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FCC 74.832
Revised as of October 1, 2007
Goto Year:2006 |
2008
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).
(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 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.
(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; 69 FR 72045 ,
Dec. 10, 2004]
Goto Section: 74.831 | 74.833
Goto Year: 2006 |
2008
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