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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: April 5, 2024) |
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Title 47 - Telecommunication |
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Chapter I - Federal Communications Commission |
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SubChapter C - Broadcast Radio Services |
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Part 73 - Radio Broadcast Services |
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Subpart E - Television Broadcast Stations |
§ 73.622 - Digital television table of allotments.
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§ 73.622 Digital television table of allotments.
(a) General. The following table of TV allotments contains the television channel allotments designated for the listed communities in the United States, its Territories, and possessions. Requests for addition of new TV allotments, or requests to change the channels allotted to a community, must be made in a petition for rule making to amend the Table of TV Allotments. A request to amend the Table of TV Allotments to add an allotment or change the channel of an allotment in the Table will be evaluated for technical acceptability using engineering criteria set forth in §§ 73.617, 73.618, and 73.620. A request to amend the TV table to add a new allotment will be evaluated for technical acceptability using the geographic spacing criteria set forth in § 73.622(k) and the engineering criteria set forth in §§ 73.614, 73.617, 73.618, and 73.620(a) and (d). TV allotments designated with an asterisk are assigned for use by non-commercial educational broadcast stations only. Rules governing noncommercial educational TV stations are contained in § 73.621.
(b)-(c) [Reserved]
(d) Reference points and distance computations. The reference coordinates of a TV allotment shall be the coordinates of the authorized facility. Where such a transmitter site is not available for use as reference coordinates, such as a new allotment, the coordinates shall be those designated in the FCC order modifying the Table of TV Allotments.
(e)-(i) [Reserved]
(j) Table of TV Allotments.
Community Channel No. Alabama Anniston 9 Bessemer 14 Birmingham 7, *10, 20, 29, 30 Demopolis *19 Dothan 21, 36 Dozier *10 Florence 2, *22 Gadsden 26 Gulf Shores 27 Homewood 21 Hoover 33 Huntsville 15, 17, 18, 19, *24 Louisville *30 Mobile 9, 15, 18, 20, 23, *30 Montgomery 8, 22, *27, 28, 31 Mount Cheaha *12 Opelika 17 Ozark 33 Selma 25, 34 Troy 19 Tuscaloosa 6, 36 Tuskegee 18 Vernon *4 Alaska Anchorage 7, *8, 10, 12, 20, *26, 28, 33 Bethel *3 Fairbanks 7, *9, 18, 26 Juneau *10, 11 Ketchikan 13 North Pole 20 Sitka 7 Arizona Douglas 36 Flagstaff 13, 22, 32 Green Valley 34 Holbrook *11 Kingman 19 Mesa 18 Phoenix *8, 10, 15, 17, 20, 24, 26, 27, 29, 33 Prescott 7 Sierra Vista 21 Tolleson 31 Tucson 9, 16, 19, 23, 25, *28, *30, 32 Yuma 13, 27 Arkansas Arkadelphia *13 Camden 18 El Dorado *10, 27 Eureka Springs 25 Fayetteville *9, 15 Fort Smith 18, 21, 27 Harrison 31 Hot Springs 16 Jonesboro 18, *20, 27 Little Rock *7, 12, 22, 28, 30, 32, *36 Mountain View *13 Pine Bluff 24, 34 Rogers 33 Springdale 29 California Anaheim 12 Arcata 22 Avalon S Bakersfield 10, 25, 26, 33 Bishop 20 Calipatria 36 Ceres *15 Chico 20, 36 Clovis 27 Colusa *2 Concord S Corona 25 Cotati *5 El Centro 9, 22 Eureka 3, *11, 17, 28 Fort Bragg * 4, 8 Fremont S Fresno 7, 20, 30, *32, 34 Garden Grove S Hanford 21 Huntington Beach *S Inglewood S Long Beach 18 Los Angeles 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, *28, 31, 34, 35, 36, *S Merced 11 Modesto 18 Monterey 32, S Oakland 31 Ontario 29 Palm Springs 26, 28 Palo Alto S Paradise 30 Porterville 23 Rancho Palos Verdes 30 Redding *9, 15 Riverside S Sacramento *9, 10, 21, 22, 24, 35 Salinas 8, 11 San Bernardino *5, 24 San Diego 8, 10, 17, 18, *19, 26 San Francisco 7, 12, 20, 28, 29, *30, 32, S, S, *S San Jose 13, 19, 33, 36, *S San Luis Obispo 15, 34 San Mateo *27 Sanger 36 Santa Ana 33 Santa Barbara 21, 27 Santa Maria 19 Stockton 23, 25, 26 Tulare *3 Twentynine Palms 23 Vallejo 34 Ventura S Visalia *22, 28 Watsonville *25 Colorado Boulder 32 Broomfield *13 Castle Rock 15 Colorado Springs 22, 24, 26 Denver 7, 9, 18, *20, 28, 31, *33, 34, 35, 36 Durango 15, *20, 33 Fort Collins 21 Glenwood Springs 23 Grand Junction 2, 7, 12, 15, *18 Greeley 17 Longmont 29 Montrose 13 Pueblo *8, 25, 27 Steamboat Springs 10 Sterling 23 Connecticut Bridgeport S Hartford *30, 34, 36, S New Britain 31 New Haven 10, S, *S New London 28 Norwich *9 Stamford *21 Waterbury 33 Delaware Dover 5 Seaford *24 Wilmington 2, *13, 34 District of Columbia Washington 7, 9, *31, *33, 34, 36, S, S Florida Boca Raton *25 Boynton Beach *S Bradenton 29 Cape Coral 34 Clearwater 21 Clermont 23 Cocoa *30, 32 Daytona Beach 11, 15 Destin 29 Fort Lauderdale 30 Fort Myers 15, *22, 31 Fort Pierce *18, 20 Fort Walton Beach 14, 21, 25 Gainesville 8, 16, *36 High Springs 29 Hollywood 24 Jacksonville *9, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, *21 Key West 3, 8 Lake Worth 36 Lakeland 18 Leesburg 7, *S Live Oak 17 Marianna 26 Melbourne 14, 22 Miami 9, 10, 21, 22, 23, *26, 27, 28, *29, 31, 32 Naples 28, 32 New Smyrna Beach *24 Ocala 31 Orange Park 10 Orlando 26, 27, 28, 33, *34, 35 Palm Beach 7 Panama City 9, 13, 16, *28 Panama City Beach 33 Pensacola 17, *24, 34, 35 Sarasota 24 St. Petersburg 10, 19, S Stuart 34 Tallahassee 22, 24, 27, *32 Tampa 9, 12, *13, 17, 20, *S Tequesta 16 Tice 33 Venice 25 West Palm Beach 12, 13, 35 Georgia Albany 10, 29 Athens *7, 18 Atlanta 10, 19, *21, 25, 27, 31, 32, *34, 36 Augusta 27, 28, 36 Bainbridge 19 Baxley 35 Brunswick 24 Chatsworth *4 Cochran *9 Columbus *5, 11, 15, 24, 35 Cordele 34 Dalton 28 Dawson *7 Macon 13, 26, 30, 33 Monroe 22 Pelham *6 Perry 23 Rome 16 Savannah *8, 16, 22, 23 Thomasville 20 Toccoa 24 Valdosta 31 Waycross *7 Wrens *6 Hawaii Hilo 9, 11, 13, 22, 23 Honolulu 8, *11, *18, 19, 20, 22, 23, *26, 27, 31, 33, 35 Kailua 29 Kailua-Kona 25 Kaneohe 32 Wailuku 7, *10, 12, 16, 21, 24 Waimanalo 15 Idaho Boise 7, 15, 20, *21 Caldwell 10 Coeur d'Alene *18 Filer *18 Idaho Falls 18, 20, 36 Lewiston 32 Moscow *12 Nampa 13, 24 Pocatello *17, 23, 31 Sun Valley 5 Twin Falls 11, *22, 34 Illinois Aurora S Bloomington 28 Carbondale *8 Champaign 32, 34 Charleston *30 Chicago 12, 19, 22, 23, 24, *25, 33, 34, S Decatur 20, 22 East St. Louis 28 Freeport 9 Galesburg 8 Harrisburg 34 Jacksonville *18 Joliet 35 Macomb *36 Marion 30 Moline *23, 31 Mount Vernon 13 Naperville S Olney *23 Oswego 10 Peoria 24, 25, 26, *35 Quincy 22, 32, *34 Rock Island 4 Rockford 13, 16, 36 Springfield 11, 15, 16 Urbana *9, 36 Indiana Angola 12 Bloomington 27, 28, *33, S Elkhart 30 Evansville *9, 12, 22, 26, 28 Fort Wayne *18, 20, 24, 32, 34 Gary *17, S Hammond 21 Indianapolis 7, 9, 13, *21, 22, *23, 25 Kokomo 15 Lafayette 11 Marion S Muncie 19 Richmond S Salem 16 South Bend 27, 29, *31, 36 Terre Haute 10, 18, 35 Vincennes *31 Iowa Ames 5, *21, 23 Burlington 21 Cedar Rapids 22, 27, 29, 32 Council Bluffs *33 Davenport 17, 30, *34 Des Moines 8, 13, 16, 19, *34 Dubuque 14 Fort Dodge *25 Iowa City *12, 25 Mason City *18, 24 Newton 36 Ottumwa 15 Red Oak *35 Sioux City 9, 14, *28, 30, 32 Waterloo 7, *35 Kansas Colby 17, *19 Derby 31 Dodge City *21 Ensign 6 Garden City 11, 13 Goodland 10 Great Bend 22 Hays 7, *16 Hoisington 14 Hutchinson *8, 19, 35 Lakin *8 Lawrence 25 Pittsburg 7, 13 Salina 17 Topeka *11, 12, 13, 16, 27 Wichita 10, 15, 26, 28 Kentucky Ashland 13, *36 Beattyville 7 Bowling Green 13, *18, 24, *29 Covington *22 Danville 19 Elizabethtown *23 Harlan S Hazard 20, *33 Lexington 21, 27, 28, *35 Louisville 8, 11, 14, *30, 32, *34, 36 Madisonville *31 Morehead *30 Murray *17 Newport 15 Owensboro 17 Owenton *24 Paducah 19, *23, 25 Pikeville *23 Richmond 25 Somerset *17 Louisiana Alexandria 26, 31, *33, 35 Baton Rouge 9, 13, 24, *25, 34 Columbia 11 Hammond 35 Lafayette 10, 16, *23, 28 Lake Charles 7, 18, *20 Minden 32 Monroe *13, 24 New Iberia 17 New Orleans 15, 19, 21, *23, 26, 27, *28, 29, 33 Shreveport 16, *17, 23, 28, 34 Slidell 17 West Monroe 19, 22 Maine Augusta *20 Bangor 2, 7, 13 Biddeford *36 Calais *10 Lewiston 24 Orono *22 Poland Spring 8 Portland 15, 31, 34 Presque Isle 8, *10 Waterville 17 Maryland Annapolis *21 Baltimore 11, 12, *22, 25, 26, 27, S Frederick *28 Hagerstown 23, *29 Oakland *26 Salisbury *16, 29, 32 Silver Spring S Massachusetts Boston *5, 20, 21, 22, *32, 33, 34, 35 Cambridge S Foxborough S Lowell *S Marlborough 27 New Bedford 24, S Norwell 36 Pittsfield 7 Springfield 11, *13, 26 Woburn S Worcester 19 Michigan Alpena 11, *24 Ann Arbor 24 Bad Axe *15 Battle Creek 17, 21 Bay City 23, 30 Cadillac 9, 32, *34 Calumet 5 Cheboygan 16 Detroit 7, *20, 21, 25, 31, 32, 34 East Lansing *33 Escanaba 32 Flint 12, 16 Grand Rapids 7, *11, 13, 19 Ishpeming 10 Kalamazoo *5, 8, 22 Lansing 14, 28, S Manistee *20 Marquette *8, 19, 35 Mount Clemens 27 Mount Pleasant *26 Muskegon 24 Onondaga 10 Saginaw 18, 36 Sault Ste. Marie 8, 10 Traverse City 29, 35 Vanderbilt 21 Minnesota Alexandria 7, 24 Appleton *10 Austin *20, 36 Bemidji *9, 26 Brainerd *28 Chisholm 11 Crookston *16 Duluth *8, 10, 18, 27, 33 Hibbing 13, *31 Mankato 12 Minneapolis 9, 22, 29, 30, 31, 32 Redwood Falls 27 Rochester 10, 26 St. Cloud 16 St. Paul *23, *34, 35 Thief River Falls 10 Walker 12 Worthington *15 Mississippi Biloxi *16, 32 Booneville *9 Bude *18 Columbus 27 Greenville 15 Greenwood *25, 32 Gulfport 25 Hattiesburg 22 Holly Springs 26 Jackson 12, 14, *20, 21, 23, 30 Laurel 7 Magee 34 Meridian 13, 24, *28, 31 Mississippi State *8 Natchez 15 Oxford *36 Senatobia *S Tupelo 11, 17 Vicksburg 36 West Point 16 Missouri Cape Girardeau 32, 36 Columbia 17, 27 Hannibal 22 Jefferson City 20, 29 Joplin 17, 23, *35 Kansas City *18, 24, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 36 Kirksville 33 Osage Beach 22 Poplar Bluff 15 Sedalia 15 Springfield 10, *16, 19, 28 St. Joseph 7, 21 St. Louis 14, *23, 24, 26, 31, 33, 35 Montana Billings 11, *16, 18, 20 Bozeman * 8, 27 Butte 15, 19, 20, 24 Glendive 5 Great Falls 8, 17, * 21, 22, 26 Hardin 22 Havre 9 Helena 29, 31 Kalispell * 15, 17 Miles City 3 Missoula 7, *11, 20, 23 Nebraska Alliance *13 Bassett *7 Grand Island 11 Hastings 5, *28 Hayes Center 6 Kearney 18 Lexington *26 Lincoln 8, 10, 15, *27 McCook 12 Merriman *12 Missoula *11, 20, 23, 25 Norfolk *19 North Platte 2, *9 Omaha *17, 20, 22, 26, 29, 31 Scottsbluff 29 Sidney 7 York 24 Nevada Elko 20 Ely 27 Henderson 24 Las Vegas 2, 7, *11, 16, 22, 26, 29 Laughlin 32 Paradise 20 Reno 8, 11, 12, *15, 20, 23, 26 Tonopah 9 Winnemucca 16 New Hampshire Concord 23 Derry S Durham *11 Keene *18 Littleton *23 Manchester 9 Merrimack 29 New Jersey Atlantic City 4 Camden *23 Jersey City S Linden 35 Middletown Township 3 Millville S Montclair *S Mount Laurel S New Brunswick *8 Newark 12, 26 Newton 18 Paterson S Princeton S Secaucus 25 Trenton *S Vineland S Wildwood 36 New Mexico Alamogordo *4 Albuquerque 7, 13, 16, *17, 22, 24, 26, *35, 36 Carlsbad 19, 25 Clovis 12 Farmington 12 Hobbs 29 Las Cruces *23, 26 Portales *32 Roswell 8, 10, 21, 27 Santa Fe *8, 10, 27, 29 Silver City 10, 12 New York Albany 8, 21, 24 Amsterdam 19 Batavia 24 Binghamton 7, 8, 27, *31 Buffalo 16, *31, 32, 33, 34, 36, S Carthage 8 Corning *25, 30 Elmira 23, 35 Garden City *32 Ithaca 13 Jamestown 5 New Rochelle S New York 7, 11, *24, 27, 34, 36, S Norwood *23 Plattsburgh 14, *36 Riverhead 29 Rochester 9, 10, 21, *22, 28 Saranac Lake 34 Schenectady 22, *25, 35 Smithtown 23 Springville 7 Syracuse 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, *20, 36 Utica 29, 30, 34 Watertown *26, 31 North Carolina Archer Lodge S Asheville 13, *20, S Belmont 25 Burlington 26 Chapel Hill *20 Charlotte *9, 18, 19, 23, 24 Concord *21 Durham 9, 14 Edenton *29 Fayetteville 22 Goldsboro 8 Greensboro 28, 35, S Greenville 12, 19, *25, 36 Hickory 14 High Point 31 Jacksonville 16, *28 Kannapolis 32 Lexington S Linville *36 Lumberton *30 Manteo 13 New Bern 10 Raleigh 15, 17, 18 Roanoke Rapids *27 Rocky Mount 32 Wake Forest S Washington 34 Wilmington *21, 23, 24, 29 Winston-Salem 16, 29, *33 North Dakota Bismarck 12, 17, *22, 26, 31 Devils Lake 8, *25 Dickinson 7, *9, 19 Ellendale *20 Fargo *13, 19, 21, 36 Grand Forks *15, 27 Jamestown 7 Minot 10, 13, 14, *15, 24 Pembina 12 Valley City 24 Williston 8, *11, 14 Ohio Akron 17, 22, *24 Alliance *29 Athens *32 Bowling Green *22 Cambridge *6 Canton S, S Chillicothe 23 Cincinnati 12, *17, 18, 20, 26 Cleveland 8, 15, 19, *35, 36 Columbus 14, *16, 21, 27, 28 Dayton 31, 33, 34, *35, 36 Lima 4, 8 London S Lorain S Mansfield 12 Oxford *29 Portsmouth 15 Sandusky 3 Shaker Heights 10 Springfield S Steubenville 9 Toledo 11, 13, 23, 26, *29, 35 Youngstown 31, 33, S Zanesville 30 Oklahoma Ada 17 Bartlesville 36 Cheyenne *8 Claremore *32 Eufaula *31 Lawton 11 Muskogee 20 Norman 16 Oklahoma City 7, *13, 15, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 27, 33 Okmulgee 28 Shawnee 29 Tulsa 8, *11, 12, 14, 16, 22, 26, 34 Woodward 35 Oregon Bend *11, 18, 21 Coos Bay 22, 34 Corvallis *7 Eugene 9, 17, 28, *29, 31 Grants Pass 30 Jacksonville *4 Klamath Falls 13, 29, *33 La Grande *13, 16 Medford 5, *8, 12, 16, 26 Pendleton 11 Portland *10, 21, 24, 25, 26, 32 Roseburg 18, 19, 36 Salem 22, 33 Pennsylvania Allentown S, *S Altoona 6, 24, 31 Bethlehem 9 Clearfield *15 Erie 12, 21, 26, *27, 28 Greensburg 28 Harrisburg 10, 32, *36 Hazleton 22 Jeannette 11 Johnstown 8, 35 Lancaster 8, S Philadelphia 6, 17, 28, 30, 31, 33, *S Pittsburgh *4, 16, 20, 21, 23, 25, 27 Red Lion S Scranton 12, 21, 33, 34, *S Wilkes-Barre 11 Williamsport 29 Willow Grove S York S Rhode Island Newport 17 Providence *2, 7, 12, 25 South Carolina Allendale *21 Anderson 35 Beaufort *32 Charleston 17, 19, 20, *24, 25, 34 Columbia 7, 10, 15, 22, 25, *33 Conway *28 Florence 13, *16, 26, 27 Greenville 2, *8, 17, 29, 30 Greenwood *26 Hardeeville 26 Myrtle Beach 32, 36 Rock Hill 34, S Spartanburg 11, *S Sumter *29, 31 South Dakota Aberdeen 9, *17 Brookings *8 Eagle Butte *13 Florence 3 Huron 12 Lead 5, 10 Lowry *11 Martin *8 Mitchell 26 Pierre *10, 19 Rapid City 2, 7, 16, 21, *26 Reliance 13 Sioux Falls 7, 11, 13, 21, *24, 36 Vermillion *34 Tennessee Chattanooga 8, 9, 13, 14, *35 Cleveland 23 Cookeville *22 Crossville 31 Franklin 32 Greeneville 28 Hendersonville 33 Jackson 21, 35 Jellico 18 Johnson City 9 Kingsport 32 Knoxville 10, 15, 21, 26, *29, 34 Lebanon 25 Lexington *27 Memphis 13, 23, 25, 28, *29, 30, 31, 33 Murfreesboro 16 Nashville *7, 10, 20, 21, 27, 30, 36 Sneedville *24 Tazewell 36 Texas Abilene 15, 29, 30 Alvin 36 Amarillo *9, 10, 15, 19, 20 Arlington 25 Austin 7, 21, *22, 23, 33, 34 Baytown 31 Beaumont 12, 15, *29 Belton 17 Big Spring 33 Blanco 18 Borger 31 Bryan 24 College Station 16, 29 Conroe *12 Corpus Christi 8, 10, 19, *23, 26, 27 Dallas 8, *14, 21, 27, 32, 35, 36 Decatur 30 Del Rio 28 Denton *29 Eagle Pass 18 El Paso *13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, *21, 25 Farwell 18 Fort Worth 9, 18, 19, 24 Fredericksburg 8 Galveston 22, *23 Garland 33 Greenville 23 Harlingen 16, 18, *21 Houston *8, 11, 13, 19, 21, *24, 26, 34, 35 Irving 34 Jacksonville 22 Katy 25 Kerrville 32 Killeen 13 Lake Dallas 31 Laredo 8, 19 Llano 27 Longview 20, S Lubbock 16, *25, 27, 31, 35, 36 Lufkin 24 McAllen 17 Midland 18, 26 Nacogdoches 15 Odessa 9, 15, 23, *28, 30, 31 Port Arthur 27 Rio Grande 14 Rosenberg 30 San Angelo 11, 16, 19 San Antonio *9, 12, 15, *16, 24, 28, 29, 30 Sherman 12 Snyder 17 Sweetwater 20 Temple 9 Texarkana 26 Tyler 7 Uvalde 26 Victoria 11, 20 Waco 10, *20, 26, 28 Weslaco 13 Wichita Falls 15, 22, 28 Wolfforth 23 Utah Cedar City 14 Logan 12 Ogden 24, 35, *36 Price 11 Provo *17, 29, 32 Richfield *19 Salt Lake City 19, 20, 23, *27, 28, 30, 34 St. George *18, 21 Vernal 16 Vermont Burlington 7, 16, 20, *32 Montpelier S Rutland *10 St. Johnsbury *28 Windsor *S Virginia Arlington 15 Ashland 8 Bristol 35 Charlottesville 2, *26, 32 Culpeper *S Danville S Grundy 14 Hampton 35 Hampton-Norfolk *31 Harrisonburg 20 Lynchburg 7, 21 Manassas 35 New Market *S Norfolk 16, 32, 33 Petersburg 28 Portsmouth 19, 20 Richmond 10, *22, 23, 24, *29 Roanoke *13, 27, 30, 34, 36 Spotsylvania *S Staunton *15 Virginia Beach 7, 21 Washington Bellevue 24, 33 Bellingham 14, 19 Centralia *19 Everett 31 Kennewick 27 Pasco 18 Pullman *10, 24 Richland *22, 26 Seattle *9, 16, 23, 25, 30, 36 Spokane *7, 13, 15, 20, 28, 34, 36 Tacoma 11, 13, 21, *27, *34 Vancouver 30 Walla Walla 9 Yakima 14, 16, *21, 33 West Virginia Bluefield 17, 25 Charleston 18, 24, 29 Clarksburg 12, 13 Grandview *8 Huntington *9, 10, 22 Lewisburg 11 Martinsburg 13 Morgantown *34 Oak Hill 31 Parkersburg 35 Weston 33 Wheeling 7 Wisconsin Antigo 19 Appleton 36 Chippewa Falls 21 Crandon 13 Eagle River 26, 28 Eau Claire 17, 25 Fond du Lac 5 Green Bay 14, 18, 22, 23, *25 Janesville 21 Kenosha 30 La Crosse 8, *15, 28, 33 Madison 11, 18, 19, *20, 26 Mayville 34 Menomonie *27 Milwaukee *8, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, S, *S Park Falls *36 Racine S Rhinelander 16 Shawano 31 Superior 19 Suring 15 Wausau 7, 9, *24 Wyoming Casper *8, 12, 14, 17, 20 Cheyenne 11, 27, 30 Jackson 11 Lander 7, *8 Laramie *8 Rawlins 9 Riverton 10 Rock Springs 13 Sheridan 7, 13 Guam Hagåtña 8, 12 Tamuning 14 Puerto Rico Aguada 25 Aguadilla 12, 17 Arecibo 35 Bayamón S Caguas 11, *24 Carolina 30 Fajardo 13, *15, 16 Guayama 34 Humacao 23 Mayagüez 20, 29, 31, 32 Naranjito 18 Ponce 7, 9, 14, *19, 36, S San Juan 21, *26, 27, 28, S San Sebastián 33 Toa Baja *S Yauco S US Virgin Islands Charlotte Amalie 17, 21, *36 Christiansted 20, 23 (k) Minimum geographic spacing requirements for new TV allotments. No petition to add a new channel to the Table of TV Allotments will be accepted unless it shows compliance with the requirements of this paragraph.
(1) Requests filed pursuant to this paragraph must demonstrate compliance with the principal community coverage requirements of § 73.618.
(2) Requests filed pursuant to this paragraph must meet the following requirements for geographic spacing with regard to all other TV stations and allotments:
(i) For VHF channels 2–13 in Zone I, co-channel allotments must be separated by 244.6 km, and no adjacent-channel allotments are permitted between 20 km and 110 km.
(ii) For UHF channels 14–36 in Zone I, co-channel allotments must be separated by 196.3 km, and no adjacent-channel allotments are permitted between 24 km and 110 km.
(iii) For VHF channels 2–13 in Zones II and III, co-channel allotments must be separated by 273.6 km, and no adjacent-channel allotments are permitted between 23 km and 110 km.
(iv) For UHF channels 14–36 in Zones II and III, co-channel allotments must be separated by 223.7 km, and no adjacent-channel allotments are permitted between 24 km and 110 km.
(3) Zones are defined in § 73.609. The minimum distance separation between a TV station in one zone and TV station in another zone shall be that of the zone requiring the lower separation.
(4) Due to the frequency spacing that exists between Channels 4 and 5, between Channels 6 and 7, and between Channels 13 and 14, the minimum geographic spacing requirements specified in paragraph (k)(2) of this section shall not be applicable to these pairs of channels (§ 73.603(a)).
[62 FR 26712, May 14, 1997]