Sec.  73.3539   Application for renewal of license.

   (a) Unless otherwise directed by the FCC, an application for renewal of
   license 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, except that applications for renewal of license of an experimental
   broadcast station shall be filed not later than the first day of the second
   full calendar month prior to the expiration date of the license sought to be
   renewed. If any deadline prescribed in this paragraph falls on a nonbusiness
   day, the cutoff shall be the close of business of the first full business
   day thereafter.

   (b) No application for renewal of license of any broadcast station will be
   considered unless there is on file with the FCC the information currently
   required by  Sec.  Sec. 73.3612 through 73.3615, inclusive, for the particular class
   of station.

   (c) Whenever the FCC regards an application for a renewal of license as
   essential to the proper conduct of a hearing or investigation, and
   specifically directs that it be filed by a date certain, such application
   shall be filed within the time thus specified. If the licensee fails to file
   such application within the prescribed time, the hearing or investigation
   shall proceed as if such renewal application had been received.

   (d) Renewal application forms titles and numbers are listed in  Sec. 73.3500,
   Application and Report Forms.

   [ 44 FR 38495 , July 2, 1979, as amended at  47 FR 28388 , June 30, 1982;  49 FR 32582 , Aug. 15, 1984]