TV Marti May Operate at Variance from Original Authorization

The FCC issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order extending for one year the authorization for TV Marti "to operate Channel 13 facilities with technical parameters at variance from those that the Commission originally authorized." TV Marti has been operating a variance from its authorization since control of it was transferred from the United States Information Agency to the Broadcasting Board of Governors.

"TV Marti's operations on Channel 13 be on a noninterference basis and that such operations must cease if the Commission determines that they are causing harmful interference to any lawfully operating Commission licensee," the Order reported.

Technical details on the TV Marti operation were not disclosed in the Memorandum Opinion and Order.