[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 4298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01484]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[AU Docket No. 14-252; DA 16-7]


Instructions for FCC Form 175 Application to Participate in the 
Forward Auction (Auction 1002)

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notification of application instructions.

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SUMMARY: The broadcast incentive auction (Auction 1000) is composed of 
a reverse auction (Auction 1001) and a forward auction (Auction 1002). 
This document provided information on and filing instructions for 
completing FCC Form 175, the application for parties seeking to 
participate in the forward auction (Auction 1002).

DATES: The forward auction FCC Form 175 filing window opens at 12:00 
p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on January 26, 2016, and closes at 6:00 p.m. ET 
on February 9, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 
Auctions and Spectrum Access Division: for general forward auction 
questions Leslie Barnes or Valerie Barrish at (202) 418-0660.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Application 
Instructions for Broadcast Incentive Auction Scheduled to Begin on 
March 29, 2016; Instructions for FCC Form 175 Application to 
Participate in the Forward Auction (Auction 1002) (Forward Auction 1002 
FCC Form 175 Instructions Public Notice), AU Docket No. 14-252, DA 16-
7, released on January 19, 2016. The complete text of the Forward 
Auction 1002 FCC Form 175 Instructions Public Notice is available for 
public inspection and copying from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time 
(ET) Monday through Thursday or from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET on 
Fridays in the FCC Reference Information Center, 445 12th Street SW., 
Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554. The complete text is also available 
on the Commission's Web site at http://wireless.fcc.gov, the Auction 
1002 Web site at http://www.fcc.gov/auctions/1002, or by using the 
search function on the ECFS Web page at http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. 
Alternative formats are available to persons with disabilities by 
sending an email to [email protected] or by calling the Consumer & 
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 
(TTY).

General Information

    The Forward Auction 1002 FCC Form 175 Instructions Public Notice 
provides the filing instructions for the electronic FCC Form 175, the 
application for parties seeking to participate in the forward auction. 
When filing out an FCC Form 175, a prospective forward auction 
applicant should follow the step-by-step filing instructions in the 
attachment to the Forward Auction 1002 FCC Form 175 Instructions Public 
Notice, along with the Auction 1000 Application Procedures Public 
Notice, 80 FR 66429, October 29, 2015. Each prospective applicant 
should also reference other public notices and/or decisions that have 
been issued in this proceeding, any future public notices and/or 
decisions that may be issued in this proceeding, and any other relevant 
public notices and/or decisions issued by the Commission in other 
proceedings that may relate to the incentive auction. Additional 
guidance, data, and information related to the incentive auction are 
available on the Auction 1000 Web site (http://www.fcc.gov/auctions/1000). A pre-auction process tutorial for the forward auction is 
available on the Auction 1002 Web site (http://www.fcc.gov/auctions/1002) to assist applicants with completing their applications.

Federal Communications Commission.
Gary D. Michaels,
Deputy Chief, Auctions and Spectrum Access Division, WTB.
[FR Doc. 2016-01484 Filed 1-22-16; 11:15 am]
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