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FCC 74.15
Revised as of October 1, 2010
Goto Year:2009 |
2011
§ 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 § 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 § 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 § 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 § 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: 2009 |
2011
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