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FCC 73.1615
Revised as of October 1, 2010
Goto Year:2009 |
2011
§ 73.1615 Operation during modification of facilities.
When the licensee of an existing AM, FM, TV or Class A TV station is in
the process of modifying existing facilities as authorized by a
construction permit and determines it is necessary to either
discontinue operation or to operate with temporary facilities to
continue program service, the following procedures apply:
(a) Licensees holding a construction permit for modification of
directional or nondirectional FM, TV or Class A TV or nondirectional AM
station facilities may, without specific FCC authority, for a period
not exceeding 30 days:
(1) Discontinue operation, or
(2) Operate with temporary facilities to maintain, as nearly as
possible, but not exceed, the size of the presently licensed coverage
area.
(b) Licensees of an AM station holding a construction permit which
involves directional facilities and which does not involve a change in
operating frequency may, without specific FCC authority, for a period
not exceeding 30 days:
(1) Discontinue operation, or
(2) Operate with reduced power or with parameters at variance from
licensed tolerances while maintaining monitoring point field strengths
within licensed limits during the period subsequent to the commencement
of modifications authorized by the construction permit, or
(3) Operate in a nondirectional mode during the presently licensed
hours of directional operation with power reduced to 25% or less of the
nominal licensed power, or whatever higher power, not exceeding
licensed power, will insure that the radiated field strength specified
by the license is not exceeded at any given asimuth for the
corresponding hours of directional operation, or
(4) Operate in a nondirectional mode during daytime hours, if not
already so licensed, only as necessary to conduct a required
nondirectional proof of performance with a power not to exceed 25% of
the maximum power authorized by the construction permit for directional
operation, or
(5) Operate during daytime hours with either the daytime or nighttime
directional pattern and with the power authorized by the construction
permit only as necessary to take proof of performance measurements.
Operating power shall be promptly reduced to presently licensed level
during any significant period of time that these measurements are not
being taken. No daytime operation of construction permit directional
patterns authorized by this paragraph shall be conducted before such
patterns have been substantially tuned during the experimental period.
(6) In the event the directional pattern authorized by the construction
permit replaces a licensed directional pattern, the licensee may
operate with the substantially adjusted construction permit pattern
during the corresponding licensed hours of directional operation with
power not exceeding that specified for the licensed pattern.
(c) Such operation or discontinuance of operation in accordance with
the provisions of paragraph (a) or (b) of this section may begin upon
notification to the FCC in Washington, DC.
(1) Should it be necessary to continue the procedures in either
paragraph (a) or (b) of this section beyond 30 days, an informal letter
request signed by the licensee or the licensee's representative must be
sent to the FCC in Washington, DC. prior to the 30th day.
(2) The license of a broadcasting station that fails to transmit
broadcast signals for any consecutive 12-month period expires as a
matter of law at the end of that period, notwithstanding any provision,
term, or condition of the license or construction permit to the
contrary.
(d) Licensees of an AM station holding a construction permit which
authorizes both a change in frequency and directional facilities must
request and obtain authority from the FCC in Washington, DC. prior to
using any new installation authorized by the permit, or using temporary
facilities.
(1) The request is to be made at least 10 days prior to the date on
which the temporary operation is to commence. The request is to be made
by letter which shall describe the operating modes and facilities to be
used. Such letter requests shall be signed by the licensee or the
licensee's representative.
(2) Discontinuance of operation is permitted upon notification to the
FCC In Washington, DC. Should it be necessary to discontinue operation
longer than 30 days, an informal letter request, signed by the licensee
or the licensee's representatives, must be sent to the FCC in
Washington, DC prior to the 30th day.
(e) The FCC may modify or cancel the temporary operation permitted
under the provisions of paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this section
without prior notice or right to hearing.
[ 50 FR 30947 , July 31, 1985, as amended at 61 FR 28767 , June 6, 1996;
65 FR 30004 , May 10, 2000]
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Goto Year: 2009 |
2011
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