---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 73.3544"
title: "47"
number: "73.3544"
heading: "Application to obtain a modified station license."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/73.3544"
---

# §73.3544. Application to obtain a modified station license.


Where prior authority from the FCC is not required to make certain changes in the station authorization or facilities, but a modified station license must be obtained, the following procedures shall be used to obtain modification of the station license:

- (a) The changes specified in [§ 73.1690(c)](/cfr/47/73.1690.md?p=c) may be made by the filing of a license application using the forms listed in [§ 73.3536(b)(1)](/cfr/47/73.3536.md?p=b-1).
- (b) An electronic filing via LMS of an Administrative Update, see [§ 73.3511(b)](/cfr/47/73.3511.md?p=b), may be filed with the FCC, to cover the following changes:
  - (1) A correction of the routing instructions and description of an AM station directional antenna system field monitoring point, when the point itself is not changed.
  - (2) **A change in the type of AM station directional antenna monitor.** See [§ 73.69](/cfr/47/73.69.md).
  - (3) The location of a remote control point of an AM or FM station when prior authority to operate by remote control is not required.
- (c) A change in the name of the licensee where no change in ownership or control is involved may be accomplished by electronically filing via LMS an Administrative Update.

## Notes

### Amendments

[44 FR 38497, July 2, 1979, as amended at 45 FR 20483, Mar. 28, 1980; 50 FR 32416, Aug. 12, 1985; 62 FR 51063, Sept. 30, 1997; 63 FR 33878, June 22, 1998; 67 FR 13232, Mar. 21, 2002; 82 FR 57884, Dec. 8, 2017; 89 FR 7259, Feb. 1, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 301, 303, 307, 309, 310, 334, 336, 339.

### Amendments

[44 FR 38497, July 2, 1979, as amended at 45 FR 20483, Mar. 28, 1980; 50 FR 32416, Aug. 12, 1985; 62 FR 51063, Sept. 30, 1997; 63 FR 33878, June 22, 1998; 67 FR 13232, Mar. 21, 2002; 82 FR 57884, Dec. 8, 2017; 89 FR 7259, Feb. 1, 2024]