§ 73.5000   Services subject to competitive bidding.

   (a) Mutually exclusive applications for new facilities and for major
   changes to existing facilities in the following broadcast services are
   subject to competitive bidding: AM; FM; FM translator; analog
   television; low-power television; television translator; and Class A
   television. Mutually exclusive applications for minor modifications of
   Class A television and television broadcast are also subject to
   competitive bidding. The general competitive bidding procedures set
   forth in part 1, subpart Q of this chapter will apply unless otherwise
   provided in part 73 or part 74 of this chapter.

   (b) Mutually exclusive applications for broadcast channels in the
   reserved portion of the FM band (Channels 200-220) and for television
   broadcast channels reserved for noncommercial educational use are not
   subject to competitive bidding procedures. Applications for
   noncommercial educational broadcast stations, as described in 47 U.S.C.
   397(6), on non-reserved channels also are not subject to competitive
   bidding procedures.

   [ 63 FR 48629 , Sept. 11, 1998, as amended at  67 FR 45374 , July 9, 2002;
    68 FR 26228 , May 15, 2003;  69 FR 72043 , Dec. 10, 2004]

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