Radio and Television Act Article 12

A radio/television station operating license shall be valid for nine years.Before expiration of the license in the preceding Paragraph, an application shall be filed for license renewal in accordance with the notice of the regulatory agency. The qualifications, procedures and complying matters concerning the renewal shall be prescribed by the regulatory agency.The application according to the preceding Paragraph, shall be filed within one year before the expiration.Should the documents submitted with the application for radio/television station operating license renewal be found by the regulatory agency during its review to be incomplete, the radio/television business shall be notified in writing to submit the necessary corrections or supplements within a prescribed period of time. If it fails to do so by the given time, the application shall be rejected.The application forms and accompanying documents for the radio/television station operating license renewal shall be prescribed by the regulatory agency.Once every three years, the regulatory agency shall assess the execution report of the operation plan submitted by the radio/television business.Should the assessment results mentioned in the preceding Paragraph reveal that a radio/television business has failed to live up to the operating plan and therefore needs to be corrected, the regulatory agency shall notify the said business to make corrections within a specified period of time. In the event that required corrections are not made, the regulatory agency shall revoke the permit and cancel the radio/television station operating license.