Sec. 74.131  Licensing requirements, necessary showing.

    (a) An applicant for a new experimental broadcast station, change in 
facilities of any existing station, or modification of license is 
required to make a satisfactory showing of compliance with the general 
requirements of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, as well as 
the following:
    (1) That the applicant has a definite program of research and 
experimentation in the technical phases of broadcasting which indicates 
reasonable promise of substantial contribution to the developments of 
the broadcasting art.
    (2) That upon the authorization of the proposed station the 
applicant can and will proceed immediately with its program of research 
and experimentation.
    (3) That the transmission of signals by radio is essential to the 
proposed program of research and experimentation.
    (4) That the program of research and experimentation will be 
conducted by qualified personnel.
    (b) A license of an experimental broadcast station will not 
authorize exclusive use of any frequency. In case interference would be 
caused by simultaneous operation of stations licensed experimentally, 
such licensees shall endeavor to arrange satisfactory time division. If 
such agreement cannot be reached, the FCC will determine and specify the 
time division.
    (c) A license for an experimental broadcast station will be issued 
only on the condition that no objectionable interference to the regular 
program transmissions of broadcast stations will result from the 
transmissions of the experimental stations.


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(Secs. 4, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1032; 47 U.S.C. 158, )

[28 303 FR 13706 , Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at  49 FR 32583 , Aug. 15, 1984]