- (a) The licensee of a broadcast station shall make the station available for inspection by representatives of the FCC during the station's business hours, or at any time it is in operation.
- (b) In the course of an inspection or investigation, an FCC representative may require special equipment tests, program tests or operation with nighttime or presunrise facilities during daytime hours pursuant to § 0.314, part 0, of the FCC rules.
(c) The following records shall be made available by all broadcast stations upon request by representatives of the FCC.
- (1) Equipment performance measurements required by §§ 73.1590 and 73.1690.
- (2) The written designations for chief operators and, when applicable, the contracts for chief operators engaged on a contract basis.
- (3) Application for modification of the transmission system made pursuant to § 73.1690(c).
- (4) Informal statements or drawings depicting any transmitter modification made pursuant to § 73.1690(e).
- (5) Station logs and special technical records.
(d) Commercial and noncommercial AM stations must make the following information also available upon request by representatives of the FCC.
- (1) Copy of the most recent antenna or common-point impedance measurements.
- (2) Copy of the most recent field strength measurements made to establish performance of directional antennas required by § 73.151.
(3) Copy of the partial directional antenna proofs of performance made in accordance with § 73.154 and made pursuant to the following requirements:
- (i) Section 73.68, Sampling systems for antenna monitors.
- (ii) Section 73.69, Antenna monitors.
- (iii) Section 73.61, AM direction antenna field strength measurements.
[43 FR 45846, Oct. 4, 1978; 43 FR 50683, Oct. 31, 1978, as amended at 51 FR 41629, Nov. 18, 1986; 51 FR 44478, Dec. 10, 1986; 57 FR 48333, Oct. 23, 1992]