[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: 47CFR73.205]

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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 73_RADIO BROADCAST SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart B_FM Broadcast Stations
 
Sec.  73.205  Zones.

    For the purpose of allotments and assignments, the United States is 
divided into three zones as follows:
    (a) Zone I consists of that portion of the United States located 
within the confines of the following lines drawn on the United States 
Albers Equal Area Projection Map (based on standard parallels 291/2[deg] 
and 451/2[deg]; North American datum): Beginning at the most easterly 
point on the State boundary line between North Carolina and Virginia; 
thence in a straight line to a point on the Virginia-West Virginia 
boundary line located at north latitude 37[deg]49[min] and west 
longitude 80[deg]12[min]30[sec]; thence westerly along the southern 
boundary lines of the States of West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and 
Illinois to a point at the junction of the Illinois, Kentucky, and 
Missouri State boundary lines; thence northerly along the western 
boundary line of the State of Illinois to a point at the junction of the 
Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin State boundary lines; thence easterly 
along the northern State boundary line of Illinois to the 90th meridian; 
thence north along this

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meridian to the 43.5[deg] parallel; thence east along this parallel to 
the United States-Canada border; thence southerly and following that 
border until it again intersects the 43.5[deg] parallel; thence east 
along this parallel to the 71st meridian; thence in a straight line to 
the intersection of the 69th meridian and the 45th parallel; thence east 
along the 45th parallel to the Atlantic Ocean. When any of the above 
lines pass through a city, the city shall be considered to be located in 
Zone I. (See Figure 1 of Sec.  73.699.)
    (b) Zone I-A consists of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and that 
portion of the State of California which is located south of the 40th 
parallel.
    (c) Zone II consists of Alaska, Hawaii and the rest of the United 
States which is not located in either Zone I or Zone I-A.

[29 FR 14116, Oct. 14, 1964, and 31 FR 10125, July 27, 1966, as amended 
at 48 FR 29504, June 27, 1983]