FCC 73.1020 Revised as of October 1, 2007
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Sec. 73.1020 Station license period.
(a) Initial licenses for broadcast stations will ordinarily be issued for a
period running until the date specified in this section for the State or
Territory in which the station is located. If issued after such date, it
will run to the next renewal date determined in accordance with this
section. Both radio and TV broadcasting stations will ordinarily be renewed
for 8 years. However, if the FCC finds that the public interest, convenience
and necessity will be served thereby, it may issue either an initial license
or a renewal thereof for a lesser term. The time of expiration of normally
issued initial and renewal licenses will be 3 a.m., local time, on the
following dates and thereafter at 8-year intervals for radio and TV
broadcast stations located in:
(1) Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia and West Virginia:
(i) Radio stations, October 1, 1995.
(ii) Television stations, October 1, 1996.
(2) North Carolina and South Carolina:
(i) Radio stations, December 1, 1995.
(ii) Television stations, December 1, 1996.
(3) Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands:
(i) Radio stations, February 1, 1996.
(ii) Television stations, February 1, 1997.
(4) Alabama and Georgia:
(i) Radio stations, April 1, 1996.
(ii) Television stations, April 1, 1997.
(5) Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi:
(i) Radio stations, June 1, 1996.
(ii) Television stations, June 1, 1997.
(6) Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana:
(i) Radio stations, August 1, 1996.
(ii) Television stations, August 1, 1997.
(7) Ohio and Michigan:
(i) Radio stations, October 1, 1996.
(ii) Television stations, October 1, 1997.
(8) Illinois and Wisconsin:
(i) Radio stations, December 1, 1996.
(ii) Television stations, December 1, 1997.
(9) Iowa and Missouri:
(i) Radio stations, February 1, 1997.
(ii) Television stations, February 1, 1998.
(10) Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Colorado:
(i) Radio stations, April 1, 1997.
(ii) Television stations, April 1, 1998.
(11) Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska:
(i) Radio stations, June 1, 1997.
(ii) Television stations, June 1, 1998.
(12) Texas:
(i) Radio stations, August 1, 1997.
(ii) Television stations, August 1, 1998.
(13) Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and Idaho:
(i) Radio stations, October 1, 1997.
(ii) Television stations, October 1, 1998.
(14) California:
(i) Radio stations, December 1, 1997.
(ii) Television stations, December 1, 1998.
(15) Alaska, American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Mariana Islands, Oregon and
Washington:
(i) Radio stations, February 1, 1998.
(ii) Television stations, February 1, 1999.
(16) Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and
Vermont:
(i) Radio stations, April 1, 1998.
(ii) Television stations, April 1, 1999.
(17) New Jersey and New York:
(i) Radio stations, June 1, 1998.
(ii) Television stations, June 1, 1999.
(18) Delaware and Pennsylvania:
(i) Radio stations, August 1, 1998.
(ii) Television stations, August 1, 1999.
(b) For the cutoff date for the filing of applications mutually exclusive
with renewal applications that are filed on or before May 1, 1995 and for
the deadline for filing petitions to deny renewal applications, see
Sec. 73.3516(e).
(c) The license of a broadcasting station that fails to transmit broadcast
signals for any consecutive 12-month period expires as a matter of law at
the end of that period, notwithstanding any provision, term, or condition of
the license to the contrary.
(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 154,
155, 303))
[ 49 FR 4382 , Feb. 6, 1984, as amended at 52 FR 25604 , July 8, 1987; 59 FR 63051 , Dec. 7, 1994; 61 FR 18291 , Apr. 25, 1996; 61 FR 28767 , June 6, 1996;
62 FR 5347 , Feb. 5, 1997]
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