CL65 CREW LANDED AT FLL WITHOUT GETTING LNDG CLRNC FROM THE TWR.

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WE WERE ON A FLT FROM CVG TO FLL. THE FLT WAS CONDUCTED AS AN FAR PART 121 PAX FLT. THIS WAS AN IOE FLT WITH A NEW CAPT. WE WERE ON THE FIRST LEG OF THE FLT AND HIS FIRST FLT IN THE NEW POS. THE DEP; CLB; AND INITIAL CRUISE FLT WERE NORMAL AND UNEVENTFUL. OVER THE FLORIDA/GEORGIA BORDER; TSTMS WERE BEGINNING TO BUILD. THESE STORMS EXTENDED THROUGH NORTHERN; CENTRAL; AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA AND FORCED US TO REMAIN ON THE GULF COAST UNTIL S OF THE WX. THIS DEV PUT US JUST S OF MIA WITH A TURN BACK TO THE N TOWARD FLL. INDICATIONS ON OUR RADAR SHOWED A TSTM JUST W OF FLL AND ON THE RWY 9L LOC. AT THIS TIME WE WERE IN CONTACT WITH FLL APCH AND AT 11000 FT 20 MI FROM THE ARPT. APCH ASKED US TO KEEP OUR SPD UP AND WE COMPLIED WITH 320 KTS. THE CTLR GAVE US VECTORS THAT WOULD TAKE US E OF THE ARPT AND A 270 DEG DSNDING TURN TO THE L FOR A CLOSE-IN VISUAL APCH TO RWY 9L. THE CLOUDS OVER THE APCH END OF THE RWY WERE APPROX 1500 FT BROKEN. WE BROKE OUT ON THE L BASE LEG APPROX 3 MI FROM THE RWY WITH THE TSTM 4 MI ON THE R SIDE OF US. WE WERE THEN ISSUED A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 9L. THE ACFT WAS CONFIGURED FOR THE APCH; CHKLISTS WERE RUN AND LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL. AFTER CLRING THE RWY; I LOOKED DOWN AT THE RADIO FOR GND FREQ AND NOTICED THAT THE APCH CTL FREQ WAS STILL TUNED AND ACTIVE. WE HAD LANDED WITHOUT A LNDG CLRNC! AS THE PIC AND IOE CHK AIRMAN; I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS SIT. HOWEVER; I DO FEEL THERE ARE SOME CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THIS SIT. 1) HIGHER THAN NORMAL WORKLOAD SIT. 2) SEVERE WX NEAR THE ARPT. 3) 2 FREQS LISTED ON THE APCH PLATE WITHOUT SPECIFIC RWY DESIGNATIONS. 4) THE CTLR'S FAILURE TO SWITCH US OVER TO TWR AFTER VISUAL APCH CLRNC. AFTER RECAPPING THE SIT IN MY HEAD NUMEROUS TIMES; I REMEMBER LOOKING AT THE TWR FREQS ON DOWNWIND LEG AND NOT KNOWING WHICH ONE TO PUT IN AS A STANDBY FREQ. I THOUGHT APCH CTL WOULD ISSUE THE FREQ WHEN WE WERE HANDED OVER. OUR PLTS AT MY AIRLINE HAVE DEVELOPED ROUTINES WHICH HELP TO REMIND US IF SOMETHING HAS NOT BEEN DONE. IN THIS CASE; THE TAXI/RECOGNITION LIGHT SWITCH SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON IF A LNDG CLRNC HAD BEEN GIVEN. I REMEMBER AFTER LNDG AND REALIZING OUR MISTAKE WE BOTH LOOKED UP TO SEE THE SWITCH IN THE 'OFF' POS. I FEEL [THE REASON WHY] WE DIDN'T LOOK AT THIS SWITCH IS BECAUSE OF THE WORKLOAD. THIS ROUTINE HAS BEEN A GREAT HELP IN THE PAST AND I WILL STILL USE THE TECHNIQUE IN THE FUTURE.