Sec. 73.612  Protection from interference.

    (a) Permittees and licensees of TV broadcast stations are not 
protected from any interference which may be caused by the grant of a 
new station or of authority to modify the facilities of an existing 
station in accordance with the provisions of this subpart. The nature 
and extent of the protection from interference accorded to TV broadcast 
stations is limited solely to the protection which results from the 
minimum allotment and station separation requirements and the rules and 
regulations with respect to maximum powers and antenna heights set forth 
in this subpart.
    (b) When the Commission determines that grant of an application 
would serve the public interest, convenience, and necessity and the 
instrument of authorization specifies an antenna location in a 
designated antenna farm area which results in distance separation less 
than those specified in this subpart, TV broadcast station permittees 
and licensees shall be afforded protection from interference equivalent 
to the protection afforded under the minimum distance separations 
specified in this subpart.

    Note: The nature and extent of the protection from interference 
accorded to TV broadcast stations which were authorized prior to April 
14, 1952, and which were operating on said date is limited not only as 
specified above but is further limited by any smaller separations 
existing between such stations on said date. Where, as a result of the 
adoption of the Table of Allotments or of changes in transmitter sites 
made by such stations after said date, separations smaller than the 
required minimum are increased but still remain lower than the required 
minimum, protection accorded such stations will be limited to the new 
separations.


[ 28 FR 13660 , Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at  32 FR 8814 , June 21, 1967;  50 FR 23698 , June 5, 1985;  51 FR 44070 , Dec. 8, 1986]