Broadcasting services

§ 1 1) The establishment and use of broadcasting stations (sound broadcasting and television broadcasting stations) on board ships, aircraft or any other floating or airborne objects outside national territories is prohibited.

2) In principle, except in the frequency band 3 900-4 000 kHz, broadcasting stations using frequencies below 5 060 kHz or above 41 MHz shall not employ power exceeding that necessary to maintain economically an effective national service of good quality within the frontiers of the country concerned.

§ 2 1) In these Regulations, the expression “broadcasting in the Tropical Zone” indicates a type of broadcasting for internal national use in countries in the zone defined in Nos. 5.16 to 5.21, where it may be shown that because of the difficulty of high atmospheric noise level and propagation it is not possible to provide economically a more satisfactory service by using low, medium, or very high frequencies.

2) The use by the broadcasting service of the bands listed below is restricted to the Tropical Zone:

3) The carrier power of the transmitters operating in this service in the bands listed in No. 23.6 shall not exceed 50 kW.

4) Within the Tropical Zone, the broadcasting service has priority over the other services with which it shares the bands listed in No. 23.6.

5) However, in that part of Libya north of parallel 30° North the broadcasting service in the bands listed in No. 23.6 has equal rights to operate with other services in the Tropical Zone with which it shares these bands.

6) The broadcasting service operating inside the Tropical Zone, and other services operating outside this zone, are subject to the provisions of No. 4.8.

§ 3 Transmitting stations of the broadcasting service operating in the HF bands allocated to the broadcasting service, except the bands as referred to in No. 23.6, shall meet the system specifications contained in Appendix 11. (WRC-03)

§ 4 In devising the characteristics of a space station in the broadcasting-satellite service, all technical means available shall be used to reduce, to the maximum, the radiation over the territory of other countries unless an agreement has been previously reached with such countries.

If the Bureau receives an indication of a written agreement under No. 23.13, it shall include reference to that agreement when the assignments to the system are recorded with reference to No. 23.13 in the Remarks column of the Master International Frequency Register or included in the Regions 1 and 3 List. (WRC-2000)

If, within the four-month period following the publication of the Special Section for a broadcasting-satellite service (except sound broadcasting) network submitted for coordination under Article 9 or Appendix 30, an administration informs the Bureau that all technical means have not been used to reduce the radiation over its territory, the Bureau shall draw the attention of the responsible administration to the comments received. The Bureau shall request the two administrations to make every effort possible in order to resolve the issue. Either administration may request the Bureau to study the matter and submit its report to the administrations concerned. If no agreement can be reached, then the Bureau shall delete the territory of the objecting administration from the service area without adversely affecting the rest of the service area and inform the responsible administration. (WRC-2000)

If, after the four-month period mentioned above, an administration objects to remaining in the service area, the Bureau shall delete the territory of the objecting administration from the service area of the broadcasting-satellite service (except sound broadcasting) network concerned without adversely affecting the rest of the service area and inform the responsible administration. (WRC-2000)