Goto Section: 74.19 | 74.22 | Table of Contents
FCC 74.21
Revised as of October 1, 2008
Goto Year:2007 |
2009
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.
(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]
Goto Section: 74.19 | 74.22
Goto Year: 2007 |
2009
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