47 C.F.R. § 73.855   Ownership limits.


Title 47 - Telecommunication


Title 47: Telecommunication
PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST SERVICES
Subpart G—Low Power FM Broadcast Stations (LPFM)

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§ 73.855   Ownership limits.

(a) No authorization for an LPFM station shall be granted to any party if the grant of that authorization will result in any such party holding an attributable interest in two LPFM stations separated by less than 12 km (7 miles).

(b) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(4) of this section, nationwide ownership limits will be phased in according to the following schedule:

(1) For a period of two years from the date that the LPFM stations are first made available for application, a party may hold an attributable interest in no more than one LPFM station.

(2) For the period between two and three years from the date that the initial filing window opens for LPFM applications, a party may hold an attributable interest in no more than five LPFM stations.

(3) After three years from the date that the initial filing window opens for LPFM stations, a party may hold an attributable interest in no more than ten stations.

(4) Not-for-profit organizations and governmental entities with a public safety purpose may be granted multiple licenses only if:

(i) One of the multiple applications is submitted as a priority application, and;

(ii) The remaining non-priority applications do not face a mutually exclusive challenge.

[65 FR 7640, Feb. 15, 2000, as amended at 65 FR 67303, Nov. 9, 2000]

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