes are not numerous or complex, the party receiving the changed 
notification should make an effort to respond in less than 30 days. When 
the notifying party believes a shorter response time is reasonable and 
appropriate, it may be helpful for that party to so indicate in the 
notice and perhaps suggest a response date;
    (ix) If, after coordination is successfully completed, it is 
determined that a subsequent change could have no impact on some parties 
receiving the original notification, these parties must be notified of 
the change and of the coordinator's opinion that no response is 
required;
    (x) Applicants, permittees and licensees should supply to all other 
applicants, permittees and licensees within their areas of operations, 
the name, address and telephone number of their coordination 
representatives. Upon request from coordinating applicants, permittees 
and licensees, data and information concerning existing or proposed 
facilities and future growth plans in the area of interest should be 
furnished unless such request is unreasonable or would impose a 
significant burden in compilation;
    (xi) Parties should keep other parties with whom they are 
coordinating advised of changes in plans for facilities previously 
coordinated. If applications have not been filed 6 months after 
coordination was initiated, parties may assume that such frequency use 
is no longer desired unless a second notification has been received 
within 10 days of the end of the 6 month period. Renewal notifications 
are to be sent to all originally notified parties, even if coordination 
has not been successfully completed with those parties; and
    (xii) Any frequency reserved by a licensee for future use in the 
bands subject to this part must be released for use by another licensee, 
permittee, or applicant upon a showing by the latter that it requires an 
additional frequency and cannot coordinate one that is not reserved for 
future use.
    (c) Frequency coordination for all fixed stations in the band 1990-
2110 MHz. For each frequency authorized under this part, the following 
frequency usage coordination procedures will apply:
    (1) General requirements. Applicants are responsible for selecting 
the frequency assignments that are least likely to result in mutual 
interference with other licensees in the same area. Applicants may 
consult local frequency coordination committees, where they exist, for 
information on frequencies available in the area. Proposed frequency 
usage must be coordinated with existing licensees and applicants in the 
area whose facilities could affect or be affected by the new proposal in 
terms of frequency interference on active channels, applied-for 
channels, or channels coordinated for future growth. Coordination must 
be completed prior to filing an application for regular authorization, 
for major amendment to a pending application, or for major modification 
to a license.
    (2) To be acceptable for filing, all applications for regular 
authorization, or

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major amendment to a pending application, or major modification to a 
license, must include a certification attesting that all co-channel and 
adjacent-channel licensees and applicants potentially affected by the 
proposed fixed use of the frequency(ies) have been notified and are in 
agreement that the proposed facilities can be installed without causing 
harmful interference to those other licensees and applicants.
    (d) Frequency coordination for all mobile (temporary fixed) stations 
in all bands above 1990 MHz, except the bands 6425-6525 MHz and 17.7-
19.7 GHz. For each frequency authorized under this part, applicants are 
responsible for selecting the frequency assignments that are least 
likely to result in mutual interference with other licensees in the same 
area. Applicants may consult local frequency coordination committees, 
where they exist, for information on frequencies available in the area. 
In selecting frequencies, consideration should be given to the relative 
location of receive points, normal transmission paths, and the nature of 
the contemplated operation.

[68 FR 12774, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  78.40  Transition of the 1990-2025 MHz band from the Cable Television 
Relay Service to emerging technologies.

    (a) Licensees proposing to implement Mobile-Satellite Services using 
emerging technologies (MSS Licensees) may negotiate with Cable 
Television Relay Service licensees (Existing Licensees) in the 1990-2110 
MHz band for the purpose of agreeing to terms under which the Existing 
Licensees would relocate their operations to the 2025-2110 MHz band, to 
other authorized bands, or to other media; or alternatively, would 
accept a sharing arrangement with the MSS Licensee that may result in an 
otherwise impermissible level of interference to the Existing Licensee's 
operations.
    (b) Existing Licensees in the 1990-2025 MHz band allocated for 
licensed emerging technology services will maintain primary status in 
these bands until an MSS Licensee completes relocation of the Existing 
Licensee's operations.
    (c) The Commission will amend the operating license of the Existing 
Licensee to secondary status only if the following requirements are met:
    (1) The service applicant, provider, licensee, or representative 
using an emerging technology guarantees payment of all relocation costs, 
including all engineering, equipment, site and FCC fees, as well as any 
reasonable additional costs that the relocated Existing Licensee might 
incur as a result of operation in another authorized band or migration 
to another medium;
    (2) The MSS Licensee completes all activities necessary for 
implementing the replacement facilities, including engineering and cost 
analysis of the relocation procedure and, if radio facilities are used, 
identifying and obtaining, on the incumbents' behalf, new microwave or 
Local Television Transmission frequencies and frequency coordination; 
and
    (3) The MSS Licensee builds the replacement system and tests it for 
comparability with the existing system.
    (d) The Existing Licensee is not required to relocate until the 
alternative facilities are available to it for a reasonable time to make 
adjustments, determine comparability, and ensure a seamless handoff.
    (e) If within one year after the relocation to new facilities the 
Existing Licensee demonstrates that the new facilities are not 
comparable to the former facilities, the MSS Licensee must remedy the 
defect.
    (f) Subject to the terms of this paragraph (f), Phase I of the 
relocation of Existing Licensees will be carried out in the following 
manner:
    (1) Beginning September 6, 2000, Existing Licensees and MSS 
Licensees may negotiate individually or collectively for relocation of 
Existing Licensees to one of the channel plans specified in Sec.  
74.602(a)(3) of this chapter. Parties may not decline to negotiate, 
though Existing Licensees may decline to be relocated. MSS Licensees 
must relocate all Existing Licensees in Nielsen Designated Market Areas 
1-30 prior to beginning operations, except those Existing Licensees that 
decline relocation. If the parties are unable to

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reach a negotiated agreement, MSS Licensees may involuntarily relocate 
Existing Licensees after two years. As of the date that any MSS Licensee 
announces the beginning of operations in the 1990-2008 MHz band, 
licensees who are not on the new channel plan specified in Sec.  
74.602(a)(3) of this chapter must discontinue use of Channel A01 (1990-
2008 MHz).
    (2) Before negotiating with MSS Licensees, Existing Licensees in 
Nielsen Designated Market Areas where there is a BAS frequency 
coordinator must coordinate and select a band plan for the market area. 
Thereafter, all negotiations must produce solutions that adhere to the 
market area's band plan.
    (3) After the date the first MSS Licensee begins operations, MSS 
Licensees must relocate Existing Licensees in Nielsen Designated Market 
Areas 31-100 within three years, unless any Existing Licensee declines 
relocation.
    (4) Beginning on the date any MSS Licensee announces in writing to 
Existing Licensees its intention to begin operations in the 2008-2025 
MHz band, Existing Licensees and MSS Licensees may negotiate 
individually or collectively for relocation of Existing Licensees to one 
of the channel plans specified in Sec.  74.602(a)(4) of this chapter. 
MSS Licensees must relocate all Existing Licensees in Nielsen Designated 
Market Areas 1-30 prior to beginning operations, except those Existing 
Licensees that decline relocation. If the parties are unable to reach a 
negotiated agreement, MSS Licensees may involuntarily relocate Existing 
Licensees after two years. As of the date that any MSS Licensee 
announces its intention to begin operations in the 2008-2025 MHz band, 
licensees who are not on the new channel plan specified in Sec.  
74.602(a)(4) of this chapter must discontinue use of Channel A01 (2008-
2023 MHz).
    (5) After the date the first MSS Licensee begins operations in the 
2008-2025 MHz band, MSS Licensees must relocate Existing Licensees in 
the remaining Nielsen Designated Market Areas within three years.
    (6) Ten years after the date specified in paragraph (f)(1) of this 
section, all Existing Licensees will become secondary in the 1990-2025 
MHz band. Upon written demand by any MSS Licensee, Existing Licensees 
must cease all operations in the 1990-2025 MHz band within six months.
    Note to paragraph (f): FCC suspends for one year, until September 6, 
2003, the expiration date for the initial two-year mandatory negotiation 
period in paragraph (e)(1) and the beginning of the involuntary 
relocation period in paragraph (f)(4).

[65 FR 48181, Aug. 7, 2000, as amended at 67 FR 53756, Aug. 19, 2002]



                Subpart C_General Operating Requirements



Sec.  78.51  Remote control operation.

    (a) A CARS station may be operated by remote control: Provided, That 
such operation is conducted in accordance with the conditions listed 
below: And provided further, That the Commission, in Washington, DC, is 
notified at least 10 days prior to the beginning of such operation and 
that such notification is accompanied by a detailed description showing 
the manner of compliance with the following conditions:
    (1) The transmitter and associated control system shall be installed 
and protected in a manner designed to prevent tampering or operation by 
unauthorized persons.
    (2) An operator shall be on duty at the remote control position and 
in actual charge thereof at all times when the station is in operation.
    (3) Facilities shall be provided at the control position which will 
permit the operator to turn the transmitter on and off at will. The 
control position shall also be equipped with suitable devices for 
observing the overall characteristics of the transmissions and a carrier 
operated device which will give a continuous visual indication whenever 
the transmitting antenna is radiating a signal. The transmitting 
apparatus shall be inspected as often as may be necessary to insure 
proper operation.
    (4) The control circuits shall be so designed and installed that 
short circuits, open circuits, other line faults, or any other cause 
which would result in loss of control of the transmitter will 
automatically cause the transmitter to cease radiating.

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    (b) An application for authority to construct a new station or to 
make changes in the facilities of an existing station and which proposes 
operation by remote control shall include an adequate showing of the 
manner of compliance with the requirements of this section.
    (c) The Commission may notify the licensee not to commence remote 
control operation, or to cancel, suspend, or change the date of the 
beginning of such operation as and when such action may appear to be in 
the public interest, convenience, or necessity.

[37 FR 3292, Feb. 12, 1972, as amended at 41 FR 29695, July 19, 1976; 49 
FR 20671, May 16, 1984; 50 FR 23421, June 4, 1985]



Sec.  78.53  Unattended operation.

    (a) A CARS station may be operated unattended: Provided, That such 
operation is conducted in accordance with the conditions listed below: 
And provided further, That the Commission, in Washington, DC, is 
notified at least 10 days prior to the beginning of unattended operation 
if such operation is not indicated on the station authorization.
    (1) The transmitter and associated control circuits shall be 
installed and protected in a manner designed to prevent tampering or 
operation by unauthorized persons.
    (2) If the transmitting apparatus is located at a site which is not 
readily accessible at all hours and in all seasons, means shall be 
provided for turning the transmitter on and off at will from a location 
which can be reached promptly at all hours and in all seasons.
    (3) Personnel responsible for the maintenance of the station shall 
be available on call at a location which will assure expeditious 
performance of such technical servicing and maintenance as may be 
necessary whenever the station is operating. In lieu thereof, 
arrangements may be made to have a person or persons available at all 
times when the transmitter is operating, to turn the transmitter off in 
the event that it is operating improperly. The transmitter may not be 
restored to operation until the malfunction has been corrected by a 
technically qualified person.
    (4) The station licensee shall be responsible for the proper 
operation of the station at all times and is expected to provide for 
observations, servicing and maintenance as often as may be necessary to 
ensure proper operation. All adjustments or tests during or coincident 
with the installation, servicing, or maintenance of the station which 
may affect its operation shall be performed by or under the immediate 
supervision of a technically qualified person.
    (b) The Commission may notify the licensee not to commence 
unattended operation, or to cancel, suspend, or change the date of the 
beginning of such operation as and when such action may appear to be in 
the public interest, convenience, or necessity.

(Secs. 1, 2, 301, 307, 48 Stat., as amended 1064, 1081, 1083; (47 U.S.C. 
151, 152, 301, 307))

[37 FR 3292, Feb. 12, 1972, as amended at 41 FR 29695, July 19, 1976; 42 
FR 61864, Dec. 7, 1977; 43 FR 4617, Feb. 3, 1978; 43 FR 25127, June 9, 
1978; 49 FR 20671, May 16, 1984; 50 FR 23422, June 4, 1985; 50 FR 32418, 
Aug. 12, 1985]



Sec.  78.55  Time of operation.

    A CARS station is not expected to adhere to any prescribed schedule 
of operation. Continous radiation of the carrier without modulation is 
permitted provided harmful interference is not caused to other 
authorized stations.

[43 FR 25127, June 9, 1978]



Sec.  78.57  Station inspection.

    The station and all records required to be kept by the licensee 
shall be made available for inspection upon request by any authorized 
representative of the Commission.



Sec.  78.59  Posting of station and operator licenses.

    (a) The station license and any other instrument of authorization or 
individual order concerning the construction or the equipment or manner 
of operation shall be posted at the place where the transmitter is 
located, so that all terms thereof are visible except as otherwise 
provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section.

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    (b) In cases where the transmitter is operated by remote control, 
the documents referred to in paragraph (a) of this section shall be 
posted in the manner described at the control point of the transmitter.
    (c) In cases where the transmitter is operated unattended, the name 
of the licensee and the call sign of the unattended station shall be 
displayed at the transmitter site on the structure supporting the 
transmitting antenna, so as to be visible to a person standing on the 
ground at the transmitter site. The display shall be prepared so as to 
withstand normal weathering for a reasonable period of time and shall be 
maintained in a legible condition at all times by the licensee. The 
station license and other documents referred to in paragraph (a) of this 
section shall be kept at the nearest attended station or, in cases where 
the licensee of the unattended station does not operate attended 
stations, at the point of destination of the signals relayed by the 
unattended station.

[37 FR 3292, Feb. 12, 1972, as amended at 49 FR 20671, May 16, 1984]



Sec.  78.61  Operator requirements.

    (a) Except in cases where a CARS station is operated unattended in 
accordance with Sec.  78.53 or except as provided in other paragraphs of 
this section, a person shall be on duty at the place where the 
transmitting apparatus is located, in plain view and in actual charge of 
its operation or at a remote control point established pursuant to the 
provision of Sec.  78.51, at all times when the station is in operation. 
Control and monitoring equipment at a remote control point shall be 
readily accessible and clearly visible to the operator at that position.
    (b) Any transmitter tests, adjustments, or repairs during or 
coincident with the installation, servicing, operation or maintenance of 
a CARS station which may affect the proper operation of such station 
shall be made by or under the immediate supervision and responsibility 
of a person responsible for proper functioning of the station equipment.
    (c) The operator on duty and in charge of a CARS station may, at the 
discretion of the licensee, be employed for other duties or for the 
operation of another station or stations in accordance with the rules 
governing such stations. However, such duties shall in no way impair or 
impede the required supervision of the CARS station.
    (d) CARS stations operating with nominal transmitter power of 250 
milliwatts or less may be operated by any person whom the licensee shall 
designate. Pursuant to this provision, the designated person shall 
perform as the licensee's agent and proper operation of the station 
shall remain the licensee's responsibility.
    (e) Mobile CARS stations operating with nominal transmitter power in 
excess of 250 milliwatts may be operated by any person whom the licensee 
shall designate: Provided that a person is on duty at a receiving end of 
the circuit to supervise operation and to immediately institute measures 
sufficient to assure prompt correction of any condition of improper 
operation that may be observed.

(Secs. 1, 2, 301, 307, 48 Stat., as amended, 1064, 1081, 1083; (47 
U.S.C. 151, 152, 301, 307))

[43 FR 4617, Feb. 3, 1978, as amended at 49 FR 20671, May 16, 1984; 50 
FR 32418, Aug. 12, 1985]



Sec.  78.63  Antenna structure marking and lighting.

    The owner of each antenna structure is responsible for ensuring that 
the structure, if required, is painted and/or illuminated in accordance 
with part 17 of this chapter. In the event of default by the owner, each 
licensee shall be responsible for ensuring that the structure complies 
with applicable painting and lighting requirements.

[61 FR 4368, Feb. 6, 1996]



Sec.  78.65  Additional orders.

    In case the rules of this part do not cover all phases of operation 
with respect to external effects, the Commission may make supplemental 
or additional orders in each case as may be deemed necessary.



Sec.  78.67  Copies of rules.

    The licensee of a CARS station shall have a current copy of this 
part 78, and, in cases where aeronautical obstruction marking of 
antennas is required,

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part 17 of this chapter shall be available for use by the operator in 
charge. Both the licensee and the operator or operators responsible for 
the proper operation of the station are expected to be familiar with the 
rules governing CARS stations. Copies of the Commission's rules may be 
obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing 
Office, Washington, DC 20402, at nominal cost.



Sec.  78.69  Station records.

    Each licensee of a CARS station shall maintain records showing the 
following:
    (a) For all attended or remotely controlled stations, the date and 
time of the beginning and end of each period of transmission of each 
channel;
    (b) For all stations, the date and time of any unscheduled 
interruptions to the transmissions of the station, the duration of such 
interruptions, and the causes thereof;
    (c) For all stations, the results and dates of the frequency 
measurements made pursuant to Sec.  78.113 and the name of the person or 
persons making the measurements;
    (d) For all stations, when service or maintenance duties are 
performed, which may affect a station's proper operation, the 
responsible operator shall sign and date an entry in the station's 
records, giving:
    (1) Pertinent details of all transmitter adjustments performed by 
the operator or under the operator's supervision.
    (e) When a station in this service has an antenna structure which is 
required to be illuminated, appropriate entries shall be made as 
follows:
    (1) The time the tower lights are turned on and off each day, if 
manually controlled.
    (2) The time the daily check of proper operation of the tower lights 
was made, if an automatic alarm system is not employed.
    (3) In the event of any observed or otherwise known failure of a 
tower light:
    (i) Nature of such failure.
    (ii) Date and time the failure was observed or otherwise noted.
    (iii) Date, time, and nature of the adjustments, repairs, or 
replacements made.
    (iv) Identification of Flight Service Station (Federal Aviation 
Administration) notified of the failure of any code or rotating beacon 
light not corrected within 30 minutes, and the date and time such notice 
was given.
    (v) Date and time notice was given to the Flight Service Station 
(Federal Aviation Administration) that the required illumination was 
resumed.
    (4) Upon completion of the 3-month periodic inspection required by 
Sec.  78.63(c):
    (i) The date of the inspection and the condition of all tower lights 
and associated tower lighting control devices, indicators, and alarm 
systems.
    (ii) Any adjustments, replacements, or repairs made to insure 
compliance with the lighting requirements and the date such adjustments, 
replacements, or repairs were made.
    (f) For all stations, station record entries shall be made in an 
orderly and legible manner by the person or persons competent to do so, 
having actual knowledge of the facts required, who shall sign the 
station record when starting duty and again when going off duty.
    (g) For all stations, no station record or portion thereof shall be 
erased, obliterated, or willfully destroyed within the period of 
retention required by rule. Any necessary correction may be made only by 
the person who made the original entry who shall strike out the 
erroneous portion, initial the correction made, and show the date the 
correction was made.
    (h) For all stations, station records shall be retained for a period 
of not less than 2 years. The Commission reserves the right to order 
retention of station records for a longer period of time. In cases where 
the licensee or permittee has notice of any claim or complaint, the 
station record shall be retained until such claim or complaint has been 
fully satisfied or until the same has been barred by statute limiting 
the time for filing of suits upon such claims.

[41 FR 29695, July 19, 1976, as amended at 49 FR 20672, May 16, 1984; 50 
FR 23422, June 4, 1985]

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Sec.  78.75  Equal employment opportunities.

    See Subpart E, Part 76 of this chapter.

[51 FR 9966, Mar. 24, 1986]



                     Subpart D_Technical Regulations



Sec.  78.101  Power limitations.

    (a) On any authorized frequency, the average power delivered to an 
antenna shall be the minimum amount of power necessary to carry out the 
communications desired. In no event shall the average transmitter power 
or equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) exceed the values 
specified below.

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                                                                      Maximum       Maximum allowable EIRP 1,2
                                                                     allowable   -------------------------------
                      Frequency band  (MHz)                         transmitter
                                                                   power--mobile    Fixed (dBW)    Mobile (dBW)
                                                                        (W)
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2,025 to 2,110..................................................            20.0  ..............             +35
6,425 to 6,525..................................................            20.0  ..............             +35
6,875 to 7,125..................................................            20.0  ..............             +35
12,700 to 13,250................................................             1.5             +55             +45
17,700 to 18,600................................................  ..............             +55  ..............
18,600 to 18,800\1\.............................................  ..............             +35  ..............
18,800 to 19,700................................................  ..............             +55  ..............
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ The power delivered to the antenna is limited to -3 dBW.
\2\ Stations licensed based on an application filed before April 16, 2003, for EIRP values exceeding those
  specified above, may continue to operate indefinitely in accordance with the terms of their current
  authorizations, subject to periodic renewal.

    (b) LDS stations shall use for the visual signal-vestigial sideband 
AM transmission. When vestigial sideband AM transmission is used the 
peak power of the visual signal on all channels shall be maintained 
within 2 dB of equality. The mean power of the aural signal on each 
channel shall not exceed a level of 7 dB below the peak power of the 
visual signal.
    (c) The EIRP of transmitters that use Automatic Transmitter Power 
Control (ATPC) shall not exceed the EIRP specified on the station 
authorization. The EIRP of non-ATPC transmitters shall be maintained as 
near as practicable to the EIRP specified on the station authorization.

[45 FR 78694, Nov. 26, 1980, as amended at 52 FR 7144, Mar. 9, 1987; 65 
FR 48182, Aug. 7, 2000; 68 FR 12776, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  78.103  Emissions and emission limitations.

    (a) A CARS station may be authorized to employ any type of emission, 
for which there are technical standards incorporated in Subpart D of 
this part, suitable for the simultaneous transmission of visual and 
aural television signals.
    (b) Any emission appearing on a frequency outside of the channel 
authorized for a transmitter shall be attenuated below the power of the 
emission in accordance with the following schedule:
    (1) For stations using FM or double sideband AM transmission:
    (i) On any frequency above the upper channel limit or below the 
lower channel limit by between zero and 50 percent of the authorized 
channel width: At least 25 decibels below the mean power of the 
emission;
    (ii) On any frequency above the upper channel limit or below the 
lower channel limit by more than 50 percent and up to 150 percent of the 
authorized channel width: At least 35 decibels below the mean power of 
the emission; and
    (iii) On any frequency above the upper channel limit or below the 
lower channel limit by more than 150 percent of the authorized channel 
width: At least 43+10 log10 (power in watts) decibels below the mean 
power of the emission.
    (2) For CARS stations using vestigial sideband AM transmission: At 
least 50 decibels below the peak power of the emission.
    (c) For operation in the 17.7.7-19.7 GHz band:

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    The mean power of any emission shall be attenuated below the mean 
output power of the transmitter in accordance with the following 
schedule:
    (1) When using frequency modulation:
    (i) On any frequency removed from the assigned (center) frequency by 
more than 50% up to and including 100% of the authorized bandwidth: At 
least 25 dB;
    (ii) On any frequency removed from the assigned (center) frequency 
by more than 100% up to and including 250% of the authorized bandwidth: 
At least 35 dB;
    (iii) On any frequency removed from the assigned (center) frequency 
by more than 250% of the authorized bandwidth: At least 43+10 log 10 
(mean output power in watts) dB, or 80 dB, whichever is the lesser 
attenuation.
    (2) When using digital modulation:
    (i) In any 1 MHz band, the center frequency of which is removed from 
the assigned frequency by more than 50% up to and including 250% of the 
authorized bandwidth: As specified by the following equation but in no 
event less than 11 dB.

A = 11 + 0.4 (P - 50) + 10 log10 B

where:

A=Attenuation (in dB) below the mean output power level.
P=Percent removed from the carrier frequency.
B=Authorized bandwidth in MHz.

    [Attenuation greater than 56 decibels is not required.]
    (ii) In any 4 kHz band, the center frequency of which is removed 
from the assigned frequency by more than 250% of the authorized 
bandwidth: At least 43=10 log10 (mean output power in watts) 
dB, or 80 dB, whichever is the lesser attenuation.
    (3) Amplitude Modulation:
    For vestigial sideband AM video: On any frequency removed from the 
center frequency of the authorized band by more than 50%: at least 50 dB 
below peak power of the emission.
    (d) In the event that interference to other stations is caused by 
emissions outside the authorized channel, the Commission may require 
greater attenuation than that specified in paragraph (b) of this 
section.
    (e) The maximum bandwidth that will be authorized per frequency 
assignment is set out in the table that follows. Regardless of the 
maximum authorized bandwidth specified for each frequency band, the 
Commission reserves the right to issue a license for less than the 
maximum bandwidth if it appears that a bandwidth less than the maximum 
would be sufficient to support an applicant's intended communications.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                           Maximum authorized band-width
           Frequency band (MHz)                        (MHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1,990 to 2,110...........................  17 or 18.\1\
6,425 to 6,525...........................  8 or 25.
6,875 to 7,125...........................  25.
12,700 to 13,250.........................  25.
17,700 to 19,700.........................  80.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ After a licensee has been relocated in accordance with Sec.   78.40,
  the maximum authorized bandwidth in the frequency band 2,025 to 2,110
  MHz will be 12.1/12.4 MHz.


[37 FR 3292, Feb. 12, 1972, as amended at 37 FR 15927, Aug. 8, 1972; 38 
FR 16648, June 25, 1973; 39 FR 26025, July 16, 1974; 48 FR 50736, Nov. 
3, 1983; 49 FR 37779, Sept. 26, 1984; 52 FR 7145, Mar. 9, 1987; 65 FR 
48182, Aug. 7, 2000; 68 FR 12776, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  78.104  Authorized bandwidth and emission designator.

    (a) The authorized bandwidth permitted to be used by a CARS station 
and specified in the station license shall be the occupied or necessary 
bandwidth, whichever is greater, except when otherwise authorized by the 
Commission in accordance with paragraph (b) of this section.
    (b) As an exception to the provision of paragraph (a) of this 
section, the Commission may approve requests to base the authorized 
bandwidth for the station on the lesser of the occupied or necessary 
bandwidth where a persuasive showing is made that:
    (1) The frequency stability of the transmitting equipment to be used 
will permit compliance with Sec.  78.103(b)(1) and, additionally, will 
permit 99 percent of the total radiated power to be kept within the 
frequency limits of the assigned channel.
    (c) The emission designator shall be specified in terms of the 
necessary bandwidth. (See Sec.  2.201(a) of this chapter.)

[39 FR 26025, July 16, 1974, as amended at 45 FR 78694, Nov. 26, 1980]

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Sec.  78.105  Antenna systems.

    (a) For fixed stations operating in the 12.7-13.2 GHz and 17.7-19.7 
GHz bands, the following standards apply:
    (1) Fixed CARS stations shall use directional antennas that meet the 
performance standards indicated in the following table.
    (i) Stations must employ an antenna that meets the performance 
standards for Category B. In areas subject to frequency congestion, 
where proposed facilities would be precluded by continued use of a 
Category B antenna, a Category A antenna must be employed. The 
Commission may require the use of a high performance antenna where 
interference problems can be resolved by the use of such antennas.
    (ii) Upon adequate showing of need to serve a larger sector, or more 
than a single sector, greater beamwidth or multiple antennas may be 
authorized. Applicants shall request and authorization for stations in 
this service will specify the polarization of each transmitted signal.
    (iii) Licensees shall comply with the antenna standards table shown 
in this paragraph in the following manner:
    (A) With either the maximum beamwidth to 3 dB points requirement or 
with the minimum antenna gain requirement; and
    (B) With the minimum radiation suppression to angle requirement.

                                                                    Antenna Standards
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                   Maximum                   Minimum radiation suppression to angle in degrees from
                                                                 beamwidith                            centerline of main beam in decibels
                                                                   to 3 dB    Minimum  -----------------------------------------------------------------
                   Frequency (MHz)                     Category   points 1    antenna
                                                                  (included     gain     5[deg]  10[deg]  15[deg]  20[deg]   30[deg]  100[deg]  140[deg]
                                                                  angle in     (dbi)       to       to       to       to       to        to        to
                                                                  degrees)              10[deg]  15[deg]  20[deg]  30[deg]  100[deg]  140[deg]  180[deg]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12,700 to 13,250....................................          A         1.0        n/a      23       28       35       39        41        42        50
                                                              B         2.0        n/a      20       25       28       30        32        37        47
17,700 to 19,700....................................          A         2.2         38      25       29       33       36        42        55        55
                                                              B         2.2         38      20       24       28       32        35        36        36
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ If a licensee chooses to show compliance using maximum beamwidth to 3 dB points, the beamwidth limit shall apply in both the azimuth and the
  elevation planes.

    (2) New periscope antenna systems will be authorized upon a 
certification that the radiation, in a horizontal plane, from an 
illuminating antenna and reflector combination meets or exceeds the 
antenna standards of this section. This provision similarly applies to 
passive repeaters employed to redirect or repeat the signal from a 
station's directional antenna system.
    (3) The choice of receiving antennas is left to the discretion of 
the licensee. However, licensees will not be protected from interference 
which results from the use of antennas with poorer performance than 
defined in paragraph (a) of this section.
    (4) Pickup stations are not subject to the performance standards 
herein stated. The provisions of this paragraph are effective for all 
new applications accepted for filing after October 1, 1981.
    (b) Any fixed station licensed pursuant to an application accepted 
for filing prior to October 1, 1981, may continue to use its existing 
antenna system, subject to periodic renewal until April 1, 1992, After 
April 1, 1992, all licensees are to use antenna systems in conformance 
with the standards of this section. TV auxiliary broadcast stations are 
considered to be located in an area subject to frequency congestion and 
must employ a Category A antenna when:
    (1) A showing by an applicant of a new CAR service or TV auxiliary 
broadcast, which shares the 12.7-13.20 GHz band with CARS, indicates 
that use of a category B antenna limits a proposed project because of 
interference, and
    (2) That use of a category A antenna will remedy the interference 
thus allowing the project to be realized.
    (c) As an exception to the provisions of this section, the FCC may 
approve requests for use of periscope antenna systems where a persuasive 
showing is made that no frequency conflicts exist

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in the area of proposed use. Such approvals shall be conditioned to 
require conversion to a standard antenna as required in paragraph (a) of 
this section when an applicant of a new TV auxiliary broadcast or Cable 
Television Relay station indicates that the use of the existing antenna 
system will cause interference and the use of a category A or B antenna 
will remedy the interference.
    (d) As a further exception to the provision of paragraph (a) of this 
section the Commission may approve antenna systems not conforming to the 
technical standards where a persuasive showing is made that:
    (1) Indicates in detail why an antenna system complying with the 
requirements of paragraph (a) of this section cannot be installed, and
    (2) Includes a statement indicating that frequency coordination as 
required in Sec.  78.18a was accomplished.

[45 FR 78694, Nov. 26, 1980, as amended at 49 FR 37779, Sept. 26, 1984; 
50 FR 7343, Feb. 22, 1985; 51 FR 19841, June 3, 1986; 56 FR 50664, Oct. 
8, 1991; 62 FR 4923, Feb. 3, 1997; 68 FR 12776, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  78.106  Interference to geostationary-satellites.

    Applicants and licensees must comply with Sec.  101.145 of this 
chapter to minimize the potential of interference to geostationary-
satellites.

[68 FR 12776, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  78.107  Equipment and installation.

    (a) Applications for new cable television relay stations, other than 
fixed stations, will not be accepted unless the equipment specified 
therein has been certificated. In the case of fixed stations, the 
equipment must be authorized under the verification procedure for use 
pursuant to the provisions of this subpart. Transmitters designed for 
use in the 31.0 to 31.3 GHz band shall be authorized under the 
verification procedure.
    (1) All transmitters first licensed or marketed shall comply with 
technical standards of this subpart. This paragraph (b)(1) of this 
section is effective October 1, 1981.
    (2) Neither certification nor verification is required for the 
following transmitters:
    (i) Those which have an output power not greater than 250 mW and 
which are used in a CARS pickup station operating in the 12.7-13.2 GHz 
band; and
    (ii) Those used under a developmental authorization.
    (b) Cable television relay station transmitting equipment authorized 
to be used pursuant to an application accepted for filing prior to 
October 1, 1981, may continue to be used, provided, that if operation of 
such equipment causes harmful interference due to its failure to comply 
with the technical standards set forth in this subpart the Commission 
may, at its discretion, require the licensee to take such corrective 
action as is necessary to eliminate the interference.
    (c) The installation of a CARS station shall be made by or under the 
immediate supervision of a qualified engineer. Any tests or adjustments 
requiring the radiation of signals and which could result in improper 
operation shall be conducted by or under the immediate supervision of a 
person with required knowledge and skill to perform such tasks.
    (d) Simple repairs such as the replacement of tubes, fuses, or other 
plug-in components which require no particular skill may be made by an 
unskilled person. Repairs requiring replacement of attached components 
or the adjustment of critical circuits or corroborative measurements 
shall be made only by a person with required knowledge and skill to 
perform such tasks.

[37 FR 3292, Feb. 12, 1972, as amended at 45 FR 78695, Nov. 26, 1980; 49 
FR 4001, Feb. 1, 1984; 49 FR 20672, May 16, 1984; 50 FR 7343, Feb. 22, 
1985; 63 FR 36606, July 7, 1998; 63 FR 49870, Sept. 18, 1998]



Sec.  78.108  Minimum path lengths for fixed links.

    (a) The distance between end points of a fixed link must equal or 
exceed the value set forth in the table below or the EIRP must be 
reduced in accordance with the equation set forth below.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Frequency band (MHz)               Minimum path length (km)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
12,200 to 13,250..........................  5
Above 17,700..............................  N/A
------------------------------------------------------------------------


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    (b) For paths shorter than those specified in the Table, the EIRP 
shall not exceed the value derived from the following equation.


EIRP = MAXEIRP - 40 log(A/B) dBW
Where:

EIRP = The new maximum EIRP (equivalent isotropically radiated power) in 
dBW.
MAXEIRP = Maximum EIRP as set forth in the Table in Sec.  74.636 of this 
part.
A = Minimum path length from the Table above for the frequency band in 
kilometers.
B = The actual path length in kilometers.

    Note to paragraph (b): For transmitters using Automatic Transmitter 
Power Control, EIRP corresponds to the maximum transmitter power 
available, not the coordinated transmit power or the nominal transmit 
power.
    (c) Upon an appropriate technical showing, applicants and licensees 
unable to meet the minimum path length requirement may be granted an 
exception to these requirements.

    Note: Links authorized prior to April 1, 1987, are excluded from 
this requirement, except that, effective April 1, 1992, the Commission 
will require compliance with the criteria where an existing link would 
otherwise preclude establishment of a new link.

[52 FR 7145, Mar. 9, 1987, as amended at 68 FR 12776, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  78.109  Major and minor modifications to stations.

    (a) Amendments to applications and modifications to stations are 
classified as major or minor. A major modification requires a formal 
application. A major amendment to an application is treated as a new 
application.
    (b) Major modifications to a station or amendments to an application 
include, but are not limited to:
    (1) Any increase in bandwidth;
    (2) Any change in the transmitting antenna system of a station, 
other than a CARS pickup station, including the direction of the main 
radiation lobe, directive pattern, antenna gain or transmission line, 
antenna height or location;
    (3) Any change in the type of modulation;
    (4) Any change in the location of a station transmitter, other than 
a CARS pickup station transmitter, except a move within the same 
building or upon the tower or mast or a change in the area of operation 
of a CARS pickup station;
    (5) Any change in frequency assignment, including polarization;
    (6) Any increase in authorized operating power;
    (7) Any substantial change in ownership or control;
    (8) Any addition or change in frequency, excluding removing a 
frequency;
    (9) Any modification or amendment requiring an environmental 
assessment (as governed by Sec. Sec.  1.1301 through 1319 of this 
chapter, including changes affecting historic preservation under Sec.  
1.1307(a)(4) of this chapter and 16 U.S.C. 470 (National Historic 
Preservation Act));
    (10) Any request requiring frequency coordination; or
    (11) Any modification or amendment requiring notification to the 
Federal Aviation Administration as defined in 47 CFR 17, subpart B.
    (c) Minor changes may be made at the discretion of the licensee, 
provided proper notice is given to the Commission within 30 days of 
implementing the change and provided further, that the changes are 
appropriately reflected in the next application for renewal of the 
license for the station.
    (d) For applications and modifications, the following changes are 
considered minor:
    (1) Any name change not involving change in ownership or control of 
the license;
    (2) Any change to administrative information, e.g., address, 
telephone number, or contact person;
    (3) Any change in ownership that does not affect the identity or 
controlling interest of the licensee;
    (4) Lowering power;
    (5) Removing one or more channels; or
    (6) Deleting a path.

[68 FR 27004, May 19, 2003]

    Effective Date Note: At 68 FR 27004, May 19, 2003, Sec.  78.109 was 
revised. This section contains information collection and recordkeeping 
requirements and will not become effective until approval has been given 
by the Office of Management and Budget.

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Sec.  78.111  Frequency tolerance.

    Stations in this service shall maintain the carrier frequency of 
each authorized transmitter to within the following percentage of the 
assigned frequency.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Frequency tolerance
                                                   ---------------------
               Frequency band (MHz)                   Fixed      Mobile
                                                    (percent)  (percent)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1,990 to 2,110....................................  .........      0.005
6,425 to 6,525....................................  .........      0.005
6,875 to 7,125....................................  .........      0.005
12,700 to 13,250 \1\..............................      0.005      0.005
17,700 to 18,820..................................      0.003  .........
18,820 to 18,920..................................      0.001  .........
18,920 to 19,700..................................      0.003  .........
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Stations that employing vestigal sideband AM transmissions shall
  maintain their operating frequency within 0.0005% the visual carrier,
  and the aural carrier shall be 4.5 MHz+- 1 kHz above the visual
  carrier frequency.


[52 FR 7145, Mar. 9, 1987, as amended at 68 FR 12776, Mar. 17, 2003]



Sec.  78.113  Frequency monitors and measurements.

    (a) The licensee of each CARS station shall employ a suitable 
procedure to determine that the carrier frequency of each transmitter is 
maintained within the tolerance prescribed in Sec.  78.111 at all times. 
The determination shall be made, and the results thereof entered in the 
station records: when a transmitter is initially installed; when any 
change is made in a transmitter which may affect the carrier frequency 
or the stability thereof; or in any case at intervals not exceeding one 
year.
    (b) The choice of apparatus to measure the operating frequency is 
left to the discretion of the licensee. However, failure of the 
apparatus to detect departures of the operating frequency in excess of 
the prescribed tolerance will not be deemed an acceptable excuse for the 
violation.

[37 FR 3292, Feb. 12, 1972, as amended at 41 FR 29696, July 19, 1976; 50 
FR 23422, June 4, 1985]



Sec.  78.115  Modulation limits.

    (a) If amplitude modulation is employed, negative modulation peaks 
shall not exceed 100 percent modulation.

[37 FR 3292, Feb. 12, 1972, as amended at 45 FR 78696, Nov. 26, 1980]

                       Alphabetical Index--Part 78

                               A
 
Antenna systems................................................   78.105
Applications--
    Acceptance of; public notice...............................    78.20
    Amendments of..............................................    78.17
    Contents of................................................    78.15
    Dismissal of...............................................    78.21
    Objections to..............................................    78.22
    Signing of.................................................    78.16
Assignment or transfer of control..............................    78.35
Authority, Temporary...........................................    78.33
Authorized bandwidth...........................................   78.104
 
                               B
 
Bandwidth authorized...........................................   78.104
 
                               C
 
Certificated equipment.........................................   78.107
Changes in equipment...........................................   78.109
Conditions for license.........................................    78.27
Coordination, frequencies......................................    78.36
Cross reference to other rules.................................     78.3
 
                               D
 
Definitions....................................................     78.5
 
                               E
 
Eligibility for license........................................    78.13
Emission designator............................................   78.104
Emissions; emission limitations................................   78.103
Equal employment opportunities.................................    78.75
Equipment changes..............................................   78.109
Equipment installation.........................................   78.107
Equipment tests................................................    78.23
Extension of license, Temporary................................    78.31
 
                               F
 
Frequency assignments..........................................    78.18
Frequency coordination.........................................    78.36
Frequency monitors and measurements............................   78.113
Frequency tolerance............................................   78.111
 
                         G-H [Reserved]
 
                               I
 
Interference...................................................    78.19
Inspection of station by FCC...................................    78.57
Installation of equipment......................................   78.107
 
                         J-K [Reserved]
 
                               L
 
License conditions.............................................    78.27
License eligibility............................................    78.13
License extension, Temporary...................................    78.31
License period.................................................    78.29
Licenses, station and operator, Posting of.....................    78.59
Lighting and maintenance of towers.............................    78.63
Limitations, Power.............................................   78.101
Limits of modulation...........................................   78.115
 
                               M
 
Maintenance and lighting of towers.............................    78.63
Modulation limits..............................................   78.115
Monitors and Measurements, Frequency...........................   78.113
 

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                          N [Reserved]
 
                               O
 
Operation by remote control....................................    78.51
Operation, Time of.............................................    78.55
Operation, Unattended..........................................    78.53
Operator and station licenses, Posting of......................    78.59
Operator requirements..........................................    78.61
 
                               P
 
Period of license..............................................    78.29
Permissible service............................................    78.11
Possession of rules............................................    78.67
Posting of operator and station licenses.......................    78.59
Power limitations..............................................   78.101
Purpose of Part 78.............................................     78.1
 
                          Q [Reserved]
 
                               R
 
Records of station.............................................    78.69
Remote control operation.......................................    78.51
Rules in other Parts...........................................     78.3
Rules, Possession of...........................................    78.67
 
                               S
 
Service, Permissible...........................................    78.11
Station and operator licenses, Posting of......................    78.59
Station inspection by FCC......................................    78.57
Station records................................................    78.69
 
                               T
 
Temporary authority............................................    78.33
Temporary extension of license.................................    78.31
Tests--
Equipment......................................................    78.23
Program........................................................    78.25
Service........................................................    78.25
Time of operation..............................................    78.55
Tolerance, Frequency...........................................   78.111
Towers, Lighting and maintenance...............................    78.63
Transfer of control or assignment..............................    78.35
 
                               U
 
Unattended operation...........................................    78.53
 
                         V-Z [Reserved]
 


[50 FR 38537, Sept. 23, 1985, as amended at 63 FR 36606, July 7, 1998]



PART 79_CLOSED CAPTIONING AND VIDEO DESCRIPTION OF VIDEO PROGRAMMING--Table of Contents




Sec.
79.1 Closed captioning of video programming.
79.2 Accessibility of programming providing emergency information.
79.3 Video description of video programming.

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152(a), 154(i), 303, 307, 309, 310, 613.

    Source: 62 FR 48493, Sept. 16, 1997, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  79.1  Closed captioning of video programming.

    (a) Definitions. For purposes of this section the following 
definitions shall apply:
    (1) Video programming. Programming provided by, or generally 
considered comparable to programming provided by, a television broadcast 
station that is distributed and exhibited for residential use. Video 
programming includes advertisements of more than five minutes in 
duration but does not include advertisements of five minutes' duration 
or less.
    (2) Video programming distributor. Any television broadcast station 
licensed by the Commission and any multichannel video programming 
distributor as defined in Sec.  76.1000(e) of this chapter, and any 
other distributor of video programming for residential reception that 
delivers such programming directly to the home and is subject to the 
jurisdiction of the Commission. An entity contracting for program 
distribution over a video programming distributor that is itself exempt 
from captioning that programming pursuant to paragraph (e)(9) of this 
section shall itself be treated as a video programming distributor for 
purposes of this section To the extent such video programming is not 
otherwise exempt from captioning, the entity that contracts for its 
distribution shall be required to comply with the closed captioning 
requirements of this section.
    (3) Video programming provider. Any video programming distributor 
and any other entity that provides video programming that is intended 
for distribution to residential households including, but not limited to 
broadcast or nonbroadcast television network and the owners of such 
programming.
    (4) Closed captioning. The visual display of the audio portion of 
video programming pursuant to the technical specifications set forth in 
part 15 of this chapter.
    (5) New programming. Video programming that is first published or 
exhibited on or after January 1, 1998.

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    (6) Pre-rule programming. (i) Video programming that was first 
published or exhibited before January 1, 1998.
    (ii) Video programming first published or exhibited for display on 
television receivers equipped for display of digital transmissions or 
formatted for such transmission and exhibition prior to the date on 
which such television receivers must, by Commission rule, be equipped 
with built-in decoder circuitry designed to display closed-captioned 
digital television transmissions.
    (7) Nonexempt programming. Video programming that is not exempt 
under paragraph (d) of this section and, accordingly, is subject to 
closed captioning requirements set forth in this section.
    (b) Requirements for closed captioning of video programming.--(1) 
Requirements for new English language programming. Video programming 
distributors must provide closed captioning for nonexempt video 
programming that is being distributed and exhibited on each channel 
during each calendar quarter in accordance with the following 
requirements:
    (i) Between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2001, a video 
programming distributor shall provide at least 450 hours of captioned 
video programming or all of its new nonexempt video programming must be 
provided with captions, whichever is less;
    (ii) Between January 1, 2002, and December 31, 2003, a video 
programming distributor shall provide at least 900 hours of captioned 
video programming or all of its new nonexempt video programming must be 
provided with captions, whichever is less;
    (iii) Between January 1, 2004, and December 31, 2005, a video 
programming distributor shall provide at least an average of 1350 hours 
of captioned video programming or all of its new nonexempt video 
programming must be provided with captions, whichever is less; and
    (iv) As of January 1, 2006, and thereafter, 100% of the programming 
distributor's new nonexempt video programming must be provided with 
captions.
    (2) Requirements for pre-rule English language programming. (i) 
After January 1, 2003, 30% of the programming distributor's pre-rule 
nonexempt video programming being distributed and exhibited on each 
channel during each calendar quarter must be provided with closed 
captioning.
    (ii) As of January 1, 2008, and thereafter, 75% of the programming 
distributor's pre-rule nonexempt video programming being distributed and 
exhibited on each channel during each calendar quarter must be provided 
with closed captioning.
    (3) Requirements for new Spanish language programming. Video 
programming distributors must provide closed captioning for nonexempt 
Spanish language video programming that is being distributed and 
exhibited on each channel during each calendar quarter in accordance 
with the following requirements:
    (i) Between January 1, 2001, and December 31, 2003, a video 
programming distributor shall provide at least 450 hours of captioned 
Spanish language video programming or all of its new nonexempt Spanish 
language video programming must be provided with captions, whichever is 
less;
    (ii) Between January 1, 2004, and December 31, 2006, a video 
programming distributor shall provide at least 900 hours of captioned 
Spanish language video programming or all of its new nonexempt Spanish 
language video programming must be provided with captions, whichever is 
less;
    (iii) Between January 1, 2007, and December 31, 2009, a video 
programming distributor shall provide at least an average of 1350 hours 
of captioned Spanish language video programming or all of its new 
nonexempt Spanish language video programming must be provided with 
captions, whichever is less; and
    (iv) As of January 1, 2010, and thereafter, 100% of the programming 
distributor's new nonexempt Spanish language video programming must be 
provided with captions.
    (4) Requirements for Spanish language pre-rule programming. (i) 
After January 1, 2005, 30% of the programming distributor's pre-rule 
nonexempt Spanish language video programming being distributed and 
exhibited on each channel during each calendar quarter must be provided 
with closed captioning.

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    (ii) As of January 1, 2012, and thereafter, 75% of the programming 
distributor's pre-rule nonexempt Spanish language video programming 
being distributed and exhibited on each channel during each calendar 
quarter must be provided with closed captioning.
    (5) Video programming distributors shall continue to provide 
captioned video programming at substantially the same level as the 
average level of captioning that they provided during the first six (6) 
months of 1997 even if that amount of captioning exceeds the 
requirements otherwise set forth in this section.
    (c) Obligation to pass through captions of already captioned 
programs. All video programming distributors shall deliver all 
programming received from the video programming owner or other 
origination source containing closed captioning to receiving television 
households with the original closed captioning data intact in a format 
that can be recovered and displayed by decoders meeting the standards of 
part 15 of this chapter unless such programming is recaptioned or the 
captions are reformatted by the programming distributor.
    (d) Exempt programs and providers. For purposes of determining 
compliance with this section, any video programming or video programming 
provider that meets one or more of the following criteria shall be 
exempt to the extent specified in this paragraph.
    (1) Programming subject to contractual captioning restrictions. 
Video programming that is subject to a contract in effect on or before 
February 8, 1996, but not any extension or renewal of such contract, for 
which an obligation to provide closed captioning would constitute a 
breach of contract.
    (2) Video programming or video programming provider for which the 
captioning requirement has been waived. Any video programming or video 
programming provider for which the Commission has determined that a 
requirement for closed captioning imposes an undue burden on the basis 
of a petition for exemption filed in accordance with the procedures 
specified in paragraph (f) of this section.
    (3) Programming other than English or Spanish language. All 
programming for which the audio is in a language other than English or 
Spanish, except that scripted programming that can be captioned using 
the ``electronic news room'' technique is not exempt.
    (4) Primarily textual programming. Video programming or portions of 
video programming for which the content of the soundtrack is displayed 
visually through text or graphics (e.g., program schedule channels or 
community bulletin boards).
    (5) Programming distributed in the late night hours. Programming 
that is being distributed to residential households between 2 a.m. and 6 
a.m. local time. Video programming distributors providing a channel that 
consists of a service that is distributed and exhibited for viewing in 
more than a single time zone shall be exempt from closed captioning that 
service for any continuous 4 hour time period they may select, 
commencing not earlier than 12 a.m. local time and ending not later than 
7 a.m. local time in any location where that service is intended for 
viewing. This exemption is to be determined based on the primary 
reception locations and remains applicable even if the transmission is 
accessible and distributed or exhibited in other time zones on a 
secondary basis. Video programming distributors providing service 
outside of the 48 contiguous states may treat as exempt programming that 
is exempt under this paragraph when distributed in the contiguous 
states.
    (6) Interstitials, promotional announcements and public service 
announcements. Interstitial material, promotional announcements, and 
public service announcements that are 10 minutes or less in duration.
    (7) ITFS programming. Video programming transmitted by an 
Instructional Television Fixed Service licensee pursuant to Sec. Sec.  
74.931 (a), (b) or (c) of the rules.
    (8) Locally produced and distributed non-news programming with no 
repeat value. Programming that is locally produced by the video 
programming distributor, has no repeat value, is of local public 
interest, is not news programming, and for which the ``electronic news 
room'' technique of captioning is unavailable.

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    (9) Programming on new networks. Programming on a video programming 
network for the first four years after it begins operation, except that 
programming on a video programming network that was in operation less 
than four (4) years on January 1,1998 is exempt until January 1, 2002.
    (10) Primarily non-vocal musical programming. Programming that 
consists primarily of non-vocal music.
    (11) Captioning expense in excess of 2 percent of gross revenues. No 
video programming provider shall be required to expend any money to 
caption any video programming if such expenditure would exceed 2 percent 
of the gross revenues received from that channel during the previous 
calendar year.
    (12) Channels producing revenues of under $3,000,000. No video 
programming provider shall be required to expend any money to caption 
any channel of video programming producing annual gross revenues of less 
than $3,000,000 during the previous calendar year other than the 
obligation to pass through video programming already captioned when 
received pursuant to paragraph (c) of this section.
    (13) Locally produced educational programming. Instructional 
programming that is locally produced by public television stations for 
use in grades K-12 and post secondary schools.
    (e) Responsibility for and determination of compliance. (1) 
Compliance shall be calculated on a per channel, calendar quarter basis;
    (2) Open captioning or subtitles in the language of the target 
audience may be used in lieu of closed captioning;
    (3) Live programming or repeats of programming originally 
transmitted live that are captioned using the so-called ``electronic 
newsroom technique'' will be considered captioned, except that effective 
January 1, 2000, and thereafter, the major national broadcast television 
networks (i.e., ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC), affiliates of these networks in 
the top 25 television markets as defined by Nielsen's Designated Market 
Areas (DMAs) and national nonbroadcast networks serving at least 50% of 
all homes subscribing to multichannel video programming services shall 
not count electronic newsroom captioned programming towards compliance 
with these rules. The live portions of noncommercial broadcasters' 
fundraising activities that use automated software to create a 
continuous captioned message will be considered captioned;
    (4) Compliance will be required with respect to the type of video 
programming generally distributed to residential households. Programming 
produced solely for closed circuit or private distribution is not 
covered by these rules;
    (5) Video programming that is exempt pursuant to paragraph (d) of 
this section that contains captions, except video programming exempt 
pursuant to paragraph (d)(5) of this section (late night hours 
exemption), can count towards the compliance with the requirements for 
new programming prior to January 1, 2006. Video programming that is 
exempt pursuant to paragraph (d) of this section that contains captions, 
except that video programming exempt pursuant to paragraph (d)(5) of 
this section (late night hours exemption), can count towards compliance 
with the requirements for pre-rule programming.
    (6) For purposes of paragraph (d)(11) of this section, captioning 
expenses include direct expenditures for captioning as well as allowable 
costs specifically allocated by a programming supplier through the price 
of the video programming to that video programming provider. To be an 
allowable allocated cost, a programming supplier may not allocate more 
than 100 percent of the costs of captioning to individual video 
programming providers. A programming supplier may allocate the 
captioning costs only once and may use any commercially reasonable 
allocation method;
    (7) For purposes of paragraphs (d)(11) and (d)(12) of this section, 
annual gross revenues shall be calculated for each channel individually 
based on revenues received in the preceding calendar year from all 
sources related to the programming on that channel. Revenue for channels 
shared between network and local programming shall be separately 
calculated for network and for non-network programming, with neither the 
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programming provider being required to spend more than 2 percent of its 
revenues for captioning. Thus, for example, compliance with respect to a 
network service distributed by a multichannel video service distributor, 
such as a cable operator, would be calculated based on the revenues 
received by the network itself (as would the related captioning 
expenditure). For local service providers such as broadcasters, 
advertising revenues from station-controlled inventory would be 
included. For cable operators providing local origination programming, 
the annual gross revenues received for each channel will be used to 
determine compliance. Evidence of compliance could include certification 
from the network supplier that the requirements of the test had been 
met. Multichannel video programming distributors, in calculating non-
network revenues for a channel offered to subscribers as part of a 
multichannel package or tier, will not include a pro rata share of 
subscriber revenues, but will include all other revenues from the 
channel, including advertising and ancillary revenues. Revenues for 
channels supported by direct sales of products will include only the 
revenues from the product sales activity (e.g., sales commissions) and 
not the revenues from the actual products offered to subscribers. 
Evidence of compliance could include certification from the network 
supplier that the requirements of this test have been met.
    (8) If two or more networks (or sources of programming) share a 
single channel, that channel shall be considered to be in compliance if 
each of the sources of video programming are in compliance where they 
are carried on a full time basis;
    (9) Video programming distributors shall not be required to provide 
closed captioning for video programming that is by law not subject to 
their editorial control, including but not limited to the signals of 
television broadcast stations distributed pursuant to sections 614 and 
615 of the Communications Act or pursuant to the compulsory copyright 
licensing provisions of sections 111 and 119 of the Copyright Act (Title 
17 U.S.C. 111 and 119); programming involving candidates for public 
office covered by sections 315 and 312 of the Communications Act and 
associated policies; commercial leased access, public access, 
governmental and educational access programming carried pursuant to 
sections 611 and 612 of the Communications Act; video programming 
distributed by direct broadcast satellite (DBS) services in compliance 
with the noncommercial programming requirement pursuant to section 
335(b)(3) of the Communications Act to the extent such video programming 
is exempt from the editorial control of the video programming provider; 
and video programming distributed by a common carrier or that is 
distributed on an open video system pursuant to section 653 of the 
Communications Act by an entity other than the open video system 
operator. To the extent such video programming is not otherwise exempt 
from captioning, the entity that contracts for its distribution shall be 
required to comply with the closed captioning requirements of this 
section.
    (10) In evaluating whether a video programming provider has complied 
with the requirement that all new nonexempt video programming must 
include closed captioning, the Commission will consider showings that 
any lack of captioning was de minimis and reasonable under the 
circumstances.
    (f) Procedures for exemptions based on undue burden. (1) A video 
programming provider, video programming producer or video programming 
owner may petition the Commission for a full or partial exemption from 
the closed captioning requirements. Exemptions may be granted, in whole 
or in part, for a channel of video programming, a category or type of 
video programming, an individual video service, a specific video program 
or a video programming provider upon a finding that the closed 
captioning requirements will result in an undue burden.
    (2) A petition for an exemption must be supported by sufficient 
evidence to demonstrate that compliance with the requirements to closed 
caption video programming would cause an undue burden. The term ``undue 
burden'' means significant difficulty or expense. Factors to be 
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closed captioning impose an undue burden include:
    (i) The nature and cost of the closed captions for the programming;
    (ii) The impact on the operation of the provider or program owner;
    (iii) The financial resources of the provider or program owner; and
    (iv) The type of operations of the provider or program owner.
    (3) In addition to these factors, the petition shall describe any 
other factors the petitioner deems relevant to the Commission's final 
determination and any available alternatives that might constitute a 
reasonable substitute for the closed captioning requirements including, 
but not limited to, text or graphic display of the content of the audio 
portion of the programming. Undue burden shall be evaluated with regard 
to the individual outlet.
    (4) An original and two (2) copies of a petition requesting an 
exemption based on the undue burden standard, and all subsequent 
pleadings, shall be filed in accordance with Sec.  0.401(a) of this 
chapter.
    (5) The Commission will place the petition on public notice.
    (6) Any interested person may file comments or oppositions to the 
petition within 30 days of the public notice of the petition. Within 20 
days of the close of the comment period, the petitioner may reply to any 
comments or oppositions filed.
    (7) Comments or oppositions to the petition shall be served on the 
petitioner and shall include a certification that the petitioner was 
served with a copy. Replies to comments or oppositions shall be served 
on the commenting or opposing party and shall include a certification 
that the commenter was served with a copy.
    (8) Upon a showing of good cause, the Commission may lengthen or 
shorten any comment period and waive or establish other procedural 
requirements.
    (9) All petitions and responsive pleadings shall contain a detailed, 
full showing, supported by affidavit, of any facts or considerations 
relied on.
    (10) The Commission may deny or approve, in whole or in part, a 
petition for an undue burden exemption from the closed captioning 
requirements.
    (11) During the pendency of an undue burden determination, the video 
programming subject to the request for exemption shall be considered 
exempt from the closed captioning requirements.
    (g) Complaint procedures. (1) No complaint concerning an alleged 
violation of the closed captioning requirements of this section shall be 
filed with the Commission unless such complaint is first sent to the 
video programming distributor responsible for delivery and exhibition of 
the video programming. A complaint must be in writing, must state with 
specificity the alleged Commission rule violated and must include some 
evidence of the alleged rule violation. In the case of an alleged 
violation by a television broadcast station or other programming for 
which the video programming distributor is exempt from closed captioning 
responsibility pursuant to paragraph (e)(9) of this section, the 
complaint shall be sent directly to the station or owner of the 
programming. A video programming distributor receiving a complaint 
regarding such programming must forward the complaint within seven days 
of receipt to the programmer or send written instructions to the 
complainant on how to refile with the programmer.
    (2) A complaint will not be considered if it is filed with the video 
programming distributor later than the end of the calendar quarter 
following the calendar quarter in which the alleged violation has 
occurred.
    (3) The video programming distributor must respond in writing to a 
complaint no later than 45 days after the end of the calendar quarter in 
which the violation is alleged to have occurred or 45 days after receipt 
of a written complaint, whichever is later.
    (4) If a video programming distributor fails to respond to a 
complaint or a dispute remains following the initial complaint 
resolution procedures, a complaint may be filed with the Commission 
within 30 days after the time allotted for the video programming 
distributor to respond has ended. An original and two (2) copies of the 
complaint, and all subsequent pleadings shall be filed in accordance 
with Sec.  0.401(a) of this chapter. The complaint

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shall include evidence that demonstrates the alleged violation of the 
closed captioning requirements of this section and shall certify that a 
copy of the complaint and the supporting evidence was first directed to 
the video programming distributor. A copy of the complaint and any 
supporting documentation must be served on the video programming 
distributor.
    (5) The video programming distributor shall have 15 days to respond 
to the complaint. In response to a complaint, a video programming 
distributor is obligated to provide the Commission with sufficient 
records and documentation to demonstrate that it is in compliance with 
the Commission's rules. The response to the complaint shall be served on 
the complainant.
    (6) Certifications from programming suppliers, including programming 
producers, programming owners, networks, syndicators and other 
distributors, may be relied on to demonstrate compliance. Distributors 
will not be held responsible for situations where a program source 
falsely certifies that programming delivered to the distributor meets 
our captioning requirements if the distributor is unaware that the 
certification is false. Video programming providers may rely on the 
accuracy of certifications. Appropriate action may be taken with respect 
to deliberate falsifications.
    (7) The Commission will review the complaint, including all 
supporting evidence, and determine whether a violation has occurred. The 
Commission shall, as needed, request additional information from the 
video programming provider.
    (8) If the Commission finds that a violation has occurred, penalties 
may be imposed, including a requirement that the video programming 
distributor deliver video programming containing closed captioning in an 
amount exceeding that specified in paragraph (b) of this section in a 
future time period.
    (h) Private rights of action prohibited. Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to authorize any private right of action to enforce 
any requirement of this section. The Commission shall have exclusive 
jurisdiction with respect to any complaint under this section.

[62 FR 48493, Sept. 16, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 55962, Oct. 20, 1998; 
64 FR 33424, June 23, 1999; 65 FR 58477, Sept. 29, 2000]



Sec.  79.2  Accessibility of programming providing emergency information.

    (a) Definitions. (1) For purposes of this section, the definitions 
in Sec. Sec.  79.1 and 79.3 apply.
    (2) Emergency information. Information, about a current emergency, 
that is intended to further the protection of life, health, safety, and 
property, i.e., critical details regarding the emergency and how to 
respond to the emergency. Examples of the types of emergencies covered 
include tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, tidal waves, earthquakes, icing 
conditions, heavy snows, widespread fires, discharge of toxic gases, 
widespread power failures, industrial explosions, civil disorders, 
school closings and changes in school bus schedules resulting from such 
conditions, and warnings and watches of impending changes in weather.

    Note to paragraph (a)(2):
    Critical details include, but are not limited to, specific details 
regarding the areas that will be affected by the emergency, evacuation 
orders, detailed descriptions of areas to be evacuated, specific 
evacuation routes, approved shelters or the way to take shelter in one's 
home, instructions on how to secure personal property, road closures, 
and how to obtain relief assistance.

    (b) Requirements for accessibility of programming providing 
emergency information.
    (1) Video programming distributors must make emergency information, 
as defined in paragraph (a) of this section, accessible as follows:
    (i) Emergency information that is provided in the audio portion of 
the programming must be made accessible to persons with hearing 
disabilities by using a method of closed captioning or by using a method 
of visual presentation, as described in Sec.  79.1 of this part;
    (ii) Emergency information that is provided in the video portion of 
a regularly scheduled newscast, or newscast that interrupts regular 
programming, must be made accessible to persons with visual 
disabilities; and

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    (iii) Emergency information that is provided in the video portion of 
programming that is not a regularly scheduled newscast, or a newscast 
that interrupts regular programming, must be accompanied with an aural 
tone.
    (2) This rule applies to emergency information primarily intended 
for distribution to an audience in the geographic area in which the 
emergency is occurring.
    (3) Video programming distributors must ensure that:
    (i) Emergency information should not block any closed captioning and 
any closed captioning should not block any emergency information 
provided by means other than closed captioning; and
    (ii) Emergency information should not block any video description 
and any video description provided should not block any emergency 
information provided by means other than video description.
    (c) Complaint procedures. A complaint alleging a violation of this 
section may be transmitted to the Commission by any reasonable means, 
such as letter, facsimile transmission, telephone (voice/TRS/TTY), 
Internet e-mail, audio-cassette recording, and Braille, or some other 
method that would best accommodate the complainant's disability. The 
complaint should include the name of the video programming distributor 
against whom the complaint is alleged, the date and time of the omission 
of emergency information, and the type of emergency. The Commission will 
notify the video programming distributor of the complaint, and the 
distributor will reply to the complaint within 30 days.

[65 FR 26762, May 9, 2000, as amended at 65 FR 54811, Sept. 11, 2000]

    Effective Date Note: At 65 FR 54811, Sept. 11, 2000, Sec.  79.2 was 
amended by revising paragraphs (a)(1), (b)(1), and (b)(3). These 
paragraphs contain information collection and recordkeeping requirements 
and will not become effective until approval has been given by the 
Office of Management and Budget.



Sec.  79.3  Video description of video programming.

    (a) Definitions. For purposes of this section the following 
definitions shall apply:
    (1) Designated Market Areas (DMAs). Unique, county-based geographic 
areas designated by Nielsen Media Research, a television audience 
measurement service, based on television viewership in the counties that 
make up each DMA.
    (2) Second Audio Program (SAP) channel. A channel containing the 
frequency-modulated second audio program subcarrier, as defined in, and 
subject to, the Commission's OET Bulletin No. 60, Revision A, 
``Multichannel Television Sound Transmission and Processing Requirements 
for the BTSC System,'' February 1986.
    (3) Video description. The insertion of audio narrated descriptions 
of a television program's key visual elements into natural pauses 
between the program's dialogue.
    (4) Video programming. Programming provided by, or generally 
considered comparable to programming provided by, a television broadcast 
station that is distributed and exhibited for residential use.
    (5) Video programming distributor. Any television broadcast station 
licensed by the Commission and any multichannel video programming 
distributor (MVPD), and any other distributor of video programming for 
residential reception that delivers such programming directly to the 
home and is subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission.
    (6) Prime time. The period from 8 to 11:00 p.m. Monday through 
Saturday, and 7 to 11:00 p.m. on Sunday local time, except that in the 
central time zone the relevant period shall be between the hours of 7 
and 10:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 6 and 10:00 p.m. on Sunday, 
and in the mountain time zone each station shall elect whether the 
period shall be 8 to 11:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 7 to 11:00 
p.m. on Sunday, or 7 to 10:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 6 to 
10:00 p.m. on Sunday.

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    (b) The following video programming distributors must provide 
programming with video description as follows:
    (1) Commercial television broadcast stations that are affiliated 
with one of the top four commercial television broadcast networks (ABC, 
CBS, Fox, and NBC), as of September 30, 2000, and that are licensed to a 
community located in the top 25 DMAs, as determined by Nielsen Media 
Research, Inc. for the year 2000, must provide 50 hours of video 
description per calendar quarter, either during prime time or on 
children's programming;
    (2) Television broadcast stations that are affiliated or otherwise 
associated with any television network, must pass through video 
description when the network provides video description and the 
broadcast station has the technical capability necessary to pass through 
the video description, unless using the technology for providing video 
description in connection with the program for another purpose that is 
related to the programming would conflict with providing the video 
description;
    (3) Multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) that serve 
50,000 or more subscribers, as of September 30, 2000, must provide 50 
hours of video description per calendar quarter during prime time or on 
children's programming, on each channel on which they carry one of the 
top five national nonbroadcast networks, as defined by an average of the 
national audience share during prime time of nonbroadcast networks, as 
determined by Nielsen Media Research, Inc., for the time period October 
1999-September 2000, that reach 50 percent or more of MVPD households; 
and
    (4) Multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) of any size:
    (i) must pass through video description on each broadcast station 
they carry, when the broadcast station provides video description, and 
the channel on which the MVPD distributes the programming of the 
broadcast station has the technical capability necessary to pass through 
the video description, unless using the technology for providing video 
description in connection with the program for another purpose that is 
related to the programming would conflict with providing the video 
description; and
    (ii) must pass through video description on each nonbroadcast 
network they carry, when the network provides video description, and the 
channel on which the MVPD distributes the programming of the network has 
the technical capability necessary to pass through the video 
description, unless using the technology for providing video description 
in connection with the program for another purpose that is related to 
the programming would conflict with providing the video description.
    (c) Responsibility for and determination of compliance. (1) The 
Commission will calculate compliance on a per channel, calendar quarter 
basis, beginning with the calendar quarter April 1 through June 30, 
2002.
    (2) In order to meet its fifty-hour quarterly requirement, a 
broadcaster or MVPD may count each program it airs with video 
description no more than a total of two times on each channel on which 
it airs the program. A broadcaster or MVPD may count the second airing 
in the same or any one subsequent quarter.
    (3) Once a commercial television broadcast station as defined under 
paragraph (b)(1) of this section has aired a particular program with 
video description, it is required to include video description with all 
subsequent airings of that program on that same broadcast station, 
unless using the technology for providing video description in 
connection with the program for another purpose that is related to the 
programming would conflict with providing the video description.
    (4) Once an MVPD as defined under paragraph (b)(3) of this section:
    (i) has aired a particular program with video description on a 
broadcast station they carry, it is required to include video 
description with all subsequent airings of that program on that same 
broadcast station, unless using the technology for providing video 
description in connection with the program for another purpose that is 
related to the programming would conflict with providing the video 
description; or

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    (ii) has aired a particular program with video description on a 
nonbroadcast station they carry, it is required to include video 
description with all subsequent airings of that program on that same 
nonbroadcast station, unless using the technology for providing video 
description in connection with the program for another purpose that is 
related to the programming would conflict with providing the video 
description.
    (5) In evaluating whether a video programming distributor has 
complied with the requirement to provide video programming with video 
description, the Commission will consider showings that any lack of 
video description was de minimis and reasonable under the circumstances.
    (d) Procedures for exemptions based on undue burden. (1) A video 
programming provider may petition the Commission for a full or partial 
exemption from the video description requirements of this section, which 
the Commission may grant upon a finding that the requirements will 
result in an undue burden.
    (2) The petitioner must support a petition for exemption with 
sufficient evidence to demonstrate that compliance with the requirements 
to provide programming with video description would cause an undue 
burden. The term ``undue burden'' means significant difficulty or 
expense. The Commission will consider the following factors when 
determining whether the requirements for video description impose an 
undue burden:
    (i) The nature and cost of providing video description of the 
programming;
    (ii) The impact on the operation of the video programming 
distributor;
    (iii) The financial resources of the video programming distributor; 
and
    (iv) The type of operations of the video programming distributor.
    (3) In addition to these factors, the petitioner must describe any 
other factors it deems relevant to the Commission's final determination 
and any available alternative that might constitute a reasonable 
substitute for the video description requirements. The Commission will 
evaluate undue burden with regard to the individual outlet.
    (4) The petitioner must file an original and two (2) copies of a 
petition requesting an exemption based on the undue burden standard, and 
all subsequent pleadings, in accordance with Sec.  0.401(a) of this 
chapter.
    (5) The Commission will place the petition on public notice.
    (6) Any interested person may file comments or oppositions to the 
petition within 30 days of the public notice of the petition. Within 20 
days of the close of the comment period, the petitioner may reply to any 
comments or oppositions filed.
    (7) Persons that file comments or oppositions to the petition must 
serve the petitioner with copies of those comments or oppositions and 
must include a certification that the petitioner was served with a copy. 
Parties filing replies to comments or oppositions must serve the 
commenting or opposing party with copies of such replies and shall 
include a certification that the party was served with a copy.
    (8) Upon a showing of good cause, the Commission may lengthen or 
shorten any comment period and waive or establish other procedural 
requirements.
    (9) Persons filing petitions and responsive pleadings must include a 
detailed, full showing, supported by affidavit, of any facts or 
considerations relied on.
    (10) The Commission may deny or approve, in whole or in part, a 
petition for an undue burden exemption from the video description 
requirements.
    (11) During the pendency of an undue burden determination, the 
Commission will consider the video programming subject to the request 
for exemption as exempt from the video description requirements.
    (e) Complaint procedures. (1) A complainant may file a complaint 
concerning an alleged violation of the video description requirements of 
this section by transmitting it to the Consumer Information Bureau at 
the Commission by any reasonable means, such as letter, facsimile 
transmission, telephone (voice/TRS/TTY), Internet e-mail, audio-cassette 
recording, and Braille, or some other method that would best accommodate 
the complainant's disability. Complaints should be addressed to: 
Consumer Information

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Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554. A complaint must 
include:
    (i) The name and address of the complainant;
    (ii) The name and address of the broadcast station against whom the 
complaint is alleged and its call letters and network affiliation, or 
the name and address of the MVPD against whom the complaint is alleged 
and the name of the network that provides the programming that is the 
subject of the complaint;
    (iii) A statement of facts sufficient to show that the video 
programming distributor has violated or is violating the Commission's 
rules, and, if applicable, the date and time of the alleged violation;
    (iv) the specific relief or satisfaction sought by the complainant;
    (v) the complainant's preferred format or method of response to the 
complaint (such as letter, facsimile transmission, telephone (voice/TRS/
TTY), Internet e-mail, or some other method that would best accommodate 
the complaint's disability); and
    (vi) a certification that the complainant attempted in good faith to 
resolve the dispute with the broadcast station or MVPD against whom the 
complaint is alleged.
    (2) The Commission will promptly forward complaints satisfying the 
above requirements to the video programming distributor involved. The 
video programming distributor must respond to the complaint within a 
specified time, generally within 30 days. The Commission may authorize 
Commission staff either to shorten or lengthen the time required for 
responding to complaints in particular cases. The answer to a complaint 
must include a certification that the video programming distributor 
attempted in good faith to resolve the dispute with the complainant.
    (3) The Commission will review all relevant information provided by 
the complainant and the video programming distributor and will request 
additional information from either or both parties when needed for a 
full resolution of the complaint.
    (i) The Commission may rely on certifications from programming 
suppliers, including programming producers, programming owners, 
networks, syndicators and other distributors, to demonstrate compliance. 
The Commission will not hold the video programming distributor 
responsible for situations where a program source falsely certifies that 
programming that it delivered to the video programming distributor meets 
our video description requirements if the video programming distributor 
is unaware that the certification is false. Appropriate action may be 
taken with respect to deliberate falsifications.
    (ii) If the Commission finds that a video programming distributor 
has violated the video description requirements of this section, it may 
impose penalties, including a requirement that the video programming 
distributor deliver video programming containing video description in 
excess of its requirements.
    (f) Private rights of action are prohibited. Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to authorize any private right of action to enforce 
any requirement of this section. The Commission shall have exclusive 
jurisdiction with respect to any complaint under this section.

[65 FR 54812, Sept. 11, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 8529, Feb. 1, 2001; 66 
FR 16618, Mar. 27, 2001]

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                    Table of CFR Titles and Chapters




                     (Revised as of October 1, 2003)

                      Title 1--General Provisions

         I  Administrative Committee of the Federal Register 
                (Parts 1--49)
        II  Office of the Federal Register (Parts 50--299)
        IV  Miscellaneous Agencies (Parts 400--500)

                          Title 2 [Reserved]

                        Title 3--The President

         I  Executive Office of the President (Parts 100--199)

                           Title 4--Accounts

         I  General Accounting Office (Parts 1--99)

                   Title 5--Administrative Personnel

         I  Office of Personnel Management (Parts 1--1199)
        II  Merit Systems Protection Board (Parts 1200--1299)
       III  Office of Management and Budget (Parts 1300--1399)
         V  The International Organizations Employees Loyalty 
                Board (Parts 1500--1599)
        VI  Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (Parts 
                1600--1699)
      VIII  Office of Special Counsel (Parts 1800--1899)
        IX  Appalachian Regional Commission (Parts 1900--1999)
        XI  Armed Forces Retirement Home (Part 2100)
       XIV  Federal Labor Relations Authority, General Counsel of 
                the Federal Labor Relations Authority and Federal 
                Service Impasses Panel (Parts 2400--2499)
        XV  Office of Administration, Executive Office of the 
                President (Parts 2500--2599)
       XVI  Office of Government Ethics (Parts 2600--2699)
       XXI  Department of the Treasury (Parts 3100--3199)
      XXII  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Part 3201)
     XXIII  Department of Energy (Part 3301)
      XXIV  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Part 3401)
       XXV  Department of the Interior (Part 3501)
      XXVI  Department of Defense (Part 3601)

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    XXVIII  Department of Justice (Part 3801)
      XXIX  Federal Communications Commission (Parts 3900--3999)
       XXX  Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation (Parts 4000--
                4099)
      XXXI  Farm Credit Administration (Parts 4100--4199)
    XXXIII  Overseas Private Investment Corporation (Part 4301)
      XXXV  Office of Personnel Management (Part 4501)
        XL  Interstate Commerce Commission (Part 5001)
       XLI  Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Part 5101)
      XLII  Department of Labor (Part 5201)
     XLIII  National Science Foundation (Part 5301)
       XLV  Department of Health and Human Services (Part 5501)
      XLVI  Postal Rate Commission (Part 5601)
     XLVII  Federal Trade Commission (Part 5701)
    XLVIII  Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Part 5801)
         L  Department of Transportation (Part 6001)
       LII  Export-Import Bank of the United States (Part 6201)
      LIII  Department of Education (Parts 6300--6399)
       LIV  Environmental Protection Agency (Part 6401)
        LV  National Endowment for the Arts (Part 6501)
       LVI  National Endowment for the Humanitiess (Part 6601)
      LVII  General Services Administration (Part 6701)
     LVIII  Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Part 
                6801)
       LIX  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Part 
                6901)
        LX  United States Postal Service (Part 7001)
       LXI  National Labor Relations Board (Part 7101)
      LXII  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Part 7201)
     LXIII  Inter-American Foundation (Part 7301)
       LXV  Department of Housing and Urban Development (Part 
                7501)
      LXVI  National Archives and Records Administration (Part 
                7601)
     LXVII  Institute of Museum and Library Services (Part 7701)
      LXIX  Tennessee Valley Authority (Part 7901)
      LXXI  Consumer Product Safety Commission (Part 8101)
    LXXIII  Department of Agriculture (Part 8301)
     LXXIV  Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (Part 
                8401)
     LXXVI  Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (Part 8601)
    LXXVII  Office of Management and Budget (Part 8701)

                      Title 6--Homeland Security

         I  Department of Homeland Security, Office of the 
                Secretary (Parts 0--99)

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                         Title 7--Agriculture

            Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Agriculture 
                (Parts 0--26)
            Subtitle B--Regulations of the Department of 
                Agriculture
         I  Agricultural Marketing Service (Standards, 
                Inspections, Marketing Practices), Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 27--209)
        II  Food and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture 
                (Parts 210--299)
       III  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department 
                of Agriculture (Parts 300--399)
        IV  Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 400--499)
         V  Agricultural Research Service, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 500--599)
        VI  Natural Resources Conservation Service, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 600--699)
       VII  Farm Service Agency, Department of Agriculture (Parts 
                700--799)
      VIII  Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
                Administration (Federal Grain Inspection Service), 
                Department of Agriculture (Parts 800--899)
        IX  Agricultural Marketing Service (Marketing Agreements 
                and Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), Department 
                of Agriculture (Parts 900--999)
         X  Agricultural Marketing Service (Marketing Agreements 
                and Orders; Milk), Department of Agriculture 
                (Parts 1000--1199)
        XI  Agricultural Marketing Service (Marketing Agreements 
                and Orders; Miscellaneous Commodities), Department 
                of Agriculture (Parts 1200--1299)
       XIV  Commodity Credit Corporation, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 1400--1499)
        XV  Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 1500--1599)
       XVI  Rural Telephone Bank, Department of Agriculture (Parts 
                1600--1699)
      XVII  Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture 
                (Parts 1700--1799)
     XVIII  Rural Housing Service, Rural Business-Cooperative 
                Service, Rural Utilities Service, and Farm Service 
                Agency, Department of Agriculture (Parts 1800--
                2099)
        XX  Local Television Loan Guarantee Board (Parts 2200--
                2299)
      XXVI  Office of Inspector General, Department of Agriculture 
                (Parts 2600--2699)
     XXVII  Office of Information Resources Management, Department 
                of Agriculture (Parts 2700--2799)
    XXVIII  Office of Operations, Department of Agriculture (Parts 
                2800--2899)
      XXIX  Office of Energy, Department of Agriculture (Parts 
                2900--2999)
       XXX  Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 3000--3099)

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      XXXI  Office of Environmental Quality, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 3100--3199)
     XXXII  Office of Procurement and Property Management, 
                Department of Agriculture (Parts 3200--3299)
    XXXIII  Office of Transportation, Department of Agriculture 
                (Parts 3300--3399)
     XXXIV  Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension 
                Service, Department of Agriculture (Parts 3400--
                3499)
      XXXV  Rural Housing Service, Department of Agriculture 
                (Parts 3500--3599)
     XXXVI  National Agricultural Statistics Service, Department 
                of Agriculture (Parts 3600--3699)
    XXXVII  Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture 
                (Parts 3700--3799)
   XXXVIII  World Agricultural Outlook Board, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 3800--3899)
       XLI  [Reserved]
      XLII  Rural Business-Cooperative Service and Rural Utilities 
                Service, Department of Agriculture (Parts 4200--
                4299)

                    Title 8--Aliens and Nationality

         I  Department of Homeland Security (Immigration and 
                Naturalization) (Parts 1--599)
         V  Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of 
                Justice (Parts 1000--1400)

                 Title 9--Animals and Animal Products

         I  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department 
                of Agriculture (Parts 1--199)
        II  Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
                Administration (Packers and Stockyards Programs), 
                Department of Agriculture (Parts 200--299)
       III  Food Safety and Inspection Service, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 300--599)

                           Title 10--Energy

         I  Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Parts 0--199)
        II  Department of Energy (Parts 200--699)
       III  Department of Energy (Parts 700--999)
         X  Department of Energy (General Provisions) (Parts 
                1000--1099)
      XVII  Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (Parts 1700--
                1799)
     XVIII  Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste 
                Commission (Part 1800)

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                      Title 11--Federal Elections

         I  Federal Election Commission (Parts 1--9099)

                      Title 12--Banks and Banking

         I  Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the 
                Treasury (Parts 1--199)
        II  Federal Reserve System (Parts 200--299)
       III  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Parts 300--399)
        IV  Export-Import Bank of the United States (Parts 400--
                499)
         V  Office of Thrift Supervision, Department of the 
                Treasury (Parts 500--599)
        VI  Farm Credit Administration (Parts 600--699)
       VII  National Credit Union Administration (Parts 700--799)
      VIII  Federal Financing Bank (Parts 800--899)
        IX  Federal Housing Finance Board (Parts 900--999)
        XI  Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council 
                (Parts 1100--1199)
       XIV  Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation (Parts 1400--
                1499)
        XV  Department of the Treasury (Parts 1500--1599)
      XVII  Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, 
                Department of Housing and Urban Development (Parts 
                1700--1799)
     XVIII  Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, 
                Department of the Treasury (Parts 1800--1899)

               Title 13--Business Credit and Assistance

         I  Small Business Administration (Parts 1--199)
       III  Economic Development Administration, Department of 
                Commerce (Parts 300--399)
        IV  Emergency Steel Guarantee Loan Board (Parts 400--499)
         V  Emergency Oil and Gas Guaranteed Loan Board (Parts 
                500--599)

                    Title 14--Aeronautics and Space

         I  Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
                Transportation (Parts 1--199)
        II  Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation 
                (Aviation Proceedings) (Parts 200--399)
       III  Commercial Space Transportation, Federal Aviation 
                Administration, Department of Transportation 
                (Parts 400--499)
         V  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Parts 
                1200--1299)
        VI  Air Transportation System Stabilization (Parts 1300--
                1399)

                 Title 15--Commerce and Foreign Trade

            Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Commerce (Parts 
                0--29)

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            Subtitle B--Regulations Relating to Commerce and 
                Foreign Trade
         I  Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce (Parts 
                30--199)
        II  National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
                Department of Commerce (Parts 200--299)
       III  International Trade Administration, Department of 
                Commerce (Parts 300--399)
        IV  Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Department of Commerce 
                (Parts 400--499)
       VII  Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of 
                Commerce (Parts 700--799)
      VIII  Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce 
                (Parts 800--899)
        IX  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
                Department of Commerce (Parts 900--999)
        XI  Technology Administration, Department of Commerce 
                (Parts 1100--1199)
      XIII  East-West Foreign Trade Board (Parts 1300--1399)
       XIV  Minority Business Development Agency (Parts 1400--
                1499)
            Subtitle C--Regulations Relating to Foreign Trade 
                Agreements
        XX  Office of the United States Trade Representative 
                (Parts 2000--2099)
            Subtitle D--Regulations Relating to Telecommunications 
                and Information
     XXIII  National Telecommunications and Information 
                Administration, Department of Commerce (Parts 
                2300--2399)

                    Title 16--Commercial Practices

         I  Federal Trade Commission (Parts 0--999)
        II  Consumer Product Safety Commission (Parts 1000--1799)

             Title 17--Commodity and Securities Exchanges

         I  Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Parts 1--199)
        II  Securities and Exchange Commission (Parts 200--399)
        IV  Department of the Treasury (Parts 400--499)

          Title 18--Conservation of Power and Water Resources

         I  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of 
                Energy (Parts 1--399)
       III  Delaware River Basin Commission (Parts 400--499)
        VI  Water Resources Council (Parts 700--799)
      VIII  Susquehanna River Basin Commission (Parts 800--899)
      XIII  Tennessee Valley Authority (Parts 1300--1399)

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                       Title 19--Customs Duties

         I  Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Department of 
                Homeland Security; Department of the Treasury 
                (Parts 0--199)
        II  United States International Trade Commission (Parts 
                200--299)
       III  International Trade Administration, Department of 
                Commerce (Parts 300--399)
        IV  Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 
                Department of Homeland Security (Parts 400--599)

                     Title 20--Employees' Benefits

         I  Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department 
                of Labor (Parts 1--199)
        II  Railroad Retirement Board (Parts 200--399)
       III  Social Security Administration (Parts 400--499)
        IV  Employees' Compensation Appeals Board, Department of 
                Labor (Parts 500--599)
         V  Employment and Training Administration, Department of 
                Labor (Parts 600--699)
        VI  Employment Standards Administration, Department of 
                Labor (Parts 700--799)
       VII  Benefits Review Board, Department of Labor (Parts 
                800--899)
      VIII  Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries (Parts 
                900--999)
        IX  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' 
                Employment and Training, Department of Labor 
                (Parts 1000--1099)

                       Title 21--Food and Drugs

         I  Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and 
                Human Services (Parts 1--1299)
        II  Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice 
                (Parts 1300--1399)
       III  Office of National Drug Control Policy (Parts 1400--
                1499)

                      Title 22--Foreign Relations

         I  Department of State (Parts 1--199)
        II  Agency for International Development (Parts 200--299)
       III  Peace Corps (Parts 300--399)
        IV  International Joint Commission, United States and 
                Canada (Parts 400--499)
         V  Broadcasting Board of Governors (Parts 500--599)
       VII  Overseas Private Investment Corporation (Parts 700--
                799)
        IX  Foreign Service Grievance Board (Parts 900--999)
         X  Inter-American Foundation (Parts 1000--1099)
        XI  International Boundary and Water Commission, United 
                States and Mexico, United States Section (Parts 
                1100--1199)
       XII  United States International Development Cooperation 
                Agency (Parts 1200--1299)

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       XIV  Foreign Service Labor Relations Board; Federal Labor 
                Relations Authority; General Counsel of the 
                Federal Labor Relations Authority; and the Foreign 
                Service Impasse Disputes Panel (Parts 1400--1499)
        XV  African Development Foundation (Parts 1500--1599)
       XVI  Japan-United States Friendship Commission (Parts 
                1600--1699)
      XVII  United States Institute of Peace (Parts 1700--1799)

                          Title 23--Highways

         I  Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
                Transportation (Parts 1--999)
        II  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and 
                Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
                Transportation (Parts 1200--1299)
       III  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
                Department of Transportation (Parts 1300--1399)

                Title 24--Housing and Urban Development

            Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary, Department of 
                Housing and Urban Development (Parts 0--99)
            Subtitle B--Regulations Relating to Housing and Urban 
                Development
         I  Office of Assistant Secretary for Equal Opportunity, 
                Department of Housing and Urban Development (Parts 
                100--199)
        II  Office of Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal 
                Housing Commissioner, Department of Housing and 
                Urban Development (Parts 200--299)
       III  Government National Mortgage Association, Department 
                of Housing and Urban Development (Parts 300--399)
        IV  Office of Housing and Office of Multifamily Housing 
                Assistance Restructuring, Department of Housing 
                and Urban Development (Parts 400--499)
         V  Office of Assistant Secretary for Community Planning 
                and Development, Department of Housing and Urban 
                Development (Parts 500--599)
        VI  Office of Assistant Secretary for Community Planning 
                and Development, Department of Housing and Urban 
                Development (Parts 600--699) [Reserved]
       VII  Office of the Secretary, Department of Housing and 
                Urban Development (Housing Assistance Programs and 
                Public and Indian Housing Programs) (Parts 700--
                799)
      VIII  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal 
                Housing Commissioner, Department of Housing and 
                Urban Development (Section 8 Housing Assistance 
                Programs, Section 202 Direct Loan Program, Section 
                202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program and 
                Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons With 
                Disabilities Program) (Parts 800--899)
        IX  Office of Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
                Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
                Development (Parts 900--1699)

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         X  Office of Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal 
                Housing Commissioner, Department of Housing and 
                Urban Development (Interstate Land Sales 
                Registration Program) (Parts 1700--1799)
       XII  Office of Inspector General, Department of Housing and 
                Urban Development (Parts 2000--2099)
        XX  Office of Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal 
                Housing Commissioner, Department of Housing and 
                Urban Development (Parts 3200--3899)
       XXV  Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (Parts 4100--
                4199)

                           Title 25--Indians

         I  Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior 
                (Parts 1--299)
        II  Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the 
                Interior (Parts 300--399)
       III  National Indian Gaming Commission, Department of the 
                Interior (Parts 500--599)
        IV  Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation (Parts 
                700--799)
         V  Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, 
                and Indian Health Service, Department of Health 
                and Human Services (Part 900)
        VI  Office of the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs, 
                Department of the Interior (Parts 1000--1199)
       VII  Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, 
                Department of the Interior (Part 1200)

                      Title 26--Internal Revenue

         I  Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury 
                (Parts 1--899)

           Title 27--Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms

         I  Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Department 
                of the Treasury (Parts 1--299)
        II  Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, 
                Department of Justice (Parts 400--699)

                   Title 28--Judicial Administration

         I  Department of Justice (Parts 0--299)
       III  Federal Prison Industries, Inc., Department of Justice 
                (Parts 300--399)
         V  Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice (Parts 500--
                599)
        VI  Offices of Independent Counsel, Department of Justice 
                (Parts 600--699)
       VII  Office of Independent Counsel (Parts 700--799)

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      VIII  Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the 
                District of Columbia (Parts 800--899)
        IX  National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council 
                (Parts 900--999)
        XI  Department of Justice and Department of State (Parts 
                1100--1199)

                            Title 29--Labor

            Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Labor (Parts 
                0--99)
            Subtitle B--Regulations Relating to Labor
         I  National Labor Relations Board (Parts 100--199)
        II  Office of Labor-Management Standards, Department of 
                Labor (Parts 200--299)
       III  National Railroad Adjustment Board (Parts 300--399)
        IV  Office of Labor-Management Standards, Department of 
                Labor (Parts 400--499)
         V  Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor (Parts 
                500--899)
        IX  Construction Industry Collective Bargaining Commission 
                (Parts 900--999)
         X  National Mediation Board (Parts 1200--1299)
       XII  Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (Parts 
                1400--1499)
       XIV  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Parts 1600--
                1699)
      XVII  Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 
                Department of Labor (Parts 1900--1999)
        XX  Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission 
                (Parts 2200--2499)
       XXV  Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department 
                of Labor (Parts 2500--2599)
     XXVII  Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission 
                (Parts 2700--2799)
        XL  Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (Parts 4000--
                4999)

                      Title 30--Mineral Resources

         I  Mine Safety and Health Administration, Department of 
                Labor (Parts 1--199)
        II  Minerals Management Service, Department of the 
                Interior (Parts 200--299)
       III  Board of Surface Mining and Reclamation Appeals, 
                Department of the Interior (Parts 300--399)
        IV  Geological Survey, Department of the Interior (Parts 
                400--499)
       VII  Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 
                Department of the Interior (Parts 700--999)

                 Title 31--Money and Finance: Treasury

            Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of the Treasury 
                (Parts 0--50)

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            Subtitle B--Regulations Relating to Money and Finance
         I  Monetary Offices, Department of the Treasury (Parts 
                51--199)
        II  Fiscal Service, Department of the Treasury (Parts 
                200--399)
        IV  Secret Service, Department of the Treasury (Parts 
                400--499)
         V  Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the 
                Treasury (Parts 500--599)
        VI  Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Department of the 
                Treasury (Parts 600--699)
       VII  Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Department of 
                the Treasury (Parts 700--799)
      VIII  Office of International Investment, Department of the 
                Treasury (Parts 800--899)
        IX  Federal Claims Collection Standards (Department of the 
                Treasury--Department of Justice) (Parts 900--999)

                      Title 32--National Defense

            Subtitle A--Department of Defense
         I  Office of the Secretary of Defense (Parts 1--399)
         V  Department of the Army (Parts 400--699)
        VI  Department of the Navy (Parts 700--799)
       VII  Department of the Air Force (Parts 800--1099)
            Subtitle B--Other Regulations Relating to National 
                Defense
       XII  Defense Logistics Agency (Parts 1200--1299)
       XVI  Selective Service System (Parts 1600--1699)
     XVIII  National Counterintelligence Center (Parts 1800--1899)
       XIX  Central Intelligence Agency (Parts 1900--1999)
        XX  Information Security Oversight Office, National 
                Archives and Records Administration (Parts 2000--
                2099)
       XXI  National Security Council (Parts 2100--2199)
      XXIV  Office of Science and Technology Policy (Parts 2400--
                2499)
     XXVII  Office for Micronesian Status Negotiations (Parts 
                2700--2799)
    XXVIII  Office of the Vice President of the United States 
                (Parts 2800--2899)

               Title 33--Navigation and Navigable Waters

         I  Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security (Parts 
                1--199)
        II  Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army (Parts 
                200--399)
        IV  Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, 
                Department of Transportation (Parts 400--499)

                          Title 34--Education

            Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary, Department of 
                Education (Parts 1--99)

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            Subtitle B--Regulations of the Offices of the 
                Department of Education
         I  Office for Civil Rights, Department of Education 
                (Parts 100--199)
        II  Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, 
                Department of Education (Parts 200--299)
       III  Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative 
                Services, Department of Education (Parts 300--399)
        IV  Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Department 
                of Education (Parts 400--499)
         V  Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages 
                Affairs, Department of Education (Parts 500--599)
        VI  Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of 
                Education (Parts 600--699)
        XI  National Institute for Literacy (Parts 1100--1199)
            Subtitle C--Regulations Relating to Education
       XII  National Council on Disability (Parts 1200--1299)

                        Title 35--Panama Canal

         I  Panama Canal Regulations (Parts 1--299)

             Title 36--Parks, Forests, and Public Property

         I  National Park Service, Department of the Interior 
                (Parts 1--199)
        II  Forest Service, Department of Agriculture (Parts 200--
                299)
       III  Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army (Parts 
                300--399)
        IV  American Battle Monuments Commission (Parts 400--499)
         V  Smithsonian Institution (Parts 500--599)
       VII  Library of Congress (Parts 700--799)
      VIII  Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (Parts 800--
                899)
        IX  Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation (Parts 
                900--999)
         X  Presidio Trust (Parts 1000--1099)
        XI  Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance 
                Board (Parts 1100--1199)
       XII  National Archives and Records Administration (Parts 
                1200--1299)
        XV  Oklahoma City National Memorial Trust (Part 1501)
       XVI  Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 
                Environmental Policy Foundation (Parts 1600--1699)

             Title 37--Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights

         I  United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department 
                of Commerce (Parts 1--199)
        II  Copyright Office, Library of Congress (Parts 200--299)
        IV  Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy, Department 
                of Commerce (Parts 400--499)
         V  Under Secretary for Technology, Department of Commerce 
                (Parts 500--599)

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           Title 38--Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief

         I  Department of Veterans Affairs (Parts 0--99)

                       Title 39--Postal Service

         I  United States Postal Service (Parts 1--999)
       III  Postal Rate Commission (Parts 3000--3099)

                  Title 40--Protection of Environment

         I  Environmental Protection Agency (Parts 1--799)
        IV  Environmental Protection Agency and Department of 
                Justice (Parts 1400--1499)
         V  Council on Environmental Quality (Parts 1500--1599)
        VI  Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (Parts 
                1600--1699)
       VII  Environmental Protection Agency and Department of 
                Defense; Uniform National Discharge Standards for 
                Vessels of the Armed Forces (Parts 1700--1799)

          Title 41--Public Contracts and Property Management

            Subtitle B--Other Provisions Relating to Public 
                Contracts
        50  Public Contracts, Department of Labor (Parts 50-1--50-
                999)
        51  Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or 
                Severely Disabled (Parts 51-1--51-99)
        60  Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Equal 
                Employment Opportunity, Department of Labor (Parts 
                60-1--60-999)
        61  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' 
                Employment and Training Service, Department of 
                Labor (Parts 61-1--61-999)
            Subtitle C--Federal Property Management Regulations 
                System
       101  Federal Property Management Regulations (Parts 101-1--
                101-99)
       102  Federal Management Regulation (Parts 102-1--102-299)
       105  General Services Administration (Parts 105-1--105-999)
       109  Department of Energy Property Management Regulations 
                (Parts 109-1--109-99)
       114  Department of the Interior (Parts 114-1--114-99)
       115  Environmental Protection Agency (Parts 115-1--115-99)
       128  Department of Justice (Parts 128-1--128-99)
            Subtitle D--Other Provisions Relating to Property 
                Management [Reserved]
            Subtitle E--Federal Information Resources Management 
                Regulations System
       201  Federal Information Resources Management Regulation 
                (Parts 201-1--201-99) [Reserved]
            Subtitle F--Federal Travel Regulation System
       300  General (Parts 300-1--300-99)
       301  Temporary Duty (TDY) Travel Allowances (Parts 301-1--
                301-99)

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       302  Relocation Allowances (Parts 302-1--302-99)
       303  Payment of Expenses Connected with the Death of 
                Certain Employees (Part 303-70)
       304  Payment of Travel Expenses from a Non-Federal Source 
                (Parts 304-1--304-99)

                        Title 42--Public Health

         I  Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human 
                Services (Parts 1--199)
        IV  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department 
                of Health and Human Services (Parts 400--499)
         V  Office of Inspector General-Health Care, Department of 
                Health and Human Services (Parts 1000--1999)

                   Title 43--Public Lands: Interior

            Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of the Interior 
                (Parts 1--199)
            Subtitle B--Regulations Relating to Public Lands
         I  Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior 
                (Parts 200--499)
        II  Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior 
                (Parts 1000--9999)
       III  Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation 
                Commission (Parts 10000--10005)

             Title 44--Emergency Management and Assistance

         I  Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of 
                Homeland Security (Parts 0--399)
        IV  Department of Commerce and Department of 
                Transportation (Parts 400--499)

                       Title 45--Public Welfare

            Subtitle A--Department of Health and Human Services 
                (Parts 1--199)
            Subtitle B--Regulations Relating to Public Welfare
        II  Office of Family Assistance (Assistance Programs), 
                Administration for Children and Families, 
                Department of Health and Human Services (Parts 
                200--299)
       III  Office of Child Support Enforcement (Child Support 
                Enforcement Program), Administration for Children 
                and Families, Department of Health and Human 
                Services (Parts 300--399)
        IV  Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for 
                Children and Families Department of Health and 
                Human Services (Parts 400--499)
         V  Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United 
                States, Department of Justice (Parts 500--599)

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        VI  National Science Foundation (Parts 600--699)
       VII  Commission on Civil Rights (Parts 700--799)
      VIII  Office of Personnel Management (Parts 800--899)
         X  Office of Community Services, Administration for 
                Children and Families, Department of Health and 
                Human Services (Parts 1000--1099)
        XI  National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities 
                (Parts 1100--1199)
       XII  Corporation for National and Community Service (Parts 
                1200--1299)
      XIII  Office of Human Development Services, Department of 
                Health and Human Services (Parts 1300--1399)
       XVI  Legal Services Corporation (Parts 1600--1699)
      XVII  National Commission on Libraries and Information 
                Science (Parts 1700--1799)
     XVIII  Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation (Parts 1800--
                1899)
       XXI  Commission on Fine Arts (Parts 2100--2199)
     XXIII  Arctic Research Commission (Part 2301)
      XXIV  James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation (Parts 
                2400--2499)
       XXV  Corporation for National and Community Service (Parts 
                2500--2599)

                          Title 46--Shipping

         I  Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security (Parts 
                1--199)
        II  Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation 
                (Parts 200--399)
       III  Coast Guard (Great Lakes Pilotage), Department of 
                Homeland Security (Parts 400--499)
        IV  Federal Maritime Commission (Parts 500--599)

                      Title 47--Telecommunication

         I  Federal Communications Commission (Parts 0--199)
        II  Office of Science and Technology Policy and National 
                Security Council (Parts 200--299)
       III  National Telecommunications and Information 
                Administration, Department of Commerce (Parts 
                300--399)

           Title 48--Federal Acquisition Regulations System

         1  Federal Acquisition Regulation (Parts 1--99)
         2  Department of Defense (Parts 200--299)
         3  Department of Health and Human Services (Parts 300--
                399)
         4  Department of Agriculture (Parts 400--499)
         5  General Services Administration (Parts 500--599)
         6  Department of State (Parts 600--699)

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         7  United States Agency for International Development 
                (Parts 700--799)
         8  Department of Veterans Affairs (Parts 800--899)
         9  Department of Energy (Parts 900--999)
        10  Department of the Treasury (Parts 1000--1099)
        12  Department of Transportation (Parts 1200--1299)
        13  Department of Commerce (Parts 1300--1399)
        14  Department of the Interior (Parts 1400--1499)
        15  Environmental Protection Agency (Parts 1500--1599)
        16  Office of Personnel Management Federal Employees 
                Health Benefits Acquisition Regulation (Parts 
                1600--1699)
        17  Office of Personnel Management (Parts 1700--1799)
        18  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Parts 
                1800--1899)
        19  Broadcasting Board of Governors (Parts 1900--1999)
        20  Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Parts 2000--2099)
        21  Office of Personnel Management, Federal Employees 
                Group Life Insurance Federal Acquisition 
                Regulation (Parts 2100--2199)
        23  Social Security Administration (Parts 2300--2399)
        24  Department of Housing and Urban Development (Parts 
                2400--2499)
        25  National Science Foundation (Parts 2500--2599)
        28  Department of Justice (Parts 2800--2899)
        29  Department of Labor (Parts 2900--2999)
        34  Department of Education Acquisition Regulation (Parts 
                3400--3499)
        35  Panama Canal Commission (Parts 3500--3599)
        44  Federal Emergency Management Agency (Parts 4400--4499)
        51  Department of the Army Acquisition Regulations (Parts 
                5100--5199)
        52  Department of the Navy Acquisition Regulations (Parts 
                5200--5299)
        53  Department of the Air Force Federal Acquisition 
                Regulation Supplement (Parts 5300--5399)
        54  Defense Logistics Agency, Department of Defense (Parts 
                5400--5499)
        57  African Development Foundation (Parts 5700--5799)
        61  General Services Administration Board of Contract 
                Appeals (Parts 6100--6199)
        63  Department of Transportation Board of Contract Appeals 
                (Parts 6300--6399)
        99  Cost Accounting Standards Board, Office of Federal 
                Procurement Policy, Office of Management and 
                Budget (Parts 9900--9999)

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                       Title 49--Transportation

            Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation 
                (Parts 1--99)
            Subtitle B--Other Regulations Relating to 
                Transportation
         I  Research and Special Programs Administration, 
                Department of Transportation (Parts 100--199)
        II  Federal Railroad Administration, Department of 
                Transportation (Parts 200--299)
       III  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 
                Department of Transportation (Parts 300--399)
        IV  Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security (Parts 
                400--499)
         V  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
                Department of Transportation (Parts 500--599)
        VI  Federal Transit Administration, Department of 
                Transportation (Parts 600--699)
       VII  National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK) 
                (Parts 700--799)
      VIII  National Transportation Safety Board (Parts 800--999)
         X  Surface Transportation Board, Department of 
                Transportation (Parts 1000--1399)
        XI  Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Department of 
                Transportation (Parts 1400--1499)
       XII  Transportation Security Administration, Department of 
                Homeland Security (Parts 1500--1599)

                   Title 50--Wildlife and Fisheries

         I  United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of 
                the Interior (Parts 1--199)
        II  National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic 
                and Atmospheric Administration, Department of 
                Commerce (Parts 200--299)
       III  International Fishing and Related Activities (Parts 
                300--399)
        IV  Joint Regulations (United States Fish and Wildlife 
                Service, Department of the Interior and National 
                Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and 
                Atmospheric Administration, Department of 
                Commerce); Endangered Species Committee 
                Regulations (Parts 400--499)
         V  Marine Mammal Commission (Parts 500--599)
        VI  Fishery Conservation and Management, National Oceanic 
                and Atmospheric Administration, Department of 
                Commerce (Parts 600--699)

                      CFR Index and Finding Aids

            Subject/Agency Index
            List of Agency Prepared Indexes
            Parallel Tables of Statutory Authorities and Rules
            List of CFR Titles, Chapters, Subchapters, and Parts
            Alphabetical List of Agencies Appearing in the CFR

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           Alphabetical List of Agencies Appearing in the CFR




                     (Revised as of October 1, 2003)

                                                  CFR Title, Subtitle or 
                     Agency                               Chapter

Administrative Committee of the Federal Register  1, I
Advanced Research Projects Agency                 32, I
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation         36, VIII
African Development Foundation                    22, XV
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 57
Agency for International Development, United      22, II
     States
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 7
Agricultural Marketing Service                    7, I, IX, X, XI
Agricultural Research Service                     7, V
Agriculture Department                            5, LXXIII
  Agricultural Marketing Service                  7, I, IX, X, XI
  Agricultural Research Service                   7, V
  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service      7, III; 9, I
  Chief Financial Officer, Office of              7, XXX
  Commodity Credit Corporation                    7, XIV
  Cooperative State Research, Education, and      7, XXXIV
       Extension Service
  Economic Research Service                       7, XXXVII
  Energy, Office of                               7, XXIX
  Environmental Quality, Office of                7, XXXI
  Farm Service Agency                             7, VII, XVIII
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 4
  Federal Crop Insurance Corporation              7, IV
  Food and Nutrition Service                      7, II
  Food Safety and Inspection Service              9, III
  Foreign Agricultural Service                    7, XV
  Forest Service                                  36, II
  Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards        7, VIII; 9, II
       Administration
  Information Resources Management, Office of     7, XXVII
  Inspector General, Office of                    7, XXVI
  National Agricultural Library                   7, XLI
  National Agricultural Statistics Service        7, XXXVI
  Natural Resources Conservation Service          7, VI
  Operations, Office of                           7, XXVIII
  Procurement and Property Management, Office of  7, XXXII
  Rural Business-Cooperative Service              7, XVIII, XLII
  Rural Development Administration                7, XLII
  Rural Housing Service                           7, XVIII, XXXV
  Rural Telephone Bank                            7, XVI
  Rural Utilities Service                         7, XVII, XVIII, XLII
  Secretary of Agriculture, Office of             7, Subtitle A
  Transportation, Office of                       7, XXXIII
  World Agricultural Outlook Board                7, XXXVIII
Air Force Department                              32, VII
  Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement       48, 53
Air Transportation Stabilization Board            14, VI
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau          27, I
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives,       27, II
     Bureau of
AMTRAK                                            49, VII
American Battle Monuments Commission              36, IV
American Indians, Office of the Special Trustee   25, VII
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service        7, III; 9, I
Appalachian Regional Commission                   5, IX

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Architectural and Transportation Barriers         36, XI
     Compliance Board
Arctic Research Commission                        45, XXIII
Armed Forces Retirement Home                      5, XI
Army Department                                   32, V
  Engineers, Corps of                             33, II; 36, III
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 51
Benefits Review Board                             20, VII
Bilingual Education and Minority Languages        34, V
     Affairs, Office of
Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for         41, 51
     Purchase From People Who Are
Broadcasting Board of Governors                   22, V
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 19
Census Bureau                                     15, I
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services          42, IV
Central Intelligence Agency                       32, XIX
Chief Financial Officer, Office of                7, XXX
Child Support Enforcement, Office of              45, III
Children and Families, Administration for         45, II, III, IV, X
Civil Rights, Commission on                       45, VII
Civil Rights, Office for                          34, I
Coast Guard                                       33, I; 46, I; 49, IV
Coast Guard (Great Lakes Pilotage)                46, III
Commerce Department                               44, IV
  Census Bureau                                   15, I
  Economic Affairs, Under Secretary               37, V
  Economic Analysis, Bureau of                    15, VIII
  Economic Development Administration             13, III
  Emergency Management and Assistance             44, IV
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 13
  Fishery Conservation and Management             50, VI
  Foreign-Trade Zones Board                       15, IV
  Industry and Security, Bureau of                15, VII
  International Trade Administration              15, III; 19, III
  National Institute of Standards and Technology  15, II
  National Marine Fisheries Service               50, II, IV, VI
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric                15, IX; 50, II, III, IV, 
       Administration                             VI
  National Telecommunications and Information     15, XXIII; 47, III
       Administration
  National Weather Service                        15, IX
  Patent and Trademark Office, United States      37, I
  Productivity, Technology and Innovation,        37, IV
       Assistant Secretary for
  Secretary of Commerce, Office of                15, Subtitle A
  Technology, Under Secretary for                 37, V
  Technology Administration                       15, XI
  Technology Policy, Assistant Secretary for      37, IV
Commercial Space Transportation                   14, III
Commodity Credit Corporation                      7, XIV
Commodity Futures Trading Commission              5, XLI; 17, I
Community Planning and Development, Office of     24, V, VI
     Assistant Secretary for
Community Services, Office of                     45, X
Comptroller of the Currency                       12, I
Construction Industry Collective Bargaining       29, IX
     Commission
Consumer Product Safety Commission                5, LXXI; 16, II
Cooperative State Research, Education, and        7, XXXIV
     Extension Service
Copyright Office                                  37, II
Corporation for National and Community Service    45, XII, XXV
Cost Accounting Standards Board                   48, 99
Council on Environmental Quality                  40, V
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency    28, VIII
     for the District of Columbia
Customs and Border Protection Bureau              19, I
Defense Contract Audit Agency                     32, I
Defense Department                                5, XXVI; 32, Subtitle A; 
                                                  40, VII

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  Advanced Research Projects Agency               32, I
  Air Force Department                            32, VII
  Army Department                                 32, V; 33, II; 36, III, 
                                                  48, 51
  Defense Intelligence Agency                     32, I
  Defense Logistics Agency                        32, I, XII; 48, 54
  Engineers, Corps of                             33, II; 36, III
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 2
  National Imagery and Mapping Agency             32, I
  Navy Department                                 32, VI; 48, 52
  Secretary of Defense, Office of                 32, I
Defense Contract Audit Agency                     32, I
Defense Intelligence Agency                       32, I
Defense Logistics Agency                          32, XII; 48, 54
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board           10, XVII
Delaware River Basin Commission                   18, III
District of Columbia, Court Services and          28, VIII
     Offender Supervision Agency for the
Drug Enforcement Administration                   21, II
East-West Foreign Trade Board                     15, XIII
Economic Affairs, Under Secretary                 37, V
Economic Analysis, Bureau of                      15, VIII
Economic Development Administration               13, III
Economic Research Service                         7, XXXVII
Education, Department of                          5, LIII
  Bilingual Education and Minority Languages      34, V
       Affairs, Office of
  Civil Rights, Office for                        34, I
  Educational Research and Improvement, Office    34, VII
       of
  Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of   34, II
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 34
  Postsecondary Education, Office of              34, VI
  Secretary of Education, Office of               34, Subtitle A
  Special Education and Rehabilitative Services,  34, III
       Office of
  Vocational and Adult Education, Office of       34, IV
Educational Research and Improvement, Office of   34, VII
Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of     34, II
Emergency Oil and Gas Guaranteed Loan Board       13, V
Emergency Steel Guarantee Loan Board              13, IV
Employee Benefits Security Administration         29, XXV
Employees' Compensation Appeals Board             20, IV
Employees Loyalty Board                           5, V
Employment and Training Administration            20, V
Employment Standards Administration               20, VI
Endangered Species Committee                      50, IV
Energy, Department of                             5, XXIII; 10, II, III, X
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 9
  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission            5, XXIV; 18, I
  Property Management Regulations                 41, 109
Energy, Office of                                 7, XXIX
Engineers, Corps of                               33, II; 36, III
Engraving and Printing, Bureau of                 31, VI
Environmental Protection Agency                   5, LIV; 40, I, IV, VII
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 15
  Property Management Regulations                 41, 115
Environmental Quality, Office of                  7, XXXI
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission           5, LXII; 29, XIV
Equal Opportunity, Office of Assistant Secretary  24, I
     for
Executive Office of the President                 3, I
  Administration, Office of                       5, XV
  Environmental Quality, Council on               40, V
  Management and Budget, Office of                5, III, LXXVII; 14, VI; 
                                                  48, 99
  National Drug Control Policy, Office of         21, III
  National Security Council                       32, XXI; 47, 2
  Presidential Documents                          3
  Science and Technology Policy, Office of        32, XXIV; 47, II

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  Trade Representative, Office of the United      15, XX
       States
Export-Import Bank of the United States           5, LII; 12, IV
Family Assistance, Office of                      45, II
Farm Credit Administration                        5, XXXI; 12, VI
Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation          5, XXX; 12, XIV
Farm Service Agency                               7, VII, XVIII
Federal Acquisition Regulation                    48, 1
Federal Aviation Administration                   14, I
  Commercial Space Transportation                 14, III
Federal Claims Collection Standards               31, IX
Federal Communications Commission                 5, XXIX; 47, I
Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Office of   41, 60
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation                7, IV
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation             5, XXII; 12, III
Federal Election Commission                       11, I
Federal Emergency Management Agency               44, I
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 44
Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Federal    48, 21
     Acquisition Regulation
Federal Employees Health Benefits Acquisition     48, 16
     Regulation
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission              5, XXIV; 18, I
Federal Financial Institutions Examination        12, XI
     Council
Federal Financing Bank                            12, VIII
Federal Highway Administration                    23, I, II
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation            1, IV
Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Office       12, XVII
Federal Housing Finance Board                     12, IX
Federal Labor Relations Authority, and General    5, XIV; 22, XIV
     Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations 
     Authority
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center           31, VII
Federal Management Regulation                     41, 102
Federal Maritime Commission                       46, IV
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service        29, XII
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission  5, LXXIV; 29, XXVII
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration       49, III
Federal Prison Industries, Inc.                   28, III
Federal Procurement Policy Office                 48, 99
Federal Property Management Regulations           41, 101
Federal Railroad Administration                   49, II
Federal Register, Administrative Committee of     1, I
Federal Register, Office of                       1, II
Federal Reserve System                            12, II
  Board of Governors                              5, LVIII
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board        5, VI, LXXVI
Federal Service Impasses Panel                    5, XIV
Federal Trade Commission                          5, XLVII; 16, I
Federal Transit Administration                    49, VI
Federal Travel Regulation System                  41, Subtitle F
Fine Arts, Commission on                          45, XXI
Fiscal Service                                    31, II
Fish and Wildlife Service, United States          50, I, IV
Fishery Conservation and Management               50, VI
Food and Drug Administration                      21, I
Food and Nutrition Service                        7, II
Food Safety and Inspection Service                9, III
Foreign Agricultural Service                      7, XV
Foreign Assets Control, Office of                 31, V
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the       45, V
     United States
Foreign Service Grievance Board                   22, IX
Foreign Service Impasse Disputes Panel            22, XIV
Foreign Service Labor Relations Board             22, XIV
Foreign-Trade Zones Board                         15, IV
Forest Service                                    36, II
General Accounting Office                         4, I
General Services Administration                   5, LVII; 41, 105
  Contract Appeals, Board of                      48, 61
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 5

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  Federal Management Regulation                   41, 102
  Federal Property Management Regulations         41, 101
  Federal Travel Regulation System                41, Subtitle F
  General                                         41, 300
  Payment From a Non-Federal Source for Travel    41, 304
       Expenses
  Payment of Expenses Connected With the Death    41, 303
       of Certain Employees
  Relocation Allowances                           41, 302
  Temporary Duty (TDY) Travel Allowances          41, 301
Geological Survey                                 30, IV
Government Ethics, Office of                      5, XVI
Government National Mortgage Association          24, III
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards          7, VIII; 9, II
     Administration
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation            45, XVIII
Health and Human Services, Department of          5, XLV; 45, Subtitle A
  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services        42, IV
  Child Support Enforcement, Office of            45, III
  Children and Families, Administration for       45, II, III, IV, X
  Community Services, Office of                   45, X
  Family Assistance, Office of                    45, II
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 3
  Food and Drug Administration                    21, I
  Human Development Services, Office of           45, XIII
  Indian Health Service                           25, V; 42, I
  Inspector General (Health Care), Office of      42, V
  Public Health Service                           42, I
  Refugee Resettlement, Office of                 45, IV
Homeland Security, Department of                  6, I
  Coast Guard                                     33, I; 46, I; 49, IV
  Coast Guard (Great Lakes Pilotage)              46, III
  Customs and Border Protection Bureau            19, I
  Federal Emergency Management Agency             44, I
  Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau      19, IV
  Immigration and Naturalization                  8, I
  Transportation Security Administration          49, XII
Housing and Urban Development, Department of      5, LXV; 24, Subtitle B
  Community Planning and Development, Office of   24, V, VI
       Assistant Secretary for
  Equal Opportunity, Office of Assistant          24, I
       Secretary for
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 24
  Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, Office    12, XVII
       of
  Government National Mortgage Association        24, III
  Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner, Office   24, II, VIII, X, XX
       of Assistant Secretary for
  Housing, Office of, and Multifamily Housing     24, IV
       Assistance Restructuring, Office of
  Inspector General, Office of                    24, XII
  Public and Indian Housing, Office of Assistant  24, IX
       Secretary for
  Secretary, Office of                            24, Subtitle A, VII
Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner, Office of  24, II, VIII, X, XX
     Assistant Secretary for
Housing, Office of, and Multifamily Housing       24, IV
     Assistance Restructuring, Office of
Human Development Services, Office of             45, XIII
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau        19, IV
Immigration and Naturalization                    8, I
Immigration Review, Executive Office for          8, V
Independent Counsel, Office of                    28, VII
Indian Affairs, Bureau of                         25, I, V
Indian Affairs, Office of the Assistant           25, VI
     Secretary
Indian Arts and Crafts Board                      25, II
Indian Health Service                             25, V; 42, I
Industry and Security, Bureau of                  15, VII
Information Resources Management, Office of       7, XXVII
Information Security Oversight Office, National   32, XX
     Archives and Records Administration
Inspector General

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  Agriculture Department                          7, XXVI
  Health and Human Services Department            42, V
  Housing and Urban Development Department        24, XII
Institute of Peace, United States                 22, XVII
Inter-American Foundation                         5, LXIII; 22, X
Interior Department
  American Indians, Office of the Special         25, VII
       Trustee
  Endangered Species Committee                    50, IV
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 14
  Federal Property Management Regulations System  41, 114
  Fish and Wildlife Service, United States        50, I, IV
  Geological Survey                               30, IV
  Indian Affairs, Bureau of                       25, I, V
  Indian Affairs, Office of the Assistant         25, VI
       Secretary
  Indian Arts and Crafts Board                    25, II
  Land Management, Bureau of                      43, II
  Minerals Management Service                     30, II
  National Indian Gaming Commission               25, III
  National Park Service                           36, I
  Reclamation, Bureau of                          43, I
  Secretary of the Interior, Office of            43, Subtitle A
  Surface Mining and Reclamation Appeals, Board   30, III
       of
  Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,     30, VII
       Office of
Internal Revenue Service                          26, I
International Boundary and Water Commission,      22, XI
     United States and Mexico, United States 
     Section
International Development, United States Agency   22, II
     for
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 7
International Development Cooperation Agency,     22, XII
     United States
International Fishing and Related Activities      50, III
International Investment, Office of               31, VIII
International Joint Commission, United States     22, IV
     and Canada
International Organizations Employees Loyalty     5, V
     Board
International Trade Administration                15, III; 19, III
International Trade Commission, United States     19, II
Interstate Commerce Commission                    5, XL
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation      45, XXIV
Japan-United States Friendship Commission         22, XVI
Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries       20, VIII
Justice Department                                5, XXVIII; 28, I, XI; 40, 
                                                  IV
  Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives,     27, II
       Bureau of
  Drug Enforcement Administration                 21, II
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 28
  Federal Claims Collection Standards             31, IX
  Federal Prison Industries, Inc.                 28, III
  Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the     45, V
       United States
  Immigration Review, Executive Office for        8, V
  Offices of Independent Counsel                  28, VI
  Prisons, Bureau of                              28, V
  Property Management Regulations                 41, 128
Labor Department                                  5, XLII
  Benefits Review Board                           20, VII
  Employee Benefits Security Administration       29, XXV
  Employees' Compensation Appeals Board           20, IV
  Employment and Training Administration          20, V
  Employment Standards Administration             20, VI
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 29
  Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Office    41, 60
       of
  Federal Procurement Regulations System          41, 50
  Labor-Management Standards, Office of           29, II, IV
  Mine Safety and Health Administration           30, I
  Occupational Safety and Health Administration   29, XVII
  Public Contracts                                41, 50
  Secretary of Labor, Office of                   29, Subtitle A

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  Veterans' Employment and Training Service,      41, 61; 20, IX
       Office of the Assistant Secretary for
  Wage and Hour Division                          29, V
  Workers' Compensation Programs, Office of       20, I
Labor-Management Standards, Office of             29, II, IV
Land Management, Bureau of                        43, II
Legal Services Corporation                        45, XVI
Library of Congress                               36, VII
  Copyright Office                                37, II
Local Television Loan Guarantee Board             7, XX
Management and Budget, Office of                  5, III, LXXVII; 14, VI; 
                                                  48, 99
Marine Mammal Commission                          50, V
Maritime Administration                           46, II
Merit Systems Protection Board                    5, II
Micronesian Status Negotiations, Office for       32, XXVII
Mine Safety and Health Administration             30, I
Minerals Management Service                       30, II
Minority Business Development Agency              15, XIV
Miscellaneous Agencies                            1, IV
Monetary Offices                                  31, I
Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in     36, XVI
     National Environmental Policy Foundation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration     5, LIX; 14, V
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 18
National Agricultural Library                     7, XLI
National Agricultural Statistics Service          7, XXXVI
National and Community Service, Corporation for   45, XII, XXV
National Archives and Records Administration      5, LXVI; 36, XII
  Information Security Oversight Office           32, XX
National Bureau of Standards                      15, II
National Capital Planning Commission              1, IV
National Commission for Employment Policy         1, IV
National Commission on Libraries and Information  45, XVII
     Science
National Council on Disability                    34, XII
National Counterintelligence Center               32, XVIII
National Credit Union Administration              12, VII
National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact     28, IX
     Council
National Drug Control Policy, Office of           21, III
National Foundation on the Arts and the           45, XI
     Humanities
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration    23, II, III; 49, V
National Imagery and Mapping Agency               32, I
National Indian Gaming Commission                 25, III
National Institute for Literacy                   34, XI
National Institute of Standards and Technology    15, II
National Labor Relations Board                    5, LXI; 29, I
National Marine Fisheries Service                 50, II, IV, VI
National Mediation Board                          29, X
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration   15, IX; 50, II, III, IV, 
                                                  VI
National Park Service                             36, I
National Railroad Adjustment Board                29, III
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK)  49, VII
National Science Foundation                       5, XLIII; 45, VI
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 25
National Security Council                         32, XXI
National Security Council and Office of Science   47, II
     and Technology Policy
National Telecommunications and Information       15, XXIII; 47, III
     Administration
National Transportation Safety Board              49, VIII
National Weather Service                          15, IX
Natural Resources Conservation Service            7, VI
Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation, Office of      25, IV
Navy Department                                   32, VI
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 52
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation             24, XXV
Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste  10, XVIII
   Commission
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission                     5, XLVIII; 10, I
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 20
Occupational Safety and Health Administration     29, XVII
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission  29, XX
Offices of Independent Counsel                    28, VI
Oklahoma City National Memorial Trust             36, XV
Operations Office                                 7, XXVIII
Overseas Private Investment Corporation           5, XXXIII; 22, VII
Panama Canal Commission                           48, 35
Panama Canal Regulations                          35, I
Patent and Trademark Office, United States        37, I
Payment From a Non-Federal Source for Travel      41, 304
     Expenses
Payment of Expenses Connected With the Death of   41, 303
     Certain Employees
Peace Corps                                       22, III
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation       36, IX
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation              29, XL
Personnel Management, Office of                   5, I, XXXV; 45, VIII
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 17
  Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Federal  48, 21
       Acquisition Regulation
  Federal Employees Health Benefits Acquisition   48, 16
       Regulation
Postal Rate Commission                            5, XLVI; 39, III
Postal Service, United States                     5, LX; 39, I
Postsecondary Education, Office of                34, VI
President's Commission on White House             1, IV
     Fellowships
Presidential Documents                            3
Presidio Trust                                    36, X
Prisons, Bureau of                                28, V
Procurement and Property Management, Office of    7, XXXII
Productivity, Technology and Innovation,          37, IV
     Assistant Secretary
Public Contracts, Department of Labor             41, 50
Public and Indian Housing, Office of Assistant    24, IX
     Secretary for
Public Health Service                             42, I
Railroad Retirement Board                         20, II
Reclamation, Bureau of                            43, I
Refugee Resettlement, Office of                   45, IV
Regional Action Planning Commissions              13, V
Relocation Allowances                             41, 302
Research and Special Programs Administration      49, I
Rural Business-Cooperative Service                7, XVIII, XLII
Rural Development Administration                  7, XLII
Rural Housing Service                             7, XVIII, XXXV
Rural Telephone Bank                              7, XVI
Rural Utilities Service                           7, XVII, XVIII, XLII
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation     33, IV
Science and Technology Policy, Office of          32, XXIV
Science and Technology Policy, Office of, and     47, II
     National Security Council
Secret Service                                    31, IV
Securities and Exchange Commission                17, II
Selective Service System                          32, XVI
Small Business Administration                     13, I
Smithsonian Institution                           36, V
Social Security Administration                    20, III; 48, 23
Soldiers' and Airmen's Home, United States        5, XI
Special Counsel, Office of                        5, VIII
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services,    34, III
     Office of
State Department                                  22, I; 28, XI
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 6
Surface Mining and Reclamation Appeals, Board of  30, III
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,       30, VII
     Office of
Surface Transportation Board                      49, X
Susquehanna River Basin Commission                18, VIII
Technology Administration                         15, XI
Technology Policy, Assistant Secretary for        37, IV

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Technology, Under Secretary for                   37, V
Tennessee Valley Authority                        5, LXIX; 18, XIII
Thrift Supervision Office, Department of the      12, V
     Treasury
Trade Representative, United States, Office of    15, XX
Transportation, Department of                     5, L
  Commercial Space Transportation                 14, III
  Contract Appeals, Board of                      48, 63
  Emergency Management and Assistance             44, IV
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 12
  Federal Aviation Administration                 14, I
  Federal Highway Administration                  23, I, II
  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration     49, III
  Federal Railroad Administration                 49, II
  Federal Transit Administration                  49, VI
  Maritime Administration                         46, II
  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration  23, II, III; 49, V
  Research and Special Programs Administration    49, I
  Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation   33, IV
  Secretary of Transportation, Office of          14, II; 49, Subtitle A
  Surface Transportation Board                    49, X
  Transportation Statistics Bureau                49, XI
Transportation, Office of                         7, XXXIII
Transportation Security Administration            49, XII
Transportation Statistics Bureau                  49, XI
Travel Allowances, Temporary Duty (TDY)           41, 301
Treasury Department                               5, XXI; 12, XV; 17, IV; 
                                                  31, IX
  Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau        27, I
  Community Development Financial Institutions    12, XVIII
       Fund
  Comptroller of the Currency                     12, I
  Customs and Border Protection Bureau            19, I
  Engraving and Printing, Bureau of               31, VI
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 10
  Federal Law Enforcement Training Center         31, VII
  Fiscal Service                                  31, II
  Foreign Assets Control, Office of               31, V
  Internal Revenue Service                        26, I
  International Investment, Office of             31, VIII
  Monetary Offices                                31, I
  Secret Service                                  31, IV
  Secretary of the Treasury, Office of            31, Subtitle A
  Thrift Supervision, Office of                   12, V
Truman, Harry S. Scholarship Foundation           45, XVIII
United States and Canada, International Joint     22, IV
     Commission
United States and Mexico, International Boundary  22, XI
     and Water Commission, United States Section
Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation      43, III
     Commission
Veterans Affairs Department                       38, I
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 8
Veterans' Employment and Training Service,        41, 61; 20, IX
     Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Vice President of the United States, Office of    32, XXVIII
Vocational and Adult Education, Office of         34, IV
Wage and Hour Division                            29, V
Water Resources Council                           18, VI
Workers' Compensation Programs, Office of         20, I
World Agricultural Outlook Board                  7, XXXVIII

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                      Table of OMB Control Numbers



The OMB control numbers for chapter I of title 47 were consolidated into 
Sec.  0.408 at 64 FR 55425, Oct. 13, 1999 and revised at 66 FR 48973, 
Sept. 25, 2001. Section 0.408 is reprinted below for the convenience of 
the user.

Sec.  0.408  OMB control numbers and expiration dates assigned pursuant 
          to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

    (a) Purpose. This section displays the control numbers and 
expiration dates for the Commission information collection requirements 
assigned by the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') pursuant to 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. The Commission 
intends that this section comply with the requirement that agencies 
display current control numbers and expiration dates assigned by the 
Director, OMB, for each approved information collection requirement. Not 
withstanding any other provisions of law, no person shall be subject to 
any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information 
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a 
valid control number. Questions concerning the OMB control numbers and 
expiration dates should be directed to the Associate Managing Director--
Performance Evaluation and Records Management, (``AMD-PERM'') , Federal 
Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554.
    (b) Display

 
3060-0004.........................  Guidelines for                 (\1\)
                                     Evaluating the
                                     Environmental
                                     Effects of
                                     Radiofrequency
                                     Radiation, ET
                                     Docket No. 93-62.
3060-0009.........................  FCC 316.............        10/31/02
3060-0010.........................  FCC 323.............        11/30/02
3060-0012.........................  FCC 701.............        07/31/03
3060-0016.........................  FCC 346.............        01/31/04
3060-0017.........................  FCC 347.............        02/28/03
3060-0020.........................  FCC 406.............        05/31/02
3060-0021.........................  FCC 480.............        12/31/03
3060-0024.........................  Sec. 76.29..........           (\1\)
3060-0025.........................  FCC 755.............        08/31/03
3060-0027.........................  FCC 301.............        08/31/03
3060-0029.........................  FCC 302-TV..........        06/30/04
3060-0031.........................  FCC 314.............        05/31/04
3060-0032.........................  FCC 315.............        05/31/04
3060-0034.........................  FCC 340.............        02/29/04
3060-0049.........................  FCC 753.............        08/31/03
3060-0053.........................  FCC 703.............        10/31/02
3060-0054.........................  FCC 820.............        12/31/01
3060-0055.........................  FCC 327.............        04/30/03
3060-0056.........................  FCC 730.............        09/30/01
3060-0057.........................  FCC 731 and Secs.           06/30/03
                                     2.911, 2.960, and
                                     2.1033(a).
3060-0059.........................  FCC 740.............        08/31/03
3060-0061.........................  FCC 325.............        07/31/02
3060-0062.........................  FCC 330.............        03/31/02
3060-0065.........................  FCC 442.............        02/28/02
3060-0066.........................  FCC 330-R...........        07/31/03
3060-0069.........................  FCC 756.............        09/30/02
3060-0072.........................  FCC 409.............        11/30/01
3060-0075.........................  FCC 345.............        10/31/03
3060-0076.........................  FCC 395.............        02/28/03
3060-0084.........................  FCC 323-E...........        07/31/02
3060-0089.........................  FCC 503.............        10/30/01
3060-0093.........................  FCC 405.............        11/30/03
3060-0095.........................  FCC 395-A...........        04/30/03
3060-0105.........................  FCC 430.............        11/30/03

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3060-0106.........................  Sec. 43.61..........        12/31/02
3060-0110.........................  FCC 303-S...........        07/31/04
3060-0113.........................  FCC 396.............        04/30/03
3060-0120.........................  FCC 396-A...........        04/30/03
3060-0126.........................  Sec. 73.1820........        10/31/02
3060-0127.........................  FCC 1046............        03/31/03
3060-0132.........................  FCC 1068-A..........        01/31/04
3060-0139.........................  FCC 854/854-R/854ULS        08/31/02
3060-0147.........................  Sec. 64.804.........        02/28/03
3060-0149.........................  Part 63, Section            11/30/01
                                     214, Secs. 63.01-
                                     63.601.
3060-0157.........................  Sec. 73.99..........        05/31/03
3060-0160.........................  Sec. 73.158.........        01/31/02
3060-0161.........................  Sec. 73.61..........        12/31/02
3060-0166.........................  Part 42.............        09/30/01
3060-0168.........................  Sec. 43.43..........        06/30/03
3060-0169.........................  Secs. 43.51 and             04/30/02
                                     43.53.
3060-0170.........................  Sec. 73.1030........        03/31/02
3060-0171.........................  Sec. 73.1125........        10/31/01
3060-0173.........................  Sec. 73.1207........        07/31/04
3060-0174.........................  Sec. 73.1212........        07/31/02
3060-0175.........................  Sec. 73.1250........        10/31/02
3060-0176.........................  Sec. 73.1510........        11/30/02
3060-0178.........................  Sec. 73.1560........        01/31/03
3060-0179.........................  Sec. 73.1590........        07/31/04
3060-0180.........................  Sec. 73.1610........        02/28/02
3060-0181.........................  Sec. 73.1615........        12/31/02
3060-0182.........................  Sec. 73.1620........        04/30/04
3060-0184.........................  Sec. 73.1740........        12/31/01
3060-0185.........................  Sec. 73.3613........        10/31/02
3060-0187.........................  Sec. 73.3594........        02/29/04
3060-0188.........................  FCC 380.............        08/31/04
3060-0190.........................  Sec. 73.3544........        02/29/04
3060-0192.........................  Sec. 87.103.........        01/31/04
3060-0194.........................  Sec. 74.21..........        12/31/01
3060-0202.........................  Sec. 87.37..........        10/31/03
3060-0204.........................  Sec. 90.20(a)(2)(v).        07/31/02
3060-0206.........................  Part 21.............        07/31/04
3060-0207.........................  Secs. 11.35, 11.51          11/30/02
                                     and 11.52.
3060-0208.........................  Sec. 73.1870........        04/30/03
3060-0211.........................  Sec. 73.1943........           (\1\)
3060-0212.........................  Sec. 73.2080........        04/30/03
3060-0213.........................  Sec. 73.3525........        11/30/03
3060-0214.........................  Sec. 73.3526........        10/31/02
3060-0215.........................  Sec. 73.3527........        10/31/01
3060-0216.........................  Sec. 73.3538........        11/30/01
3060-0219.........................  Sec. 90.20(a)(2)(xi)        09/30/02
3060-0221.........................  Sec. 90.155.........        12/31/01
3060-0222.........................  Sec. 97.213.........        10/31/03
3060-0223.........................  Sec. 90.129.........        04/30/02
3060-0228.........................  Sec. 80.59..........        07/31/04
3060-0233.........................  Part 36.............        07/31/03
3060-0236.........................  Sec. 74.703.........        06/30/02
3060-0240.........................  Sec. 74.651.........        02/28/03
3060-0241.........................  Sec. 74.633.........        02/28/03
3060-0242.........................  Sec. 74.604.........        02/28/03
3060-0243.........................  Sec. 74.551.........        05/31/02
3060-0245.........................  Sec. 74.537.........        05/31/02
3060-0246.........................  Sec. 74.452.........        08/31/03
3060-0248.........................  Sec. 74.751.........        06/30/02
3060-0249.........................  Sec. 74.781.........        04/30/03
3060-0250.........................  Sec. 74.784.........        02/28/03
3060-0251.........................  Sec. 74.833.........        09/30/02
3060-0254.........................  Sec. 74.433.........        08/31/03
3060-0259.........................  Sec. 90.263.........        10/31/03
3060-0261.........................  Sec. 90.215.........        04/30/04
3060-0262.........................  Sec. 90.179.........        12/31/01
3060-0264.........................  Sec. 80.413.........        10/31/03
3060-0265.........................  Sec. 80.868.........        07/31/04
3060-0270.........................  Sec. 90.443.........        11/30/03
3060-0280.........................  Sec. 90.633(f) & (g)        08/31/03
3060-0281.........................  Sec. 90.651.........        05/31/04
3060-0286.........................  Sec. 80.302.........        04/30/04

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3060-0287.........................  Sec. 78.69..........        10/31/01
3060-0288.........................  Sec. 78.33..........        03/31/03
3060-0289.........................  Secs. 76.601,               03/31/02
                                     76.1704, 76.1705
                                     and 76.1717.
3060-0290.........................  Sec. 90.517.........        05/31/02
3060-0291.........................  Sec. 90.477.........        09/30/01
3060-0292.........................  Part 69.............        11/30/03
3060-0295.........................  Secs. 90.607(b)(1) &        03/31/04
                                     (c)(1).
3060-0297.........................  Sec. 80.503.........        10/31/03
3060-0298.........................  Part 61.............        11/30/01
3060-0307.........................  Amendment of part 90        06/30/03
                                     of the Commission's
                                     Rules to Facilitate
                                     Future Development
                                     of SMR Systems in
                                     the 800 MHz
                                     Frequency Band.
3060-0308.........................  Sec. 90.505.........        04/30/04
3060-0309.........................  Sec. 74.1281........        10/31/02
3060-0310.........................  Sec. 76.1801........        03/31/03
3060-0311.........................  Sec. 76.54..........        09/30/02
3060-0313.........................  Sec. 76.1701........     Pending OMB
                                                           Approval(\1\)
3060-0315.........................  Sec. 76.1615........        09/30/02
3060-0316.........................  Sec. 76.1700........           (\1\)
3060-0320.........................  Sec. 73.1350........        04/30/04
3060-0321.........................  Sec. 73.68..........        01/31/02
3060-0325.........................  Sec. 80.605.........        06/30/02
3060-0326.........................  Sec. 73.69..........        09/30/02
3060-0329.........................  Sec. 2.955..........        09/30/02
3060-0331.........................  Secs. 76.1803 and           08/31/04
                                     76.1804.
3060-0332.........................  Secs. 76.614 and            09/30/01
                                     76.1706.
3060-0340.........................  Sec. 73.51..........        10/31/03
3060-0341.........................  Sec. 73.1680........        08/31/03
3060-0342.........................  Sec. 74.1284........        07/31/03
3060-0346.........................  Sec. 78.27..........        03/31/04
3060-0347.........................  Sec. 97.311.........        02/28/03
3060-0349.........................  Secs. 76.73, 76.75,         04/30/03
                                     76.79, and 76.1702.
3060-0355.........................  FCC 492 and FCC 492A        07/31/04
3060-0357.........................  Sec. 63.701.........        11/31/01
3060-0360.........................  Sec. 80.409(c)......        08/31/04
3060-0362.........................  Inspection of Radio         02/28/03
                                     Installation on
                                     Large Cargo and
                                     Small Passenger
                                     Ships.
3060-0364.........................  Secs. 80.409(d) and         08/31/04
                                     (e).
3060-0368.........................  Sec. 97.523.........        06/30/03
3060-0370.........................  Part 32.............        06/30/03
3060-0374.........................  Sec. 73.1690........        01/31/02
3060-0384.........................  Sec. 64.904.........        09/30/03
3060-0386.........................  Sec. 73.1635........        07/31/02
3060-0387.........................  Sec. 15.201(d)......        12/31/02
3060-0390.........................  FCC 395-B...........        04/30/03
3060-0391.........................  Program to Monitor          12/31/01
                                     the Impact of
                                     Universal Service
                                     Support Mechanisms.
3060-0392.........................  47 CFR Part 1,              01/31/04
                                     Subpart J, Pole
                                     Attachment
                                     Complaint
                                     Procedures.
3060-0393.........................  Sec. 73.54..........        10/31/02
3060-0394.........................  Sec. 1.420..........        10/31/02
3060-0395.........................  FCC Reports 43-02,          06/30/03
                                     FCC 43-05 and FCC
                                     43-07.
3060-0397.........................  Sec. 15.7(a)........        07/31/03
3060-0398.........................  Secs. 2.948,                02/28/03
                                     15.117(g)(2).
3060-0400.........................  Tariff Review Plan..        05/31/03
3060-0404.........................  FCC 350.............        05/31/02
3060-0405.........................  FCC 349.............        03/31/04
3060-0407.........................  Sec. 73.3598........        05/31/02
3060-0410.........................  FCC 495A and FCC            06/30/03
                                     495B.
3060-0411.........................  FCC 485.............        06/30/04
3060-0414.........................  Terrain Shielding           11/30/03
                                     Policy.
3060-0419.........................  Secs. 76.94, 76.95,         10/31/01
                                     76.155, 76.156,
                                     76.157, 76.159 and
                                     76.1609.
3060-0421.........................  New Service                 05/31/03
                                     Reporting
                                     Requirements under
                                     Price Cap
                                     Regulation.
3060-0422.........................  Sec. 68.5...........        10/31/01
3060-0423.........................  Sec. 73.3588........        10/31/02
3060-0427.........................  Sec. 73.3523........        12/31/03
3060-0430.........................  Sec. 1.1206.........        09/30/01
3060-0433.........................  FCC 320.............        03/31/02
3060-0434.........................  Sec. 90.20(e)(6)....        05/31/02
3060-0435.........................  Sec. 80.361.........        09/30/02
3060-0436.........................  Secs. 15.214(c) and         12/31/02
                                     68.200(k).
3060-0439.........................  Sec. 64.201.........        03/31/04
3060-0441.........................  Sec. 90.621(B)(4)...        10/31/03

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3060-0449.........................  Sec. 1.65(c)........        12/31/01
3060-0452.........................  Sec. 73.3589........        10/31/02
3060-0454.........................  Regulation of               04/30/03
                                     International
                                     Accounting Rates.
3060-0463.........................  Secs. 64.601-64.605.        06/30/03
3060-0465.........................  Sec. 74.985.........        08/31/03
3060-0466.........................  Sec. 74.1283........        04/30/03
3060-0470.........................  Secs. 64.901-64.903,        05/31/03
                                     Allocation of Cost,
                                     Cost Allocation
                                     Manual, RAO Letters
                                     19 and 26.
3060-0473.........................  Sec. 74.1251........        12/31/02
3060-0474.........................  Sec. 74.1263........        04/30/03
3060-0475.........................  Sec. 90.713.........        05/31/02
3060-0481.........................  FCC 452R............        08/31/03
3060-0483.........................  Sec. 73.687.........        07/31/03
3060-0484.........................  Sec. 63.100.........        01/31/02
3060-0488.........................  Sec. 73.30..........        02/29/04
3060-0489.........................  Sec. 73.37..........        02/29/04
3060-0490.........................  Sec. 74.902.........        03/31/04
3060-0491.........................  Sec. 74.991.........        03/31/04
3060-0492.........................  Sec. 74.992.........        02/29/04
3060-0493.........................  Sec. 74.986.........        02/29/04
3060-0494.........................  Sec. 74.990.........        02/29/04
3060-0496.........................  FCC Report 43-08....        03/31/02
3060-0500.........................  Sec. 76.1713........     Pending OMB
                                                                Approval
3060-0501.........................  Secs. 76.206 and               (\1\)
                                     76.1611.
3060-0502.........................  Sec. 73.1942........           (\1\)
3060-0506.........................  FCC 302-FM..........        12/31/02
3060-0508.........................  Rewrite of Part 22..        08/31/04
3060-0511.........................  FCC Report 43-04....        11/30/03
3060-0512.........................  FCC Report 43-01....        11/30/03
3060-0513.........................  FCC Report 43-03....        11/30/03
3060-0514.........................  Sec. 43.21(b).......        05/31/03
3060-0515.........................  Sec. 43.21(c).......        10/31/02
3060-0519.........................  Rules and                   12/31/01
                                     Regulations
                                     Implementing the
                                     Telephone Consumer
                                     Protection Act of
                                     1991, CC Docket No.
                                     92-60.
3060-0526.........................  Density Pricing Zone        10/31/02
                                     Plans, Expanded
                                     Interconnection
                                     with Local
                                     Telephone Company
                                     Facilities, CC
                                     Docket No. 91-141.
3060-0531.........................  Local Multipoint            10/31/03
                                     Distribution
                                     Service (LMDS).
3060-0532.........................  Secs. 2.1033(b)(11)         08/31/02
                                     and 15.121.
3060-0537.........................  Sec. 13.217.........        05/31/02
3060-0540.........................  Tariff Filing               05/31/02
                                     Requirements for
                                     Nondominant Common
                                     Carriers.
3060-0543.........................  Sec 21.913..........        09/30/02
3060-0544.........................  Sec. 76.701.........        12/31/03
3060-0546.........................  Definition of               03/31/03
                                     Markets for
                                     Purposes of the
                                     Cable Television
                                     Mandatory
                                     Television
                                     Broadcast Signal
                                     Carriage Rules.
3060-0548.........................  Secs. 76.56,                10/31/01
                                     76.1614, 76.1620,
                                     76.1708, and
                                     76.1709.
3060-0550.........................  FCC 328.............        10/31/02
3060-0551.........................  Secs. 76.1002 and           10/31/03
                                     76.1004.
3050-0554.........................  Sec. 87.199.........        06/30/02
3060-0556.........................  Sec. 80.1061........        06/30/02
3060-0560.........................  Sec. 76.911.........           (\1\)
3060-0561.........................  Sec. 76.913.........        10/31/03
3060-0562.........................  Sec. 76.916.........        07/31/04
3060-0564.........................  Sec. 76.924.........        12/31/02
3060-0565.........................  Sec. 76.944.........        10/31/03
3060-0567.........................  Sec. 76.962.........        02/28/02
3060-0568.........................  Commercial Leased           06/30/03
                                     Access Rates,
                                     Terms, & Conditions.
3060-0569.........................  Sec. 76.975.........        06/30/03
3060-0570.........................  Sec. 76.982.........        07/31/04
3060-0572.........................  Filing Manual for           10/31/02
                                     Annual
                                     International
                                     Circuit Status
                                     Reports.
3060-0573.........................  FCC 394.............        12/31/02
3060-0574.........................  FCC 395-M...........        04/30/03
3060-0580.........................  Sec. 76.504.........        08/31/03
3060-0581.........................  Sec. 76.503.........        05/31/03
3060-0584.........................  FCC 44 and FCC 45...        12/31/02
3060-0589.........................  FCC 159 and FCC 159-        08/31/03
                                     C.
3060-0594.........................  FCC 1220............        06/30/04
3060-0595.........................  FCC 1210............           (\1\)
3060-0599.........................  Implementation of           01/31/04
                                     Sections 3(n) and
                                     332 of the
                                     Communications Act.
3060-0600.........................  FCC 175 and FCC 175-        04/30/04
                                     S.
3060-0601.........................  FCC 1200............        06/30/04
3060-0602.........................  Sec. 76.917.........        04/30/03

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3060-0607.........................  Sec. 76.922.........        10/31/03
3060-0609.........................  Sec. 76.934(e)......        07/31/04
3060-0610.........................  Sec. 76.1606........        07/31/04
3060-0611.........................  Sec. 74.783.........        08/31/03
3060-0613.........................  Expanded                    08/31/03
                                     Interconnection
                                     with Local
                                     Telephone Company
                                     Facilities, CC
                                     Docket No. 91-141,
                                     Transport Phase II.
3060-0621.........................  Rules and                   04/30/04
                                     Requirements for C
                                     & F Block Broadband
                                     PCS Licenses.
3060-0624.........................  Sec. 24.103(f)......        04/30/04
3060-0625.........................  Amendment of the            03/31/04
                                     Commission's Rules
                                     to Establish New
                                     Personal
                                     Communications
                                     Services under Part
                                     24.
3060-0626.........................  Regulatory Treatment        05/31/04
                                     of Mobile Services.
3060-0627.........................  FCC 302-AM..........        12/31/02
3060-0629.........................  Sec. 76.1605........        07/31/04
3060-0630.........................  Sec. 73.62..........        09/30/01
3060-0633.........................  Secs. 73.1230,              08/31/04
                                     74.165, 74.432,
                                     74.564, 74.664,
                                     74.765, 74.832,
                                     74.965 and 74.1265.
3060-0634.........................  Sec. 73.691.........        04/30/04
3060-0636.........................  Equipment                   10/31/02
                                     Authorization--Decl
                                     aration of
                                     Compliance--Amendme
                                     nt of Parts 2 and
                                     15.
3060-0638.........................  Sec. 76.934(g)......        02/28/02
3060-0641.........................  FCC 218-I...........        10/31/02
3060-0644.........................  FCC 1230............        02/28/02
3060-0645.........................  Antenna                     04/30/02
                                     Registration, Part
                                     17.
3060-0647.........................  Annual Survey of            04/30/03
                                     Cable Industry
                                     Prices.
3060-0648.........................  Sec. 21.902.........        11/30/02
3060-0649.........................  Secs. 76.1601,              12/31/01
                                     76.1607, 76.1617,
                                     and 76.1708.
3060-0652.........................  Secs. 76.309,               10/31/01
                                     76.1602, 76.1603,
                                     and 76.1619.
3060-0653.........................  Consumer                    01/31/02
                                     Information--Postin
                                     g by Aggregators,
                                     Secs. 64.703(b) and
                                     (c).
3060-0654.........................  FCC 304.............        10/31/01
3060-0655.........................  Request for Waivers            (\1\)
                                     of Regulatory and
                                     Application Fees
                                     Predicated on
                                     Allegations of
                                     Financial Hardship.
3060-0656.........................  FCC 175-M...........        11/30/01
3060-0657.........................  Sec. 21.956.........        09/30/01
3060-0658.........................  Sec. 21.960.........        11/30/01
3060-0660.........................  Sec. 21.937.........        09/30/01
3060-0661.........................  Sec. 21.931.........        10/31/01
3060-0662.........................  Sec. 21.930.........        09/30/01
3060-0663.........................  Sec. 21.934.........        09/30/02
3060-0664.........................  FCC 304-A...........        10/31/01
3060-0665.........................  Sec. 64.707.........        01/31/02
3060-0667.........................  Secs. 76.630,               10/31/01
                                     76.1612, and
                                     76.1622.
3060-0668.........................  Sec. 76.936.........        03/31/02
3060-0669.........................  Sec. 76.946.........        05/31/02
3060-0673.........................  Sec. 76.956.........        03/31/02
3060-0674.........................  Secs. 76.1603 and           06/30/02
                                     76.1618.
3060-0678.........................  FCC 312, FCC 312-EZ,        02/29/04
                                     FCC 312-R, FCC 312-
                                     M, and FCC-312
                                     Schedules.
3060-0681.........................  Toll-Free Service           09/30/03
                                     Access Codes, Part
                                     52, Subpart D,
                                     Secs. 52.101--
                                     52.111.
3060-0683.........................  Direct Broadcast            10/31/03
                                     Satellite Service,
                                     Part 100.
3060-0684.........................  Amendment to the            01/31/04
                                     Commission's Rules
                                     Regarding a Plan
                                     for Sharing the
                                     Costs of Microwave
                                     Relocation, WT
                                     Docket No. 95-157.
3060-0685.........................  FCC 1240............        08/31/04
3060-0686.........................  Streamlining the            03/31/04
                                     International
                                     Section 214
                                     Authorization
                                     Process and Tariff
                                     Requirements.
3060-0687.........................  Access to                   05/31/02
                                     Telecommunications
                                     Equipment and
                                     Services by Persons
                                     with Disabilities.
3060-0688.........................  FCC 1235............        07/31/02
3060-0690.........................  Rules Regarding the         12/31/02
                                     37.0--38.6 GHz and
                                     38.6-40.0 GHz Bands.
3060-0691.........................  Amendment of Parts 2        04/30/04
                                     and 90 of the
                                     Commission's Rules
                                     to Provide for the
                                     Use of 200 Channels
                                     Outside the
                                     Designated Filing
                                     Areas in the 896-
                                     901 MHz Bands
                                     Allotted to
                                     Specialized Mobile
                                     Radio Service.
3060-0692.........................  Home Wiring                 05/31/04
                                     Provisions.
3060-0695.........................  Sec. 87.219.........        03/31/02
3060-0697.........................  Parts 22 and 90 to          10/31/03
                                     Facilitate Future
                                     Development of
                                     Paging Systems.
3060-0698.........................  Amendment of the            05/31/04
                                     Commission's Rules
                                     to Establish a
                                     Radio Astronomy
                                     Coordination Zone
                                     in Puerto Rico.
3060-0700.........................  FCC 1275............        12/31/03
3060-0702.........................  Amendment to Parts          03/31/04
                                     20 and 24 of the
                                     Commission's Rules,
                                     Broadband PCS
                                     Competitive Bidding
                                     and the Commercial
                                     Mobile Radio
                                     Service Spectrum
                                     Cap.

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3060-0703.........................  FCC 1205............        11/30/02
3060-0704.........................  Public Disclosure           09/30/02
                                     Requirement
                                     Amended, CC Docket
                                     No. 96-61.
3060-0706.........................  Cable Act Reform....        06/30/02
3060-0707.........................  Over-the Air                05/31/02
                                     Reception Devices.
3060-0710.........................  Policy and Rules            08/31/03
                                     Concerning the
                                     Implementation of
                                     the Local
                                     Competition
                                     Provisions in the
                                     Telecommunications
                                     Act of 1996--CC
                                     Docket No. 96-98.
3060-0711.........................  Implementation of           12/31/03
                                     Section 34(a)(1) of
                                     the Public Utility
                                     Holding Company Act
                                     of 1935, as amended
                                     by the
                                     Telecommunications
                                     Act of 1996, Secs.
                                     1.5001 through
                                     1.5007.
3060-0713.........................  Alternative                 08/31/02
                                     Broadcast
                                     Inspection Program
                                     (ABIP) Compliance
                                     Notification.
3060-0714.........................  Antenna Registration        11/30/02
                                     Number Required as
                                     Supplement to
                                     Application Forms.
3060-0715.........................  Implementation of              (\1\)
                                     the
                                     Telecommunications
                                     Act of 1996:
                                     Telecommunications
                                     Carriers' Use of
                                     Customer
                                     Proprietary Network
                                     Information and
                                     Other Customer
                                     Information--CC
                                     Docket No. 96-115.
3060-0716.........................  Blanketing                  04/30/03
                                     Interference.
3060-0717.........................  Billed Party                07/31/04
                                     Preference for
                                     InterLATA Calls,
                                     Secs. 64.703(a),
                                     64.709, and 64.710.
3060-0718.........................  Part 101 Governing          10/31/02
                                     the Terrestrial
                                     Microwave Fixed
                                     Radio Service.
3060-0719.........................  Quarterly Report of         10/31/03
                                     IntraLATA Carriers
                                     Listing Pay Phone
                                     Automatic Number
                                     Identifications
                                     (ANIs).
3060-0723.........................  Public Disclosure of        09/30/03
                                     Network Information
                                     by Bell Operating
                                     Companies.
3060-0725.........................  Annual Filing of            08/31/03
                                     Nondiscrimination
                                     Reports (on Quality
                                     of Service,
                                     Installation, and
                                     Maintenance) by
                                     Bell Operating
                                     Companies (BOC's).
3060-0726.........................  Quarterly Report of         08/31/03
                                     Interexchange
                                     Carriers Listing
                                     the Number of Dial-
                                     Around Calls for
                                     Which Compensation
                                     is Being Paid to
                                     Pay Phone Owners.
3060-0727.........................  Sec. 73.213.........        11/30/03
3060-0728.........................  Supplemental                08/31/03
                                     Information
                                     Requesting FCC
                                     Registration Number
                                     (FRN) for Debt
                                     Collection.
3060-0732.........................  Consumer Education          04/30/03
                                     Concerning Wireless
                                     911.
3060-0734.........................  Accounting                  06/30/03
                                     Safeguards, 47
                                     U.S.C. Sections
                                     260, 271-276, and
                                     47 CFR Secs.
                                     53.209, 53.211 and
                                     53.213, SEC Form 10-
                                     K.
3060-0736.........................  Implementation of              (\1\)
                                     the Non-Accounting
                                     Safeguards of
                                     Sections 271 and
                                     272 of the
                                     Communications Act
                                     of 1934, as
                                     amended--CC Docket
                                     No. 96-149.
3060-0737.........................  Disclosure                  03/31/03
                                     Requirements for
                                     Information
                                     Services Provided
                                     Under a
                                     Presubscription or
                                     Comparable
                                     Arrangement.
3060-0739.........................  Amendment of the            01/31/02
                                     Commission's Rules
                                     to Establish
                                     Competitive
                                     Safeguards for
                                     Local Exchange
                                     Carrier Provisions
                                     of Commercial
                                     Mobile Radio
                                     Services.
3060-0740.........................  Sec. 95.1015........        11/30/02
3060-0741.........................  Implementation of           04/30/04
                                     the Local
                                     Competition
                                     Provisions on the
                                     Telecommunications
                                     Act of 1996--CC
                                     Docket No. 96-98.
3060-0742.........................  Telephone Number            09/30/03
                                     Portability, Part
                                     52, Subpart C,
                                     Secs. 52.21--52.33.
3060-0743.........................  Implementation of           10/31/03
                                     the Pay Telephone
                                     Reclassification
                                     and Compensation
                                     Provisions of the
                                     Telecommunications
                                     Act of 1996--CC
                                     Docket No. 96-128.
3060-0745.........................  Implementation of           12/31/03
                                     the Local Exchange
                                     Carrier Tariff
                                     Streamlining
                                     Provisions, CC
                                     Docket No. 96-187.
3060-0748.........................  Disclosure                  07/31/03
                                     Requirements for
                                     Information
                                     Services Provided
                                     through Toll-Free
                                     Numbers, Sec.
                                     64.1504.
3060-0749.........................  Sec. 64.1509........        07/31/03
3060-0750.........................  Sec. 73.673.........        05/31/03
3060-0751.........................  Reports Concerning          05/31/03
                                     International
                                     Private Lines
                                     Interconnected to
                                     the U.S. Public
                                     SwitchedNetwork.
3060-0752.........................  Billing Disclosure          07/31/03
                                     Requirements for
                                     Pay-Per-Call and
                                     Other Information
                                     Services, Sec.
                                     64.1510.
3060-0754.........................  FCC 398.............        06/30/04
3060-0755.........................  Infrastructure              05/31/03
                                     Sharing, Secs.
                                     59.1--59.4.
3060-0756.........................  Procedural                  10/31/01
                                     Requirements and
                                     Policies for
                                     Commission
                                     Processing of Bell
                                     Operating Company
                                     (BOC) Applications
                                     for the Provision
                                     of In-Region,
                                     InterLATA Services
                                     under Section 271
                                     of the
                                     Telecommunications
                                     Act of 1996.
3060-0757.........................  FCC Auctions                01/31/04
                                     Customer Survey.
3060-0758.........................  Amendment of Part 5         06/30/03
                                     of the Commission's
                                     Rules to Revise the
                                     Experimental Radio
                                     Service
                                     Regulations, ET
                                     Docket No. 96-256.
3060-0760.........................  Access Charge               10/31/02
                                     Reform--CC Docket
                                     No. 96-262.
3060-0761.........................  Closed Captioning of        02/29/04
                                     Video Programming.
3060-0763.........................  FCC Report 43-06....        03/31/02

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3060-0765.........................  Revision of Parts 22        10/31/03
                                     and 90 of the
                                     Commission's Rules
                                     to Facilitate
                                     Future Development
                                     of Paging Systems.
3060-0767.........................  Auction Forms and           04/30/04
                                     License Transfer
                                     Disclosures--Supple
                                     ment for the 2nd
                                     R&O, Order on
                                     Reconsideration,
                                     and 5th NPRM in CC
                                     Docket No. 92-297.
3060-0768.........................  28 GHz Band                 06/30/03
                                     Segmentation Plan
                                     Amending the
                                     Commission's Rules
                                     to Redesignate the
                                     27.5--29.5 GHz
                                     Frequency Band, to
                                     Reallocate the
                                     29.5--30.0 GHz
                                     Frequency Band, and
                                     to Establish Rules
                                     and Policies for
                                     Local Multipoint
                                     Distribution
                                     Services and for
                                     the Fixed Satellite
                                     Service.
3060-0769.........................  Aeronautical                06/30/03
                                     Services Transition
                                     Plan.
3060-0770.........................  Price Cap                   10/31/02
                                     Performance Review
                                     for Local Exchange
                                     Carriers--CC Docket
                                     No. 94-1 (New
                                     Services).
3060-0771.........................  Sec. 5.61, Procedure        12/21/03
                                     for Obtaining a
                                     Special Temporary
                                     Authorization in
                                     the Experimental
                                     Radio Service.
3060-0773.........................  Sec. 2.803,                 09/30/03
                                     Marketing of RF
                                     Devices Prior to
                                     Equipment
                                     Authorization.
3060-0774.........................  Federal-State Joint         06/30/04
                                     Board on Universal
                                     Service--CC Docket
                                     No. 96-45, Secs.
                                     36.611 and 36.612
                                     and 47 CFR Part 54.
3060-0775.........................  Secs. 64.1901--             09/30/03
                                     64.1903.
3060-0779.........................  Amendment to Part 90        04/30/04
                                     of the Commission's
                                     Rules to Provide
                                     for Use of the 220-
                                     222 MHz Band by the
                                     Private Land Mobile
                                     Radio Service, PR
                                     Docket No. 89-552.
3060-0780.........................  Uniform Rate-Setting        11/30/03
                                     Methodology.
3060-0782.........................  Petitions for               01/31/04
                                     Limited
                                     Modification of
                                     LATA Boundaries to
                                     Provide Expanded
                                     Local Calling
                                     Service (ELCS) at
                                     Various Locations.
3060-0783.........................  Coordination                01/31/04
                                     Notification
                                     Requirements on
                                     Frequencies Below
                                     512 MHz, Sec.
                                     90.176.
3060-0786.........................  Petitions for LATA          01/31/04
                                     Association Changes
                                     by Independent
                                     Telephone Companies.
3060-0787.........................  Implementation of              (\1\)
                                     the Subscriber
                                     Carrier Selection
                                     Changes Provisions
                                     of the
                                     Telecommunications
                                     Act of 1996;
                                     Policies and Rules
                                     Concerning
                                     Unauthorized
                                     Changes of
                                     Consumers Long
                                     Distance, FCC 478.
3060-0788.........................  DTV Showings/              08/31/01?
                                     Interference
                                     Agreements.
3060-0789.........................  Modified Alternative        05/31/04
                                     Plan, CC Docket No.
                                     90-571.
3060-0790.........................  Availability of             11/30/03
                                     Inside Wiring
                                     Information, Sec.
                                     68.110(c).
3060-0791.........................  Accounting for              11/30/03
                                     Judgments and Other
                                     Costs Associated
                                     with Litigation, CC
                                     Docket No. 93-240.
3060-0793.........................  Procedures for              08/31/02
                                     States Regarding
                                     Lifeline Consent,
                                     Adoption of
                                     Intrastate Discount
                                     Matrix for Schools
                                     and Libraries, and
                                     Designation of
                                     Eligible
                                     Telecommunications
                                     Carriers.
3060-0795.........................  ULS TIN Registration        08/31/02
                                     and FCC 606.
3060-0798.........................  FCC 601.............        03/31/04
3060-0799.........................  FCC 602.............        02/28/02
3060-0800.........................  FCC 603.............        01/31/02
3060-0801.........................  Amendment of the            08/31/02
                                     Commission's Rules
                                     Regarding
                                     Installment Payment
                                     Financing for
                                     Personal
                                     Communications
                                     Services (PCS)
                                     Licenses, WT Docket
                                     No. 97-82.
3060-0802.........................  Message Intercept           11/30/01
                                     Requirement.
3060-0804.........................  Health Care                    (\1\)
                                     Providers Universal
                                     Service Program--
                                     FCC 465, FCC 466,
                                     FCC 466-A, FCC 467,
                                     and FCC 468.
3060-0805.........................  Sec. 90.527.........        12/31/01
3060-0806.........................  Universal Service,          03/31/04
                                     Schools and
                                     Libraries Program,
                                     FCC 470 and 471.
3060-0807.........................  47 CFR 51.803 and           04/30/04
                                     Supplemental
                                     Procedures for
                                     Petitions to
                                     Section 252(e)(5)
                                     of the
                                     Communications Act
                                     of 1934, as amended.
3060-0809.........................  Communications              04/30/03
                                     Assistance for Law
                                     Enforcement Act
                                     (CALEA).
3060-0810.........................  Procedures for              03/31/04
                                     Designation of
                                     Eligible
                                     Telecommunications
                                     Carriers Pursuant
                                     to Section
                                     214(e)(6) of the
                                     Communications Act
                                     of 1934, as amended.
3060-0812.........................  Assessment and              08/31/02
                                     Collection of
                                     Regulatory Fees.
3060-0813.........................  Revision of the             07/31/04
                                     Commission's Rules
                                     to Ensure
                                     Compatibility with
                                     Enhanced 911
                                     Calling Systems.
3060-0814.........................  Local Switching             09/30/01
                                     Support and Local
                                     Switching Support
                                     Data Collection
                                     Form and
                                     Instructions, Sec.
                                     54.301.
3060-0816.........................  Local Competition           11/30/03
                                     and Broadband
                                     Reporting, CC
                                     Docket No. 99-301.
3060-0817.........................  Computer III Further        08/31/03
                                     Remand Proceedings:
                                     BOC Provision of
                                     Enhanced Services
                                     (ONA Requirements),
                                     CC Docket No. 95-20.
3060-0819.........................  Lifeline Assistance         05/31/04
                                     (Lifeline)
                                     Connection
                                     Assistance (Link
                                     Up) Reporting
                                     Worksheet and
                                     Instructions, 47
                                     CFR 54.400--54.417,
                                     FCC 497.
3060-0820.........................  Transfers of Control        09/30/01
                                     Involving
                                     Telecommunications
                                     Carriers.
3060-0823.........................  Pay Telephone               12/31/01
                                     Reclassification,
                                     Memorandum Opinion
                                     and Order, CC
                                     Docket No. 96-128.

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3060-0824.........................  FCC 498.............           (\1\)
3060-0827.........................  Request for Radio           09/30/01
                                     Station License
                                     Update.
3060-0833.........................  Implementation of              (\1\)
                                     Section 255 of the
                                     Telecommunications
                                     Act of 1996:
                                     Complaint Filings/
                                     Designation of
                                     Agents.
3060-0834.........................  Reconsideration of          12/31/01
                                     Rules and Policies
                                     for the 220-222 MHz
                                     Radio Service.
3060-0835.........................  Ship Inspection             03/31/02
                                     Certificates, FCC
                                     806, FCC824, FCC
                                     827 and FCC 829.
3060-0837.........................  FCC 302-DTV.........        05/31/03
3060-0840.........................  Access Charge Reform        09/30/01
                                     for Incumbent Local
                                     Exchange Carriers
                                     Subject to Rate-of-
                                     Return Regulation--
                                     CC Docket No. 98-77.
3060-0841.........................  Public Notice,              04/30/02
                                     Additional
                                     Processing
                                     Guidelines for DTV.
3060-0844.........................  Carriage of the             10/31/01
                                     Transmissions of
                                     Digital Television
                                     Broadcast Stations.
3060-0848.........................  Deployment of               05/31/04
                                     Wireline Services
                                     Offering Advanced
                                     Telecommunications
                                     Capability--CC
                                     Docket No. 98-147.
3060-0849.........................  Commercial                  10/31/01
                                     Availability of
                                     Navigation Devices.
3060-0850.........................  FCC 605.............        06/30/04
3060-0851.........................  FCC 305.............        12/31/01
3060-0852.........................  FCC 306.............        12/31/01
3060-0853.........................  FCC 486, FCC 500,           12/31/01
                                     and FCC 479.
3060-0854.........................  Truth-in-Billing            03/31/04
                                     Format, CC Docket
                                     No. 98-170.
3060-0855.........................  FCC 499, FCC 499-Q..        07/31/04
3060-0856.........................  FCC 472, FCC 473,           05/31/02
                                     FCC 474.
3060-0857.........................  Annual Reporting            12/31/01
                                     Requirement for
                                     Blanket Licensing
                                     of Ka-band
                                     Satellite Earth
                                     Station.
3060-0858.........................  State Public Safety         01/31/02
                                     Plan Requirements
                                     and Year 2000
                                     Readiness.
3060-0859.........................  Suggested Guidelines        04/30/03
                                     for Petitions for
                                     Ruling under
                                     Section 253 of the
                                     Communications Act.
3060-0862.........................  Handling                    05/31/02
                                     Confidential
                                     Information.
3060-0863.........................  Satellite Delivery          07/31/02
                                     of Network Signals
                                     to Unserved
                                     Households for
                                     Purposes of the
                                     Satellite Home
                                     Viewer Act.
3060-0864.........................  Data to Determine           02/28/02
                                     Percentage of
                                     Interstate
                                     Telecommunications
                                     Revenues from
                                     Wireless Carriers
                                     and Submission of
                                     Data to Determine
                                     Eligibility.
3060-0865.........................  Wireless                    10/31/03
                                     Telecommunications
                                     Bureau Universal
                                     Licensing System
                                     Recordkeeping and
                                     Third-Party
                                     Disclosure
                                     Requirements.
3060-0867.........................  Request for Waiver          07/31/02
                                     of Section 20.18(c)
                                     of theCommission's
                                     Rules Regarding
                                     Compatibility with
                                     Enhanced 911
                                     Emergency Calling
                                     Systems.
3060-0874.........................  FCC 475.............           (\1\)
3060-0876.........................  USAC Board of               04/30/03
                                     Directors
                                     Nomination Process,
                                     Sec. 54.703 and
                                     Review of
                                     Administrator's
                                     Decision, Secs.
                                     54.719--54.725.
3060-0878.........................  Wireless E911 Rule          08/31/02
                                     Waivers for Handset-
                                     Based Approaches to
                                     Phase II ALI
                                     Requirements.
3060-0881.........................  Sec. 95.861.........        04/30/02
3060-0882.........................  Sec. 95.833.........        12/31/02
3060-0886.........................  Sec. 73.3534........        05/31/02
3060-0888.........................  Cable Television            06/30/02
                                     Service Pleading
                                     and Complaint
                                     Rules--Part 76.
3060-0891.........................  FCC 330-A...........        07/31/02
3060-0892.........................  Direct Broadcast            07/31/02
                                     Satellite Public
                                     Interest
                                     Obligations.
3060-0893.........................  Universal Licensing         09/30/03
                                     Service (ULS) Pre-
                                     Auction Database
                                     Corrections.
3060-0894.........................  Certification Letter        05/31/03
                                     Accounting for
                                     Receipt of Federal
                                     Support.
3060-0895.........................  Numbering Resource          01/31/04
                                     Optimization, FCC
                                     502.
3060-0896.........................  Broadcast Auction           07/31/02
                                     Form Exhibits.
3060-0897.........................  MDS and ITFS Two-Way        04/30/04
                                     Transmissions.
3060-0900.........................  Compatibility of            12/31/02
                                     Wireless Services
                                     with Enhanced 911--
                                     CC Docket No. 94-
                                     102.
3060-0901.........................  Reports of Common           04/30/03
                                     Carriers and
                                     Affiliates.
3060-0905.........................  Regulations for RF          11/30/02
                                     Lighting Devices,
                                     Part 18, Sec.
                                     18.307.
3060-0906.........................  FCC 317.............        08/31/03
3060-0910.........................  Revision of the             03/31/03
                                     Commission's Rules
                                     to Ensure
                                     Compatibility with
                                     Enhanced 911
                                     Emergency Calling
                                     Systems.
3060-0912.........................  Cable Attribution           04/30/03
                                     Rules.
3060-0914.........................  Petition, Pursuant          04/30/04
                                     to Section 7 of the
                                     Act, for a Waiver
                                     of the Airborne
                                     Cellular Rule, or
                                     in the Alternative,
                                     for a Declaratory
                                     Ruling.
3060-0915.........................  Public Notice--             03/31/03
                                     Information on
                                     Medical Telemetry
                                     Equipment Operating
                                     in the 450-460 MHz
                                     Band.
3060-0916.........................  406 MHz Personal            04/30/03
                                     Locator Beacons
                                     (PLB's).
3060-0917.........................  FCC 160.............        08/31/03
3060-0918.........................  FCC 161.............        08/31/03
3060-0919.........................  FCC 162.............        08/31/03
3060-0920.........................  FCC 318.............        10/31/03

[[Page 829]]

 
3060-0921.........................  Petitions for LATA          08/31/03
                                     Boundary
                                     Modification for
                                     the Deployment of
                                     Advanced Services.
3060-0922.........................  FCC 397.............        04/30/03
3060-0923.........................  Election Statement..        04/30/03
3060-0924.........................  Creation of Low             04/30/03
                                     Power Radio Service.
3060-0926.........................  Transfer of the             01/31/04
                                     Bands from Federal
                                     Government Use:
                                     NPRM.
3060-0927.........................  Auditor's Annual            05/31/03
                                     Independence and
                                     Objectivity
                                     Certification.
3060-0928.........................  FCC 302-CA..........        12/31/03
3060-0929.........................  FCC 331.............        02/29/04
3060-0930.........................  Implementation of           12/31/02
                                     the Satellite Home
                                     Viewer Improvement
                                     Act (SHVIA) of
                                     1999; Enforcement
                                     Procedures for
                                     Retransmission
                                     Consent Violations
                                     Conforming to
                                     Section 325(e) of
                                     the Communications
                                     Act of 1934, as
                                     amended.
3060-0931.........................  Maritime Mobile             06/30/03
                                     Service Indentity
                                     (MMSI).
3060-0932.........................  FCC 301-CA..........        11/30/03
3060-0933.........................  FCC 460.............        11/30/03
3060-0934.........................  FCC 731-TC..........        01/31/04
3060-0935.........................  Cable Industry               2/31/03
                                     Survey on Channel
                                     Capacity and
                                     Retransmission
                                     Consent.
3060-0936.........................  Sec. 95.1215,               07/31/03
                                     Disclosure
                                     Policies; Sec.
                                     95.1217, Labeling
                                     Requirements.
3060-0937.........................  Establishment of a          01/31/04
                                     Class A Television
                                     Service, MM Docket
                                     No. 00-10.
3060-0938.........................  FCC 319.............        07/31/03
3060-0939.........................  E911, Second                05/31/04
                                     Memorandum Opinion
                                     and Order.
3060-0940.........................  Amendment of Part 95        07/31/03
                                     of the Commission's
                                     Rulesto Provide
                                     Regulatory
                                     Flexibility in the
                                     218-219 MHz
                                     Service, WT Docket
                                     No. 98-169.
3060-0942.........................  Access Charge               01/31/04
                                     Reform, Price Cap
                                     Performance Review
                                     for Local Exchange
                                     Carriers, Low-
                                     Volume Long
                                     Distance Users,
                                     Federal-State Join
                                     Board on Universal
                                     Service.
3060-0943.........................  Sec. 54.809.........        12/31/03
3060-0944.........................  Review of Commission        08/31/03
                                     Consideration of
                                     Applications Under
                                     the Cable Landing
                                     LicenseAct.
3060-0945.........................  Sec. 79.2...........        08/31/03
3060-0947.........................  Sec. 101.1327.......        09/30/03
3060-0948.........................  Noncommercial               01/31/04
                                     Educational
                                     Applicants.
3060-0949.........................  FCC 159-W...........        10/31/03
3060-0950.........................  Extending Wireless          04/30/04
                                     Telecommunications
                                     Servicesto Tribal
                                     Lands, WT Docket
                                     No. 99-266.
3060-0951.........................  Service of Petitions        01/31/04
                                     for Preemption, 47
                                     CFR Sec. 1.1204(b)
                                     Note, and Sec.
                                     1.1206(a) Note 1.
3060-0952.........................  Proposed Demographic        10/31/03
                                     Information and
                                     Notifications.
3060-0953.........................  Wireless Medical            10/31/03
                                     Telemetry Service,
                                     ET Docket No. 99-
                                     255.
3060-0954.........................  Third NPRM and NPRM         10/31/03
                                     Regarding
                                     Implementation of
                                     the 911 Act.
3060-0955.........................  2 GHz Mobile                02/29/04
                                     Satellite Service
                                     Reports.
3060-0956.........................  Notification of             11/30/03
                                     Emergency Alert
                                     System Status.
3060-0957.........................  Wireless Enhanced           05/31/04
                                     911 Service.
3060-0959.........................  Compatibility               05/31/04
                                     Between Cable
                                     Systems and
                                     Consumer
                                     Electronics
                                     Equipment.
3060-0960.........................  Application of                 (\1\)
                                     Network Non-
                                     Duplication,
                                     Syndicated
                                     Exclusivity, and
                                     Sports
                                     BlackoutRules to
                                     Satellite
                                     Retransmissions.
3060-0961.........................  2000 Biennial               01/31/04
                                     Regulatory Review
                                     of the Accounting
                                     Requirements and
                                     ARMIS
                                     ReportingRequiremen
                                     ts for Incumbent
                                     Local Exchange
                                     Carriers; Phase 2
                                     and Phase 3, CC
                                     Docket No. 00-199.
3060-0962.........................  Redesignation of the        01/31/04
                                     18 GHz Frequency
                                     Band, Blanket
                                     Licensing of
                                     Satellite Earth
                                     Stations in the Ka-
                                     Band, and the
                                     Allocation of
                                     Additional Spectrum
                                     for Broadcast
                                     Satellite Service
                                     Use.
3060-0963.........................  Sec. 101.527,               02/29/04
                                     Construction
                                     Requirements for 24
                                     GHz Operations;
                                     Sec. 101.529,
                                     Renewal Expectancy
                                     Criteria for 24 GHz
                                     Licensees.
3060-0966.........................  Secs. 80.385,               02/29/04
                                     80.475, and 97.303,
                                     Automated Marine
                                     Telecommunications
                                     Service (AMTS).
3060-0967.........................  Sec. 79.2...........        02/29/04
3060-0968.........................  FCC 501.............        07/31/04
3060-0969.........................  Availability to             02/29/04
                                     INTELSAT Space
                                     SegmentCapacity to
                                     Users and Providers
                                     Seeking to Access
                                     INTELSAT Directly.
3060-0970.........................  Sec. 90.621(e)(2)...        06/30/04
3060-0971.........................  Numbering Resource             (\1\)
                                     Optimization.
3060-0972.........................  Multi-Association           03/31/04
                                     Group (MAG) Plan
                                     for Regulation of
                                     Interstate Services
                                     of Non-PriceCap
                                     Incumbent Local
                                     Exchange Carriers
                                     and Interexchange
                                     Carriers.
3060-0973.........................  Sec. 64.1120(e).....        11/30/01
3060-0974.........................  Proposed                    04/30/04
                                     Requirements for
                                     Secondary Market
                                     Transactions, CC
                                     Docket No. 99-200.

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3060-0975.........................  Promotion of                05/31/04
                                     Competitive
                                     Networks in Local
                                     Telecommunications
                                     Markets
                                     MultipleEnvironment
                                     s (47 CFR Parts 1,
                                     64 and 68).
3060-0977.........................  Procedures for              06/30/04
                                     Reviewing Requests
                                     for Relief from
                                     State and Local
                                     Regulations
                                     Pursuant to Section
                                     332(c)(7)(B)(v) of
                                     the Communications
                                     Act of 1934.
3060-0978.........................  Compatibility with          06/30/04
                                     E911 Emergency
                                     Calling Systems;
                                     Fourth Report and
                                     Order.
3060-0979.........................  Spectrum Audit              10/31/01
                                     Letter.
3060-0980.........................  Implementation of           06/30/04
                                     the Satellite Home
                                     Viewer Improvement
                                     Act (SHVIA),
                                     Broadcast Signal
                                     Carriage Issues,
                                     Retransmission
                                     Consent Issues.
3060-0981.........................  1998 Biennial               06/30/04
                                     Review:
                                     Streamlining of
                                     CableTelevision
                                     Services, Part 76,
                                     Public File and
                                     Notice Requirements.
3060-0982.........................  Implementation of           10/31/01
                                     Low Power
                                     Television (LPTV)
                                     Digital Data
                                     Services Pilot
                                     Project.
3060-0983.........................  Standards for Co-           07/31/04
                                     Channel and
                                     Adjacent Channel
                                     Interference in the
                                     Land Mobile Radio
                                     Service.
3060-0984.........................  Secs. 90.35(b)(2)           07/31/04
                                     and 90.175(b)(1).
3060-0985.........................  Public Safety, State        07/31/04
                                     Interoperability
                                     Channels.
3060-0986.........................  Federal-State Joint         12/31/01
                                     Board on Universal
                                     Service, Plan for
                                     Reforming the Rural
                                     Universal Support
                                     Mechanism.
3060-0988.........................  Election to Freeze          12/31/01
                                     part 36 Categories
                                     and Allocations.
3060-0989.........................  Procedures for              12/31/01
                                     Applicants
                                     Requiring Section
                                     214 Authorization
                                     for Domestic
                                     InterstateTransmiss
                                     ion Lines Acquired
                                     Through Corporate
                                     Control.
3060-0991.........................  AM Measurement Data.        01/31/02
3060-0992.........................  Request for                 01/31/02
                                     Extension of the
                                     Implementation
                                     Deadline for Non-
                                     Recurring Services,
                                     CC Docket No. 96-45
                                     and Sec.
                                     54.507(d)(1)-(4).
3060-0993.........................  Establishment of a          02/28/02
                                     Class A Television
                                     Service.
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[66 FR 48973, Sept. 25, 2001]

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List of CFR Sections Affected



All changes in this volume of the Code of Federal Regulations which were 
made by documents published in the Federal Register since January 1, 
2001, are enumerated in the following list. Entries indicate the nature 
of the changes effected. Page numbers refer to Federal Register pages. 
The user should consult the entries for chapters and parts as well as 
sections for revisions.
For the period before January 1, 2001, see the ``List of CFR Sections 
Affected, 1949-1963 1964-1972, 1973-1985, and 1986-2000'' published in 
11 separate volumes.

                                  2001

47 CFR
                                                                   66 FR
                                                                    Page
Chapter I
73 Actions on petitions....737, 8176, 14862, 17638, 21681, 22449, 22450, 
                                29237, 47413, 50843, 53730, 56038, 58409
73.14 Amended......................................................20755
73.53 (b)(5) and (12) introductory text revised; (c) removed.......20755
73.54 Revised......................................................20755
73.58 (b) removed; (c) through (f) redesignated as (b) through 
        (e); new (d) revised.......................................20755
73.62 (a) revised..................................................20755
73.68 (a)(2), (d)(2) and (3) revised...............................20755
73.69 (a), (d)(2) and (4) revised..................................20756
73.151 (a)(1), (2) and (3) revised.................................20756
73.152 (b), (c) and (d) redesignated as (c), (d) and (e); (a), new 
        (d) introductory text, (2) introductory text, (iii) and 
        (iv) revised; new (b) added................................20756
73.154 Revised.....................................................20756
73.158 Revised.....................................................20757
73.186 (a)(1) and (b) revised; (c) added...........................20757
73.202 Regulation at 65 FR 36377 eff. 8-1-00........................3884
    (b) table amended.......7590, 7866, 8520, 9676, 10631, 10632, 10968, 
         11119, 12896, 12897, 15044, 15642, 15801, 16882, 16883, 17814, 
          17815, 18734, 20608, 20609, 21680, 21681, 22450, 26806-26808, 
          27040-27042, 29237, 29726, 30091, 30092, 30335, 30827, 31561, 
         33902, 33903, 35388, 35760, 36949, 36950, 37420, 37421, 37599, 
         39119, 39453--39456, 44548, 44549, 49555, 50576, 51322, 52712, 
          53731, 55597, 55598, 56486, 56487, 56617, 58408-48410, 60156, 
                  60157, 63199, 63628, 63629, 63630, 64777, 66346, 66803
    (b) table corrected.....................................18570, 35107
    (b) table corrected; CFR correction............................19402
    (b) table amended; eff. 10-.9-01...............................46400
73.215 (e) table corrected..........................................8149
73.606 (b) table amended...............18735, 29724, 52712, 55893, 57884
    (b) table amended; eff. 10-29-01...............................49555
73.607 Undesignated text designated as (a); (b) added..............10208
73.621 (i) added...................................................58982
     73.622 (b) table amended......2336, 3884, 9036--9039, 11117-11119, 
         12894, 12895, 13855, 13856, 18734, 20607, 20608, 22448, 28399, 
         28400, 29724--29726, 31560, 31561, 39452, 39682, 39683, 42613, 
                                       52547, 53730, 55892, 55893, 56616
    (c) existing text redesignated as (c)(1); (c)(2) added.........10208
    (b) table amended; eff. 10-22-01........................47897, 47898
73.623 (h) added....................................................9984

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    (h) revised....................................................65134
73.624 (g) introductory text revised, (g)(2)(i) and (ii) amended 
        (OMB number pending).......................................58982
    (b), (d)(3)(ii) and (iv) revised...............................65135
73.625 (a)(1) revised........................................9985, 65135
73.642 (a)(1) and (e) introductory text revised; (b) amended.......58982
73.644 (a) amended.................................................58982
73.658 (g) revised.................................................32248
73.807 Introductory text, (a)(1) table, (b)(1) table, (c)(1) 
        table,(2) table, (d)(1) table and (2) table amended........23863
73.854 Revised.....................................................23863
73.871 Added.......................................................23863
73.1010 (a)(9) added; eff. 12-3-01.................................47896
73.1020 Added; CFR correction......................................15800
73.1125 (c) revised................................................21690
73.1545 (e) revised and note added.................................21690
73.3526 Regulation at 65 FR 67288 eff. 1-1-01......................11237
73.3527 Regulation at 65 FR 36378 eff. 8-1-00.......................3884
73.3538 (b) revised................................................20758
73.3555 (b)(2)(ii) and (c)(3)(i) revised............................9048
    Notes 1 through 10 amended......................................9972
    (f) amended....................................................15356
    (e)(2)(i) and (ii) revised; Note 5 amended; CFR correction.....19891
73.3572 Regulation at 65 FR 36379 eff. 8-1-00.......................3884
73.3613 (d) amended; (e) revised....................................9972
73.3615 (a)(3)(iv)(B) amended.......................................9972
    Corrected......................................................12897
73.6000 Revised....................................................21690
73.6024 (c) revised................................................21690
73.6026 Revised....................................................21690
73.7000 Amended....................................................15356
73.7002 (b) revised................................................15356
73.7003 (b)(2) and (c)(1) amended; (e) and (f) added...............15356
74.5 (a)(7) added; eff. 12-3-01....................................47896
74.134 Removed.....................................................18572
74.785 Added.......................................................29046
74.1233 (e)(3)(i) and (ii) revised.................................15357
76 Authority citation revised.......................................7429
    Actions on petitions...........................................48219
    Policy statement...............................................62991
76.5 (b) revised (effective date pending)..........................16553
    Regulation at 66 FR 16553 eff. 9-25-01.........................48981
76.56 (e) revised (effective date pending).........................16553
    Regulation at 66 FR 16553 eff. 9-25-01.........................48981
76.57 (c), (d) and (e) redesignated as (d), (e) and (f); new (c) 
        added; new (e) revised; (e) note redesignated as section 
        note (effective date pending)..............................16553
    Regulation at 66 FR 16553 eff. 9-25-01.........................48981
76.62 (b) revised; (g) added (effective date pending)..............16553
    Regulation at 66 FR 16553 eff. 9-25-01.........................48981
76.64 (f) introductory text, (4) and (k) revised (effective date 
        pending)...................................................16553
    Regulation at 66 FR 16553 eff. 9-25-01.........................48981
76.66 Added (effective date pending in part)........................7430
    Regulation at 66 FR 7430 effective date corrected..............34582
    Regulation at 66 FR 7430 eff. in part 6-29-01..................34582
    (d)(1)(i), (ii), (2)(ii), (iii), (iv), (3)(ii) and (iv); 
(d)(4) added; eff. 10-26-01........................................49135
76.501 Notes 1 through 5 amended; Note 6 revised....................9973
76.922 (f)(1)(vii) added; (j)(1) revised (effective date pending) 
                                                                   16554
    Regulation at 66 FR 16554 eff. 9-25-01.........................48981
76.1603 (c) revised (effective date pending).......................16554
    Regulation at 66 FR 16554 eff. 9-25-01.........................48981
76.1610 (f) added; eff. 12-3-01....................................47897
76.1622 Regulation at 65 FR 53621 eff. 8-28-01.....................45177
76.1700 Heading and (a) introductory text revised..................67117
76.1713 Regulation at 65 FR 53623 eff. 8-28-01.....................45177
76.1800 Regulation at 65 FR 53623 eff. 8-28-01.....................45177
79.3 (b)(2), (3), (4)(i), (ii), (c)(2), (3), (d)(1), (e)(1)(iv), 
        (v) and (e)(2) revised; (c)(4) redesignated as (c)(5); 
        (a)(6), new (c)(4) and (e)(1)(vi) added,....................8529
    (c)(2) correctly revised.......................................16618

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                                  2002

47 CFR
                                                                   67 FR
                                                                    Page
Chapter I
73 Comment period extended...........................................828
    Actions on petitions....830, 5069, 8204, 12483, 16651, 17015, 21182, 
                         21581, 55729, 61816, 64818, 66340, 70556, 76318
    Technical correction...........................................13575
    Petition reconsideration.........................45380, 49246, 57970
    Order..........................................................78193
73.45 (c)(2) revised...............................................13231
73.54 (c) introductory text revised................................13231
73.58 (e) revised..................................................13231
73.68 (b) and (d)(1) revised.......................................13231
73.69 (c) and (d)(5) revised.......................................13231
73.202 (b) table amended...829, 830, 5070, 5241, 5957, 6877, 7288, 7289, 
             8204, 8205, 8906, 9925, 12486, 13575, 15125, 15493, 15736, 
         16651, 16652, 17654, 20459, 21581, 21582, 38207, 38208, 39864, 
         39865, 42199, 42506, 42707, 46604--46608, 50819--50823, 52876--
         52879, 53752, 53754, 53892, 63853, 64049, 64553, 64554, 64817, 
          64818, 65721, 66341, 66342, 67568, 69694, 70180, 71891-71893, 
                                                     71895, 76998, 78387
    Regulation at 67 FR 8205 eff. date corrected....................9925
    (b) table amended; eff. 10-15-02...............................59214
73.258 (d) revised.................................................13231
73.561 (c) and (d) revised; Notes 1 and 2 redesignated as Notes 1 
        and 2 to section...........................................13231
73.606 (b) table amended.......11055, 34622, 44777, 47466, 51116, 52875, 
                                61516, 62399, 62400, 62649, 63853, 78192
73.607 (b) revised.................................................13232
73.621 Regulation at 66 FR 58982 eff. 12-31-01......................3622
73.622 (b) table amended...5070, 6876, 8906, 10847, 11054, 15735, 18832, 
         18833, 19693, 30819, 34621, 34622, 44777, 50603, 51116, 51769, 
         51770, 52874, 52875, 61516, 62399, 62400, 62649, 62650, 63852, 
                                 70018, 70177, 70178, 70179, 78191-78193
    (a)(2) revised..................................................5513
    (c)(2) revised.................................................13232
73.624 (d)(3)(i) revised...........................................13232
    (d)(3)(iii) revised............................................38423
73.642 Regulation at 66 FR 58982 eff. 12-31-01......................3622
73.644 Regulation at 66 FR 58982 eff. 12-31-01......................3622
73.682 (d) revised.................................................63294
73.872 (c)(2) revised..............................................13232
73.1125 (d)(2) revised.............................................13232
73.1350 (g) revised................................................13232
73.1560 (d) revised................................................13232
73.1680 (b) introductory text revised..............................13232
73.1750 Revised....................................................13233
73.3544 (b) introductory text revised..............................13233
73.3549 Revised....................................................13233
73.3562 Revised....................................................13233
73.3564 (a)(1) revised.............................................13233
73.3571 (h)(4)(i) revised..........................................45374
73.3572 (a)(4)(ii) amended..........................................5513
    (e) and (f) revised............................................45374
73.3573 (f)(5)(i) and (ii) revised.................................45374
73.3617 Revised....................................................13233
73.5000 (a) revised................................................45374
73.5001 Removed....................................................45375
73.5003 Revised....................................................45375
73.5004 Removed....................................................45375
73.5005 (a) revised................................................45375
73.5006 (d) revised................................................45375
73.5009 Revised....................................................45375
74 Clarification...................................................16652
    Petition reconsideration.......................................49246
74.690 (e) note added..............................................53756
74.734 (a)(4) revised..............................................13233
74.751 (c) revised.................................................13233
74.763 (b) revised.................................................13233
74.784 (b) revised.................................................13234
74.785 Revised......................................................9621
74.931 First (k) revised; second (k) redesignated as (l)...........13234
74.1233 (d)(5)(i) revised..........................................45375
74.1234 (a)(4) revised.............................................13234
74.1290 Revised....................................................13234
76 Authority citation revised........................................680
    Implementation.................................................40870
    Petition reconsideration.......................................48048
    Policy statement...............................................56880
76.7 (g)(3) revised................................................13234
76.59 (d) added....................................................53892
76.64 Corrected....................................................17015
76.122 (c)(2) revised (OMB number pending).........................68951
76.127 (c) revised (OMB number pending)............................68951
76.128 (b) revised.................................................68951
76.277 Removed.......................................................680
76.305 Removed......................................................1650
76.309 Note added...................................................1650
76.501 Note 5 revised..............................................13234
76.503 Note 1 revised..............................................13234
76.630 Note 4 added.................................................1650
    (a) revised....................................................13234
76.934 (h)(5)(iii) revised.........................................13235
76.1002 (c)(6) revised.............................................49251

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76.1003 (h)(3)(iii)(C)(2) revised..................................13235
76.1502 (d)(2) and (e)(2) revised..................................13235
76.1503 (b)(1) introductory text revised...........................13235
76.1510 Revised.....................................................1650
76.1700 (a)(1) removed..............................................1650
    Regulation at 66 FR 67117 confirmed............................10332
76.1702 Amended.....................................................1650
76.1802 Amended.....................................................1650
78.13 (f) added (OMB number pending)...............................43259
78.18 (a)(2) tables revised; (m) added.............................43259
    (a)(2) table corrected.........................................61001
78.20 (a) revised..................................................13235
78.36 Revised......................................................43263
78.40 (f) note added...............................................53756

                                  2003

  (Regulations published from January 1, 2003 through October 1, 2003)

47 CFR
                                                                   68 FR
                                                                    Page
Chapter I
73 Actions on petitions...1986, 5854, 18136, 28805, 47255, 51194, 54394, 
                                                                   54854
    Technical correction...........................................25542
    Policy statement...............................................43329
73.202 (b) table amended........504, 1555, 2702, 3819, 4107, 5584, 5585, 
        5854, 5855, 6083, 7945, 8724, 8725, 10665, 11336, 11993, 11994, 
          15099, 15100, 16730, 16731, 16969, 18136, 22321-22323, 23613, 
           27940, 28139, 28804, 28805, 33654, 33655, 35540-35542, 40185-
          40187, 41724, 42608-42610, 43646, 47255, 47256, 49372, 49373, 
                                                            50725, 54856
    (b) table corrected......................................5854, 43646
    (b) table corrected; CFR correction.....................10388, 45786
    (b) table amended; eff. 10-20-03.........................54854-54856
73.606 (b) table amended...............10665, 12611, 20082, 23901, 46502
    (b) table amended; eff. 10-9-03................................51706
73.622 (b) table amended.....503, 1986, 2701, 4394, 10664, 12611, 14166, 
           14167, 18135, 20082, 23901, 26497, 27479, 38643, 41284, 46502
    (b) table amended; eff. 10-14-03...............................51918
    (b) table amended; eff. 10-20-03.................53052, 53053, 53305
73.701 (a), (e), (g) through (i) and (l) revised; (j) removed......25538
73.702 (f) introductory text, (1), (2) introductory text and (3) 
        revised....................................................25538
73.703 Map revised.................................................25538
73.756 (c) revised.................................................25540
73.766 Revised.....................................................25540
73.1015 Revised....................................................15098
73.2080 Revised......................................................689
73.3500 (a) table amended..........................................12761
73.3533 (a)(3) removed.............................................12761
73.3536 (b)(3) removed.............................................12761
73.3555 (d) removed; (e) and (f) redesignated as new (d) and (e); 
        (a), (b), (c), new (d), Notes 1, 2, and 4 through 7 
        revised; Notes 11 and 12 added (OMB numbers pending).......46355
    Regulation at 68 FR 46355 eff. 9-4-03..........................48764
73.3571 (h)(1)(i), (2)(i) and (3) revised..........................26227
73.3572 Heading and (e) revised....................................26227
73.3573 (f)(2)(i), (3)(i) and (4) revised..........................26228
73.3598 (a) revised................................................12761
73.3613 (d) and (e) revised (OMB numbers pending)..................46358
    Regulation at 68 FR 46358 eff. 9-4-03..........................48764
73.5000--73.5009 (Subpart I) Heading revised.......................26228
73.5000 (b) revised................................................26228
73.5002 Heading, (a), (b) and (c) introductory text revised; 
        (d)(4) added...............................................26228
73.5005 (d) revised................................................26229
    (a) revised....................................................43000
73.5006 (a) revised................................................26229
73.5007 (b)(2)(i), (ii), (iii), (3)(i), (ii) and (iv) revised......46358
73.5009 (b) revised................................................43000
73.7000--7005 (Subpart K) Heading revised..........................26229
73.7001 (b) revised; (c) added.....................................26229
74 Actions on petitions............................................32406
74.5 (a)(4) through (7) redesignated as (a)(5) through (8); new 
        (a)(4) and (f) added.......................................12761
74.6 Added.........................................................12761
74.15 (f) revised..................................................12761
74.24 Introductory text, (a), (d), (f), (g), (h)(1), and (i) 
        revised; (h)(1) Note removed...............................12762
74.25 Added........................................................12762

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74.34 Added........................................................12763
74.402 Revised.....................................................12763
    (a) introductory text revised; (a)(1) and (e)(1) removed.......25540
74.403 (b) introductory text revised...............................12764
74.431 (g) removed; (i) revised....................................12764
74.432 (b), (g), and (k) revised...................................12764
74.433 (b) and (c) revised.........................................12765
74.451 (a) revised.................................................12765
74.452 Revised.....................................................12765
74.462 (a), (b) table and (c) introductory text revised; (e), (f), 
        and (g) removed............................................12765
    (b) table amended..............................................25540
74.464 Introductory text revised...................................12766
    Table amended..................................................25540
74.482 (a) and (e) revised.........................................12766
74.502 (b) introductory text and (c)(1)(ii) revised; (d) added.....12766
    (c) introductory text revised..................................16967
    (d) stayed 4-16-03 to 10-16-03.................................41284
74.532 (d) note removed; (f) revised...............................12766
74.534 Revised.....................................................12766
74.535 (a), (b) and (d) revised; (e) and (f) removed; (g) 
        redesignated as new (e)....................................12766
74.536 (c) table amended...........................................12767
74.537 (b) and (c) revised.........................................12767
74.551 (a) introductory text revised; (b) and (c) removed; (d) 
        redesignated as new (b)....................................12768
    (b) revised....................................................16967
    (b) correctly revised..........................................20225
74.561 Table amended...............................................12768
74.602 (a) introductory text, (d), (f), (h) and (i) introductory 
        text revised; (a) table amended; (a)(2) removed............12768
    (g) introductory text revised..................................16967
    (a)(2) correctly revised.......................................17560
    (a) table amended..............................................34338
74.603 (b) removed.................................................12769
74.604 (a) removed.................................................12769
74.631 (a) amended.................................................12769
74.632 (a) amended; (c), (e), and (g) revised; (f) note removed....12769
74.633 (b) and (c) revised.........................................12769
74.636 Revised.....................................................12769
74.637 (a), (b), and (c) revised; (g) table amended................12769
74.638 Revised.....................................................12770
    (b) stayed 4-16-03 to 10-16-03.................................41284
74.641 (a) introductory text, (a)(5) and (b) introductory text 
        revised; (a)(1) table amended..............................12771
74.643 Revised.....................................................12771
74.644 (a) table and (b) revised...................................12771
74.651 (a) and (b) revised; (c) and (d) removed; (e) redesignated 
        as (c).....................................................12771
    (c) revised....................................................16967
74.655 (a) amended.................................................12772
74.661 Table revised...............................................12772
74.801 Amended.....................................................12772
74.802 (b)(3) revised..............................................12772
74.832 (e), (g) and (i) revised....................................12772
74.833 (b) and (c) revised.........................................12772
74.870 Added.......................................................12772
74.882 Revised.....................................................12774
74.1233 (d)(2)(i), (3)(i) and (4) revised..........................26229
76.5 (mm)(4) note amended..........................................13855
76.55 (e)(2)(i) amended............................................17312
76.65 (c) revised..................................................52127
76.75 Heading, (b) and (f) through (j) revised; (k) removed..........691
76.77 Revised........................................................692
76.122 Regulation at 67 FR 68951 eff. 3-25-03......................14340
76.127 Regulation at 67 FR 68951 eff. 3-25-03......................14340
    (c) correctly revised..........................................14341
76.403 Amended; (OMB numbers pending)..............................27003
76.501 (a) and (c) removed.........................................13237
76.620 (a) revised (OMB numbers pending)...........................13855
    Revised (OMB numbers pending)..................................27003
76.802 (l) revised (OMB numbers pending)...........................13855
76.804 (b)(3) revised (OMB numbers pending)........................13855
76.806 (d) added...................................................13855
76.939 Revised.....................................................15098
76.1204 (a)(1) revised.............................................35822
76.1610 Introductory text, (a), (c) and (d) revised; (g) added; 
        (OMB numbers pending)......................................27003
76.1702 Revised......................................................693
76.1801 Revised (OMB numbers pending)..............................27003
76.1803 Revised (OMB numbers pending)..............................27003
76.1804 Revised (OMB numbers pending)..............................27003
78 Actions on petitions............................................32406

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78.13 Regulation at 67 FR 43259 eff. 3-13-03 (OMB number)..........28139
78.17 Revised (OMB numbers pending)................................27004
78.18 (l) revised..................................................12774
    (a)(4) introductory text revised...............................16967
    (l) and (m) revised............................................34338
78.20 (a) amended (OMB numbers pending)............................27004
78.35 (d) and (e) added (OMB numbers pending)......................27004
78.36 Revised......................................................12774
78.101 (a) table amended; (c) added................................12776
78.103 (e) table amended...........................................12776
78.105 (a) introductory text revised; (a)(1) table amended; (a)(4) 
        removed; (a)(5) redesignated as (a)(4).....................12776
78.106 Revised.....................................................12776
78.108 (b) revised.................................................12776
78.109 (d) revised.................................................16967
    Revised (OMB numbers pending)..................................27004
78.111 Table amended...............................................12776


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