Sec. 74.1202  Frequency assignment.

    (a) An applicant for a new FM broadcast translator station or for 
changes in the facilities of an authorized translator station shall 
endeavor to select a channel on which its operation is not likely to 
cause interference to the reception of other stations. The application 
must be specific with regard to the frequency requested. Only one output 
channel will be assigned to each translator station.
    (b) Subject to compliance with all the requirements of this subpart, 
FM broadcast translators may be authorized to operate on the following 
FM channels, regardless of whether they are assigned for local use in 
the FM Table of Allotments (Sec. 73.202(b) of this chapter):
    (1) Commercial FM translators: Channels 221-300 as identified in 
Sec. 73.201 of this chapter.
    (2) Noncommercial FM translators: Channels 201-300 as identified in 
Sec. 73.201 of this chapter. Use of reserved channels 201-220 is subject 
to the restrictions specified in Sec. 73.501 of this chapter.
    (3) In Alaska, FM translators operating on Channels 201-260 (88.1-
99.9 MHz) shall not cause harmful interference to and must accept 
interference from non-Government fixed operations authorized prior to 
January 1, 1982.
    (c) An FM broadcast booster station will be assigned the channel 
assigned to its primary station.

[ 35 FR 15388 , Oct. 2, 1970, as amended at  39 FR 12990 , Apr. 10, 1974;  47 FR 30068 , July 12, 1982;  52 FR 8260 , Mar. 17, 1987;  55 FR 50693 , Dec. 
10, 1990]