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F.C.C. RULES AND REGULATIONS
STATION CLASSIFICATION
AM Classification
Class 1. Class 1 stations are clear
channel stations with power not exceed-
50 kw. Their frequencies are protected
from onterference up to 750 miles.
Class 2. Class 2 stations are clear
channel stations with power ranging from
50 kw to 250 kw. All class 2 stations
must alter their signals at sunset so as
not to interfere with class 1 stations.
Class 3. These are stations with less
coverage area than Class 1 or 2 stations
These stations are assigned up to 5 kw
ERP (effective radiated power).
Class 4. Here are stations that operate
at 1kw or lower. These stations have to
sign off at sunset by law.
FM Classification
Class C. These are the most powerful of
all FM stations. Stations in this class
may be assigned a maximum ERP of 100 kw.
and a tower height of 2000 feet.
Class B. Class B stations operate up to
50 kw. The class B tower can not extend
beyond a height of 500 feet.
Class A. Class A station can not have
an ERP in excess of 3 kw., and the tower
can not exceed a height of 328 feet.
Class D This is set aside for non-com
mercial stations with 1o watts ERP.
Class C1 These stations may transmit up
to 100 kw. ERP with antennas not to ex-
tend 984 feet.
Class C2 These stations may transmit up
to 50 kw. ERP with antennas not to ex-
tend 492 feet.
Class B1 These stations may transmit up
to 25 kw. ERP with antennas not to ex-
tend 328 feet.
ENGINEER'S DUTIES
The FCC requires that all stations
designate someone as a chief engineer. A
chief engineer is responsible for all of
the station's technical operations.
Equipment repair, weekly inspections
and transmitter calibrations are all the
tasks of the chief engineer.
Other duties of the chief engineer
include training technicians, monitoring
radiation levels, and keeping track of
station logs.
STATION LOGS
All stations must keep an engineering
log. This document is to be kept on file
for two years from it's inception. The
station log must contain the following
information:
1. Transmitter output
2. Changes in output
3. Tower Light Malfuctions
4. EBS Test Information
5. Operator on duty signatures.
Entries must be made in the station
log either manually by a properly lic-
ensed operator in actual charge of the
transmitting devices.
Indications of operating parameters
that are required to be logged must be
logged prior to any adjustment of the
equipment. Where adjustments are made to
restore parameters to thier proper oper-
ating values, the corrected indications
must be logged and accompanied, if any
parameter deviation was beyond the pre-
scribed tolerance, by a notation descri-
bing the nature of the corrective action
Indications of all parameters whose val-
ues are affected by the modulation of
the carrier, must be read without modul-
ation. The actual time of observation
must be included in each log entry.
EBS WARNINGS
All stations are required to run a
test of the E.B.S ( Emergency Broadcast
System) at least once a week. This test
is to be conducted and the results of it
are to be logged on the station log. The
date, time, and test result is to be put
on the log along with the initials of
Operator on Duty. Any failures of the
EBS test are to be noted on the log.
All EBS test warnings that are aired
are to be accompannied with a disclaimer
stating that the test is in fact a test.
When a Weather Watch is reported to a
station, this is where conditions are in
a favorable position for the condition.
No further action is needed by the fa-
cility. However if the announcement is a
Warning, the EBS tones must be sounded
and the announcement must be made. This
is to be properly logged.
LICENSE
a. The stations license and or other
instrument of station authorization
shall be posted in a conspicuous place,
and in such a manner that all terms are
visible at the place the licensee con-
siders to be the principal control point
of the transmitter. At all other control
or ATS monitoring and alarm points a
photocopy of the station of the station
license and other authorizations shall
be posted.
b. The operator license of each sta-
tion operator employed full time or part
time or via a contract, shall be perman-
ently posted and shall remain posted so
long as the operator is employed by the
licensee. Operators employed at two or
more stations that are not co-located
shall post their operator license or
permit at one of the stations, and a
photocopy of the license or permit at
each other station. The operator license
shall be posted where the operator is on
duty either:
(1) At the transmitter
(2) At the extension meter location
(3) At the remote control point
(4) At the monitoring and alarm point
c. Posting of the operator's license
and the stations license, and any other
instrument of authorization shall be
done by affixing the licenses to a wall
at the posting location, or by enclosing
them in a binder or folder which is re-
tained at the posting location, so that
the documents will be readily available
and easily accessible.
The preceding was a comprehensive guide
guide to the rules and regulations of
Federal Communication Commission.