[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 21, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 15800-15801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-55508]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73


Radio Broadcast Services

CFR Correction

    In Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 70 to 79, 
revised as of October 1, 2000, on page 278, part 73 is corrected by 
adding Sec. 73.1020 as set forth below:


Sec. 73.1020  Station license period.

    (a) Initial licenses for broadcast stations will ordinarily be 
issued for a period running until the date specified in this section 
for the State or Territory in which the station is located. If issued 
after such date, it will run to the next renewal date determined in 
accordance with this section. Both radio and TV broadcasting stations 
will ordinarily be renewed for 8 years. However, if the FCC finds that 
the public interest, convenience and necessity will be served thereby, 
it may issue either an initial license or a renewal thereof for a 
lesser term. The time of expiration of normally issued initial and 
renewal licenses will be 3 a.m., local time, on the following dates and 
thereafter at 8-year intervals for radio and TV broadcast stations 
located in:
    (1) Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia and West Virginia:
    (i) Radio stations, October 1, 1995.
    (ii) Television stations, October 1, 1996.
    (2) North Carolina and South Carolina:
    (i) Radio stations, December 1, 1995.
    (ii) Television stations, December 1, 1996.
    (3) Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands:
    (i) Radio stations, February 1, 1996.
    (ii) Television stations, February 1, 1997.
    (4) Alabama and Georgia:
    (i) Radio stations, April 1, 1996.
    (ii) Television stations, April 1, 1997.
    (5) Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi:
    (i) Radio stations, June 1, 1996.
    (ii) Television stations, June 1, 1997.
    (6) Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana:
    (i) Radio stations, August 1, 1996.
    (ii) Television stations, August 1, 1997.
    (7) Ohio and Michigan:
    (i) Radio stations, October 1, 1996.
    (ii) Television stations, October 1, 1997.
    (8) Illinois and Wisconsin:
    (i) Radio stations, December 1, 1996.
    (ii) Television stations, December 1, 1997.
    (9) Iowa and Missouri:
    (i) Radio stations, February 1, 1997.
    (ii) Television stations, February 1, 1998.
    (10) Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Colorado:
    (i) Radio stations, April 1, 1997.
    (ii) Television stations, April 1, 1998.
    (11) Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska:
    (i) Radio stations, June 1, 1997.
    (ii) Television stations, June 1, 1998.
    (12) Texas:
    (i) Radio stations, August 1, 1997.
    (ii) Television stations, August 1, 1998.
    (13) Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and Idaho:
    (i) Radio stations, October 1, 1997.
    (ii) Television stations, October 1, 1998.
    (14) California:
    (i) Radio stations, December 1, 1997.
    (ii) Television stations, December 1, 1998.
    (15) Alaska, American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Mariana Islands, Oregon 
and Washington:
    (i) Radio stations, February 1, 1998.
    (ii) Television stations, February 1, 1999.
    (16) Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island 
and Vermont:
    (i) Radio stations, April 1, 1998.
    (ii) Television stations, April 1, 1999.
    (17) New Jersey and New York:
    (i) Radio stations, June 1, 1998.
    (ii) Television stations, June 1, 1999.

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    (18) Delaware and Pennsylvania:
    (i) Radio stations, August 1, 1998.
    (ii) Television stations, August 1, 1999.
    (b) For the cutoff date for the filing of applications mutually 
exclusive with renewal applications that are filed on or before May 1, 
1995 and for the deadline for filing petitions to deny renewal 
applications, see Sec. 73.3516(e).
    (c) The license of a 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.

(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 
154, 155, 303))


[49 FR 4382, Feb. 6, 1984, as amended at 52 FR 25604, July 8, 1987; 
59 FR 63051, Dec. 7, 1994; 61 FR 18291, Apr. 25, 1996; 61 FR 28767, 
June 6, 1996; 62 FR 5347, Feb. 5, 1997]

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