Establishing Rules for Full Power Television and Class A Television Stations

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Federal Communications Commission 47 CFR Parts 0, 27, 73, and 74 [MB Docket No. 22-227, FCC 23-72; FR ID 173529] ( printed page 7224) AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) adopts several rule updates for full power and Class A television stations that no longer have any practical effect given the completion of the transition from analog to digital-only operations and the post incentive auction transition to a smaller television band with fewer channels. The Commission also adopts a restructuring of its full power television rules, which largely consist of the technical licensing, operating, and interference rules for full power television. DATES: Effective March 4, 2024, except for the amendments in instruction 15 (§ 73.619), instruction 21 (§ 73.625); instruction 52 (§ 73.1250); instruction 53 (§ 73.1350); instruction 56 (§ 73.1560); instruction 59 (§ 73.1615); instruction 60 (§ 73.1620); instruction 61 (§ 73.1635); instruction 62 (§ 73.1675); instruction 63 (§ 73.1690); instruction 64 (§ 73.1740); instruction 65 (§ 73.1750); instruction 66 (§ 73.2080); instruction 75 (§ 73.3540); instruction 78 (§ 73.3544); instruction 79 (§ 73.3549); instruction 80 (§ 73.3550); ins…