It depends on when the Volunteer Examineer Coordinator submits the information to the FCC and the number of applications the FCC currently is processing.
If it's a persons first license, the FCC trys to process those licenses faster than if it is an upgrade license from Technician to General or General to Amateur Extra.
Currently, I've been seeing about a 7-12 day turnaround from the time of the test.
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Eeach VE's accreditation lasts until their FCC license expiration date.
No. See http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/index.htm?job=service_home&id=cb, which says "License documents are neither needed nor issued and there are no age or citizenship requirements. As long as you use only an unmodified FCC certificated CB unit, you are provided authority to operate a CB unit in places where the FCC regulates radio communications."
No. You don't need to be licensed in order to buy it. You only have to be licensed in order to use it. (If it has a transmitter in it.)
(In the United States) you do not need a license to own a HAM radio. You may Listen to communications on a HAM radio without a license. However, you may NOT transmit on a HAM radio without a license.
Yes. Sometimes radio stations don't have censors, they do exist. Radio stations don't have censors, but their license to operate is granted by the FCC (in the US), and the FCC regulations include a rule that prohibits profanity, obscenity, or indecency on broadcast programing. If a station owner knowingly permits it, he can be fined big bucks and/or lose his license.