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.

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    (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.
    (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, ))

[49 303 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]