Federal Communications Commission § 74.783 Section 73.3584—Petitions to deny. The station records shall be made Section 73.3587—Informal objections. available upon request to any author- Section 73.3591—Grants without hearing. ized representative of the Commission. Section 73.3593—Designation for hearing. (d) Station logs and records shall be Section 73.3594—Local public notice of des- ignation for hearing. retained for a period of two years. Section 73.3597—Procedures on transfer and [48 FR 44806, Sept. 30, 1983, as amended at 52 assignment applications. FR 31405, Aug. 20, 1987] Section 73.3598—Period of construction. Section 73.3599—Forfeiture of construction § 74.783 Station identification. permit. Section 73.3601—Simultaneous modification (a) Each low power TV and TV trans- and renewal of license. lator station not originating local pro- Section 73.3603—Special waiver procedure gramming as defined by § 74.701(h) oper- relative to applications. ating over 0.001 kw peak visual power Section 73.3612—Annual employment report (0.002 kw when using circularly polar- (for low power TV stations only). Section 73.3613—Filing of contracts (network ized antennas) must transmit its sta- affiliation contracts for low power TV sta- tion identification as follows: tions only). (1) By transmitting the call sign in International Morse Code at least once [52 FR 7423, Mar. 11, 1987, as amended at 52 FR 25867, July 9, 1987; 52 FR 31405, Aug. 20, each hour. This transmission may be 1987; 56 FR 28099, June 19, 1991; 59 FR 31557, accomplished by means of an auto- June 20, 1994; 62 FR 51063, Sept. 30, 1997] matic device as required by § 74.750(c)(7). Call sign transmission § 74.781 Station records. shall be made at a code speed not in ex- (a) The licensee of a low power TV, cess of 20 words per minute; or TV translator, or TV booster station (2) By arranging for the primary sta- shall maintain adequate station tion, whose signal is being rebroadcast, records, including the current instru- to identify the translator station by ment of authorization, official cor- transmitting an easily readable visual respondence with the FCC, contracts, presentation or a clearly understand- permission for rebroadcasts, and other able aural presentation of the trans- pertinent documents. lator station’s call letters and location. (b) Entries required by § 17.49 of this Two such identifications shall be made Chapter concerning any observed or between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. otherwise known extinguishment or and 5 p.m. each broadcast day at ap- improper functioning of a tower light: proximately one hour intervals during (1) The nature of such extinguish- each time period. Television stations ment or improper functioning. which do not begin their broadcast day (2) The date and time the extinguish- before 9 a.m. shall make these identi- ment or improper operation was ob- fications in the hours closest to these served or otherwise noted. time periods at the specified intervals. (3) The date, time and nature of ad- (b) Licensees of television translators justments, repairs or replacements whose station identification is made by made. the television station whose signals are (c) The station records shall be main- being rebroadcast by the translator, tained for inspection at a residence, of- must secure agreement with this tele- fice, or public building, place of busi- vision station licensee to keep in its ness, or other suitable place, in one of file, and available to FCC personnel, the communities of license of the the translator’s call letters and loca- translator or booster, except that the tion, giving the name, address and tele- station records of a booster or trans- phone number of the licensee or his lator licensed to the licensee of the pri- service representative to be contacted mary station may be kept at the same in the event of malfunction of the place where the primary station translator. It shall be the responsi- records are kept. The name of the per- bility of the translator licensee to fur- son keeping station records, together nish current information to the tele- with the address of the place where the vision station licensee for this purpose. records are kept, shall be posted in ac- (c) A low power TV station shall cordance with § 74.765(c) of the rules. comply with the station identification 499 VerDate Mar<15>2010 10:45 Nov 16, 2010 Jkt 220203 PO 00000 Frm 00509 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:\SGML\220203.XXX 220203 WReier-Aviles on DSKGBLS3C1PROD with CFR § 74.784 47 CFR Ch. I (10–1–10 Edition) procedures given in § 73.1201 when lo- or signals for direct reception by the cally originating programming, as de- general public. fined by § 74.701(h). The identification (b) The licensee of a low power TV or procedures given in paragraphs (a) and TV translator station shall not re- (b) are to be used at all other times. broadcast the programs of any other (d) Call signs for low power TV and TV broadcast station or other station TV translator stations will be made up authorized under the provisions of this of the initial letter K or W followed by Subpart without obtaining prior con- the channel number assigned to the sent of the station whose signals or station and two additional letters. The use of the initial letter generally will programs are proposed to be retrans- follow the pattern used in the broad- mitted. The FCC, Attention: Video Di- cast service, i.e., stations west of the vision, Media Bureau, shall be notified Mississippi River will be assigned an of the call letters of each station re- initial letter K and those east, the let- broadcast, and the licensee of the low ter W. The two letter combinations fol- power TV or TV broadcast translator lowing the channel number will be as- station shall certify it has obtained signed in order and requests for the as- written consent from the licensee of signment of the particular combina- the station whose programs are being tions of letters will not be considered. retransmitted. The channel number designator for (c) A TV translator station may re- Channels 2 through 9 will be incor- broadcast only programs and signals porated in the call sign as a 2-digit that are simultaneously transmitted number, i.e., 02, 03, . ., so as to avoid by a TV broadcast station. similarities with call signs assigned to (d) A TV booster station may re- amateur radio stations. broadcast only programs and signals (e) Low power TV permittees or li- that are simultaneously transmitted censees may request that they be as- by the primary station to which it is signed four-letter call signs in lieu of authorized. the five-character alpha-numeric call (e) The provisions of § 73.1207 of part signs described in paragraph (d) of this section. Parties requesting four-letter 73 of this chapter apply to low power call signs are to follow the procedures TV stations in transmitting any mate- delineated in § 73.3550 of this chapter. rial during periods of program origina- Such four-letter call signs shall begin tion obtained from the transmissions with K or W; stations west of the Mis- of any other type of station. sissippi River will be assigned an ini- (Sec. 325, 48 Stat. 1091; 47 U.S.C. 325) tial letter K and stations east of the Mississippi River will be assigned an [28 FR 13722, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 47 initial letter W. The four-letter call FR 21502, May 18, 1982; 52 FR 31405, Aug. 20, sign will be followed by the suffix ‘‘- 1987; 63 FR 33879, June 22, 1998; 67 FR 13234, LP.’’ Mar. 21, 2002] (f) TV broadcast booster station shall § 74.785 Low power TV digital data be identified by their primary stations service pilot project. by broadcasting of the primary sta- tion’s call letters and location in ac- Low power TV stations authorized cordance with the provisions of § 73.1201 pursuant to the LPTV Digital Data of this chapter. Services Act (Public Law 106–554, 114 Stat. 4577, December 1, 2000) to partici- [41 FR 17552, Apr. 27, 1976, as amended at 47 FR 21502, May 18, 1982; 52 FR 7424, Mar. 11, pate in a digital data service pilot 1987; 52 FR 31405, Aug. 20, 1987; 59 FR 31557, project shall be subject to the provi- June 20, 1994; 63 FR 71604, Dec. 29, 1998] sions of the Commission Order imple- menting that Act. FCC 01–137, adopted § 74.784 Rebroadcasts. April 19, 2001, as modified by the Com- (a) The term rebroadcast means the mission Order on Reconsideration, FCC reception by radio of the programs or 02–40, adopted February 12, 2002. other signals of a radio or television station and the simultaneous or subse- [67 FR 9621, Mar. 4, 2002] quent retransmission of such programs 500 VerDate Mar<15>2010 10:45 Nov 16, 2010 Jkt 220203 PO 00000 Frm 00510 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:\SGML\220203.XXX 220203 WReier-Aviles on DSKGBLS3C1PROD with CFR.