§ 74.1284   Rebroadcasts.

   (a) The term rebroadcast means the reception by radio of the programs
   or other signals of a radio station and the simultaneous retransmission
   of such programs or signals for direct reception by the general public.

   (b) The licensee of an FM translator shall not rebroadcast the programs
   of any AM or FM broadcast station or other FM translator without
   obtaining prior consent of the primary station whose programs are
   proposed to be retransmitted. The Commission shall be notified of the
   call letters of each station rebroadcast and the licensee of the FM
   translator shall certify that written consent has been received from
   the licensee of the station whose programs are retransmitted.

   (c) An FM translator is not authorized to rebroadcast the transmissions
   of any class of station other than an AM or FM broadcast station or
   another FM translator.

   [ 35 FR 15388 , Oct. 2, 1970, as amended at  74 FR 45130 , Sept. 1, 2009]

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