Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/73.3800
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47 CFR 73.3800 - Full power television channel sharing outside the incentive auction. | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
CFR › Title 47 › Chapter I › Subchapter C › Part 73 › Subpart H › Section 73.3800
47 CFR 73.3800 - Full power television channel sharing outside the incentive auction.
§ 73.3800 Full power television channel sharing outside the incentive auction.
(a)Eligibility. Subject to the provisions of this section, a full power television station with an auction-related Channel Sharing Agreement (CSA) may voluntarily seek Commission approval to relinquish its channel to share a single six megahertz channel with a full power, Class A, low power, or TV translator television station. An auction-related CSA is a CSA filed with and approved by the Commission pursuant to § 73.3700(b)(1)(vii).
(b)Licensing of channel sharing stations.
(1) Each station sharing a single channel pursuant to this section shall continue to be licensed and operated separately, have its own call sign, and be separately subject to all applicable Commission obligations, rules, and policies.
(2) A full power television channel sharing station relinquishing its channel must file an application for a construction permit (FCC Form 2100), include a copy of the CSA as an exhibit, and cross reference the other sharing station(s). Any engineering changes necessitated by the CSA may be included in the station's application. Upon initiation of shared operations, the station relinquishing its channel must notify the Commission that it has terminated operation pursuant to § 73.1750 and each sharing station must file an application for license (FCC Form 2100).
(c)Channel sharing between full power television stations and Class A, Low power television, or TV translator stations.
(1) A full power television sharee station (defined as a station relinquishing a channel in order to share) that is a party to a CSA with a Class A sharer station (defined as the station hosting a sharee pursuant to a CSA) must comply with the rules governing power levels and interference applicable to Class A stations, and must comply in all other respects with the rules and policies applicable to full power television stations set forth in this part.
(d)Channel sharing between commercial and noncommercial educational television stations.
(1) A CSA may be executed between commercial and NCE broadcast television station licensees.
(2) The licensee of an NCE station operating on a reserved channel under § 73.621 that becomes a party to a CSA, either as a channel sharee station or as a channel sharer station, will retain its NCE status and must continue to comply with § 73.621.
(3) If the licensee of an NCE station operating on a reserved channel under § 73.621 becomes a party to a CSA, either as a channel sharee station or as a channel sharer station, the portion of the shared television channel on which the NCE station operates shall be reserved for NCE-only use.
(4) The licensee of an NCE station operating on a reserved channel under § 73.621 that becomes a party to a CSA may assign or transfer its shared license only to an entity qualified under § 73.621 as an NCE television licensee.
(e)Deadline for implementing CSAs. CSAs submitted pursuant to this section must be implemented within three years of the grant of the channel sharing construction permit.
(f)Channel sharing agreements (CSAs).
(1) CSAs submitted under this section must contain provisions outlining each licensee's rights and responsibilities regarding:
(g)Termination and assignment/transfer of shared channel.
(1) Upon termination of the license of a party to a CSA, the spectrum usage rights covered by that license may revert to the remaining parties to the CSA. Such reversion shall be governed by the terms of the CSA in accordance with paragraph (f)(1)(v) of this section. If upon termination of the license of a party to a CSA only one party to the CSA remains, the remaining licensee may file an application for license to change its status to non-shared.
(h)Notice to MVPDs.
(1) Stations participating in channel sharing agreements must provide notice to MVPDs that:
[ 82 FR 18249, Apr. 18, 2017]
At 82 FR 18249, Apr. 18, 2017, § 73.3800 was added. This section contains information collection and recordkeeping requirements and will not become effective until approval has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.