§ 74.784   Rebroadcasts.

   (a) The term rebroadcast means the reception by radio of the programs or
   other signals of a radio or television station and the simultaneous or
   subsequent retransmission of such programs or signals for direct reception
   by the general public.

   (b)  The licensee of a low power TV or TV translator station shall not
   rebroadcast the programs of any other TV broadcast station or other station
   authorized under the provisions of this Subpart without obtaining prior
   consent  of  the  station whose signals or programs are proposed to be
   retransmitted. The FCC, Attention: Video Division, Media Bureau, shall be
   notified of the call letters of each station rebroadcast, and the licensee
   of the low power TV or TV broadcast translator station shall certify it has
   obtained written consent from the licensee of the station whose programs are
   being retransmitted.

   (c) A TV translator station may rebroadcast only programs and signals that
   are simultaneously transmitted by a TV broadcast station.

   (d) A TV booster station may rebroadcast only programs and signals that are
   simultaneously transmitted by the primary station to which it is authorized.

   (e) The provisions of § 73.1207 of part 73 of this chapter apply to low power
   TV  stations  in  transmitting  any material during periods of program
   origination obtained from the transmissions of any other type of station.

   (Sec. 325, 48 Stat. 1091; 47 U.S.C. 325)

   [ 28 FR 13722 , Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at  47 FR 21502 , May 18, 1982;  52 FR 31405 , Aug. 20, 1987;  63 FR 33879 , June 22, 1998;  67 FR 13234 , Mar. 21,
   2002]

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