§ 74.532   Licensing requirements.

   (a) An aural broadcast STL or an aural broadcast intercity relay station
   will be licensed only to the licensee or licensees of broadcast stations,
   including  low  power  FM stations, other than international broadcast
   stations, and for use with broadcast stations owned entirely by or under
   common control of the licensee or licensees. An aural broadcast intercity
   relay  station also will be licensed for use by low power FM stations,
   noncommercial  educational FM translator stations assigned to reserved
   channels (Channels 201-220) and owned and operated by their primary station,
   by FM translator stations operating within the coverage contour of their
   primary stations, and by FM booster stations. Aural auxiliary stations
   licensed to low power FM stations will be assigned on a secondary basis;
   i.e., subject to the condition that no harmful interference is caused to
   other  aural  auxiliary stations assigned to radio broadcast stations.
   Auxiliary  stations  licensed to low power FM stations must accept any
   interference  caused by stations having primary use of aural auxiliary
   frequencies.

   (b) More than one aural broadcast STL or intercity relay station may be
   licensed  to  a  single  licensee upon a satisfactory showing that the
   additional stations are needed to provide different program circuits to more
   than one broadcast station, to provide program circuits from other studios,
   or to provide one or more intermediate relay stations over a path which
   cannot be covered with a single station due to terrain or distance.

   (c) If more than one broadcast station or class of broadcast station is to
   be served by a single aural broadcast auxiliary station, this information
   must be stated in the application for construction permit or license.

   (d) Licensees of aural broadcast STL and intercity relay stations may be
   authorized to operate one or more aural broadcast microwave booster stations
   for the purpose of relaying signals over a path that cannot be covered with
   a single station.

   (e) Each aural broadcast auxiliary station will be licensed at a specified
   transmitter location to communicate with a specified receiving location, and
   the direction of the main radiation lobe of the transmitting antenna will be
   a term of the station authorization.

   (f) In case of permanent discontinuance of operations of a station licensed
   under this subpart, the licensee shall cancel the station license using FCC
   Form 601. For purposes of this section, a station which is not operated for
   a period of one year is considered to have been permanently discontinued.

   [ 28 FR 13716 , Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at  49 FR 7129 , Feb. 27, 1984;  49 FR 10930 , Mar. 23, 1984;  52 FR 31403 , Aug. 20, 1987;  55 FR 50693 , Dec. 10,
   1990;  57 FR 41111 , Sept. 9, 1992;  58 FR 19775 , Apr. 16, 1993;  65 FR 7649 ,
   Feb. 15, 2000;  68 FR 12766 , Mar. 17, 2003]

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