Federal Communications Commission § 73.606 Subpart E—Television Broadcast Frequency Channel No. band Stations (MHz) § 73.601 Scope of subpart. 39 ......................................................................... 620–626 40 ......................................................................... 626–632 This subpart contains the rules and 41 ......................................................................... 632–638 regulations (including engineering 42 ......................................................................... 638–644 standards) governing TV broadcast sta- 43 ......................................................................... 644–650 44 ......................................................................... 650–656 tions, including noncommercial edu- 45 ......................................................................... 656–662 cational TV broadcast stations and, 46 ......................................................................... 662–668 where indicated, low power TV and TV 47 ......................................................................... 668–674 translator stations in the United 48 ......................................................................... 674–680 49 ......................................................................... 680–686 States, its Territories and possessions. 50 ......................................................................... 686–692 TV broadcast, low power TV, and TV 51 ......................................................................... 692–698 translator stations are assigned chan- 52 ......................................................................... 698–704 nels 6 MHz wide, designated as set 53 ......................................................................... 704–710 54 ......................................................................... 710–716 forth in § 73.603(a). 55 ......................................................................... 716–722 [47 FR 21494, May 18, 1982] 56 ......................................................................... 722–728 57 ......................................................................... 728–734 58 ......................................................................... 734–740 § 73.602 Cross reference to rules in 59 ......................................................................... 740–746 other parts. 60 ......................................................................... 746–752 See § 73.1010. 61 ......................................................................... 752–758 62 ......................................................................... 758–764 [43 FR 32781, July 28, 1978] 63 ......................................................................... 764–770 64 ......................................................................... 770–776 § 73.603 Numerical designation of tele- 65 ......................................................................... 776–782 vision channels. 66 ......................................................................... 782–788 67 ......................................................................... 788–794 (a) 68 ......................................................................... 794–800 69 ......................................................................... 800–806 Frequency Channel No. band (MHz) (b) [Reserved] (c) Channel 37, 608–614 MHz is re- 2 ........................................................................... 54–60 served exclusively for the radio astron- 3 ........................................................................... 60–66 4 ........................................................................... 66–72 omy service. 5 ........................................................................... 76–82 (d) In Hawaii, the frequency band 488– 6 ........................................................................... 82–88 494 MHz is allocated for non-broadcast 7 ........................................................................... 174–180 8 ........................................................................... 180–186 use. This frequency band (Channel 17) 9 ........................................................................... 186–192 will not be assigned in Hawaii for use 10 ......................................................................... 192–198 by television broadcast stations. 11 ......................................................................... 198–204 12 ......................................................................... 204–210 [28 FR 13660, Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 35 13 ......................................................................... 210–216 FR 11179, July 11, 1970; 39 FR 10576, Mar. 21, 14 ......................................................................... 470–476 15 ......................................................................... 476–482 1974; 47 FR 16789, Apr. 20, 1982; 47 FR 30068, 16 ......................................................................... 482–488 July 12, 1982; 47 FR 35989, Aug. 18, 1982; 51 FR 17 ......................................................................... 488–494 18450, May 20, 1986; 70 FR 46676, Aug. 10, 2005] 18 ......................................................................... 494–500 19 ......................................................................... 500–506 § 73.606 Table of allotments. 20 ......................................................................... 506–512 21 ......................................................................... 512–518 (a) General. The following table of al- 22 ......................................................................... 518–524 lotments contains the channels des- 23 ......................................................................... 524–530 24 ......................................................................... 530–536 ignated for the listed communities in 25 ......................................................................... 536–542 the United States, its Territories, and 26 ......................................................................... 542–548 possessions. Channels designated with 27 ......................................................................... 548–554 an asterisk are assigned for use by non- 28 ......................................................................... 554–560 29 ......................................................................... 560–566 commercial educational broadcast sta- 30 ......................................................................... 566–572 tions only. A station on a channel iden- 31 ......................................................................... 572–578 tified by a plus or minus mark is re- 32 ......................................................................... 578–584 33 ......................................................................... 584–590 quired to operate with its carrier fre- 34 ......................................................................... 590–596 quencies offset 10 kHz above or below, 35 ......................................................................... 596–602 respectively, the nominal carrier fre- 36 ......................................................................... 602–608 37 ......................................................................... 608–614 quencies. 38 ......................................................................... 614–620 (b) Table of Allotments. 135 VerDate Nov<24>2008 08:33 Nov 16, 2009 Jkt 217203 PO 00000 Frm 00145 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:\SGML\217203.XXX 217203 erowe on DSK5CLS3C1PROD with CFR § 73.606 47 CFR Ch. I (10–1–09 Edition) ALABAMA ARKANSAS Channel No. Channel No. Anniston ..................... 40- Arkadelphia ................ *9+ Arab ........................... 56- Camden ..................... 237A, 246, 49- Bessemer ................... 17 Cimarron .................... 23 Birmingham ................ 6-, *10-, 13-, 21-, 42+, *62+, 68- El Dorado ................... 10-, 43- Decatur. Eureka Springs .......... 34+ Demopolis .................. *41 Fayetteville ................. *13-, 36 Fort Smith .................. 5-, 24+, 40- Dothan ....................... 4, 18, *39+, 60- Gosnell ....................... 46 Dozier ........................ *2- Harrison ..................... 31+ Florence ..................... 15, 26, *36- Hot Springs ................ *20, 26 Gadsden .................... 44+, 60 Jonesboro .................. 8-, *19+, 48+ Gulf Shores ................ 55 Little Rock .................. *2-, 4, 7-, 11, 16-, *36, and 42 Huntsville ................... 19, *25+, 31+, 48- Mountain Home ......... 43+ Huntsville-Decatur ..... 54 Mountain View ........... *6- Louisville .................... *43+ Newark ....................... *17 Mobile ........................ 5+, 10+, 15+, 21+, *31, *42 Pine Bluff ................... 25-, 38- Montgomery ............... 12, 20, *26+, 32, 45-, *63 Rogers ....................... 51- Mount Cheaha ........... *7- Russellville ................. *28+ Munford ...................... *16- Springdale .................. 57 Opelika ....................... 50, 66 Ozark ......................... 34 Selma ......................... 8, 29- CALIFORNIA Troy ............................ 67 [See footnotes at end of tables] Tuscaloosa ................ 23-, 33, *39- Tuscumbia ................. 52+ Channel No. Tuskegee ................... 22- Alturas .......................