Sec.  21.932   Forfeiture of incumbent MDS station licenses.

   

   (a) If the license for a incumbent MDS station is forfeited, absent
   the filing and grant of a petition for reinstatement pursuant to
   Sec. 21.44(b), the 56.33 km (35 mile) protected service area of the
   incumbent station shall dissolve and the protected service area shall
   become part of the BTA or PSA surrounding it.

   (b) If upon forfeiture the protected service area of a forfeited
   license extends across the boundaries of more than one BTA or PSA, the
   portions of the protected service area of the incumbent station shall
   merge with the overlapping BTAs or PSAs.

   (c) The holder of the authorization for the BTA or PSA with which the
   service area of the forfeited incumbent station has merged has the
   exclusive right to file a long-form application to operate a station
   within the merged area and may modify the locations of its stations to
   serve the forfeited area.

   [ 60 FR 36556 , July 17, 1995]