[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 53 (Monday, March 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15477-15478]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6693]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[Report No. AUC-00-37-G (Auction No. 37); DA 01-619]


Auction for FM Broadcast Construction Permits Postponed Until 
December 5, 2001; Freeze on FM Minor Change Applications Lifted

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the postponement of Broadcast Auction 
37 and the lifting of the freeze on FM minor change applications.

DATES: Auction No. 37 is rescheduled for December 5, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Auction and Industry Analysis Division: Kathy 
Garland, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau at (717) 338-2888; Kenneth 
Burnley, Legal Branch at (202) 418-0660. Audio Services Division: Lisa 
Scanlan at (202) 418-2700.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of a Public Notice 
released March 7, 2001. The complete text of the public notice is 
available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in 
the FCC Reference Center (Room CY-A257), 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC. It may also be purchased from the Commission's copy 
contractor, International Transcription Services, Inc. (ITS, Inc.), 
1231 20th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036, (202) 857-3800. It is 
also available on the Commission's web site at http://www.fcc.gov.

General Information

    The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and the Mass Media Bureau 
(collectively referred to as the ``Bureaus'') announce that the 
upcoming auction of vacant non-reserved band allotments in the FM 
broadcast service, scheduled to begin on May 9, 2001, is postponed 
until December 5, 2001, for reasons of administrative convenience. 
Except for the dates listed, the information provided in previous 
public notices remains unchanged. (See ``Auction Notice and Filing 
Requirements for FM Broadcast Construction Permits; Auction Rescheduled 
from February 21, 2001 to May 9, 2001; Minimum Opening Bids and Other 
Procedural Issues,'' 66 FR 8961 (February 5, 2001)).
    The new schedule is as follows:

Start Date for Submission of FCC Form 175--September 24, 2001
FCC Form 175 Filing Deadline--October 5, 2001

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Upfront Payments--November 5, 2001
Mock Auction--December 3, 2001
Auction Begins--December 5, 2001

    As a result of this action, the FM Minor Change Application Freeze 
Public Notice announced on January 19, 2001, (not published in the 
Federal Register) and scheduled to be effective from March 7, 2001 to 
March 19, 2001, is no longer necessary, and is lifted. The temporary 
freeze on minor change applications was designed to ensure that 
conflicts do not occur between minor change and preferred auction site 
proposals, a result that could add uncertainty and delay to the auction 
process. The freeze also applied to reserved band minor change 
applications because conflicts between such applications and preferred 
site coordinates are also possible.


Federal Communications Commission.
Lisa Scanlan,
Supervisory Attorney, Audio Services Division, Mass Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 01-6693 Filed 3-16-01; 8:45 am]
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