Technologie i telekomunikacja · 18/04/1997

Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service

After carefully reviewing the comments and information the Commission received following issuance of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the Commission issued this Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) to seek comment on its proposal to permit deployment of satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (``DARS'') terrestrial repeaters, or ``gap-fillers'', on an as-needed basis by satellite DARS licensees to meet their service requirements. The intended effect of the Commission's action in issuing the NPRM is to seek comment on whether to adopt the Commission's proposed rules for terrestrial repeaters which are based upon proposals suggested by comments from CD Radio. The Commission also seeks comment on its tentative conclusion to prohibit the use of terrestrial repeaters to transmit locally originated programming which would be inconsistent with the allocation of the DARS spectrum.