FCC Web Documents citing 73.209

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  • 73 of the Commission's Rules concerning Low Power FM Broadcast Stations (LPFM), which is not applicable to ICRC's current desire to change the operating channel of its Translator Station W230AR. See, e.g., Parker, Arizona, Report and Order, 17 FCC Rcd 9578, 9579 (MB 2002), and cases cited therein. See the cases cited in note 7, supra. See Sections 73.207 and 73.209 of the Commission's Rules. 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.207 and 73.209. See also Cordele, Georgia, et al., Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd 9777, 9780 (MMB 1997). Id. 47 C.F.R. § 1.420(i). Under our recently adopted rule changes in MM Docket No. 05-210, Revision of Procedures Governing Amendments to FM Table of Allotments and Changes of Community of License in the
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  • and extent of interference protection accorded commercial FM broadcast stations have been determined solely by the mileage separation, power, and antenna height limitations set forth in the Commission's Rules, without regard to the concept of protected and interfering contours.''); Fishers, Lawrence, Indianapolis, and Clinton, Indiana, Report and Order, 22 FCC Rcd 11660, 11662 (MB 2007) (citing, 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.207, 73.209; Cordele, Georgia, et al., Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd 9777, 9780 (MMB 1997). See Minor Changes in Facilities, 12 FCC Rcd at 12404 ( ``[w]e want to emphasize that supplemental showings have not been accepted, nor will be accepted, for the purpose of determining interference or prohibited contour overlap between FM broadcast stations. * * * To employ supplemental
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  • (the ``Application''). 47 C.F.R. § 73.24(i). File No. BNP-20040130BQK. See AM Auction No. 84 Singleton Applications, Public Notice, 19 FCC Rcd 16655 (MB 2004). 47 C.F.R. § 73.37. Report and Order, 21 FCC Rcd 14212 (2006) (``2006 Community of License Order''). Frank R. Jazzo, Esq., Letter (MB June 6, 2007). Petition at 6-7. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.202(a)(2), 73.207, 73.208, 73.209(b), 73.315(a). Petition at 7 (``Without either approval of the Amendment or a waiver of Section 73.24(i), the station cannot operate.''). See id. at 3. See, e.g., 2006 Community of License Order, 21 FCC Rcd at 14218 (``[P]arties seeking to employ this procedure must file, with their applications, a detailed exhibit demonstrating that the proposed change constitutes a preferential arrangement of
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  • which five towers are to be replaced by a single 850-foot tower which will hold digital television transmission facilities of six Denver television stations, plus a number of FM station antennas. In Universal Broadcasting of Indiana, Inc., the Commission rejected an applicant's request for waiver of the FM spacing requirements under the ``designated antenna farm'' exception then listed in Section 73.209(c) of the Rules. The Commission first indicated that there were no officially designated antenna farm areas. Citing WTCN and Beasley, the Commission then refused to consider the proposal to be located within a de facto antenna farm, writing that: In marked contrast to the situation presented here, Beasley's inadequate coverage of its community of license was a significant factor, and
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  • end user charges. PART 73-RADIO BROADCAST SERVICES SUBPART B-FM BROADCAST STATIONS Brief Description: This rule identifies Part G as the part of the rules which establish protection standards for full-power stations from the operations of LPFM stations. Need: This rule clarifies the structure of the FM interference protection scheme. Legal Basis: 47 U.S.C. 154 and 303. Section Number and Title: 73.209(c) Protection from interference. Brief Description: This rule sets forth a transition rule for stations previously licensed under more permissive Class C antenna height and power requirements. Need: This rule is needed to provide a basis for a certain class of stations to retain their rights as Class C stations. Legal Basis: 47 U.S.C. 154 and 303. Section Number and Title:
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  • FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Magalie Roman Salas Secretary Appendix A Low Power FM Service Rule Modifications Part 73 of Title 47 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations is amended to read as follows: Part 73 - Radio Broadcast Services 1. The authority citation for Part 73 continues to read as follows: Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336 2. Section 73.209 is modified as follows § 73.209 Protection from interference. * * * * * (c) Permittees and licensees of FM stations are not protected from interference which may be caused by the grant of a new LPFM station or of authority to modify an existing LPFM station, except as provided in Subpart G of this Part. 3. Section 73.514 is
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  • such stations are already potentially subject to interference from other full service stations within their communities of license. Commercial FM stations are deemed to "substantially comply" with the community of license coverage requirements if at least 80% of the community of license is located within the 70 dBu contour.65 Accordingly, we will also protect the 62 See 47 C.F.R. § 73.209(c) (Protection from interference); § 73.514 (Protection from interference); and § 73.809 (Interference Protection for full service FM stations). 63 We wish to clarify 47 C.F.R. § 73.809 as it relates to determining interference caused by LPFM stations to full service stations operating on IF frequency channels. That section states that interference will be shown by demonstrating contour overlap based upon
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  • 73 of the Commission's Rules concerning Low Power FM Broadcast Stations (LPFM), which is not applicable to ICRC's current desire to change the operating channel of its Translator Station W230AR. See, e.g., Parker, Arizona, Report and Order, 17 FCC Rcd 9578, 9579 (MB 2002), and cases cited therein. See the cases cited in note 7, supra. See Sections 73.207 and 73.209 of the Commission's Rules. 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.207 and 73.209. See also Cordele, Georgia, et al., Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd 9777, 9780 (MMB 1997). Id. 47 C.F.R. § 1.420(i). Under our recently adopted rule changes in MM Docket No. 05-210, Revision of Procedures Governing Amendments to FM Table of Allotments and Changes of Community of License in the
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  • Numerical designation of FM broadcast channels. [ [168]Frequency/Channel Conversions ] [169]TEXT [170]PDF 73.202 Table of Allotments. [171]TEXT [172]PDF 73.203 Availability of channels. [173]TEXT [174]PDF 73.204 International agreements and other restrictions on use of channels. [175]TEXT [176]PDF 73.205 Zones. [177]TEXT [178]PDF 73.207 Minimum distance separation between stations. [ [179]Spacing tables ] [180]TEXT [181]PDF 73.208 Reference points and distance computations. [182]TEXT [183]PDF 73.209 Protection from interference. [184]TEXT [185]PDF 73.210 Station classes. [ [186]FM Classes ] [187]TEXT [188]PDF 73.211 Power and antenna height requirements. [ [189]FMpower ] [190]TEXT [191]PDF 73.212 Administrative changes in authorizations. [192]TEXT [193]PDF 73.213 Grandfathered short-spaced stations. [194]TEXT [195]PDF 73.215 Contour protection for short-spaced assignments. [196]TEXT [197]PDF 73.220 Restrictions on use of channels. [198]TEXT [199]PDF 73.232 Territorial exclusivity. [200]TEXT [201]PDF 73.239
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  • transmit this test but must log receipt. * * * * * * * * Part 73 of Title 47 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations is amended to read as follows: Part 73 - Radio Broadcast Services 1. The authority citation for Part 73 continues to read as follows: Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336 2. Section 73.209 is amended to include a new section (c), as follows § 73.209 Protection from interference. * * * * * (c) Permittees and licensees of FM stations are not protected from interference which may be created by the grant of a new LPFM station or of authority to modify an existing LPFM station, except in instances where the FM station
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  • FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Magalie Roman Salas Secretary Appendix A Low Power FM Service Rule Modifications Part 73 of Title 47 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations is amended to read as follows: Part 73 - Radio Broadcast Services 1. The authority citation for Part 73 continues to read as follows: Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336 2. Section 73.209 is modified as follows § 73.209 Protection from interference. * * * * * (c) Permittees and licensees of FM stations are not protected from interference which may be caused by the grant of a new LPFM station or of authority to modify an existing LPFM station, except as provided in Subpart G of this Part. 3. Section 73.514 is
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  • and extent of interference protection accorded commercial FM broadcast stations have been determined solely by the mileage separation, power, and antenna height limitations set forth in the Commission's Rules, without regard to the concept of protected and interfering contours.''); Fishers, Lawrence, Indianapolis, and Clinton, Indiana, Report and Order, 22 FCC Rcd 11660, 11662 (MB 2007) (citing, 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.207, 73.209; Cordele, Georgia, et al., Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd 9777, 9780 (MMB 1997). See Minor Changes in Facilities, 12 FCC Rcd at 12404 ( ``[w]e want to emphasize that supplemental showings have not been accepted, nor will be accepted, for the purpose of determining interference or prohibited contour overlap between FM broadcast stations. * * * To employ supplemental
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  • (the ``Application''). 47 C.F.R. § 73.24(i). File No. BNP-20040130BQK. See AM Auction No. 84 Singleton Applications, Public Notice, 19 FCC Rcd 16655 (MB 2004). 47 C.F.R. § 73.37. Report and Order, 21 FCC Rcd 14212 (2006) (``2006 Community of License Order''). Frank R. Jazzo, Esq., Letter (MB June 6, 2007). Petition at 6-7. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.202(a)(2), 73.207, 73.208, 73.209(b), 73.315(a). Petition at 7 (``Without either approval of the Amendment or a waiver of Section 73.24(i), the station cannot operate.''). See id. at 3. See, e.g., 2006 Community of License Order, 21 FCC Rcd at 14218 (``[P]arties seeking to employ this procedure must file, with their applications, a detailed exhibit demonstrating that the proposed change constitutes a preferential arrangement of
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  • which five towers are to be replaced by a single 850-foot tower which will hold digital television transmission facilities of six Denver television stations, plus a number of FM station antennas. In Universal Broadcasting of Indiana, Inc., the Commission rejected an applicant's request for waiver of the FM spacing requirements under the ``designated antenna farm'' exception then listed in Section 73.209(c) of the Rules. The Commission first indicated that there were no officially designated antenna farm areas. Citing WTCN and Beasley, the Commission then refused to consider the proposal to be located within a de facto antenna farm, writing that: In marked contrast to the situation presented here, Beasley's inadequate coverage of its community of license was a significant factor, and
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  • bydelegatedauthority,deniedFairbanks'February20, 1986,"RequestforRevocationofProgramTestAuthority" anditsMarch19,1987,"PetitionforRelief."Theletter alsoaffirmedthegrantofGreaterBoston'slicensetocover constructionofmodifiedfacilitiesforStationWJMX(FM), Boston.FairbanksseeksCommissionreviewoftheBu- reau'saction.Wedenytheapplicationforreviewforthe reasonssetforthbelow. BACKGROUND 2.OnFebruary7,1986,GreaterBostonnotifiedthe Commissionofitsplantocommenceprogramtestsfor StationWMJX(FM)fromitsnewlocationatopthePruden- tialTowerbuildingindowntownBoston.OnFebruary18, 1986,GreaterBostonfiledalicenseapplicationtocover constructionofitsmodifiedfacilities(FileNo.BLH- 860218KB).OnFebruary20,1986,Fairbanksfileda"Re- questforRevocationofProgramTestAuthority." FairbanksallegedthatStationWMJX(FM)wascausingin- terferencetoreceptionofthesignalofitsstation, WVBF(FM),intheimmediateenvironsofthePrudential Tower.Inresponse,GreaterBostonstatedthatonFebruary 19,1986,ithadinstalledfilterswhichsuppressed 1"Blanketinginterferenceoccurswhen'anFMstation'ssignal strengthisofsuchmagnitudethatitcausesreceiversnearthe transmittingantennatobepartiallyorcompletelyblockedfrom receivingotherbroadcaststations."'FMBroadcastStationBlan- ketingInterference,57RR2d126(1984)("Blanketing').Seealso, CalvaryEducationalBroadcastingNetwork,Inc.,7FCCRcd 4037n.3(1992).Section73.318oftheCommission'sRulespro- vides,interalia,thatpermitteesorlicenseesmustsatisfyall complaintsofblanketinginterferencereceivedbythestation duringaoneyearperiod.Theabovedefinitionofblanketing andtherule'sreferencestolicenseeobligationsandtoreceiving FederalCommunicationsCommissionRecord FCC93-300 intermodulationproductstomorethan80dBbelow WMJX(FM)'scarrierincompliancewithSection73.317(d) oftheCommission'sRules.Suchactionisdesignedto eliminatespuriousemissionsfromtheWMJX(FM)trans- mitter,assumingthattherehadbeenanysuchemissions. OnMarch14,1986,theMassMediaBureau,bydelegated authority,grantedGreaterBoston'slicenseapplication.On March19,1987,morethanoneyearafterthegrantof GreaterBoston'slicenseapplication.Fairbanksfileda"Pe- titionforRelief."FairbanksreiteratedthatStation WMJX(FM)wascausinginterferencetoreceptionofSta- tionWVBF(FM),anditclaimedthattheinterferencewas duetoblanketing.' 3.InitsletterdatedOctober14,1987,theBureaudealt withFairbanks'claims.Initially,theBureaudetermined that,becauseFairbanks'allegationsofinterference,which wereoriginallyfiledpriortothegrantofthelicenseap- plication,hadnotyetbeenformallyaddressed,theywould betreatedasatimelyfiledpetitionforreconsiderationof thegrantoftheGreaterBostonlicenseapplication.Al- thoughFairbankscalledtheinterferenceaboutwhichit complained"blanketinginterference,"itwasinfact allegingaformofinterferenceknownasReceiverInduced ThirdOrderIntermodulationEffect("RITOIE");whichis differentfromblanketinginterference.2CitingSection 73.209(a)oftheCommission'sRules(Protectionfromin- terference)andBlanketing,theBureauruledthatFairbanks wasnotprotectedfromtheallegedRITOIEinterference undertheprovisionsofourblanketingrule.TheBureau foundthatStationWMJX(FM)wasoperatinginaccor- dancewiththeCommission'stechnicalrulesandthatFair- bankshadnotfurnishedlistenercomplaintsnorotherwise shownthatanyinterferencehadoccurred.TheBureaualso notedthattheCommissionhadnotdirectlyreceivedlis- tenercomplaintsofinterference.Accordingly,theBureau deniedFairbanks'objectionsandaffirmedthegrantof GreaterBoston'slicenseapplication. 4.Initsapplicationforreview.Fairbankscontendsthat theBureaumisinterpretedSection73.318oftheCommis- sion'sRules(FMblanketinginterference).Fairbankssub- mitsthatitproperlyallegedthatthesignalofStation WMJX(FM)wascausingblanketinginterferencetorecep- tionofStationWVBF(FM).Thus,accordingtoFairbanks. becausetheblanketingrulerequiresthatlicenseesmust satisfyallcomplaintsofblanketinginterferencereceived withinoneyearofthecommencementofprogramtests, theBureaushouldhaveorderedGreaterBostontomove itstransmitterabsentresolutionofFairbanks'complaint. Alternatively,Fairbankscontendsthatahearingshouldbe commencedtodeterminetheexistenceorextentofblan- ketinginterference.Fairbanksconcedes,however,thatlis- tenershadnotcomplainedaboutaninabilitytoreceive WVBF(FM).3 equipmentnotsubjecttoprotectionaremeanttomakeclear thattheruleisdesignedtoprotectlistenersofFMradioand viewersoftelevision,nototherlicenseesorpermittees. 2"RITOIEoccurswhenstrongsignalsfromtwostationsinter- actwithinareceivertogenerateasignalonathirdfrequency. Thisreceiver-generatedsignalwilldisruptreceptionofany stationoperatingonthisthirdfrequency."WKLY,Inc.,6FCC Rcd225,228n.2(1991). 3FairbanksalsoarguesthattheBureauerredby:l)basingits denialofFairbanks'complaintsonGreaterBoston'scompliance withthetechnicalstandardsrequiredbySection73.317ofthe FCC93-300 DISCUSSION 5.Initially,weagreewiththeBureauthattheinterfer- enceallegedbyFairbankswasRITOIE,notblanketing.4Indeed,indocumentssubmittedbyFairbanksinconjunction withitsMarch19,1987,"PetitionforRelief,"Fairbanks acknowledgedthattheallegedinterferencecomplainedof wasRITOIE.Thus,theBureauproperlydeterminedthat theblanketingruledidnotaffordFairbanksanyprotec- tion.Inanyevent,becausetherewerenolistenercom- plaints,thereisnobasisforoverturningthegrantof GreaterBoston'slicenseevenifRITOIE-basedservicedis- ruptionstoWVBF(FM)hadoccurred.SeeWKLX,Inc.,6 FCCRcdat226.Inshort,whatevertheoreticalconcern Fairbanks hadabout interference to listeners to WVBF(FM)duetoWMJX(FM)'srelocation,thereisno indicationthatanylisteneractuallycomplainedabouta reducedabilityoraninabilitytoreceiveanyFMortelevi-
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  • Numerical designation of FM broadcast channels. [ [168]Frequency/Channel Conversions ] [169]TEXT [170]PDF 73.202 Table of Allotments. [171]TEXT [172]PDF 73.203 Availability of channels. [173]TEXT [174]PDF 73.204 International agreements and other restrictions on use of channels. [175]TEXT [176]PDF 73.205 Zones. [177]TEXT [178]PDF 73.207 Minimum distance separation between stations. [ [179]Spacing tables ] [180]TEXT [181]PDF 73.208 Reference points and distance computations. [182]TEXT [183]PDF 73.209 Protection from interference. [184]TEXT [185]PDF 73.210 Station classes. [ [186]FM Classes ] [187]TEXT [188]PDF 73.211 Power and antenna height requirements. [ [189]FMpower ] [190]TEXT [191]PDF 73.212 Administrative changes in authorizations. [192]TEXT [193]PDF 73.213 Grandfathered short-spaced stations. [194]TEXT [195]PDF 73.215 Contour protection for short-spaced assignments. [196]TEXT [197]PDF 73.220 Restrictions on use of channels. [198]TEXT [199]PDF 73.232 Territorial exclusivity. [200]TEXT [201]PDF 73.239
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  • Numerical designation of FM broadcast channels. [ [121]Frequency/Channel Conversions ] [122]TEXT [123]PDF 73.202 Table of Allotments. [124]TEXT [125]PDF 73.203 Availability of channels. [126]TEXT [127]PDF 73.204 International agreements and other restrictions on use of channels. [128]TEXT [129]PDF 73.205 Zones. [130]TEXT [131]PDF 73.207 Minimum distance separation between stations. [ [132]Spacing tables ] [133]TEXT [134]PDF 73.208 Reference points and distance computations. [135]TEXT [136]PDF 73.209 Protection from interference. [137]TEXT [138]PDF 73.210 Station classes. [ [139]FM Classes ] [140]TEXT [141]PDF 73.211 Power and antenna height requirements. [ [142]FMpower ] [143]TEXT [144]PDF 73.212 Administrative changes in authorizations. [145]TEXT [146]PDF 73.213 Grandfathered short-spaced stations. [147]TEXT [148]PDF 73.215 Contour protection for short-spaced assignments. [149]TEXT [150]PDF 73.220 Restrictions on use of channels. [151]TEXT [152]PDF 73.232 Territorial exclusivity. [153]TEXT [154]PDF 73.239