94-6060. Radio Broadcast Service; AM Emission Limits

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 88-376]

 

Radio Broadcast Service; AM Emission Limits

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; notification of compliance.

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SUMMARY: Through this Public Notice, the Commission reminds AM radio 
licensees that effective June 30, 1994, the Commission will no longer 
employ a ``presumptive compliance'' policy whereby stations employing 
the NRSC audio reemphasis standard are presumed to comply with the 
NRSC-2 emission standard adopted in the First Report and Order in this 
proceeding (cited below). This document serves to remind licensees 
operating pursuant to the ``presumptive compliance'' provision that the 
temporary waiver period is coming to an end and that they must 
therefore resume an annual schedule of measuring their emitted spectra 
before June 30, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jim McNally, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Deadline Nears for Determining Compliance With AM Emission Limits

    In the First Report and Order in MM Docket No. 88-376, 54 FR 19572 
(May 8, 1989), the Commission adopted a new emission standard for AM 
broadcast stations that was intended to reduce second adjacent channel 
interference and to improve reception quality in the AM service. 
However, the Commission noted concerns about the implementation and 
compliance costs associated with the new standard. While the Commission 
expressed doubts about such costs, it nevertheless adopted a temporary 
``presumptive compliance'' policy by which stations employing the NRSC-
1 audio reemphasis standard would be presumed to comply with the NRSC-2 
emission standard until June 30, 1994. (Because the two standards were 
developed by the National Radio Systems Committee, they came to be 
known as NRSC-1 and NRSC-2.)
    Licensees of AM broadcast stations operating pursuant to the 
``presumptive compliance'' provision contained in Sec. 73.44(e) of the 
Commission's Rules are reminded that they must resume an annual 
schedule of measuring their emitted spectra before June 30, 1994. As 
result of the Sec. 73.44(e) temporary waiver period coming to an end, 
each station that has not been making measurements must do so by June 
30, 1994 to comply with Sec. 73.1590(a)(6). The procedure for measuring 
emissions is explained in Sec. 73.44(a) and the emission limits are 
contained in Sec. 73.44(b). No extension of the ``presumptive 
compliance'' policy is contemplated.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-6060 Filed 3-13-94; 8:45 am]
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