§ 21.929 - Authorization period for station licenses.

(a)(1) A BTA authorization will be granted for a term of ten years, terminating ten years from the date of the Commission declared bidding closed in the MDS auction.

(2) A BTA authorization shall automatically terminate without further notice to the licensee upon expiration of the ten-year license term unless prior thereto an application for renewal of such license has been filed with the Commission.

(b) Notwithstanding § 21.45, each new MDS station licensed within a BTA or PSA will be granted for a term of ten years, terminating ten years from the date the Commission declared bidding closed in the MDS auction.