§ 74.432   Licensing requirements and procedures.

   (a) A license for a remote pickup station will be issued to: the licensee of
   an AM, FM, noncommercial FM, low power FM, TV, Class A TV, international
   broadcast  or low power TV station; broadcast network-entity; or cable
   network-entity.

   (b) Base stations may operate as automatic relay stations on the frequencies
   listed in § 74.402(b)(4) and (c)(1) under the provisions of § 74.436, however,
   one licensee may not operate such stations on more than two frequency pairs
   in a single area.

   (c)  Base stations may use voice communications between the studio and
   transmitter or points of any intercity relay system on frequencies in Groups
   I and J.

   (d) Base stations may be authorized to establish standby circuits from
   places where official broadcasts may be made during times of emergency and
   circuits to interconnect an emergency survival communications system.

   (e) In Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, base
   stations may provide program circuits between the studio and transmitter or
   to relay programs between broadcasting stations. A base station may be
   operated unattended in accordance with the following:

   (1) The station must be designed, installed, and protected so that the
   transmitter can only be activated or controlled by persons authorized by the
   licensee.

   (2)  The station must be equipped with circuits to prevent transmitter
   operation when no signal is received from the station which it is relaying.

   (f) Remote pickup stations may use only those frequencies and bandwidths
   which are necessary for operation.

   (g) An application for a remote pickup broadcast station or system shall
   specify the broadcasting station with which the remote pickup broadcast
   facility is to be principally used and the licensed area of operation for a
   system which includes mobile stations shall be the area considered to be
   served  by the associated broadcasting station. Mobile stations may be
   operated outside the licensed area of operation pursuant to § 74.24 of this
   part. Where the applicant for remote pickup broadcast facilities is the
   licensee of more than one class of broadcasting station (AM, FM, TV), all
   licensed to the same community, designation of one such station as the
   associated broadcasting station will not preclude use of the remote pickup
   broadcast facilities with those broadcasting stations not included in the
   designation  and such additional use shall be at the discretion of the
   licensee.

   (h) In cases where a series of broadcasts are to be made from the same
   location, portable or mobile transmitters may be left at such location for
   the  duration  of the series of broadcasts: Provided, The transmitting
   apparatus is properly secured so that it may not be operated by unauthorized
   persons when unattended. Prior Commission authority shall be obtained for
   the installation of any transmitting antenna which requires notification to
   the FAA, pursuant to § 17.7 of the Commission's rules and regulations, and
   which will be in existence for more than 2 days.

   (i)  The location of each remote pickup broadcast base station will be
   specified in the station or system license and such stations may not be
   operated at any other location without prior authority of the Commission.

   (j) The license shall be retained in the licensee's files at the address
   shown on the authorization, posted at the transmitter, or posted at the
   control point of the station.

   (k) In case of permanent discontinuance of operations of a station licensed
   under this subpart, the licensee shall cancel the station license using FCC
   Form 601. For purposes of this section, a station which is not operated for
   a period of one year is considered to have been permanently discontinued.

   Note: Licensees of remote pickup broadcast stations licensed prior to August
   31, 1976, should not file applications to consolidate individually licensed
   transmitters under a single system license until the renewal application of
   the associated broadcast station is filed. Applications filed between August
   31, 1976, and the date of filing of the renewal applications to obtain
   authorization to use additional transmitters or modification of existing
   stations shall be restricted to a single system application necessary to
   accomplish  the  desired  change,  but  may  include  consolidation of
   previously-licensed transmitters within the system license. Applications
   submitted for system licensing prior to the time when renewal applications
   would normally be filed which are unnecessary for either administrative or
   operational purposes will be returned as unacceptable for filing.

   (Sec. 5, 48 Stat. 1068; 47 U.S.C. 155)

   [ 41 FR 29686 , July 19, 1976, as amended at  42 FR 2071 , Jan. 10, 1977;  47 FR 21496 , May 18, 1982;  49 FR 14509 , Apr. 12, 1984;  51 FR 4602 , Feb. 6, 1986;
    58 FR 19775 , Apr. 16, 1993;  60 FR 55482 , Nov. 1, 1995;  65 FR 30011 , May 10,
   2000;  68 FR 12764 , Mar. 17, 2003]

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