Sec.  21.933   Protected service areas.

   

   (a) The stations licensed to the holder of a BTA authorization shall
   have a protected service area that is coterminous with the boundaries
   of that BTA, subject to the exclusion of the 56.33 km (35 mile)
   protected service area of incumbent MDS stations and of previously
   proposed and authorized ITFS facilities within that BTA, even if these
   protected service areas extend into adjacent BTAs. The protected
   service area also includes registered receive sites.

   (b) The stations licensed to the holder of a PSA authorization shall
   have a protected service area that is coterminous with the boundaries
   of the counties or other geopolitical subdivisions comprising the PSA,
   subject to the exclusion of the 56.33 km (35 mile) protected service
   area of incumbent MDS stations and of previously proposed and
   authorized ITFS facilities within that PSA, even if these protected
   service areas extend into adjacent BTAs. The protected service area
   also includes registered receive sites.

   [ 60 FR 57367 , Nov. 15, 1995]