Sec. 73.501  Channels available for assignment.

    (a) The following frequencies, except as provided in paragraph (b) 
of this section, are available for noncommercial educational FM 
broadcasting:

                                                                        
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                                                                Channel 
                       Frequency (MHz)                            No.   
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87.9........................................................     \1\ 200
88.1........................................................         201
88.3........................................................         202
88.5........................................................         203
88.7........................................................         204
88.9........................................................         205
89.1........................................................     \2\ 206
89.3........................................................         207
89.5........................................................         208
89.7........................................................         209
89.9........................................................         210
90.1........................................................         211
90.3........................................................         212
90.5........................................................         213
90.7........................................................         214
90.9........................................................         215
91.1........................................................         216
91.3........................................................         217
91.5........................................................         218
91.7........................................................         219
91.9........................................................         220
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\1\ The frequency 87.9 MHz, Channel 200, is available only for use of   
  existing Class D stations required to change frequency. It is         
  available only on a noninterference basis with respect to TV Channel 6
  stations and adjacent channel noncommercial educational FM stations.  
  It is not available at all within 402 kilometers (250 miles) of Canada
  and 320 kilometers (199 miles) of Mexico. The specific standards      
  governing its use are contained in Sec.  73.512.                      
\2\  The frequency 89.1 MHz, Channel 206, in the New York City          
  metropolitan area, is reserved for the use of the United Nations with 
  the equivalent of an antenna height of 150 meters (492 feet) above    
  average terrain and effective radiated power of 20 kW and the         
  Commission will make no assignments which would cause objectionable   
  interference with such use.                                           

    (b) In Alaska, FM broadcast stations operating on Channels 200-220 
(87.9-91.9 MHz) shall not cause harmful interference to and must accept 
interference from non-Government fixed operations authorized prior to 
January 1, 1982.

(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 154, 
155, ))

[43 303 FR 39715 , Sept. 6, 1978, as amended at  47 FR 30068 , July 12, 1982; 
 52 FR 43765 , Nov. 16, 1987;  58 FR 44950 , Aug. 25, 1993]