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General Provisions

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License for radio communication or transmission of energy

Repealed. June 5, 1936, ch. 511, §1, 49 Stat. 1475

Devices which interfere with radio reception

Powers and duties of Commission

Standards for children's television programming

Consideration of children's television service in broadcast license renewal

Television program improvement

Waiver by license of claims to particular frequency or of electromagnetic spectrum

Government owned stations

Foreign ships; application of section 301

Licenses

Requirements for license

Application for license

Reports related to spectrum auctions

License ownership restrictions

Requirements as to certain applications in broadcasting service

Administrative sanctions

Revocation of operator's license used in unlawful distribution of controlled substances

Application of antitrust laws to manufacture, sale, and trade in radio apparatus

Competition in commerce; preservation

Candidates for public office

Modification by Commission of station licenses or construction permits; burden of proof

Announcement of payment for broadcast

Transmitting apparatus; operator's license

Construction permits

Stations liable to interfere with distress signals; designation and regulation

Distress signals and communications; equipment on vessels; regulations

Exchanging radio communications between land and ship stations and from ship to ship

Interference between Government and commercial stations

Use of minimum power

False, fraudulent, or unauthorized transmissions

Censorship

Naval stations; use for commercial messages; rates

Repealed. Pub. L. 103–414, title III, §304(a)(10), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4297

Administration of radio laws in Territories and possessions

Prohibition against shipment of certain television receivers

Very high frequency stations and AM radio stations

Mobile services

Willful or malicious interference

Limitation on revision of equal employment opportunity regulations

Direct broadcast satellite service obligations

Broadcast spectrum flexibility

Allocation and assignment of new public safety services licenses and commercial licenses

Carriage of local television signals by satellite carriers

Carriage of distant television stations by satellite carriers

Significantly viewed signals permitted to be carried

Carriage of television signals to certain subscribers

Process for issuing qualified carrier certification

Conditions on commercial terrestrial operations