Radio Technical Rules Order Approved Early
The FCC unanimously approved an order on updating radio technical rules that was on the agenda for the agency’s meeting Friday, according to the order’s text released in Thursday’s Daily Digest. The item was considered uncontroversial (see 2202160056) and the…
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final version appears largely unchanged from the draft document. The order eliminates a restriction on AM transmitter power levels, harmonizes rules for radio stations on U.S. borders with treaty obligations, and gets rid of outdated interference rules that applied only to stations in Alaska. The order also clarifies the agency rules on determining community of license for new noncommercial educational stations, defines AM fill-in areas, and brings the interference rules for NCE Class D stations into line with the agency’s rules for other FM stations. A deletion notice for the item was released Thursday.