Sec. 21.929  Authorization period for station licenses.

    (a)(1) A BTA authorization will be granted for a term of ten years, 
terminating ten years from the date of the Commission declared bidding 
closed in the MDS auction.
    (2) A BTA authorization shall automatically terminate without 
further notice to the licensee upon expiration of the ten-year license 
term unless prior thereto an application for renewal of such license has 
been filed with the Commission.
    (b) Notwithstanding Sec. 21.45, each new MDS station licensed within 
a BTA or PSA will be granted for a term of ten years, terminating ten 
years from the date the Commission declared bidding closed in the MDS 
auction.
[ 60 FR 36555 , July 17, 1995, as amended at  60 FR 57367 , Nov. 15, 1995]