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[A Joseph Ross]

I hope that whoever administers the estate knows about the deadline.

On 3/14/2023 9:47 PM, Garrett Wollman wrote:
> <<On Tue, 14 Mar 2023 02:40:17 -0400, A Joseph Ross<joe@attorneyross.com>  said:
>
>> Is it still the rule that a station which is dark for longer than a year
>> gets deleted?  If so, given the delays that can happen in estate
>> administration, I hope they manage to get the stations sold before the
>> deadline.
> The license of a a station that is silent for more than one year (or,
> as Congress put it, "twelve consecutive months") expires automatically
> as a matter of law.  This was in the Telecommunications Act of 1996
> and I have not heard that Congress has changed its mind in the past 27
> years.  However, Congress did provide that "the Commission may extend
> or reinstate such station license if the holder of the station license
> prevails in an administrative or judicial appeal, the applicable law
> changes, or for any other reason to promote equity and fairness." 47
> U.S.C. section 312(g).  As a practical matter, the FCC rarely
> exercises this discretion.
>
> -GAWollman
>

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A. Joseph Ross
Brookline, MA

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