# Revitalization of the AM Radio Service
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2017-03-09 · Effective 2017-04-10 · 82 FR 13069
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-04252
- **Category:** broadcasting
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 13069
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 74
- **Publication date:** 2017-03-09
- **Effective date:** 2017-04-10
- **FCC docket:** MB Docket No. 13-249
## Abstract

This document amends the Commission's rule setting forth the allowable location of an FM translator station rebroadcasting the signal of an AM broadcast station. It changes the rule so that an AM broadcaster has a greater area in which an FM translator rebroadcasting the AM signal may be located, giving AM broadcasters greater flexibility in reaching their listeners. The change is necessary to accommodate AM radio stations located far from their communities of license, or those with highly directional signal patterns.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/03/09/2017-04252/revitalization-of-the-am-radio-service)
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