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]