Sec. 74.702  Channel assignments.

    (a) An applicant for a new low power TV or TV translator station or 
for changes in the facilities of an authorized station shall endeavor to 
select a channel on which its operation is not likely to cause 
interference. The applications must be specific with regard to

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the channel requested. Only one channel will be assigned to each 
station.
    (1) Any one of the 12 standard VHF Channels (2 to 13 inclusive) may 
be assigned to a VHF low power TV or TV translator station. Channels 5 
and 6 assigned in Alaska shall not cause harmful interference to and 
must accept interference from non-Government fixed operation authorized 
prior to January 1, 1982.
    (2) Any one of the UHF Channels from 14 to 69, inclusive, may be 
assigned to a UHF low power TV or TV translator station. In accordance 
with Sec. 73.603(c) of part 73, Channel 37 will not be assigned to such 
stations.
    (3) Application for new low power TV or TV translator stations or 
for changes in existing stations, specifying operation above 806 MHz 
will not be accepted for filing. License renewals for existing TV 
translator stations operating on channels 70 (806-812 MHz) through 83 
(884-890 MHz) will be granted only on a secondary basis to land mobile 
radio operations.
    (b) Changes in the TV Table of Allotments or Digital Television 
Table of Allotments (Secs. 73.606(b) and 73.622(a), respectively, of 
part 73 of this chapter), authorizations to construct new TV broadcast 
analog or DTV stations or to authorizations to change facilities of 
existing such stations, may be made without regard to existing or 
proposed low power TV or TV translator stations. Where such a change 
results in a low power TV or TV translator station causing actual 
interference to reception of the TV broadcast analog or DTV station, the 
licensee or permittee of the low power TV or TV translator station shall 
eliminate the interference or file an application for a change in 
channel assignment pursuant to Sec. 73.3572 of this chapter.
    (c) A television broadcast booster station will be authorized on the 
channel assigned to its primary station.

[ 47 FR 21497 , May 18, 1982, as amended at  47 FR 30068 , July 12, 1982;  47 FR 35590 , Aug. 18, 1982;  52 FR 7423 , Mar. 11, 1987;  52 FR 31403 , Aug. 
20, 1987;  62 FR 26721 , May 14, 1997]