468 Federal Oom'lllJUniaations Oommission Reports
F.C.C.69-953
BEFORE THE
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
WASIDNGTON, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
AlvIENDMENT OF SECTION 73.316 (f) OF THE
COMMISSION'S RULES To REMOVE (!'HE RE 
QUIREMENT FOR FILING AN AM APPLICATION
IV-HEN AN FM APPLICANT PROPOSES To
SIDE-MoUNT AN FM ANTENNA ON A STAND 
ARD BROADOAST S'rATION TOWER WITHOUT
INCREASING THE OVERALL HEIGHT OF THAT
STRUCTURE
ORDER
(Adopted September 4,1969)
ByTHE CO>f>fISSION : COMMISSIONER JOHNSON ABSENT.
1. At the present time, section 73.316 (f) of the rules requires the
filing of an AM application.for construction permit or modification of
construction permit when it is proposed to side-mount an FM antenna
on an existing standard 'broadcast station tower, whether or not such
installation requires a change in the tower height of the supporting
structure. Practice has demonstrated that such AM applications serve
no useful purpose where no change in height of the AM towers occur,
and are not necessary to the processing of the FM applications. Too, it
must be noted that the construction J;>ermit issued after the approval
of the FM application always contams conditions that the standard
broadcast statIOn shall determine the operating power by the indirect
method during construction of the FM broadcast station antenna, and
there is a reqUIrement to remeasure the antenna resistance and current
after installation of theFM broadcast station antenna on the standard
broadcast station tower, and report the results of such measurements
on F.C.C. form 302.
2. In view of the above, and the fact that the present requirement
is burdensome and uilllecessary, the Commission finds that it is in the
public interest to amend sectIOn 73.316 (f) of its rules to abolish the
requirement of the filing of an AM application when an FM station is
sinlply side-mounting an FM antenna on an AM tower and not in 
creasingthe overall height of the structure.
3. Authority for the adoption of the amendment herein adopted,
is contained insections 4 (i) , 303 (f) , and 303 (r) ofthe Communications
Act of 1934, as amended.
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4. Because the chllJlge in our rules herein ordered is purely proce 
dural in nature and relaxes an existing requirement, complillJlce with
the usual notice llJld effective date provisIOns of the Administrative
Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553) is unnecessa.ry and would serve no usefu1
purpose.
5. In view of the foregoing, It is ordered, That effective Septem 
ber 12, 1969, section 73.316 (f) of the Commission's rules and regula 
tions Is a;mended.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATWNS COMMISSION,
BEN F. WAPLE, Seoreta;ry.
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