May 31, 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 Wednesday, June 1 through Friday, July 1, 2022.

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). In the Notice, MIC specifies the location, frequency, and antenna power of the transmission equipment of each terrestrial basic broadcasting station for which an application must be submitted 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 Wednesday, June 1, through 5:15 p.m. on Friday, July 1, 2022 (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)
Iwate Prefecture	Miyako City	87.2	100
Niigata Prefecture	Itoigawa City	94.8	100

3. Classification of terrestrial basic broadcasting

VHF broadcasting (excluding community broadcasting)

4. Submission destination of application form and contact information

A. If the transmission location is Iwate Prefecture

Broadcasting Division, Broadcasting Department, Tohoku Bureau of Telecommunications
TEL: 022-221-0671
Sendai 2nd Joint Government Building, 3-2-23 Honcho, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Sendai 980-8795

B. If the transmission location is Niigata Prefecture

Broadcasting Division, Information and Communications Department, Shinetsu Bureau of Telecommunications
TEL: 026-234-9939
Nagano 1st Joint Government Building, 1108 Asahimachi, Nagano-shi, Nagano 380-8795

3. Application form, etc. concerning this case

The application form, etc. are available on MIC's website (The Radio Use Website).

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