---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 73.593"
title: "47"
number: "73.593"
heading: "Subsidiary communications services."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/73.593"
---

# §73.593. Subsidiary communications services.


The licensee of a noncommercial educational FM station is not required to use its subcarrier capacity, but if it chooses to do so, it is governed by [§§ 73.293 through 73.295](/cfr/47/73.293..73.295.md) of the Commission's Rules regarding the types of permissible subcarrier uses and the manner in which subcarrier operations shall be conducted; Provided, however, that remunerative use of a station's subcarrier capacity shall not be detrimental to the provision of existing or potential radio reading services for the blind or otherwise inconsistent with its public broadcasting responsibilities.


## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 26615, June 9, 1983]

### 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

[48 FR 26615, June 9, 1983]