FCC 73.762 Revised as of October 1, 2007
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Sec. 73.762 Time of operation.
(a) All international broadcasting stations shall operate in accordance with
the times indicated on their seasonal schedules.
(b) In the event that causes beyond a licensee's control make it impossible
to adhere to the seasonal schedule or to continue operating, the station may
limit or discontinue operation for a period of not more than 10 days,
without further authority from the FCC. However, in such cases, the FCC
shall be immediately notified in writing of such limitation or
discontinuance of operation and shall subsequently be notified when the
station resumes regular operation.
(c) In the event that causes beyond a licensee's control make it impossible
to adhere to the seasonal schedule or to continue operating for a temporary
period of more than 10 days, the station may not limit or discontinue
operation until it requests and receives specific authority to do so from
the FCC. When the station subsequently resumes regular operation after such
limited operation or discontinuance of operation, it shall notify the FCC in
Washington, DC. 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.
[ 38 FR 18895 , July 16, 1973, as amended at 47 FR 40174 , Sept. 13, 1982; 61 FR 28767 , June 6, 1996. Redesignated at 70 FR 46677 , Aug. 10, 2005]
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