§  74.433   Temporary authorizations.

   (a) Special temporary authority may be granted for remote pickup
   station operation which cannot be conducted in accordance with
   §  74.24. Such authority will normally be granted only for operations
   of a temporary nature. Where operation is seen as likely on a
   continuing annual basis, an application for a regular authorization
   should be submitted.

   (b) A request for special temporary authority for the operation of a
   remote pickup broadcast station must be made in accordance with the
   procedures of §  1.931(b) of this chapter.

   (c) All requests for special temporary authority of a remote pickup
   broadcast station must include full particulars including: licensee's
   name and address, facility identification number of the associated
   broadcast station or stations, call letters of remote pickup station
   (if assigned), type and manufacturer of equipment, power output,
   emission, frequency or frequencies proposed to be used, commencement
   and termination date, location of operation and purpose for which
   request is made including any particular justification.

   (d) A request for special temporary authority shall specify a frequency
   or frequencies consistent with the provisions of §  74.402: Provided,
   That, in the case of events of wide-spread interest and importance
   which cannot be transmitted successfully on these frequencies,
   frequencies assigned to other services may be requested upon a showing
   that operation thereon will not cause interference to established
   stations: And provided further, In no case will operation of a remote
   pickup broadcast station be authorized on frequencies employed for the
   safety of life and property.

   (e) The user shall have full control over the transmitting equipment
   during the period it is operated.

   (f) Special temporary authority to permit operation of remote pickup
   broadcast stations or systems pending Commission action on an
   application for regular authority will not normally be granted.

   [ 41 FR 29686 , July 19, 1976, as amended at  47 FR 9220 , Mar. 4, 1982;  47 FR 55936 , Dec. 14, 1982;  50 FR 23709 , June 5, 1985;  58 FR 19775 , Apr.
   16, 1993;  68 FR 12765 , Mar. 17, 2003]

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