278 Subpart H—Rules Applicable to All Broadcast Stations
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§ 73.879 47 CFR Ch. I (10–1–16 Edition) will hinder law enforcement activities the following Parts of the FCC Rules of the agency, stating insofar as fea- and Regulations. sible the basis for his decision and the (a) Part 1, ‘‘Practice and Procedure.’’ date when it can reasonably be ex- (1) Subpart A, ‘‘General Rules of pected that such records will be re- Practice and Procedure’’. (§§ 1.1 to leased to the FCC. 1.117). (2) Subpart B, ‘‘Hearing Pro- § 73.879 Signal retransmission. ceedings’’. (§§ 1.201 to 1.364) An LPFM licensee may not re- (3) Subpart C, ‘‘Rulemaking Pro- transmit, either terrestrially or via ceedings’’. (§§ 1.399 to 1.430). satellite, the signal of a full-power (4) Subpart G, ‘‘Schedule of Statu- radio broadcast station. tory Charges and Procedures for Pay- ment’’. (§§ 1.1101 to 1.1117.) § 73.881 Equal employment opportuni- ties. (5) Subpart H, ‘‘Ex Parte Commu- nications’’. (§§ 1.1200 to 1.1216). Equal employ- General EEO policy. (6) Subpart I, ‘‘Procedures Imple- ment opportunity shall be afforded by menting the National Environmental all LPFM licensees and permittees to Policy Act of 1969’’. (§§ 1.1301 to 1.1319). all qualified persons, and no person shall be discriminated against because (7) Subpart P, ‘‘Implementation of of race, color , religion, national ori- the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988’’. gin, or sex. (§§ 1.2001–1.2003.) (8) Subpart Q, ‘‘Competitive Bidding Subpart H—Rules Applicable to All Proceedings’’ (§§ 1.2101–1.2112). Broadcast Stations (9) Part 1, Subpart W of this chapter, ‘‘FCC Registration Number’’. (§§ 1.8001– § 73.1001 Scope. 1.8005.) (b) Part 2, ‘‘Frequency Allocations (a) The rules in this subpart are com- and Radio Treaty Matters, General mon to all AM, FM, TV and Class A TV Rules and Regulations’’, including Sub- broadcast services, commercial and parts A, ‘‘Terminology’’; B, ‘‘Alloca- noncommercial. tion, Assignments and Use of Radio (b) Rules in part 73 applying exclu- Frequencies’’; C, ‘‘Emissions’’; D, ‘‘Call sively to a particular broadcast service are contained in the following: AM, Signs and Other Forms of Identifying subpart A; FM, subpart B; Noncommer- Radio Transmissions’’; and J, ‘‘Equip- cial Educational FM, subpart C; TV, ment Authorization Procedures’’. subpart E; LPFM, subpart G; and Class (c) [Reserved] A TV, subpart J. (d) Part 17, ‘‘Construction, Marking (c) Certain provisions of this subpart and Lighting of Antenna Structures’’. apply to International Broadcast Sta- (e) Part 74, ‘‘Experimental, Auxiliary tions (subpart F, part 73), LPFM (sub- and Special Broadcast and Other Pro- part G, part 73), and Low Power TV, TV gram Distributional Services’’ includ- Translator and TV Booster Stations ing: (subpart G, part 74) where the rules for (1) Subpart A, ‘‘Experimental Broad- those services so provide. cast Stations’’; (d) The provisions of this part apply- (2) Subpart D, ‘‘Remote Pickup ing to licensees also apply to holders of Broadcast Stations’’; construction permits (permittees). (3) Subpart E, ‘‘Aural Broadcast Aux- [43 FR 32781, July 28, 1978, as amended at 52 iliary Stations’’; FR 31399, Aug. 20, 1987; 65 FR 7648, Feb. 15, (4) Subpart F, ‘‘Television Broadcast 2000; 65 FR 30003, May 10, 2000] Auxiliary Stations’’; (5) Subpart G, ‘‘Low Power TV, TV § 73.1010 Cross reference to rules in Translator and TV Booster Stations’’; other parts. (6) Subpart H, ‘‘Low Power Auxiliary Certain rules applicable to broadcast Stations’’; services, some of which are also appli- cable to other services, are set forth in 278 VerDate Sep<11>2014 09:49 Dec 27, 2016 Jkt 238216 PO 00000 Frm 00288 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:\SGML\238216.XXX 238216 Lhorne on DSK30JT082PROD with CFR Federal Communications Commission § 73.1020 (7) Subpart L, ‘‘FM Broadcast Trans- (i) Radio stations, December 1, 2011. lator Stations and FM Broadcast (ii) Television stations, December 1, Booster Stations’’. 2012. (3) Florida, Puerto Rico and the Vir- [53 FR 2498, Jan. 28, 1988, as amended at 57 FR 48333, Oct. 23, 1992; 60 FR 55480, Nov. 1, gin Islands: 1995; 63 FR 48622, Sept. 11, 1998; 66 FR 47896, (i) Radio stations, February 1, 2012. Sept. 14, 2001; 69 FR 72043, Dec. 10, 2004; 76 FR (ii) Television stations, February 1, 70911, Nov. 16, 2011] 2013. (4) Alabama and Georgia: § 73.1015 Truthful written statements (i) Radio stations, April 1, 2012. and responses to Commission in- (ii) Television stations, April 1, 2013. quiries and correspondence. (5) Arkansas, Louisiana and Mis- The Commission or its representa- sissippi: tives may, in writing, require from any (i) Radio stations, June 1, 2012. applicant, permittee, or licensee writ- (ii) Television stations, June 1, 2013. ten statements of fact relevant to a de- (6) Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana: termination whether an application (i) Radio stations, August 1, 2012. should be granted or denied, or to a de- (ii) Television stations, August 1, termination whether a license should 2013. be revoked, or to any other matter (7) Ohio and Michigan: within the jurisdiction of the Commis- (i) Radio stations, October 1, 2012. sion, or, in the case of a proceeding to (ii) Television stations, October 1, amend the FM or Television Table of 2013. Allotments, require from any person (8) Illinois and Wisconsin: filing an expression of interest, written (i) Radio stations, December 1, 2012. statements of fact relevant to that al- (ii) Television stations, December 1, lotment proceeding. Any such state- 2013. ments of fact are subject to the provi- (9) Iowa and Missouri: sions of § 1.17 of this chapter. (i) Radio stations, February 1, 2013. (ii) Television stations, February 1, [68 FR 15098, Mar. 28, 2003] 2014. § 73.1020 Station license period. (10) Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Colorado: (a) Initial licenses for broadcast sta- (i) Radio stations, April 1, 2013. tions will ordinarily be issued for a pe- (ii) Television stations, April 1, 2014. riod running until the date specified in (11) Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska: this section for the State or Territory (i) Radio stations, June 1, 2013. in which the station is located. If (ii) Television stations, June 1, 2014. issued after such date, it will run to (12) Texas: the next renewal date determined in (i) Radio stations, August 1, 2013. accordance with this section. Both (ii) Television stations, August 1, radio and TV broadcasting stations 2014. will ordinarily be renewed for 8 years. (13) Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona, However, if the FCC finds that the pub- Utah, New Mexico and Idaho: lic interest, convenience and necessity (i) Radio stations, October 1, 2013. will be served thereby, it may issue ei- (ii) Television stations, October 1, ther an initial license or a renewal 2014. thereof for a lesser term. The time of (14) California: expiration of normally issued initial (i) Radio stations, December 1, 2013. and renewal licenses will be 3 a.m., (ii) Television stations, December 1, local time, on the following dates and 2014. thereafter at 8-year intervals for radio (15) Alaska, American Samoa, Guam, and TV broadcast stations located in: Hawaii, Mariana Islands, Oregon and (1) Maryland, District of Columbia, Washington: Virginia and West Virginia: (i) Radio stations, February 1, 2014. (i) Radio stations, October 1, 2011. (ii) Television stations, February 1, (ii) Television stations, October 1, 2015. 2012. (16) Connecticut, Maine, Massachu- (2) North Carolina and South Caro- setts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island lina: and Vermont: 279 VerDate Sep<11>2014 09:49 Dec 27, 2016 Jkt 238216 PO 00000 Frm 00289 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:\SGML\238216.XXX 238216 Lhorne on DSK30JT082PROD with CFR § 73.1030 47 CFR Ch. I (10–1–16 Edition) (i) Radio stations, April 1, 2014. ordinates of the antenna, antenna (ii) Television stations, April 1, 2015. height, antenna directivity if any, pro- (17) New Jersey and New York: posed frequency, type of emission and (i) Radio stations, June 1, 2014. power. The notification shall be made (ii) Television stations, June 1, 2015. prior to, or simultaneously with, the (18) Delaware and Pennsylvania: filing of the application with the Com- (i) Radio stations, August 1, 2014. mission. After receipt of such applica- (ii) Television stations, August 1, tions, the FCC will allow a period of 20 2015. days for comments or objections in re- (b) For the cutoff date for the filing sponse to the notifications indicated. If of applications mutually exclusive an objection to the proposed operation with renewal applications that are filed is received during the 20-day period on or before May 1, 1995 and for the from the National Radio Astronomy deadline for filing petitions to deny re- Observatory for itself, or on behalf of newal applications, see § 73.3516(e). the Naval Radio Research Observatory, (c) The license of a broadcasting sta- the FCC will consider all aspects of the tion that fails to transmit broadcast problem and take whatever action is signals for any consecutive 12-month deemed appropriate. period expires as a matter of law at the (2) Any applicant for a new perma- end of that period, notwithstanding nent base or fixed station authoriza- any provision, term, or condition of the tion to be located on the islands of license to the contrary. Puerto Rico, Desecheo, Mona, Vieques, (Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, and Culebra, or for a modification of an 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 303)) existing authorization which would change the frequency, power, antenna [49 FR 4382, Feb. 6, 1984, as amended at 52 FR height, directivity, or location of a sta- 25604, July 8, 1987; 59 FR 63051, Dec. 7, 1994; 61 FR 18291, Apr. 25, 1996; 61 FR 28767, June 6, tion on these islands and would in- 1996; 62 FR 5347, Feb.