---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 90.149"
title: "47"
number: "90.149"
heading: "License term."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/90.149"
---

# §90.149. License term.

- (a) Except as provided in [subpart R](/cfr/47/subpartR.md) of this part, licenses for stations authorized under this part will be issued for a term not to exceed ten (10) years from the date of the original issuance or renewal.
- (b) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Amendments

[43 FR 54791, Nov. 22, 1978, as amended at 49 FR 36376, Sept. 17, 1984; 56 FR 19602, Apr. 29, 1991; 56 FR 65858, Dec. 19, 1991; 59 FR 59958, Nov. 21, 1994; 62 FR 18924, Apr. 17, 1997; 63 FR 68964, Dec. 14, 1998; 65 FR 60875, Oct. 13, 2000; 69 FR 46442, Aug. 3, 2004; 70 FR 61061, Oct. 20, 2005; 78 FR 25175, Apr. 29, 2013; 86 FR 23296, May 3, 2021; 89 FR 100851, Dec. 13, 2024; 90 FR 57710, Dec. 12, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 161, 303(g), 303(r), 332(c)(7), 1401-1473

### Source

Source: 43 FR 54791, Nov. 22, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[43 FR 54791, Nov. 22, 1978, as amended at 49 FR 36376, Sept. 17, 1984; 56 FR 19602, Apr. 29, 1991; 56 FR 65858, Dec. 19, 1991; 59 FR 59958, Nov. 21, 1994; 62 FR 18924, Apr. 17, 1997; 63 FR 68964, Dec. 14, 1998; 65 FR 60875, Oct. 13, 2000; 69 FR 46442, Aug. 3, 2004; 70 FR 61061, Oct. 20, 2005; 78 FR 25175, Apr. 29, 2013; 86 FR 23296, May 3, 2021; 89 FR 100851, Dec. 13, 2024; 90 FR 57710, Dec. 12, 2025]