Sec. 74.1205  Protection of channel 6 TV broadcast stations.

    The provisions of this section apply to all applications for 
construction permits for new or modified facilities for a noncommercial 
educational FM translator station on Channels 201-220, unless the 
application is accompanied by a written agreement between the NCE-FM 
translator applicant and each affected TV Channel 6 broadcast station 
licensee or permittee concurring with the proposed NCE-FM translator 
facility.
    (a) An application for a construction permit for new or modified 
facilities for a noncommercial educational FM translator station 
operating on Channels 201-220 must include a showing that demonstrates 
compliance with paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of this section

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if it is within the following distances of a TV broadcast station which 
is authorized to operate on Channel 6.

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    (b) Collocated stations. An application for a noncommercial 
educational FM translator station operating on Channels 201-220 and 
located at 0.4 kilometer (approximately 0.25 mile) or less from a TV 
Channel 6 station will be accepted if it includes a certification that 
the applicant has coordinated its antenna with the affected TV station.
    (c) Contour overlap. Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this 
section, an application for a noncommercial educational FM translator 
station operating on Channels 201-220 will not be accepted if the 
proposed operation would involve overlap of its interference field 
strength contour with any TV Channel 6 station's Grade B contour, as set 
forth below.
    (1) The distances to the TV Channel 6 station Grade B (47 dBu) field 
strength contour will be predicted according to the procedures specified 
in Sec. 73.684 of this chapter, using the F(50,50) curves in 
Sec. 73.699, Figure 9 of this chapter.
    (2) The distances to the applicable noncommercial educational FM 
translator interference contour will be predicted according to the 
procedures specified in Sec. 74.1204(b) of this part.
    (3) The applicable noncommercial educational FM translator 
interference contours are as follows:

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    (d) FM translator stations authorized prior to June 1, 1991 with 
facilities that do not comply with the predicted interference protection 
provisions of this section, may continue to operate, provided that 
operation is in conformance with Sec. 74.1203 regarding actual 
interference. Applications for major changes in FM translator stations 
must specify facilities that comply with the provisions of this section.

[ 55 FR 50695 , Dec. 10, 1990, as amended at  58 FR 42025 , Aug. 6, 1993]