A bill to amend section 318 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to enable the Federal Communications Commission to authorize translator broadcast stations to originate limited amounts of local programming, and to authorize FM radio translator stations to operate unattended in the same manner as is now permitted for television broadcast translator stations.

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

14 March 1973

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Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce.

Summary

Provides that the Federal Communications Commission may waive or modify the requirement that a licensee's radio transmitting apparatus be operated by an operator licensed under the Federal Communications Act when the broadcaster is engaged primarily in the function of rebroadcasting the signals of broadcast stations. (Amends 47 U.S.C. 318)

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/93rd-congress/senate-bill/1229
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