§  27.1207   Service areas and authorizations.

   (a) Initial authorizations for BRS granted after January 1, 2008, shall
   be blanket licenses for all BRS frequencies identified in § 27.5(i)(2).
   Except for incumbent BRS licenses, BRS service areas are the 1992
   version of Basic Trading Areas (BTAs) defined by Rand McNally, or
   additional service areas similar to BTAs adopted by the Commission. The
   market area for each license will be listed on the license
   authorization. The following are additional BRS service areas in places
   where Rand McNally has not defined BTAs: American Samoa; Guam; Gulf of
   Mexico Zone A; Gulf of Mexico Zone B; Gulf of Mexico Zone C; Northern
   Mariana Islands; Mayaguez/Aguadilla-Ponce, Puerto Rico; San Juan,
   Puerto Rico; and the United States Virgin Islands. The boundaries of
   Gulf of Mexico Zone A are from an area twelve nautical miles from the
   shoreline at mean high tide on the north and east, to the limit of the
   Outer Continental Shelf to the south, and to longitude 91°00' to the
   west. The boundaries of Gulf of Mexico Zone B are from an area twelve
   nautical miles from the shoreline at mean high tide on the north, to
   the limit of the Outer Continental Shelf to the south, to longitude
   91°00' to the east, and to longitude 94°00' to the west. The boundaries
   of Gulf of Mexico Zone C are from an area twelve nautical miles from
   the shoreline at mean high tide on the north and west, to longitude
   94°00' to the east, and to a line 281 kilometers from the reference
   point at Linares, N.L., Mexico on the southwest. The
   Mayaguez/Aguadilla-Ponce, PR, service area consists of the following
   municipios: Adjuntas, Aguada, Aguadilla, Anasco, Arroyo, Cabo Rojo,
   Coamo, Guanica, Guayama, Guayanilla, Hormigueros, Isabela, Jayuya,
   Juana Diaz, Lajas, Las Marias, Maricao, Maunabo, Mayaguez, Moca,
   Patillas, Penuelas, Ponce, Quebradillas, Rincón, Sabana Grande,
   Salinas, San German, Santa Isabel, Villalba and Yauco. The San Juan
   service area consists of all other municipios in Puerto Rico.

   (b) For EBS initial licenses issued after October 25, 2019, except for
   licenses issued in the Tribal Priority Window, the GSA is the county
   for which the license is issued, subject to the exclusion of
   overlapping, co-channel incumbent GSAs. For purposes of this subpart,
   counties are defined using the United States Census Bureau's data
   reflecting county legal boundaries and names valid through January 1,
   2017. Except for licenses issued in the Tribal Priority Window, there
   shall be three initial authorizations issued in each county: One
   authorization for channels A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3, C1, C2, and C3; the
   second authorization for channels D1, D2, D3, JA1, JA2, JA3, JB1, JB2,
   JB3, JC1, JC2, JC3, JD1, JD2, JD3, A4, B4, C4, D4, and G4; the third
   authorization for channels G1, G2, G3, KG1, KG2, and KG3.

   [ 84 FR 57366 , Oct. 25, 2019]