Sec.  73.607   Availability of channels.

   (a) Applications may be filed to construct TV broadcast stations only on the
   channels designated in the Table of Allotments ( Sec. 73.606(b)) and only in the
   communities listed therein. Applications which fail to comply with this
   requirement, whether or not accompanied by a petition to amend the Table,
   will not be accepted for filing. However, applications specifying channels
   which accord with publicly announced FCC Orders changing the Table of
   Allotments will be accepted for filing even though such applications are
   tendered before the effective dates of such channel changes.

   (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this section, an application may be
   filed for a channel or community not listed in the TV Table of Allotments if
   it is consistent with the rules and policies established in the Third Report
   and Order in WT Docket 99–168 (FCC 01–25), adopted January 18, 2001. Where
   such a request is approved, the Media Bureau will change the Table of
   Allotments to reflect that approval.

   [ 51 FR 44070 , Dec. 8, 1986, as amended at  66 FR 10208 , Feb. 14, 2001;  67 FR 13232 , Mar. 21, 2002]