FCC

Federal Communications Commission Information The following is an index of links and pages for FCC information. Typically FCC licensing for Two Way Radio (known as "Land Mobile") falls under the following provisions: Part 22 (Former Paging) Part 74 (Media)1 Part 80 (Maritime) Part 90 1- While Media Two Way Radio users have their own licenses, those licenses are actually childs to the parent broadcast license associated with the station. Licenses are renwed when the broadcast license is renewed, and likewise, revoked should the broadcast license also be revoked. Disclaimer: Scan New England is not an FCC consultant. Information obtained from this page is for personal, private use only. Please see our Terms of Service for site use

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FCC Information

Link	Notes
VHF Low Band Channel Plan
VHF High Band Channel Plan
UHF High Band Channel Plan
"T-Band" Channel 14 Band Channel Plan
"T-Band" Channel 15 Band Channel Plan
"T-Band" Channel 16 Band Channel Plan
FCC General Menu Reports	(Often out of service)
Scan New England FCC Database
FCC Emissions Designators from APCO
FCC's Universal Licensing System
Broadcast FCC license lookup
Radio Reference	RR Maintains a FCC lookup tool, that's free to all.

T-Band

• T-Band, short for "Television Band" is a series of frequencies between 470-512 MHz, used by TV channels 14-20, assigned to 13 large metropolitan areas in the country.
• The FCC prohibited new broadcast licenses from 470-512 MHz within 150 miles of any of the 13 cities listed below.
• In 1996, with the act that provisioned (required) broadcast television stations to broadcast a second, ATSC (digital TV) "companion channel", the prohibition of new Channels 14-20 in those markets was revoked.
• Recently the FCC had announced the plan to revoke the use of T-Band for Land Mobile users. However objections by the NYPD and APCO may reverse this decision.
• The specific allocation rules for the T-Band frequencies falls under FCC 47 CFR 90.311.

TV Channel	Frequency Range	Metropolitan areas.
14	470 - 476 MHz	Boston, MA., Chicago, IL., Cleveland, OH2., Los Angeles, CA.3, Miami, FL., New York, NY., Pittsburgh, PA.3
15	476 - 482 MHz	Chicago, IL., Cleveland, OH2., Detroit, MI2., New York, NY.3
16	482 - 488 MHz	Boston, MA., Dallas-Ft Worth, TX., Detroit, MI2., Los Angeles, CA. 3,4, New York, NY., San Francisco (Bay Area), CA.3
17	488 - 494 MHz	Houston, TX., San Francisco (Bay Area), CA., Washington DC (Capital Area).3
18	494 - 500 MHz	Pittsburgh, PA., Washington DC (Capital Area).3
19	500 - 506 MHz	Philadelphia, PA.3, New York, NY.5
20	506 - 512 MHz	Los Angeles, CA.3, Philadelphia, PA.3

Sorted by Metro Area

Metropolitan area.	Frequency Range (TV Channel)
Boston	470-476 (14), 482-488 (16)
Chicago	470-476 (14), 476-482 (15)
Cleveland 2	470-476 (14), 476-482 (15)
Dallas-Ft. Worth	482-488 (16)
Detroit 2	476-482 (15), 482-488 (16)
Houston	488-492 (17)
Los Angeles	470-476 (14)3, 482-488 (16)3,4, 506-512 (20)3
Miami	470-476 (14)
New York	470-476 (14), 476-482 (15)3, 482-488 (16), 500-506 (19)5
Philadelphia	500-506 (19)3, 506-512 (20)3
Pittsburgh	470-476 (14)3, 494-500 (18)
San Francisco (Bay Area)	482-488 (16)3, 488-492 (17)
Washington, DC (Capital Area)	488-494 (17)3, 494-500 (18)3

• ²- In addition to the above table, the FCC has allocated "non federal" special frequency allocations.
• These allocations fall under FCC 47 CFR 90.273
• The allocations are as follows:

City	Frequency Range	Reference
Cleveland	422.1875-425.4875 MHz	80.5kM (50 Mi) of 41° 29' 51.2" N, 81° 41' 49.5" W
Cleveland	427.1875-429.9875 MHz	80.5kM (50 Mi) of 41° 29' 51.2" N, 81° 41' 49.5" W
Detroit	422.1875-425.4875 MHz	80.5kM (50 Mi) of 42° 19' 48.1" N, 83° 02' 56.7" W
Detroit	427.1875-429.9875 MHz	80.5kM (50 Mi) of 42° 19' 48.1" N, 83° 02' 56.7" W
Buffalo	423.8125-425.4875 MHz	80.5kM (50 Mi) of 42° 52' 52.2" N, 78° 52' 20.1" W
Buffalo	428.8125-429.9875 MHz	80.5kM (50 Mi) of 42° 52' 52.2" N, 78° 52' 20.1" W

• ³- Frequencies on this allocation begin at .30625 from the lower edge of the allocation for both the output and input halves of the allocation. (i.e. Pittsburgh on 14 begins at 470.30625 vs 470.0000)
• ⁴- Frequencies are only available to Public Safety Pool Eligibles
• ⁵- Channel 19 is not allotted to New York City. Rather Nassau County (NY) Police requested and were granted a waiver to operate on the frequencies of channel 19.

(Source FCC spectrum table (pdf))

166.2500 / 170.1500

• Frequencies 166.2500 and 170.1500 are special use. In some parts of our area, they are public safety, others are broadcast.
• Broadcasters are the primary users under Part 74. See the specific rule below.
• Per FCC rule 74.402(e)(8):

Operation on frequencies 166.2500 MHz and 170.1500 MHz is subject to the condition that harmful interference shall not be caused to present or future Government stations in the band 162-174 MHz and is also subject to the bandwidth and tolerance limitations and compliance deadlines listed in § 74.462 of this part. Authorization on these frequencies shall be in the lower 48 contiguous States only, except within the area bounded on the west by the Mississippi River, on the north by the parallel of latitude 37DEG30' N., and on the east and south by that arc of the circle with center at Springfield, Illinois, and radius equal to the airline distance between Springfield, Illinois, and Montgomery, Alabama, subtended between the foregoing west and north boundaries, or within 150 miles (241.4 km) of New York City.