§ 74.702   Channel assignments.

   (a) An applicant for a new low power TV or TV translator station or for
   changes in the facilities of an authorized station shall endeavor to select
   a channel on which its operation is not likely to cause interference. The
   applications must be specific with regard to the channel requested. Only one
   channel will be assigned to each station.

   (1) Any one of the 12 standard VHF Channels (2 to 13 inclusive) may be
   assigned to a VHF low power TV or TV translator station. Channels 5 and 6
   assigned in Alaska shall not cause harmful interference to and must accept
   interference from non-Government fixed operation authorized prior to January
   1, 1982.

   (2) Any one of the UHF Channels from 14 to 69, inclusive, may be assigned to
   a UHF low power TV or TV translator station. In accordance with § 73.603(c)
   of part 73, Channel 37 will not be assigned to such stations.

   (3)  Application for new low power TV or TV translator stations or for
   changes in existing stations, specifying operation above 806 MHz will not be
   accepted for filing. License renewals for existing TV translator stations
   operating on channels 70 (806-812 MHz) through 83 (884-890 MHz) will be
   granted only on a secondary basis to land mobile radio operations.

   (b) Changes in the TV Table of Allotments or Digital Television Table of
   Allotments (§ § 73.606(b) and 73.622(a), respectively, of part 73 of this
   chapter),  authorizations  to construct new TV broadcast analog or DTV
   stations  or  to  authorizations to change facilities of existing such
   stations, may be made without regard to existing or proposed low power TV or
   TV translator stations. Where such a change results in a low power TV or TV
   translator  station causing actual interference to reception of the TV
   broadcast analog or DTV station, the licensee or permittee of the low power
   TV or TV translator station shall eliminate the interference or file an
   application for a change in channel assignment pursuant to § 73.3572 of this
   chapter.

   (c) A television broadcast booster station will be authorized on the channel
   assigned to its primary station.

   [ 47 FR 21497 , May 18, 1982, as amended at  47 FR 30068 , July 12, 1982;  47 FR 35590 , Aug. 18, 1982;  52 FR 7423 , Mar. 11, 1987;  52 FR 31403 , Aug. 20, 1987;
    62 FR 26721 , May 14, 1997]

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