Goto Section: 73.609 | 73.611 | Table of Contents
FCC 73.610
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 |
2016
§ 73.610 Minimum distance separations between stations.
(a) The provisions of this section relate to allotment separations and
station separations. Petitions to amend the Table of Allotments (§ 73.606(b))
(other than those also expressly requesting amendment of this section or
§ 73.609) will be dismissed and all applications for new TV broadcast
stations or for changes in the transmitter sites of existing stations will
not be accepted for filing if they fail to comply with the requirements
specified in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of this section.
Note: Licensees and permittees of television broadcast stations which were
operating on April 14, 1952 pursuant to one or more separations below those
set forth in § 73.610 may continue to so operate, but in no event may they
further reduce the separations below the minimum. As the existing
separations of such stations are increased, the new separations will become
the required minimum separations until separations are reached which comply
with the requirements of § 73.610. Thereafter, the provisions of said section
shall be applicable.
(b) Minimum co-channel allotment and station separations:
(1)
Zone Kilometers
Channels 2-13 Channels 14-69
I 272.7 (169.5 miles) 248.6 (154.5 miles)
II 304.9 (189.5 miles) 280.8 (174.5 miles)
III 353.2 (219.5 miles) 329.0 (204.5 miles)
(2) The minimum co-channel distance separation between a station in one zone
and a station in another zone shall be that of the zone requiring the lower
separation.
(c) Minimum allotment and station adjacent channel separations applicable to
all zones:
(1) Channels 2-13 95.7 kilometers (59.5 miles). Channels 14-69 87.7
kilometers (54.5 miles).
(2) Due to the frequency spacing which exists between Channels 4 and 5,
between Channels 6 and 7, and between Channels 13 and 14, the minimum
adjacent channel separations specified above shall not be applicable to
these pairs of channels (see § 73.603(a)).
(d) In addition to the requirements of paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this
section, the minimum assignment and station separations between stations on
Channels 14-69, inclusive, as set forth in Table II of § 73.698 must be met
in either rule-making proceedings looking towards the amendment of the Table
of Assignments (§ 73.606(b)) or in licensing proceedings. No channel listed
in column (1) of Table II of § 73.698 will be assigned to any city, and no
application for an authorization to operate on such a channel will be
granted, unless the distance separations indicated at the top of columns (2)
through (7), inclusive, are met with respect to each of the channels listed
in those columns and parallel with the channel in column (1).
(e) The zone in which the transmitter of a television station is located or
proposed to be located determines the applicable rules with respect to
co-channel distance separations where the transmitter is located in a
different zone from that in which the channel to be employed is located.
(f) The distances listed below apply only to allotments and assignments on
Channel 6 (82-88 MHz). The Commission will not accept petitions to amend the
Table of Allotments, applications for new stations, or applications to
change the channel or location of existing assignments where the following
minimum distances (between transmitter sites, in kilometers) from any FM
Channel 253 allotment or assignment are not met:
Minimum Distance Separation from FM Channel 253 (98.5 MHz)
Fm Class TV Zone I TV Zones II & III
A 17 22
B1 19 23
B 22 26
C3 19 23
C2 22 26
C1 29 33
C 36 41
(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 154,
155, 303))
[ 28 FR 13660 , Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 37 FR 25842 , Dec. 5, 1972; 44 FR 65765 , Nov. 15, 1979; 47 FR 35990 , Aug. 18, 1982; 50 FR 23698 , June 5, 1985;
51 FR 44070 , Dec. 8, 1986; 54 FR 14964 , Apr. 14, 1989; 54 FR 16368 , Apr. 24,
1989; 54 FR 35340 , Aug. 25, 1989]
return arrow Back to Top
Goto Section: 73.609 | 73.611
Goto Year: 2014 |
2016
CiteFind - See documents on FCC website that
cite this rule
Want to support this service?
Thanks!
Report errors in
this rule. Since these rules are converted to HTML by machine, it's possible errors have been made. Please
help us improve these rules by clicking the Report FCC Rule Errors link to report an error.
hallikainen.com
Helping make public information public