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47 U.S.C. § 331 — Very high frequency stations and AM radio stations
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**(a) Very high frequency stations** It shall be the policy of the Federal Communications Commission to allocate channels for very high frequency commercial television broadcasting in a manner which ensures that not less than one such channel shall be allocated to each State, if technically feasible. In any case in which licensee of a very high frequency commercial television broadcast station notifies the Commission to the effect that such licensee will agree to the reallocation of its channel to a community within a State in which there is allocated no very high frequency commercial television broadcast channel at the time 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by “of”. such notification, the Commission shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law, order such reallocation and issue a license to such licensee for that purpose pursuant to such notification for a term of not to exceed 5 years as provided in section 307(d) 22 See References in Text note below. of this title.
**(b) AM radio stations** It shall be the policy of the Commission, in any case in which the licensee of an existing AM daytime-only station located in a community with a population of more than 100,000 persons that lacks a local full-time aural station licensed to that community and that is located within a Class I station primary service area notifies the Commission that such licensee seeks to provide full-time service, to ensure that such a licensee is able to place a principal community contour signal over its entire community of license 24 hours a day, if technically feasible.
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**(a) Very high frequency stations** It shall be the policy of the Federal Communications Commission to allocate channels for very high frequency commercial television broadcasting in a manner which ensures that not less than one such channel shall be allocated to each State, if technically feasible. In any case in which licensee of a very high frequency commercial television broadcast station notifies the Commission to the effect that such licensee will agree to the reallocation of its channel to a community within a State in which there is allocated no very high frequency commercial television broadcast channel at the time 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by “of”. such notification, the Commission shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law, order such reallocation and issue a license to such licensee for that purpose pursuant to such notification for a term of not to exceed 5 years as provided in section 307(d) 22 See References in Text note below. of this title.
**(b) AM radio stations** It shall be the policy of the Commission, in any case in which the licensee of an existing AM daytime-only station located in a community with a population of more than 100,000 persons that lacks a local full-time aural station licensed to that community and that is located within a Class I station primary service area notifies the Commission that such licensee seeks to provide full-time service, to ensure that such a licensee is able to place a principal community contour signal over its entire community of license 24 hours a day, if technically feasible.
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**(a) Grant** The Commission, if public convenience, interest, or necessity will be served thereby, subject to the limitations of this chapter, shall grant to any applicant therefor a station license provided for by this chapter.
**(b) Allocation of facilities** In considering applications for licenses, and modifications and renewals thereof, when and insofar as there is demand for the same, the Commission shall make such distribution of licenses, frequencies, hours of operation, and of power among the several States and communities as to provide a fair, efficient, and equitable distribution of radio service to each of the same.
**(c) Terms of licenses**
(1) **Initial and renewal licenses** — Each license granted for the operation of a broadcasting station shall be for a term of not to exceed 8 years. Upon application therefor, a renewal of such license may be granted from time to time for a term of not to exceed 8 years from the date of expiration of the preceding license, if the Commission finds that public interest, convenience, and necessity would be served thereby. Consistent with the foregoing provisions of this subsection, the Commission may by rule prescribe the period or periods for which licenses shall be granted and renewed for particular classes of stations, but the Commission may not adopt or follow any rule which would preclude it, in any case involving a station of a particular class, from granting or renewing a license for a shorter period than that prescribed for stations of such class if, in its judgment, the public interest, convenience, or necessity would be served by such action.
(2) **Materials in application** — In order to expedite action on applications for renewal of broadcasting station licenses and in order to avoid needless expense to ap
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**(a) Factors which Commission must consider** In taking actions to manage the spectrum to be made available for use by the private mobile services, the Commission shall consider, consistent with [section 151 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section151&num=0&edition=prelim), whether such actions will—
(1) promote the safety of life and property;
(2) improve the efficiency of spectrum use and reduce the regulatory burden upon spectrum users, based upon sound engineering principles, user operational requirements, and marketplace demands;
(3) encourage competition and provide services to the largest feasible number of users; or
(4) increase interservice sharing opportunities between private mobile services and other services.
**(b) Advisory coordinating committees**
(1) The Commission, in coordinating the assignment of frequencies to stations in the private mobile services and in the fixed services (as defined by the Commission by rule), shall have authority to utilize assistance furnished by advisory coordinating committees consisting of individuals who are not officers or employees of the Federal Government.
(2) The authority of the Commission established in this subsection shall not be subject to or affected by the provisions of part III of title 5 or [section 1342 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1342&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) Any person who provides assistance to the Commission under this subsection shall not be considered, by reason of having provided such assistance, a Federal employee.
(4) Any advisory coordinating committee which furnishes assistance to the Commission under this subsection shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 10 of titl
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TITLE 47—TELECOMMUNICATIONS
§ 331
1 So in original. Probably should be followed by ‘‘of’’.
2 See References in Text note below.
sight by the Commission of the adoption of
standards by industry for blocking technology.
Such rules shall require that all such apparatus
be able to receive the rating signals which have
been transmitted by way of line 21 of the
vertical blanking interval and which conform to
the signal and blocking specifications estab-
lished by industry under the supervision of the
Commission.
(4) As new video technology is developed, the
Commission shall take such action as the Com-
mission determines appropriate to ensure that
blocking service continues to be available to
consumers. If the Commission determines that
an alternative blocking technology exists that—
(A) enables parents to block programming
based on identifying programs without rat-
ings,
(B) is available to consumers at a cost which
is comparable to the cost of technology that
allows parents to block programming based on
common ratings, and
(C) will allow parents to block a broad range
of programs on a multichannel system as ef-
fectively and as easily as technology that al-
lows parents to block programming based on
common ratings,
the Commission shall amend the rules pre-
scribed pursuant to section 303(x) of this title to
require that the apparatus described in such sec-
tion be equipped with either the blocking tech-
nology described in such section or the alter-
native blocking technology described in this
paragraph.
(d) For the purposes of this section, and sec-
tions 303(s), 303(u), and 303(x) of this title—
(1) The term ‘‘interstate commerce’’ means
(A) commerce between any State, the District
of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, or any p
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