Sec. 74.732 Eligibility and licensing requirements.
(a) A license for a low power TV or TV translator station may be
issued to any qualified individual, organized group of individuals,
broadcast station licensee, or local civil governmental body.
(b) More than one low power TV or TV translator station may be
licensed to the same applicant whether or not such stations serve
substantially the same area. Low power TV and TV translator stations are
not counted for purposes of Sec. 73.3555, concerning multiple ownership.
(c) Only one channel will be assigned to each low power TV or TV
translator station. Additional low power or translator stations may be
authorized to provide additional reception. A separate application is
required for each station and each application must be complete in all
respects.
(d) The FCC will not act on applications for new low power TV or TV
translator stations, for changes in facilities of existing stations, or
for changes in output channel tendered by displaced stations pursuant to
Sec. 73.3572(a)(1), when such changes will result in a major change
until the applicable time for filing a petition to deny has passed
pursuant to Sec. 73.3584(c).
(e) A proposal to change the primary TV station being retransmitted
or an application of a licensed translator station to include low power
TV station operation, i.e., program origination or subscription service
will be subject only to a notification requirement.
(f) Applications for transfer of ownership or control of a low power
TV or TV translator station will be subject to petitions to deny.
(g) A television broadcast booster station will be authorized only
to the licensee or permittee of the television station whose signals the
booster will rebroadcast, to areas within the Grade B contour of the
primary station.
(h) No numerical limit is placed on the number of booster stations
that may be licensed to a single licensee. A separate license is
required for each television broadcast booster station.
[ 47 FR 21499 , May 18, 1982, as amended at 48 FR 21487 , May 12, 1983; 49 FR 20504 , May 15, 1984; 52 FR 7423 , Mar. 11, 1987; 52 FR 10571 , Apr. 2,
1987; 52 FR 31404 , Aug. 20, 1987]
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