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LegalText 47 U.S.C. § 331 Very high frequency stations and AM radio stations us united_states_code code_section 47 TELECOMMUNICATIONS 5 WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION 331 47 U.S.C. § 331 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc47@119-100.zip /us/usc/t47/s331 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-47/usc47.xml 3acf619835801137d0601ba22f77974592d98a467da4c1901a675ce046391550 7cfb2d22df305544d8fac4913876d34c6b712d99019bd01ec134ed44ef145534 fa9c94e50163f9555bcffabf3d7a9ef46ccbc97c5b1bf153979a43daea92b690 2026-07-04 official
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47 U.S.C. § 331 - Very high frequency stations and AM radio stations

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(a) Very high frequency stations It shall be the policy of the Federal Communications Commission to allocate channels for very high frequency commercial television broadcasting in a manner which ensures that not less than one such channel shall be allocated to each State, if technically feasible. In any case in which licensee of a very high frequency commercial television broadcast station notifies the Commission to the effect that such licensee will agree to the reallocation of its channel to a community within a State in which there is allocated no very high frequency commercial television broadcast channel at the time 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by “of”. such notification, the Commission shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law, order such reallocation and issue a license to such licensee for that purpose pursuant to such notification for a term of not to exceed 5 years as provided in section 307(d) 22 See References in Text note below. of this title.

(b) AM radio stations It shall be the policy of the Commission, in any case in which the licensee of an existing AM daytime-only station located in a community with a population of more than 100,000 persons that lacks a local full-time aural station licensed to that community and that is located within a Class I station primary service area notifies the Commission that such licensee seeks to provide full-time service, to ensure that such a licensee is able to place a principal community contour signal over its entire community of license 24 hours a day, if technically feasible.

(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 331, as added Pub. L. 97248, title III, § 355, Sept. 3, 1982, 96 Stat. 641; amended Pub. L. 102243, § 4, Dec. 20, 1991, 105 Stat. 2402; Pub. L. 103414, title III, § 303(a)(18), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4295; Pub. L. 115141, div. P, title IV, § 402(i)(5), Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1089.)

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Editorial Notes

References in TextSubsec. (d) of section 307 of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was redesignated subsec. (c) of section 307 by Pub. L. 97259, title I, § 112(a), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1093.

Codification Another section 331 of act June 19, 1934 was renumbered section 332 and is classified to section 332 of this title.

Prior ProvisionsA prior section 331, act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 331, as added Sept. 14, 1973, Pub. L. 93107, § 1, 87 Stat. 350, related to broadcasting of games of professional sports clubs, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 93107, § 2, Sept. 14, 1973, 87 Stat. 351, effective Dec. 31, 1975.

Amendments2018—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115141 struck out at end: “The Commission shall report to the appropriate committees of Congress within 30 days after December 20, 1991, on how it intends to meet this policy goal.” 1994—Pub. L. 103414 amended section catchline generally. 1991—Pub. L. 102243 inserted “and AM radio stations” in section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).