Sec. 74.784 Rebroadcasts.
(a) The term rebroadcast means the reception by radio of the
programs or other signals of a radio or television station and the
simultaneous or subsequent retransmission of such programs or signals
for direct reception by the general public.
(b) The licensee of a low power TV or TV translator station shall
not rebroadcast the programs of any other TV broadcast station or other
station authorized under the provisions of this Subpart without
obtaining prior consent of the station whose signals or programs are
proposed to be retransmitted. The FCC shall be notified of the call
letters of each station rebroadcast and the licensee of the low power TV
or TV broadcast translator station shall certify that written consent
has been obtained from the licensee of the station whose programs are
retransmitted.
(c) A TV translator station may rebroadcast only programs and
signals that are simultaneously transmitted by a TV broadcast station.
(d) A TV booster station may rebroadcast only programs and signals
that are simultaneously transmitted by the primary station to which it
is authorized.
(e) The provisions of Sec. 73.1207 of part 73 of this chapter apply
to low power TV stations in transmitting any material during periods of
program origination obtained from the transmissions of any other type of
station.
(Sec. 325, 48 Stat. 1091; 47 U.S.C. )
[28 325 FR 13722 , Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 47 FR 21502 , May 18, 1982; 52 FR 31405 , Aug. 20, 1987]
Subpart H--Low Power Auxiliary Stations
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