---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 73.511"
title: "47"
number: "73.511"
heading: "Power and antenna height requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/73.511"
---

# §73.511. Power and antenna height requirements.

- (a) No new noncommercial educational station will be authorized with less power than minimum power requirements for commercial Class A facilities. (See [§ 73.211](/cfr/47/73.211.md).)
- (b) No new noncommercial educational FM station will be authorized with facilities greater than Class B in Zones I and I-A or Class C in Zone II, as defined in [§ 73.211](/cfr/47/73.211.md).
- (c) Stations licensed before December 31, 1984, and operating above 50 kW in Zones I and I-A, and above 100 kW and in Zone II may continue to operate as authorized.

## Notes

### Amendments

[50 FR 27963, July 9, 1985, as amended at 50 FR 31379, Aug. 2, 1985; 54 FR 3602, Jan. 25, 1989]

### Source

Source: 28 FR 13651, Dec. 14, 1963, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 72 FR 45692, Aug. 15, 2007.

### Authority

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

### Amendments

[50 FR 27963, July 9, 1985, as amended at 50 FR 31379, Aug. 2, 1985; 54 FR 3602, Jan. 25, 1989]