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FCC 73.512
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 |
2016
§ 73.512 Special procedures applicable to Class D noncommercial educational
stations.
(a) All Class D stations seeking renewal of license for any term expiring
June 1, 1980, or thereafter shall comply with the requirements set forth
below and shall simultaneously file an application on FCC Form 340,
containing full information regarding such compliance with the provisions
set forth below.
(1) To the extent possible, each applicant shall select a commercial FM
channel on which it proposes to operate in lieu of the station's present
channel. The station may select any commercial channel provided no
objectionable interference, as set forth in § 73.509(b), would be caused. The
application shall include the same engineering information as is required to
change the frequency of an existing station and any other information
necessary to establish the fact that objectionable interference would not
result. If no commerical channel is available where the station could
operate without causing such interference, the application shall set forth
the basis upon which this conclusion was reached.
(2) If a commercial channel is unavailable, to the extent possible each
applicant should propose operation on Channel 200 (87.9 MHz) unless the
station would be within 402 kilometers (250 miles) of the Canadian border or
320 kilometers (199 miles) of the Mexican border or would cause interference
to an FM station operating on Channels 201, 202, or 203 or to TV Channel 6,
as provided in § 73.509.
(3) If a channel is not available under either paragraph (a) (1) or (2) of
this section, the renewal applicant shall study all 20 noncommercial
educational FM channels and shall propose operation on the channel which
would cause the least preclusion to the establishment of new stations or
increases in power by existing stations. Full information regarding the
basis for the selection should be provided.
(b) At any time before the requirements of paragraph (a) become effective,
any existing Class D station may file a construction permit application on
FCC Form 340 to change channel in the manner described above which shall be
subject to the same requirements. In either case, any license granted shall
specify that the station's license is for a Class D (secondary) station.
(c) Except in Alaska, no new Class D applications nor major change
applications by existing Class D stations are acceptable for filing except
by existing Class D stations seeking to change frequency. Upon the grant of
such application, the station shall become a Class D (secondary) station.
(d) Class D noncommercial educational (secondary) stations (see
§ 73.506(a)(2)) will be permitted to continue to operate only so long as no
interference (as defined in § 73.509) is caused to any TV or commercial FM
broadcast stations. In the event that the Class D (secondary) station would
cause interference to a TV or commercial FM broadcast station after that
Class D (secondary) station is authorized, the Class D (secondary) station
must cease operation when program tests for the TV or commercial FM
broadcast station commence. The Class D (secondary) station may apply for a
construction permit (see § 73.3533) to change to another frequency or antenna
site where it would not cause interference (as defined in § 73.509). If the
Class D (secondary) station must cease operation before the construction
permit is granted, an application for temporary authorization (pursuant to
§ 73.3542) to operate with the proposed facilities may be submitted; where
appropriate, such temporary authorization can be granted.
[ 43 FR 39716 , Sept. 6, 1978, as amended at 44 FR 48226 , Aug. 17, 1979; 47 FR 28388 , June 30, 1982; 50 FR 8326 , Mar. 1, 1985]
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