§  73.6018   Digital Class A TV station protection of DTV stations.

   Digital Class A TV stations must protect the DTV service that would be
   provided by the facilities specified in the DTV Table of Allotments in
   § 73.622, by authorized DTV stations and by applications that propose
   to expand DTV stations' allotted or authorized coverage contour in any
   direction, if such applications either were filed before December 31,
   1999 or were filed between December 31, 1999 and May 1, 2000 by a DTV
   station licensee or permittee that had notified the Commission of its
   intent to "maximize" by December 31, 1999. Protection of these
   allotments, stations and applications must be based on meeting the
   requirements of § 74.793 (b) through (e) of this chapter. An
   application for digital operation of an existing Class A TV station or
   to change the facilities of a digital Class A TV station will not be
   accepted if it fails to protect these DTV allotments, stations and
   applications in accordance with this section.

   [ 69 FR 69330 , Nov. 29, 2004]