47 CFR 73.215 - Contour protection for short-spaced assignments

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  • National Ass'n of Broadcasters v. F.C.C., No. 08-1117.
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (District of Columbia)
    • June 5, 2009
    ...interference determinations and is spelled out in Commission rules for addressing `short-spaced' situations." Respt's Br. at 34 (citing 47 C.F.R. § 73.215). 2. The NAB challenges the Commission's interference finding on the ground that it is untethered to record evidence. But the Commission......
  • Radio broadcasting: Radio technical rules; streamlining; 1998 biennial regulatory review,
    • United States
    • Federal Register December 20, 2000
    • December 20, 2000
    ...station meets the less [[Page 79774]] restrictive minimum distance separation requirements for short-spaced stations contained in 47 CFR 73.215(e), and does not cause prohibited contour overlap to nearby co-channel or first, second, or third adjacent channel FM stations. In 47 CFR 73.215(e)......
  • Digital television stations; table of assignments: Digital television distributed transmission system technologies,
    • United States
    • Federal Register December 07, 2005
    • December 7, 2005
    ...that DTS transmitter could extend to a distance 50 percent farther, (90 miles for this example) from the allotment reference point. (See 47 CFR 73.215(b)(2)(i): ``For vacant allotments, contours are based on the presumed use, at the allotment's reference point, of the maximum ERP that could......
  • Radio broadcasting: Low power FM radio service; creation and operation,
    • United States
    • Federal Register November 09, 2000
    • November 9, 2000
    ...channels. That section states that interference will be shown by demonstrating contour overlap based upon the interference ratios of 47 CFR 73.215. However, Sec. 73.215 does not apply to IF frequency channel stations. Accordingly, we are amending Sec. 73.809 to state that IF frequency chann......
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  • National Ass'n of Broadcasters v. F.C.C., No. 08-1117.
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (District of Columbia)
    • June 5, 2009
    ...interference determinations and is spelled out in Commission rules for addressing `short-spaced' situations." Respt's Br. at 34 (citing 47 C.F.R. § 73.215). 2. The NAB challenges the Commission's interference finding on the ground that it is untethered to record evidence. But the Commission......
  • ECI License Co., L.P. v. F.C.C., No. 96-1122
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (District of Columbia)
    • December 26, 1996
    ...stations that used contour protection. With respect to stations in the same classification as WYUU, as initially promulgated in 1989, 47 C.F.R. 73.215(e) required a minimum distance of 169 kilometers between two stations. 5 In 1991, the rule was amended to impose a minimum required distance......

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