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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  03-  3936 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of: 
 Editorial  Modifications  of  Part  73  of  the  Commission’s  Rules 
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 ORDER 
 Adopted:  December  11,  2003  Released:  December  12,  2003 
 By  the  Managing  Director: 
 1.  In  order  to  provide  a  more  efficiently  organized  presentation  of  the  various  materials,  e.  g.,  standards,  specifications,  and  similar  documents  that  are  referenced  in  the  regulations  for  broadcast  radio 
 services  in  Part  73  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  certain  administrative  revisions  are  necessary  to  those  rules. 


 2.  Authority  for  adoption  of  the  revisions  is  contained  in  47  C.  F.  R.  §  0.231(  b). 
 3.  The  amendments  adopted  herein  pertain  to  agency  organization,  procedure,  and  practice.  Consequently,  the  notice  and  comment  provisions  of  the  Administrative  Procedure  Act,  contained  in  5 


 U.  S.  C.  §  553(  b),  are  inapplicable. 
 4.  ACCORDINGLY,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that  Part  73  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  set  forth  in  Title  47  of  the  Code  of  Federal  Regulations,  IS  AMENDED,  as  set  forth  in  the  Appendix  to  this  Order,  TO  BE 


 EFFECTIVE  upon  publication  in  the  Federal  Register. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Andrew  S.  Fishel  Managing  Director 
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 APPENDIX 
 Part  73  of  Title  47  of  the  Code  of  Federal  Regulations  is  amended  as  follows: 
 PART  73  –  BROADCAST  RADIO  SERVICES 
 1.  The  authority  for  part  73  continues  to  read  as  follows: 
 AUTHORITY:  47  U.  S.  C.  154,  303,  334,  and  336. 
 2.  Amend  §  73.682  by  revising  paragraph  (d)  to  read  as  follows: 
 §  73.682  TV  transmission  standards. 
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 (d)  Digital  broadcast  television  transmission  standard.  Transmission  of  digital  broadcast  television  (DTV)  signals  shall  comply  with  the  standards  for  such  transmissions  set  forth  in  ATSC  A/  52:  “ATSC  Standard 


 Digital  Audio  Compression  (AC-  3)”  (incorporated  by  reference,  see  §  73.8000)  and  ATSC  Doc.  A/  53B,  Revision  B  with  Amendment  1:  “ATSC  Digital  Television  Standard,”  except  for  Section  5.1.2 
 (“  Compression  format  constraints”)  of  Annex  A  (“  Video  Systems  Characteristics”)  and  the  phrase  “see  Table  3”  in  Section  5.1.1.  Table  2  and  Section  5.1.2  Table  4  (incorporated  by  reference,  see  §  73.8000). 
 Although  not  incorporated  by  reference,  licensees  may  also  consult  ATSC  Doc.  A/  54,  Guide  to  Use  of  the  ATSC  Digital  Television  Standard,  October  4,  1995,  and  ATSC  Doc.  A/  65A,  Program  System  and 
 Information  Protocol  (PSIP)  for  Terrestrial  Broadcast  and  Cable,  December  23,  1997  for  guidance.  (Secs.  4,  5,  303,  48  Stat.,  as  amended,  1066,  1068,  1082  (47  U.  S.  C.  154,  155,  303)). 


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