§  78.27   License conditions.

   (a) Authorizations (including initial grants, modifications,
   assignments or transfers of control, and renewals) in the Cable
   Television Relay Service to serve cable television systems and other
   eligible systems, shall contain the condition that cable television
   systems shall operate in compliance with the provisions of part 76
   (Cable Television Service) of this chapter and that other eligible
   systems shall operate in compliance with the provisions of part 21 and
   part 74 of this chapter.

   (b) CARS stations licensed under this subpart are required to commence
   operation within one year of the date of the license grant.

   (1) The licensee of a CARS station shall notify the Commission in
   writing when the station commences operation. Such notification shall
   be submitted on or before the last day of the authorized one year
   construction period; otherwise, the station license shall be
   automatically forfeited.

   (2) CARS licensees needing additional time to complete construction of
   the station and commence operation shall request an extension of time
   30 days before the expiration of the one year construction period.
   Exceptions to the 30-day advance filing requirement may be granted
   where unanticipated delays occur.

   [ 50 FR 23421 , June 4, 1985, as amended at  55 FR 46015 , Oct. 31, 1990;
    69 FR 57862 , Sept. 28, 2004]