Sec.  73.1750   Discontinuance of operation.

   The licensee of each station shall notify by letter the FCC in Washington,
   DC, Attention: Audio Division (radio) or Video Division (television), Media
   Bureau, of the permanent discontinuance of operation at least two days
   before  operation is discontinued. Immediately after discontinuance of
   operation,  the  licensee  shall forward the station license and other
   instruments of authorization to the FCC, Attention: Audio Division (radio)
   or Video Division (television), Media Bureau, for cancellation. The license
   of any 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. If a licensee surrenders its license pursuant to an interference
   reduction agreement, and its surrender is contingent on the grant of another
   application,  the  licensee  must  identify  in  its  notification the
   contingencies involved.

   [ 67 FR 13233 , Mar. 21, 2002]