§  74.131   Licensing requirements, necessary showing.

   (a) An applicant for a new experimental broadcast station, change in
   facilities of any existing station, or modification of license is
   required to make a satisfactory showing of compliance with the general
   requirements of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, as well as
   the following:

   (1) That the applicant has a definite program of research and
   experimentation in the technical phases of broadcasting which indicates
   reasonable promise of substantial contribution to the developments of
   the broadcasting art.

   (2) That upon the authorization of the proposed station the applicant
   can and will proceed immediately with its program of research and
   experimentation.

   (3) That the transmission of signals by radio is essential to the
   proposed program of research and experimentation.

   (4) That the program of research and experimentation will be conducted
   by qualified personnel.

   (b) A license of an experimental broadcast station will not authorize
   exclusive use of any frequency. In case interference would be caused by
   simultaneous operation of stations licensed experimentally, such
   licensees shall endeavor to arrange satisfactory time division. If such
   agreement cannot be reached, the FCC will determine and specify the
   time division.

   (c) A license for an experimental broadcast station will be issued only
   on the condition that no objectionable interference to the regular
   program transmissions of broadcast stations will result from the
   transmissions of the experimental stations.

   (Secs. 4, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1032; 47 U.S.C. 158, 303)

   [ 28 FR 13706 , Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at  49 FR 32583 , Aug. 15, 1984]

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