Sec. 74.1237  Antenna location.

    (a) An applicant for a new station to be authorized under this 
subpart or for a change in the facilities of such a station shall 
endeavor to select a site which will provide a line-of-sight 
transmission path to the entire area intended to be served and at which 
there is available a suitable signal from the primary station. The 
transmitting antenna should be placed above growing vegetation and trees 
lying in the direction of the area intended to be served, to minimize 
the possiblity of signal absorption by foliage.
    (b) Consideration should be given to accessibility of the site at 
all seasons of the year and to the availability of facilities for the 
maintenance and operation of the FM translator.
    (c) Consideration should be given to the existence of strong 
radiofrequency fields from other transmitters at the translator site and 
the possibility that

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such fields may result in the retransmission of signals originating on 
frequencies other than that of the primary station.
    (d) The transmitting antenna of an FM booster station shall be 
located within the protected contour of its primary station, subject to 
Note, Sec. 74.1231 (h). The transmitting antenna of a commonly owned 
commercial FM translator station shall be located within the protected 
contour of its commercial primary FM station.
    (e) A translator or booster station to be located on an AM antenna 
tower or located within 3.2 km of an AM antenna tower must comply with 
Sec. 73.1692 of this chapter.

[ 35 FR 15388 , Oct. 2, 1970, as amended at  55 FR 50698 , Dec. 10, 1990;  58 FR 42026 , Aug. 6, 1993;  62 FR 51063 , Sept. 30, 1997]

    Effective Date Note:  At  62 FR 51063 , Sept. 30, 1997, Sec. 74.1237 
was amended by adding paragraph (e), effective Dec. 1, 1997.