FCC 74.432 Revised as of October 1, 2007
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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 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]
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