[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR73.203]

[Page 83]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 73_RADIO BROADCAST SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart B_FM Broadcast Stations
 
Sec.  73.203  Availability of channels.

    (a) Except as provided for in paragraph (b) of this section and 
Sec.  1.401(d) of this chapter and 73.3573(a)(1), applications may be 
filed to construct new FM broadcast stations only at the communities and 
on the channels contained in the Table of Allotments (Sec.  73.202(b)).
    (b) Applications filed on a first come, first served basis for the 
minor modification of an existing FM broadcast station may propose any 
change in channel and/or class and/or community not defined as major in 
Sec.  73.3573(a). Applications for a change in community of license must 
comply with the requirements set forth in Sec.  73.3573(g).
    Note to Sec.  73.203: This section is limited to non-reserved band 
changes in channel and/or class and/or community. Applications 
requesting such changes must meet either the minimum spacing 
requirements of Sec.  73.207 at the site specified in the application, 
without resort to the provisions of the Commission's rules permitting 
short spaced stations as set forth in Sec. Sec.  73.213 through 73.215, 
or demonstrate by a separate exhibit attached to the application the 
existence of a suitable allotment site that fully complies with 
Sec. Sec.  73.207 and 73.315 without resort to Sec. Sec.  73.213 through 
73.215.

[71 FR 76219, Dec. 20, 2006]