Sec. 63.61  Applicability.

    Any carrier subject to the provisions of section 214 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, except any non-dominant carrier 
as this term is defined in Sec. 61.3(u) of this chapter, proposing to 
discontinue, reduce, or impair interstate or foreign telephone or 
telegraph service to a community, or a part of a community, shall 
request authority therefor by formal application or informal request as 
specified in the pertinent sections of this part: Provided, however, 
That where service is expanded on an experimental basis for a temporary 
period of not more than 6 months, no application shall be required to 
reduce service to its status prior to such expansion but a written 
notice shall be filed with the Commission within 10 days of the 
reduction showing (a) date on which, places at which, and extent to 
which service was expanded and (b) date on which, places at which, and 
extent to which such expansion of service was discontinued:

And provided further, That a licensee of a radio station who has filed 
an application for authority to discontinue service provided by such 
station shall during the period that such application is pending before 
the Commission, continue to file appropriate applications as may be 
necessary for extension or renewal of station license in order to 
provide legal authorization for such station to continue in operation 
pending final action on the application for discontinuance of service.

[ 28 FR 13229 , Dec. 5, 1963, as amended at  45 FR 76169 , Nov. 18, 1980;  61 FR 59201 , Nov. 21, 1996]