FCC 78.11 Revised as of December 4, 2012
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§ 78.11 Permissible service.
(a) CARS stations are authorized to relay TV broadcast and low-power TV
and related audio signals, the signals of AM and FM broadcast stations,
signals of BRS/EBS fixed stations, and cablecasting intended for use by
one or more cable television systems or other eligible systems. LDS
stations are authorized to relay television broadcast and related audio
signals, the signals of AM and FM broadcast stations, signals of
BRS/EBS fixed stations, cablecasting, and such other communications as
may be authorized by the Commission. Relaying includes retransmission
of signals by intermediate relay stations in the system. CARS licensees
may interconnect their facilities with those of other CARS, common
carrier, or television auxiliary licensees, and may also retransmit the
signals of such CARS, common carrier, or television auxiliary stations,
provided that the program material retransmitted meets the requirements
of this paragraph.
(b) The transmitter of a CARS station using FM transmission may be
multiplexed to provide additional communication channels for the
transmission of standard and FM broadcast station programs and
operational communications directly related to the technical operation
of the relay system (including voice communications, telemetry signals,
alerting signals, fault reporting signals, and control signals). A CARS
station will be authorized only where the principal use is the
transmission of television broadcast program material or cablecasting:
Provided, however, That this requirement shall not apply to LDS
stations.
(c) CARS station licenses may be issued to cable television owners or
operators or other eligible system owners or operators, and to
cooperative enterprises owned by cable television owners or operators
or other eligible system owners or operators. Television translator
licensees may be members of such cooperative enterprises.
(d) CARS systems shall supply program material to cable television
systems, other eligible systems, and translator stations only in the
following circumstances.
(1) Where the licensee of the CARS station or system is owner or
operator of the cable television systems or other eligible systems
supplied with program material; or
(2) Where the licensee of the CARS station or system supplies program
material to cable television systems, other eligible systems, or
television translator stations either without charge or on a
non-profit, cost-sharing basis pursuant to a written contract between
the parties involved which provides that the CARS licensee shall have
exclusive control over the operation of the CARS stations licensed to
him and that contributions to capital and operating expenses are
accepted only on a cost-sharing, nonprofit basis, prorated on an
equitable basis among all cable television systems or other eligible
systems being supplied with program material in whole or in part.
Charges for the programming material are not subject to this
restriction and cable network-entities may fully charge for their
services. Records showing the cost of the service and its nonprofit,
cost-sharing nature shall be maintained by the CARS licensee and held
available for inspection by the Commission.
(e) The license of a CARS pickup station authorizes the transmission of
program material, and related communications necessary to the
accomplishment of such transmission, from the scenes of events
occurring in places other than a cable television studio or the studio
of another eligible system, to the studio, headend, or transmitter of
its associated cable television system or other eligible system, or to
such other cable television or other eligible systems as are carrying
the same program material. CARS pickup stations may be used to provide
temporary CARS studio-to-headend links, studio-to-transmitter links, or
CARS circuits consistent with this part without further authority of
the Commission: Provided, however, That prior Commission authority
shall be obtained if the transmitting antenna to be installed will
increase the height of any natural formation or manmade structure by
more than 6.1 meters (20 feet) and will be in existence for a period of
more than 2 consecutive days: And provided, further, That if the
transmitting equipment is to be operated for more than 1 day outside of
the area to which the CARS station has been licensed, the Commission,
the Engineer in charge of the district in which the station is licensed
to operate, and the Engineer in charge of the district in which the
equipment will be temporarily operated shall be notified at least 1 day
prior to such operation. If the decision to continue operation for more
than 1 day is not made until the operation has begun, notice shall be
given to the Commission and the relevant Engineers in charge within 1
day after such decision. In all instances, the Commission and the
relevant Engineers in charge shall be notified when the transmitting
equipment has been returned to its licensed area.
(f) A cable network-entity may use CARS stations to transmit their own
television program materials to cable television systems, other
eligible systems, other cable network-entities, broadcast stations, and
broadcast network-entities: Provided, however, That the bands 2025-2110
MHz, 6425-6526 MHz and 6875-7125 MHz may be used by cable
network-entities only for CARS pick-up stations.
(g) The provisions of paragraph (d) of this section and § 78.13 shall
not apply to a licensee who has been licensed in the CARS service
pursuant to § 101.705 of this chapter, except that paragraph (d) of
this section shall apply with respect to facilities added or cable
television and other eligible systems first served after February 1,
1966.
[ 37 FR 3292 , Feb. 12, 1972, as amended at 37 FR 15926 , Aug. 8, 1972; 43 FR 1953 , Jan. 13, 1978; 43 FR 25127 , June 9, 1978; 44 FR 32382 , June 6,
1979; 47 FR 21503 , May 18, 1982; 50 FR 23421 , June 4, 1985; 52 FR 7144 ,
Mar. 9, 1987; 55 FR 46015 , Oct. 31, 1990; 58 FR 44952 , Aug. 25, 1993;
65 FR 38326 , June 20, 2000; 65 FR 48181 , Aug. 7, 2000; 69 FR 72046 ,
Dec. 10, 2004]
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