December 5, 2022 Acceptance of License Applications for Complementary FM Relay Stations

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) will accept license applications for complementary FM relay stations for amplitude modulation (AM) medium-frequency radio broadcasts from Monday, December 5, 2022 through Wednesday, January 11, 2023.

1. Overview

MIC established Notice No. 183 in 2014 (on the determination of basic broadcasting stations for which license applications are required within the period of a public notice made under Article 6-4, item (viii) of the Regulation for Enforcement of the Radio Act). Based on the Notice, MIC specifies the location, frequency, and antenna power of the transmission equipment of each terrestrial basic broadcasting station that is required to apply for a license within a period announced by the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications. This time, MIC announces information concerning license applications as shown below, and will accept license applications for the complementary FM relay station for AM medium-frequency radio broadcasting.

2. Period (Content of Application Acceptance)

(1) Period of acceptance

From 8:30 a.m. on Monday, December 5, 2022 through 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday, January 11, 2023 (Submission of applications by postal mail must also arrive no later than the deadline).

(2) Covering area of terrestrial basic broadcasting, installation location (transmission location), frequency, and antenna power of radio equipment of terrestrial basic broadcasting station

Covering area	Transmission location	Frequency (MHz)	Antenna power (W)
Ishikawa Prefecture	Hakui City	93.1	100

(3) Classification of terrestrial basic broadcasting

VHF broadcasting (excluding community broadcasting)

(4) Submission destination of application form and contact information

Hokuriku Bureau of Telecommunications, 6F Kanazawa Hirosaka Joint Government Building, 2-2-60 Hirosaka, Kanazawa-shi 920-8795
Broadcasting Division, Information and Communications Department TEL: 076-233-4492

3. Application form, etc. concerning this case

The application form and other documents are available on MIC's website (The Radio Use Website).