Sec. 73.731  Licensing requirements.

    (a) A license for an international broadcasting station will be 
issued only after a satisfactory showing has been made in regard to the 
following, among others:
    (1) That there is a need for the international broadcasting service 
proposed to be rendered.
    (2) That the necessary program sources are available to the 
applicant to render the international service proposed.
    (3) That the production of the program service and the technical 
operation of the proposed station will be conducted by qualified 
persons.
    (4) That the applicant is legally, technically and financially 
qualified and possesses adequate technical facilities to carry forward 
the service proposed.

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    (5) That the public interest, convenience and necessity will be 
served through the operation of the proposed station.

[ 38 FR 18895 , July 16, 1973]