Sec. 90.303 Availability of frequencies.
(a) Frequencies in the band 470-512 MHz are available for assignment
in the urbanized areas listed below. The specific frequencies available
are listed in Sec. 90.311.
Frequency Availability for Land Mobile Use
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Geographic center
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Frequencies
Urbanized area North West Chan
nel (megahertz)
latitute longitude
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Boston, MA...................................................... 42 deg.21'2
4'' 71 deg.03'2
5''
14 470-476
16 482-488
Chicago, IL\1\.................................................. 41 deg.52'2
8'' 87 deg.38'2
2''
14 470-476
15 476-482
Cleveland, OH \2\.............................................. 41 deg.29'5
1'' 81 deg.41'5
0''
14 470-476
15 476-482
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX........................................... 32 deg.47'0
9'' 96 deg.47'3
7''
16 482-488
Detroit, MI\3\.................................................. 42 deg.19'4
8'' 83 deg.02'5
7''
15 476-482
16 482-488
Houston, TX..................................................... 29 deg.45'2
6'' 95 deg.21'3
7''
17 488-494
Los Angeles, CA\4\.............................................. 34 deg.03'1
5'' 118 deg.14'
28''
14 470-476
20 506-512
Miami, FL....................................................... 25 deg.46'3
7'' 80 deg.11'3
2''
14 470-476
New York/N.E. NJ................................................ 40 deg.45'0
6'' 73 deg.59'3
9''
14 470-476
15 476-482
Philadelphia, PA................................................ 39 deg.56'5
8'' 75 deg.09'2
1''
19 500-506
20 506-512
Pittsburgh, PA.................................................. 40 deg.26'1
9'' 80 deg.00'0
0''
14 470-476
18 494-500
San Francisco/Oakland, CA....................................... 37 deg.46'3
9'' 122 deg.24'
40''
16 482-488
17 488-494
Wash., DC/MD/VA................................................. 38 deg.53'5
1'' 77 deg.00'3
3''
17 488-494
18 494-500
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\1\ In the Chicago, IL, urbanized area, channel 15 frequencies may be used for paging operations
in addition to
low power base/mobile usages, where applicable protection requirements for ultrahigh frequency
television
stations are met.
\2\ Channels 14 and 15 are not available in Cleveland, OH, until further order from the Commissi
on.
\3\ Channels 15 and 16 are not available in Detroit, MI, until further order from the Commission
.
\4\ Channel 16 is available in Los Angeles for use by public safety users.
(b) [Reserved]
[ 43 FR 54791 , Nov. 22, 1978, 44 FR 32220 , June 5, 1979, as amended at 50 FR 39681 , Sept. 30, 1985; 50 FR 40976 , Oct. 8, 1985; 51 FR 4361 , Feb. 4,
1986; 52 FR 29856 , Aug. 12, 1987; 62 FR 18932 , Apr. 17, 1997]
Effective Date Note: At 62 FR 18932 , Apr. 17, 1997, Sec. 90.303 was
amended by revising the last sentence of paragraph (a) introductory
text, effective Oct. 17, 1997.