$ 73.710 [Amended] 4. Section 73.710 is amended by adding the following NOTE at the end thereof: NOTE: Information required by these rules but not required by the application forms specified in Subpart D of Part 1 of this chapter shall be submitted as a supplement to the application and will be considered as a part thereof. Applications for renewal of license shall be accompanied by copies of program logs for the composite week designated by the Commission. § 73.711 [Amended] 5. Section 73.711 is deleted. § 73.712 [Amended] 6. Section 73.712 is redesignated Section 73.711. 7. Section 73.716 is redesignated Section 73.712, and paragraphs (a) and (c) thereof are amended to read as follows: § 73.712 Equipment tests. (a) During the process of construction of an international broadcasting station, the permittee, having obtained authorization for frequencies and hours as set forth in the NOTE to Section 73.702(d) of this chapter, and having thereafter notified the Engineer in Charge of the radio district in which the station is located may, without further authority of the Commission, conduct equipment tests for the purpose of such adjustments and measurements as may be necessary to assure compliance with the terms of the construction permit, the technical provisions of the application therefor, and the rules and regulations. Such tests shall use voice identification and test tones only. No programming shall be conducted during equipment tests. * (c) Equipment tests may be continued so long as the construction permit shall remain valid: Provided, however, That the procedure set forth in paragraph (a) of this section must be repeated prior to the conducting of such tests in each season after the season in which the testing began. (a) Upon completion of construction of an international broadcasting station in accordance with the terms of the construction permit, the technical provisions of the application therefor, and the rules and regulations and the applicable engineering standards, and when an application for station license has been filed showing the station to be in satisfactory operating condition, the permittee may request authority to conduct program tests: Provided, That such request shall be filed with the Commission at least ten (10) days prior to the date on which it is desired to begin such operation and that the Engineer in Charge of the radio district in which the transmitter(s) is located is notified. (All data necessary to show compliance with the terms and conditions of the construction permit must be filed with the license application.) (b) Program tests shall not commence until specific Commission authority is received. The Commission reserves the right to change the date of the beginning of such tests or to suspend or revoke the authority for program tests as and when such action may appear to be in the public interest, convenience, and necessity. (e) Unless sooner suspended or revoked, program test authority continues valid during Commission consideration of the application for license and during this period further extension of the construction permit is not required. Program test authority shall be automatically terminated by final determination upon the application for station license. (d) All operation under program test authority shall be in strict compliance with the rules governing international broadcasting stations and in strict accordance with representations made in the application for license pursuant to which the tests were authorized. (e) The granting of program test authority shall not be construed as approval by the Commission of the application for station license. 8 73.718 [Deleted] 9. Section 73.718 is redesignated Section 73.733 and amended to read as follows: $73.733 Normal license period. All international broadcasting station licenses will be issued so as to expire at the hour of 3 a.m. local time and will be issued for a normal license period of 3 years expiring November 1. 10. Section 73.731 and headnote are amended to read as follows: § 73.731 Licensing requirements. (a) A license for an international broadcasting station will be issued only after a satisfactory showing has been made in regard to the following, among others: (1) That there is a need for the international broadcasting service proposed to be rendered. (2) That the necessary program sources are available to the applicant to render the international service proposed. (3) That the production of the program service and the technical operation of the proposed station will be conducted by qualified persons. (4) That the applicant is legally, technically and financially qualified and possesses adequate technical facilities to carry forward the service proposed. (5) That the public interest, convenience and necessity will be served through the operation of the proposed station. 11. New section 73.732 is added to read as follows: § 73.732 Authorizations. Authorizations issued to international broadcasting stations by the Commission will be authorizations to permit the construction or use of a particular transmitting equipment combination and related antenna systems for international broadcasting, and to permit broadcasting to zones or areas of reception specified on the instrument of authorization. The authorizations will not specify the frequencies to be used or the hours of use. Requests for frequencies and hours of use will be made as provided in Section 73.702 of this chapter. Seasonal schedules, when issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 73.702 of this chapter, will become attachments to and part of the instrument of authorization, replacing any such prior attachments. 12. Section 73.751 is amended to read as follows: § 73.751 Power requirement. No international broadcasting station will be authorized to install, or be licensed for operation of, transmitter equipment with a rated carrier power of less than 50 kilowatts. All international broadcasting stations shall operate with directional antennas. Such antennas shall be designed and operated so that the radiated power in the maximum lobe toward the specific zone or area of reception intended to be served shall be at least 10 times the average power from the antenna in the horizontal plane. Radiation in all other directions shall be suppressed to the maximum extent technically feasible. In order to eliminate or mitigate harmful interference, the direction of the maximum lobe may be adjusted upon approval of the Commission. 15. Section 73.756 is amended to read as follows: $73.756 Required transmitter performance. (a) Design. The construction, installation, operation, and performance of the international broadcasting transmitter system shall be in accordance with good engineering practice. (b) Spurious emission. (1) Any emission appearing on a frequency removed from the carrier frequency by between 6.4 kHz and 10 kHz, inclusive, shall be attenuated at least 25 decibels below the level of the unmodulated carrier. Compliance with the specification will be deemed to show the occupied bandwidth to be 10 kHz or less. (2) Any emission appearing on a frequency removed from the carrier frequency by more than 10 kHz and up to and including 25 kHz shall be attenuated at least 35 decibels below the level of the unmodulated carrier. (3) Any emission appearing on a frequency removed from the carrier frequency by more than 25 kHz shall be attenuated at least 80 db below the level of the unmodulated carrier. (4) In the event spurious emissions cause harmful interference to other stations or services, such additional steps as may be necessary to eliminate the interference must be taken immediately by the licensee. (c) Frequency control. The transmitter shall be equipped with automatic frequency control apparatus so designed and constructed that it is capable of maintaining the operating frequency within 0.0015 percent of the assigned frequency. 16. Section 73.759 is amended to read as follows: $73.759 Changes in equipment and antenna systems. Specific authority, upon filing formal application (FCC Form 309) therefor, is required for any of the following changes: (a) Change involving an increase or decrease in the power rating of the transmitters. (b) A replacement of the transmitters as a whole. (c) Change in the location of the transmitting antenna. (d) Change in location of main studio, if it is proposed to move the main studio to a different city from that specified in the license. (e) Change in the power delivered to the antenna. (f) Change in frequency control and/or modulation system. (g) Change in direction or gain of antenna system. Other changes, not specified above in this section, may be made at any time without the authority of the Commission, provided that the Commission shall be immediately notified thereof and such changes shall be shown in the next application for renewal of license. 17. Section 73.761 is amended to read as follows: § 73.761 Time of operation. (a) All international broadcasting stations shall operate in accordance with the times indicated on their seasonal schedules. (b) In the event that causes beyond a licensee's control make it impossible to adhere to the seasonal schedule or to continue operating, the station may limit or discontinue operation for a period of not more than 10 days, without further authority from the Commission. However, in such cases, the Commission and the Engineer in Charge of the radio district in which the station is located shall be immediately notified in writing of such limitation or discontinuance of operation and shall subsequently be notified when the station resumes regular operation. (c) In the event that causes beyond a licensee's control make it impossible to adhere to the seasonal schedule or to continue operating for a temporary period of more than ten days, the station may not limit or discontinue operation until it requests and receives specific authority to do so from the Commission. When the station subsequently resumes regular operation after such limited operation or discontinuance of operation, it shall notify the Commission and the Engineer in Charge of the radio district in which the station is located. 18. Section 73.763 and headnote are amended to read as follows: $73.763 Station license and seasonal schedules, posting of. The original of each station license and of the current seasonal schedule shall be posted in the transmitter room. 19. Section 73.765 and headnote are amended to read as follows: § 73.765 Operating power; how determined and maintained. The operating power specified in Section 73.751 shall be determined by use of a calibrated dummy load or by any other method specified by the licensee and accepted by the Commission. Such method may subsequently be used by the licensee to maintain the authorized operating power. 20. Section 73.766 and headnote are amended to read as follows: § 73.766 Modulation and bandwidth. The percentage of modulation shall be maintained as high as possible consistent with good quality of transmission and good broadcast practice. In no case shall it exceed 100 percent on positive or negative peaks of frequent recurrence. It should not be less than 85 percent on peaks of frequent recurrence. The range of modulation frequencies shall be so controlled that the authorized bandwidth of the emission shall not be exceeded under all conditions of modulation. The highest modulating frequency shall not exceed 5 kHz. 21. Section 73.769 is amended to read as follows: § 73.769 Discontinuance of operation. The licensee of each station shall notify the Commission in Washington, D.C., and the Engineer in Charge of the radio district where such station is located of permanent discontinuance of operation at least two days before operation is discontinued. The licensee shall, in addition, immediately forward the station license and other instruments of authorization to the Washington, D.C. office of the Commission for cancellation. § 73.787 [Amended] 22. Section 73.787 is amended by deleting paragraph (c) thereof. 23. Section 73.788 (c) is amended to read as follows: $73.788 Service; commercial or sponsored programs. (c) The geographic areas to be served by international broadcasting stations are the zones and areas of reception shown in § 73.703. (a) No international broadcasting station shall rebroadcast the program, or any part thereof, of another United States broadcasting station without the express authority of the originating station. A copy of the written consent of the licensee originating the program shall be kept by the licensee of the station rebroadcasting such program and shall be made available to the Commission upon request. The broadcasting of a program relayed by a remote pick-up broadcast station (§ 74.401 of this chapter) is not considered a rebroadcast. (b) The retransmission of point-to-point messages originated by government or privately owned non-broadcast stations must be authorized by the Commission prior to retransmission; requests for such authority may be submitted informally (by letter) accompanied by the written consent of the originating station. § 73.791 [Amended] 25. Section 73.791 is deleted. $ 73.792 [Amended] 26. Section 73.792 is deleted. 41 F.C.C. 2d |