Sec. 74.433  Temporary authorizations.

    (a) Special temporary authority may be granted for remote pickup 
station operation which cannot be conducted in accordance with 
Sec. 74.24. Such authority will normally be granted only for operations 
of a temporary nature. Where operation is seen as likely on a continuing 
annual basis, an application for a regular authorization should be 
submitted.
    (b) A request for special temporary authority for the operation of a 
remote pickup broadcast station may be made by informal application, 
which shall be filed with the Commission at least 10 days prior to the 
date of the proposed operation: Provided, That, an application filed 
within less than 10 days of the proposed operation may be accepted upon 
a satisfactory showing of the reasons for the delay in submitting the 
request.
    (c) An informal request for special temporary authority requiring 
payment of a fee shall be addressed to the FCC at Federal Communications 
Commission, Broadcast Auxiliary Radio Services, P.O. Box 358700, 
Pittsburgh, PA 15251-5700. An informal request for

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special temporary authority not requiring payment of a fee shall be 
addressed to the FCC at Federal Communications Commission, 1270 
Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325. All requests must 
include full particulars including: Licensee's name, call letters of 
associated broadcast station or stations, name and address of individual 
designated to receive return authorization, call letters of remote 
pickup station, if assigned, type and manufacturer of equipment, power 
output, emission, frequency or frequencies proposed to be used, 
commencement and termination date, location of operation and purpose for 
which request is made including any particular justification.
    (d) A request for special temporary authority shall specify a 
frequency or frequencies consistent with the provisions of Sec. 74.402: 
Provided, That, in the case of events of wide-spread interest and 
importance which cannot be transmitted successfully on these 
frequencies, frequencies assigned to other services may be requested 
upon a showing that operation thereon will not cause interference to 
established stations: And provided further, In no case will operation of 
a remote pickup broadcast station be authorized on frequencies employed 
for the safety of life and property.
    (e) The user shall have full control over the transmitting equipment 
during the period it is operated.
    (f) Special temporary authority to permit operation of remote pickup 
broadcast stations or systems pending Commission action on an 
application for regular authority will not normally be granted.

[ 41 FR 29686 , July 19, 1976, as amended at  47 FR 9220 , Mar. 4, 1982;  47 FR 55936 , Dec. 14, 1982;  50 FR 23709 , June 5, 1985;  58 FR 19775 , Apr. 
16, 1993]