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FCC 73.512
Revised as of October 1, 2011
Goto Year:2010 |
2012
§ 73.512 Special procedures applicable to Class D noncommercial
educational stations.
(a) All Class D stations seeking renewal of license for any term
expiring June 1, 1980, or thereafter shall comply with the requirements
set forth below and shall simultaneously file an application on FCC
Form 340, containing full information regarding such compliance with
the provisions set forth below.
(1) To the extent possible, each applicant shall select a commercial FM
channel on which it proposes to operate in lieu of the station's
present channel. The station may select any commercial channel provided
no objectionable interference, as set forth in § 73.509(b), would be
caused. The application shall include the same engineering information
as is required to change the frequency of an existing station and any
other information necessary to establish the fact that objectionable
interference would not result. If no commerical channel is available
where the station could operate without causing such interference, the
application shall set forth the basis upon which this conclusion was
reached.
(2) If a commercial channel is unavailable, to the extent possible each
applicant should propose operation on Channel 200 (87.9 MHz) unless the
station would be within 402 kilometers (250 miles) of the Canadian
border or 320 kilometers (199 miles) of the Mexican border or would
cause interference to an FM station operating on Channels 201, 202, or
203 or to TV Channel 6, as provided in § 73.509.
(3) If a channel is not available under either paragraph (a) (1) or (2)
of this section, the renewal applicant shall study all 20 noncommercial
educational FM channels and shall propose operation on the channel
which would cause the least preclusion to the establishment of new
stations or increases in power by existing stations. Full information
regarding the basis for the selection should be provided.
(b) At any time before the requirements of paragraph (a) become
effective, any existing Class D station may file a construction permit
application on FCC Form 340 to change channel in the manner described
above which shall be subject to the same requirements. In either case,
any license granted shall specify that the station's license is for a
Class D (secondary) station.
(c) Except in Alaska, no new Class D applications nor major change
applications by existing Class D stations are acceptable for filing
except by existing Class D stations seeking to change frequency. Upon
the grant of such application, the station shall become a Class D
(secondary) station.
(d) Class D noncommercial educational (secondary) stations (see
§ 73.506(a)(2)) will be permitted to continue to operate only so long
as no interference (as defined in § 73.509) is caused to any TV or
commercial FM broadcast stations. In the event that the Class D
(secondary) station would cause interference to a TV or commercial FM
broadcast station after that Class D (secondary) station is authorized,
the Class D (secondary) station must cease operation when program tests
for the TV or commercial FM broadcast station commence. The Class D
(secondary) station may apply for a construction permit (see § 73.3533)
to change to another frequency or antenna site where it would not cause
interference (as defined in § 73.509). If the Class D (secondary)
station must cease operation before the construction permit is granted,
an application for temporary authorization (pursuant to § 73.3542) to
operate with the proposed facilities may be submitted; where
appropriate, such temporary authorization can be granted.
[ 43 FR 39716 , Sept. 6, 1978, as amended at 44 FR 48226 , Aug. 17, 1979;
47 FR 28388 , June 30, 1982; 50 FR 8326 , Mar. 1, 1985]
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Goto Year: 2010 |
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