Sec. 74.701  Definitions.

    (a) Television broadcast translator station. A station in the 
broadcast service operated for the purpose of retransmitting the 
programs and signals of a television broadcast station, without 
significantly altering any characteristic of the original signal other 
than its frequency and amplitude, for the purpose of providing 
television reception to the general public.
    (b) Primary station. The analog television broadcast station (TV 
broadcast) or digital television station (DTV) which provides the 
programs and signals being retransmitted by a television broadcast 
translator station.
    (c) VHF translator. A television broacast translator station 
operating on a VHF television broadcast channel.
    (d) UHF translator. A television broadcast translator station 
operating on a UHF television broadcast channel.
    (e) UHF translator signal booster. A station in the broadcasting 
service operated for the sole purpose of retransmitting the signals of 
the UHF translator station by amplifying and reradiating such signals 
which have been received directly through space, without significantly 
altering any characteristic of the incoming signal other than its 
amplitude.
    (f) Low power TV station. A station authorized under the provisions 
of this subpart that may retransmit the programs and signals of a TV 
broadcast station and that may originate programming in any amount 
greater than 30 seconds per hour and/or operates a subscription service. 
(See Sec. 73.641 of part 73 of this chapter.)
    (g) Program origination. For purposes of this part, program 
origination shall be any transmissions other than the simultaneous 
retransmission of the programs and signals of a TV broadcast station. 
Origination shall include locally generated television program signals 
and program signals obtained via video recordings (tapes and discs), 
microwave, common carrier circuits, or other sources.
    (h) Local origination. Program origination if the parameters of the 
program source signal, as it reaches the transmitter site, are under the 
control of the low power TV station licensee. Transmission of TV program 
signals generated at the transmitter site constitutes local origination. 
Local origination also includes transmission of programs reaching the 
transmitter site via TV STL stations, but does not include transmission 
of signals obtained from either terrestrial or satellite microwave feeds 
or low power TV stations.
    (i) Television broadcast booster station. A station in the broadcast 
service operated by the licensee or permittee of a full service 
television broadcast station for the purpose of retransmitting the 
programs and signals of such primary station without significantly 
altering any characteristic of the original signal other than its 
amplitude. A television broadcast booster station may only be located 
such that its entire service area is located within the protected 
contour of the primary station it retransmits. For purposes of this 
paragraph, the service area of the booster and the protected contour of 
the primary station will be determined by the methods prescribed in 
Sec. 74.705(c).

[28 1997 FR 13722 , Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at  43 FR 1951 , Jan. 13, 1978;  47 FR 21497 , May 18, 1982;  48 FR 21486 , May 12, 1983;  52 FR 7422 , Mar. 11, 
1987;  52 FR 31403 , Aug. 20, 1987;  62 FR 26720 , May 14, 1997]