Public Safety Bureau Grants Increased Power STA for TIS Station During COVID-19 Emergency
The FCC Public Safety Bureau granted a request from Hudson County, New Jersey, for special temporary authority to operate its travelers information station at 10 times its allowed power rate “during the national- and state-level emergencies associated with the Novel…
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Coronavirus,” said an order released Friday. In 2014, the bureau denied the county’s request to permanently operate the 10-watt station at 100 watts but said then it could allow it temporarily during an emergency. The county TIS station “is its only means of communicating with all of its residents and transients during this national emergency, and the station has only limited reach within the County at its licensed power,” the order said. The order requires the TIS to cease operating at increased power either after 90 days or when the national emergency ends, whichever is sooner. The station also has to filter audio bandwidths above 3 kHz, notify a nearby broadcaster when it increases power, and reduce power if it receives an interference complaint.