FCC 74.532 Revised as of October 1, 2007
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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]
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