---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 73.731"
title: "47"
number: "73.731"
heading: "Licensing requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/73.731"
---

# §73.731. Licensing requirements.

- (a) A license for an international broadcasting station will be issued only after a satisfactory showing has been made in regard to the following, among others:
  - (1) **That there is a need for the international broadcasting service proposed to be rendered.**
  - (2) That the necessary program sources are available to the applicant to render the international service proposed.
  - (3) That the production of the program service and the technical operation of the proposed station will be conducted by qualified persons.
  - (4) That the applicant is legally, technically and financially qualified and possesses adequate technical facilities to carry forward the service proposed.
  - (5) That the public interest, convenience and necessity will be served through the operation of the proposed station.

## Notes

### Amendments

[38 FR 18895, July 16, 1973]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 301, 303, 307, 309, 310, 334, 336, 339.

### Amendments

[38 FR 18895, July 16, 1973]