---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 101.801"
title: "47"
number: "101.801"
heading: "Eligibility."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/101.801"
---

# §101.801. Eligibility.


Authorizations for stations in this service will be granted to existing and proposed communication common carriers. Applications will be granted only in cases where it is shown that:

- (a) The applicant is legally, financially, technically and otherwise qualified to render the proposed service;
- (b) There are frequencies available to enable the applicant to render a satisfactory service; and
- (c) **The public interest, convenience or necessity would be served by a grant thereof.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 26677, May 28, 1996, unless otherwise noted.