[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: 47CFR74.1237]

[Page 516]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 74_EXPERIMENTAL RADIO, AUXILIARY, SPECIAL BROADCAST AND OTHER PROGRAM 
 
  Subpart L_FM Broadcast Translator Stations and FM Broadcast Booster 
                                Stations
 
Sec.  74.1237  Antenna location.

    (a) An applicant for a new station to be authorized under this 
subpart or for a change in the facilities of such a station shall 
endeavor to select a site which will provide a line-of-sight 
transmission path to the entire area intended to be served and at which 
there is available a suitable signal from the primary station. The 
transmitting antenna should be placed above growing vegetation and trees 
lying in the direction of the area intended to be served, to minimize 
the possiblity of signal absorption by foliage.
    (b) Consideration should be given to accessibility of the site at 
all seasons of the year and to the availability of facilities for the 
maintenance and operation of the FM translator.
    (c) Consideration should be given to the existence of strong 
radiofrequency fields from other transmitters at the translator site and 
the possibility that such fields may result in the retransmission of 
signals originating on frequencies other than that of the primary 
station.
    (d) The transmitting antenna of an FM booster station shall be 
located within the protected contour of its primary station, subject to 
Note, Sec.  74.1231 (h). The transmitting antenna of a commonly owned 
commercial FM translator station shall be located within the protected 
contour of its commercial primary FM station.
    (e) A translator or booster station to be located on an AM antenna 
tower or located within 3.2 km of an AM antenna tower must comply with 
Sec.  73.1692 of this chapter.

[35 FR 15388, Oct. 2, 1970, as amended at 55 FR 50698, Dec. 10, 1990; 58 
FR 42026, Aug. 6, 1993; 62 FR 51063, Sept. 30, 1997]