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FCC 74.15
Revised as of October 1, 2008
Goto Year:2007 |
2009
Sec. 74.15 Station license period.
(a) Licenses for experimental broadcast stations will be issued for a one
year period.
(b) Licenses for stations or systems in the Auxiliary Broadcast Service held
by a licensee of a broadcast station will be issued for a period running
concurrently with the license of the associated broadcast station with which
it is licensed. Licenses held by eligible networks for the purpose of
providing program service to affiliated stations under subpart D of this
part, and by eligible networks, cable television operators, motion picture
producers and television program producers under subpart H of this part will
be issued for a period running concurrently with the normal licensing period
for broadcast stations located in the same area of operation.
(c) The license of an FM broadcast booster station or a TV broadcast booster
station will be issued for a period running concurrently with the license of
the FM radio broadcast station or TV broadcast station (primary station)
with which it is used.
(d) Initial licenses for low power TV, TV translator, and FM translator
stations will ordinarily be issued for a period running until the date
specified in Sec. 73.1020 of this chapter for full service stations operating in
their State or Territory, or if issued after such date, to the next renewal
date determined in accordance with Sec. 73.1020 of this chapter. Lower power TV
and TV translator station and FM translator station licenses will ordinarily
be renewed for 8 years. However, if the FCC finds that the public interest,
convenience or necessity will be served, it may issue either an initial
license or a renewal thereof for a lesser term. The FCC may also issue a
license renewal for a shorter term if requested by the applicant. The time
of expiration of all licenses will be 3 a.m. local time, on the following
dates, and thereafter to the schedule for full service stations in their
states as reflected in Sec. 73.1020 of this chapter:
(1) Nevada:
(i) FM translators, February 1, 1997.
(ii) LPTV and TV translator, February 1, 1998.
(2) California:
(i) FM translators, April 1, 1997.
(ii) LPTV and TV translators, April 1, 1998
(3) Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhodes
Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, West
Virginia, Ohio and the District of Colbumia:
(i) FM translators, June 1, 1997
(ii) LPTV and TV translators, June 1, 1998
(4) Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pureto Rico and the Virgin Islands:
(i) FM translators, August 1, 1997
(ii) LPTV and TV translators, August 1, 1998
(5) Oklahoma and Texas:
(i) FM translators, October 1, 1997
(ii) LPTV and TV translators, October 1, 1998
(6) Kansas and Nebraska:
(i) FM translators, December 1, 1997
(ii) LPTV and TV translators, December 1, 1998
(7) Iowa and South Dakota:
(i) FM translators, February 1, 1998
(ii) LPTV and TV translators, February 1, 1999
(8) Minnesota and North Dakota:
(i) FM translators, April 1, 1998
(ii) LPTV and TV translators, April 1, 1999
(9) Wyoming:
(i) FM translators, June 1, 1998
(ii) LPTV and TV translators, June 1, 1999
(10) Montana:
(i) FM translators, August 1, 1998
(ii) LPTV and TV translators, August 1, 1999
(11) Idaho:
(i) FM translators, October 1, 1995
(ii) LPTV and TV translators, October 1, 1996
(12) Washington:
(i) FM translators, December 1, 1995
(ii) LPTV and TV translators, December 1, 1996
(13) Oregon:
(i) FM translators, February 1, 1996
(ii) LPTV and TV translators, February 1, 1997
(14) Alaska, American Samoa, Guam, Mariana Islands and Hawaii:
(i) FM translators, April 1, 1996
(ii) LPTV and TV translators, April 1, 1997
(15) Colorado:
(i) FM translators, June 1, 1996
(ii) LPTV and TV translators, June 1, 1997
(16) New Mexico:
(i) FM translators, August 1, 1996
(ii) LPTV and TV translators, August 1, 1997
(17) Utah:
(i) FM translators, October 1, 1996
(ii) LPTV and TV translators, October 1, 1997
(18) Arizona:
(i) FM translators, December 1, 1996
(ii) LPTV and TV translators, December 1, 1997
(e) Licenses held by broadcast network-entities under Subpart F will
ordinarily be issued for a period of 8 years running concurrently with the
normal licensing period for broadcast stations located in the same area of
operation. An application for renewal of license shall be filed in
accordance with the provisions of Sec. 1.949.
(f) The license of an experimental broadcast station, FM translator or FM
broadcast booster, TV translator or TV broadcast booster, or low power TV
station will expire as a matter of law upon failure to transmit broadcast
signals for any consecutive 12-month period notwithstanding any provision,
term, or condition of the license to the contrary. Further, if the license
of any AM, FM, or TV broadcasting station licensed under part 73 of this
chapter expires for failure to transmit signals for any consecutive 12-month
period, the licensee's authorizations under part 74, subparts D, E, F, and H
in connection with the operation of that AM, FM, or TV broadcasting station
will also expire notwithstanding any provision, term, or condition to the
contrary.
(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 154,
155, 303))
[ 28 FR 13706 , Dec. 14, 1963, as amended at 49 FR 32583 , Aug. 15, 1984; 50 FR 26758 , June 28, 1985; 52 FR 7142 , Mar. 9, 1987; 52 FR 25604 , July 8, 1987;
52 FR 31402 , Aug. 20, 1987; 59 FR 63052 , Dec. 7, 1994; 61 FR 28767 , June 6,
1996; 62 FR 5347 , Feb. 5, 1997; 68 FR 12761 , Mar. 17, 2003; 69 FR 72045 ,
Dec. 10, 2004]
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Goto Year: 2007 |
2009
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