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47 CFR 74.784

§ 74.784 Rebroadcasts.

United States · 47 CFR — Telecommunication · Status: effective

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47 CFR 74.784, § 74.784 Rebroadcasts, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/236972
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(a) The term rebroadcast means the reception by radio of the programs or other signals of a radio or television station and the simultaneous or subsequent retransmission of such programs or signals for direct reception by the general public. (b) The licensee of a low power TV or TV translator station shall not rebroadcast the programs of any other TV broadcast station or other station authorized under the provisions of this subpart without obtaining prior consent of the station whose signals or programs are proposed to be retransmitted. The FCC shall be notified of the call letters of each station rebroadcast, and the licensee of the low power TV or TV broadcast translator station shall certify it has obtained written consent from the licensee of the station whose programs are being retransmitted. This notification shall be provided by email to TVRebroadcast@fcc.gov, the Video Division's email box. (c) A TV translator station may rebroadcast only programs and signals that are simultaneously transmitted by a TV broadcast station. (d) [Reserved] (e) The provisions of § 73.1207 of part 73 of this chapter apply to LPTV stations in transmitting any material during periods of local origination obtained from the transmissions of any other type of station.

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This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.