Sec. 73.3539  Application for renewal of license.

    (a) Unless otherwise directed by the FCC, an application for renewal 
of license shall be filed not later than the first day of the fourth 
full calendar month prior to the expiration date of the license sought 
to be renewed, except that applications for renewal of license of an 
experimental broadcast station shall be filed not later than the first 
day of the second full calendar month prior to the expiration date of 
the license sought to be renewed. If any deadline prescribed in this 
paragraph falls on a nonbusiness day, the cutoff shall be the close of 
business of the first full business day thereafter.
    (b) No application for renewal of license of any broadcast station 
will be considered unless there is on file with the FCC the information 
currently required by Secs. 73.3612 through 73.3615, inclusive, for the 
particular class of station.
    (c) Whenever the FCC regards an application for a renewal of license 
as essential to the proper conduct of a hearing or investigation, and 
specifically directs that it be filed by a date certain, such 
application shall be filed within the time thus specified. If the 
licensee fails to file such application within the prescribed time, the 
hearing or investigation shall proceed as if such renewal application 
had been received.
    (d) Renewal application forms titles and numbers are listed in 
Sec. 73.3500, Application and Report Forms.

[ 44 FR 38495 , July 2, 1979, as amended at  47 FR 28388 , June 30, 1982;  49 FR 32582 , Aug. 15, 1984]