Radio annual (1938)

F.C.C. Regulations Regarding Broadcasting Applications Each application shall be specific with regard to frequency or frequencies, power, hours of operation, and all other terms of the instrument of authorization requested. An application for broadcast facilities in the band 550 kc to 1600 kc shall be limited to one specific frequency. An application for a radio station construction permit or license requesting alternative facilities will not be accepted. Upon proper request by the licensee of a broadcast station, or by the licensee of, or applicant for, a service other than broadcasting, the Commission may grant special temporary authority for the operation of a station for a limited time, or in a manner and to an extent, or for a service other or beyond that authorized in its existing license; Provided, however, That if request is for a broadcast station to utilize additional hours of operation, approval may not be granted if another broadcast station is licensed to operate in the same locality during the hours requested. In any event, no such request will be considered unless : (a) It is received in the Commission at least ten days previous to the date of proposed operation. (b) If request is for operat:on upon a clear channel, it shall be supported by the consent of the dominant clear channel station. (c) Request for any frequency shall be supported by the consent of each station licensed for operation upon the frequency, where consenting station is located at a distance less than that given in the latest published table of recommended separations. (d) Request made by a sharing time station shall be supported by the consent of the station with which the licensee requesting the same shares time. Consent shall be forwarded direct to the Commission by the consenting station and shall show whether the same is for simultaneous operation or whether consenting station is giving up the time sought by applicant. Any or all of the foregoing requirements of paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d), may be waived by the Commission in cases of emergency, the nature of which shall be fully explained by the licensee in the request for authorization. Where an emergency exists affectingsafety to life or property, the Commis sion may, in its discretion, waive any part or all of its regulations governing the filing of applications. The licensee of any radio transmitting station may, during a period of emergency in which the normal communication facilities are disrupted as a result of hurricane, flood, earthquake, or similar disaster, utilize such station for emergency communication service in communicating with points other than those specified in the station license, provided (1) that at the beginning of such emergency use immediate notice be sent to the Commission and the inspector in charge of the district in which the station is located stating the nature of the emergency and the use to which the station is being put, and (2) that the emergency use of the station shall be discontinued as soon as substantially normal communication facilities are again available and the Commission and the inspector in charge be notified immediately when such special use of the station is terminated. The Commission may at any time order the discontinuance of such service. Any licensee receiving official notice of a violation of the terms of the Communications Act of 1934, any legislative act, executive order, treaty to which the United States is a party or the rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission, which are binding upon licensee or the terms and conditions of a license, shall, within 3 days from such receipt, send a written reply direct to the Federal Communications Commission at Washington, D. C, and a copy thereof to the office of the Commission originating the official notice, when the originating office is other than the office of the Commission in Washington, D. C. The answer to each notice shall be complete in itself and shall not be abbreviated by reference to other communications or answers to other notices. If the notice relates to some violation that may be due to the physical or electrical characteristics of the transmitting apparatus, the answer shall state fully what steps, if any, are taken to prevent future violations, and if any new apparatus is to be installed, the date such apparatus was ordered, the name of the manufacturer, and promised date of delivery. If the installation of such apparatus 401