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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 150 / Monday, August 9, 2021 / Notices
isotropic radiator in any easterly direction that would intersect any area in Region 2 shall not exceed 2.15 dBi.
8. 47 CFR 73.702i Note 4 specifies that seasonal requests for frequencyhours will be only for transmissions to zones or areas of reception specified in the basic instrument of authorization.
Changes in such zones or areas will be made only on separate application for modification of such instruments electronically in IBFS.
9. 47 CFR 73.702j requires a showing of good cause made electronically in IBFS a licensee may be authorized to operate on more than one frequency at any one time to transmit any one program to a single zone or area of reception.
10. 47 CFR 73.702m requires a showing made electronically in IBFS
that good cause exists for not having its requested number of frequency-hours reduced and that operation of its station without such reduction would be consistent with the public interest may be authorized the frequency-hours requested, when the total maximum number of frequency-hours which will be authorized to all licensees of international broadcasting stations during any one day for any season is 100.
11. 47 CFR 73.713Program Tests a Upon completion of construction of an international broadcasting station in accordance with the terms of the construction permit, the technical provisions of the application therefor, and the rules and regulations and the applicable engineering standards, and when an application for station license has been filed showing the station to be in satisfactory operating condition, the permittee may request authority to conduct program tests. Such request shall be electronically filed with the FCC in the International Filing System IBFS at least 10 days prior to the date on which it is desired to begin such operation. All data necessary to show compliance with the terms and conditions of the construction permit must be filed with the license application.
b Program tests shall not commence until specific Commission authority is received. The Commission reserves the right to change the date of the beginning of such tests or to suspend or revoke the authority for program tests as and when such action may appear to be in the public interest, convenience, and necessity.
c Unless sooner suspended or revoked, program test authority continues valid during Commission consideration of the application for license and during this period further
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extension of the construction permit is not required. Program test authority shall be automatically terminated by final determination upon the application for station license.
d All operation under program test authority shall be in strict compliance with the rules governing international broadcasting stations and in strict accordance with representations made in the application for license pursuant to which the tests were authorized.
e The granting of program test authority shall not be construed as approval by the Commission of the application for station license.
12. 47 CFR 73.731 Licensing requirements.
a A license for an international broadcasting station will be issued only after a satisfactory showing has been made in regard to the following, among others:
1 That there is a need for the international broadcasting service proposed to be rendered.
2 That the necessary program sources are available to the applicant to render the international service proposed.
3 That the production of the program service and the technical operation of the proposed station will be conducted by qualified persons.
4 That the applicant is legally, technically and financially qualified and possesses adequate technical facilities to carry forward the service proposed.
5 That the public interest, convenience and necessity will be served through the operation of the proposed station.
13. 47 CFR 73.732 Authorizations Authorizations issued to international broadcasting stations by the Commission will be authorizations to permit the construction or use of a particular transmitting equipment combination and related antenna systems for international broadcasting, and to permit broadcasting to zones or areas of reception specified on the instrument of authorization. The authorizations will not specify the frequencies to be used or the hours of use. Requests for frequencies and hours of use will be made by electronic filing in the International Bureau Filing system IBFS as provided in 73.702.
Seasonal schedules, when issued pursuant to the provisions of 73.702, will become attachments to and part of the instrument of authorization, replacing any such prior attachments.
14. 47 CFR 73.759c2 states that the transmission of regular programs during maintenance or modification work on the main transmitter, necessitating
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discontinuance of its operation for a period not to exceed 5 days. This includes the equipment changes which may be made without authority as set forth elsewhere in the rules and regulations or as authorized by the Commission by letter or by construction permit. Where such operation is required for periods in excess of 5 days, request therefor shall be made electronically in the International Bureau Filing System IBFS in accordance with 73.3542 of this chapter.
15. 47 CFR 73.759d states that the licensee or permittee must keep records of the time and results of each auxiliary transmitter test performed at least weekly.
16. 47 CFR 73.761 states that specific authority, upon electronic filing of a formal application FCC Form 309
therefor in the International Bureau Filing System IBFS, is required for some changes specified in this section.
Other changes, not specified in this section, may be made at any time without the authority of the Commission: Provided, that the Commission shall be immediately notified electronically in IBFS thereof and such changes shall be shown in the next application for renewal of license.
17. 47 CFR 73.762b requires that licensees notify the Commission in by electronic filing in the International Bureau Filing System IBFS of any limitation or discontinuance of operation of not more than 10 days.
18. 47 CFR 73.762c states that the licensee or permittee must request by electronic filing in IBFS and receive specific authority from the Commission to discontinue operations for more than 10 days under extenuating circumstances.
19. 47 CFR 73.782 requires that licensees retain logs of international broadcast stations for two years. If it involves communications incident to a disaster, logs should be retained as long as required by the Commission.
20. 47 CFR 73.3533 Application for construction permit or modification of construction permit.
a Application for construction permit, or modification of a construction permit, for a new facility or change in an existing facility is to be made on the following forms:
1 FCC Form 301, Application for Authority to Construct or Make Changes in an Existing Commercial Broadcast Station.
2 FCC Form 309, Application for Authority to Construct or Make Changes in an Existing International or Experimental Broadcast Stations. For International Broadcast Stations,
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