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FCC 73.1615
Revised as of October 1, 2006
Goto Year:2005 |
2007
Sec. 73.1615 Operation during modification of facilities.
When the licensee of an existing AM, FM, TV or Class A TV station is in the
process of modifying existing facilities as authorized by a construction
permit and determines it is necessary to either discontinue operation or to
operate with temporary facilities to continue program service, the following
procedures apply:
(a) Licensees holding a construction permit for modification of directional
or nondirectional FM, TV or Class A TV or nondirectional AM station
facilities may, without specific FCC authority, for a period not exceeding
30 days:
(1) Discontinue operation, or
(2) Operate with temporary facilities to maintain, as nearly as possible,
but not exceed, the size of the presently licensed coverage area.
(b) Licensees of an AM station holding a construction permit which involves
directional facilities and which does not involve a change in operating
frequency may, without specific FCC authority, for a period not exceeding 30
days:
(1) Discontinue operation, or
(2) Operate with reduced power or with parameters at variance from licensed
tolerances while maintaining monitoring point field strengths within
licensed limits during the period subsequent to the commencement of
modifications authorized by the construction permit, or
(3) Operate in a nondirectional mode during the presently licensed hours of
directional operation with power reduced to 25% or less of the nominal
licensed power, or whatever higher power, not exceeding licensed power, will
insure that the radiated field strength specified by the license is not
exceeded at any given asimuth for the corresponding hours of directional
operation, or
(4) Operate in a nondirectional mode during daytime hours, if not already so
licensed, only as necessary to conduct a required nondirectional proof of
performance with a power not to exceed 25% of the maximum power authorized
by the construction permit for directional operation, or
(5) Operate during daytime hours with either the daytime or nighttime
directional pattern and with the power authorized by the construction permit
only as necessary to take proof of performance measurements. Operating power
shall be promptly reduced to presently licensed level during any significant
period of time that these measurements are not being taken. No daytime
operation of construction permit directional patterns authorized by this
paragraph shall be conducted before such patterns have been substantially
tuned during the experimental period.
(6) In the event the directional pattern authorized by the construction
permit replaces a licensed directional pattern, the licensee may operate
with the substantially adjusted construction permit pattern during the
corresponding licensed hours of directional operation with power not
exceeding that specified for the licensed pattern.
(c) Such operation or discontinuance of operation in accordance with the
provisions of paragraph (a) or (b) of this section may begin upon
notification to the FCC in Washington, DC.
(1) Should it be necessary to continue the procedures in either paragraph
(a) or (b) of this section beyond 30 days, an informal letter request signed
by the licensee or the licensee's representative must be sent to the FCC in
Washington, DC. prior to the 30th day.
(2) The license of a broadcasting station that fails to transmit broadcast
signals for any consecutive 12-month period expires as a matter of law at
the end of that period, notwithstanding any provision, term, or condition of
the license or construction permit to the contrary.
(d) Licensees of an AM station holding a construction permit which
authorizes both a change in frequency and directional facilities must
request and obtain authority from the FCC in Washington, DC. prior to using
any new installation authorized by the permit, or using temporary
facilities.
(1) The request is to be made at least 10 days prior to the date on which
the temporary operation is to commence. The request is to be made by letter
which shall describe the operating modes and facilities to be used. Such
letter requests shall be signed by the licensee or the licensee's
representative.
(2) Discontinuance of operation is permitted upon notification to the FCC In
Washington, DC. Should it be necessary to discontinue operation longer than
30 days, an informal letter request, signed by the licensee or the
licensee's representatives, must be sent to the FCC in Washington, DC prior
to the 30th day.
(e) The FCC may modify or cancel the temporary operation permitted under the
provisions of paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this section without prior
notice or right to hearing.
[ 50 FR 30947 , July 31, 1985, as amended at 61 FR 28767 , June 6, 1996; 65 FR 30004 , May 10, 2000]
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Goto Year: 2005 |
2007
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