§ 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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