§  74.103   Frequency assignment.

   (a) Frequencies allocated to broadcasting and the various categories of
   auxiliary stations, in the FCC's Table of Frequency Allocations (Part 2
   of this chapter), may be assigned respectively to experimental
   broadcast and experimental auxiliary stations.

   (b) More than one frequency may be assigned upon a satisfactory showing
   of the need therefor.

   (c) Frequencies best suited to the purpose of the experimentation and
   on which there appears to be the least likelihood of interference to
   established stations shall be selected.

   (d) In a case of important experimentation which cannot be feasibly
   conducted on frequencies allocated to broadcasting or the various
   categories of auxiliary stations, the FCC may authorize an experimental
   station of any class to operate on other frequencies upon a
   satisfactory showing of the need therefore and a showing that the
   proposed operation can be conducted without causing harmful
   interference to established services. However, experimental operation
   which looks toward the development of radio transmitting apparatus or
   the rendition of any type of regular service using such frequencies
   will not be authorized prior to a determination by the FCC that the
   development of such apparatus or the rendition of such service would
   serve the public interest.

   (Secs. 4, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1032; 47 U.S.C. 158, 303)

   [ 28 FR 13706 , Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at  49 FR 32583 , Aug. 15, 1984]

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