§ 73.1207   Rebroadcasts.

   (a) The term rebroadcast means reception by radio of the programs or other
   transmissions of a broadcast or any other type of radio station, and the
   simultaneous or subsequent retransmission of such programs or transmissions
   by a broadcast station.

   (1) As used in this section, “program” includes any complete programs or
   part thereof.

   (2) The transmission of a program from its point of origin to a broadcast
   station entirely by common carrier facilities, whether by wire line or
   radio, is not considered a rebroadcast.

   (3) The broadcasting of a program relayed by a remote pickup broadcast
   station is not considered a rebroadcast.

   (b) No broadcast station may retransmit the program, or any part thereof, of
   another  U.S.  broadcast  station without the express authority of the
   originating  station.  A  copy  of the written consent of the licensee
   originating  the  program  must be kept by the licensee of the station
   retransmitting such program and made available to the FCC upon request.

   (1) Stations originating emergency communications under a State EAS plan are
   considered to have conferred rebroadcast authority to other participating
   stations.

   (2) Permission must be obtained from the originating station to rebroadcast
   any subsidiary communications transmitted by means of a multiplex subcarrier
   or telecommunications service on the vertical blanking interval or in the
   visual signal of a television signal.

   (3) Programs originated by the Voice of America (VOA) and the Armed Forces
   Radio and Television Services (AFRTS) cannot, in general, be cleared for
   domestic rebroadcast, and may therefore be retransmitted only by special
   arrangements among the parties concerned.

   (4)  Except as otherwise provided by international agreement, programs
   originated by foreign broadcast stations may be retransmitted without the
   consent of the originating station.

   (c) The transmissions of non-broadcast stations may be rebroadcast under the
   following conditions:

   (1) Messages originated by privately-owned non-broadcast stations other than
   those in the Amateur and Citizens Band (CB) Radio Services may be broadcast
   only upon receipt of prior permission from the non-broadcast licensee.
   Additionally,  messages  transmitted by common carrier stations may be
   rebroadcast only upon prior permission of the originator of the message as
   well as the station licensee.

   (2) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, messages originated
   entirely  by  non-broadcast stations owned and operated by the Federal
   Government may be rebroadcast only upon receipt of prior permission from the
   government agency originating the messages.

   (3) Messages originated by stations in the amateur and Citizens Band (CB)
   radio services may be rebroadcast at the discretion of broadcast station
   licensees.

   (4) Emergency communications originated under a State EAS plan.

   (d) The rebroadcasting of time signals originated by the Naval Observatory
   and the National Bureau of Standards and messages from the National Weather
   Service stations is permitted without specific authorization under the
   following procedures:

   (1) Naval Observatory Time Signals. (i) The time signals rebroadcast must be
   obtained by direct radio reception from a naval radio station, or by land
   line circuits.

   (ii) Announcement of the time signal must be made without reference to any
   commercial activity.

   (iii) Identification of the Naval Observatory as the source of the time
   signal must be made by an announcement, substantially as follows: “With the
   signal,   the  time  will  be  .  .  .  courtesy  of  the  U.S.  Naval
   Observatory.”

   (iv) Schedules of time signal broadcasts may be obtained upon request from
   the Superintendent, U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, DC 20390.

   (2)  National  Bureau  of Standards Time Signals. (i) Time signals for
   rebroadcast must be obtained by direct radio reception from a National
   Bureau of Standards (NBS) station.

   (ii)  Use of receiving and rebroadcasting equipment must not delay the
   signals by more than 0.05 second.

   (iii) Signals must be rebroadcast live, not from tape or other recording.

   (iv) Voice or code announcements of the call signs of NBS stations are not
   to be rebroadcast.

   (v)  Identification of the origin of the service and the source of the
   signals must be made by an announcement substantially as follows: “At the
   tone, 11 hours 25 minutes Coordinated Universal Time. This is a rebroadcast
   of a continous service furnished by the National Bureau of Standards, Ft.
   Collins, Colo.” No commercial sponsorship of this announcement is permitted
   and none may be implied.

   (vi) Schedules of time signal broadcasts may be obtained from, and notice of
   use of NBS time signals for rebroadcast must be forwarded semiannually to:

   National Bureau of Standards, Radio Stations WWV/WWVB, 2000 East County Road
   58, Ft. Collins, Colorado 80524.

   (vii) In the rebroadcasting of NBS time signals, announcements will not
   state that they are standard frequency transmissions. Voice announcements of
   Coordinated Universal Time are given in voice every minute. Each minute,
   except the first of the hour, begins with an 0.8 second long tone of 1000
   hertz at WWV and 1200 hertz tone at WWVH. The first minute of every hour
   begins with an 0.8 second long tone of 1500 hertz at both stations. This
   tone is followed by a 3-second pause, than the announcement, “National
   Bureau of Standards Time.” This is followed by another 3-second pause before
   station  identification.  This  arrangement  allows broadcast stations
   sufficient time to retransmit the hour time tone and the words “National
   Bureau of Standards Time” either by manual or automatic switching.

   (viii) Time signals or scales made up from integration of standard frequency
   signals  broadcast from NBS stations may not be designated as national
   standard scales of time or attributed to the NBS as originator. For example,
   if a broadcasting station transmits time signals obtained from a studio
   clock which is periodically calibrated against the NBS time signals from WWV
   or WWVH, such signals may not be announced as NBS standard time or as having
   been originated by the NBS.

   (3) National Weather Service Messages. (i) Messages of the National Weather
   Service must be rebroadcast within 1 hour of receipt.

   (ii) If advertisements are given in connection with weather rebroadcast,
   these advertisements must not directly or indirectly convey an endorsement
   by the U.S. Government of the products or services so advertised.

   (iii)  Credit  must  be given to indicate that the rebroadcast message
   originates with the National Weather Service.

   [ 44 FR 36040 , June 20, 1979, as amended at  45 FR 26065 , Apr. 17, 1980;  48 FR 28456 , June 22, 1983;  50 FR 25246 , June 18, 1985;  59 FR 67102 , Dec. 28,
   1994;  61 FR 36305 , July 10, 1996]

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