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ntour of the translator is entirely within the 60 57 54 dbu service contour of the fm station that it is rebroadcasting or in the case of an am station either within the 2 mv m daytime contour or within 25 miles of the am station or non fill in where the service contour of the translator extends into areas outside of the 60 57 54 dbu service contour of the fm station that is being rebroadcast there are no provisions that permit non fill in translators for am stations the only channels that would be available for fm translators would be those in the reserved band between 88 1 and 91 9 mhz once the translator is licensed it must remain in licensed service rebroadcasting the primary station specified during the filing window for a period of four years before the translator can be sold or the translator s primary station can be otherwise changed this holding period does not apply if the translator license is being assigned simultaneously with the primary station s license applicant requirements and limitations because this is a window for noncommercial facilities only there will be no auction applicants for new fm translators must already be the licensee or permitee of a full service noncommercial educational nce fm station noncommercial am station or low power fm lpfm broadcast station and can only apply for translators to rebroadcast their own station individuals and for profit corporations cannot qualify to be noncommercial educational broadcasters for full service nce fm and am licensees there will be a limit of 10 applications this limit will also be based on attributable interests for example if two different nce licensees have the same board member their attributable interest will count towards both stations working example john smith is on the the boards of both licensee a and licensee b both of these licensees have other board members that are not in common if licensee a files 6 applications in the window and licensee b files 5 applications both applicants will be considered in violation because john smith serves on both boards in the past 2021 nce window the fcc will consider the first 10 applications that were filed to be valid and will dismiss the 11th application filed as exceeding the limit for lpfm stations the maximum number of applications that can be filed is 2 this is because of the rule limiting the maximum number of translators and boosters that an lpfm station can have if an lpfm station already has a commonly owned fm translator or fm booster that will count towards the filing limit and thus they can only file for one lpfm stations with one translator and one booster two boosters or two translators already are ineligible to file in this window for lpfm stations that are operated by tribes the limit is 4 translators or boosters two per station service technical details for non fill in fm translators which will include any translators for an lpfm station the power limits are described in 74 1235 b of the fcc rules the country is divided into two areas one area includes all areas east of the mississippi river puerto rico the us virgin islands and in the state of california south of 40 degrees latitude the other area includes areas west of the mississippi river that are not in california south of 40 degrees and also includes hawaii alaska guam and the cnmi non fill in translators use a method called maximum height above average terrain or mhaat using this formula the height above average terrain is measured independently along 12 radials at 30 degrees each and for a nondirectional antenna the highest of the 12 values will be used as the mhaat this is different than lpfm and full power commercial where 8 radials are then averaged this means that if the station is in a location such as the side of the mountain where the haat would normally be low in one direction but very high in the other direction only the very high direction will be considered for nondirectional antennas for directional antennas the amount of power cannot exceed the amount specified in 74 1235 b along each of those radials to determine your maximum operating power use the rec haat tool and select the option for 12 radials instead of 8 translators can never exceed 250 watts erp in order to achieve 250 watts erp on a nondirectional antenna the haat along all 12 of those radials cannot exceed 32 meters in the area east of the mississippi river including pr and usvi and most of california or exceed 107 meters in the remaining area west of the mississippi except in most of california fm translators use one way contour protection to demonstrate basic protection to other facilities this means that the appropriate interfering contour for the translator cannot overlap the service contour of the other station protection is required for co first second and third adjacent channels second and third adjacent channels can be waived using a method similar to that used for lpfm second adjacent channel stations fm translators operating with 100 watts or more must also provide intermediate frequency 10 6 or 10 8 mhz protection using the distance separation tables in 73 207 b 1 where the fm translator would be treated as a class a fm station fm translators in the reserved band must protect all previously authorized tv channel 6 facilities including full service class a tv translator and low power tv lptv stations see 74 1205 program delivery non fill in fm translators must in most cases receive the primary station directly over the air from either the primary station or from another fm translator carrying the primary station there is an exception for full service noncommercial educational stations not lpfm where any method can be used for program delivery including the internet but only if the fm translator is commonly owned by the licensee of the primary station and both the primary station and the fm translator are operating in the reserved band this is known as the satellator rule lpfm stations must use over the air program delivery lpfm stations cannot use the internet microwave stl or other methods to deliver programming to the translator fill in translators can use any method to get programming from the primary station to the translator ownership and location restrictions for lpfm stations lpfm licensees are limited to either two fm translator stations one fm translator and one fm booster station or two fm booster stations at any time see 73 860 b lpfm licensees are further limited on location of the fm translator in two ways first there must be some overlap between the 60 dbu service contour of the lpfm station and the 60 dbu service contour of the proposed translator second the transmitting antenna of the fm translator must be located within 10 miles in markets 1 50 and within 20 miles in all other areas based the market designation at the location of the lpfm station lpfm licensees with hd radio cannot use an fm translator to rebroadcast an hd2 hd3 or hd4 over the analog signal it must be used to rebroadcast the primary analog hd1 signal site assurance while no specific guidance has been provided on this yet we are going to assume that because there is no auction involved and because of past behavior in 2003 we should expect that site assurance requirements such as those used in the 2021 nce and 2023 lpfm filing windows will apply for this filing window site assurance is only a requirement for the originally applied for facility location directional antennas directional antennas may be used for fm translators there is no minimum forward to back ratio or incremental field strength change in any direction unlike full service please note that any fm translator whether directional or nondirectional may be subject to interference complaints by previously authorized full service stations fm translator stations fm booster stations or lpfm stations pursuant to 74 1204 f during the applicaiton process and 74 1203 after construction is completed a complaint may require that the fm translator ceases operation until the interference can be resolved through engineering methods community coverage requirements fm translators are a secondary service with no specific community coverage requirements competing applications mx an application is mutually exclusive mx if there is a competing application where both applications cannot both be granted at the same time if there is an mx situation we expect that there will be a remediation period where applicants can make technical adjustments to their applications such as a reduction in power or the use or modification of a proposed directional antenna pattern if there is no resolution through remediation then there will be a comparative review system used under the current rules fm translators that are proposed as fill in service will have priority and those not proposing fill in service will be dismissed this is something we disagree with and is at the heart of our translator reform proposal if there is still mutual exclusivity the nce point system criteria will be used the 307 fair distribution process will not be used this includes local established applicant 3 points for local applicants who have been local continuously for no fewer than the 24 months immediately prior to the application filing for fm translators this means headquarters campus or 75 of the board members within 25 miles of the community served local diversity of ownership 2 points for applicants with no attributable interests in any other broadcast station or authorized construction permit where the community contour 5 mv m for am 70 dbu for fm and non fill in fm translators overlap the 60 dbu contour of the proposed translator statewide network 2 points for applicants who qualify as a statewide network these are mainly large school systems technical points based on the proposed 60 dbu contour 1 point if both the land area and population of the proposal exceeds 10 percent over the next lower applicant if the top applicant is 25 percent greater than they will receive 2 points if there is still a tie then they look first at the number of existing authorizations the applicant has attributed to them this includes am fm and other non fill in translators and then to the number of existing pending applications this also includes am fm and non fill in translators if there is still a tie then it will go to a first come first served basis presumably by the lower file number in lms there is no such thing as a time share with fm translators nature of broadcast service as previously mentioned the programming on an fm translator must match the programming that is currently being played on a primary station for fill in stations that are not associated with an lpfm station this programming can also include the same programming coming over an hd audio stream hd2 hd3 hd4 or an am station with the exception of nighttime operation by class d daytime only am stations an fm translator cannot be used to originate its own programming parties to the application corporate status of applicant organization no additional qualifications are required beyond that of normal nce licensing there are no specific localism requirements for a translator licensed to an lpfm station the localism requirements would apply to the primary lpfm station a separate educational statement will not be required as this window is limited only to broadcasters who have already established their nce status through their primary station rec will require that an organization s state corporation status be current and in good standing responsibilities of licensee once a facility is completely constructed an application for license is filed once granted the facility is fully licensed broadcast licenses are issued for 8 year terms however the original license will be issued for the period from the time when the license is granted until the date when all radio broadcast licenses for that state expire the renewal form in lms does permit the renewal of commonly owned fm translators on the same application as the renewal for the primary fm station but the those translator s must be specified on the application in order to be renewed public notice public notice rules apply to new fm translator stations in all cases original construction permit major changes assignments and renewals the public notice shall be given online pursuant to 73 3580 of the fcc rules costs the costs associated with an fm translator will depend on the arrangement nondirectional antenna systems are normally less expensive in some cases off the shelf directional antennas can be used there may be substantial costs where a custom composite directional pattern must be developed to achieved the requested service a translator should also have room in the budget to deal with potential interference complaints under 74 1203 or 74 1204 f rec service offering due to other limitations this year we will be throttling the number of applications we will be accepting lpfm and full service nce licensees permittees that are interested in obtaining translators in this window can send an email to rec networks lpfm at recnet dot com to express a show of interest all emails will be tagged and further information will be provided on a future date we are not accepting phone calls for show of interest nor will we have a web based intake tool like we had in previous filing windows remember this window is only going to be for actual licensees permittees of nce broadcast stations including lpfm and third parties cannot apply rec s fees specific to this filing window will be a multi step process where the fees for the initial window application any subsequent modifications not directly related to resolving mutual exclusivity and the post construction license to cover application will be charged separately for the initial window filing rec will charge a flat rate of 700 per translator application this amount includes all necessary add ons due to our income restrictions this year this is a deeply discounted rate of what we would otherwise charge for a window filing for those who filed using rec during the initial window technical modifications to their pending applications will be 600 one modification may be available at no charge as part of an settlement related to mutually exclusive conflicting applications as permitted by the fcc once constructed the license to cover fee for those who used rec during the initial window will be 400 to help potential translator applicants get a first look at what the reserved band environment looks like in their area we offer a reserved band translator prequalification tool this is not a channel search tool but instead shows channels that definitely would not be available and those that may require a second third adjacent channel waiver for information about that tool and a link to the tool itself you can visit https recnet com nce translator check lpfm organizations seeking a translator can check to see 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