Sec. 73.232  Territorial exclusivity.

    No licensee of an FM broadcast station shall have any arrangement 
with a network organization which prevents or hinders another station 
serving substantially the same area from broadcasting the network's 
programs not taken by the former station, or which prevents or hinders 
another station serving a substantially different area from broadcasting 
any program of the network organization: Provided, however, That this 
section does not prohibit arrangements under which the station is 
granted first call within its primary service area upon the network's 
programs. The term ``network organization'' means any organization 
originating program material, with or without commercial messages, and 
furnishing the same to stations interconnected so as to permit 
simultaneous broadcast by all or some of them. However, arrangements 
involving only stations under common ownership, or only the rebroadcast 
by one station of programming from another with no compensation other 
than a lump-sum payment by the station rebroadcasting, are not 
considered arrangements with a network organization. The term 
``arrangement`` means any contract, arrangement or understanding, 
express or implied.

[ 42 FR 16422 , Mar. 28, 1977, as amended at  57 FR 48333 , Oct. 23, 1992]