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;  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;  69 FR 72043 , Dec. 10, 2004]