{"data":{"id":"us/47-cfr-1.2102","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"47 CFR 1.2102","heading":"Eligibility of applications for competitive bidding.","body":"(a) Mutually exclusive initial applications are subject to competitive bidding.\n(b) The following types of license applications are not subject to competitive bidding procedures:\n(1) Public safety radio services, including private internal radio services used by state and local governments and non-government entities and including emergency road services provided by not-for-profit organizations, that\n(i) Are used to protect the safety of life, health, or property; and\n(ii) Are not commercially available to the public;\n(2) Initial licenses or construction permits for digital television service given to existing terrestrial broadcast licensees to replace their analog television service licenses; or\n(3) Noncommercial educational and public broadcast stations described under 47 U.S.C. 397(6).\n(c) [Reserved]\nNote to § 1.2102:\nTo determine the rules that apply to competitive bidding, specific service rules should also be consulted.","path":["Title 47—Telecommunication","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL","PART 1—PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE","Subpart Q—Competitive Bidding Proceedings"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-47.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:28Z","sha256":"d856e5d8f3cffdb3813ff02e77a3d4e44a06806a06a6682a94a117db322823f2","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/47-cfr-1.2101","next":"us/47-cfr-1.2103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}