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Federal Communications Commission Information The following is an index of links and pages for FCC information. Typically FCC licensing for Two Way Radio (known as "Land Mobile") falls under the following provisions: Part 22 (Former Paging) Part 74 (Media)1 Part 80 (Maritime) Part 90 1- While Media Two Way Radio users have their own licenses, those licenses are actually childs to the parent broadcast license associated with the station. Licenses are renwed when the broadcast license is renewed, and likewise, revoked should the broadcast license also be revoked. Federal Information Processing System (FIPS), are codes which are used by several federal agencies (such as The National Weather Service and NOAA), the Emergency Alerting System (EAS), and Wireless Emergency Alert Activations (WEA). They are listed here. Disclaimer: Scan New England is not an FCC consultant. Information obtained from this page is for personal, private use only. Please see our Terms of Service for site use

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FCC Information

Link	Notes
VHF Low Band Channel Plan
VHF High Band Channel Plan
UHF High Band Channel Plan
"T-Band" Channel 14 Band Channel Plan
"T-Band" Channel 15 Band Channel Plan
"T-Band" Channel 16 Band Channel Plan
FCC General Menu Reports	(Often out of service) (Backup Link)
Scan New England FCC Database
FCC Emissions Designators from APCO
FCC's Universal Licensing System
Broadcast FCC license lookup
DHS NIFOG	ver 1.6.1a
Radio Reference	RR Maintains a FCC lookup tool, that's free to all.

T-Band

• T-Band, short for "Television Band" is a series of frequencies between 470-512 MHz, used by TV channels 14-20, assigned to 13 large metropolitan areas in the country.
• The FCC prohibited new broadcast licenses from 470-512 MHz within 150 miles of any of the 13 cities listed below.
• With the act that provisioned (required) broadcast television stations to broadcast a second, ATSC (digital TV) "companion channel", the prohibition of new Channels 14-20 in those markets was revoked.
• Previous congressional acts had threatened to force the FCC to auction off the T-Band, thus revoking the rights for Part 90 use. However in December 2020, President Donald Trump signed a Omnibus bill that repealed the auction, preventing the auction of the T-Band. The FCC ruling order officially terminated the auction on January 13, 2021(pdf) under order DA 21-52A1.
• The specific allocation rules for the T-Band frequencies falls under FCC 47 CFR 90.311.

Metropolitan area.	TV Channel	Frequency Range	Notes
Boston	14	470.00000-475.98750
Boston	16	482.00000-487.98750
Chicago	14	470.00000-475.98750
Chicago	15	476.00000-481.98750
Cleveland	14	470.00000-475.98750
Cleveland	15	476.00000-481.98750
Dallas-Ft. Worth	16	482.00000-487.98750
Detroit	15	476.00000-481.98750
Detroit	16	482.00000-487.98750
Houston	17	488.00000-491.98750
Los Angeles	14	470.30625-475.98750
Los Angeles	16	482.30625-487.98750	Frequencies are only available to Public Safety Pool Eligibles
Los Angeles	20	506.30625-511.98750
Miami	14	470.00000-475.98750
New York City	14	470.00000-475.98750
New York City	15	476.30625-481.98750
New York City	16	482.00000-487.98750
New York City	19	500.00000-505.98750	Special Allotment for Nassau County per DA-02-1771A1 only.
Philadelphia	19	500.30625-505.98750
Philadelphia	20	506.30625-511.98750
Pittsburgh	14	470.30625-475.98750
Pittsburgh	18	494.00000-499.98750
San Francisco (Bay Area)	16	482.30625-487.98750
San Francisco (Bay Area)	17	488.00000-493.98750
Washington, DC (Capital Area)	17	488.30625-493.98750
Washington, DC (Capital Area)	18	494.30625-499.98750

Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit special allotment

• In addition to the above table, the FCC has allocated "non federal" special frequency allocations.
• Cleveland and Detroit have a larger frequency pool in this table than does Buffalo
• Frequencies in the pools are for public safety or business.
• These allocations fall under FCC 47 CFR 90.273
• The allocations are as follows:

City	Frequency Range	Reference	Notes
Cleveland	422.19375 - 424.99375 MHz	80.5kM (50 Mi) of 41° 29' 51.2" N, 81° 41' 49.5" W	Repeater Output or Simplex
Cleveland	427.19375 - 429.99375 MHZ	80.5kM (50 Mi) of 41° 29' 51.2" N, 81° 41' 49.5" W	Repeater Input or Simplex
Cleveland	425.00000 - 425.48125 MHZ	80.5kM (50 Mi) of 41° 29' 51.2" N, 81° 41' 49.5" W	Simplex Only
Detroit	422.19375 - 424.99375 MHz	80.5kM (50 Mi) of 42° 19' 48.1" N, 83° 02' 56.7" W	Repeater Output or Simplex
Detroit	427.19375 - 429.99375 MHz	80.5kM (50 Mi) of 42° 19' 48.1" N, 83° 02' 56.7" W	Repeater Input or Simplex
Detroit	425.00000 - 425.48125 MHZ	80.5kM (50 Mi) of 42° 19' 48.1" N, 83° 02' 56.7" W	Simplex Only
Buffalo	423.81875 - 424.99375 MHz	80.5kM (50 Mi) of 42° 52' 52.2" N, 78° 52' 20.1" W	Repeater Output or Simplex
Buffalo	428.81875 - 429.99375 MHz	80.5kM (50 Mi) of 42° 52' 52.2" N, 78° 52' 20.1" W	Repeater Input or Simplex
Buffalo	425.00000 - 425.48125 MHZ	80.5kM (50 Mi) of 42° 52' 52.2" N, 78° 52' 20.1" W	Simplex Only

166.2500 / 170.1500

• Frequencies 166.2500 and 170.1500 are special use. In some parts of our area, they are public safety, others are broadcast.
• Broadcasters are the primary users under Part 74. See the specific rule below.
• Per FCC rule FCC 47 CFR 74.402(e)(8)

Operation on frequencies 166.2500 MHz and 170.1500 MHz is subject to the condition that harmful interference shall not be caused to present or future Government stations in the band 162-174 MHz and is also subject to the bandwidth and tolerance limitations and compliance deadlines listed in § 74.462 of this part. Authorization on these frequencies shall be in the lower 48 contiguous States only, except within the area bounded on the west by the Mississippi River, on the north by the parallel of latitude 37DEG30' N., and on the east and south by that arc of the circle with center at Springfield, Illinois, and radius equal to the airline distance between Springfield, Illinois, and Montgomery, Alabama, subtended between the foregoing west and north boundaries, or within 150 miles (241.4 km) of New York City.

(Source FCC spectrum table (pdf))