Sec.  73.6018   Digital Class A TV station protection of DTV stations.

   Digital Class A TV stations must protect the DTV service that would be
   provided by the facilities specified in the DTV Table of Allotments in
    Sec. 73.622, by authorized DTV stations and by applications that propose to
   expand DTV stations' allotted or authorized coverage contour in any
   direction, if such applications either were filed before December 31, 1999
   or were filed between December 31, 1999 and May 1, 2000 by a DTV station
   licensee or permittee that had notified the Commission of its intent to
   “maximize” by December 31, 1999. Protection of these allotments, stations
   and applications must be based on meeting the requirements of  Sec. 74.793 (b)
   through (e) of this chapter. An application for digital operation of an
   existing Class A TV station or to change the facilities of a digital Class A
   TV station will not be accepted if it fails to protect these DTV allotments,
   stations and applications in accordance with this section.

   [ 69 FR 69330 , Nov. 29, 2004]