Sec. 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 Sec. 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 
Sec. 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 Sec. 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

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    (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 for instructional television fixed stations will be 
issued for a period of 10 years beginning with the date of grant. An 
application for renewal of license (FCC Form 330-R) shall be filed not 
later than the first day of the fourth full calendar month prior to the 
expiration date of the license sought to be renewed. If the prescribed 
deadline falls on a nonbusiness day, the cutoff shall be the close of 
business of the first full business day thereafter.
    (f) 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 (FCC Form 313-
R) shall be filed not later than the first day of the fourth full 
calendar month prior to the expiration date of the license sought to be 
renewed. If the prescribed deadline falls on a nonbusiness day, the 
cutoff shall be the close of business of the first full business day 
thereafter.
    (g) 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 
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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, ))

[28 303 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]