§  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]