Federal Communications Commission § 74.985

§ 74.982 Station identification. § 74.984 Retransmissions. (a) Call signs for instructional tele- An instructional television fixed sta- vision fixed stations will consist of tion may not retransmit the signals of three letters and three digits pursuant any class of station without consent of to the provisions of § 2.302 of this chap- the station originating the signals to ter relating to fixed stations. be retransmitted. (b) Except as otherwise provided in § 74.985 Signal booster stations. paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section, each instructional television fixed sta- (a) Authorizations for Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS) boost- tion shall transmit its call sign at the er stations may be granted to an ITFS beginning and end of each period of op- applicant, permittee or licensee, or to eration and, during operation, on the a third party with a fully-executed hour. Visual or aural transmissions lease agreement with an ITFS appli- shall be employed. cant, permittee, or licensee. The eligi- (c) The hourly station identification bility requirements of § 74.932 will not announcement during operation may apply to such third-party booster sta- be deferred if it would interrupt a sin- tion applicants. A signal booster sta- gle consecutive demonstration, lecture, tion may not extend service beyond a or other similar discourse or otherwise registered receive site of the primary impair the continuity of a program in ITFS station. No booster station may progress. In such cases the station be authorized for retransmission of sig- identification announcement shall be nals from an MDS, MMDS, or ITFS sta- made at the first normal break in the tion without the written consent of the continuity of the program. licensee of the station whose signals (d) In cases where an instructional are retransmitted. (b) In addition to the other applica- television fixed station is operating as tion requirements of this Part and of a relay for signals originating at some Form 330, each application for a signal other station operated by the same li- booster station that would retransmit censee, its call sign shall be announced an ITFS signal must include a dem- by the originating station at the times onstration that the proposed signal and in the manner prescribed in para- booster station will not transmit a sig- graph (b) of this section. nal to a receiver site that is beyond a (e) Where an instructional television previously-registered receive site of fixed station is operating as a relay for the primary ITFS station. signals originating at a station oper- (c) In addition to the other applica- ated by some other licensee, its call tion requirements of this part and of sign may be transmitted by the origi- Form 330, each application for a signal nating station, if suitable arrange- booster station that would retransmit ments can be made with the other li- an ITFS signal must include a dem- censee, or means shall be provided for onstration that the power flux density the transmission of the call sign by the of the ITFS signal does not exceed 75.6 dBW/m2 at the edge of a pro- relay transmitter itself. Low power ¥ tected service area for the primary relay stations, authorized by ITFS transmitter station, as defined by § 74.950(f)(4) will not be assigned indi- § 21.902(d) of this chapter. vidual call signs. Station identification (d) In addition to the other applica- will be accomplished by the retrans- tion requirements of this part and of mission of the call sign of the primary Forms 494 and 330, each application for station. a signal booster station must include a (f) Temporary fixed ITFS stations demonstration that the proposed signal shall identify with the call sign of the booster station will cause no harmful primary station and a temporary fixed interference to cochannel or adjacent- identifier. channel, authorized or previously-pro- posed ITFS, MDS, or MMDS, stations [28 FR 13731, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 36 with transmitters within 80.5 km (50 FR 8873, May 4, 1971; 38 FR 25991, Sept. 17, 1973; 49 FR 32596, Aug. 15, 1984] miles) of the proposed booster station’s transmitter site.

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(e) In addition to the other applica- whose signal is repeated by the signal tion requirements of this part and of booster; Forms 494 and 330, each application for (7) The signal booster site is within a signal booster station must include a the protected service area of the MDS written consent statement of the li- station, if the signal of an MDS station censee of each MDS, MMDS, and ITFS is repeated; station whose signal is retransmitted. (8) The power flux density at the edge (f) The output power of the signal of the MDS station’s protected service booster transmitter station must not area does not exceed ¥75.6 dBW/m2, if exceed 18 dBW EIRP. the signal of an MDS station is re- (g) An MDS or ITFS licensee may in- peated; stall and commence operation of a sig- (9) The antenna structure will extend nal booster station that has a maxi- less than 6.10 meters (20 feet) above the mum power level of ¥9 dBW EIRP and ground or natural formation or less that does not extend service beyond than 6.10 meters (20 feet) above an ex- the boundaries of an MDS station’s isting manmade structure (other than protected service area or beyond an an antenna structure); and ITFS licensee’s registered receive site, (10) The MDS or ITFS licensee under- subject to the condition that for sixty stands and agrees that in the event (60) days after installation, no objec- harmful interference is claimed by the tion or petition to deny is filed by an filing of an objection or petition to authorized co-channel or adjacent deny, the licensee must terminate op- channel ITFS or MDS station with a eration within two (2) hours of written transmitter within 8 km (5 miles) (8.05 notification by the Commission, and km) of the coordinates of the primary must not recommence operation until transmitter of the signal booster. An receipt of written authorization to do MDS or ITFS licensee seeking to in- so by the Commission. stall a signal booster under this rule must, within 48 hours after installa- [56 FR 57601, Nov. 13, 1991, as amended at 58 tion, submit a certification that: FR 11799, Mar. 1, 1993; 58 FR 44951, Aug. 25, (1) The maximum power level of the 1993] signal booster transmitter does not ex- ceed 9 dBW EIRP; § 74.986 Involuntary ITFS station ¥ modifications. (2) A description of the signal booster technical specifications (including an- (a) Parties specified in paragraph (b) tenna gain and azimuth), the coordi- of this section may, subject to Com- nates of the booster and receivers, and mission approval, involuntary modify the street address of the signal booster; the facilities of an existing ITFS li- (3) No registered receiver of an ITFS censee in the following situations: E or F channel station, constructed (1) If the initiating party is prevented prior to May 26, 1983, is located within from invoking the 0 dB interference a 1 mile (1.61 km) radius of the coordi- protection standard (see § 21.902(f)(2) of nates of the booster, or in the alter- this chapter and § 74.903(a)(2) of this native, that a consent statement has part) for projecting its impact on an been obtained from the affected ITFS existing ITFS licensee because of that licensee; licensee’s pre-May 26, 1983, facilities, (4) No environmental assessment lo- the applicant, permittee or licensee cation as defined at § 1.1307 of this may modify the facilities of the pre-ex- chapter is affected by installation and/ isting ITFS station with equipment or operation of the signal booster; adequate to perform at that level of in- (5) Each MDS and/or ITFS station li- terference; censee with protected service areas or (2) If the initiating party is prevented registered receivers within a 8 km (5 from operating at a higher transmitter mile) (8.05 km) radius of the coordi- output power or EIRP because such nates of the booster has been given no- power level will cause harmful inter- tice of its installation; ference to an ITFS station and modify- (6) Consent has been obtained from ing the ITFS station will avoid such each MDS or ITFS station licensee harmful interference;

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