47 CFR § 5.215 - Program service and charges.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t47/s5.215"
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title: "47 CFR § 5.215 - Program service and charges."
title_number: 47
title_name: "Telecommunication"
section_number: "5.215"
section_name: "Program service and charges."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "5"
part_name: "EXPERIMENTAL RADIO SERVICE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302, 303, 307, 336."
regulatory_source: "78 FR 25162, Apr. 29, 2013, unless otherwise noted."
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# 5.215 Program service and charges.

(a) The licensee of a broadcast experimental radio station may transmit program material only when necessary to the experiments being conducted, and no regular program service may be broadcast unless specifically authorized.

(b) The licensee of a broadcast experimental radio station may make no charges nor ask for any payment, directly or indirectly, for the production or transmission of any programming or information used for experimental broadcast purposes.