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1 Rules

The basic FCC regulationIn the context of government and public services regulation (as a process) is the control of something by rules, as opposed to its prohibition. In economics, it is part of the government relationship with markets, often seen as the opposite of deregulatios on translators are:

• No station may be translated to another band (i.e. from AM to FM).
• No translator or booster may transmit anything other than the live simulcastA simulcast takes place when a program or event is simul taneously broad cast across more than one broadcast platform at the same time. For example, Virgin Radio is simulcast on both AM and on satellite radio; the BBC's Prom concerts are often simulcast o of its licenseA license or licence is a document or agreement giving permission to do something. The spelling license is usual in American English. In British English, licence is the noun form, and license is the verb, so a when a licensee has a licence they are licensd parent station, except for emergencyAn emergency is a situation that poses an immediate threat to human life or serious damage to property. A false report of an emergency is usually a crime. Forms of emergency: fire crime such as a violent crime in progress note that a "cold" crime, even if warning s (such as EASThe Emergency Alert System (EAS is a national system in the U. put into place in 1997, superseding the Emergency Broadcast System and administered by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The EAS covers both radio and television (including low-powe), and 30 secondThis article is about the unit of time. See second (disambiguation) for other uses The second (symbol s is a unit for time, and one of seven SI base units. It is defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transis per hourIn modern usage, an hour is defined as a unit of time 60 minutes, or 3600 seconds in length. It is approximately 1/24 of a median Earth day. There is also the hour of right ascension a unit of both time and angle. Earlier definitions of the hour: One twel for fundraising.
• The parent station must identify all of its translators and boosters at 7-9am, 1pm, and 4-6pm; or each must be equipped with its own automated hourly ID device ( audio or FSK).
• Maximum power is 250 watts ERP for a translator, and 20% of the parent station's power for a booster.
• It must go off the air if the parent station's signal is lost, to prevent dead air.

Commercial stations may not own their translators (except for boosters), or be translated outside of the parent station's area (they can only fill in where terrain blocks the signal). They also may not transmit in the FM reserved band from 88 to 92 MHz, where only noncommercial stations are allowed. Noncommercial stations may broadcast in the commercial band, however. Unlike commercial stations, they can also relay programming to translators via satellite, so long as those translators are in the reserved band. All stations may use any means to feed boosters.

All U.S. translator and booster stations are low-power and have a class D license, making them secondary to other stations (including the parent). They must accept any interference from full-power (100-watt or more on FM) stations, while not causing any of their own. Boosters must not interfere with the parent station within the community of license. Licenses are automatically renewed with that of the parent station and do not require separate applications, though each may still be challenged with a petition to deny .

Unlike FM, LPTV stations may operate as either translators or originate their own programming.