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FCC 73.127
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 |
2016
§ 73.127 Use of multiplex transmission.
The licensee of an AM broadcast station may use its AM carrier to transmit
signals not audible on ordinary consumer receivers, for both broadcast and
non-broadcast purposes subject to the following requirements:
(a) Such use does not disrupt or degrade the station's own programs or the
programs of other broadcast stations.
(b) AM carrier services that are common carrier in nature are subject to
common carrier regulation. Licensees operating such services are required to
apply to the FCC for the appropriate authorization and to comply with all
policies and rules applicable to the service. Responsibility for making the
initial determinations of whether a particular activity is common carriage
rests with the AM station licensee. Initial determinations by licensees are
subject to FCC examination and may be reviewed at the FCC's discretion. AM
carrier services that are private carrier in nature must notify the
Licensing Division of the Private Radio Bureau at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
17325, by letter, prior to initiating service certifying compliance with 47
CFR parts 90 and 94.
(c) AM carrier services are of a secondary nature under the authority of the
AM station authorization, and the authority to provide such communications
services may not be retained or transferred in any manner separate from the
station's authorization. The grant or renewal of an AM station permit or
license is not furthered or promoted by proposed or past service. The
permittee or licensee must establish that the broadcast operation is in the
public interest wholly apart from the subsidiary communications services
provided.
(d) The station identification, delayed recording, and sponsor
identification announcements required by § § 73.1201, 73.1208, and 73.1212 are
not applicable to leased communications services transmitted via services
that are not of a general broadcast program nature.
(e) The licensee or permittee must retain control over all material
transmitted in a broadcast mode via the station's facilities, with the right
to reject any material that it deems inappropriate or undesirable.
(f) Installation of the multiplex transmitting equipment must conform with
the requirements of § 73.1690(e).
[ 47 FR 25345 , June 11, 1982, as amended at 49 FR 34015 , Aug. 28, 1984; 51 FR 41629 , Nov. 18, 1986; 51 FR 44478 , Dec. 10, 1986]
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Goto Section: 73.99 | 73.128
Goto Year: 2014 |
2016
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