Sec. 73.1750  Discontinuance of operation.

    The licensee of each station shall notify the FCC in Washington, DC 
of 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, Washington, DC for 
cancellation. The license of any 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. If a 
licensee surrenders its license pursuant to an interference reduction 
arrangement, and its surrender is contingent upon the grant of another 
application, the licensee surrendering the license must identify in its 
notification the contingencies involved.

[ 47 FR 40175 , Sept. 13, 1982, as amended at  61 FR 28767 , June 6, 1996; 
 61 FR 46563 , Sept. 4, 1996]